Patrick Cain
@patrickcain.bsky.social
Data journalist. Formerly Village Media, iPolitics, Global News, Toronto Star. Refugee from Melon. @Cain at the Other Place. Back catalogue posts brought here from elsewhere may not completely make sense. Professional site: patrickcain.ca
The First World War took the lives of about 2,900 Toronto residents, or about two per cent of the city’s male population. This map owes a lot to the Canadian Great War Project, which was generous about sharing its research. /2 t.co/Z2HMqKg2dk
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The First World War took the lives of about 2,900 Toronto residents, or about two per cent of the city’s male population. This map owes a lot to the Canadian Great War Project, which was generous about sharing its research. /2 t.co/Z2HMqKg2dk
Here is a working link to the original Poppy File map, which shows about 3,300 of Toronto's Second World War war dead at the household level. Click on a home to see details. The First World War map follows in the thread /1 t.co/4P9GUkl8m0
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Here is a working link to the original Poppy File map, which shows about 3,300 of Toronto's Second World War war dead at the household level. Click on a home to see details. The First World War map follows in the thread /1 t.co/4P9GUkl8m0
The problem here is that it’s pretty clear that having punched Prince Andrew, who is such a repulsive person on so many levels, in the face is very unlikely to bring you into disrepute in the eyes of right-thinking members of society, so I’m not sure where this legal claim is likely to end up
August 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The problem here is that it’s pretty clear that having punched Prince Andrew, who is such a repulsive person on so many levels, in the face is very unlikely to bring you into disrepute in the eyes of right-thinking members of society, so I’m not sure where this legal claim is likely to end up
The job has its perks, ngl
March 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The job has its perks, ngl
And here I was just thinking that I couldn’t get enough of the US election-
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
And here I was just thinking that I couldn’t get enough of the US election-
Pity the poor newsroom intern on this one:
"We need something on Syrskyi's statement on Kursk!"
"He doesn't seem to have said much. What am I supposed to do with ... "
"Never mind, make it work. I'll be in meetings all morning."
"We need something on Syrskyi's statement on Kursk!"
"He doesn't seem to have said much. What am I supposed to do with ... "
"Never mind, make it work. I'll be in meetings all morning."
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Pity the poor newsroom intern on this one:
"We need something on Syrskyi's statement on Kursk!"
"He doesn't seem to have said much. What am I supposed to do with ... "
"Never mind, make it work. I'll be in meetings all morning."
"We need something on Syrskyi's statement on Kursk!"
"He doesn't seem to have said much. What am I supposed to do with ... "
"Never mind, make it work. I'll be in meetings all morning."
What could go wrong?
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
What could go wrong?
Victoria Day! The energy is a mildly illegal monarchist anarchist thing, also mostly a spring festival
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Victoria Day! The energy is a mildly illegal monarchist anarchist thing, also mostly a spring festival
Oaxaca has a well-developed protest culture, up to a point
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Oaxaca has a well-developed protest culture, up to a point
This *definitely* points to a Canadian/US cultural difference: you can work beside someone for years in this country without it ever coming up where, or if, they went to university, let alone it being a huge cultural signifier. @jbenton
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
This *definitely* points to a Canadian/US cultural difference: you can work beside someone for years in this country without it ever coming up where, or if, they went to university, let alone it being a huge cultural signifier. @jbenton
I'm sort of fascinated that, given that the Taurus issue has become a major and controversial aspect of German foreign and defence policy, that Scholz hasn't ever tried to articulate or justify his government's actual position in public. Am I missing something?
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
I'm sort of fascinated that, given that the Taurus issue has become a major and controversial aspect of German foreign and defence policy, that Scholz hasn't ever tried to articulate or justify his government's actual position in public. Am I missing something?
I’m … missing something here.
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
I’m … missing something here.
The @nytimes's coverage of higher education seems to be founded immovably on the ideas that 1) there are three or four universities in the United States, none of them in New York itself, and that 2) readers have an unlimited appetite for controversies involving Harvard. /1
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
The @nytimes's coverage of higher education seems to be founded immovably on the ideas that 1) there are three or four universities in the United States, none of them in New York itself, and that 2) readers have an unlimited appetite for controversies involving Harvard. /1
Odd, the Sun didn't seem to have run a cartoon yesterday. Could have sworn I saw something.
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Odd, the Sun didn't seem to have run a cartoon yesterday. Could have sworn I saw something.
I used to have a cat with this energy, more when she was younger tbh. She pulled it off way better
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
I used to have a cat with this energy, more when she was younger tbh. She pulled it off way better
"I am kind of surprised that no politicians have woken up to this, because it's an easy low-hanging fruit for (them) to find some area in which bureaucrats are performing poorly, and berate them for it publicly.": @FurnessColin tx also @MoriartyLab
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
"I am kind of surprised that no politicians have woken up to this, because it's an easy low-hanging fruit for (them) to find some area in which bureaucrats are performing poorly, and berate them for it publicly.": @FurnessColin tx also @MoriartyLab
Here is a working link to the original Poppy File map, which shows about 3,300 of Toronto's Second World War war dead at the household level. Click on a home to see details. The First World War map follows in the thread /1 #canmiltwitter
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Here is a working link to the original Poppy File map, which shows about 3,300 of Toronto's Second World War war dead at the household level. Click on a home to see details. The First World War map follows in the thread /1 #canmiltwitter
