George Meanwell

An observation and a new photograph daily meanwell.ca/blog/

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

You can't expect the New York Times to give any attention to a story about the president being credibly accused of violent rape when the story breaks so close to an election. It's not like we're talking about something *really* important, like email security protocols.

I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM

I don't write fast & it's a challenge to respond to late-results in time for a print deadline (old school!) & (hopefully) have some value vs hot take. Anyway, here's mine w @thekeenanwire.bsky.social & @balkissoon.bsky.social. This victory gives Chow a ton of political capital. Time to spend it.

From NY Times article on newly-reopened Goya Museum in Spain: If I already had plenty of reason to dislike "immersive" art experiences, looks like for this projected image they inexplicably tweaked the colors in Goya's famed "Third of May" painting. Why..?? Art museums get ever closer to Disneyland

Collision? That's what we call it when a driver drives into an adult and a child? They all just ... collided?

there are many possible responses to the 1400 character truth social post about Maher but mine is it would be nice if we had a higher character limit here

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

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Jay-Z Dick Cheney’d himself!!!!

Naghib Mahfouz was an Egyptian novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

• Ahmed Zewail (Egypt / US): Won 1999 Nobel Prize in #Chemistry • Nader Masmoudi (Tunisia): Won Fermat Prize in #mathematics • Abbas Bahri (Tunisia): also received the Fermat Prize • Sir Michael Atiyah (Lebanese descent / British): #mathematician who won both Fields Medal and Abel Prize.

jesus spike lee shilling for meta make it stop

@margaretatwood.bsky.social

I thought this whole selling of indulgences thing was settled a while ago.

I just signed the Human Made. Human Paid campaign petition. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/human-...

All the places we expected them to spend the last week of this campaign at the start of this year.

Brazil was of two huge election results today—alongside the defeat of the nationalist, authoritarian leader of Serbia: "the slate of candidates selected by protesting students had won at least 135 seats in Serbia’s 250-member legislature" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/w...

I know what I'll do I'll call an election early and increase my majority

Which makes it so much funnier that there's a meme/conspiracy theory that Adorno wrote the Beatles' songs:

It has been some time. But welcome to a fall edition of #RavineRambles Today we traverse thru Charles Sauriol Conservation Reserve between Lawrence & Eglinton. Starting on West slopes of valley & returning on up on East Slopes To begin we pass under the Rainbow tunnel #LoveTheRavines #DonValley

if you ever happen to see someone post a joke you don't understand or discuss a subject you aren't familiar with, you are well within your right to complain, and perhaps even scold them if necessary. you are their customer and you have rights

1940s travelling-salesmanopticon

A cow’s liver weighs about 10-15 pounds. A cow weighs 1000-1800 pounds. 40% of the country cannot replace their beef consumption with 1% of the cow.

Looking forward to the next one

The year is 1946: I am being told that tanks are obsolete. The year is 1973: I am being told that tanks are obsolete. The year is 2003: I am being told that tanks are obsolete. The year is 2020: I am being told that tanks are obsolete. The year is 2026: I am being told that tanks are obsolete. The y

Shopify's CEO is on X advocating for Brad Bradford to win because of a City of Toronto post about speed limits featuring two men and a stroller, something he clearly doesn't think will happen under Brad's rule. This is the guy who thinks rich people deserve more votes. This is who Brad attracts.

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/7ca8e5b...

"Since 1952 the building has housed an exhibition by the Institute for Contemporary History recounting its Nazi history, and a restaurant." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

It would be grand, then, if the Government of Canada would terminate any use of X/Twitter. And don't say, "Oh, we need it to get our messages out," because then you are "caught in a situation where we are reliant on one provider."

Absolutely disgusting, but what can we expect from an adjudicated rapist and a congenital liar?

🎃Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash. The Monstere Mash! Beholde: sepulchral smash! Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast - Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!🎃

🏆 A Canadian classic takes the world stage. Chapman’s Pecan Butter Tart Premium Ice Cream earned the Best Ice Cream award at the International Ice Cream Conference in Argentina. 🇦🇷 Inspired by an iconic Canadian dessert, this flavour proved that a true Canadian favourite could win hearts globally. 🌎

HOLY SHIT. In a sworn statement yesterday, an ICE agent told a federal judge that an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea had been cancelled and so couldn't be used to bring Ahmed Soliman back to the United States. The plane just landed in Equatorial Guinea. prospect.org/2026/10/23/t...

Every aspect of life as a gay man is unimaginably better than it was when I was born in the mid 80s. We beat the plague that was killing us by the hundreds of thousands and then won broad social and civic equality.

Good luck to our MLBPA union brothers on the Brewers and Rays tonight as they start the World Series! Play ball, and solidarity forever. ⚾️✊

all of this has always been about getting back at the uppity women who wouldn’t fuck them