Oliver Moore
@oliver-moore.bsky.social
Deviant pedestrian. I’m bullish on cities, opposed to fascism and write editorials for The Globe and Mail. Never 51. @moore_oliver at the bird site, which I've mostly left. Will try to respond via omoore@globeandmail.ca. Header pic by Mervyn Sequeira
Ezra’s Pound is pretty good
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Ezra’s Pound is pretty good
You’re don’t have to read the piece everyone is ranting about
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
You’re don’t have to read the piece everyone is ranting about
Ljubljana will see your cake vending machine and raise you a raw milk automat, complete with glass bottles
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Ljubljana will see your cake vending machine and raise you a raw milk automat, complete with glass bottles
Time flies. I’ve been on The Globe ed board for a full year now, and almost never feel like this anymore
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Time flies. I’ve been on The Globe ed board for a full year now, and almost never feel like this anymore
The big brains at the WaPo editorial board have determined that the authoritarian threat in the US is … Zohran Mamdani
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The big brains at the WaPo editorial board have determined that the authoritarian threat in the US is … Zohran Mamdani
You have got to be kidding me
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You have got to be kidding me
Though the New Yorker, in its quiet way, captured the moment better
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Though the New Yorker, in its quiet way, captured the moment better
For all its manifest faults, this paper can still do a hell of a front page
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
For all its manifest faults, this paper can still do a hell of a front page
Pulling this out of the archives works particularly well today, with the breaking news banner adding piquancy
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Pulling this out of the archives works particularly well today, with the breaking news banner adding piquancy
Irony alert. City of Toronto warns against obstructing or encumbering a former homeless encampment it has fenced off and filled with giant concrete blocks
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Irony alert. City of Toronto warns against obstructing or encumbering a former homeless encampment it has fenced off and filled with giant concrete blocks
Funny. So apparently Metrolinx is happy to have its people talk to the media — as long as it’s not about the building or operation of transit
November 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Funny. So apparently Metrolinx is happy to have its people talk to the media — as long as it’s not about the building or operation of transit
Someone painting her face in the public library is the Halloween content I am here for
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Someone painting her face in the public library is the Halloween content I am here for
Remarkable case of false balance. Trump is disappearing people, blowing up boats, musing about third term. Mamdani wants rent freeze and free buses. “Extremes“
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Remarkable case of false balance. Trump is disappearing people, blowing up boats, musing about third term. Mamdani wants rent freeze and free buses. “Extremes“
Contrarianism in pursuit of clicks is no journalistic virtue
October 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Contrarianism in pursuit of clicks is no journalistic virtue
Laneway house comes complete with teeny, and suitably unkempt, lawn
October 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Laneway house comes complete with teeny, and suitably unkempt, lawn
If the new owner doesn’t keep the sign they have no soul
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If the new owner doesn’t keep the sign they have no soul
Is there a better argument against monarchy than that the worst possible person can end up in the role?
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Is there a better argument against monarchy than that the worst possible person can end up in the role?
He won’t debate me, whines man grasping for relevance as he pisses money into the wind
October 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
He won’t debate me, whines man grasping for relevance as he pisses money into the wind
Whole lot of cops, fire and Toronto city staff here to clear out the homeless encampment at St Stephens. I thought that was on church property and none of the city’s affair
October 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Whole lot of cops, fire and Toronto city staff here to clear out the homeless encampment at St Stephens. I thought that was on church property and none of the city’s affair
Some great stuff in Venice, including this gate/entrance I chanced upon
October 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Some great stuff in Venice, including this gate/entrance I chanced upon
FWIW, antI-fascist sentiment remains widely apparent in the city
October 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
FWIW, antI-fascist sentiment remains widely apparent in the city
Scarpa also contributed to the setting for the replacement monument, which sits at water’s edge and is partially covered as the tide rises and falls
October 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Scarpa also contributed to the setting for the replacement monument, which sits at water’s edge and is partially covered as the tide rises and falls
Some things never change. A 50s-era monument to the anti-fascist partisan women of Venice was blown up four years later by neo-fascists wanting to rewrite history. Only the base, by Carlo Scarpa, survived
October 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Some things never change. A 50s-era monument to the anti-fascist partisan women of Venice was blown up four years later by neo-fascists wanting to rewrite history. Only the base, by Carlo Scarpa, survived