Shawn Micallef

I still walk into the sun when it’s out!

*the low winter sun caused that typo 🙄

Controversial: in these months, overcast is alright as it diffuses the light. On cloudless days the low winter sun means the it’s always in your eyes & you can’t see nuthin.

Company embroiled in skills fund controversy received Ontario cash last month during audit Keel Digital Solutions says it received $240,000 while under a probe the province has since referred to OPP

I wish it made sense but this company, about which the government allegedly had enough concern to send an audit to the OPP two weeks ago, told me it still got $240,000 in taxpayer cash just last month. #ONpoli
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It's almost Eyes Wide Shut holiday screening days. The way it replaced It's A Wonderful Life as the go-to family christmas film is a triumph of not just cinema, but cinéastes themselves.

Edward Keenan: Toronto’s decision on corner stores may seem like a win — but it’s only a half-measure on top of another half-measure Watch City Hall long enough, and you’ll inevitably conclude that some councillors here simply hate urban life.

"For a generation, politicians in Toronto’s inner suburbs have decried their relative lack of amenities while also systematically opposing any measure that would provide them with more amenities" - @thekeenanwire.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

that's an early example of this current trend

Deerfoot City Redevelopment - DIALOG | DIALOG Great design can change the world.

Look forward to seeing it... they converted the old early 80s build mall by my old house, I figured it was a sign of things to come en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deerfoo...

Out in next issue! Was fun to write, talked to @langealexandra.bsky.social & others.

Add this to le discourse:

I just finished a piece for next Azure mag issue on how trad malls across Canada (box + parking lot) are being transformed into mixed use, indoor outdoor shopping centres that resemble walkable trad downtowns. So some considerable $$$ is going urban in Canada.

I'm biased here but it strengthens my belief that global scale algorithmic social media is one of the worst inventions in human history. I'd delete it off the face of the earth without a second's hesitation

The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.

canceledpeople.org

I’m sorry you didn’t like my pitch.

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...

Good morning. Today, russia launched a cruise missile that blew several floors off of a residential apartment building while people slept in Ternopil.

And subsidized.

It can cook it for side but i am careful to choose a better path here and also forget to check a lot

Why don’t you use the library so people who work do get paid.

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I think guy feels like saying he doesn’t want to pay more.

I’m calling HR

The investigation of the Ford govt cost money & the time & people who worked on it deserve to be paid just as you do for whatever is you do.

Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund Groups with the worst-ranked applications seeking money from Premier Doug Ford's $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund got, on average, the biggest payouts, according to a Star analysis.

How much shit will Ontario eat?

Back in the Rob & Doug days we called this #FordMath

It’s exactly this type of spectacle and permissiveness that allowed the Trump thing to fester for so many years. Then the same liberal elites are shocked, shocked that there was a monster in their midst. Or perhaps even more to the point: Jeffrey Epstein. When are we gonna stop indulging this? Without undue sanctimony, I think one can say it’s wrecking the country. It’s a goddamn disgrace. Especially when so many worthy journalists, who dedicated their lives to their profession with ethics and seriousness, are being cast onto the ash heap. I can do very little to hurt Nuzzi’s prospects. She will make an absolute fortune on this. You may think you’re laughing at her, but you’re laughing with her. But I’m not smiling. The other book Nuzzi said she read during her exile was the King James Bible. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

www.unpopularfront.news/p/we-are-not...

Let’s be clear on this: Danielle Smith is ripping up the Charter of Rights & Freedoms to take away rights from the most vulnerable people in Alberta. And she’s doing it to protect herself from the militant wing of her own party, nothing more. Hope it’s all she’s ever remembered for in the long run

YouTube video by Washington Post 'Sesame Street's' brutal parodies of Donald Trump

Re "piggy" sesame street parodies Trump

I wish it would fade in and fade out rather than the hard stop on 26th

Ontario labour minister blames civil servants for controversial funding decisions | Globalnews.ca At Question Period, the government faced continued questions over the timing of the audit and why the province didn't freeze provincial contracts immediately.

"Piccini later claimed that the selection process for the government $2.5-billion fund “gives the deputy (minister) the ultimate final say.”

That’s in direct contradiction with what Piccini said in early October..."

Dude's gotta go. Full stop.

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A small but fascinating footnote: This is the episode where *all* the adults realized Mr Snuffleupagus was real.
Years earlier, Buffy Sainte-Marie became the first and originally only adult on Sesame Street able to see Snuffy.

Yes. See previous rt