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…
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.
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.…
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…
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…
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)…
Tomcraft - Loneliness (StereoUnderground Remix)
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…
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,…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
So when Trump was babbling on and on to the generals yesterday, he once again said Canada should become the 51st state. Canada didn't laugh:Hey Canada, Trump brought up his…
United States envoy Morgan Ortagus casts the lone veto against a UN Security Council draft resolution calling for a Gaza ceasefire, aid access, and hostage release. The measure, supported by…
Administration building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. Photo by Sancho McCann/Wikimedia Commons. When actions fail to honor the promises that gave rise to them, and their consequences ripple...
Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) long ago abandoned the radical roots of its founding ancestor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation which, famously, pledged in 1933 that “No CCF Government will rest…
A lizard-like Trump crawls over the border
And we have a bucket of bootstraps if you have shoes
