Bill Shields🇨🇦
@billshields.bsky.social
Mostly to do with philosophy, politics and economics... and bikes and cars and animals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gl0f4wOvQU
"Leveraged funds are gaining traction in Canada, as their assets under management have risen by 76 per cent so far this year. Most of that money is in lightly leveraged funds, but the industry is clearly trending toward bolder, riskier products."
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The dark side of some of Bay Street’s trendiest investment funds
In the topsy-turvy world of leveraged funds, both bulls and bears can lose at the same time
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Leveraged funds are gaining traction in Canada, as their assets under management have risen by 76 per cent so far this year. Most of that money is in lightly leveraged funds, but the industry is clearly trending toward bolder, riskier products."
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/f712162...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/f712162...
Google might want to update its AI algorithm re: U.S. foreign policy...
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Google might want to update its AI algorithm re: U.S. foreign policy...
www.thestar.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
...using Swedish excavators.
The White House is demolishing the entirety of the historic East Wing to make way for Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he initially let on. "Near but not touching it," he originally said. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
...using Swedish excavators.
Hear, hear!
I believe Trump is the most transparent president there ever was. We can all see right through the motherfucker.😠
October 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hear, hear!
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Corporate profiteering + decades of failed economic theory = the real inflation story. This week, @mkblyth.bsky.social joins Nick & Goldy to expose the myths keeping prices high—and who’s really cashing in.
🎧 Listen here: https://buff.ly/VvVZSMG
🎧 Listen here: https://buff.ly/VvVZSMG
September 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Corporate profiteering + decades of failed economic theory = the real inflation story. This week, @mkblyth.bsky.social joins Nick & Goldy to expose the myths keeping prices high—and who’s really cashing in.
🎧 Listen here: https://buff.ly/VvVZSMG
🎧 Listen here: https://buff.ly/VvVZSMG
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MEIDAS CANADA LAUNCHES ON LABOUR DAY. WE ARE BRINGING THE RESISTANCE GLOBAL. And we are getting set to rumble. Join the network. It's going to be a wild ride.
@meidastouch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NJZ...
@meidastouch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NJZ...
MEIDAS CANADA GOES LIVE LABOUR DAY
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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August 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
MEIDAS CANADA LAUNCHES ON LABOUR DAY. WE ARE BRINGING THE RESISTANCE GLOBAL. And we are getting set to rumble. Join the network. It's going to be a wild ride.
@meidastouch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NJZ...
@meidastouch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NJZ...
Visual artist Eric Pickersgill is best-known for his project "Removed," which debuted more than 10 years ago.
It's a collection of 23 images of people on their smartphones with their devices digitally removed.
Spooky stuff.
www.ericpickersgill.com/removed
It's a collection of 23 images of people on their smartphones with their devices digitally removed.
Spooky stuff.
www.ericpickersgill.com/removed
Removed — Eric Pickersgill Studio
removed
www.ericpickersgill.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Visual artist Eric Pickersgill is best-known for his project "Removed," which debuted more than 10 years ago.
It's a collection of 23 images of people on their smartphones with their devices digitally removed.
Spooky stuff.
www.ericpickersgill.com/removed
It's a collection of 23 images of people on their smartphones with their devices digitally removed.
Spooky stuff.
www.ericpickersgill.com/removed
Mr. Hasan, a progressive lefty, takes on 20 far-righties. It's a thing of beauty!🤓
7 Debate Lessons YOU Can Learn From My Jubilee Video
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7 Debate Lessons YOU Can Learn From My Jubilee Video
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7 Debate Lessons YOU Can Learn From My Jubilee Video
Wondering how I did it? Here are my own top tips and takeaways from perhaps the most bizarre and intense televised clash of my journalistic career.
zeteo.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Mr. Hasan, a progressive lefty, takes on 20 far-righties. It's a thing of beauty!🤓
7 Debate Lessons YOU Can Learn From My Jubilee Video
zeteo.com/p/7-debate-l...
7 Debate Lessons YOU Can Learn From My Jubilee Video
zeteo.com/p/7-debate-l...
Hmm...
apnews.com/article/jd-v...
Vance made a brief trip to Montana to speak to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, AP sources say
apnews.com/article/jd-v...
Vance made a brief trip to Montana to speak to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, AP sources say
Vance made a brief trip to Montana to speak to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, AP sources say
Vice President JD Vance has made a brief trip to Montana to meet with media mogul Rupert Murdoch, his son Lachlan and a group of other Fox News executives.
apnews.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hmm...
apnews.com/article/jd-v...
Vance made a brief trip to Montana to speak to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, AP sources say
apnews.com/article/jd-v...
Vance made a brief trip to Montana to speak to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, AP sources say
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Any meeting between Trump DOJ and Maxwell or her lawyers should be public. Transparency! Otherwise, it’s simply likely to be the next stage of the coverup.
July 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Any meeting between Trump DOJ and Maxwell or her lawyers should be public. Transparency! Otherwise, it’s simply likely to be the next stage of the coverup.
This episode asks, "Is Econ 101 a lie?"
Competition didn’t build human prosperity. Justice did—because justice creates trust, trust enables cooperation, and cooperation fuels prosperity.
Listen to the latest episode in our Back to Basics series at the following link or wherever you get your podcasts: buff.ly/lwxHmhs
Listen to the latest episode in our Back to Basics series at the following link or wherever you get your podcasts: buff.ly/lwxHmhs
July 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This episode asks, "Is Econ 101 a lie?"
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Vance won't be able to take Trump's place. He can try, but the reason the powers that be used Trump as a Trojan Horse to get Vance in as VP, knows MAGA IS Trump. Trump is declining rapidly as are the polls. What a pickle they find themselves in
hartmannreport.com/p/death-ratt...
hartmannreport.com/p/death-ratt...
July 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Vance won't be able to take Trump's place. He can try, but the reason the powers that be used Trump as a Trojan Horse to get Vance in as VP, knows MAGA IS Trump. Trump is declining rapidly as are the polls. What a pickle they find themselves in
hartmannreport.com/p/death-ratt...
hartmannreport.com/p/death-ratt...
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Friend of mine often goes on about the "crisis in local journalism." I send him links to pioneering examples of local journalism (hat tip, guelphmercury.com). The crisis is fading. The dawn of a new golden age is upon us.
July 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Friend of mine often goes on about the "crisis in local journalism." I send him links to pioneering examples of local journalism (hat tip, guelphmercury.com). The crisis is fading. The dawn of a new golden age is upon us.
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Hey, I've subscribed to this. Maybe you should too? First episode coming later this week.
After 19 seasons of The Agenda and more than 4000 shows and 19 000 guests, Steve Paikin has a brand new gig – with a very original name. Launching soon: The Paikin Podcast.
Subscribe at Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1OhwznC...
Subscribe at Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1OhwznC...
July 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hey, I've subscribed to this. Maybe you should too? First episode coming later this week.
"...it would be a rash person who assumed that this counter-revolution against all the US represents, at home and abroad, will fail. One can hope. But Trump is doing terrifyingly well."
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Trump’s assault on American greatness
In just six months, the US president has made huge strides in advancing his agenda
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July 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"...it would be a rash person who assumed that this counter-revolution against all the US represents, at home and abroad, will fail. One can hope. But Trump is doing terrifyingly well."
Gift link:
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It should now be obvious to all that Trump is incapable of constructive negotiations:
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/08/e...
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/08/e...
Trump’s sudden shift on weapons for Ukraine takes the war back to square one | CNN
For a fleeting moment, Ukraine’s conflict may have come full circle. In the past 48 hours, US President Donald Trump has perhaps said his most forcefully direct words yet on arming Ukraine. And in the...
edition.cnn.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It should now be obvious to all that Trump is incapable of constructive negotiations:
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/08/e...
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/08/e...
This dude's a solid follow with links to lots of great reporting:
Honoured to have won the Canadian Journalism Foundation's 2025 Climate Solutions Reporting award for @nationalobserver.com’s #BigGreenBuild series. My thanks to the #CJF and to the award's sponsor Intact for this recognition. Read all our coverage here: www.nationalobserver.com/special-repo...
June 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This dude's a solid follow with links to lots of great reporting:
Mansion massacre — prestigious Cachet Country Club 10,000 SF reno 20 mins north of Toronto, listed in May 2023 for $9.9 M sells weeks ago for $6M... a 39% drop for original asking. Oucheroni.
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housesigma.com/on/all-gta-r...
HouseSigma
housesigma.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Mansion massacre — prestigious Cachet Country Club 10,000 SF reno 20 mins north of Toronto, listed in May 2023 for $9.9 M sells weeks ago for $6M... a 39% drop for original asking. Oucheroni.
housesigma.com/on/all-gta-r...
housesigma.com/on/all-gta-r...
Also:
If the private sector won't deliver affordable housing — or can't without losing billions — let the government do it.
Right?
If the private sector won't deliver affordable housing — or can't without losing billions — let the government do it.
Right?
My latest: If Canada Post won’t deliver the mail – or can’t without losing billions – let someone else do it
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: If Canada Post won’t deliver the mail – or can’t without losing billions – let someone else do it
Something has to give. The post office must either cut services, raise prices or lean on the taxpayer even more heavily
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Also:
If the private sector won't deliver affordable housing — or can't without losing billions — let the government do it.
Right?
If the private sector won't deliver affordable housing — or can't without losing billions — let the government do it.
Right?
Just asked ChatGPT if Jesus was a pale, blue-eyed dude.
Most unlikely, it said. Expert consensus, it said, is that He was brown-skinned. Offered up this pic:
Most unlikely, it said. Expert consensus, it said, is that He was brown-skinned. Offered up this pic:
May 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Just asked ChatGPT if Jesus was a pale, blue-eyed dude.
Most unlikely, it said. Expert consensus, it said, is that He was brown-skinned. Offered up this pic:
Most unlikely, it said. Expert consensus, it said, is that He was brown-skinned. Offered up this pic:
For those living in Ontario, it's
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May 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
For those living in Ontario, it's
January
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