Shannon MacInnes

I was recently laid off by ARTnews, a few days before the theft at the Louvre. The terms of my TN work visa means I can't freelance unless I donate the funds to charity. I'm open to new FT roles in business reporting and communications, and am willing to relocate to other cities, including Toronto.

This is absolutely wild, what a choice by the officers!

'Rapture' comes from the Latin 'rapere' meaning "to seize and carry off."

'Raptor' also comes from 'rapere.'

We hope neither carries you off today.

Has he considered making the Eglinton-Crosstown a “special economic zone?”

There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"

End unfolding genocide or watch it end life in Gaza: UN experts say States face defining choice GENEVA – Escalating atrocities in Gaza present an urgent moral crossroads and States must act now to end the violence or bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population in Gaza – an out...

“This is one of the most ostentatious and merciless manifestations of the desecration of human life and dignity.”

End unfolding genocide or watch it end life in Gaza: UN experts say States face defining choice.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Also, in Ontario, almost all our Higher Ed institutions are facing severe budget crunches atm. Someone needs to tell Doug Ford that if he really wants to future proof the Ontario economy he could provide special funds for recruiting scientists and researchers, expanding labs and research facilities.

one of the most admirable aspects of human culture, until comparatively recently, is the near universal civilisational compulsion to wear a silly hat after you accumulate any amount of power

fundementally this is where society started going wrong. why don't the powerful wear drip like this anymore

I do genuinely wonder how many people think what happened with Wikipedia is that “society accepted it” rather than that they put a ton of work into making it reliable, something that is not going to make AI reliable because no technology to actually understand meaning has been or can be invented.

Non-sufficient funds fee will be limited to $10 in Canada starting next year | CBC News In his final days in office, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government made good on its promise to limit the ability of Canadian banks to charge hefty fees when somebody doesn't have enough in...

In the US, Trump is dismantling consumer protection measures, which proportionally target lower income families.

In Canada, the government is enhancing consumer protection measures to the benefit of lower income families.

I know which system makes more sense to me.

Righteous anger!

Ontario: Yours to Discover (threatening)

Ah, no apology, just deletes and pretends he never considered invading a former ally.

This is an incredibly offensive thing to say, musing about what it would mean for your broken electoral system to militarily take over a sovereign nation.

You could take us but you would never be able to hold us.

Former prime minister Harper accuses Carney of overblowing role during financial crisis | CBC News Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney is taking too much credit for steering Canada's response to the 2008 global financial crisis.

He knows we all remember he wanted to deregulate banks, that he fought with everyone, that Carney and then his finance minister left? This is so inappropriate. Conservatives are incapable of telling the truth.
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Great news for money launderers!

Beanie babies but memes & crypto. Everyone buys into a meme they like/think other people will like. Then when the value goes up high enough people try to be the pull their money out first to make a profit. Like beanie babies they only have value to other people who care about them, no practical use.

Didn't @unicef.org come up with a plan for this when Elon said he was going to do it before he decided he'd rather buy+destroy Twitter instead?

Elon Musk is a bandit.
And Doug Ford just signed $100 million deal with him.
Meanwhile he and Trump are trying to crush the people of Ukraine.
Doug Ford says it's the "best bang for the buck."
No Doug, this is what vichy collaborators do.
Slava Ukraini

@unicef.org do you still have that plan you wrote up?

U.S. scientists say their work is under attack. Here's what that means for Canada | CBC News Some U.S. government scientists have been told they can no longer travel for meetings or even join virtual calls with international counterparts, putting a hold on Canadian research and sending a deep...

This is ridiculous.

"Travelling for international meetings or even joining a call with Canadian counterparts has become impossible for some U.S. government scientists, under new directives since U.S. President Donald Trump took office."

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Ukraine Rejects U.S. Demand for Half of Its Mineral Resources (Gift Article) President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly faulted the American offer, which is tied to continued aid, because it did not include security guarantees.

Anyone who thinks Trump isn’t coming for 🇨🇦Canada’s natural resources should take a look at what he’s doing to 🇺🇦Ukraine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

Why am I awake at 4:15 AM? Because the plow is clearing the parking lot outside the window. The driver is listening to Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" at top volume and singing off-key even louder than his stereo. You'd think I'd be mad but I'm just loving his energy.

Headline that reads MAN WITH NOTHING TO DECLARE HAD 55 TORTOISES IN HIS PANTS

Roses are red
Dead is romance...

We Can Make an Impact. HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY - TELL TORONTO CITY COUNCIL TO CHOOSE COMPASSION OVER HOSTILITY

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A second plane has just hit, bush meme

Another 20 to 40 cm of snow could hit parts of southern Ontario

A screenshot of a tweet from James Blair (@JamesBlairUSA), who is the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political, and Public Affairs under President Trump. He responds to a tweet from Colin D’Mello (@ColinDMello), a political journalist and Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for Global News in Ontario, Canada. Blair’s tweet reads: “Pleasant meeting with the Premiers. To be clear, we never agreed that Canada would not be the 51st state. We only agreed to share Premier Eby’s comments. Further, we said the best way to understand President Trump’s position is to take what he says at face value. @SergioGor.” Below, the embedded tweet from Colin D’Mello states: “BC Premier David Eby says premiers had a ‘frank conversation’ with Trump administration officials about the 51st state comments and stressed it’s a ‘non-starter.’ Eby says the two representatives – Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair and …”

Fuck America tbh

funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread

I was curious about how much snow officially fell last night. I could see a ton of snow but I wasn't sure if it had drifted and looked like more than what we actually got. Googled to try to find the answer, the AI popped up above the search results to tell me no snow had fallen in the last 24hrs 🙃