Jason McBride
Writer, Toronto. Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker (Simon & Schuster, 2022) jason-mcbride.com
- Reposted by Jason McBrideBezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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- Reposted by Jason McBrideInstead of endlessly writing about the dangers of wokeness (ie not being an asshole), the media could spend that time talking about the crisis of elite depravity and impunity, as exhibited in the Epstein files. The latter is an actual threat to our culture and society.
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- Reposted by Jason McBrideWhile independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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- Reposted by Jason McBrideI mean it’s true that there are “paid agitators” in Minneapolis. There are 3000 of them and they’ve assassinated two people.
- "Canada simply cannot have a groundbreaking new strategy to deal with a ruptured world order, and lay off the very people whose job it is to deliver that agenda. The alliances don’t build themselves. The rights don’t protect themselves." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
- Reposted by Jason McBrideThis moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit. It's all white supremacy and greed.
- Reposted by Jason McBridein case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
- The AGO's such a fucking embarrassment www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
- If you're in Toronto on Feb 2, pls come to the Reference Library & hear me chat with Chris Kraus about her latest book, The Four Spent the Day Together. Deets & tix here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/chris-krau...
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- Reposted by Jason McBridePrimary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
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- Reposted by Jason McBrideI have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
- Guess The Millions gave up the Year in Reading? 😥
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- Such sad news. Love his books so much
- Another great—and infuriating—education story from @thelocal.to, this time from @wencyleung.bsky.social
- Canadian edition: Tales from the Gimli Hospital Dead Ringers Speaking Parts The Decline of the American Empire
- Someone send @robynurback.bsky.social a copy of @maggiehelwig.bsky.social's ENCAMPMENT asap. Maybe three or four copies. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
- Reposted by Jason McBrideAh, the problem is not that we fail to provide everyone with adequate housing or services for people with addiction, the *real problem* is that the rest of us are forced to see the results of these things, under the label "social decay". Got it.
- "Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves." This @nickhunebrown.bsky.social piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
- The Consciousness Explorers Club needs your help cecmeditate.com/support-us/?...
- "Seeing that Epstein wanted to read this book is like rolling over the dead body of the Grinch to find him clutching a copy of How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The great @danbrooks.bsky.social everybody nymag.com/intelligence...
- I was at both a Loblaws & a No Frills last week & most things were still more expensive than @fiestafarms.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Jason McBridejust want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters
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- One of the absolute best things you can do this month is take the @nplusonemag.com Bookmatch quiz. Such a joy from beginning to end & you'll end up with a list of fascinating books most of which will be entirely new to you secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-fo...
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- This is the best baseball game I’ve ever seen
- This is the best baseball game I’ve ever seen
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- Lots to love in One Battle After Another but tops for me was seeing Junglepussy back on the big screen (just wish she was in the movie longer)
- Reposted by Jason McBride“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
- Reposted by Jason McBridePeople act like all the men are gone. The men are attending protests. The men are putting together scooters for their kids. The men are getting a set of turntables for the first time. The men are buying Nikes. The men are getting super into noir. They're not Nazis and they're fine. Keep your freaks.
- Love all the restaurant & bar activity on Geary, but was just wishing there was more happening beyond new places to eat & drink. And lo, I just learned that @cavershambooks.bsky.social has relocated to the neighbourhood! Welcome!
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- Absolutely thrilled that @maggiehelwig.bsky.social won the Toronto Book Award for her incredible ENCAMPMENT but bitterly ironic that it was the night before the St. Stephen's encampment is scheduled to be cleared again. If you can be there this morning to support the residents, please go
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- Reposted by Jason McBrideA striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
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- Reposted by Jason McBridei desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
- “Aren’t we all just wrecks from the time we’re little kids & every passing day is just a fresh manifestation of how much we’ve been demolished?” www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...
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- Learned so much from this, like Merve Emre’s now divorced & Boris Kachka ended up at The Atlantic www.thecut.com/article/how-...
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- Reposted by Jason McBrideThis moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥 We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪 Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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- This is such sad news. Kongjian Yu was an absolute genius & such a force for good www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
- Of all the fucking stupid, harmful things DoFo has done this has got to be one of the fucking stupidest, and most harmful www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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- In anticipation of the blessed return of @heavyweight.bsky.social Jonathan Goldstein submits to @thenarwhal.ca's Moose Questionnaire thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...
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- "Zohran is going to win. Enacting his agenda will be hard, but the specter of local billionaires wracking their brains to concoct charges against him that might resonate with normal voters...is pretty amusing to watch." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-york-s...
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