Joel Wood 🇨🇦
@joelwwood.bsky.social
Environmental Economist at Thompson Rivers University. Biking enthusiast. Great horned owl attack victim. Kamloops 🇨🇦
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46 years ago I woke up to massive explosions and a tower of fire 2 miles away. My Dad thought the Russians had attacked.
A train derailment and exploded tanker cars created a cloud of chlorine gas over the city, so we evacuated with 250,000 other Mississaugans.
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A train derailment and exploded tanker cars created a cloud of chlorine gas over the city, so we evacuated with 250,000 other Mississaugans.
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The Mississauga Train Derailment
It’s a quiet Saturday night in 1979. Residents in Mississauga, Ontario are asleep. The next day is expected to be quiet for the thousands that live there. Many would be looking forward to a nice br…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
46 years ago I woke up to massive explosions and a tower of fire 2 miles away. My Dad thought the Russians had attacked.
A train derailment and exploded tanker cars created a cloud of chlorine gas over the city, so we evacuated with 250,000 other Mississaugans.
canadaehx.com/2024/11/05/t...
A train derailment and exploded tanker cars created a cloud of chlorine gas over the city, so we evacuated with 250,000 other Mississaugans.
canadaehx.com/2024/11/05/t...
Started watching Cardinal on Netflix and it is leaving me with the impression that northern Ontario is all sepia
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Started watching Cardinal on Netflix and it is leaving me with the impression that northern Ontario is all sepia
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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I keep coming back to the idea that Silicon Valley thinks that it's luminaries have extremely high general intelligence and that their success isn't domain specific and ho boy, it absolutely is.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I keep coming back to the idea that Silicon Valley thinks that it's luminaries have extremely high general intelligence and that their success isn't domain specific and ho boy, it absolutely is.
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*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
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The Cowichan sweaters are world renown for their beauty and warmth, but that very fabric of authenticity is being tested by Eddie Bauer with a similar sweater for sale on their website.
Cowichan sweater knitters concerned over Eddie Bauer replica
The Cowichan sweaters are world renown for their beauty and warmth, but that very fabric of authenticity is being tested by Eddie Bauer with a similar sweater for sale on their website.
cheknews.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Cowichan sweaters are world renown for their beauty and warmth, but that very fabric of authenticity is being tested by Eddie Bauer with a similar sweater for sale on their website.
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(a little bit later) ok the immutable ledger says my copay is $800
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
(a little bit later) ok the immutable ledger says my copay is $800
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And then you can turn your health records into NFTs!
A thousand true fans will buy your colonoscopy data.
The future! Is! Now!
A thousand true fans will buy your colonoscopy data.
The future! Is! Now!
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
And then you can turn your health records into NFTs!
A thousand true fans will buy your colonoscopy data.
The future! Is! Now!
A thousand true fans will buy your colonoscopy data.
The future! Is! Now!
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okay, but hear me out: What if we put health insurance *on the blockchain?*
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
okay, but hear me out: What if we put health insurance *on the blockchain?*
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if you weren’t prepared to discuss whether Canada should be part of a monarchy in the year 2025 then why did you invite me to this dance dads group chat
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
if you weren’t prepared to discuss whether Canada should be part of a monarchy in the year 2025 then why did you invite me to this dance dads group chat
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Canadian Sentry
Lieutenant Alfred Theodore Joseph Bastien
1918
Lieutenant Alfred Theodore Joseph Bastien
1918
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Canadian Sentry
Lieutenant Alfred Theodore Joseph Bastien
1918
Lieutenant Alfred Theodore Joseph Bastien
1918
Today on FB Marketplace in Kamloops: A guy is selling his homemade trebuchet to help pay for university
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Today on FB Marketplace in Kamloops: A guy is selling his homemade trebuchet to help pay for university
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November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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A nice Remembrance Day read from @maxfawcett.bsky.social
In the age of selfishness, let’s rediscover our sense of shared sacrifice
Remembrance Day is a reminder of what we were willing to fight for in the past — and how much it mattered that we fought together.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A nice Remembrance Day read from @maxfawcett.bsky.social
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Elon Musk pretending to be human who likes to do human things because an 87 year old author owned him online will be forever funny
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Elon Musk pretending to be human who likes to do human things because an 87 year old author owned him online will be forever funny
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Approval of the Carney government has dipped to 44%, its lowest since the election.
The budget did not reverse the downward trend, suggesting Canadians are waiting to see results.
More from our latest poll: abacusdata.ca/abacus-data...
The budget did not reverse the downward trend, suggesting Canadians are waiting to see results.
More from our latest poll: abacusdata.ca/abacus-data...
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Approval of the Carney government has dipped to 44%, its lowest since the election.
The budget did not reverse the downward trend, suggesting Canadians are waiting to see results.
More from our latest poll: abacusdata.ca/abacus-data...
The budget did not reverse the downward trend, suggesting Canadians are waiting to see results.
More from our latest poll: abacusdata.ca/abacus-data...
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who up burning they american eagle jeans at socially distanced bonfires
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
who up burning they american eagle jeans at socially distanced bonfires
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I know no media is covering the Canada Student Grant cuts, but it's real and it's going to cost several hundred thousand students about $1200 this year. Here's the explainer.
The Canada Student Grant Cut | HESA
Somewhat remarkably, no media have picked up the story that the Canada Student Grants were slashed in last week’s budget. Possibly, this is because the government did not issue a press release saying ...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I know no media is covering the Canada Student Grant cuts, but it's real and it's going to cost several hundred thousand students about $1200 this year. Here's the explainer.
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No proof will ever be enough for the denialists but here’s yet another example of the thing they say isn’t happening - children’s remains being returned to their families. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
After 8 decades, Alma Beaulieu, who died at an N.W.T. residential school, is home | CBC News
For generations, the family of five-year-old Alma Beaulieu didn’t know what happened when she died at St. Joseph’s Residential School in Fort Resolution, N.W.T. More than 80 years later, Alma's sister...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
No proof will ever be enough for the denialists but here’s yet another example of the thing they say isn’t happening - children’s remains being returned to their families. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The evidence keeps accumulating that Brexit was an astonishing self-inflicted economic policy disaster. The fact that it is a slow-moving one bodes ill for those who think that populist economic mismanagement will translate into voters punishing populists. www.nber.org/system/files...
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The evidence keeps accumulating that Brexit was an astonishing self-inflicted economic policy disaster. The fact that it is a slow-moving one bodes ill for those who think that populist economic mismanagement will translate into voters punishing populists. www.nber.org/system/files...
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The most important driver of Canada's long-term economic success isn't a new pipeline or some other infrastructure project. It's getting immigration right — and capitalizing on the opportunity Trump is handing us on it. #cdnpoli
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www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/10/o...
Donald Trump's immigration policy is a gift to Canada
Canada’s ability to integrate people from around the world has long been a source of comparative strength. It's all the more important right now.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The most important driver of Canada's long-term economic success isn't a new pipeline or some other infrastructure project. It's getting immigration right — and capitalizing on the opportunity Trump is handing us on it. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/10/o...
Meanwhile Nate Silver is running reg y x without correcting for heteroskedasticity
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Meanwhile Nate Silver is running reg y x without correcting for heteroskedasticity
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love that Supercop #3 expects us to believe he had reason to believe a sitting MLA was engaged in flagrant corruption, conducted an illegal search — and then got distracted so never completed his investigation. Adorable.
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
love that Supercop #3 expects us to believe he had reason to believe a sitting MLA was engaged in flagrant corruption, conducted an illegal search — and then got distracted so never completed his investigation. Adorable.
Whoa!
Guardians' Clase, Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors
www.cbc.ca/sports/baseb...
Guardians' Clase, Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors
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Guardians teammates Clase, Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors | CBC Sports
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been charged with taking bribes from sports bettors to intentionally throw certain types of pitches, including tossing balls instead of ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Whoa!
Guardians' Clase, Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors
www.cbc.ca/sports/baseb...
Guardians' Clase, Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors
www.cbc.ca/sports/baseb...