It's the start of creeping bellflower season, i.e. the invasive weed known to overtake unsuspecting gardens and choking out any other nearby plants in the vicinity. Last summer I wrote about the gardeners on a mission to destroy it: theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Thank you Samantha Edwards for including me in this great article in The Globe and Mail!! My book with University of Toronto Press is cute too theglobeandmail.com/life/article-d…

Over the past couple months, I've spoken to dozens of singles about dating apps. The consensus? It's bad out there! They feel burnt out, demoralized and ready for something radically unorthodox – rejecting the apps and going back to IRL courtship. theglobeandmail.com/life/article-d…

Ottawa has announced an ambitious plan to transform “every possible piece” of underused federal land into the affordable housing that Canada desperately needs. So how much is out there, and can it be used to help solve the housing crisis? theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

NEW: 500+ members of Canada's documentary community – including Sarah Polley, Danis Goulet,Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Ali Weinstein – sign Documentary Organization of Canada & Racial Equity Media Collective letter calling on CBC to address "apparent pattern of anti-Palestinian bias, Islamophobia, and anti-Palestinian racism."

#BREAKING: The TTC has reached a tentative deal with its unionized workers to avoid a transit strike. #TTCStrike toronto.citynews.ca/2024/06/06/ttc…

How it feels to not make a RIP Noam Chomsky tweet

Where is Gen Z hanging out this summer? ⁦The Globe and Mail⁩ wants to know. Often called the loneliest generation, how are ages 12-27 making friends without breaking the bank? Submit your response via our article or email me at [email protected] theglobeandmail.com/life/style/art…

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powerful use of heart emoji

Biden has withdrawn from the presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris. Here’s what could happen next theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

The Biden deepfakes going around are wild. Most of them are funny and silly, but also a bit concerning that after amassing 13+ million views in like 20 hours, there's still no flag that they're AI-generated.

I hate the pervasive algorithmization of the internet and society more generally, but I gotta say, my daylists on Spotify are great!!!

I'm sorry, we need to stop calling the chocolate muffins at the Olympics MUFFINS. They have a fudgey ganache centre. They are cupcakes sans frosting.

This 'cutesy' 'demure' shit suddenly being everywhere demonstrates how the dominant form of humour is now purely mimetic, any vestige of originality or funniness stripped away - replaced by regurgitating tiktok trends to signify you're part of the in-crowd

A reminder! I write a tech/culture newsletter called Lately. In this week's issue: Google's new smartphones, what happens when AI models are trained on AI-generated content (it's not great!) and a cozy sci-fi show featuring killer robots. Subscribe here: theglobeandmail.com/newsletters/su…