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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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Thank you, NYT readers for supporting this work and to the editors, photographers, graphic artists and others who helped Rebecca and I deliver this story. Please read and share this story. Pieces like this only have impact if they are read. Here again is a free link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
The Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thank you, NYT readers for supporting this work and to the editors, photographers, graphic artists and others who helped Rebecca and I deliver this story. Please read and share this story. Pieces like this only have impact if they are read. Here again is a free link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
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Physicist Leo Szilard, in a short science fiction story from 1948, describing how to retard science by making the funding application longer and harder than the proposed research - now called the ‘Szilard point’
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Physicist Leo Szilard, in a short science fiction story from 1948, describing how to retard science by making the funding application longer and harder than the proposed research - now called the ‘Szilard point’
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Ford closed the science centre for no reason, is shrinking it dramatically, and gov’t doesn’t want you to know the truth about this.
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
Doug Ford shrinks Ontario Science Centre to fit in temporary home at Toronto Harbourfront
The space is a fraction of the size of the original building in Don Mills, which has been closed since June, 2024
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ford closed the science centre for no reason, is shrinking it dramatically, and gov’t doesn’t want you to know the truth about this.
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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ANALYSIS: How the NCC is reimagining Ottawa — and fighting mediocrity by Andrew Cohen
https://www.tvo.org/article/analysis-how-the-ncc-is-reimagining-ottawa-and-fighting-mediocrity
https://www.tvo.org/article/analysis-how-the-ncc-is-reimagining-ottawa-and-fighting-mediocrity
ANALYSIS: How the NCC is reimagining Ottawa — and fighting mediocrity | TVO Today
Big. Bold. Ambitious. Ottawa?
www.tvo.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ANALYSIS: How the NCC is reimagining Ottawa — and fighting mediocrity by Andrew Cohen
https://www.tvo.org/article/analysis-how-the-ncc-is-reimagining-ottawa-and-fighting-mediocrity
https://www.tvo.org/article/analysis-how-the-ncc-is-reimagining-ottawa-and-fighting-mediocrity
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The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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You would think the mayor was being ironic here when he says that we can't acquiesce to demands of wealthy sports owners, right before he says we need to be careful we don't lose the other wealthy sports owners in the same stadium 🤣🤣
#Ottawa #Lansdowne2.0
#Ottawa #Lansdowne2.0
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
You would think the mayor was being ironic here when he says that we can't acquiesce to demands of wealthy sports owners, right before he says we need to be careful we don't lose the other wealthy sports owners in the same stadium 🤣🤣
#Ottawa #Lansdowne2.0
#Ottawa #Lansdowne2.0
Not even the Leafs could Leaf like that
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Not even the Leafs could Leaf like that
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WE HAVE WORLD SERIES GAME SEVEN SHRIMP ALERT
November 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
WE HAVE WORLD SERIES GAME SEVEN SHRIMP ALERT
There has never been a bigger shrimp alert
November 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
There has never been a bigger shrimp alert
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Trey Yesavage struck out all 9 Dodgers at least once tonight, a feat that Herm Krabbenhoft dubbed a “pitcher’s cycle”
sabr.org/journal/arti...
sabr.org/journal/arti...
The Pitcher’s Cycle: Definition and Achievers (1893–2023) – Society for American Baseball Research
sabr.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trey Yesavage struck out all 9 Dodgers at least once tonight, a feat that Herm Krabbenhoft dubbed a “pitcher’s cycle”
sabr.org/journal/arti...
sabr.org/journal/arti...
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honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
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NEVER IN DOUBT!!! THREE MORE!!!!!!!!
October 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
NEVER IN DOUBT!!! THREE MORE!!!!!!!!
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Addison Barger with a pinch-hit Grand Slam
(... and I am pinching myself)
(... and I am pinching myself)
October 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Addison Barger with a pinch-hit Grand Slam
(... and I am pinching myself)
(... and I am pinching myself)
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The poor plan for Lansdowne 2.0 could result in the Charge leaving Ottawa. #Ottnews #Ottcity www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
PWHL says plans for new Ottawa arena 'not viable for us' | CBC News
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) is calling Ottawa's plans for the next Lansdowne Park arena “a huge step back,” warning it throws the financial viability of the Ottawa Charge into questi...
www.cbc.ca
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The poor plan for Lansdowne 2.0 could result in the Charge leaving Ottawa. #Ottnews #Ottcity www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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If you want a real review of an MLB manager, don't ask the stars, ask the role players and relievers.
Here's what the #BlueJays' had to say about John Schneider, the 13th-round catcher who's led the only organization he's ever known to the World Series:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Here's what the #BlueJays' had to say about John Schneider, the 13th-round catcher who's led the only organization he's ever known to the World Series:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Among Toronto's key role players, Schneider has earned rave reviews
TORONTO -- In 2002, the Blue Jays drafted a catcher out of the University of Delaware in the 13th round.
John Schneider caught for six unspectacular seasons in the Minor Leagues, batting .206, before ...
www.mlb.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If you want a real review of an MLB manager, don't ask the stars, ask the role players and relievers.
Here's what the #BlueJays' had to say about John Schneider, the 13th-round catcher who's led the only organization he's ever known to the World Series:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Here's what the #BlueJays' had to say about John Schneider, the 13th-round catcher who's led the only organization he's ever known to the World Series:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...