A Funkaoshi Production

There is a lot of drama and excitement in the Ruby community at the moment.

I’ve been enjoying seeing Kottke invest a lot of time turning his blog into something that feels likes its own little social network web app something or another. He’s added lots of interesting features to the site, this rolodex aside.

There is no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign, and refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

“More than 80% of street space in Toronto is inequitably dedicated to motor vehicles. How can this be fairly re-designed?”

A great article about the rise and fall of Toronto’s condo market. Some of the quotes and stats in the article are bananas.

On the advice of a realtor he’d met through a friend, Tajdin made a 10 per cent deposit on an $855,000 pre-construction condo. It was a 468-square-foot, one-bedroom unit in Toronto’s Forest Hill neighbourhood, a wealthy enclave not far from downtown. … But Tajdin didn’t intend to move into the condo, or even to close on the deal. … If he couldn’t sell in time, he’d have to close on the property himself, and he knew he’d never be approved for such a steep mortgage. … By the first quarter of 2024, average condo values in the city had dropped by nearly $100,000 to $696,000. As his closing date neared, Tajdin panicked; his only hope was that the market would unexpectedly rebound. But in February of 2024, the worst-case scenario became a reality. Tajdin’s closing date arrived, and he couldn’t seal the deal. He didn’t even bother trying to secure a mortgage; after multiple discussions with banks, it had become obvious that it was futile. The developer, CentreCourt, kept his deposit. Then it went a step further, suing Tajdin for $860,000 in damages, interest and legal fees for breach of contract. It sold the unit to another buyer for $420,000, less than half of Tajdin’s agreed-upon purchase price only two years earlier. Tajdin, in turn, filed his own lawsuit against Hirji, seeking indemnity from liability with CentreCourt and damages equal to his deposit.

Not all Toronto Life articles are hate reads. What a weird story.

I don’t know much about baseball cards, but this story is fascinating.

Absolutely shameful that this can happen with zero consequences for Israel. Canada will no doubt make some mealy mouthed statement that does nothing.

Interesting investigative reporting on white nationalists operating in Canada.

I’m not sure you can read this much into the goofy choices of the ultra-wealthy, but it’s a funny read all the same.

This is full of spoilers, so don’t want it till you’ve seen the show. Adolescence was one of the best things I’ve ever seen on television. Just incredible acting and technical mastery.

I had very strong doubts that this text group was real, because I could not believe that the national-security leadership of the United States would communicate on Signal about imminent war plans. I also could not believe that the national security adviser to the president would be so reckless as to include the editor in chief of The Atlantic in such discussions with senior U.S. officials, up to and including the vice president.

So, quite literally.

Rachel Cohen’s resignation letter from her law firm, who is capitulating the Trump, is a good read.

The husbands being described sound, unsurprisingly, pretty dreadful. This is a pretty depressing article, all in all.

I’m not quite sure what I’ll do with this space, but I like the ideas behind smol.pub.

A fantastic and timely video essay on the Charlie Chaplin and The Great Dictator.

A good summary of why the Democrats are one giant shrug emoji of a political party, just the biggest group of loser ass losers.

It’s pretty frustrating Ford will win again, despite being so thoroughly useless and corrupt.