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The Complete Story of Digital Underground’s Sex Packets

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 03:32:58 GMT

The Complete Story of Digital Underground’s Sex Packets

Stephan Joppich's Loneliness series

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:06:43 GMT

Loneliness · Understanding loneliness, cutting the stigma, and finding ways back to connection. · 22 stories on Medium

Remembering Tom Stoppard, the thinker’s playwright.

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:00:58 GMT

Tis a truth universally acknowledged: all precocious theatre kids raised up in Western traditions meet Arcadia or Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at some point sophomore year, then franticall…

Are Canadians more afraid of floods — or flood maps?

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:40:46 GMT

Canada’s outdated flood maps put people at risk. In Montreal, a battle over updating them highlights a nationwide worry over home values and insurance costs

Reading all of it at once, or reading all of them at once

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:53:20 GMT

I think I’ve mentioned that my husband and I have different philosophies on reading series—I tend to prefer internal chronological order, and he tends to prefer publication order. There’s another difference in our approach to series. I want to read all of a series at once, plunging right in to that world. My posts about […]

Looking for a way to tackle loneliness in Toronto? BYOBook and read with stranger

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:30:41 GMT

Two different groups in the city are hosting public reading events — because reading and togetherness were never mutually exclusive

These bars are some of the hottest new places to read in silence in Toronto

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:29:39 GMT

Books and bevvies go hand in hand: many of us have curled up with a good book and a hot cup of coffee or tea, or maybe even lounged on a beach reading a novel while sipping a cool cocktail. However, when we think of where to enjoy a quiet reading session, a loud noisy […]

Social Media Bots for Solar Info

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:34:59 GMT

I’ve always been more interested in the technology side of social media than the “social” side. Twitter, in particular, was originally mainly a broadcasting technology: it was very cheap for anyone to broadcast a message for wide distribution, and other people chose which broadcasts to listen to (via who they followed). This made Twitter not just a way for small friend groups to update each other, but also a medium for any number of broadcasts. You could (and in some cases still can) subscribe to Twitter alerts for emergencies in your area, news events, transport problems, etc.

Everybody's Lost Their Minds

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:49:09 GMT

The AI brain worms have been spreading and I don't have a solution, I just want to get off this ride.

‘Point Your Way to Safety’: The complicated history of crosswalks in Ontario

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 20:04:34 GMT

In the mid-1950s, growing frustration over careless drivers and an increasing number of pedestrian fatalities led to a controversial innovation: pedestrian crosswalks.

The people holding up the internet

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:40:11 GMT

Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.

The Civility Industrial Complex and how nonprofits and philanthropy keep falling into its trap

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:55:43 GMT

Hi everyone, if you’re available on Wednesday October 21st at 10am Pacific Time, please join me and fellow rabble-rouser Aparna Rae for an informal conversation where we bust some of the myths about nonprofit and philanthropy. It’ll be fun, since we’ll probably be trash-talking billionaires (who all suck and should be taxed out of existence!). It’s free. Register here. I just signed a contract with my publisher, Wiley, to write another book, which shows that I am a glutton for punishment, fru

Over 30? Deezer Survey Says You May Suffer From 'Musical Paralysis'

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:29:47 GMT

Radio programmers who work in country and other adult-leaning formats might well be heartened by a new study from an online company that suggests listeners over the age of 30 have little time for music discovery.

New Study Indicates That "Musical Paralysis" Sets In By Age 30

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:27:05 GMT

By the time most people reach the age of 30, they reach "musical paralysis" and stop seeking out new stuff, says new study.

The west has a blinkered view of African music – and it’s hurting the whole continent’s culture

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:34:11 GMT

The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop

Canadian dystopia worth reading (Station Eleven)

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:06:31 GMT

Over a decade after it's publication, here's why you should pick up Emily St. John Mandel's novel Station Eleven.

Netflix Drops First Trailer for FTX Crypto Scandal Miniseries ‘The Altruists’

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:03:22 GMT

The upcoming series chronicles the rise and fall of disgraced crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried and his ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison.

IngressFS is moving to a new home!

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:49:47 GMT

For more than a decade, FevGames has been at the heart of the Ingress community. From helping thousands of Agents

Global Resonator: Ingress Fan Blog and Home of IngressFS

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:47:58 GMT

Has Nuit Blanche in Toronto fallen off?

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:54:21 GMT

Nuit Blanche took over Toronto streets this past weekend with an all-night art crawl featuring dozens of installations spread through the city. But w…

Flickr Admin Field Notes – Issue 01

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:03:40 GMT

Welcome to Admin Field Notes, a new newsletter for the people who keep Flickr groups thriving. In Issue 01: group setup tips, building your team, and a Flickr Pro giveaway.

Interview with Sam Wiebe, author of Shot in Vancouver: Adventures in Hollywood North

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:18:06 GMT

Vancouver crime novelist Sam Wiebe pays tribute to BC’s film and TV industry with a highly readable history of the sector

Maps about video games

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:47:09 GMT

Browse hundreds of video game maps created by VGCartography.

Device "knocks on wood" from afar to explore long-held superstition

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:44:24 GMT

Shashwath Santosh and Nithin Eluvathingal have created a small remote device that attaches to a tree and "knocks on wood" from afar via an app

This Mi'kmaw artwork will be on the moon forever

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:04:39 GMT

A painting by Mi'kmaw artist Alan Syliboy has been sent to the moon as part of a global project to make the celestial body a keeper of Earth's art.

!Toronto A Non-linear and Generative Exploration of Toronto in Film

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:05:14 GMT

Dave Kemp is a visual artist whose practice looks at the intersections and interactions between art, science and technology: particularly at how these fields shape our perception and understanding of the world. Often this involves an exploration of new technologies and a firm embrace of the absurd. Recently, it has also included the researching and retelling of unacknowledged local histories.