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btw, if you’re unfamiliar with the oeuvre of Tanya Tagaq, the main singer in this Juno clip, enjoy the lyrics to her song, “Colonizer” (the video for which features scenes of a burning church). In Canada, we call this musical genre, “reconciliation” youtube.com/watch?v=8LbWNi…

The NDP convention is comedy gold.

@tobi I know of multiple doctors who have retired instead of “treating” patients this way. They will tell you in private that this is simply a way for the government to lower the costs of medical insurance. Most evil policy in decades.

As another man who once worked with me declares himself saddened by my beliefs on gender and sex, I thought it might be useful to compile a list for handy reference. Which of the following do you imagine makes actors and directors who aren’t involved with the HBO reboot of Harry Potter so miserable? Is it my belief that women and girls should have their own public changing rooms and bathrooms? That women should retain female-only rape crisis centres? That men don’t belong in women’s sport? That female prisoners shouldn’t be incarcerated with violent men and male sex offenders? That women should remain a protected class in law, because they have sex-specific needs and issues? That language should reflect reality rather than ideological jargon, especially in a medical context? That women shouldn’t be harassed, persecuted or fired for refusing to pretend humans can change sex? That women should not be threatened with violence and rape when they assert their rights? That freedom of speech and belief are essential to a pluralistic democratic society? That troubled minors, especially those who are gay, autistic and trauma-experienced, should be given mental health support instead of irreversible surgeries and drug treatments on non-existent evidence of benefit? That gay people shouldn’t be pressured to include the opposite sex in their dating pools, nor should they be smeared as ‘genital fetishists’ when they don’t? That cross-dressing heterosexual male fetishists aren’t actually oppressed, but having the time of their lives piggybacking off gender identity ideology? That said ideology, and the privileged, blinkered fools pushing it because they suffer zero consequences themselves, have done more damage to the political left’s credibility than Trump and Farage could have achieved in a century? Let me have your thoughts.

Tobi Lutke explains what the VCs who passed on Shopify got wrong Tobi recounts pitching Shopify to VCs on Sand Hill Road a few years after founding Shopify. Investors passed because they thought the addressable market was too small. At the time, there were about 40,000-50,000 online stores, and even if Shopify captured 50% of the market, that still wouldn’t be a venture-scale business. When Tobi ran into the VC partner a few years ago, the partner asked Tobi what he missed (Shopify is valued at almost $100 billion today). Tobi explained: “You were actually correct, but what you didn’t realize was that Shopify was the solution to the very problem you identified. The reason there was only 40,000 online stores was because it was hard, expensive, and everyone who tried ran into all these brick walls of complexity, which Shopify, one after another, smoothed over and made simple to do.” Tobi believes this is a common mistake: “What a lot of free-market thinkers don’t understand is that between the demand and eventual supply lies friction. And I actually think that friction is probably the most potent force for shaping the planet that people just generally do not acknowledge… That was my theory when I turned my snowboard store into Shopify: there was a lot more people like me except there was too much friction which we needed to solve. And Shopify has proven out that every time we make the process simpler, there’s more consumption. At this point, we have a million merchants on Shopify, which is a mind-blowing number. So friction is a major component, and it’s something that software is uniquely good at reducing.” Video source: @danmartell (2019)

@ZoeCoombes all great neighborhoods on planet earth got built before zoning laws got invented.

Alternate headline: Pierre Poilievre backs common sense support for new Olympic gender policy

#BREAKING: Explosion in Queen St, West

Picturing Toronto's first government-run grocery store. The year is 2032. tyohnhéhkwen co-operative (Haudenosaunee for sustenance) is finally here! BIPOC only hours! Trans/non-binary hiring priority! Un-housed can shop for free! No bags allowed! Freezers stop working by day 3...

Because what could possibly go wrong? Toronto councillors approve city-run grocery stores pilot project by vote of 21-3. Council approved a proposal by Anthony Perruzza that calls for 4 city-run stores, meant to help Torontonians buy good food for less. torontosun.com/news/local-new…

Long, long ago, Toronto leased a small building to create a drop-in centre for homeless women. It budgeted $3.7M for renovations. Five years later, the city has spent $13.5 million on renovations and $2M on rent. It might or might not open this year. thestar.com/news/gta/city-…

After today's excellent decision by the IOC.,if the Rio 2016 women's 800m. was held today, the 3 medallists in my photo. Wambui, Niyonsaba & Semenya would be barred and the medals would go to Canada's Melissa Bishop, Poland's Joanna Jozwik & GB's Lynsey Sharp @AthleticsWeekly

she was gang-raped by migrants and her rapists got absolutely no jail time, she then tried to kill herself, became paralyzed by the attempt, and then asked the state to finish her off in the name of “mercy.” everyone failed this woman. genuinely soul crushing.

“Do you believe man has walked on the moon?” “I believe men have walked many places.” “But on the moon?” “As I say, men have done a lot of walking.” “So you do think man has walked on the moon?” “I have to go.”

Today's ruling by the IOC means a welcome return to fair sport for women and girls, but I'll never forget the scandal of Paris 2024, when people who consider themselves supremely virtuous and progressive publicly cheered on men punching women.

“I am deeply saddened that my inability to speak French has diverted attention from the profound grief of the families and the great resilience of Air Canada’s employees,” Air Canada CEO Rousseau said in a statement. wsj.com/world/americas… via @WSJ

Bigot Toronto City Councillor Chris Moise: defames his constituent; calls him a "white supremacist" Integrity Commissioner: Councillor Moise violated Council Code of Conduct when claiming this City Council: votes unanimously to reject the Integrity Commissioner's findings

Terry Newman: Caving to anti-Zionists, Vanier College abruptly cancels Holocaust ceremony The college appears to have been intimidated into calling off a commemoration for six-million murdered Jews it has held annually for 33 years nationalpost.com/opinion/caving…

When Markwayne Mullin was 20 his dad's health took a turn. He dropped out of college to run the family business. He built it from 6 people into a multimillion dollar HVAC company with 150+ employees. He's a pillar of his community, and @jimmykimmel can't even tell a funny joke.