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Aidan
@aidanglc.bsky.social
Economist, Cat Dad, Wife Guy living and working in Ottawa, ON.
Having a couple beers and watching the universe end.
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
But the British political and media class have decided that they’re not allowed to tell The People™️ that they chose wrong.
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Clearly a man training for America’s most gruelling cardio-digestive competition.

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November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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
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
Realizing I misspelled Piketty's last name please excuse me while I go walk into the Ottawa River.
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 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.
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 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).
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Not helped by people who email/call/show up to consultations skewing heavily in favour of "old man yells at cloud" types and small business tyrants.
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The underlying book this is drawn from ("Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit") is superb. Highly recommend.
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reposted by Aidan
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
Miami Crypto Scammers
Orlando Disney Adults
Tampa Bay Canadian Retirees
Jacksonville Freeways
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM