We propose calling this beast-to-be “FAA,” kind of like how folks call Liverpool F.C. wingback and English soccer star, Trent Alexander-Arnold, “TAA.” Come on, you know it works.
Photo: Maxwell Fung | Wikimedia Commons (circa 2016)

Welcome to our monthly news roundup, Best of the Web, a curation content you may have missed of late—the kind worthy of your attention (notice how we dodged politics?).

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Men’s Grooming

A Friendly Reminder Movember’s More Than Just Moustache Month

For yet another November, men the world over of follicular fortitude and good will are sporting moustaches.

To the uninitiated, we do this to shine a light on big health issues that plague men today, particularly ones of most prevalence, like testicular and prostate cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder, and suicide, the last of which claims mostly men out of an “estimated” 4,000 suicide deaths that sadly transpire every year in our country of Canada — 75%, to be exact.

Know that when you buy from us this month, we’ll be forwarding a portion of those funds to the Movember foundation, a homegrown initiative charged with spreading the good word.

If you have a brother, a father, or even a friend who’s seen better days, this money goes toward bettering the mental health care or physical treatment he needs to get back up.

You can also visit ca.movember.com if you want to help in your own way.

Thanks, folks.

Money & Business

Well Overheated Canadian Housing Bubble Finally Bursts

Time to batten down the hatches, fellow Canucks. It’s about to get 2008-ish in here again.

(Via the Financial Post)

Google To Start Accepting Digital Currency Payments As Early As 2023

The tech behemoth’s partnering with Coinbase, an online “platform for buying, selling, and storing cryptocurrency” to let customers pay for cloud services with with crypto, and it’s happening next year.

You know those bite-sized chunks of news that seem like nothing in the moment, but then surface to your mind down the line when shit gets real?

(Via the CNBC)

Sports

ATP Phenom Puts Canada Back On Men’s Tennis Map

22-year old Canadian ATP phenom, Felix Auger-Aliassime, was ranked 13th in the world when he embarked on what would become a 16-game tear on October 13th.

As of tomorrow, he’ll be three titles richer and ranked 6th.

And he beat Novak. And he’s still a kid.

(Via CBC)

Celtics’ Grant Williams Does Post-Game Interview As Batman, Cements Legend Status Thereafter

Last month, on Halloween, the Boston Celtics’ Grant Williams did his post-game interview clad in a bat suit. But, unlike billionaire playboy, Bruce Wayne, the 6’6 power forward isn’t a psycho who pummels crooks with his bare fists at night.

But, he is one big geek, and chances are, he doesn’t care what you think about it (apparently, the man has assigned a superhero nickname to every teammate).

Remember, gentlemen—just dance like no one’s watching.

(Via NBC Sports Boston)

Real Life

Is Daylight Savings Time Going Permanent?

Whether or not we continue to change our clocks next spring rests in the hands of the United States Senate. Or not.

Last March, America’s gatekeepers of what is and isn’t legal passed a bill declaring that daylight savings would become permanent after we turned back our clocks this morning at 2:00 a.m. Eastern. But apparently, it hasn’t become official law yet on account of the politicians who promised it taking too long to make it happen. In other news, birds fly.

(Via the 6abc.com)

Science

Space Is “Swimming” With Junk, Junk That’ll Fall Down And Probably Hit You

According to a recent study, there’s a 10% chance someone will get smoked by falling space debris in the next decade. You can’t write better than this.

(Via astronomy.com)

Best Of The Web: Vol. 4