Closing tabs
John Michael McGrathMotivating myself to manage my browser tabs better.
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Links for May 18th, 2026
This week from me at TVO: a piece about the Auditor General’s recent report about the use of AI in government, asking citizens to think critically about the negatives and potential positives of AI use in the public sector:
So, as citizen...
Links for May 10th, 2026
This week at TVO: I am back on one of my most radioactively hot takes by the standards of Toronto politics, arguing for the establishment of municipal political parties:
The problems with the absence of political parties don’t end on ele...
Links for May 3rd, 2026
This week from me at TVO: a column about how Toronto’s 2026 mayoral election is shaping up to be in large part about the proposal to expand Billy Bishop airport:
But there’s also going to be the political question of how closely Carney w...
Links for April 19th, 2026
Been three weeks since I sent this out, yikes. Technically might have been possible to send it out last week but aside from all the other obligations on my time, making scalloped potatoes for the McGrath family Easter dinner saw me slice a...
Links for March 29th, 2026
This week from me at TVO, an admittedly trollish piece from me about what I’m calling Doug Ford’s war on the car; that is the Ford government’s choice wherever possible to favour driving instead of alternatives, and why that’s made us all p...
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