Jay Cockburn
@jaycockburn.bsky.social
I write and make podcasts about cities and the people in them.
Producer: Lately & City Space at the Globe and Mail
Write for Canada's National Observer, The Green Line, The Local, Toronto Star,
Former BBC News. He/him.
Producer: Lately & City Space at the Globe and Mail
Write for Canada's National Observer, The Green Line, The Local, Toronto Star,
Former BBC News. He/him.
Sometimes in Canada things are just sponsored by a food.
Not the company that makes the food. Just the food.
For example: Milk.
Not the company that makes the food. Just the food.
For example: Milk.
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Sometimes in Canada things are just sponsored by a food.
Not the company that makes the food. Just the food.
For example: Milk.
Not the company that makes the food. Just the food.
For example: Milk.
This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
October 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
Just explaining to my British friends that this is one of Canada's top athletes.
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Just explaining to my British friends that this is one of Canada's top athletes.
Max Scherzer with an all timer for bad wikipedia photos
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Max Scherzer with an all timer for bad wikipedia photos
I just saw a text from someone who was a Ford staffer and is worried the end of rent control.
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I just saw a text from someone who was a Ford staffer and is worried the end of rent control.
I've seen this hair before
October 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I've seen this hair before
Somehow I have normalised playing video games with my cat, who -- and I cannot stress this enough -- LOVES watching video games.
October 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Somehow I have normalised playing video games with my cat, who -- and I cannot stress this enough -- LOVES watching video games.
This on Bari Weiss and @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy from @defector.com is so good. Support worker-owned media, not least because oligarchs can't install their Goebbels-du-jour as editor.
October 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This on Bari Weiss and @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy from @defector.com is so good. Support worker-owned media, not least because oligarchs can't install their Goebbels-du-jour as editor.
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth just outlined a plan to turn the American military against the American people and this is how the BBC is headlining it.
September 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth just outlined a plan to turn the American military against the American people and this is how the BBC is headlining it.
This has to be the worst pub toilet I've ever seen.
September 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This has to be the worst pub toilet I've ever seen.
Everyone in media should read this interview with Ben Collins, especially the folks running local newspaper websites.
As usual, The Onion is one of the few places being run well and calling US politics like it is.
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
As usual, The Onion is one of the few places being run well and calling US politics like it is.
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
September 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Everyone in media should read this interview with Ben Collins, especially the folks running local newspaper websites.
As usual, The Onion is one of the few places being run well and calling US politics like it is.
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
As usual, The Onion is one of the few places being run well and calling US politics like it is.
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
New type of urbanism unlocked: density for parking
September 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
New type of urbanism unlocked: density for parking
According to the BBC Helldivers strats are antifascist symbols now
September 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
According to the BBC Helldivers strats are antifascist symbols now
There's one thing the US does right: spirit pours in bars.
September 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
There's one thing the US does right: spirit pours in bars.
You can condemn political violence while also pointing out the hypocrisy of many who claim to.
September 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
You can condemn political violence while also pointing out the hypocrisy of many who claim to.
One building really struck me, so I stopped for a few photos. If anyone can identify the architect I'd love to know!
September 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
One building really struck me, so I stopped for a few photos. If anyone can identify the architect I'd love to know!
New York's High Line is fantastic and should be copied wherever possible. It's part urban garden, part pedestrian expressway raised above the traffic.
It threads through the meatpacking district, passing close to apartment balconies and fire escapes. It gives Manhattan a sense of verticality.
It threads through the meatpacking district, passing close to apartment balconies and fire escapes. It gives Manhattan a sense of verticality.
September 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
New York's High Line is fantastic and should be copied wherever possible. It's part urban garden, part pedestrian expressway raised above the traffic.
It threads through the meatpacking district, passing close to apartment balconies and fire escapes. It gives Manhattan a sense of verticality.
It threads through the meatpacking district, passing close to apartment balconies and fire escapes. It gives Manhattan a sense of verticality.
This fucker is the reason very little work is getting done today. Managed to ruin my back attempting to take that busted old freewheel off.
August 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This fucker is the reason very little work is getting done today. Managed to ruin my back attempting to take that busted old freewheel off.