The tops of tall trees visible above a thick low lying fog blanketing the Toronto islands.

📍 Toronto Islands | Shrouded in fog, treetops floating above the lake #Toronto

A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi

“It’s a couple of things that work beautifully in concert. First: no music. Audiences are so sophisticated, but what they’re not accustomed to is not being told how to feel,” Wyle says. “You take all that out and it forces a level of engagement where you’re now looking for clues within the frame of the screen, which forces you to look up from your phone. And I think that is extremely engaging, especially to young viewers who aren’t accustomed to being asked to participate in a nonpassive way in the viewing experience.

“Second point, shooting it with almost exclusively 50-millimeter or 65-millimeter lenses, which is the most comparable to the human eye—and only shooting from the point of view of a human being that’s present in this space. There are no cameras on gurney wheels going in the hallway. There’s no cameras on the ceiling looking down from a God point of view. You are limited to the perspective of a participant. You can look away, but you can’t leave, and it becomes an endurance test for you to stay on your feet as long as we’re on our feet. Which [brings me to my] third point: real time. Real time has an aggregate sense of tension that you don’t get in any other form of storytelling. What happened before is happening now, and these two things are going to add up to the next thing. And if we throw more ingredients into this cooker and keep ratcheting it up, it’s going to pop.”

Wyle makes eye contact for his next point, delivering it with a Robby-esque matter-of-factness. “Fourth point: The election went the other way,” he says with a shrug. “We could have been a really good show with a lot of nice things to say in a perfectly normal Kamala Harris universe. And instead we became almost a beacon of hope and humanity in an alternative universe. But in the midst of that, fifth point—this is essentially competence porn. You’re watching really smart, dedicated people do what only they know how to do at a level that you don’t know how to do it, and you’re so fucking glad that they’re there doing it, and compartmentalizing their own stuff to put your broken pieces back together. You’re so reassured by knowing that there are people out there that laugh and joke and have the ability to lock in like that.”

this is fucking unreal stuff from Noah Wyle on the magic of The Pitt. www.gq.com/story/noah-w...

BREAKING NEWS A jury found that Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, operated as a monopoly in violation of antitrust laws.

We the jury in the above-entitled action have determined that water is wet

They spent a decade complaining about safe spaces and then made a robot to give you compliments and tell you your mp3 of farting noises is Brian Eno

dad: so whats the deal with the war

me: *speaks for 5 min*

dad: wow that is an impressive analysis

me: thanks I took it from a person I follow online who is a subject matter expert

dad: oh whats their name

me: They are a cartoon dog wearing underwear as a face mask called Piss Prevail On Earth

HOUSTON: Integrity Houston You are six minutes from your 40-minute lunar flyby LOS. From all of us, it's a privilege to witness you carrying the fire past our farthest reach. Thank you. Godspeed. VICTOR GLOVER: Thank you for that, Jenny. And thank you to all of you for allowing us the immense privilege to be on this journey together. It's quite amazing. And as we go on this journey, thinking about the NASA mission to explore the unknown in air and space, to innovate for the benefit of humanity and to inspire the world through discovery — and as you've gone along on this journey with us, hopefully we're doing just those things. And as we get close to the nearest point to the moon and farthest point from Earth, as we continue to unlock the mysteries of the cosmos, I would like to uh remind you of one of the most important mysteries there on earth — and that's love. Christ said in response to what was the greatest command that it was to love God with all that you are. And he also, being a great teacher, said this: I give you equal to it, and that is to love your neighbor as yourself. And so, as we prepare to go out of radio communication, we're still able to feel your love from Earth and to all of you down there on Earth, and around the Earth, we love you from the moon. HOUSTON: Houston copies, we'll see you on the other side.

Oh: Shortly before the Artemis II Orion craft flew around the moon yesterday, entering a 40-minute period of radio silence, Astronaut Victor Glover — who has been open about this faith — took a moment to reflect on Christian scripture.

The passage he chose: love your neighbor as yourself.

The Trend Simulation Era Your favourite band made it big with the help of hundreds of fake accounts. Does it matter?

I wrote about digital music marketing agency Chaotic Good Projects. Musician Eliza McLamb uncovered that they used hundreds of fake accounts to artificially generate buzz for bands like Geese, Mk.gee and Dijon. The co-founders call it "trend simulation."

Share this one w your people who don’t read the news much or are passive consumers of information. A secret govt should resonate. If secret over “small” things like bike lanes - what else is there. This should resonate. It should (famous futile words).

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Incredible footage from a United Airlines flight of the Artemis II launch.

Thrilled to announce the return of Alliance For Canadian Musicals at Theatre Passe Muraille as part of The Toronto Fringe with EIGHT Canadian musicals, running June 30 to July 12, 2026.

Lay It Down | Hazlitt People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.

oof. all my love for John K. Samson. hazlitt.net/longreads/la...

But kings and mightiest potentates must die,
For that’s the end of human misery.

TAPA - Announcement: Amaka Umeh to host 46th Annual Dora Awards Amaka Umeh will host the 46th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D’Andrea Foundation Monday, June 29 at Meridian Hall in Toronto Plus: TAPA Announces Slate of 2026 Awards and Ev…

Gr8 choice, @tapa-to.bsky.social. All hail Queen Jadis! #TheaTO #CdnCult tapa.ca/industry-lis...

Happy World Theatre Day! So many TO shows to celebrate with: Little Willy, Queen Maeve, Julie, Anywhere, The Surrogate, A Mirror, Kathryn, Kill Your Father, Lovesick Lambs, White Girls in Moccasins, Cyclops: A Satyr Play, Twinkle, Detroit, Cyrano, Shucked, & Juliet.

The Nether UWaterloo's Theatre and Performance presents their Winter 2026 production of The Nether, written by Jennifer Haley and directed by Zachary McKendrick.

Happy #WorldTheatreDay ! I took a GO train to Kitchener last night to see a production of THE NETHER; you can watch it in real time virtually tonight & tomorrow! Tonight's a taping for K. Trev Wilson; tomorrow's the closing of ARC's A MIRROR, maybe JULIE, maybe ANYWHERE? See some #TheaTO this wknd!

World’s Gone Wild marks an edgy new chapter for the Second City in Toronto The company’s 91st revue showcases the ensemble’s ability to adapt

Some nice work in the new Second City mainstage revue (albeit with an uneven cast). Worth noting that the company's elbows are a little lower than they were this time last year.

Review in @theglobeandmail.com:

www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...

Sneakers is free on YT if you're looking for an absolute banger 90s flick

Sport > US Sport Charlie Kirk's 'mentor' and father of modern cheerleading dies after falling while playing pickleball: report Varsity Spirit said that Jeff Webb 'built a community that will continue to inspire generations to come'

reading this felt like falling down an escher staircase

Last chance to catch The Drowsy Chaperone & More Munsch closing today, while An Imm-Permanent Resident & Circle Mirror Transformation close tomorrow.
Also playing: Little Willy, Queen Maeve, Julie, Anywhere, The Surrogate, A Mirror, Kathryn, Kill Your Father, Detroit, Cyrano, Shucked and & Juliet.

Even more surreal: An @intermissionmag.bsky.social blurb on a Broadway theatre.

You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her.

Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day

I absolutely think this is the key element in deciding to separate art and artist. Shakespeare was probably one kind of asshole or another but buying the complete works doesn’t allow him or his heirs to do more damage. It’s a critical distinction between censorship and boycott.

Tarragon’s 2026-27 season will include Kat Sandler’s Yaga plus five world premiere plays 55th anniversary season also includes Monks, one of The Globe and Mail’s top theatrical productions of 2025

#Exclusive: Tarragon Theatre has unveiled its 2026-27 season, which includes Kat Sandler's YAGA, the return of MONKS (!) and other goodies. #TheaTO

Lots more on @theglobeandmail.com:

www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...

Joyce Carol Oates tweeting "planning to attend "Tristan und Isolde" on Saturday: five hours, 27 minutes. pray for me. (yes, I've seen the opera before. for all its length it did not seem as long as "Marty Supreme.")"

incredible

Superstar Machine! YouTube video by DaffyMalYinkleyankle

I enjoyed the “Superstar in a Superstar Machine” section of Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie

youtu.be/JvCmvSKenzY

Somehow the Oscars Captured the Magic of What Might Be the Best Movie Scene of the Year The cast of Sinners—and a few surprise guests—took the whole Academy Awards to the juke joint.

Want to see the stunning tribute to SINNERS' musical number (again?) that was performed live last night @ the Oscars? it's not on YouTube (rights issues), but Crave subscribers can watch the whole SINNERS segment, running from 32:50 to 37:23, from the broadcast. slate.com/culture/2026...

Exciting Tarragon Theatre 26/27 season, with all-Canadian lineup from Jeff Ho, Robert Chafe translation of Michel Marc Bouchard, Anahita Dehbonehie, Katherine Gauthier, Luke Reece, Kat Sandler, Veronica Hortiguela & Annie Luján, Morris Panych. Plus a guest presentation from Studio 180 Theatre.