THE 808 MONTHLY · NOVEMBER 2026
Five mailers.
One book.
Every 808 site publishes a monthly issue: three long reads, checked and sourced. Here is November 2026 from all of them in one place. Read each issue on the web, or download its PDF.
- 01 THE 808The 808 Brief: Who Holds The Keys?3 long reads
- 02 P8LITICSP8LITICS Dispatch: The Hormuz Tax3 long reads
- 03 SP8RTSSP8RTS: Who's Really Playing?3 long reads
- 04 PLATFORMSPlatforms Drop: Press Start: Nov 193 long reads
- 05 CIRCUL8RCircul8r: The $100 Night Out3 long reads
THE 808 · NOVEMBER 2026
The 808 Brief
Cover: WHO HOLDS THE KEYS?
Ottawa buys a seat at the AI tableWhat a $1.6 billion federal stake in Cohere actually changes for Canadian IT buyersPHP2Shell is the patch your web host owes you this weekTwo critical bugs in PHP itself are being exploited, and a WordPress update won't save youYour AI plumbing is now an attack surfaceLiteLLM was poisoned for the second time this year. Here's what AI gateways need to be treated likeP8LITICS · NOVEMBER 2026
P8LITICS Dispatch
Cover: THE HORMUZ TAX
The Hormuz taxHow a war in the Gulf found its way onto your gas bill, your grocery receipt and now your mortgageTwo days outThe U.S. midterms come down to the mood, the map and the moneyBudget weekChampagne's November 5 budget arrives with a rate hike, a trade war and a watchdog asking hard questionsSP8RTS · NOVEMBER 2026
SP8RTS
Cover: WHO'S REALLY PLAYING?
The exchange will see you nowPrediction markets turned sports into a trading floor. Canadians can look, but mostly can't touchSovereign stakesManchester City lost its big case and Newcastle runs on a state fund's money. Football's ownership map is now a map of governmentsOne in fourThe biggest study yet on CTE in NFL players gives a floor, not a ceiling. Here's what it found and what it can't tell youPLATFORMS · NOVEMBER 2026
Platforms Drop
Cover: PRESS START: NOV 19
Eighteen days to Vice CityGTA VI is set for November 19, and it's already moving consoles, stock prices and labour organizersGame over in EdmontonEA shut down BioWare after 30 years. Canada lost more than a studioOwning nothingSony quietly stopped selling its last 4K Blu-ray player at home. Discs, prices and pay-by-the-hour gaming all point the same wayCIRCUL8R · NOVEMBER 2026
Circul8r
Cover: THE $100 NIGHT OUT
The $100 night outHoliday ticket season starts now. A jury, a new Ontario law and a lot of fine print decide what you'll payFour more yearsToronto handed Olivia Chow her first full term. Here's what the city voted for, and what it means for the way we liveNovember, unwrappedGoats, a parade, a tree lighting and a launch day: Toronto's month, in the order it happensWeekly, every site also publishes a Week in Review. Find it on each site at /week-in-review/.
