Beverley Smith

Postmedia Network, which owns most of the major dailies in Canada, including eight of the nine largest west of Winnipeg, is 98% owned by US hedge funds, and the founder of the largest by far is an ardent Trump supporter. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

@IWeatherON I am grateful, actually.

#ONStorm #ONwx Looks like the heat forgot its passport… while much of the United States is currently dealing with record-breaking temperatures for this time of year, there is still no sign of that kind of warmth across Southern Ontario. But you do not have to go very far to find it. Parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania are currently seeing temperatures climb to around 30°C, which is pretty wild for late March! That is roughly 10 to 15°C above average for this time of year. Looking farther ahead, there are some signs that we could get a shot of warmer air toward the end of the month or into early April. That is still a long way out though, so we will have to wait and see how that trend holds. For now, Ontario’s second winter is still very much in full effect… - Brennen

Talented rider whose career was interrupted numerous times by substance-abuse issues hasn’t ridden in a race since 2016: tinyurl.com/r2j5y3zh

@burtoncummings Glad you did!

I have never taken it for granted. I know I am one of the lucky ones. There are many very talented musicians who never got the chance to make a living performing.

@Paddock_Prince I don't get it either. He just lost a lot of ground, doing that.

I’ve watched the Louisiana Derby a few times, I still have no clue why the rider of Golden Tempo dove him to the rail. He had momentum on the outside, very odd move.

@kaitlinebenson True. They are all over the place, ever since Ted Noffey bowed out.

One of the most wide open Derby prep seasons that I can remember. I can't make heads or tails of this crop.

French judge Nicolas Gouyou, who issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu at the ICC: • Visa and Mastercard have blocked all my cards • I cannot make any purchases • I am a judge, yet treated like a criminal • Judges, lawyers, and politicians are being intimidated • A colleague told me my name won’t be removed from the blacklist until Trump’s term ends • Despite intervention by the French president, U.S. authorities have not responded

Slovenia limits fuel purchases as pumps run dry reut.rs/3Pre342 reut.rs/3Pre342

China is using folding mobile photovoltaic power stations, long strips of solar panels that unfold to quickly generate electricity, bringing clean power to construction sites, disaster zones, and remote areas.

@JukeBoxNonStop This video blew me away when I first heard it, when it came out. David Drainen gives a more emphatic meaning to the words than the original, which is wistful. Disturbed is angry about the silence.

Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence

BREAKING NEWS: Japan has agreed to pay Iran in Chinese yuan in exchange for the unhindered passage of its ships through the Strait of Hormuz. It appears that all countries wishing for their ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz may be required to pay Iran in yuan.

✨🇨🇳China is vigorously promoting 4th-generation housing—an innovative residential design that integrates vertical greenery and sky gardens with buildings. Each unit features a spacious, plantable sky garden where residents can grow flowers, herbs, or veggies, blending daily life with nature.

A farmer in Brazil calls each cow by name, and they answer back, one by one

In 1870, a German chemist named Erich von Wolf was analysing the iron content of various vegetables. He made a decimal point error. He recorded spinach as containing 35mg of iron per 100g. The correct figure was 3.5mg. The misplaced decimal sat in the nutritional literature for decades, entirely unchallenged, because nobody particularly felt like re-testing spinach. In 1929, the Popeye comic strip launched. The creators cited the iron content of spinach as the scientific basis for their character's powers. By this point, the decimal point error was already sixty years old and fully embedded in received nutritional wisdom. The error was identified and corrected in 1937. The correction was not issued with anything approaching the cultural reach of the original claim. Popeye continued punching things. The actual iron content of spinach, 3.5mg per 100g, roughly where it was always supposed to be, is further complicated by the fact that spinach is among the highest-oxalate vegetables known. Oxalates bind to iron and calcium in the gut and remove them before absorption. The iron in spinach absorbs at around 1–2%, compared to 15–35% for haem iron from red meat. You would need to eat roughly a kilogram of spinach to absorb the iron equivalent of a 100g beef steak. There is also the kidney stone question. Spinach contains around 970mg of oxalates per 100g: one of the densest plant sources. Chronic high spinach consumption, particularly raw in daily smoothies, is a documented pathway to calcium oxalate kidney stones. The smoothie industry has not issued a correction. Popeye is still a sailor.

🌙✨ Experience the legendary “Clair de Lune” by Claude Debussy, paired with the original Disney animation that was nearly lost to history. Originally created for the 1940 classic Fantasia, this breathtaking sequence was ultimately left on the cutting room floor due to time constraints. For more than half a century, it remained tucked away in the archives—until a nitrate print surfaced, allowing it to be fully restored in 1992. What you’re witnessing is a delicate fusion of Debussy’s gentle, dreamlike composition and the height of 1940s Technicolor artistry—a “sonorous portrait” of calm and beauty that nearly vanished from history. 🏛️🎶💎 #clairdelune #debussy #disneyhistory #fantasia #classicalmusic

Now you know…cus I just learned too! 😊

The moment a female swan reunited with her partner after being away for treatment 💖

@Old_But_Gold50s Makes me want to pull out my little Fender and have a go.

To the greatest guitarist of all time… Paco de Lucia, 12 years ago, a short tribute… #marcin #guitarist #guitar