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A reader kindly and gently reminded me that I had somehow forgotten Etobicoke-Lakeshore, which also took much more than its share. Mea maxima culpa. I would note that this makes the point even stronger. Four of Toronto’s 25 wards took a stunning 95.5pc of the city’s growth from census 2016 to 2021

I bet you Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Jensen Huang, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sundar Pichai don't have to talk to the chatbots they're pushing on us when THEY call customer support.

Karachi Monarchs vs. Mumbai Cobras Live Stream (Nov 15) | 2025 Baseball United Season One YouTube video by Baseball United

There's baseball on YouTube again - this time it's Karachi Monarchs vs Mumbai Cobras from Dubai. www.youtube.com/live/2mPlwe0...

Yooooo got a nice surprise last night and got a lil fanart by Dorgarica on Deviantart! https://www.deviantart.com/dorgarica
I'm a post this ERRYWHERE.
(A remake of a panel https://globalcomix.com/c/super-mario-adventures-continued-a-fan-comic- )
#smac #fanart

Happy birthday!

Yomiuri Giants legend, and halfway-decent drummer to boot! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqnR...

Frank Zappa transformation is 40% complete

There should be a wealth cap, like how MMORPGs have a level cap. You get to a billion US dollars, you get a little card that says you beat capitalism, and your estate goes to the government for redistribution when you die.

This will not be news to regular readers, but it's worth noting whenever Toronto council debates housing (or transportation or neighbourhood amenities) that just three of the 25 wards absorbed three-quarters of the city's population growth between 2016 and 2021

Three cards signed by Paul Skenes in both English and with Japanese katakana characters. He spells his name with the katakana スケネス instead of the correct スキーンズ.

He doesn't speak the language so I can't blame him, but Paul Skenes wrote his name wrong for these cards... He wrote スケネス instead of スキーンズ.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

Taking the 14 Words down to five - very efficient!

Better get your vocal chords limber now for the comic dub. 😏

Excellent guess.

this is truly a Bob Emergency.

Gonna be some frosty games in Montreal and Toronto!

Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked or f...

Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/

Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.

He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.

Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.

Gadzooks, this is a good read.

The "Tungsten Arm O'Doyle" guy is better at this journalism thing than most of the US mass media.

so this is how they're going to buy the entire npb free agent market.

D&D. Trivia. Pool. Super Smash Bros. You know, all the stuff Millennials did as teenagers.

Wow! I am currently experiencing serious underwater-seismometer-envy. This is so cool.

Okay, *now* my podcast buddy has reason to be nervous about the Lions rotation next season.

I was there! Good group of baseball knowers and lovers.

"I'm in this photo and I don't like it"

Sean Marshall has a trio of articles about the appalling planning behind new GO (oops, no, SmartTrack) stations in the works. ST is John Tory's legacy poisoning Toronto's transit planning for years when more sensible alternatives were available. But Metrolinx is happy to waste the City's money.

Did the top text load all the way at the bottom of the page for anyone else? Tried on Firefox and Edge.

Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

Bonus points if you look like you've been in a film noir rainstorm for an hour before going in

Could always look forlorn and reply "no... No one can help me now..." then walk away with a middle distance stare