At some point the endless string of corrupt behaviour has got to catch up to Doug Ford. How will this play with all the rubes who see him as 'one of them'?

What a weeke, huh?

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For God’s sake, what is wrong with the New York Times! How is this even a story? Headline should read “Botched lip filler gives woman false sense of fulfillment. She plans to sue, which she is sure will make her happy again.”

Elbows up!

Every dog in the country should get a biscuit!

Where It Ends Answering the enabler's constant question, and contemplating the depraved depths of the billionaire mindset.

At a certain point of wealth, what is being pursued seems not to be wealth, but the ability to make other people suffer. What's being pursued is immunity from human decency; the ability and even the right to be depraved with impunity. They get off on the suffering. www.the-reframe.com/where-it-ends/

Your essay has so clearly articulated what I have felt but couldn’t put together verbally or in writing for myself - the systems have ways of making you doubt what you can see and know is true. Thank you for such a clear view. The task is huge but you’ve made it clear.

Agreed. Books are safe and wonderful ways to introduce kids to uncomfortable and even awful things that are part of our world. Librarians and teachers and parents are there to help guide kids through their reactions to works of fiction and negotiate the emotions that can come up.

A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools. Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's "keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's "we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight." It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before. "It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time. A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead. @michaelfdubois Mukad A QuBoy @michacifdubois

Brutal.

One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵

Good luck

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The NYT style guide

Does this mean he’s putting the sign back in the window?

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Don’t forget the Guardian: “Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest”

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Switching the lever in the VW beetle over to the reserve gas tank because there was no gas gauge. Same car had virtually no heat in it.

2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides Amongst many stories, one stands out

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Answer: no.

I’m finding myself torn between a “Try to find the humour in it all” and a “This looks like a good place to start digging my bomb shelter” mindset so I might try writing some satire while on my breaks from mixing cement.

Source: Toronto Star Thursday November 20, 2025. You know what sounds like diverse? Divest.

Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.

Apparently it was the show This Hour has 22 Minutes that filmed a segment at the Halifax Pier as the cruise passengers got off with this guy greeting them. Hilarious and a nice poke at you know who.

My sister in Halifax sent this pic she took of a guy greeting tourists down at the Halifax pier! We’re Nice!

Silhouetted remains of the High Court Banksy
creating a curiously medieval quality...as if depicting Thomas a Becket being attacked in the crypt

'It is dangerous for men in power, if no-one dares to tell them when they go wrong'
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One of those days when you tune in and discover you’re at war with Eastasia.

Oh man - so sad - how the hell do you check on their emerging literacy skills if you don’t read together - helping them with the decoding, checking for comprehension, sharing emotional responses to what is going on in the story - crucial for parents to model what fluent readers do. With voices!

Golden retriever on a picnic table. She likes to do parkour.

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