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Toronto Comic Arts Festival @torontocomics.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We’re excited to welcome some new faces to our Board of Directors! They bring a wonderful mix of experience, perspectives, and enthusiasm for comics, and we’re looking forward to working together to support TCAF and Toronto’s comics community. www.torontocomics.com/post/meet-th...
A tile of headshots of the TCAF Board of Directors with the text "Meet the TCAF Board!"
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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My essay on rogue AI has been republished by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists — “Rogue AI didn’t breach Hugging Face, human decisions did.” Grateful to @thebulletin.org for the invitation!
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Rogue AI didn’t breach Hugging Face, human decisions did
At the core of the Hugging Face hacking incident were a series of human choices that traded security for speed.
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Good take: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... And gift link: www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
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Mark Carney promised to take on Donald Trump. He’s done anything but
While Prime Minister Mark Carney said he be “Elbows up” to Trump, his policy choices have essentially aligned Canada with America.
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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Lee Lai’s CANNON takes best book at the 2026 Doug Wright Awards The Doug Wright Awards, which are Canada's version of the Eisners, awarded Cannon by Lee Lai its best book prize, and more!
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Lee Lai’s CANNON takes best book at the 2026 Doug Wright Awards
The Doug Wright Awards, which are Canada's version of the Eisners, awarded Cannon by Lee Lai its best book prize, and more!
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival @torontocomics.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Help make TCAF even better! We’re asking our community of exhibitors, attendees, and volunteers to tell us what you loved about #TCAF2026, and what we can improve on next year. ✨ Take the 10-minute survey✨ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A photo of the crowd at TCAF around an escalator. Text reads "How'd we do at TCAF 2026? Take the post-fest survey!"
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival @torontocomics.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
TCAF 2026 was one for the books: 32,000+ attendees, 475+ exhibitors, 150+ volunteers, 70+ hours of free programming, and countless new comics friendships made 💛 Read our recap for an inside look at the numbers, highlights, and community that made it happen: www.torontocomics.com/post/tcaf-20...
A photo of the TCAF exhibitor floor: featuring lots of people and tables filled with comics
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"Please, people. Nobody in the real world cares about “loops.” Nobody is thinking about tokenization. If you said inference to a guy on the street they’d take you to see a doctor. Nobody gives a shit...Grow up. Go outside. You sound like a lunatic." www.wheresyoured.at/let-ai-burn/
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Let AI Burn
If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, in...
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
So glad that @jeetheer.bsky.social has written this obituary for Marjane Satrapi. I can't think of anyone better to provide the thoughtful and informed appreciation that her work deserved. www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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Marjane Satrapi’s Rebellious Art
The radical legacy of the cartoonist and filmmaker who created Persepolis.
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Yes, but I filled it out and let them know this is a shit idea in any case.
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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
If you’re coming to TCAF with kids, check out the kids programming, as well as all the Kids & YA exhibitors! (And come say hi to me & @brianmcl.com at table 322!) #tcaf2026 #tcaf #kidlit #comics
Screencap of TCAF page showing the list of Kids and YA comics exhibitors at TCAF 2026. A circle highlights Brian McLachlan and Charlene Chua at table 322
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Marjane Satrapi passed yesterday, which led me to reread some of the posts she did for the NY Times back in the mid-2000s. They're elegant and charming, and remind me of what I loved about her work when Persepolis first made such a splash. One piece I wanted to share: #satrapi
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Catch up with @librarylandia.bsky.social on @truenorthcomics.bsky.social ahead of @torontocomics.bsky.social next weekend! truenorthcountrycomics.com/2026/05/27/a...
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Amie Wright preps for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2026
True North Country Comics Podcast chats with Amie Wright about TCAF 2026
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival @torontocomics.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We're kicking off the 20th in-person TCAF with a PWYC panel event! Feat. TCAF poster artists @battan8.bsky.social, @funeralbeat.bsky.social, Chris W. Kim & Maurice Vellekoop with moderator @librarylandia.bsky.social 6-7pm Friday June 5 Mattamy Athletic Centre www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Sign the Petition
Stop the Slop: Protect the Integrity of Toronto Elections
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Hey everyone: the Toronto Comic Arts Festival is coming up soon!: June 6-7, with additional events and programming starting even earlier, all at the Mattamy Athletic Centre (aka Maple Leaf Gardens). Free! Fun! Drop by! lnkd.in/eYWAutAa Additional event details below.
The TCAF event poster, with the words "TCAF 2026, June 6+7" at the top. The poster depicts an exuberant drawing of an anime style female character with pink hair and glasses, reading a comic titled "Toronto Comic Arts Festival", and bursting with images of love letters, roses, a quill pen, a bottle of perfume with a blue jay on the label, and maple leaves.
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I hope the NDP just takes the whole last section of Enshitification and just runs with it as a series of policy proposals. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Avi Lewis demands Mark Carney ban stores from using personal info to set prices
Businesses have reportedly been able to hike prices and maximize profits by using artificial intelligence and algorithms to set prices based on things like a customer's search history and demographic
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Booooooooooooooo! I said boooo. www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
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This planetarium at U of T was created as a gift to citizens. Decades later, it’s being demolished
The Royal Ontario Museum opened the McLaughlin Planetarium in 1968, welcoming more than six million visitors in its 27 years of operation.
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival @torontocomics.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Help shape one of Toronto's most beloved cultural institutions! TCAF is seeking new Board members with experience in finance, fundraising, and nonprofits. Familiarity with publishing, art festivals, and a love of comics are all appreciated. Apply by April 25: www.charityvillage.com/job/board-me...
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Dean Jobb - True Crime Writer @deanjobb.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Thousands take to streets to protest cuts to Nova Scotia arts funding Premier Tim Houston defends cuts in budget, says 'something has to give' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #defendnsbooks
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Thousands take to streets to protest cuts to N.S. arts grants | CBC News
About 2,000 people gathered outside Province House in Halifax to let the Houston government know cuts to arts, tourism, culture and heritage sectors would cause irreparable harm to their industries.
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
As an EV driver and heat pump adopter, all I can say is FINALLY I get to experience an oil crisis.
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Ontario shut down coal. Now let’s finish the job. ☀️ OPG could triple solar at the Nanticoke site — enough for 15,300 more homes: www.cleanairalliance.org/the-sun-is-s... #OntarioEnergy #onpoli #EnergyTransition
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Ontario shut down coal.Now let’s finish the job with solar. ☀️
Ontario shut down coal.Now let’s finish the job with solar. ☀️
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
For the last 15 year my mom (wynford and eglinton) and I (bloor and Ossington) have been plotting to meet at Yonge and Eg for brunch via the LRT running past her house. TODAY WAS THAT DAY. Brunch was had, light rails were ridden. Flawless execution by all parties. #line5 #ttc #brunchinfrastructure
Man walking towards escalators under a sign that says “5 Eglinton Line”Facing an LRT train with closed doors, ready to leave the station The exterior of Oakwood LRT station
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social When Canada was feeling in the cross hairs, this is how Canadians were talking about it. Watching US pundits debate the issue, even if one side was technically against, felt like it was normalizing something that shouldn't be discussed AT ALL.
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trc 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇦🇲 @covell.ca · 16/07/2025
"From time to time, some folks claim the CTF is not a grassroots organization because we have 'five members,'" he wrote. "The truth is that we sometimes have four, sometimes six and currently we have five. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation has 5 members — why should we care what they think? | CBC News
The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation has been around since the late 1980s, selling itself as a populist “citizens advocacy group” looking to cut waste and ensure accountability in government. But does i...
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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Adam Bunch @adambunch.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The Toronto Circus Riot broke out on this day 170 years ago — sparked by a brawl between angry clowns and firefighters at a Victorian brothel. Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
A collage of four Victorian circus performers standing in front of a circus tent, with flames rising up in the foreground.
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who or Transformers.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 04/07/2025
Anyway, one of my very strongly held feelings in the last 5 months is that the American people are not victims. They are perpetrators. If the American public really wanted this to stop, they could be doing a lot more than they're currently doing.
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
My column this week: the grim reality of getting around in southern Ontario. Recently a bright future, there’s the catastrophic failure of Deutsche Bahn, lack of metrolinx ambition, no leadership from Ford & silly distractions w tunnels & bike lane attacks. Ford to city: enjoy the traffic.
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Shawn Micallef: How Doug Ford and Metrolinx dimmed Toronto’s once-bright transit future
Neither the provincial transit agency nor its political boss has given any sign they want to transform the system so it works as good as the world’s best.
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Keep it going, Canada. No U.S. products. No U.S travel. #ElbowsUp
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Albert Koehl @albertkoehl.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
RapidTO "compromise": "There are always reasonable design solutns ...but why is the economic hit taken by 35,000 people stuck on Bathurst buses each day not given similar weight+consideration as the relatively few businesses that complain?" @shawnmicallef.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Shawn Micallef: How Doug Ford and Metrolinx dimmed Toronto’s once-bright transit future
Neither the provincial transit agency nor its political boss has given any sign they want to transform the system so it works as good as the world’s best.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
If you ban Calvin and Hobbes you’re a straight up fascist son of a bitch and that’s that
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Faith Erin Hicks @faitherinhicks.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
TCAF was kind of incredible. A spectacular reminder of the importance of art, community & in-person engagement during a difficult time. I struggle with the idea that my work is good for anything these days but seeing the amazing community TCAF & comics as a whole has built … it’s wonderful. ❤️
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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
U.S. wine export markets have contracted substantially. In April, the year-over-year export value dropped by 41.4%, worsening the 28% decline recorded in March. The three main export destinations for U.S. wine—Canada (-93%), the UK (-29%), and China (-70%)—all reported significant decreases.
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This is the most specific argument I've heard for reducing tariffs on Chinese EVs to stimulate competition and adoption of electric cars (like Europe did...something I didn't know). www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
My #tcaf loot:
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival @torontocomics.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
TCAF 2025 is coming to a close, and we are thrilled to share that this was our biggest festival since 2019! To everyone who joined us, whether you travelled from around the world or down the street, thank you. Your love for comics and the people who make them filled every corner of the fest.
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Amie with an ‘i.e.’ 🔜 SDCC @librarylandia.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I got to introduce Sook-Yin Lee and Chester Brown at TIFF! swoon I’m dead 😵 Takeaway for #TCAF2025 - *please* do not go to the Library! Come visit us for the first edition of ‘TCAF on Ice’ at the Mattamy Athletic Centre June 7-8, 2025 cc: @torontocomics.bsky.social @simonyyz.bsky.social
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Fun early kickoff to #TCAF: finally got to see @payingforit.bsky.social, which was great; a nice tribute to ‘90s era Toronto, home to one of the coolest little corners of indy comics creating in North America at the time. Nice words of welcome by Exec Director @librarylandia.bsky.social .
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Toronto Comic Jam @torontocomicjam.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
TCAF! Contribute a page to CCOL’s Still Zine! From the TCAF Website! Still Zine: TCAF x CCOL  Zine Jam Join Still Zine, TCAF, and the Canada Comics Open Library (CCOL) for a weekend-long Zine Jam! Still Zine is an ongoing Toronto-based community anthology created by Jordan Reg.…
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TCAF! Contribute a page to CCOL’s Still Zine!
From the TCAF Website! Still Zine: TCAF x CCOL  Zine Jam Join Still Zine, TCAF, and the Canada Comics Open Library (CCOL) for a weekend-long Zine Jam! Still Zine is an ongoing Toronto-based community anthology created by Jordan Reg. Aelick (@endlessfret), where contributors share one-page diary entries about everyday life. This year at TCAF, you’re invited to take part in a special edition of the project by documenting your experience at the festival through comics!
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MJ Lyons 🇵🇸 @mjlyonswrites.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
If you haven’t already, don’t miss your chance to RSVP to the #TCAF2025 kick-off panel with @sanyaanwar.bsky.social, Guy Delisle, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social, @tundrawizard.bsky.social, with executive director @librarylandia.bsky.social! www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
@librarylandia.bsky.social
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Peter David passed away today. I loved his comics as a teenager. This is such a nice anecdote to remember him by:
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Torontoplex @torontoplex.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
TCAF easing into this year's festival in the best way, with a movie about comics. I also want to call attention that TCAF is currently fundraising to cover the costs of this year's fest and to provide creators in need with table space. Info here: www.torontocomics.com/support-tcaf
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Support TCAF | Toronto Comic Arts F
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival @torontocomics.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Kick off #TCAF with a special film screening! On June 3, catch the acclaimed flick "Paying for It" with a Q&A with director/writer Sook-Yin Lee, cartoonist Chester Brown (who'll be signing books), and TCAF's Ho Che Anderson. @dandq.bsky.social @thebeguiling.bsky.social tiff.net/events/speci...
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Special Screening: Paying For It with Sook-Yin Lee and Chester Brown
TIFF is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film.
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival @torontocomics.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Born in Québec City, Guy Delisle now lives in the south of France and is best known for his travelogues about life in faraway countries, "Burma Chronicles," "Jerusalem," "Pyongyang" and "Shenzhen." His new work "Muybridge" is a biography about Eadweard Muybridge—the man who made pictures move.
Cartoon of Guy Delisle.  Text reads "Featured Guest
June 7-8, 2025
Mattamy Athletic Centre"
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
US Democrats, PLEASE stop trying to do clever variations on Canada joining the US. Whether you’re arguing that it gives you more dem votes, or whether you join Canada instead, just STOP. Hands off Canada. Two separate, autonomous, countries. Period.
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simonyyz @simonyyz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
TCAF is a fun, free celebration of the coolest comics in the world. One of the best festivals of its kind anywhere. It's new venue (the Mattamy, aka Maple Leaf Gardens) is both very fun and a new expense. PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING: www.torontocomics.com/support-tcaf @torontocomics.bsky.social
An image containing details about TCAF, the Toronto Comics Art Festival: To be held on Saturday June 7 (10am-7PM), Sunday June 8 (10am-5pm), at an exciting new location Toronto Metropolitan University's Mattamy Athletic Centre (50 Carlton St.). FREE TO ATTEND
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