Playing in the Band

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The Guardian view on living more creatively: a daily dose of art

7" of Jackie Mittoo - The Thriller on Third World label. Released in 1976. The label says it was arranged and produced by Jackie Mittoo. The original rhythm was produced by Bunny Lee.

Remembering the legendary Jackie Mittoo who died on this day in 1990, aged just 42.

This 7" was also the opening track on Jackie's 1977 LP Keyboard King, the first of 4 albums he recorded for Bunny Lee in the late '70s...

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Clients of lobby firms connected to premier, his nephew given tens of millions in training funds Groups represented by a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager got more than $100 million in grant money, a Trillium analysis has found

NEW: Clients of lobby firms connected to the premier and his nephew were given tens of millions from the Skills Development Fund.

Clients of Rubicon — a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager — got more than $100M, records show.

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31 Minutos, la banda de títeres chilena revoluciona los Tiny Desk Es el tercer grupo integrado por muñecos en protagonizar uno de los populares conciertos de la radio pública estadounidense NPR, después de los personajes de ‘Barrio Sésamo’ y Fragile Rock

🇨🇱🎶 Con una alusión a la situación política de la migración en Estados Unidos, Tulio, Bodoque, Patana, Juanín y todo el equipo de la banda de títeres chilena 31 minutos aterrizan en NPR para protagonizar un Tiny Desk dozz.es/oefea26

7" of Gregory Isaacs - All I Have Is Love on Torpedo label. Released in 1975. Produced by Sydney Crooks.

All I Have Is Love is an all-time Gregory Isaacs tune.

It was also the title track of his 2nd LP on Trojan in 1976. Lyrically similar to the earlier Loving Pauper, this is Gregory at his most vulnerable and heartfelt best...

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Ford government’s handling of Skills Development funds ‘not fair, transparent or accountable,’ auditor finds In a critical audit, Shelley Spence said Ford’s Ministry of Labour awarded money to the “low- and medium-ranked applications” from the controversial fund.

#Breaking: Premier Doug Ford’s government doled out $126 million in training cash to 64 firms that used lobbyists to push poorly rated applications, which is “not fair, transparent, or accountable,” the auditor general found.

Muere Rodrigo Moya, el lente revolucionario de la fotografía mexicana El fotógrafo comprometido con las luchas sociales fue el retratista de importantes personalidades de su tiempo, como Ernesto Che Guevara o Gabriel García Márquez

Moya es considerado uno de los grandes maestros de la imagen en México, documentó las guerrillas de Latinoamérica, la invasión estadounidense de República Dominicana, la revolución cubana y los movimientos sociales del 68. dozz.es/g2cn54

Banned! The 20 books they didn’t want you to read

‘Deeply concerning’: reading for fun in the US has fallen by 40%, new study says

‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?

Ford government’s attempt to remove Toronto bike lanes is unconstitutional, judge rules The provincial government had argued that road space dedicated to cyclists was adding to congestion. A Superior Court judge said the government’s decision would risk the lives of cyclsits.

Best news of the day for us people who bike! Ford government's attempt to remove Toronto bike lanes is unconstitutional, judge rules www.thestar.com/news/gta/for... #topoli #onpoli #bikeTO

7" of Dennis Brown - Have You Ever Been In Love Before on Taxi label. Released in 1981. Produced by Sly & Robbie.

Dennis Brown first recorded for Sly & Robbie's newly set-up Taxi label in 1979 with Sitting & Watching. They continued their collaboration into the 1980s.

This 7" is a personal favourite from that time...

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And here's our full Centre for Future Work Canada report on why a bad deal with Trump is worse than no deal at all: centreforfuturework.ca/2025/07/22/a...

Isolationism isn’t new and is fuelled by deep human desires | Aeon Essays Liberal thinkers are shocked that nations are once again isolating from the world. The real surprise would be if they didn’t

...And if that whets your appetite, you can read my essay for @aeon.co on the topic here 📖👇

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Coalition of parents, teachers, trustees speaks out against Ontario's school board takeover | CBC News A coalition of parents, teachers and trustees is speaking out after the Ontario government announced it would be taking over four school boards where it says "mismanagement" took place.

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With classroom temperatures soaring, schoolyards need more trees - Tree Frog creative The other day, in the midst of a heat wave that suffocated central Canada, this newspaper brought us the story of a five-year-old at a public school in Ottawa, sent to hospital for heat exhaustion. Th...

“The shade of a tree os a good place to learn”Peter Kuitenbrouwer treefrogcreative.ca/with-classro...

So much to learn! Moeller Method. youtube.com/watch?v=QNBn...

🚨 New report: Entrenched Interests exposes fossil fuel ties on the boards of 5 major Canadian public pension funds – including CPPIB, OTPP, AIMCo, PSP & OMERS. These links pose serious governance risks. #ClimateRisk #Pensions #cdnpoli

Don Quixote

Here is a nice groove to open the morning! youtube.com/watch?v=EJDA...

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