British Columbia is YIMBYer than California

Everyone Transitions People make a big deal out of transitioning your gender. Some people will call you brave, and others will threaten you with violence. Your friends and family might throw you a party, while your romantic partner might experience full on grief, and sit shiva for the person you used to be. It’s like a whole thing, but it doesn’t...

What is the point of the Liberal party? Here is my problem: why does Justin Trudeau even want to govern anymore? As I write this, Trudeau is on the verge of stepping down, the dam has broken, his time is up, so fine – but I was thinking about this question six months ago. You can repeat this question for Bonnie Crombie, here in Ontario. (What...

UIs Should Be Versioned, Just Like We Version APIs Every organization that offers an application programming interface almost immediately starts to version it. APIs are essentially contracts between us, service providers, and our users. The bargain is you build your app using our service in some presumably mutually beneficial arrangement, and in...

they’re going to build camps the day after The 2024 Election, i happened to be in berlin. the night before i’d assiduously avoided the news and yet somehow i didn’t fall asleep until late into the morning. it was as if i was channeling the world’s cumulative anxiety. i came to, feeling exhausted, and checked the news, and felt worse. it was an...

TCAF 2024 and “The Chromatic Fantasy” Due to childcare commitments, I had a tight window. As soon as my youngest snoozed, I hopped on the subway and found myself at the Toronto Reference Library for the 2024 edition of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. I had exactly 45 minutes, which was obviously not enough time.1 I made peace with this fact,2...