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Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024

We are heartbroken to announced that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. We are at a loss for words right now. Please respect our privacy at this time as our family grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world. Love & Mercy

R.I.P. Brian Wilson

My underwhelming Brian Wilson story: he guested at Q when I interned there (yea, under Jian) and we were instructed not to talk to him... then I wound up stuck next to him in a very crowded elevator and had to exercise extreme self-restraint not to say hi youtube.com/watch?v=SPYHNX…

Using the licensing of satellite radio in Canada as an example, I wrote about the ongoing debates about regulating Canadian content in the streaming era and the need to counter the influence of big media companies in setting the terms of cultural policy: theconversation.com/should-global-…

I reported on the use of “G*” as a Greenbelt code word back at the Narwhal, but I definitely didn’t realize the significance of it at the time — the asterisk made it “virtually impossible” for records containing it to be found, the information and privacy commissioner has found.

Canadian stars, they're just like us! Well, they would be if they existed. At #BanffMediaFestival this week, I sat down with key players in the country’s film and TV industry for a ~spicy~ discussion about rethinking Canadian talent in the elbows-up era theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/arti…

I was so jarred by The Globe’s investigation into the shady secondary economy that tried to get businesses’ Meta accounts restored after arbitrary suspension. The cost of building a digital presence should not be existential fragility.

In case you missed this over the weekend ... an overview of the very troubling surveillance law - "Supporting Authorized Access to Information Act" - buried in the Strong Borders Act #BillC2.

Imagine explaining this to Tommy Douglas.

More mass killing of hungry civilians at a site of the US-Israeli “Gaza Humanitarian Fund”. cbc.ca/news/world/isr…

The City of Peterborough has temporarily halted cuts to library staff — including plans to eliminate the children's librarian — following immense community backlash. “We are glad that the city came to their senses,” an organizer told me. thestar.com/entertainment/…

At the World Expo in Osaka, clashing visions of cultural diplomacy help Canada stand out theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-a…

For Pitchfork I interviewed the one and only Haruomi Hosono. Across two 70-minute interviews via Zoom, we discussed the music that defined his life, from the Beach Boys to Kraftwerk to Luiz Bonfá. His story about Garth Hudson is so good lol. pitchfork.com/features/5-10-…

The finance minister says Canada won’t put a hold on its digital services tax on big tech companies, set to take effect on June 30 ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/06/19/cha…

Amputations, badly burned bomb victims and lack of medicine: British surgeons on life in Gaza. Alex Crawford reports ⬇️ trib.al/N1G0lPK

none of these words are in the Bible stereogum.com/2312348/a-seve…