Very tough season to be an outdoor theatre in Manitoba - Rainbow Stage says July 12 matinee is cancelled due to poor air quality from wildfire smoke. #wpgtheatre

Happy birthday, old friend! (By which I of course mean long-standing, not elderly, friend.) And the attached is, needless to say, a joke. You’ll never stop caring about pop culture. (Please explain to me what a Chappell Roan is when you have time.)

A useful reminder that the answer to the question “does this need a copy edit?” is always “yes.” (Although I would like one of them electrimified cars.)

A Winnipeg trifecta - political activism, politeness, winter activity. (Bad photo owing to cold photographer, but reads “Never a state, enjoy your skate” - along the Assiniboine River trail at Spence Street.)