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The World Cup draw was what happens when you have a fantastic sports event, too much money, too little taste, a nose for corruption, and giant stupid man-baby to give a nightmarish gold trophy of the damned to, in the hopes that he likes it. www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
Bruce Arthur: The World Cup draw is a mix of too much money, not enough taste and Donald Trump. Just what you’d expect from the beautiful game
But the result next year will be football, and all the glories it can bring.
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The World Cup draw was what happens when you have a fantastic sports event, too much money, too little taste, a nose for corruption, and giant stupid man-baby to give a nightmarish gold trophy of the damned to, in the hopes that he likes it. www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
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Federal health officials have expanded an outbreak of infant botulism tied to ByHeart baby formula to include any illnesses reported since the company began production in 2022.
Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to all ByHeart products
Federal health officials have expanded an outbreak of infant botulism tied to ByHeart baby formula to include any illnesses reported since the company began production in 2022.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Federal health officials have expanded an outbreak of infant botulism tied to ByHeart baby formula to include any illnesses reported since the company began production in 2022.
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As someone who has experienced both Peterson Academy (one week) and an accredited Alberta university (5 years, oops) it is striking to me that Albertan officials were discussing "transferability." The most rigorous testing PA did is an AI-generated multiple choice quiz. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Jordan Peterson’s School Isn’t Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta’s Help | The Tyee
The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As someone who has experienced both Peterson Academy (one week) and an accredited Alberta university (5 years, oops) it is striking to me that Albertan officials were discussing "transferability." The most rigorous testing PA did is an AI-generated multiple choice quiz. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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"Smith and her government are weaponizing a pile of debunked science and outright lies about trans people to make the case that their laws that make up Canada’s harshest anti-trans legislation are actually about protecting kids," writes @melwoods.me
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"Smith and her government are weaponizing a pile of debunked science and outright lies about trans people to make the case that their laws that make up Canada’s harshest anti-trans legislation are actually about protecting kids," writes @melwoods.me
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“Staff eventually did remove the device, and ICE agents did not show up at the hospital during the delivery. The nurses said they do not know what happened to the woman after she left the hospital with her baby.”
New: Pregnant immigrant women are showing up to deliver their babies w/ surveillance smart watches on their wrists as part of an ICE monitoring program. They’re too afraid of being detained to have the watch cut off even when it’s medically necessary. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ICE is tracking pregnant women all the way to the delivery room: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labour and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“Staff eventually did remove the device, and ICE agents did not show up at the hospital during the delivery. The nurses said they do not know what happened to the woman after she left the hospital with her baby.”
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Ontario pushes ahead with plans for controversial Oakville condo project that stands to benefit developer friend of Doug Ford #StarInvestigation
Ontario pushes ahead with plans for controversial Oakville condo project that stands to benefit developer friend of Doug Ford
The province has proposed minister's zoning orders to greenlight the building of 11 skyscrapers on a plot the size of the Rogers Centre.
www.thestar.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Ontario pushes ahead with plans for controversial Oakville condo project that stands to benefit developer friend of Doug Ford #StarInvestigation
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And the video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWn...
I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
YouTube video by Mattias Krantz
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December 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
And the video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWn...
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In November 1990, LIFE Magazine ran a now-legendary photograph of AIDS activist David Kirby’s last moments. Just out of frame was another eventual victim of AIDS, and the reason Therese Frare was in the room at all; Peta, a two-spirit caretaker with their own story to tell.
By @piperbomb.bsky.social
By @piperbomb.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In November 1990, LIFE Magazine ran a now-legendary photograph of AIDS activist David Kirby’s last moments. Just out of frame was another eventual victim of AIDS, and the reason Therese Frare was in the room at all; Peta, a two-spirit caretaker with their own story to tell.
By @piperbomb.bsky.social
By @piperbomb.bsky.social
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“For now, it’s limited to the Edmonton Police Department in Canada, but it could be the start of something bigger: the beginning of pervasive facial recognition, where people’s faces are scanned whenever they’re anywhere near a police officer.”
A Step Towards Pervasive Facial Recognition
Axon's police bodycams are used across the world and may soon come with facial recognition after a trial in Edmonton, Canada.
www.forbes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“For now, it’s limited to the Edmonton Police Department in Canada, but it could be the start of something bigger: the beginning of pervasive facial recognition, where people’s faces are scanned whenever they’re anywhere near a police officer.”
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On December 4, the US unveiled its new National Security Strategy. For writer Wesley Wark, it's a value-free document that denigrates any idea of a rules-based international order. It also takes direct aim at allies like Canada. thewalrus.ca/trumps-terrifyin...
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On December 4, the US unveiled its new National Security Strategy. For writer Wesley Wark, it's a value-free document that denigrates any idea of a rules-based international order. It also takes direct aim at allies like Canada. thewalrus.ca/trumps-terrifyin...
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Canada broke its electric vehicle market in 2025, and it did so alone
#Opinion from @racheldoran.bsky.social and @joannakyriazis.bsky.social
#Opinion from @racheldoran.bsky.social and @joannakyriazis.bsky.social
Canada broke its electric vehicle market in 2025 and it did so alone
The federal government made a number of decisions that have collectively broken Canada’s EV market over this past year, and while that likely wasn’t the intention, it has certainly been
www.thestar.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Canada broke its electric vehicle market in 2025, and it did so alone
#Opinion from @racheldoran.bsky.social and @joannakyriazis.bsky.social
#Opinion from @racheldoran.bsky.social and @joannakyriazis.bsky.social
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Call the pullup a child because he just murdered it
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Call the pullup a child because he just murdered it
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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“Canada is certainly trying to make it more challenging for asylum seekers to seek refuge. Canada in the recent past has done a lot to make itself less attractive. To what extent will that play a role in possible demand? It’s hard to say at the moment.”
www.thestar.com/news/gta/afg...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/afg...
Donald Trump’s latest anti-immigration policies may drive migrants to Canada. But are they welcome here?
Review of U.S. asylum system following attack on National Guard in D.C. leads Afghans to wonder if they’d be safer in Canada — if they could get in.
www.thestar.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“Canada is certainly trying to make it more challenging for asylum seekers to seek refuge. Canada in the recent past has done a lot to make itself less attractive. To what extent will that play a role in possible demand? It’s hard to say at the moment.”
www.thestar.com/news/gta/afg...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/afg...
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Toronto has opened its first new TTC line in over a decade. Here’s the status of every other major transit project in the city
Toronto has opened its first new TTC line in over a decade. Here’s the status of every other major transit project in the city
Finding it hard to keep track of all the transit projects around Toronto? Here’s a run down of all of them.
www.thestar.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Toronto has opened its first new TTC line in over a decade. Here’s the status of every other major transit project in the city
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This is the most-read story in the @TorontoStar again today.
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford ordered Ontario public servants back to the office. Now, nearly 11,000 are asking to work from home
The Treasury Board Secretariat said it has been so inundated with "remote work alternative work arrangement" requests that it cannot process them all.
www.thestar.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is the most-read story in the @TorontoStar again today.
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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“…six years after leading body camera maker Axon Enterprise, Inc. said police use of facial recognition technology posed serious ethical concerns, the pilot project — switched on last week— is raising alarms far beyond Edmonton, the continent’s northernmost city of more than 1 million people.”
AI-powered police body cameras, once taboo, get tested on Canadian city's 'watch list' of faces
Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list.
apnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“…six years after leading body camera maker Axon Enterprise, Inc. said police use of facial recognition technology posed serious ethical concerns, the pilot project — switched on last week— is raising alarms far beyond Edmonton, the continent’s northernmost city of more than 1 million people.”
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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Toronto police want a budget hike to pay for raises and more officers. Here’s how much it would cost
Toronto police want a budget hike to pay for raises and more officers. Here’s how much it would cost
If approved, the 2026 Toronto police operating budget would be $1.43 billion, of which about $1 billion is salary.
www.thestar.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Toronto police want a budget hike to pay for raises and more officers. Here’s how much it would cost
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Auditor’s report slams Ford government over health care
Auditor’s report slams Ford government over health care
Watchdog Shelley Spence diagnosed a lack of effort to crack down on an estimated $1 billion in potential overcharges by physicians — including 59 who billed for more than 24
www.thestar.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Auditor’s report slams Ford government over health care
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I WANT IT
Mother Mary | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I WANT IT
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My @thestar.com column this week: All signs point to Mayor Olivia Chow unveiling an election-year budget in a few weeks. It may play well on the campaign trail, but it could also come with some downsides — and some risks. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: What an Olivia Chow re-election bid might mean for TTC riders and public library users
For the final budget of her term, the mayor is focused on a lower property tax increase, which means her proposed budget
www.thestar.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My @thestar.com column this week: All signs point to Mayor Olivia Chow unveiling an election-year budget in a few weeks. It may play well on the campaign trail, but it could also come with some downsides — and some risks. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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‘Imagine a cigar burning slowly up … without visible flames’: Thorncliffe Park condo fire burns inside walls four days later
‘Imagine a cigar burning slowly up … without visible flames’: Thorncliffe Park condo fire burns inside walls four days later
The blaze, which broke out Thursday, has displaced residents from nearly 400 units at 11 Thorncliffe Park Dr. and 21 Overlea Blvd.
www.thestar.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
‘Imagine a cigar burning slowly up … without visible flames’: Thorncliffe Park condo fire burns inside walls four days later
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Turns out it's super confusing to determine if it's worth it to break your mortgage, I tried to break it down for @thestar.com's smart money series: www.thestar.com/business/per...
Is breaking my mortgage to get a better rate a good idea?
Even if you're locked in, you can break your mortgage — effectively ending the contract before the end of your term — and refinance at a lower rate. Unfortunately it
www.thestar.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Turns out it's super confusing to determine if it's worth it to break your mortgage, I tried to break it down for @thestar.com's smart money series: www.thestar.com/business/per...
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for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan