Aidan
@aidanglc.bsky.social
Economist, Cat Dad, Wife Guy living and working in Ottawa, ON.
Having a couple beers and watching the universe end.
Having a couple beers and watching the universe end.
Kitties enjoying a snowy Sunday
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Kitties enjoying a snowy Sunday
It’s also downstream of the fact that British politics is no longer permitted to talk about the genuine source of the country’s ills, which was that Brexit was a profound, mistaken act of economic self-harm that will have consequences for decades.
Ever since starmer took over i think people have internalized his profound cynicism about britain. Nothing can ever get better and everything is making sure someone else gets even less than you. This isnt an immutable part of the british character! Its a response to behaviour from the top!
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It’s also downstream of the fact that British politics is no longer permitted to talk about the genuine source of the country’s ills, which was that Brexit was a profound, mistaken act of economic self-harm that will have consequences for decades.
Eco's THE NAME OF THE ROSE (read 5-6 times) and Pikkety's CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY (gave up 10% of the way through)
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Eco's THE NAME OF THE ROSE (read 5-6 times) and Pikkety's CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY (gave up 10% of the way through)
On catching up to China's significant headstart on green industries (esp. solar and EVs) there is definitely an air of "we gave it the old nine-month try and it was hard, so how about we just give up instead?"
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
On catching up to China's significant headstart on green industries (esp. solar and EVs) there is definitely an air of "we gave it the old nine-month try and it was hard, so how about we just give up instead?"
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the astonishing thing about this wave of denialism is that we have more or less decidedly hit the point where clean energy is the *cheaper* option by some distance
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
the astonishing thing about this wave of denialism is that we have more or less decidedly hit the point where clean energy is the *cheaper* option by some distance
Stephen Holyday is like if Jorge of Burgos was a municipal councillor instead of a blind librarian. Just misery and spite all the way down.
Councillor Stephen Holyday moves to exclude every major street in his ward from the expanded retail permissions.
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Stephen Holyday is like if Jorge of Burgos was a municipal councillor instead of a blind librarian. Just misery and spite all the way down.
The libertarian wing showing up with "akshully it's ephebephelia" right on schedule.
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The libertarian wing showing up with "akshully it's ephebephelia" right on schedule.
[Liberation Theology has entered the chat]
man we need a way to say "the moral rot and depravity of this country's elite must be burned out of it with cleansing fire" that isn't wildly reactionary-coded
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
[Liberation Theology has entered the chat]
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At some point we need a national conversation about why so many Canadian mayor are so bluntly bad.
Ken Sim's austerity budget is so severe that they're going to be REMOVING EXISTING BABY CHANGING TABLES
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Listening to Vancouver Council budget discussion in the background this morning. In response to a question from @seanorr.bsky.social about where they'll be retracting from the city just said they're planning to REMOVE baby changing tables and menstrual product dispensers to save costs. Shameful.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
At some point we need a national conversation about why so many Canadian mayor are so bluntly bad.
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
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marx was anti-capitalist in the sense that he longed for what (he thought) would come after; these days it seems many anti-capitalists are anticapitalists insofar as they long for what came before
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
marx was anti-capitalist in the sense that he longed for what (he thought) would come after; these days it seems many anti-capitalists are anticapitalists insofar as they long for what came before
Every time the @justinwolfers.bsky.social and @sassermodestino.bsky.social working paper on the gender dynamics of Econ seminars gets brought up, everyone in my econ circles automatically thinks of Larry Summers being a Category 5 Asshole to everyone (& especially to non-white dudes) within earshot
I worked at Harvard when he was president there and have 100s of stories about what an absolute boorish asshat he is. I was at a bar with coworkers, including one of his assistants and he called to demand she go to his house ASAP. Because he didn't know how to change the batteries in his TV remote.
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Every time the @justinwolfers.bsky.social and @sassermodestino.bsky.social working paper on the gender dynamics of Econ seminars gets brought up, everyone in my econ circles automatically thinks of Larry Summers being a Category 5 Asshole to everyone (& especially to non-white dudes) within earshot
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Everyone in America: Wow the Bears are winning all these last minute games in wild comebacks, it's miraculous, how are they even doing it
Pope Leo in the Vatican: *smiles*
Pope Leo in the Vatican: *smiles*
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Everyone in America: Wow the Bears are winning all these last minute games in wild comebacks, it's miraculous, how are they even doing it
Pope Leo in the Vatican: *smiles*
Pope Leo in the Vatican: *smiles*
[Considers own TV viewing habits in 2025]
Not thrilled by how accurate this is.
Not thrilled by how accurate this is.
this is a tedious correction but my understanding is that Bluesky Users writ large watch a lot of television, in two broad buckets: "Andor" and "Baseball"
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
[Considers own TV viewing habits in 2025]
Not thrilled by how accurate this is.
Not thrilled by how accurate this is.
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Endlessly screenshot-dunking on Twitter idiots is annoying your followers and keeping the idiots famous. Whenever you feel like doing it, you should take a minute, breathe, and then approvingly share something I've written instead
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Endlessly screenshot-dunking on Twitter idiots is annoying your followers and keeping the idiots famous. Whenever you feel like doing it, you should take a minute, breathe, and then approvingly share something I've written instead
And many of the means of decarbonization (esp. rooftop solar) reduce their control over the underlying drivers of the economy (which is the argument Andreas Malm makes in Fossil Capital)
The problem from their point of view is that rapid decarbonization requires public, collective decisions about the organization of production, in a way that threaten capital-owners' authority over both the production process and the political system.
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And many of the means of decarbonization (esp. rooftop solar) reduce their control over the underlying drivers of the economy (which is the argument Andreas Malm makes in Fossil Capital)
"I can't spare this man; he fights."
everyone is being held hostage. there is no part of this that isn’t hell.
there is no “but” other than we don’t win the war if we don’t keep fighting. need better generals.
there is no “but” other than we don’t win the war if we don’t keep fighting. need better generals.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"I can't spare this man; he fights."
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National democratic leadership is getting so bad that it is becoming a self censoring fact in the same way that Trump’s evil and incompetency becomes self censoring
A real banner week for Chuck Schumer, given that only a few days ago he refused to back the Democratic nominee for mayor of his home city.
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
National democratic leadership is getting so bad that it is becoming a self censoring fact in the same way that Trump’s evil and incompetency becomes self censoring
Not my political circus, not my political monkeys, but lord alive what a fucking quisling.
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Not my political circus, not my political monkeys, but lord alive what a fucking quisling.
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I note that this winterized unicycle was forced to illegally ride on the sidewalk because @en.ottawa.ca cleared the road and sidewalk but not the bike lane on Scott Street
Good morning to the person who passed me on a winterized unicycle (?!) as I was walking to the LRT this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I note that this winterized unicycle was forced to illegally ride on the sidewalk because @en.ottawa.ca cleared the road and sidewalk but not the bike lane on Scott Street
I bet if you told Angus King "gullible" wasn't in the dictionary that he'd check.
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I bet if you told Angus King "gullible" wasn't in the dictionary that he'd check.
Good morning to the person who passed me on a winterized unicycle (?!) as I was walking to the LRT this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Good morning to the person who passed me on a winterized unicycle (?!) as I was walking to the LRT this morning.
Can't say I'm surprised by the result of today's Lansdowne 2.0 vote, but that doesn't stop me from being disappointed and frustrated by it.
Rural/suburban councillors override local representation so their constituents can visit once year while the people that live there have to deal with the impacts every single day.
This is in addition to socializing the costs and privatizing the profits of Lansdowne 2.0.
This is in addition to socializing the costs and privatizing the profits of Lansdowne 2.0.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Can't say I'm surprised by the result of today's Lansdowne 2.0 vote, but that doesn't stop me from being disappointed and frustrated by it.
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My sympathies to everyone who was champing at the bit to yell at Democrats, better luck next time
REPUBLICANS REJECT DEMOCRATS' OFFER TO END SHUTDOWN: GOP AIDE
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My sympathies to everyone who was champing at the bit to yell at Democrats, better luck next time