Paul Berard

Envisioning Laterally. Photography. Hospitality. Wry.

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

The drumbeat of made-up CPC-fed scandals - Tim Hortons lids, prison hockey rinks, banning prayer in the military on Remembrance Day, whatever - just keeps on drumming

[Max Tani @maxwelltani]

Opinion staff at WaPo are furious about the paper's endorsement decision. Several are contemplating what action to take, ranging from resigning, quitting the board, or a statement. "If you don't have the balls to own a newspaper, don't," one Post opinion employee tells me.

[Matt Stewart👨🏼‍🎨 @Archaeomatt]

I’ve been included in the Hot List of sketch card artists in this month’s Non Sports Update magazine! Awesome they do this and always cool to be included in the list! 😀

[Lewis Black @TheLewisBlack]

Nobody better to trust about where to have the best human experiences than A.I. https://t.co/nFjAdtzK6x

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

17 September 1931 | A French Jewish girl, Colette Rosen, was born in Saint Dizier.

In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

[Procreate @Procreate]

We’re never going there. Creativity is made, not generated.
You can read more at https://t.co/9Fgh460KVu ✨

#procreate #noaiart

[Amber Mac @ambermac]

"A grim report has found that news organizations in Canada have lost nearly half of their online engagement in the year since Meta launched its news ban for Canadian users of Facebook and Instagram....

It also found that the ban has had an outsized impact on smaller, local news outlets. Around 30 per cent, or 212 local news businesses that were previously active on social media — primarily on Facebook — are now largely inactive on social media."
https://t.co/rPo6pHW8hP

[Paul Berard @pbp_ca]

@Richard_Kadrey The trademark hospitality of Miff Inns.

[Lowco @LowcoTV]

I for one would not want to be in a room where someone was vying for Adin Ross but hey that’s just me

[Lottie @LottieTwitch]

Live! 12HR STREAM 💜10 YEAR STREAMERVERSARY💜 Celebrating 10 years of streaming! Thank you for everything! 🎉 *FRONT PAGE HYPE*

Twitch: https://t.co/xw6xdHsqjn
YouTube: https://t.co/fjrc5P4pd8

[ℳatt (matttomic.bsky.social) @matttomic]

Toronto sits in a basin surrounded by the Greenbelt, a system of woods and wetlands that perform a crucial role of absorbing water. The Ontario government recently voted to open them up to development, paving them over, giving rainfall nowhere to go.

It's only gonna get worse.

[Steve Flindall @flindall_steve]

Fantastic! Within 72 hours of a strike involving liquor, the Ford team launches an interactive map. During the biggest pandemic in 3 generations Ford team does nothing and leaves it to private volunteers to create a system to locate vaccines to help save their lives. Priorities.

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

Bingooooooooooo

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

John Oliver on Project 2025 and a second Trump term.

I was going to clip this segment out into shorter sections but decided to keep it together because it's too important and, frankly, it should terrify you.

[Oliver Jia (オリバー・ジア) @OliverJia1014]

Wow, this is a huge loss. Taiki Matsuno was very famous as SpongeBob, voicing him from Season 4 onward. He brought joy to so many Japanese children and adults alike.

It was seriously impressive how much he matched Tom Kenny’s cadence and demeanor. RIP.

ご冥福をお祈りします。

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

🚨NEW: Most people know Shopify as the dudes that makes it really easy to buy and sell stuff online.

But did you know Shopify is also selling its services to icky folks like Rebel News and the Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, helping them sell merch?

That’s not all:

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

Uh oh, the grifters at Rebel News have really stepped in it now.

You know that r*cist truck that motored around Toronto? The one that’s being investigated for hate crimes?

Yeah, it belongs to Rebel News.

Rather than show an ounce of shame, they’re fundraising off of it:

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

Oh boy, it just gets worse and worse

[Laura Burkhardt @LauraAnnSTL]

“The year before I got here, the klan murdered 4 Black girls, children, here at a church, and never got indicted. Life magazine did a story on them like they were being honored. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.” -Reggie Jackson at Rickwood Field