Stephen Tustin
@stustin.bsky.social
Former Senior Editor, Toronto Star/Globe & Mail/Former Sports Editor, Toronto Star/Housing & Immigration Writer/Curator/Social Media. “If you feed at the algorithm trough, you’ll fail at the algorithm trough”
"We may be closer to a wordy renaissance than we think. Yapping is certainly en vogue. Henry David Thoreau’s 19th-century coinage, “brain-rot,” is now the ruin of modern minds. Calling someone a “goon” is no longer just a 1920s habit." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Why Kids Are Starting to Sound Like Their Grandparents
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"We may be closer to a wordy renaissance than we think. Yapping is certainly en vogue. Henry David Thoreau’s 19th-century coinage, “brain-rot,” is now the ruin of modern minds. Calling someone a “goon” is no longer just a 1920s habit." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
The Prime Minister of Spain explains why the West (that means Canada) needs migrants. #immigrationcanada www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
February 8, 2026 at 3:41 AM
The Prime Minister of Spain explains why the West (that means Canada) needs migrants. #immigrationcanada www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
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“This post would basically get anyone at any other job fired immediately”
-Jack White
-Jack White
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
“This post would basically get anyone at any other job fired immediately”
-Jack White
-Jack White
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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 7, 2026 at 6:15 AM
“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”:
And now so boring.
February 7, 2026 at 6:24 AM
And now so boring.
We're All Canada Now by @stephenmarche.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:23 AM
We're All Canada Now by @stephenmarche.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
Make no mistake about it: Trump has crossed the Rubicon. Good luck to our once-upon-a-time American neighbours and friends travelling the world this summer. Thanks to Trump, you're all vile, racist, ugly Americans. Have fun. #travel www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
‘I Didn’t Make a Mistake’: Trump Declines to Apologize for Racist Video of Obamas
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Make no mistake about it: Trump has crossed the Rubicon. Good luck to our once-upon-a-time American neighbours and friends travelling the world this summer. Thanks to Trump, you're all vile, racist, ugly Americans. Have fun. #travel www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Let The Games begin! I'm here for it. San Siro Stadium. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Winter Olympics 2026 Opening Ceremony live: time, how to watch, performers, what to expect
Our live coverage will have everything you need to know about Team Canada and the biggest stories at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
www.thestar.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Let The Games begin! I'm here for it. San Siro Stadium. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
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In the wake of the National Prayer Breakfast, I’d like to recommend that anyone who hasn’t seen this fantastic docu-series produced by @jeffsharlet.bsky.social give it a watch
Watch The Family | Netflix Official Site
An enigmatic conservative Christian group known as the Family wields enormous influence in Washington, D.C., in pursuit of its global ambitions.
www.netflix.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
In the wake of the National Prayer Breakfast, I’d like to recommend that anyone who hasn’t seen this fantastic docu-series produced by @jeffsharlet.bsky.social give it a watch
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This story published shortly after the Post laid off the author, ace cybersecurity reporter Joe Menn, along with the majority of our colleagues on the tech team and hundreds of others across the organization. Like so many others, this was Joe's dream job, and he was very, very good at it.
My story on how Epstein worked with a former leader of Putin’s youth movement, who promised him racy pictures and introduced him to an emigre who helped build out Russia’s quantum computing initiative. His security company was banned from U.S. intelligence deals last year. Giftish. wapo.st/4ccTtxy
Epstein’s network included Russian tech investors with past Kremlin ties
Documents released by the Justice Department show that Epstein had links with Russian tech investors who had drawn scrutiny from U.S. intelligence officials.
wapo.st
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
This story published shortly after the Post laid off the author, ace cybersecurity reporter Joe Menn, along with the majority of our colleagues on the tech team and hundreds of others across the organization. Like so many others, this was Joe's dream job, and he was very, very good at it.
The Canadian economy shed almost 25,000 jobs in January as the ailing manufacturing sector and Ontario (Hey, Doug!) sustained big losses to start the year. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Canada sheds 25,000 jobs to start 2026 on manufacturing, Ontario weakness
Drop in the number of job seekers drove the unemployment rate down to 6.5% in what economists say is a ‘mixed bag’ report
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The Canadian economy shed almost 25,000 jobs in January as the ailing manufacturing sector and Ontario (Hey, Doug!) sustained big losses to start the year. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Buck Martinez going out on a Toronto Blue Jay high. Well done, Buck. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
Buck Martinez announces retirement from Blue Jays broadcast booth
The former catcher began calling games regularly in 1987.
www.thestar.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Buck Martinez going out on a Toronto Blue Jay high. Well done, Buck. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
The Toronto Raptors didn't do much at the NBA trade deadline, and Doug Smith of @thestar.com says that's a good thing. www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...
The Raptors’ small steps at the trade deadline were just what was needed in the big picture
GM Webster calm and logical in his approach to roster-building.
www.thestar.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The Toronto Raptors didn't do much at the NBA trade deadline, and Doug Smith of @thestar.com says that's a good thing. www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...
Nice look back at Catherine O’Hara’s career for the archives of the Toronto Star www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Nice look back at Catherine O’Hara’s career for the archives of the Toronto Star www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Musk-Epstein Files.
January 30, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Musk-Epstein Files.
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The Center for Countering Digital Hate estimates that Elon Musk's Grok produced 23,000 sexualized images of children in an 11-day span.
Yet @lopatto.bsky.social of @theverge.com finds the nation's largest payment processors still allowing users to pay for this CSAM generator, despite prohibitions.
Yet @lopatto.bsky.social of @theverge.com finds the nation's largest payment processors still allowing users to pay for this CSAM generator, despite prohibitions.
Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it
“The industry is no longer willing to self-regulate.”
www.theverge.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The Center for Countering Digital Hate estimates that Elon Musk's Grok produced 23,000 sexualized images of children in an 11-day span.
Yet @lopatto.bsky.social of @theverge.com finds the nation's largest payment processors still allowing users to pay for this CSAM generator, despite prohibitions.
Yet @lopatto.bsky.social of @theverge.com finds the nation's largest payment processors still allowing users to pay for this CSAM generator, despite prohibitions.
“Canadians have an extra special sense of humour … because they’re able to make fun of themselves. The greatest gift is to be able to laugh at yourself.” - Catherine O'Hara in @thestar.com #SchittsCreek #HomeAlone #SecondCity #Canada www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Catherine O'Hara dead at 71: 'Heartbroken doesn't begin to cover it'
O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief illness,” according to a statement from her agency.
www.thestar.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:27 PM
“Canadians have an extra special sense of humour … because they’re able to make fun of themselves. The greatest gift is to be able to laugh at yourself.” - Catherine O'Hara in @thestar.com #SchittsCreek #HomeAlone #SecondCity #Canada www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
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Here's a gift link! www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Here's a gift link! www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Donald Trump's sanctions on the International Criminal Court could destroy the crown jewel of our international law system — and help Benjamin Netanyahu escape justice.
Canada and Europe *can* do something about it. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Canada and Europe *can* do something about it. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: Donald Trump’s naked attempt to destroy a global institution is working. Mark Carney should fight it
The U.S. president is out to destroy the crown jewel of our international legal system.
www.thestar.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Donald Trump's sanctions on the International Criminal Court could destroy the crown jewel of our international law system — and help Benjamin Netanyahu escape justice.
Canada and Europe *can* do something about it. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Canada and Europe *can* do something about it. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Isn't the same thing happening at SEE BS News?
January 30, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Isn't the same thing happening at SEE BS News?
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Independent journalists, media, and commentators - especially people of color - we have to stick together.
Solidarity.
We have to protect ourselves and our community. The institutions won't protect us, and this fascist Trump regime will use "our scalps" to placate their base.
Solidarity.
We have to protect ourselves and our community. The institutions won't protect us, and this fascist Trump regime will use "our scalps" to placate their base.
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Independent journalists, media, and commentators - especially people of color - we have to stick together.
Solidarity.
We have to protect ourselves and our community. The institutions won't protect us, and this fascist Trump regime will use "our scalps" to placate their base.
Solidarity.
We have to protect ourselves and our community. The institutions won't protect us, and this fascist Trump regime will use "our scalps" to placate their base.
I see a book in your future, Michelle.
January 30, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I see a book in your future, Michelle.
Oh, he loathes himself. Count on it. 😀
January 30, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Oh, he loathes himself. Count on it. 😀
You have to admire the United States for always being consistent in not giving a shit about the lives of ordinary fellow human beings. I'm sure it's quite admired in the Sadism Salons.
January 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
You have to admire the United States for always being consistent in not giving a shit about the lives of ordinary fellow human beings. I'm sure it's quite admired in the Sadism Salons.