Neil Braun
@neilbraun.bsky.social
Middle-aged white settler living in Vancouver. Health, policy, culture, politics, cycling, data, Calgary Flames hockey (the order varies daily)
The Civ IV theme playing in the background tells me we’re about to start building a bunch of granaries. Or nukes.
Nearly 70 years since the Sovereign first opened Parliament, we welcomed Their Majesties back to Canada — a nation proud of its roots and with a bold, ambitious plan for its future.
May 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The Civ IV theme playing in the background tells me we’re about to start building a bunch of granaries. Or nukes.
And they tried to tell us Canada was broken.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Time changed for French-language leaders' debate due to Montreal Canadiens game | CBC News
The start time of Wednesday's French-language leaders' debate has been changed from 8 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET after two federal party leaders requested it not clash with a potentially consequential Montreal...
www.cbc.ca
April 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
And they tried to tell us Canada was broken.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Totally sounds like everything’s going according to plan
Peter Navarro: “Canada has been taken over by Mexican cartels”
Big if true
Big if true
March 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Totally sounds like everything’s going according to plan
Relevant to my interests!
February 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Relevant to my interests!
“Oh y’know, not much. Just trying to keep warm and dry.”
February 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“Oh y’know, not much. Just trying to keep warm and dry.”
Scenes from the UBC bus loop. I can only assume the earthquake reduced Buchanan Tower to a glorious pile of rubble
February 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Scenes from the UBC bus loop. I can only assume the earthquake reduced Buchanan Tower to a glorious pile of rubble
Reposted by Neil Braun
Reposted by Neil Braun
Maybe Trump openly supporting Putin now *is* a good thing given what’s happened to the Chiefs and the US hockey team in quick succession
February 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Maybe Trump openly supporting Putin now *is* a good thing given what’s happened to the Chiefs and the US hockey team in quick succession
Reposted by Neil Braun
Does USA now become the 11th province?
February 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Does USA now become the 11th province?
“I mean, what we’re seeing is what you’d expect if China and Russia had somehow managed to install people who wanted to sabotage America’s international position at the highest levels of the U.S. government.”
Losing moral authority, trust and respect. What could go wrong? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/sabotaging...
Sabotaging the Pax Americana
Trump and Musk are making us distrusted, friendless and weak
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“I mean, what we’re seeing is what you’d expect if China and Russia had somehow managed to install people who wanted to sabotage America’s international position at the highest levels of the U.S. government.”
I’m just here for another 30 years of references to Gandhi launching nukes
can't wait to play civ 7 like i play all the other civ games: exclusively play vanilla because expansion packs seem weird, play exactly the same style with the same civ for 1000 hours over the next decade, mostly ignore entire key game mechanics, and consequently never actually get very good at it
February 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I’m just here for another 30 years of references to Gandhi launching nukes
Pretty sure this work qualifies me to be Canada’s Fentanyl Czar 😎
Some professional news: The paper I wrote on the work I led to mitigate drug diversion of controlled substances in a Canadian/ British Columbian health care system is now publicly available
www.cjhp-online.ca/index.php/cj...
www.cjhp-online.ca/index.php/cj...
Establishing a Multisectoral Collaborative Drug Diversion Program in a Canadian Health System
| Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
www.cjhp-online.ca
February 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Pretty sure this work qualifies me to be Canada’s Fentanyl Czar 😎
“Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies, they are our allies” -US President Ronald Reagan #tariff
youtu.be/Tp1T7kPEdDY?...
youtu.be/Tp1T7kPEdDY?...
President Reagan's Radio Address on Canadian Elections and Free Trade on November 26, 1988
YouTube video by Reagan Library
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February 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
“Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies, they are our allies” -US President Ronald Reagan #tariff
youtu.be/Tp1T7kPEdDY?...
youtu.be/Tp1T7kPEdDY?...
The left and centre-left are at their most effective when they put forward a positive vision for change that helps all of us. It’s good to see that’s being recognized.
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The left and centre-left are at their most effective when they put forward a positive vision for change that helps all of us. It’s good to see that’s being recognized.
Just let me know when Kuzmenko gets benched after his initial hot streak dries up. I want to watch Tortorella’s post-game presser live 🍿
January 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just let me know when Kuzmenko gets benched after his initial hot streak dries up. I want to watch Tortorella’s post-game presser live 🍿
Some professional news: The paper I wrote on the work I led to mitigate drug diversion of controlled substances in a Canadian/ British Columbian health care system is now publicly available
www.cjhp-online.ca/index.php/cj...
www.cjhp-online.ca/index.php/cj...
Establishing a Multisectoral Collaborative Drug Diversion Program in a Canadian Health System
| Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
www.cjhp-online.ca
January 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Some professional news: The paper I wrote on the work I led to mitigate drug diversion of controlled substances in a Canadian/ British Columbian health care system is now publicly available
www.cjhp-online.ca/index.php/cj...
www.cjhp-online.ca/index.php/cj...
“We need to make the bastard bleed.”
(And good to read Thucydides outside of a PoliSci lecture!)
(And good to read Thucydides outside of a PoliSci lecture!)
If you don't understand point (3), read Dan Gardner here.
dgardner.substack.com/p/how-canada...
"Because the demands are only a pretext. Even if Canada could satisfy them to Trump’s liking, which is unlikely, he will find others."
dgardner.substack.com/p/how-canada...
"Because the demands are only a pretext. Even if Canada could satisfy them to Trump’s liking, which is unlikely, he will find others."
How Canada Should Respond to Trump
Heed the lesson of Thucydides: Only brutality can deter brutal men.
dgardner.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“We need to make the bastard bleed.”
(And good to read Thucydides outside of a PoliSci lecture!)
(And good to read Thucydides outside of a PoliSci lecture!)
Bob Uecker @ American Family Field in Milwaukee. Definitely not in the front roooooow. Rest easy
January 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Bob Uecker @ American Family Field in Milwaukee. Definitely not in the front roooooow. Rest easy
Dark horse Liberal leadership candidate
Canada wouldn’t mind buying Alaska and Minnesota
January 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Dark horse Liberal leadership candidate
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President, humanitarian, strike thrower
December 30, 2024 at 1:07 AM
President, humanitarian, strike thrower
Christmas, on multiple levels
December 26, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Christmas, on multiple levels
Energy level on a Christmas afternoon
December 25, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Energy level on a Christmas afternoon