... we should not be so polite that we lose sight of who we are. If we define ourselves in contrast to our neighbours, as people complain, it is because we created ourselves in contrast to our neighbours. 18/x

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.TIFF’s digital catalog, meant to celebrate the 150th, disappeared in less than five years.

Fun to see the Globe Arts best 101 music list for Canada Day (thanks josh o'kane for sharing). TIFF did a similar film list for the 150th. Unfortunately the site, which they spent thousands of dollars on, has been down for five years: tiff.net/the-review/can…

Further Reading Library: Some Stones Are Ancient Books

Special Screening: Chris Kennedy. July 7th, 20:30h - L'Etna, Montreuil expcinema.org/site/en/events…

buy stuff from Kevin Drumm and help him out. super cheap prices, amazing work, everyone wins! kevindrumm.bandcamp.com

Kevin says: "Fire sale going on...from today until july 4th everything here is a buck each. All the macs here are dead...need new old cheap ones...forget roofs, valves, retinas or jaws...that stuff can wait...go nuts!"

Downloading Kevin Drumm while listening to Bob Dylan’s Saved. We contain multitudes.

My spouse and I are about to have the talk about whether we need to limit our kid’s gardening. bbc.com/news/articles/…

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“8 years is a long timeline for a building by the lake” says spa representative. This makes me even more worried that a 95 year lease for a spa may not be a good idea. Jake Landau (He/Him) 🇨🇦🇵🇸🇺🇦

it’s easy to mock Coldplay. but not many groups can put out four new singles in a night.

Happy sixth anniversary to someone on North American social media discovering that the Finns have gone a long way to end homelessness and every politician on the continent doing f*ck all to figure out how they did it.

Visconti made OSSESSIONE at 37. Pasolini made ACCATTONE at 39. Schliemann started excavating Troy at 48. Richard Branson flew into space at 70.

You will still need me, you will still feed me, when I’m 64.

I also programmed a Jack Smith retro, a Mysterious Object at Noon screening, and (w/Chris Gehman), the Images Festival.