Graeme Bayliss
@gbayliss.bsky.social
Journalist, crosspatch, editor of opinions for @thestar.com.
As if anything will becalm these knicker-twisted grievance huffers.
John Ivison: Carney's focus on Alberta's prosperity will help calm separatist movement
'If nothing else, the MOU sends a signal that Alberta is being heard — even if B.C. is complaining it has been left out of the conversation.'
nationalpost.com/opinion/john...
'If nothing else, the MOU sends a signal that Alberta is being heard — even if B.C. is complaining it has been left out of the conversation.'
nationalpost.com/opinion/john...
John Ivison: Carney's focus on Alberta's prosperity will help calm separatist movement
If nothing else, the MOU sends a signal that Alberta is being heard — even if B.C. is complaining it has been left out of the conversation.
nationalpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
As if anything will becalm these knicker-twisted grievance huffers.
“Sure, Doug Ford’s corrupt as fuck, but remember when Bob Rae forced people to take a few days off forty years ago?” — average imbecile Ontario voter
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
dlvr.it
November 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“Sure, Doug Ford’s corrupt as fuck, but remember when Bob Rae forced people to take a few days off forty years ago?” — average imbecile Ontario voter
If the roles were reversed, outraged pro-Israel pundits would be spewing so much spittle as to be meteorologically significant.
City investigating after contractor drives tractor with snowplow through Palestinian protest
City investigating after contractor drives tractor with snowplow through Palestinian protest
Videos show a tractor with a snowplow attached driving through a crowd on the sidewalk in front of the U.S. consulate on Tuesday evening.
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If the roles were reversed, outraged pro-Israel pundits would be spewing so much spittle as to be meteorologically significant.
Conservatives: “DEI unfairly rewards low-quality applicants.”
Also conservatives: www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Also conservatives: www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund
Until the Star obtained the database, scores were such a closely guarded secret the public didn't know the application scores of funding recipients.
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Conservatives: “DEI unfairly rewards low-quality applicants.”
Also conservatives: www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Also conservatives: www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Give homeless people nowhere to go, then demonize them for not going anywhere.
It's "stop hitting yourself" as public policy.
It's "stop hitting yourself" as public policy.
Hear me out: what if we didn’t hate people for being poor
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Give homeless people nowhere to go, then demonize them for not going anywhere.
It's "stop hitting yourself" as public policy.
It's "stop hitting yourself" as public policy.
Conservative columnists, eventually:
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Conservative columnists, eventually:
Feel ill after reading Olivia Nuzzi profile, will now put laptop in giant steel sarcophagus like they did with Chernobyl just to be safe.
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Feel ill after reading Olivia Nuzzi profile, will now put laptop in giant steel sarcophagus like they did with Chernobyl just to be safe.
"You call that corruption? I'll show you corruption." — Doug Ford, presumably
Ontario government threatens to take control of real estate regulator in wake of iPro scandal #StarExclusive
Ontario government considering assuming control of real estate regulator in wake of iPro scandal
In a letter addressed to RECO, Minister Stephen Crawford said the independent audit “raises serious questions about RECO’s organizational structure” and the industry has “lost confidence in its regula...
www.thestar.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"You call that corruption? I'll show you corruption." — Doug Ford, presumably
Reposted by Graeme Bayliss
Thought this was a lovely, poignant bit of writing by my colleague @gbayliss.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Graeme Bayliss: Procrastination has served me well, but it stopped me from seeing the world. Then something changed
The longer you make yourself wait, the easier the waiting gets — until missing out is a matter of inertia.
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thought this was a lovely, poignant bit of writing by my colleague @gbayliss.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Here's a thing I wrote for @thestar.com:
"But even through my twenties, even when I had the chance, I would plunk myself down wherever two roads diverged in a yellow wood. Plunk myself down and wait for Later."
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Graeme Bayliss: Procrastination has served me well, but it stopped me from seeing the world. Then something changed
The longer you make yourself wait, the easier the waiting gets — until missing out is a matter of inertia.
www.thestar.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Here's a thing I wrote for @thestar.com:
He has no earthly idea what happened last night or why I’m sad and hungover this morning, which makes me less sad (if no less hungover).
Go Jays.
Go Jays.
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
He has no earthly idea what happened last night or why I’m sad and hungover this morning, which makes me less sad (if no less hungover).
Go Jays.
Go Jays.
We are Toronto we luxuriate in misery.
Just put us out of our misery
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
We are Toronto we luxuriate in misery.
Max Scherzer is ageless. He is the Pitcher of Dorian Gray.
Scherzer gave them what he had
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Max Scherzer is ageless. He is the Pitcher of Dorian Gray.
Fun fact: nothing you achieve in life will ever look this fucking cool.
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Fun fact: nothing you achieve in life will ever look this fucking cool.
Dork-ass take.
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Dork-ass take.
“Smarties” should not be pluralized when there’s only one in the damned box.
Someone should be arrested for how small Halloween chocolate bars have gotten.
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
“Smarties” should not be pluralized when there’s only one in the damned box.
Drake, 10 years dungeon, no trials.
November 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Drake, 10 years dungeon, no trials.
Tonight’s strike zone:
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Tonight’s strike zone:
Snell ya later!
a young boy wearing a hat and vest is standing in front of a group of people .
ALT: a young boy wearing a hat and vest is standing in front of a group of people .
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Snell ya later!
Further study reveals that “Toronto Blue Jays” is an anagram for “joyous talent, bro.”
“Los Angeles Dodgers” is an anagram for “draggled looseness.”
Do with this information what you will.
Do with this information what you will.
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Further study reveals that “Toronto Blue Jays” is an anagram for “joyous talent, bro.”
“Los Angeles Dodgers” is an anagram for “draggled looseness.”
Do with this information what you will.
Do with this information what you will.
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“Los Angeles Dodgers” is an anagram for “draggled looseness.”
Do with this information what you will.
Do with this information what you will.