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In The Machine Stops (1909) EM Forster envisaged a world where people live in cells and meet only on screens. Extraordinary work, quiet short, well worth reading.
February 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
In The Machine Stops (1909) EM Forster envisaged a world where people live in cells and meet only on screens. Extraordinary work, quiet short, well worth reading.
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B.C. court, applying a unique estate‑law provision for the first time, granted a common‑law spouse ownership of the family home he couldn’t afford to buy, while ensuring the children who expected to inherit retain an enforceable interest in the property. www.advisor.ca/industry-new...
B.C. court tackles novel estate case | Advisor.ca
Unique provision aims to balance interests, provide greater certainty In the first case dealing with a unique provision of estate law in British Columbia, a court has ordered that a common law spouse ...
www.advisor.ca
February 10, 2026 at 2:59 AM
B.C. court, applying a unique estate‑law provision for the first time, granted a common‑law spouse ownership of the family home he couldn’t afford to buy, while ensuring the children who expected to inherit retain an enforceable interest in the property. www.advisor.ca/industry-new...
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Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet, genius #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
February 6, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet, genius #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
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Nearly a year after an Oregon woman was found dead in a hotel room, her family is still searching for answers about her medically assisted suicide. Her story is a nightmare for both advocates and opponents of the practice, Elizabeth Bruenig argues.
It Was Too Easy for Eileen Mihich to Kill Herself
Her case should disturb both advocates and opponents of medically assisted suicide.
bit.ly
February 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Nearly a year after an Oregon woman was found dead in a hotel room, her family is still searching for answers about her medically assisted suicide. Her story is a nightmare for both advocates and opponents of the practice, Elizabeth Bruenig argues.
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In 1942, RKO slashed 43 minutes from Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" and slapped on a happy ending. Now, an A.I. company wants to restore what was lost. Are they righting a historic wrong or descrating a classic? My deep dive, in this week's New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Deepfaking Orson Welles’s Mangled Masterpiece
Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic?
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
In 1942, RKO slashed 43 minutes from Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" and slapped on a happy ending. Now, an A.I. company wants to restore what was lost. Are they righting a historic wrong or descrating a classic? My deep dive, in this week's New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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“The modern attention-span crisis is not limited to the written word,” Rose Horowitch reports. “Now professors are finding that they can’t even get students—film students—to sit through movies”:
The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
“The modern attention-span crisis is not limited to the written word,” Rose Horowitch reports. “Now professors are finding that they can’t even get students—film students—to sit through movies”:
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Reading was the key to breaking through the fog of my parents' dementia | Jo Glanville
Reading was the key to breaking through the fog of my parents' dementia | Jo Glanville
It was hard to communicate with my mother or father, until reading a book out loud led to a discovery, says journalist and radio producer Jo Glanville
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Reading was the key to breaking through the fog of my parents' dementia | Jo Glanville
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I used to stay up late at night to watch SCTV. Catherine O'Hara was so brilliant, so looney tunes. I couldn't believe this beautiful woman got to be so weird, nutty, absurd. To this day I exchange Lola Heatherton memes with a friend. Devastated.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUQr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUQr...
lola heatherton bouncing back to you
YouTube video by Andrew Hopkinson
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I used to stay up late at night to watch SCTV. Catherine O'Hara was so brilliant, so looney tunes. I couldn't believe this beautiful woman got to be so weird, nutty, absurd. To this day I exchange Lola Heatherton memes with a friend. Devastated.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUQr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUQr...
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Book cover art, 1905 by Margaret Neilson Armstrong, US artist, designer, illustrator, author known for her Art Nouveau style #WomensArt
January 29, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Book cover art, 1905 by Margaret Neilson Armstrong, US artist, designer, illustrator, author known for her Art Nouveau style #WomensArt
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Trump Admin Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff After Receiving Donations From Nursing Home Executives www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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January 27, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Trump Admin Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff After Receiving Donations From Nursing Home Executives www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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Man who sexually abused kids blocked from becoming Ontario lawyer. Court of Appeal rejects ‘good character’ decision
Man who sexually abused kids blocked from becoming Ontario lawyer. Court of Appeal rejects ‘good character’ decision
The man, identified only as AA due to a publication ban, was found to be of good character by a hearing panel of the independent Law Society tribunal in July
www.thestar.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Man who sexually abused kids blocked from becoming Ontario lawyer. Court of Appeal rejects ‘good character’ decision
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Two Sisters, by Auguste Renoir #Renoir
January 25, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Two Sisters, by Auguste Renoir #Renoir
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Decades in the making: What a rare 50-year study reveals about Ontario’s late baby boomers
Decades in the making: What a rare 50-year study reveals about Ontario’s late baby boomers
Class of ’73 has been surveyed and interviewed repeatedly over the decades by York U researchers, making it one of Canada’s most closely studied cohorts.
www.thestar.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Decades in the making: What a rare 50-year study reveals about Ontario’s late baby boomers
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Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.
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January Sky
Lee Munn
2024
Lee Munn
2024
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
January Sky
Lee Munn
2024
Lee Munn
2024
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🗒️ Calling all CBA members! Resolutions are now up for deliberation on our online discussion boards. Take this opportunity to share your opinion! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4fLm3US
#CBAAGM
#CBAAGM
January 21, 2026 at 8:05 PM
🗒️ Calling all CBA members! Resolutions are now up for deliberation on our online discussion boards. Take this opportunity to share your opinion! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4fLm3US
#CBAAGM
#CBAAGM
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On our radar:
The quiet commercialization of primary care records https://healthydebate.ca/2026/01/topic/the-quiet-commercialization-of-primary-care-records/
⤷ canadahealthwatch.ca/insights 🍁
The quiet commercialization of primary care records https://healthydebate.ca/2026/01/topic/the-quiet-commercialization-of-primary-care-records/
⤷ canadahealthwatch.ca/insights 🍁
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
On our radar:
The quiet commercialization of primary care records https://healthydebate.ca/2026/01/topic/the-quiet-commercialization-of-primary-care-records/
⤷ canadahealthwatch.ca/insights 🍁
The quiet commercialization of primary care records https://healthydebate.ca/2026/01/topic/the-quiet-commercialization-of-primary-care-records/
⤷ canadahealthwatch.ca/insights 🍁
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French Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot, Young girl with bird cage, 1885. Bird cages appeared in many paintings of the era, perhaps a reference to the limited freedom women endured at this time #WomensArt
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 AM
French Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot, Young girl with bird cage, 1885. Bird cages appeared in many paintings of the era, perhaps a reference to the limited freedom women endured at this time #WomensArt
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From the vaults: that time Toronto called in military assistance to help clean up a massive amount of snow. People snickered about it (mostly to make fun of the city and Mel Lastman), but...honestly? It wasn't a ridiculous move. #TOHistory
jamiebradburnwriting.wordpress.com/2020/01/18/w...
jamiebradburnwriting.wordpress.com/2020/01/18/w...
When Mel Freezes Over
As I no longer have a copy of this story as it originally appeared on The Grid’s website in early February 2013, this post is based on the draft I submitted for publication. Toronto Sun, Janu…
jamiebradburnwriting.wordpress.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM
From the vaults: that time Toronto called in military assistance to help clean up a massive amount of snow. People snickered about it (mostly to make fun of the city and Mel Lastman), but...honestly? It wasn't a ridiculous move. #TOHistory
jamiebradburnwriting.wordpress.com/2020/01/18/w...
jamiebradburnwriting.wordpress.com/2020/01/18/w...
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In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, ‘Bonfire of the Murdochs,’ Murdochologist and VF special correspondent Gabriel Sherman reports how Rupert Murdoch divided and conquered his children.
Autopsy Report: Inside the Murdoch Dynasty’s Final Moments
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, ‘Bonfire of the Murdochs’ Gabriel Sherman dissects the collapse of a media dynasty.
www.vanityfair.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, ‘Bonfire of the Murdochs,’ Murdochologist and VF special correspondent Gabriel Sherman reports how Rupert Murdoch divided and conquered his children.
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Grace Gillespie, contemporary printmaker #Womensart
January 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Grace Gillespie, contemporary printmaker #Womensart
