The people who most benefit from that are frothing reactionaries like Nigel Farage, who are never forced to publicly reckon with the consequences of their actions and choices.
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The people who most benefit from that are frothing reactionaries like Nigel Farage, who are never forced to publicly reckon with the consequences of their actions and choices.
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.
Every comprehensive study we have on the impact of commute times (and of driving commutes specifically) suggest that they worsen your physical and mental health and actively make you a worse person, so this math would check out.
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Every comprehensive study we have on the impact of commute times (and of driving commutes specifically) suggest that they worsen your physical and mental health and actively make you a worse person, so this math would check out.
It's also pretty important to break the "middle class people are just future millionnaires" mindset of the median voter and a good way to do that is to build a public understanding that the fruits of wealth inevitably and invariably turn to ash in your mouth.
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's also pretty important to break the "middle class people are just future millionnaires" mindset of the median voter and a good way to do that is to build a public understanding that the fruits of wealth inevitably and invariably turn to ash in your mouth.
Given that nearly all provinces do alcohol purchases through centralized procurement (LCBO, SAQ, LCRB) it takes comically minimal effort to maintain the American booze boycott (even if the broader Canadian sentiment was shifting, which it very much doesn't seem to be).
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Given that nearly all provinces do alcohol purchases through centralized procurement (LCBO, SAQ, LCRB) it takes comically minimal effort to maintain the American booze boycott (even if the broader Canadian sentiment was shifting, which it very much doesn't seem to be).
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