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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
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The Toronto Public Library has purchased the old WE Charity headquarters at Queen & Parliament to convert into a new branch: blogs.tpl.ca/news-release...
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Toronto Public Library has purchased the old WE Charity headquarters at Queen & Parliament to convert into a new branch: blogs.tpl.ca/news-release...
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WNED bills (no pun) itself as Buffalo-Toronto, so if people here feel like giving... (aka "Buffalo Toronto Public Media")
Today is 'Giving Tuesday'! Many NPR/PBS stations — recently defunded by the Trump administration and Congress — have matches that mean your donation will go twice as far.
Support your local stations! If you already do, consider adopting a station hit hard. Here are NY's: adoptastation.org/newyork
Support your local stations! If you already do, consider adopting a station hit hard. Here are NY's: adoptastation.org/newyork
Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media
Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
adoptastation.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
WNED bills (no pun) itself as Buffalo-Toronto, so if people here feel like giving... (aka "Buffalo Toronto Public Media")
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“OpenAI’s court filing argued that the harms in this case were at least partly caused by Raine’s ‘failure to heed warnings, obtain help, or otherwise exercise reasonable care,’ as well as the ‘failure of others to respond to his obvious signs of distress.’”
OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide
Adam Raine's family sued the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that it isn't responsible for the teen's death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“OpenAI’s court filing argued that the harms in this case were at least partly caused by Raine’s ‘failure to heed warnings, obtain help, or otherwise exercise reasonable care,’ as well as the ‘failure of others to respond to his obvious signs of distress.’”
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I don't for a second think this will happen but I would cackle for days if the feds managed to get an electrified train line into Toronto Union station before GO transit.
Canada actually speeding up the construction of high speed rail?? Do my eyes deceive me??
“This will enable construction on Alto to begin in four years — as early as 2029 — instead of the original timeline of in eight years, towards the middle of the 2030s.”
www.blogto.com/travel/2025/...
“This will enable construction on Alto to begin in four years — as early as 2029 — instead of the original timeline of in eight years, towards the middle of the 2030s.”
www.blogto.com/travel/2025/...
300km/h train through Ontario will happen years earlier than expected
Construction on one of the most ambitious and expensive transportation infrastructure projects to ever be undertaken in Canadian history is now targe…
www.blogto.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I don't for a second think this will happen but I would cackle for days if the feds managed to get an electrified train line into Toronto Union station before GO transit.
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thinking about how newfoundland’s rail network was dismantled instead of aligning it with the rest of canada 😢
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
thinking about how newfoundland’s rail network was dismantled instead of aligning it with the rest of canada 😢
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Under new Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada, the #Montreal bikelash has begun.
Ensemble Montréal era begins with winter bike-lane rollback in Outremont
#Outremont approved the motion Monday in its first council meeting since the municipal election.
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
Ensemble Montréal era begins with winter bike-lane rollback in Outremont
#Outremont approved the motion Monday in its first council meeting since the municipal election.
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Under new Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada, the #Montreal bikelash has begun.
Ensemble Montréal era begins with winter bike-lane rollback in Outremont
#Outremont approved the motion Monday in its first council meeting since the municipal election.
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
Ensemble Montréal era begins with winter bike-lane rollback in Outremont
#Outremont approved the motion Monday in its first council meeting since the municipal election.
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
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New from me at TVO: Green P Delenda Est. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
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November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New from me at TVO: Green P Delenda Est. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
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Last Tuesday, as the strongest Atlantic storm in 90 years slammed the western coast of Jamaica with 185-mph winds, Bill Gates was downplaying climate change.
Respectfully, Bill Gates needs to shut up
The tech billionaire's climate pivot is cowardly—and profoundly unhelpful.
www.motherjones.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Last Tuesday, as the strongest Atlantic storm in 90 years slammed the western coast of Jamaica with 185-mph winds, Bill Gates was downplaying climate change.
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I ran into Peter Rivest from the Haileybury legion at the North Cobalt Flea Market.
Make sure you buy a poppy to support our veterans. This is the week that we remember the huge cost that Canadians paid in the fight for democracy.
Remembering this sacrifice matters now more than ever.
Make sure you buy a poppy to support our veterans. This is the week that we remember the huge cost that Canadians paid in the fight for democracy.
Remembering this sacrifice matters now more than ever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I ran into Peter Rivest from the Haileybury legion at the North Cobalt Flea Market.
Make sure you buy a poppy to support our veterans. This is the week that we remember the huge cost that Canadians paid in the fight for democracy.
Remembering this sacrifice matters now more than ever.
Make sure you buy a poppy to support our veterans. This is the week that we remember the huge cost that Canadians paid in the fight for democracy.
Remembering this sacrifice matters now more than ever.
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so uh respect for tradition and all but no we will not be handing out candy past the first pitch and frankly if you or your children are still trick or treating past then I question your life choices
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
so uh respect for tradition and all but no we will not be handing out candy past the first pitch and frankly if you or your children are still trick or treating past then I question your life choices
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
You had one job Sportsnet.
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
You had one job Sportsnet.
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Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
I hate cancer as much as the next person, but that was just wierd.
October 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I hate cancer as much as the next person, but that was just wierd.
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There's an AWS outage this morning impacting lots of services; it started around 07.30 UK time. People who use services like Alexa as their alarm clocks have just had a helpful reminder that using a device reliant on connectivity to carry out a task that doesn't need connectivity is not a good idea.
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
There's an AWS outage this morning impacting lots of services; it started around 07.30 UK time. People who use services like Alexa as their alarm clocks have just had a helpful reminder that using a device reliant on connectivity to carry out a task that doesn't need connectivity is not a good idea.
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Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.
www.construction-physics.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Via Rail pays out $31M in travel vouchers because of delays
As freight traffic increases, #Canada's national rail operator, which mostly runs on CN tracks, is increasingly late.
Just 29% of trains in Quebec City to Windsor corridor were on time last year.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
As freight traffic increases, #Canada's national rail operator, which mostly runs on CN tracks, is increasingly late.
Just 29% of trains in Quebec City to Windsor corridor were on time last year.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Via Rail pays out $31M in travel vouchers because of delays
As freight traffic increases, #Canada's national rail operator, which mostly runs on CN tracks, is increasingly late.
Just 29% of trains in Quebec City to Windsor corridor were on time last year.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
As freight traffic increases, #Canada's national rail operator, which mostly runs on CN tracks, is increasingly late.
Just 29% of trains in Quebec City to Windsor corridor were on time last year.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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1 trillion web pages preserved makes the Wayback Machine an indispensable research tool. Share how this effort has impacted you, and encourage your network to support the Internet Archive: donate.archive.org/1T
#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
October 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
1 trillion web pages preserved makes the Wayback Machine an indispensable research tool. Share how this effort has impacted you, and encourage your network to support the Internet Archive: donate.archive.org/1T
#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943