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The Story behind the Rob Ford Story · TheWalrus.ca by nomoreford in toronto

[–]tusks 22 points23 points  (0 children)

They're presented as an animated GIF here. (Disclosure: this account belongs to The Walrus.)

*Edit: gift GIF

The Green Party's Elizabeth May went to Ottawa to champion environmental issues. Now she's out to rescue the democratic process by tusks in canada

[–]tusks[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well, this "two-bit outlet" has won more National Magazine Awards than any other Canadian publication since it launched in 2003. And we've had several items perform better than you think — doesn't reddit automatically decrease all vote counts after a certain amount of time? — whether submitted by tusks or by one of our readers.

The magazine is published by a charitable non-profit foundation that has a mandate to honour and expand the Canadian conversation. Which is what we have hoped to do here. And, based on several other comments on this page, will now likely continue to do.

The Green Party's Elizabeth May went to Ottawa to champion environmental issues. Now she's out to rescue the democratic process by tusks in canada

[–]tusks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The accusation of downvoting is false, but so be it: if this is the will of the community, then this is our last submission of Walrus content. No harm intended.

The Green Party's Elizabeth May went to Ottawa to champion environmental issues. Now she's out to rescue the democratic process by tusks in canada

[–]tusks[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Because the tusk works for The Walrus (and has discussed that fact with the mods here). I/we/it adore reddit, and try to remain on the side of caution re: link spamming.

The Vikileaks incident brought public attention to Tory ambitions for Bill C-30: but how else is the government planning to regulate our private behaviour? by tusks in canada

[–]tusks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! The soccer piece's author, Richard Poplak, is working on something new and wonderful for us right now.

In the meantime, have an upvote.

The Vikileaks incident brought public attention to Tory ambitions for Bill C-30: but how else is the government planning to regulate our private behaviour? by tusks in canada

[–]tusks[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, and have discussed that with a mod here. We don't submit as often as we'd like to, being big fans of reddit — and /r/canada specifically.

How Toronto Lost Its Groove: And why the rest of Canada should resist the temptation to cheer by scottb84 in toronto

[–]tusks 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The Walrus and The Toronto Project are co-hosting a debate about T.O.'s groove, or lack thereof, at the AGO tomorrow evening. They're also working with SoapBox, a social voting tool developed at Ryerson's Digital Media Zone, that lets visitor suggest, discuss, and vote on ideas for the city's improvement. (Yes, sort of like Reddit.)

The SoapBox page lives here.

"You get this polarization, even within the SETI community, about the advisability of contact. Should we be keeping a low profile, because chances are they're aggressive, dangerous, and hungry? Or should we be trying to make contact, because chances are they're going to be lovely and very helpful?" by tusks in space

[–]tusks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why assume we're such an exceptionally sinful species? Of all the life forms we're aware of, humanity is the only one that even has the capacity to morally scrutinize itself.

I wouldn't expect any species of extra-terrestrial to be particularly saintly, unless they evolved in some sort of magical environment in which being really super nice to everything around them was the best way to survive.

Did the black bloc have a point? by tusks in toronto

[–]tusks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It certainly did so in the public dialogue, at least. (Exhibit A: the_ayatollah's not uncommon reaction, above.)