Young Thos

I love how Radio-Canada's baseline assumption is that you would never even think of going to watch a huge prestigious international event happening in your city and that your only interest in life is knowing where you can go vroom vroom with your car. #Montreal #Montréal

It is perhaps a sign of the times that searching the phrase 'great satan' is turning up some of the most interesting journalistic coverage out there these days

Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses European Parliament in Strasbourg the day after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed opening door to Canada becoming first associate EU member. Featuring English, French and a smattering of German #cdnpoli www.cpac.ca/headline-politics..

Mark Carney apparently had the time and energy, between today's EU state of the union in Strasbourg and his own speech in Strasbourg tomorrow, to leg it up to Liverpool to meet with the British PM and take in a bit of the footie. Seems like quite the character, this prime minister of ours 😮 #cdnpoli

In this, the first day of the post 'Tim Apple' era, new CEO John Ternus has a chance to make his mark and move on from the inauguration donations, golden trophies and Melania screenings. What will he decide, I wonder? www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-a...

The sooner this clown gets wiped out by the bond market, the better. #cdnpoli

We already were on guard, it's in our anthem. #ElbowsUp #cndpoli

While I appreciate the sentiment, I would rather you get yourself a #Kobo or other ereader instead of a Kindle. And you don't even have to pirate, the public library is right there! But overall, this guy gets it. Bonus points for the Casio scientific calculator 🤓 youtu.be/HEDAZQuFIDM

The #STM has gone all-out with more activities and documentaries and merch than you can shake a stick at for the 60th anniversary of the #Montreal Metro www.stm.info/fr/presse/commun...

Shows how much he knows, it's actually a monarchy

Un feel-good movie? Après, c'est ce même @ledevoir.com qui va dire que c'est nous les anglophones qui dénaturons le Québec par le seul fait de notre existence. Pour sauver le français, il faudrait élargir le mandat de l'OQLF à la traque et la punition des anglicismes des francophones. #polqc #qcpoli

It's quite something to behold that the current wave of Alberta separatism kicked off the day after the federal election, when the country chose a prime minister from Edmonton instead of a prime minister from Calgary. Truly, the new crybabies of confederation. #cdnpoli

I enjoy breathless tech coverage as much as the next person, but some would say athletes have been 'integrating wearables into their training' since the advent of the wristwatch. I know I would www.theverge.com/gadgets/9167...

Following on from a @siracusa.social answer to an ancient #askatp question that has stuck with me, and aided by incorrigible bibliophilia, I've finally decided to get just a little bit serious about expanding my knowledge of #unix, mostly for the love of the game 🤓

Well, this #surfsocial looks like quite the thing 😮 It does RSS too apparently — I wonder how much overlap there'll be with Tapestry

Mark Carney is going to have to sit Michael Rousseau down & explain to him, business dude to business dude, that he's got to step down in the interests of national unity. Air Canada is based in Montreal, Quebec is riled up and it's a provincial election year #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politics/air-..

Posting this again as I messed up the first attempt 😅 Against all odds, I've somehow managed to publish a second blog post. I was so busy 'monitoring the situation' that I forgot I was supposed to be writing. So I decided to write about it… orthographi.ca/monitoring-t...

Canadians, please sign this official government petition before Thursday to ditch Daylight Saving Time nationwide! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

While I appreciate the sentiment, what if North America were to concern itself instead with having fewer highways and more electric trains? 'Meanwhile, ugly EVs that cost too much and do nothing to move the needle on EV adoption continue to darken our highways.' www.theverge.com/transportati...

1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations. Elite troops and F-35 jets with live ammunition were sent, and runways were to be blown up to prevent an invasion. ⬇️

'If you’re a hair salon, or a tattoo artist, or a restaurant or whatever, please just have a fucking website where I can go and see your hours.' Back when I was at the bookshop, people would find the wrong business hours online and complain. So I broke out my HTML 1.0 and coded us a fucking website

i still see people using est when it’s edt now and i don’t understand why they don’t just use et and make it easier on everyone

'The term "power user" has become almost a slur, as if power users were abnormal in some way rather than simply possessing knowledge about computers, a normal consequence of experience with computers…' (@lapcatsoftware.bsky.social via @gte.bsky.social) lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2...

I am going to see a talk with @doctorow.pluralistic.net, @astra.bsky.social and @yoshuabengio.bsky.social in #Montréal on April 10, and you can too! www.mcgill.ca/misc/channels/e...

The absolute bane of my existence — all day, every day, everywhere arstechnica.com/culture/2026/...

They aren't a news organization: they are an annoying pop-up and cookie-setting factory with an inconvenient, vestigial news entity attached to it. News exists on sufferance, and if it was possible to do away with it altogether, the owners would. 15/

This looks like an absolutely fascinating read

“Given the current turmoil in the international order, the EU must elevate its strategic partnership with Canada to a new level, MEPs say, pointing to shared interests and values.”

one of mark carney’s projects of national significance should be massive metro system expansions, in part to link up with the future high-speed rail line

I was out running earlier when I happened upon some #wholesome multigenerational multiracial street hockey. Just then a police SUV came barreling down the road, but they saw the game, slowly reversed & turned down a side street; the most civil thing I've seen from #SPVM in all my years in #Montréal

Daylight Saving Time is fast time, an hour ahead of Standard Time. It rushes us through each day (in the hopes we spend more money), rather than enjoy our days at nature’s pace.

As the first permanent resource on my website, I've published a list of critical books going back two decades that inform the techno-dystopia we live in today. It will evolve over time, please have a look and let me know if I've missed anything! orthographi.ca/techno-dysto...

So I decided to start a blog… Let me know what you think, should you feel so inclined 🙏 orthographi.ca/hello-world/

A welcome bit of sanity from @stephenmarche.bsky.social to end a week during which the U.S. ambassador attempted to gaslight us with his hurt feelings vis-à-vis our desire to not be annexed by them. Hoekstra is a clown so it doesn't come as a surprise, but it is annoying www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...