David Moscrop
@davidmoscrop.com
Semi-retired human typewriter
My email auto-responder is on. I've written everything for the year I wished to write, and some things I didn't. I have nothing left to say.
I am now semi-retired and *off* for the holidays.
I am now semi-retired and *off* for the holidays.
a man with a mustache is typing on a keyboard in front of a computer monitor
ALT: a man with a mustache is typing on a keyboard in front of a computer monitor
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My email auto-responder is on. I've written everything for the year I wished to write, and some things I didn't. I have nothing left to say.
I am now semi-retired and *off* for the holidays.
I am now semi-retired and *off* for the holidays.
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When is it okay to criticize the government? Always.
An invitation to embrace disagreement, now more than ever.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/life-durin...
An invitation to embrace disagreement, now more than ever.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/life-durin...
Life During Wartime
When is it okay to criticize the government? Always. A plea for embracing disagreement.
www.davidmoscrop.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
When is it okay to criticize the government? Always.
An invitation to embrace disagreement, now more than ever.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/life-durin...
An invitation to embrace disagreement, now more than ever.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/life-durin...
Prediction market sites are casinos run by techno-bookies. They're a scourge and ought to be regulated and legislated into oblivion.
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Prediction Markets Are Bookies With Venture Capital Funding
Backed by Silicon Valley–aligned venture capital and legal loopholes, prediction markets are creeping into every corner of life. They turn everything from measles outbreaks to government resignations ...
jacobin.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Prediction market sites are casinos run by techno-bookies. They're a scourge and ought to be regulated and legislated into oblivion.
jacobin.com/2025/12/pred...
jacobin.com/2025/12/pred...
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They're not going to sign a deal that doesn't massively damage our economy and even then we can't trust them to even abide by it for any longer than the Presidents mood swings.
Can we PLEASE stop acting as if actual normal negotiations are possible?
Can we PLEASE stop acting as if actual normal negotiations are possible?
Trump’s top trade negotiator pitches possibility of separate deals with Canada, Mexico to replace CUSMA | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead trade negotiator says the administration is considering breaking up the three-way free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, moving toward separate deals instead.
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
They're not going to sign a deal that doesn't massively damage our economy and even then we can't trust them to even abide by it for any longer than the Presidents mood swings.
Can we PLEASE stop acting as if actual normal negotiations are possible?
Can we PLEASE stop acting as if actual normal negotiations are possible?
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
and for that reason I'm out
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
and for that reason I'm out
...jesus christ
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
...jesus christ
Is anyone in Ottawa or nearby looking to buy a Sony camera, lenses, lighting set, and stands? Or bits thereof?
I'm selling the video pod equipment I bought last year, hardly ever used, because I gave up on trying to do TikTok and YouTube because I hate them.
I'm selling the video pod equipment I bought last year, hardly ever used, because I gave up on trying to do TikTok and YouTube because I hate them.
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Is anyone in Ottawa or nearby looking to buy a Sony camera, lenses, lighting set, and stands? Or bits thereof?
I'm selling the video pod equipment I bought last year, hardly ever used, because I gave up on trying to do TikTok and YouTube because I hate them.
I'm selling the video pod equipment I bought last year, hardly ever used, because I gave up on trying to do TikTok and YouTube because I hate them.
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Telework was a big part of what the union fought for when they were on strike in 2023. Once again, Carney shows no respect for workers' rights and negotiated collective agreements. I'm worried he's going to mess with my pension now too.
December 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Telework was a big part of what the union fought for when they were on strike in 2023. Once again, Carney shows no respect for workers' rights and negotiated collective agreements. I'm worried he's going to mess with my pension now too.
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So many public service jobs require resources that the public servants ... acquire and store at their desks, and everybody in administration seems to forget this.
My employers once floated the idea of rotating WFH/office sharing with hotdesks (so no one would have a permanent spot) ...
My employers once floated the idea of rotating WFH/office sharing with hotdesks (so no one would have a permanent spot) ...
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So many public service jobs require resources that the public servants ... acquire and store at their desks, and everybody in administration seems to forget this.
My employers once floated the idea of rotating WFH/office sharing with hotdesks (so no one would have a permanent spot) ...
My employers once floated the idea of rotating WFH/office sharing with hotdesks (so no one would have a permanent spot) ...
Ol' Climate Carney strikes again.
Also bad for the environment and potentially bad for housing (if the unreq'd office buildings could be repurposed into residential)
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ol' Climate Carney strikes again.
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Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
Terribly stupid idea that will satisfy faux-populist urges to dunk on public servants while simultaneously making the lives of public servants and the service itself so much worse.
Goofy stuff.
Goofy stuff.
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/08/c...
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Terribly stupid idea that will satisfy faux-populist urges to dunk on public servants while simultaneously making the lives of public servants and the service itself so much worse.
Goofy stuff.
Goofy stuff.
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More than a year after the back-to-office policy was implemented? Great work!
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/08/c...
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
More than a year after the back-to-office policy was implemented? Great work!
If you really think about it, the Phoenicians are to blame for most of *looks around, gestures* this.
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you really think about it, the Phoenicians are to blame for most of *looks around, gestures* this.
Me when I take out the compost right away.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Me when I take out the compost right away.
'You shouldn't criticize Mark Carney because that's how you get Pierre Poilievre' is...exactly how you get Pierre Poilievre.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
'You shouldn't criticize Mark Carney because that's how you get Pierre Poilievre' is...exactly how you get Pierre Poilievre.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
When I criticize the Liberal government in any way at all, no matter how reasonable, my free and paid subscribers on Substack go down. This dynamic creates a perverse incentive, which I refuse to give in to.
But this is a major problem.
But this is a major problem.
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When I criticize the Liberal government in any way at all, no matter how reasonable, my free and paid subscribers on Substack go down. This dynamic creates a perverse incentive, which I refuse to give in to.
But this is a major problem.
But this is a major problem.
If you're betting on death, destruction, and disease in Gaza or anywhere else, you're an irredeemable degenerate. If you're a platform enabling this, like Kalshi or Polymarket, you're something worse.
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you're betting on death, destruction, and disease in Gaza or anywhere else, you're an irredeemable degenerate. If you're a platform enabling this, like Kalshi or Polymarket, you're something worse.
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New work on on Immigration attitudes, out in @irpp.org with @natashagoel.bsky.social
We show dramatical increase in anti-immigration opinion in Canada over the past couple of years.
Its very different than previous shifts like in 1990s...
We show dramatical increase in anti-immigration opinion in Canada over the past couple of years.
Its very different than previous shifts like in 1990s...
In 2015, only 16% strongly agreed Canada had too much immigration. By 2024, that number doubled to 33%.
This IRPP paper by @randybesco.bsky.social and @natashagoel.bsky.social reveals a striking reversal in Canadians’ views on immigration: centre.irpp.org/research-stu...
This IRPP paper by @randybesco.bsky.social and @natashagoel.bsky.social reveals a striking reversal in Canadians’ views on immigration: centre.irpp.org/research-stu...
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
New work on on Immigration attitudes, out in @irpp.org with @natashagoel.bsky.social
We show dramatical increase in anti-immigration opinion in Canada over the past couple of years.
Its very different than previous shifts like in 1990s...
We show dramatical increase in anti-immigration opinion in Canada over the past couple of years.
Its very different than previous shifts like in 1990s...
This is the most depraved shit I've ever seen.
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is the most depraved shit I've ever seen.
The government says its doing cooperative federalism with the Alberta MOU. It's chasing a fantasy.
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Co-Operative Federalism, Prime Minister CEO, And Other Canadian Fantasies
Mark Carney is trying to run Canada like a business while looking for harmonious relationships with the provinces and territories. That won't work.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The government says its doing cooperative federalism with the Alberta MOU. It's chasing a fantasy.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/co-operati...
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/co-operati...
The BC Conservatives want to govern the province and can't manage 39 people. Not great!
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The BC Conservatives want to govern the province and can't manage 39 people. Not great!
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Rustad's response posted to Twitter
Same tone he took this morning, when he was asked about his possible removal under similar circumstances #bcpoli
Same tone he took this morning, when he was asked about his possible removal under similar circumstances #bcpoli
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Rustad's response posted to Twitter
Same tone he took this morning, when he was asked about his possible removal under similar circumstances #bcpoli
Same tone he took this morning, when he was asked about his possible removal under similar circumstances #bcpoli