Martin Monkman 🇨🇦
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#datascience (or is it #statistics?): all day, every day, in any context.
#rstats #tidyverse #dataviz #ISO8601
#yyj #canada
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#rstats #tidyverse #dataviz #ISO8601
#yyj #canada
RT != endorsement
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Canadian governments need to stop sending out tax payer money to these bullshit consultant firms who now seem to just be using LLMs to produce their "reports" fortune.com/2025/11/25/d...
Deloitte just got caught again citing fabricated and potentially AI-generated research—this time in a million-dollar report for a Canadian provincial government | Fortune
In a healthcare report aimed to address a nurse and doctor shortage, Deloitte cited several fake studies with real researchers’ names attached.
fortune.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Canadian governments need to stop sending out tax payer money to these bullshit consultant firms who now seem to just be using LLMs to produce their "reports" fortune.com/2025/11/25/d...
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Fungal Misadventure (a story in the form of a Bluesky thread)
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Fungal Misadventure (a story in the form of a Bluesky thread)
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
The cattle in my part of the world are not as photogenic, nor do they lead such fascinating lives.
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The cattle in my part of the world are not as photogenic, nor do they lead such fascinating lives.
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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Call me a luddite but I kind of prefer the old version of the Devil who used to put a murrain on crops and command his demon dogs to terrorise church congregations to the new one who insists on having an app for everything and gets rich by designing clever ways of capitalising on people's fatigue.
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Call me a luddite but I kind of prefer the old version of the Devil who used to put a murrain on crops and command his demon dogs to terrorise church congregations to the new one who insists on having an app for everything and gets rich by designing clever ways of capitalising on people's fatigue.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
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Main Street
Alex Colville
1979
Alex Colville
1979
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Main Street
Alex Colville
1979
Alex Colville
1979
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Who wants a very detailed poll-by-poll map of the last election you can go scour?
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Who wants a very detailed poll-by-poll map of the last election you can go scour?
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
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Everywhere I go, people are wearing Jays gear. People I know who have never watched baseball (me included) are staying up past midnight to for an 18th inning. The coffee shop has baseball donuts.
And, I cannot emphasize this enough, I am in a city *3000 km from Toronto*
Canada is behind this team
And, I cannot emphasize this enough, I am in a city *3000 km from Toronto*
Canada is behind this team
Is baseball still America’s game? The Blue Jays are changing the idea of who baseball is for | CBC Arts
Jays fan Sadaf Ahsan and sports journalist Shireen Ahmed examine the cultural changes at play.
www.cbc.ca
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Everywhere I go, people are wearing Jays gear. People I know who have never watched baseball (me included) are staying up past midnight to for an 18th inning. The coffee shop has baseball donuts.
And, I cannot emphasize this enough, I am in a city *3000 km from Toronto*
Canada is behind this team
And, I cannot emphasize this enough, I am in a city *3000 km from Toronto*
Canada is behind this team
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It's time!
COVID and Flu vaccines are available.
Check the website to see if you are eligible to book an appointment.
www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/managing-your-health/immunizations/covid-19-immunization
#yyj
COVID and Flu vaccines are available.
Check the website to see if you are eligible to book an appointment.
www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/managing-your-health/immunizations/covid-19-immunization
#yyj
October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It's time!
COVID and Flu vaccines are available.
Check the website to see if you are eligible to book an appointment.
www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/managing-your-health/immunizations/covid-19-immunization
#yyj
COVID and Flu vaccines are available.
Check the website to see if you are eligible to book an appointment.
www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/managing-your-health/immunizations/covid-19-immunization
#yyj
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Today is Persons Day.
This day honours The Persons Case, which ended in a victory for The Famous Five on Oct. 18, 1929. The ruling declared women to be persons under the law and qualified to sit in the Senate.
This is the story of that case.
🧵 1/12
This day honours The Persons Case, which ended in a victory for The Famous Five on Oct. 18, 1929. The ruling declared women to be persons under the law and qualified to sit in the Senate.
This is the story of that case.
🧵 1/12
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today is Persons Day.
This day honours The Persons Case, which ended in a victory for The Famous Five on Oct. 18, 1929. The ruling declared women to be persons under the law and qualified to sit in the Senate.
This is the story of that case.
🧵 1/12
This day honours The Persons Case, which ended in a victory for The Famous Five on Oct. 18, 1929. The ruling declared women to be persons under the law and qualified to sit in the Senate.
This is the story of that case.
🧵 1/12
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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is hosting the largest solo exhibition to date by Cree artist Kent Monkman.
It brings together more than 40 paintings that challenge colonial perspectives.
It brings together more than 40 paintings that challenge colonial perspectives.
Cree artist’s exhibition brings together 40 paintings challenging colonial perspectives | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is hosting the largest solo exhibition to date by Cree artist Kent Monkman.
It brings together more than 40 paintings that challenge colonial perspectives.
It brings together more than 40 paintings that challenge colonial perspectives.
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Hills in Autumn
A.J. Casson
1980
A.J. Casson
1980
September 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hills in Autumn
A.J. Casson
1980
A.J. Casson
1980
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This week on #TheProfessorIsIn, we dig into official economic statistics. What are they? Why does the government provide them? Why there's a trade-off between accuracy, timeliness, and cost. And why it's so important that these numbers be produced free of political interference. youtu.be/oSbnv2drRkA
Economic data. Where does it come from, what do we do with it, and why must politics stay out of it?
In this episode of "The Professor Is In," economist Justin Wolfers tackles the battle over the jobs numbers—and why trustworthy economic data matters for everyone.
📊 Why do we need…
youtu.be
August 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This week on #TheProfessorIsIn, we dig into official economic statistics. What are they? Why does the government provide them? Why there's a trade-off between accuracy, timeliness, and cost. And why it's so important that these numbers be produced free of political interference. youtu.be/oSbnv2drRkA
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Accidentally stumbled upon the origins of one of my favorite quotes about architecture:
"The building is merely the machine that makes the land pay." rerecord.library.columbia.edu/pdf_files/ld... 🗃️
"The building is merely the machine that makes the land pay." rerecord.library.columbia.edu/pdf_files/ld... 🗃️
August 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Accidentally stumbled upon the origins of one of my favorite quotes about architecture:
"The building is merely the machine that makes the land pay." rerecord.library.columbia.edu/pdf_files/ld... 🗃️
"The building is merely the machine that makes the land pay." rerecord.library.columbia.edu/pdf_files/ld... 🗃️
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“Historically, no one lived past age 35”
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
There Were Still Old People When Life Expectancy Was 35.
A demography myth that won't die
jenndowd.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“Historically, no one lived past age 35”
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
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Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
June 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
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I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
June 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
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"Requiring that we be invited into someone's home before we can enter is kneecapping the vampire industry."
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"Requiring that we be invited into someone's home before we can enter is kneecapping the vampire industry."
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“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.”
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
May 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.”
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Sound on!
May 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sound on!
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It's always been part of the national vision.
The barriers are still there, waiting to be overcome.
But the benefits---and urgency---have grown.
Forget America; it's time to build the east-west power grid.
By me, in Macleans today:
macleans.ca/economy/forg...
The barriers are still there, waiting to be overcome.
But the benefits---and urgency---have grown.
Forget America; it's time to build the east-west power grid.
By me, in Macleans today:
macleans.ca/economy/forg...
Forget America. Build an East-West Power Grid. - Macleans.ca
For decades, we've prioritized electrical trade with the United States. It's time to reduce our dependence on them.
macleans.ca
May 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's always been part of the national vision.
The barriers are still there, waiting to be overcome.
But the benefits---and urgency---have grown.
Forget America; it's time to build the east-west power grid.
By me, in Macleans today:
macleans.ca/economy/forg...
The barriers are still there, waiting to be overcome.
But the benefits---and urgency---have grown.
Forget America; it's time to build the east-west power grid.
By me, in Macleans today:
macleans.ca/economy/forg...