A Vexing Plague
Stupidity and ignorance are things I spend a great deal of time thinking about. Although the conditions know no national boundaries, I find the Americans easy to single out for…
Millions in subsidies for mineral exploration undermine Indigenous rights
Thousands of protesters march through downtown Toronto to Queen’s Park to protest mercury poisoning in the Wabigoon River in Grassy Narrows First Nation, September 17, 2024. Photo by Free Grassy/X.…
For Those Who Think They Are Safe
Just a little reminder of the new reality in Trump's Amerika:Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.socialThe brownshirts are everywhere. And they *will* come to your street eventually. This is not just going to happen…
Knee Replacement Surgery: Recovery, 22
Today, I drove to a small, dead-end street near the trail where we parked, so we could walk Bella on the trail at the western edge of Harbourview Park. We…
Saturday Photo: Yellow Trees
Took this a couple of year ago, but the woods look like this now. Incandescent trees!
Going Postal
Waking up at the edge of the world this morning, everything looks deceptively normal and peaceful.
Sunday Funday: Jays win Game One! Plus some good posts celebrating Canada, some funny posts from all over, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers
One down, two to go:Let’s go, Blue Jays!— J. Kelly Nestruck (@nestruck.bsky.social) October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gets the Blue Jays on the board!— Carter Blazek…
Stemming the leakage
Taxing carbon emissions is one of the most effective ways of dealing with the climate... The post Stemming the leakage first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
What Is True Democracy
If your idea of democracy stops at majority rule it is not true democracy. If your idea of democracy allows the majority to oppress minorities it is not true democracy.…
Knee Replacement Recovery, 21
Thursday: I started the day with a 20-minute pedal on the stationary bike, then the first of my three exercise sessions, and a 600 m walk — shorter than usual…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- George Monbiot highlights how his own experience being injured as a result of an unrepaired pothole demonstrates the cost of austerity for everybody. And…
Comments on the passing scene: The Jays battle the Yankees; Carney goes to Washington; What Poilievre gets wrong; plus America updates on tariffs, ICE Gestapo and Trump revenge
Go Jays go! (or at least don't embarrass us) New! From me! The 2025 Toronto Blue Jays have been the most pleasant surprise. Now what? www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/...— Tao of Stieb (@taoofstieb.bsky.social)…
Musical interlude
Tomcraft - Loneliness (StereoUnderground Remix)
On changed realities
Readers may have noted that I've set up a reference page for the 2026 NDP leadership election, which will be updated with both reference information and my own posts on…
Time for another episode of Comedians V Trump
There are enough funny takes now on Trump's daily idiocies that I think I can make this "Comedians V Trump" a regular feature - not only clips from comedians themselves,…
US acts like pirates in the Caribbean
Warships of the United States Naval Forces Southern Command patrol in the Caribbean. Photo from Facebook. In reading historian Marcus Rediker, one can learn a great deal about the “Golden…
Is the populist fever breaking?
Populism, particularly the right-wing variety, has had a good run lately. Liberal democracy has been... The post Is the populist fever breaking? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- William Davies writes about the systematic stupidity being imposed by the Trump regime, while Noah Berlatsky notes that it's a feature rather than…
Stating The Obvious
From my perspective, it is clear that America has become a fascist country. Those who deny that reality are either extreme partisans (I refuse to use the term patriots, the…
From the Great Acceleration to the Great Enshitification and Beyond: Part Two
Part Two: Missed Opportunities, the Great Enshitification, the Consequences for the Young, and the Age of Flux The Missed MomentThe end of the Cold War in 1989 was supposed to…