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.
The new (Canadian) Anglican liturgies for the blessing of a gender transition/name change explicitly link it to the taking on of new names in the Bible, as part of the sanctifying of new covenants, in a way that's really beautiful and moving.
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The new (Canadian) Anglican liturgies for the blessing of a gender transition/name change explicitly link it to the taking on of new names in the Bible, as part of the sanctifying of new covenants, in a way that's really beautiful and moving.
Hey @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social Scott Street's cycle tracks are a) in the winter cycling network, and b) in the "ploughed within four hours of accumulation stopping" bracket of your organization's snow clearing timelines. Get on it, pal.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hey @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social Scott Street's cycle tracks are a) in the winter cycling network, and b) in the "ploughed within four hours of accumulation stopping" bracket of your organization's snow clearing timelines. Get on it, pal.
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.
I'm once again encouraging all of you to join me
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm once again encouraging all of you to join me
It’s like they designed a meme in a lab to cause @downgoesbrown.bsky.social pain.
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It’s like they designed a meme in a lab to cause @downgoesbrown.bsky.social pain.
[Taps the Umberto Eco sign]
October 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
[Taps the Umberto Eco sign]
Brian Tan nails it. Just love your spouse, view them as a whole person with their own ambitions and goals, and celebrate their success, you absolute dipshits.
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Brian Tan nails it. Just love your spouse, view them as a whole person with their own ambitions and goals, and celebrate their success, you absolute dipshits.
When the Holy Child’s edible kicks in midway through the portrait session (Italy, 13th or 14th century - forget which)
September 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When the Holy Child’s edible kicks in midway through the portrait session (Italy, 13th or 14th century - forget which)
I wonder how Leo feels about Hazel wanting to share the top level of her cat tower. Real mystery.
September 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I wonder how Leo feels about Hazel wanting to share the top level of her cat tower. Real mystery.
Yes, how on earth will Europeans get around their cities efficiently?
September 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Yes, how on earth will Europeans get around their cities efficiently?
@janecoaston.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social for true sickos, today’s Vuelta a España stage finishes on The Angliru, which is often ranked as the hardest climb in professional road cycling. It has made multiple pros want to quit the sport.
September 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
@janecoaston.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social for true sickos, today’s Vuelta a España stage finishes on The Angliru, which is often ranked as the hardest climb in professional road cycling. It has made multiple pros want to quit the sport.
This pull-quote really highlights what an absolute, world-historic dumbass Devin Dreeshen is.
September 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This pull-quote really highlights what an absolute, world-historic dumbass Devin Dreeshen is.
A thoroughly suboptimal Saturday means it’s time for some tortie content.
August 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A thoroughly suboptimal Saturday means it’s time for some tortie content.
No better way to start the morning
August 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
No better way to start the morning
David Bentley Hart's main conclusion from his "pitilessly literal" translation of the New Testament was that early Christians' strength of commitment to "a Kingdom not of this world" would've made them quite unpleasant to be around.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/christs-rabble
www.commonwealmagazine.org/christs-rabble
July 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
David Bentley Hart's main conclusion from his "pitilessly literal" translation of the New Testament was that early Christians' strength of commitment to "a Kingdom not of this world" would've made them quite unpleasant to be around.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/christs-rabble
www.commonwealmagazine.org/christs-rabble
The paper simulates the impact on GDP based on whether EVs reach price parity with ICE vehicles in 2035 or 2050 (worth noting that either are conservative assumptions - BNEF and IEA both have late-2020s/early-2030s for North American price parity) and finds a 1.1% hit to GDP in 2030.
April 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The paper simulates the impact on GDP based on whether EVs reach price parity with ICE vehicles in 2035 or 2050 (worth noting that either are conservative assumptions - BNEF and IEA both have late-2020s/early-2030s for North American price parity) and finds a 1.1% hit to GDP in 2030.
Celebrating my best friend quitting a job that was slowly sucking the life out of them.
April 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Celebrating my best friend quitting a job that was slowly sucking the life out of them.
Logging back on with the biggest of stretches
April 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Logging back on with the biggest of stretches