Andrew Sullivan
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Cranky Canuck Torontonian. Failed repeatedly to get a job as corporate philosopher. Internet smarty-pants. These opinions are mine and not someone else’s. Pronouns: it/they, or whatever else you like, but I will absolutely respect yours.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Every year, like a Canadian version of PBS, @canadaland.com runs a crowdfunding drive. I believe that the various media-support programs from the federal government are never going to work, because they are an attempt to rescue a dead business model. So I support through www.canadaland.com/join/
I have learned that my gas company (Enbridge) is doing “planned online system maintenance” for the entire (CA) thanksgiving weekend. Friday night until Tuesday morning. What are they going to do? Grow the silicon? Imagine the luxury of a 3 day shutdown window!
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I have learned that my gas company (Enbridge) is doing “planned online system maintenance” for the entire (CA) thanksgiving weekend. Friday night until Tuesday morning. What are they going to do? Grow the silicon? Imagine the luxury of a 3 day shutdown window!
Apple has made autocorrect so bad that I can no longer text anyone simple information and expect it will get there. It _backtracks_ and “fixes” stuff you already made correct. Wtf?
September 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Apple has made autocorrect so bad that I can no longer text anyone simple information and expect it will get there. It _backtracks_ and “fixes” stuff you already made correct. Wtf?
I mostly don’t care about the opinion of US TV pundits because they always seem so banal and safe, but I caught Lawrence O’Donnell where he said, “There is _no_ history of corporate bravery in America…,” and thought it was notably banal but no longer safe at all.
September 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I mostly don’t care about the opinion of US TV pundits because they always seem so banal and safe, but I caught Lawrence O’Donnell where he said, “There is _no_ history of corporate bravery in America…,” and thought it was notably banal but no longer safe at all.
I guess everyone on earth has to hope the US electorate is as rational about compromise candidates as that quoted below. And, of course, that the Ds don’t accidentally nominate a woman who is an imperfect candidate but who is by any measure you like vastly more qualified than the R candidate.
I don't think Newsome is the guy, but if he ends up with the nomination I'll vote for him. There are definite red flags and if they are true deal breakers, now is the time to establish that, not in August of 2028.
September 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I guess everyone on earth has to hope the US electorate is as rational about compromise candidates as that quoted below. And, of course, that the Ds don’t accidentally nominate a woman who is an imperfect candidate but who is by any measure you like vastly more qualified than the R candidate.
In the event I ever buy a phone again (and I’m not willing to swear I will), I may just ditch Apple because of the g-d autocorrect, which has become reliably worse over time. It now overrides my corrections regularly. And it replaces perfectly good words with garbled nonsense too. Mysterious.
September 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
In the event I ever buy a phone again (and I’m not willing to swear I will), I may just ditch Apple because of the g-d autocorrect, which has become reliably worse over time. It now overrides my corrections regularly. And it replaces perfectly good words with garbled nonsense too. Mysterious.
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I remember a cartoon of Andropov commenting, "This cold is killing me."
September 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I remember a cartoon of Andropov commenting, "This cold is killing me."
Heard what I figured was a raccoon fight outside. Just weird that there seemed to be only one voice. Normally you can hear two. About 15-20 minutes later, I started being able to smell skunk. I’m now guessing a raccoon has just learned that the skunk should be avoided.
August 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Heard what I figured was a raccoon fight outside. Just weird that there seemed to be only one voice. Normally you can hear two. About 15-20 minutes later, I started being able to smell skunk. I’m now guessing a raccoon has just learned that the skunk should be avoided.
The @canadaland.com show of 22 Aug makes a comparison between the Carney gov’t announced plan for reductions in some of the Canadian federal civil service, and DOGE in the U.S. The argument is basically that each government is making possibly big cuts, and so they’re the same thing. Absurd.
August 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The @canadaland.com show of 22 Aug makes a comparison between the Carney gov’t announced plan for reductions in some of the Canadian federal civil service, and DOGE in the U.S. The argument is basically that each government is making possibly big cuts, and so they’re the same thing. Absurd.
Owing to some construction, I am actually living a Stephen Wright joke: I live on a one-way dead end street. You should see the cars panic.
July 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Owing to some construction, I am actually living a Stephen Wright joke: I live on a one-way dead end street. You should see the cars panic.
Maybe the rest of the world should just close our borders to the US. Apparently they want autarky. Perhaps experience would be a useful lesson.
I think while we are at it, we might want to invent a successor UN that didn’t include permanent members with vetoes.
I think while we are at it, we might want to invent a successor UN that didn’t include permanent members with vetoes.
July 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Maybe the rest of the world should just close our borders to the US. Apparently they want autarky. Perhaps experience would be a useful lesson.
I think while we are at it, we might want to invent a successor UN that didn’t include permanent members with vetoes.
I think while we are at it, we might want to invent a successor UN that didn’t include permanent members with vetoes.
I am reading _Drawing the Line_ (about the Mason-Dixon Line) and am at a bit where the Paxton Boys were marauding Native Americans. It wasn’t an isolated event, and I think we all might reflect on it as we watch the appalling, racist, and unjustifiable actions of the USG these days. Not new.
July 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I am reading _Drawing the Line_ (about the Mason-Dixon Line) and am at a bit where the Paxton Boys were marauding Native Americans. It wasn’t an isolated event, and I think we all might reflect on it as we watch the appalling, racist, and unjustifiable actions of the USG these days. Not new.
As if I needed more evidence that David Brooks is just not interested in reality, I see his remarks yesterday on PBS where he claims the Rs “used to be” a party that hated deficits. But when? Like, ok, sure, when the New Deal was being legislated, Bob Taft complained. But since?
July 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
As if I needed more evidence that David Brooks is just not interested in reality, I see his remarks yesterday on PBS where he claims the Rs “used to be” a party that hated deficits. But when? Like, ok, sure, when the New Deal was being legislated, Bob Taft complained. But since?
Rachel Maddow today, if this except I just saw is to be believed, suggested that one ought to expect a big brain or plan to really wreck markets. But that assumes some Great Man theory of history. I’m partial instead to the Great Jerk theory: it only takes one to 🤬 things up.
July 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Rachel Maddow today, if this except I just saw is to be believed, suggested that one ought to expect a big brain or plan to really wreck markets. But that assumes some Great Man theory of history. I’m partial instead to the Great Jerk theory: it only takes one to 🤬 things up.
I for one are glad we has AI now for to catching all the grammar mistakes.
July 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I for one are glad we has AI now for to catching all the grammar mistakes.
I really really want a ban on any more Rubicon crossing. We don’t even know where the actual goddamned Rubicon was. But if the analogy means anything, the Rubicon was crossed well over 4 years ago. Ever since has just been Caesar and his army wandering about plundering.
June 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I really really want a ban on any more Rubicon crossing. We don’t even know where the actual goddamned Rubicon was. But if the analogy means anything, the Rubicon was crossed well over 4 years ago. Ever since has just been Caesar and his army wandering about plundering.
A proposal: the United States should replace “The Star Spangled Banner” with the They Might Be Giants song “Your Racist Friend”. Two reasons: the range is one most people have a hope of reaching, and also it might bend the arc of history the right way.
June 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A proposal: the United States should replace “The Star Spangled Banner” with the They Might Be Giants song “Your Racist Friend”. Two reasons: the range is one most people have a hope of reaching, and also it might bend the arc of history the right way.
The thing about “crossing the Rubicon” is that it happened _once_, and after that everything Caesar did was unlawful (until, of course, the law changed retroactively). And, of course, the Rubicon was way back there when Joe Biden won.
June 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The thing about “crossing the Rubicon” is that it happened _once_, and after that everything Caesar did was unlawful (until, of course, the law changed retroactively). And, of course, the Rubicon was way back there when Joe Biden won.
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Thinking of every academic who has had to apply for grants to cover the cost of requesting and licensing images for their books with zero assistance from a publisher
May 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thinking of every academic who has had to apply for grants to cover the cost of requesting and licensing images for their books with zero assistance from a publisher
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This is what happens when people elect right wing governments. They go after books and libraries.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta to change rules to ensure 'age appropriate' books in schools | CBC News
Alberta is bringing in new rules this fall to ensure that only what it calls "age appropriate" books are available in school libraries.
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May 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is what happens when people elect right wing governments. They go after books and libraries.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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In my particular worlds, I have always found that many people privately worry about this but they don't necessarily have the shared language and skillsets to turn those worries into improvements! It is really gratifying for me to teach engineers we can gain empowerment in this :)
May 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In my particular worlds, I have always found that many people privately worry about this but they don't necessarily have the shared language and skillsets to turn those worries into improvements! It is really gratifying for me to teach engineers we can gain empowerment in this :)
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I really wish more people would remember how "detached" Reagan was during his second term....
May 19, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I really wish more people would remember how "detached" Reagan was during his second term....
And then, there are the CEOs who later go to prison. See? See?!
May 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
And then, there are the CEOs who later go to prison. See? See?!
I swear, death penalty for cyclists riding on the sidewalk next to a bike lane is nowhere near severe enough.
May 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I swear, death penalty for cyclists riding on the sidewalk next to a bike lane is nowhere near severe enough.