Kevin Sexton
@kevinsexton.bsky.social
My job is podcasts.
The Worst Podcast, Thunder Bay, Tubby, It's Political with Althia Raj, Unfiltered: the Mike Figgis Pocast, The Atlas Obscura Podcast, and whatnot.
Music: @chelseagarbageco.bsky.social
https://chelseagarbagecompany.bandcamp.com/
The Worst Podcast, Thunder Bay, Tubby, It's Political with Althia Raj, Unfiltered: the Mike Figgis Pocast, The Atlas Obscura Podcast, and whatnot.
Music: @chelseagarbageco.bsky.social
https://chelseagarbagecompany.bandcamp.com/
"Canadians have never been richer and more miserable at the same time."
That's a good lede right there.
theglobeandmail.com/investing/ma...
That's a good lede right there.
theglobeandmail.com/investing/ma...
Forget a recession. What Canadians are living through is worse
So what if the data show the country has technically been spared from a recession? The average household feels like it’s already in one
theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"Canadians have never been richer and more miserable at the same time."
That's a good lede right there.
theglobeandmail.com/investing/ma...
That's a good lede right there.
theglobeandmail.com/investing/ma...
Good article about how streamers are alienating viewers by trying to draw out tension.
The article is about Stranger Things, but it’s a curse that has affected Squid Game, Sweet Tooth and any number of other shows.
www.indiewire.com/features/com...
The article is about Stranger Things, but it’s a curse that has affected Squid Game, Sweet Tooth and any number of other shows.
www.indiewire.com/features/com...
‘Stranger Things’ Is Proof the TV Release Model Has Changed — for the Worse
Opinion: Instead of increasing anticipation, the series' protracted release schedule has lessened it, arguably breeding indifference among its fandom.
www.indiewire.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Good article about how streamers are alienating viewers by trying to draw out tension.
The article is about Stranger Things, but it’s a curse that has affected Squid Game, Sweet Tooth and any number of other shows.
www.indiewire.com/features/com...
The article is about Stranger Things, but it’s a curse that has affected Squid Game, Sweet Tooth and any number of other shows.
www.indiewire.com/features/com...
Hey you! Yeah, you. Give me a job. A good one, please.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hey you! Yeah, you. Give me a job. A good one, please.
If you have not been following the NDP leadership race, I would like you to read this from the official bio of candidate Tony McQuail.
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you have not been following the NDP leadership race, I would like you to read this from the official bio of candidate Tony McQuail.
Incredible
New school-zone signs too large for Ottawa street poles, councillor says ottawacitizen.com/news/new-sch...
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Incredible
I've started regularly asking a civil servant friend, "Who's mad at you today?"
The fun thing about the question is he always has an answer. The challenge on his end is sorting through the various people who are mad at him and choosing the maddest or most interestingly-mad one.
The fun thing about the question is he always has an answer. The challenge on his end is sorting through the various people who are mad at him and choosing the maddest or most interestingly-mad one.
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I've started regularly asking a civil servant friend, "Who's mad at you today?"
The fun thing about the question is he always has an answer. The challenge on his end is sorting through the various people who are mad at him and choosing the maddest or most interestingly-mad one.
The fun thing about the question is he always has an answer. The challenge on his end is sorting through the various people who are mad at him and choosing the maddest or most interestingly-mad one.
“According to oral family lore, Robert King’s biological father − Thomas King’s grandfather − was actually Elvin Hunt, whom the family believed was of Cherokee ancestry.”
Even if he was, it’s a remarkably weak tie to base your whole public identity on.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Even if he was, it’s a remarkably weak tie to base your whole public identity on.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee
Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous as he originally assumed
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“According to oral family lore, Robert King’s biological father − Thomas King’s grandfather − was actually Elvin Hunt, whom the family believed was of Cherokee ancestry.”
Even if he was, it’s a remarkably weak tie to base your whole public identity on.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Even if he was, it’s a remarkably weak tie to base your whole public identity on.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Plagiarism is one of the favourite pastimes of BlueSky users.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Plagiarism is one of the favourite pastimes of BlueSky users.
Alright boys, let’s CRUSH this week
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Alright boys, let’s CRUSH this week
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Reposted by Kevin Sexton
I hadn't given it much thoughts until now but I just learned that there is a reason why in most French-speaking countries 'eighty' is 'quatre-vingts' -- literally 'four twenties' -- and that reason is the ghostly presence of the ancient Gauls' base 20 counting system.
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I hadn't given it much thoughts until now but I just learned that there is a reason why in most French-speaking countries 'eighty' is 'quatre-vingts' -- literally 'four twenties' -- and that reason is the ghostly presence of the ancient Gauls' base 20 counting system.
We may very well be headed towards a public debate over whether raping children is bad. If so, it will be an important test for the media to speak in plain language.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We may very well be headed towards a public debate over whether raping children is bad. If so, it will be an important test for the media to speak in plain language.
This album has many of Leonard Cohen’s greatest songs, and also Jazz Police.
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This album has many of Leonard Cohen’s greatest songs, and also Jazz Police.
This piece in The Walrus argues that if Quebec wants to survive and flourish culturally in the digital age, it needs to adapt a new, younger vision of QC identity.
thewalrus.ca/the-generati...
thewalrus.ca/the-generati...
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This piece in The Walrus argues that if Quebec wants to survive and flourish culturally in the digital age, it needs to adapt a new, younger vision of QC identity.
thewalrus.ca/the-generati...
thewalrus.ca/the-generati...
Reposted by Kevin Sexton
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
I started listening to this podcast Wisecrack. It’s a true crime show, but most of the first 2 episodes are made up of a stand-up comedy set, running for minutes at a time without interruption from the host. And it’s totally compelling.
I always appreciate podcasts that try new things. Recommended!
I always appreciate podcasts that try new things. Recommended!
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I started listening to this podcast Wisecrack. It’s a true crime show, but most of the first 2 episodes are made up of a stand-up comedy set, running for minutes at a time without interruption from the host. And it’s totally compelling.
I always appreciate podcasts that try new things. Recommended!
I always appreciate podcasts that try new things. Recommended!
CW: LINKEDIN-ASS POST
I’m pretty jazzed to have 2 shows on Apple’s Best podcasts of 2025 list.
Tubby is a small show from a new company with no business plan behind it. We didn’t know if anyone would listen. So it’s cool to see this!
(I also contributed to See You in Court)
I’m pretty jazzed to have 2 shows on Apple’s Best podcasts of 2025 list.
Tubby is a small show from a new company with no business plan behind it. We didn’t know if anyone would listen. So it’s cool to see this!
(I also contributed to See You in Court)
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
CW: LINKEDIN-ASS POST
I’m pretty jazzed to have 2 shows on Apple’s Best podcasts of 2025 list.
Tubby is a small show from a new company with no business plan behind it. We didn’t know if anyone would listen. So it’s cool to see this!
(I also contributed to See You in Court)
I’m pretty jazzed to have 2 shows on Apple’s Best podcasts of 2025 list.
Tubby is a small show from a new company with no business plan behind it. We didn’t know if anyone would listen. So it’s cool to see this!
(I also contributed to See You in Court)
Reposted by Kevin Sexton
IDEA: A Hallmark Christmas movie about an Alberta premier who refuses to be photographed with Santa unless he's seated, titled 'Notwithstanding Claus'.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
IDEA: A Hallmark Christmas movie about an Alberta premier who refuses to be photographed with Santa unless he's seated, titled 'Notwithstanding Claus'.
Update: i’m looking forward to this one!
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Update: i’m looking forward to this one!
I love this idea:
“anytime a billionaire is asked for public comment on anything, someone with < $1,000 in the bank should get equal time to offer a rebuttal.”
“anytime a billionaire is asked for public comment on anything, someone with < $1,000 in the bank should get equal time to offer a rebuttal.”
In this week's newsletter I wrote about losing a parent (to bad politics) and good tv shows and the billionaires who pretend they're going to leave a city if their taxes go up by an amount that will never make their lives worse.
#158. New York's Billionaires and You
Hi everyone,
We are still firmly in what any calendar would tell us is the middle of November, and yet I feel like the year is basically over. It's not that I'm winding down for the holidays. Quite t...
www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I love this idea:
“anytime a billionaire is asked for public comment on anything, someone with < $1,000 in the bank should get equal time to offer a rebuttal.”
“anytime a billionaire is asked for public comment on anything, someone with < $1,000 in the bank should get equal time to offer a rebuttal.”
Some good news for media!
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Some good news for media!
Why wouldn't the NDP say?
45 minutes or so until the vote on the budget, when we find out if we're having another election. Elizabeth May says she's voting with the Government, which means they need one more vote or two people to abstain. The NDP won't say what they're doing.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why wouldn't the NDP say?
But surely if they're only investigating Democrats, they can still release all the files about Trump
Trump knows they're not going to share evidence in an ongoing investigation. So what does he do? He orders the DOJ to investigate Epstein-Dem connections to effectively lock away the files, then urges release of the files to create the false image of innocence. Don't be fooled.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
But surely if they're only investigating Democrats, they can still release all the files about Trump
Reposted by Kevin Sexton
170-168, House approves government's budgetary policy.
Liberals and Elizabeth May in favour.
Conservatives, Bloc and most NDP MPs against.
Four abstentions: NDP MPs Gord Johns and Lori Idlout, CPC MPs Matt Jeneroux and Shannon Stubbs.
Liberals and Elizabeth May in favour.
Conservatives, Bloc and most NDP MPs against.
Four abstentions: NDP MPs Gord Johns and Lori Idlout, CPC MPs Matt Jeneroux and Shannon Stubbs.
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
170-168, House approves government's budgetary policy.
Liberals and Elizabeth May in favour.
Conservatives, Bloc and most NDP MPs against.
Four abstentions: NDP MPs Gord Johns and Lori Idlout, CPC MPs Matt Jeneroux and Shannon Stubbs.
Liberals and Elizabeth May in favour.
Conservatives, Bloc and most NDP MPs against.
Four abstentions: NDP MPs Gord Johns and Lori Idlout, CPC MPs Matt Jeneroux and Shannon Stubbs.