Today in 1949, George Orwell published one of the most chilling books I’ve ever read, 1984. A literary masterpiece, 1984 exposes tactics of suppression that feel all too familiar in our world today. Here are ten truths Orwell urged us to confront to ward off Big Brother 🧵👇🏼

Bodies on Mt. Everest

Another early development sketch by Romelle Espiritu for #Gurkha, the feature film. Much of this early visualization helped make the final novel a much more vivid read. I will always be grateful for getting to work with such creative souls during the development phase Michael Carter 🇺🇦

When I lived and worked in Egypt, I was a guest. I respected the Egyptian people and obeyed their laws. I may not have agreed with them, but as a guest, one needs to show courtesy.

Denisovan man standing next to a modern man, based only on the 3 skeletal remains that have been discovered so far and keeping all other bones equally as proportionately larger than modern man…

I spent a good part my teens and university life at Call the Office! Always a motley crew of underaged drinkers, middle aged punks and rockers and salty blue collar retirees. Cheapest beer in town and a Mecca for the Punk Rock scene!

On national canoe day TMU celebrated the centuries of Indigenous Entrepreneurship on Turtle Island made possible through the efforts of expert craftsman Todd Labrador - One who dances on water in his construction of a traditional birchbark canoe as a symbol of entrepreneurial spirit for Ted Rogers School of Management

Are you a digital media professional? Are you interested in teaching at TMU? MDM is looking for contract lecturers for our courses! You can check out the positions and apply here: torontomu.ca/master-digital…

Thinking of doing a PhD? My number one piece of advice is spend time finding a supervisor that you can work with.This will be the most important decision in your whole PhD. If you find someone you can work with, it will be fine. If you can't work with them, it will be miserable.

Second time in less than a month on the same stretch of the road, just down the street from where I live. Both times the motorist was at fault and speeding. Numerous deaths and serious injuries on a yearly basis. ⁦Ontario Provincial Police⁩ needs more officers! ctvnews.ca/barrie/article…

During the #SecondWorldWar, a joint Canada-U.S. commando unit known as the First Special Service Force earned a fierce reputation as one of the most feared Allied units. 1/4

40K people use the bus on Dufferin every day but are forced to travel at 14km/h - a 65% increase in travel time than by car - because City Hall does not care about or prioritize transit riders. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/09/tor…

Wow, it’s like Groundhog Day all over again! It’s 8:55am at stop 1756 and no 505 streets cars scheduled for another 16min and ridiculously 18min?????? This is a major route at a major intersection. Is it really impossible to get your act together? BTW lots of empty 504 buses !

The people who did this have made the lives of the retired Chinese community hell. Now they have to find a way to other branches 10-12 blocks away! Total disregard for the community and the should personally clean it up!

A great 5-Star review of my novel, Gurkha, just appeared on #GoodReads. I am excited to share the world of Gurkha with readers all around the world. Available in paperback and ebook. a.co/d/bLupg1g

The Murky Story of Our First Storytellers: On the Mysterious Evolution of Human Language lithub.com/the-murky-stor… via Literary Hub

🧵 The Wawa Runestone – Canada’s Oldest Runic Inscription On the granite shore near Wawa, Ontario, a moss-covered boulder rests in the shadow of spruce. Carved into its face: 255 runes, a boat with 16 human figures, and symbols worn by weather.

211 years ago today the British burned down the White House in retaliation for the American attack on York(now Toronto).

My great grandfather was a 1920’s Canadian Club bootlegger from Manitoba who would make the run to Chicago and back. I would suggest Suntory should buy the ex-Crown Royal Official bottling plant and support Canadian farmers and communities!

My Dad use to sell these at his Fishing Store in the 1980’s!