This is one scary parallel: U.S. and The Nazis www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
Deporting American Democracy
Timothy Snyder sees a familiar connection between US domestic repression and escalating foreign aggression.
www.project-syndicate.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is one scary parallel: U.S. and The Nazis www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
As Carney inexorably climbs toward a slim majority, it occurs to me that the defecting Conservative MPs would have been Progressive Conservatives before their party was eaten by Reform.
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As Carney inexorably climbs toward a slim majority, it occurs to me that the defecting Conservative MPs would have been Progressive Conservatives before their party was eaten by Reform.
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Some of the most useful insights into what’s happening to America are coming from political analysts outside the United States. Here’s a particularly lucid essay that I think you should read.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true-catastrophe-of-trump
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true-catastrophe-of-trump
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Some of the most useful insights into what’s happening to America are coming from political analysts outside the United States. Here’s a particularly lucid essay that I think you should read.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true-catastrophe-of-trump
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true-catastrophe-of-trump
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The U.S. demanding access to 5 years of social network history from tourists is seen as stopping anyone from hurting little tRump's feelings. But it would also (mostly?) be a bonanza of DATA for the tech broligarchs that run the government there. And the media. And the business world. Etc etc etc.
December 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The U.S. demanding access to 5 years of social network history from tourists is seen as stopping anyone from hurting little tRump's feelings. But it would also (mostly?) be a bonanza of DATA for the tech broligarchs that run the government there. And the media. And the business world. Etc etc etc.
I am dismayed that most children don't have the opportunity to engage in group singing and thus aren't interested when are adolescents or adults. William Byrd said it well in 1588.
December 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I am dismayed that most children don't have the opportunity to engage in group singing and thus aren't interested when are adolescents or adults. William Byrd said it well in 1588.
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Still think AI will be good for the world?
If you ask an AI model the same thing twice, you won’t get the same response. This variation comes from a random number called the “seed.” Researchers recently showed that this feature can be manipulated to pass forbidden instructions on to the model.
Cryptographers Show That AI Protections Will Always Have Holes | Quanta Magazine
Large language models such as ChatGPT come with filters to keep certain info from getting out. A new mathematical argument shows that systems like this can never be completely safe.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Still think AI will be good for the world?
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I just found out that medical offices do *not* leave phone messages anymore. Not even a short one asking you to call them back. So if you miss the single call, you miss the appointment!
December 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I just found out that medical offices do *not* leave phone messages anymore. Not even a short one asking you to call them back. So if you miss the single call, you miss the appointment!
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Yep, he wrote that. Misogyny is "science". @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is right to be ticked!
December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Yep, he wrote that. Misogyny is "science". @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is right to be ticked!
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Researchers led from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) have found that pantoprazole—a proton pump inhibitor used to prevent stomach bleeding—provides not only clinical protection for mechanically ventilated ICU patients but also significant economic advantages.
NEW! Health economic evaluation of the REVISE trial: 50-Cent Drug Could Save Hospitals Thousands of Dollars www.newsweek.com/50-cent-drug...
50-cent drug could save hospitals thousands of dollars
The drug is predicted to have the potential to save some $4,950 per patient on average, according to a new study.
www.newsweek.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Researchers led from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) have found that pantoprazole—a proton pump inhibitor used to prevent stomach bleeding—provides not only clinical protection for mechanically ventilated ICU patients but also significant economic advantages.
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"Until the entire country is just governed by an oil drum with a gun."
The separatists are turning against Danielle Smith. With @clareblackwood.bsky.social and @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Until the entire country is just governed by an oil drum with a gun."
I chanced on this in my newsfeed. Take a minute to read some of just one article. www.bbc.com/pidgin
Domot - BBC News Pidgin
We dey give una latest tori on top politics, environment, business, sports, entertainment, health, fashion and all di oda things wey dey happen for West and Central Africa come add di rest of di world...
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I chanced on this in my newsfeed. Take a minute to read some of just one article. www.bbc.com/pidgin
We've been waiting for years here in Hamilton for Metrolinx to build a LRT line. The brains atop that agency need to read this.
IMPORTANT: “I boarded Montreal’s brand-new light metro line for its first voyage. From the front of the driverless train, the crowd got a privileged view…The journey was not just a tour of the REM’s 14 new stations, however—it was a preview of the most ambitious transit expansion in North America.”
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We've been waiting for years here in Hamilton for Metrolinx to build a LRT line. The brains atop that agency need to read this.
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1. Many Canadians, including me, are questioning Carney’s commitment to #ClimateAction.
2. Max knows what he’s talking about.
3. Yes Carney should be communicating better. He may also be much more focussed on results than looking good. That’s how non-politician experts think.
4. Let’s keep watching.
2. Max knows what he’s talking about.
3. Yes Carney should be communicating better. He may also be much more focussed on results than looking good. That’s how non-politician experts think.
4. Let’s keep watching.
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
1. Many Canadians, including me, are questioning Carney’s commitment to #ClimateAction.
2. Max knows what he’s talking about.
3. Yes Carney should be communicating better. He may also be much more focussed on results than looking good. That’s how non-politician experts think.
4. Let’s keep watching.
2. Max knows what he’s talking about.
3. Yes Carney should be communicating better. He may also be much more focussed on results than looking good. That’s how non-politician experts think.
4. Let’s keep watching.
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Lots of people every year complain about the horrors of family celebrations. Yet only a tiny minority use the obvious solution: *don't do* the same thing every year!
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Lots of people every year complain about the horrors of family celebrations. Yet only a tiny minority use the obvious solution: *don't do* the same thing every year!
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I can attest to that. Even with curating my feed as well as I can and banning certina words, the relentless BS still gets through. So a break helps a lot, along with a news diet.
Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
"...reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia..."
From study: "...reducing social media use for 1 week may improve mental health outcomes in young adults..."
"...reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia..."
From study: "...reducing social media use for 1 week may improve mental health outcomes in young adults..."
Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I can attest to that. Even with curating my feed as well as I can and banning certina words, the relentless BS still gets through. So a break helps a lot, along with a news diet.
Something different. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN8s...
Watch Carefully
YouTube video by maestroF100
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Something different. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN8s...
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... B.C. sea wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first-observed possible tool use by species.
B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species | CBC News
Within a day of the cameras being set up in the Heiltsuk First Nation last year, researchers captured footage of a sea wolf emerging from the water with a buoy hanging from its mouth. The footage the...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... B.C. sea wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first-observed possible tool use by species.
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Power corrupts (or attracts the corruptible) but huge wealth removes morality and decency. Even Taylor Swift can be MAGAfied, now that she's a billionaire. She allows tRump to use her songs. Will she lead Swifties over the precipice of fascism? *She* has a parachute made of the money they gave her.
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Power corrupts (or attracts the corruptible) but huge wealth removes morality and decency. Even Taylor Swift can be MAGAfied, now that she's a billionaire. She allows tRump to use her songs. Will she lead Swifties over the precipice of fascism? *She* has a parachute made of the money they gave her.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Another victory for the anti-vaxxers. "A new report found that cervical cancer rates have plateaued and are no longer declining, with one expert suggesting Canada may not reach its goal of eliminating the disease by 2040." www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
New report highlights ‘concerning’ trend in cervical cancer rates in Canada
A new report found that cervical cancer rates have plateaued and are no longer declining, with one expert suggesting Canada may not reach its goal of eliminating the disease by 2040.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Another victory for the anti-vaxxers. "A new report found that cervical cancer rates have plateaued and are no longer declining, with one expert suggesting Canada may not reach its goal of eliminating the disease by 2040." www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Eh oui! C'était vrai: le beurre noisette améliore les gâteaux.
Turns out they were right about brown butter in baking goods.
Turns out they were right about brown butter in baking goods.
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Eh oui! C'était vrai: le beurre noisette améliore les gâteaux.
Turns out they were right about brown butter in baking goods.
Turns out they were right about brown butter in baking goods.
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Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
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I've come to the conclusion that PP worked so hard to endear himself to the base trucknuts, anti-science, Maga types with his yappy dog persona, that he painted himself in a corner: decent Conservatives who look for pro-Canadian policy will abandon him. Not to mention he'll never attract Liberals!
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I've come to the conclusion that PP worked so hard to endear himself to the base trucknuts, anti-science, Maga types with his yappy dog persona, that he painted himself in a corner: decent Conservatives who look for pro-Canadian policy will abandon him. Not to mention he'll never attract Liberals!
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𝚃𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙰 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗🤔🍁
"Religion is the biggest scam that man has ever created"
"God Loves You"
"𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆!"
"Religion is the biggest scam that man has ever created"
"God Loves You"
"𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆!"
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
𝚃𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙰 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗🤔🍁
"Religion is the biggest scam that man has ever created"
"God Loves You"
"𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆!"
"Religion is the biggest scam that man has ever created"
"God Loves You"
"𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆!"