Edward Parker
@edwardparker.ca
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Blocked by countless Bluesky lunatics as "Conservative-Following", "Politically Bad", "Hate Enabler", "TERF", "Condescending Asshole", "Annoying", and "Zionist." Otherwise pretty bland.
Blocked by countless Bluesky lunatics as "Conservative-Following", "Politically Bad", "Hate Enabler", "TERF", "Condescending Asshole", "Annoying", and "Zionist." Otherwise pretty bland.
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Edward Parker
@edwardparker.ca
· Dec 9
"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
--- United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19
--- United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19
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Today Kiev is 1543 years old. This is what Moscow looked like 1543 years ago.
May 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today Kiev is 1543 years old. This is what Moscow looked like 1543 years ago.
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"No one making these moves fears the left-wing backlash anymore. I’m not saying this is all due to progressives moving to Bluesky. But it helped. On Bluesky, no one can hear them scream."
www.commentary.org/articles/jam...
www.commentary.org/articles/jam...
Bluesky: The Online Cone of Silence
Do you Bluesky? If you are a COMMENTARY reader, the odds that you’re also a user of the alternative social-media site are slim. Bluesky began as an experimental side project
www.commentary.org
April 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"No one making these moves fears the left-wing backlash anymore. I’m not saying this is all due to progressives moving to Bluesky. But it helped. On Bluesky, no one can hear them scream."
www.commentary.org/articles/jam...
www.commentary.org/articles/jam...
The last time I was at The Bay store in downtown in Vancouver, I had trouble finding my way out due to construction. Today when I went in staff announced “elevator and escalator not working.” They may as well just go bankrupt and get it over with.
March 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The last time I was at The Bay store in downtown in Vancouver, I had trouble finding my way out due to construction. Today when I went in staff announced “elevator and escalator not working.” They may as well just go bankrupt and get it over with.
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I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.
March 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.
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Stalin blamed the kulaks for their own starvation. Anyone who blames Zelensky for Trump's decision to cut arms and intelligence has succumbed to the same logic.
March 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Stalin blamed the kulaks for their own starvation. Anyone who blames Zelensky for Trump's decision to cut arms and intelligence has succumbed to the same logic.
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Big announcement from EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: “We are living in dangerous times. Europe‘s security is threatened in a very real way. Today I present ReArm Europe. A plan for a safer and more resilient Europe.”
€150 billion in defence loans for pan-European security.
€150 billion in defence loans for pan-European security.
March 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Big announcement from EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: “We are living in dangerous times. Europe‘s security is threatened in a very real way. Today I present ReArm Europe. A plan for a safer and more resilient Europe.”
€150 billion in defence loans for pan-European security.
€150 billion in defence loans for pan-European security.
It took DT to get me to watch a hockey game for the first time in 45 years.
February 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It took DT to get me to watch a hockey game for the first time in 45 years.
“The best-organized Democratic interest groups want to fight Trump on the worst possible issues; the Democrats who want to fight on smarter issues tend to be less organized to fight. Until that conundrum is solved, Democrats are disabled and Trump is empowered.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Tasks of an Anti-Trump Coalition
Avoid progressive pieties and rebuild an effective democratic majority
www.theatlantic.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
“The best-organized Democratic interest groups want to fight Trump on the worst possible issues; the Democrats who want to fight on smarter issues tend to be less organized to fight. Until that conundrum is solved, Democrats are disabled and Trump is empowered.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“We must stand on our own. It will require making tough, adult choices, but we can do it.”
January 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“We must stand on our own. It will require making tough, adult choices, but we can do it.”
Some public support for arts is warranted, but the current disbursement regime, apparently under the thumbs of arbiters of purity, ain't it, clearly. Time for a reboot.
shush.substack.com/p/new-star-p...
shush.substack.com/p/new-star-p...
New Star pushed over the ledge
Legendary Vancouver publisher closes amid dispute with BC Arts Council
shush.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Some public support for arts is warranted, but the current disbursement regime, apparently under the thumbs of arbiters of purity, ain't it, clearly. Time for a reboot.
shush.substack.com/p/new-star-p...
shush.substack.com/p/new-star-p...
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Ukraine is Europe.
January 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ukraine is Europe.
Curiosity and the Monty Hall problem: My path from Connections to Probability Theory
open.substack.com/pub/asipleas...
open.substack.com/pub/asipleas...
Curiosity and the the Monty Hall problem
Recently, the New York Times daily puzzle Connections reminded me of a lesson that was hard-won and, if I'm not vigilant, easily forgotten: maintain my curiosity.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Curiosity and the Monty Hall problem: My path from Connections to Probability Theory
open.substack.com/pub/asipleas...
open.substack.com/pub/asipleas...
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On the ninth day of Christmas…
January 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
On the ninth day of Christmas…
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25 USEFUL CONCEPTS TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH 2025
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January 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
25 USEFUL CONCEPTS TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH 2025
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Proroguing Parliament to avoid a confidence vote was an iffy idea in 2008. It’s a terrible one in 2025.
Opinion: Proroguing Parliament to avoid a confidence vote was an iffy idea in 2008. It’s a terrible one in 2025.
The Liberals may be pondering following in the Conservatives’ footsteps, but Harper had the better case to make
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Proroguing Parliament to avoid a confidence vote was an iffy idea in 2008. It’s a terrible one in 2025.
I'm not taking any drugs that might interfere with my enjoyment of potato chips, which are possibly my life's greatest pleasure, but this whole GLP thing is a fascinating development that may have have all kinds of societal implications, and that's just the start. Very interesting!
Families who have at least one member on a GLP-1 drug see their grocery bill decline by 6% overall: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 31, 2024 at 9:13 PM
I'm not taking any drugs that might interfere with my enjoyment of potato chips, which are possibly my life's greatest pleasure, but this whole GLP thing is a fascinating development that may have have all kinds of societal implications, and that's just the start. Very interesting!
Time again for my new year's eve tradition: try to stay awake until midnight.
December 31, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Time again for my new year's eve tradition: try to stay awake until midnight.
