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ரமணன் சிவரஞ்சன்
@funkaoshi.com
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Sure you're weedy, and kinda shy, but some girly out there must be needy for a weedy shy guy.

Toronto. He/Him. https://funkaoshi.com
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ரமணன் சிவரஞ்சன் @funkaoshi.com · Feb 2
It’s our patriotic duty to drink rye whisky now.
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One Battle After Another was amazing.
February 16, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
In the Toronto Star I write about Toronto Police's violent corruption scandal. Will it move the needle on police reform? It's a dramatic escalation in a long history of police intimidation, bullying their critics & broken trust. I argue 3 big things have to happen, including firing this chief.
Shawn Micallef: Toronto is facing its worst police corruption scandal in decades. Here are three things that need to happen soon
The corruption revealed by Project South undermines the public trust that is the foundation of policing.
www.thestar.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
funkaoshi.com
So many people marching for a free Iran. Kind of weird being around so many monarchists, but what you gonna do.

One solution. Revolution.
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
funkaoshi.com
Off to see Land of Talk. I have an extra ticket if anyone wants one. Anyone!
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
funkaoshi.com
Kind of wild Metrolinx hasn’t been nuked from orbit. Are they good at anything? 🤔
February 12, 2026 at 5:00 AM
funkaoshi.com
Is there like a dissertation out there on why everyone takes calls on their speaker, even people old enough to know how phones work. It’s kind of crazy, right?
February 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
a great article you should read instead of the Washington post one:

theracket.news/p/the-most-a...
February 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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thelocal.to
Getting a mole checked can takes months, but Botox appointments are readily available. @rebeccaga0.bsky.social on why dermatologists say their practice is the canary in the coal mine for privatized care. thelocal.to/dermatology-...
When Your Dermatologist Becomes a Salesperson | The Local
Getting a mole checked can takes months, but Botox appointments are readily available. Why dermatologists say their practice is the canary in the coal mine for privatized care.
thelocal.to
February 10, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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kateblair.bsky.social
About that NYT article on the AI romance ‘writer’. These are not books. She is not a writer. This is not publishing and is certainly not the future of publishing. It is a scam to trick people into flicking through enough pages to grift a system into paying her for wasting other people’s time.
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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I can’t believe it’s finally here.
taimhuynh.bsky.social Tai Huynh @taimhuynh.bsky.social · 8d
First impression of Eglinton Crosstown is that it feels more “LRT” than Finch West. On the western arm which is underground, it’s max speed is 56 km/h although it’s capable of much faster.
February 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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dianachanmcnally.bsky.social
And yet the Ford government will take over multiple school boards on the premise that they have mismanaged their finances.
February 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
In this weekend’s @thestar.com column I look at how churches have a tradition creating needed housing in Canada & Cabbagetown’s objection to height at St Luke’s is wrong. It’s also voter-supported city policy to force all density into a few areas so you can’t have it both ways, yo.
Shawn Micallef: How high is too high? Why Toronto’s beef with the size of residential towers misses the point
The pressure to go higher in places like this is because it’s not possible in a lot of Toronto where multi-unit apartment bias is strong.
www.thestar.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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spacing.bsky.social
New issue! Issue 73 explores Eglinton Avenue, Toronto's "prime rib" from east to west, as it awaits its new transit line spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
NEW ISSUE: Crossing Town - Spacing Toronto
We still don’t know when the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open. It could be any day – the testing is all done. Or it could be many weeks away, given its history – there are still processes to go throug...
spacing.ca
January 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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thelocal.to
New from The Local: Torontonians have been waiting a long time for the Eglinton Crosstown. How long? We got illustrator Michael DeForge to show us.
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Understanding the Eglinton Crosstown in Seven Illustrations | The Local
From Shohei Ohtani’s salary to the tunneling rate of a mole—an unorthodox guide to the numbers behind Toronto’s newest transit line.
thelocal.to
February 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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phirephoenix.com
instead of getting mad at the main character du jour I think you should read my essay about choosing friction instead. I mean you can do both but I feel like the second one is more pleasant phirephoenix.com/blog/2025-10...
The thing that makes art interesting is that it was created by people who could have chosen to spend their time doing literally anything else. Do you know how long it takes to write a novel? Isn't it amazing how many people have done it anyway? Every human-authored book in the world, even the ones I think are absolute trash and not worth the paper they're printed on, is the culmination of hundreds or maybe thousands of hours of work by someone who had something they really, really wanted to say. Those are hundreds or maybe thousands of hours they could have chosen to spend hiking or cuddling their pets or socializing with their loved ones or playing Hades, but this thing they had to say was too important to ignore. I just think that's neat. The problem with AI output masquerading as art is not that it's technically inept, or even uncanny. Al media generation has come a long way in the last five years and might well continue to improve technically. The problem with AI "art" is that it was not the expression of a mortal being choosing to spend its one wild and precious life clawing its way through mediocrity to try and imperfectly communicate a feeling with other mortal beings who, by definition, can never fully comprehend it, and therefore it is fundamentally uninteresting to me.
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
"There is no visible trace left of a plot just outside the main cemetery set aside for Canadian UN peacekeepers. Inside the main graveyard two whole sections of graves have been razed, of more than 100 allied soldiers killed in the second world war..."
diplomatofnight.com Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 12d
The Israeli army bulldozed parts of a cemetery in Gaza which houses the graves of Allied solders, including dozens of British and Australian soldiers, from World War II.

The IDF has falsely claimed that the dismantling was done out of self defense due to it being an "active combat zone".
Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
Satellite images and witness testimony show destruction as IDF claims it was forced to take defensive measures
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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kottke.org
An hour-long set of Seu Jorge singing David Bowie covers in Portuguese (from Wes Anderson's Life Aquatic) to mark the 10th anniversary of Bowie's death. "Just an acoustic guitar, a microphone, and the beautiful coastline of São Paulo." [kottke.org]
Seu Jorge’s Lovely Tribute to David Bowie
For his 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson enlisted Brazilian musical artist Seu Jorge to perform several of David Bowie’s songs in Portuguese. Jorge released an album of the songs about a y
kottke.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Shocker: Moltbook is insecure and left users’ API keys exposed, allowing anyone to take over any account

www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
www.404media.co
February 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
funkaoshi.com
Doug Ford is the worst. This isn't a partisan issue. Cars kill all sorts of people. Thinking about this stuff makes me 100% crazy.
January 30, 2026 at 4:33 PM
funkaoshi.com
Why does the TTC suck so much? 🤔
January 27, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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Apparently the Bloor line has been out of commission for an hour while they try and track down someone trespassing on the tracks. Glad I checked before I left the house, but I still need to get downtown. #TTC
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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"A crucial part of the struggle against encroaching authoritarianism is to reject rather than perpetuate such notions. Don’t lie down, don’t acquiesce. Make them earn it."
The People Struggle Against Tyranny
Another execution of an American citizen. A regime that has no strategy but to lash out. The struggle against Trumpist authoritarianism is only going to get bloodier.
steady.page
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
saveosc.bsky.social Save OSC @saveosc.bsky.social · 21d
Sunday, January 25, 2026, 9:05 pm.

Built for winter. ❄️
Built for Canada. 🇨🇦
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Snow
January 25, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Rewatched Station 11 over the last week, finishing yesterday. Such incredible television. One of the few times the show is better than book—and I loved the book. An amazing reflection on death, grief, love, loss. All the good stuff.
January 25, 2026 at 5:08 PM