Microsoft made it ubiquitous, yet Times New Roman is a British typeface designed for The Times newspaper in 1931. It was inspired by an earlier British typeface, Plantin, in turn modelled on 16th century French renaissance type by Robert Granjon. 1/7
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Microsoft made it ubiquitous, yet Times New Roman is a British typeface designed for The Times newspaper in 1931. It was inspired by an earlier British typeface, Plantin, in turn modelled on 16th century French renaissance type by Robert Granjon. 1/7
Turns out there is a way to hide screenshots, not just from the Bad Place, but also the various other Dubious Places!
Yes! There's a labeler for this! bsky.app/profile/xblo...
bsky.app
November 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Turns out there is a way to hide screenshots, not just from the Bad Place, but also the various other Dubious Places!
Has anyone made a plugin for Bluesky to hide all screenshots from the bad place?
(I’d unfollow people but I feel like it’s half the people I follow. 🫠)
(I’d unfollow people but I feel like it’s half the people I follow. 🫠)
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Has anyone made a plugin for Bluesky to hide all screenshots from the bad place?
(I’d unfollow people but I feel like it’s half the people I follow. 🫠)
(I’d unfollow people but I feel like it’s half the people I follow. 🫠)
On this American holiday, the origin of a Canadian term apt for these American times that originated from an American show created by a Brit who met an American in Canada and invented the show together while watching hockey, the sport that later popularized the term…
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How A Campy 1970s Game Show Became Part Of Canada's National Lexicon | Defector
On tiny Hornby Island northwest of Vancouver, after the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015, our bed-and-breakfast host was telling us about the town. The pizza place in the park is terrific, he s...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
On this American holiday, the origin of a Canadian term apt for these American times that originated from an American show created by a Brit who met an American in Canada and invented the show together while watching hockey, the sport that later popularized the term…
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Vote for people who'll spend more on housing and social programs.
Vote for tax cuts and exclusionary zoning, and you're asking for encampments in poorly maintained parks.
Vote for tax cuts and exclusionary zoning, and you're asking for encampments in poorly maintained parks.
"The longer visible signs of social decay are allowed to fester, the more inclined those with means will be to simply check out ... leaving those without the ability to relocate to deal with playgrounds littered with drug paraphernalia." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: We have normalized delinquent, disorderly behaviour in our cities for too long
There is nothing normal about an encampment forcing toddlers in the daycare next door to stay inside
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Vote for people who'll spend more on housing and social programs.
Vote for tax cuts and exclusionary zoning, and you're asking for encampments in poorly maintained parks.
Vote for tax cuts and exclusionary zoning, and you're asking for encampments in poorly maintained parks.
Terrific investigation in @thelocal.to who did some light verification of a freelancer with a sizable list of published work in respected publications. Articles were full of plausible details and interviews with people, some real, some… not, who never spoke to the author. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Terrific investigation in @thelocal.to who did some light verification of a freelancer with a sizable list of published work in respected publications. Articles were full of plausible details and interviews with people, some real, some… not, who never spoke to the author. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Love that nobody’s really sure if the Carney government will fall in the budget vote today, but we’re all just kinda waiting around, assuming it won’t?
The vote is in a few minutes! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The vote is in a few minutes! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney government faces crucial confidence vote on budget | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Love that nobody’s really sure if the Carney government will fall in the budget vote today, but we’re all just kinda waiting around, assuming it won’t?
The vote is in a few minutes! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The vote is in a few minutes! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Mamdani: "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Mamdani: "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
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A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
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At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
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peak baseball is indistinguishable from the feeling of hitting your head against a cement wall
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
peak baseball is indistinguishable from the feeling of hitting your head against a cement wall
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what if instead of sports we chose happiness
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
what if instead of sports we chose happiness
PSA for the Sportsnet streaming outage, if you switch your Sportsnet Plus subscription to the CityTV bundle, you can stream the game from CityTV Plus and it’s still working.
Or get an antenna and watch over the air.
Or get an antenna and watch over the air.
November 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
PSA for the Sportsnet streaming outage, if you switch your Sportsnet Plus subscription to the CityTV bundle, you can stream the game from CityTV Plus and it’s still working.
Or get an antenna and watch over the air.
Or get an antenna and watch over the air.
Bichette still has some time to work on his bat flip skills.
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Bichette still has some time to work on his bat flip skills.
I posited earlier this week to a Brit that Halloween might be one of the finest American cultural exports, but reading up it seems both European and broadly North American. Celtic traditions to go door-to-door for gifts in costume got assimilated via immigrants and then mutated in the US and Canada.
Feel like, as a society, we might consider moving Halloween to the last Friday in October (observed.) Vibes truly immaculate tonight.
November 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I posited earlier this week to a Brit that Halloween might be one of the finest American cultural exports, but reading up it seems both European and broadly North American. Celtic traditions to go door-to-door for gifts in costume got assimilated via immigrants and then mutated in the US and Canada.
Got ‘em with the old spookball
The first game-ending 7-4 double play in postseason history
h/t @EliasSports
h/t @EliasSports
November 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Got ‘em with the old spookball
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Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896
Domínguez can hold onto the knighthood for now.
November 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Domínguez can hold onto the knighthood for now.
Loved this piece about baseball and time and the relationship between www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/abd56cd...
What is so achingly slow yet also heart-racing? The clocks are set to baseball time
The usual pace of life doesn’t mean a thing when watching the Blue Jays in the World Series
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Loved this piece about baseball and time and the relationship between www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/abd56cd...
Baseball is always inventing new records… that has to be the most home runs (2) within the first 3 pitches of a World Series game, right? Paging @codifybaseball.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Baseball is always inventing new records… that has to be the most home runs (2) within the first 3 pitches of a World Series game, right? Paging @codifybaseball.bsky.social
Remember 24 hours ago when the game wasn’t even half over?
Now we sleep. 😌
Now we sleep. 😌
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Remember 24 hours ago when the game wasn’t even half over?
Now we sleep. 😌
Now we sleep. 😌
Blue Jays came up with the only way to get Ohtani out 😅
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Blue Jays came up with the only way to get Ohtani out 😅
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
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An estimated 100,000 people turned out for Chicago’s No Kings rally. Photos via @chicagotribune.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
An estimated 100,000 people turned out for Chicago’s No Kings rally. Photos via @chicagotribune.com
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when i say that i yelped in shock at this kid’s sign
October 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
when i say that i yelped in shock at this kid’s sign