Trump Days
George Saunders writes about Trump.
<blockquote> <p>Increasingly, his wild veering seems to occur against his will, as if he were not the great, sly strategist we have taken him for but, rather, someone compelled by an inner music that sometimes produces good dancing and sometimes causes him to bring a bookshelf crashing down on an old Mexican lady.</p> </blockquote>
Welcome to the new Toronto: the most fascinatingly boring city in the world
Refugees Encounter a Foreign Word: Welcome
NYTimes piece on Canadian private refugee sponsorship. My mom is doing this too, with a group
A Dumpster Fire and a Garbage Person Sitting by a River
Elizabeth Warren Is Hillary Clinton’s Most Rational Choice for VP
The EU will treat Brexit Britain like Greece
(Via)
John Tory is Lying About the Scarborough Subway
Really don’t understand why he didn’t use the cost increases as an easy out.
Bros Before Homes
re: the trolly Toronto Life article
BREXIT & Its Terrifying, Never-Discussed Consequences For Northern Ireland
Colby Cosh: Britain voted for Brexit because it wants to be Canada — and we hate the idea
Fintan O’Toole on Brexit: Is England ready for self-government?
Nope.
<blockquote> <p>The English are as entitled to their nationalism as anyone else. But nationalism, when it comes down to it, is about them and us. The Brexiters seem pretty clear about them: Brussels bureaucrats and immigrants. It’s just the us bit that they haven’t quite worked out yet. To be ready for self-government they might need to have given that a little more thought.</p> </blockquote>
Road Safety Plan: how Toronto made Vision Zero bland
Donald Trump Starts Summer Push With Crippling Money Deficit
Corey Lewandowski fired from Trump campaign
Some good dirt in this article.
The Cottage Industry of Indie Game Soundtracks
“he told us he had sold 23,000 copies of the music from the game. In the indie world, that would be like signing Beach House.”
Is Donald Trump’s Endgame the Launch of Trump News?
So he doesn’t necessarily care if he loses.
A Twitter Bot Is Beating Trump Fans
Can Netflix Survive in the New World It Created?
Smash Mouth's Desperate, Endless Twitter Battle
Occupied Territory
New Yorker – “The Republican élite struggles over whether to resist Trump or capitulate.”
Yes, There Have Been Aliens
“Given what we now know about the number and orbital positions of the galaxy’s planets, the degree of pessimism required to doubt the existence, at some point in time, of an advanced extraterrestrial civilization borders on the irrational.”