Tom Slee
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Over The Gate. 11°C with sunshine and showers. Redwing have arrived.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Over The Gate. 11°C with sunshine and showers. Redwing have arrived.
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Weirdly, the soon-to-be famous NYT headline "Did women ruin the workplace?" turned out to be true for BBC announcer Martine Croxall who used the word "women" without formal permission.
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Weirdly, the soon-to-be famous NYT headline "Did women ruin the workplace?" turned out to be true for BBC announcer Martine Croxall who used the word "women" without formal permission.
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New from me for @washingtonian.com: a deep dive into the autopen's place in American politics. washingtonian.com/2025/11/06/i...
Inside Washington’s Controversial Addiction to Autopens
Can’t talk about it. Can’t live without it. From the White House to Capitol Hill, Washington relies on autopens. How did a machine that mimics human signatures become so essential—and sometimes conten...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New from me for @washingtonian.com: a deep dive into the autopen's place in American politics. washingtonian.com/2025/11/06/i...
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Can’t make this up is right.
The Skills Development Fund scandal just got a lot more interesting…
‘Can’t make this up!’: Ford government faces questions over nearly $10M going to company with ties to ‘adult entertainment’
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
‘Can’t make this up!’: Ford government faces questions over nearly $10M going to company with ties to ‘adult entertainment’
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
‘Can’t make this up!’: Ford government faces questions over nearly $10M going to company with ties to ‘adult entertainment’
Ontario’s opposition parties are questioning the province’s labour minister about the possibility money from the $2.5 billion Skills Development Fund ended up at a company tied to an “adult entertainm...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Can’t make this up is right.
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48 years to the daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
48 years to the daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
...and from yesterday's Globe and Mail, an article about pregnancy that avoids the word "woman".
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/advice/...
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/advice/...
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
...and from yesterday's Globe and Mail, an article about pregnancy that avoids the word "woman".
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/advice/...
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/advice/...
It seems so obvious that the US Supreme Court is not going to get in the way of American tariffs that I'm tempted to just mute the whole topic (literally, here, and figuratively elsewhere). Am I wrong?
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It seems so obvious that the US Supreme Court is not going to get in the way of American tariffs that I'm tempted to just mute the whole topic (literally, here, and figuratively elsewhere). Am I wrong?
Communications staff: "You're doing great, Prime Minister. That's as vague and bland as we could have wished for."
By building our strength at home and working with new trade partners around the world, we will create more prosperity for Canadian workers, families, and businesses.
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Communications staff: "You're doing great, Prime Minister. That's as vague and bland as we could have wished for."
As always, Cathal Kelly gets the epic triviality of a great sports loss just right. Gift link.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/034a874...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/034a874...
Congrats on the loss, Toronto. It was a masterpiece
It’s easy to focus on the little things after a loss as heartbreaking as this one, but the Blue Jays played one of the greatest games of baseball ever
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
As always, Cathal Kelly gets the epic triviality of a great sports loss just right. Gift link.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/034a874...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/034a874...
That organ is really irritating.
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
That organ is really irritating.
Well this is not looking good
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Well this is not looking good
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Toronto tomorrow morning, either way
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Toronto tomorrow morning, either way
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Always smacks
This Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2:00 a.m. local time, marking the end of daylight saving time the Stonehenge workers will be busy!
This Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2:00 a.m. local time, marking the end of daylight saving time the Stonehenge workers will be busy!
November 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Always smacks
This Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2:00 a.m. local time, marking the end of daylight saving time the Stonehenge workers will be busy!
This Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2:00 a.m. local time, marking the end of daylight saving time the Stonehenge workers will be busy!
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New from me. I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a little tired of Canada being treated like a toy at a spoiled rich kid’s birthday party, so I wrote about Pete Hoekstra’s public meltdown in Ottawa this week.
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New from me. I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a little tired of Canada being treated like a toy at a spoiled rich kid’s birthday party, so I wrote about Pete Hoekstra’s public meltdown in Ottawa this week.
A little on the nose.
Per Danny Kemp via press pool
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
November 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A little on the nose.
November 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
WTF Mark Carney. So he did apologize. Have some dignity FFS: this is getting more pathetic by the week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...
Carney Says He Apologized to Trump Over Ad Reviving Reagan’s Tariff Criticism
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
WTF Mark Carney. So he did apologize. Have some dignity FFS: this is getting more pathetic by the week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...
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My father always maintains that the most honest space in Philippine culture is a cockpit: money is passed from hand to hand and not a centavo goes missing.
This whole PWinsider cockfighting thing has led me down a rabbit hole.
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My father always maintains that the most honest space in Philippine culture is a cockpit: money is passed from hand to hand and not a centavo goes missing.
Wise words. #GoJaysGo
Save yourself from the various stories that baseball folks will be telling you today, which will inevitably involve concepts such as "momentum", "who wants it most" & possibly even "grit".
The odds of having a Game 7 are approximately 50/50.
Now let's see what happens tonight.
#GoJaysGo
The odds of having a Game 7 are approximately 50/50.
Now let's see what happens tonight.
#GoJaysGo
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Wise words. #GoJaysGo
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The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.
"Expletive-laden tirade" is pussyfooting around. We need to hear what he said. And if that's not suitable for family reading then that says it all. #SendHoekstraHome
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
U.S. ambassador to Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at Ontario’s trade representative, witnesses say | CBC News
The U.S. ambassador to Canada delivered an expletive-laced tirade at Ontario's trade representative at an event in Ottawa on Monday, multiple witnesses tell CBC News
www.cbc.ca
October 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Expletive-laden tirade" is pussyfooting around. We need to hear what he said. And if that's not suitable for family reading then that says it all. #SendHoekstraHome
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Top political analysis from The Beaverton.
Liberal insiders accuse Ford of ruining trade deal before Trump could ruin it [PODCAST]
Liberal insiders accuse Ford of ruining trade deal before Trump could ruin it
OTTAWA - Anonymous sources inside the PMO are blaming Ontario Premier Doug Ford for ruining a "nearly complete" trade deal, moments before U.S. President Donald Trump could unilaterally destroy it him...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Top political analysis from The Beaverton.
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He wants to test. He doesn't want to be the bad guy who breaks a 30+ year old global nuclear testing moratorium beloved by sane people everywhere.
Trump takes on that burden, Xi gets to see if all these weapons they've been making but never actually setting off really do go boom, and how much boom.
Trump takes on that burden, Xi gets to see if all these weapons they've been making but never actually setting off really do go boom, and how much boom.
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
He wants to test. He doesn't want to be the bad guy who breaks a 30+ year old global nuclear testing moratorium beloved by sane people everywhere.
Trump takes on that burden, Xi gets to see if all these weapons they've been making but never actually setting off really do go boom, and how much boom.
Trump takes on that burden, Xi gets to see if all these weapons they've been making but never actually setting off really do go boom, and how much boom.