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Toronto-based ACD/copywriter at [redacted] and fan of real writers. Dad. Baby Gen Xer. Remembers Twitter. 🇨🇦 strong. I'm on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7hZbd
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Describe a favourite movie in the most misleading way possible. How about, a deadbeat dad hatches a plan to permanently shirk on his parental responsibilities.

Want to experience urban decay first hand in Toronto? Take the Sufferin bus south from Bloor. Oof. #ttc #Toronto #sufferinbus #dufferin

ICONIC CANADIAN BRAND USES CANADIAN CELEBRITY IN VOICEOVER PeaceLoveCanada.ca

Phillies memorialized the POOP scorebug

Bay blankets? That'd be aisle 9 between the car mats and beer cozies. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...

May the fourth be with you!

Absolutely delicious

“Whatever adjectives American progressives might use to describe Democrats—feckless, weak, pathetic—the Canadian Liberals are the opposite. In fact, they may be the most successful left-of-center party on the planet,” Daniel Block writes:

This is a must-listen for fans of democracy.

the funny thing about signalgate is that it wouldn't have been funny 6 months ago, it would be very serious and horrifying, but our bodies have stopped producing cortisol and signalgate is only funny thing to have happened in months

Paiken, Paiken, Paiken. You had one job but... #canpoli #debate

Really groundbreaking journalism from NYT. All the more disappointing because of how late to the game this is, and how it took an American news outlet to finally make the headlines. Let's see how much difference it makes with the project well underway at Ontario Place.

Starting to feel like I'm more Jack Lemmon than Alec Baldwin in the Glengarry model of my work life.

Desi Lydic taps in former Daily Show correspondent Olivia Munn to break down Trump’s tariff mania

I don't know who Muppetized original Genesis but Peter Gabriel's face is sending me.

Conservative Party refuses to drop candidate for 20 years' worth of controversial statements

Auto parts cross the Canada-U.S. border six times on average before final assembly. In a trade crisis, that’s a vulnerability for our workers. It’s time to build up that supply chain right here in Canada.

I wonder which right wing expat celebrity PP will trot out in response to this? Gretzky? Carney continues to own (and define) the moment. youtu.be/al9yWA4TUII?... #canpoli #markcarney #elbowsup #canelection

Roses are red Violets are blue

In the movie Psycho, Janet Leigh stands directly under the shower head and then turns the water on. That is why the movie is called Psycho, one assumes. I turned it off. Stupid.

Dear Murica, Welcome to Dumpsville. Population: You. #onpoli #canpoli #tariffs #tradewar #uscanada #resist

Honda's picking a hell of a time to "Buy American". Also, maybe opting for the "import" car isn't the flex you think it is. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/int... #tariffs #canpoli #trade #autoindustry

Trudeau's statement on the coming tariffs and counter-tariffs. #cdnpoli

Get ready for automotive production to shut down on both sides of the border. Indefinitely. FFS.

A little snap election justice, served extra cold! globalnews.ca/news/1103062... #onpoli

Remember when America had friends? Like a month ago?

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

We can’t control what President Trump will do next. We have to focus on what we can control — building the Canadian economy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NBT...

Oof, from the technical gaffes to unfunny writing and missed cues, #snl50 is off to a rough start.

If you see this, post a knight.

@ericgrenier.bsky.social @cbcnews.ca Any plans on launching a 2025 Ontario election poll tracker? #onpoli #onelection #ontariovotes

Dear grocery stores, this is the way.

One possible silver lining would be if all of the moral cowards who knew exactly what Trump is and what he would do to the country and Constitution and economy have to get eternally screamed at by every single one of the constituents they betrayed with their spinelessness.