Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@dbcurren.bsky.social
writer/blogger, formerly journalist at WSJ, Dow Jones, Reuters, others. #economics #markets, #music, #philosophy, #books, #technology, #photos, etc. (ie hopelessly eclectic) Toronto. May not respond to DMs. Blog at: https://doncurren.blogspot.com
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Book Review - Ricardo's Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray by Nat Dyer
doncurren.blogspot.com
In his #book on #DavidRicardo, #NatDyer is careful not to commit the “Ricardian Vice.” His book is very empirical. It’s full of fascinating #biographical details about #Ricardo and other influential figures in #economics, and lots of engaging history. doncurren.blogspot.com/2025/10/by-d...
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Sani is curled up as small as possible for a #caturday nap. 🖤
##catsofbluesky
#cats #seniorcat
#photography
#ECK
##catsofbluesky
#cats #seniorcat
#photography
#ECK
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Sani is curled up as small as possible for a #caturday nap. 🖤
##catsofbluesky
#cats #seniorcat
#photography
#ECK
##catsofbluesky
#cats #seniorcat
#photography
#ECK
"We're going to get on with building the #Canadianeconomy that's more resilient, that's more diversified, do deals with new #tradingpartners, with long-standing trading partners in parts of the world where we can expand opportunities …” apple.news/AxJMu8moMSiG...
There's a reason Mark Carney isn't talking to Donald Trump — Toronto Star
Where Carney was once in nearly a 24/7 texting-back-and-forth relationship with Trump, the prime minister and the president have had no contact on trade since the APEC summit in Korea, his office conf...
apple.news
November 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"We're going to get on with building the #Canadianeconomy that's more resilient, that's more diversified, do deals with new #tradingpartners, with long-standing trading partners in parts of the world where we can expand opportunities …” apple.news/AxJMu8moMSiG...
“Accusing the #Georgia #Republican of going "Far Left," #Trump wrote on social media that all he had witnessed from #Greene in recent months is "COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!" …”
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
Trump drops support for Marjorie Taylor Greene amid Epstein row, calling her 'Wacky' | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly called it quits with one of his most stalwart MAGA-world supporters, referring to Georgia lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene as "Wacky Marjorie" and saying he wou...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“Accusing the #Georgia #Republican of going "Far Left," #Trump wrote on social media that all he had witnessed from #Greene in recent months is "COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!" …”
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild #Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
- #WilliamBlake
And a Heaven in a Wild #Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
- #WilliamBlake
"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else..."
Remembering Georgia O'Keeffe on her birthday. Nov 15. 💐💐💐
Remembering Georgia O'Keeffe on her birthday. Nov 15. 💐💐💐
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild #Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
- #WilliamBlake
And a Heaven in a Wild #Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
- #WilliamBlake
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Good morning, Blue Sky!
"There's good points, some bad points
But it all works out, you know I'm a little freaked out now
I'll find a city, find myself a city to live in"
(David Byrne)
"There's good points, some bad points
But it all works out, you know I'm a little freaked out now
I'll find a city, find myself a city to live in"
(David Byrne)
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Good morning, Blue Sky!
"There's good points, some bad points
But it all works out, you know I'm a little freaked out now
I'll find a city, find myself a city to live in"
(David Byrne)
"There's good points, some bad points
But it all works out, you know I'm a little freaked out now
I'll find a city, find myself a city to live in"
(David Byrne)
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"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else..."
Remembering Georgia O'Keeffe on her birthday. Nov 15. 💐💐💐
Remembering Georgia O'Keeffe on her birthday. Nov 15. 💐💐💐
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else..."
Remembering Georgia O'Keeffe on her birthday. Nov 15. 💐💐💐
Remembering Georgia O'Keeffe on her birthday. Nov 15. 💐💐💐
Should be “Perhaps because …”
Perhaps everything done by #Trump, the ultimate living embodiment of the #SocietyoftheSpectacle, is at least in part #performative …
The Americans' policy of blowing up random boats is purely performative. It has nothing --zero-- to do with protecting Americans from drug overdoses. As this piece makes very plain.
gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Should be “Perhaps because …”
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“Large language models/LLMs, the technology behind generative AI, are being deliberately manipulated by authoritarian states through a tactic known as LLM grooming…producing vast quantities of AI-generated text containing false or skewed narratives that contaminate the data that informs AI systems.”
“Earlier this year, a NewsGuard study revealed that 10 major #AI #chatbots, including #ChatGPT-4, #MicrosoftCopilot, #Gemini, and #Meta
AI, reproduced falsehoods from #Pravda networksources roughly one-third of the time & sometimes cited its articles directly” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/stat...
AI, reproduced falsehoods from #Pravda networksources roughly one-third of the time & sometimes cited its articles directly” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/stat...
Countering the threat of AI manipulation by authoritarian states
Authoritarian regimes are using AI to pollute information. Canada must lead efforts to protect truth, trust and democratic integrity.
policyoptions.irpp.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Large language models/LLMs, the technology behind generative AI, are being deliberately manipulated by authoritarian states through a tactic known as LLM grooming…producing vast quantities of AI-generated text containing false or skewed narratives that contaminate the data that informs AI systems.”
Perhaps everything done by #Trump, the ultimate living embodiment of the #SocietyoftheSpectacle, is at least in part #performative …
The Americans' policy of blowing up random boats is purely performative. It has nothing --zero-- to do with protecting Americans from drug overdoses. As this piece makes very plain.
gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Opinion | Our Deadly Fentanyl Delusion
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Perhaps everything done by #Trump, the ultimate living embodiment of the #SocietyoftheSpectacle, is at least in part #performative …
Perhaps, in light of the second part of the second sentence, we can finally put the misconception embedded in the first part to rest …
It’s really something. The greatest country in the history of the world twice elected the most stupid, most ignorant, biggest idiot in the history of the world.
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Perhaps, in light of the second part of the second sentence, we can finally put the misconception embedded in the first part to rest …
“Earlier this year, a NewsGuard study revealed that 10 major #AI #chatbots, including #ChatGPT-4, #MicrosoftCopilot, #Gemini, and #Meta
AI, reproduced falsehoods from #Pravda networksources roughly one-third of the time & sometimes cited its articles directly” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/stat...
AI, reproduced falsehoods from #Pravda networksources roughly one-third of the time & sometimes cited its articles directly” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/stat...
Countering the threat of AI manipulation by authoritarian states
Authoritarian regimes are using AI to pollute information. Canada must lead efforts to protect truth, trust and democratic integrity.
policyoptions.irpp.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Earlier this year, a NewsGuard study revealed that 10 major #AI #chatbots, including #ChatGPT-4, #MicrosoftCopilot, #Gemini, and #Meta
AI, reproduced falsehoods from #Pravda networksources roughly one-third of the time & sometimes cited its articles directly” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/stat...
AI, reproduced falsehoods from #Pravda networksources roughly one-third of the time & sometimes cited its articles directly” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/stat...
“William Turton and Christopher Bing of ProPublica reported today that #FBI Director #KashPatel waived the standard #polygraph exams required to obtain top security clearances for Deputy Director #DanBongino and two other senior FBI staff members.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 14, 2025
In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“William Turton and Christopher Bing of ProPublica reported today that #FBI Director #KashPatel waived the standard #polygraph exams required to obtain top security clearances for Deputy Director #DanBongino and two other senior FBI staff members.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
“One of the chief security threats facing #Canada today is #information integrity. #Authoritarianstates, namely #Russia & #China, are now deploying #AI as their weapon of choice in a #cognitive contest against #Westerndemocracies …including Canada, from within” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/stat...
Countering the threat of AI manipulation by authoritarian states
Authoritarian regimes are using AI to pollute information. Canada must lead efforts to protect truth, trust and democratic integrity.
policyoptions.irpp.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“One of the chief security threats facing #Canada today is #information integrity. #Authoritarianstates, namely #Russia & #China, are now deploying #AI as their weapon of choice in a #cognitive contest against #Westerndemocracies …including Canada, from within” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/stat...
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I'm glad America is finally providing free healthcare to Argentina.
It's about time.
It's about time.
“Bloomberg reported yesterday that Argentina’s leader Javier #Milei appears to have received more financial support from the #U.S. government than the $20 billion more widely reported.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 14, 2025
In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I'm glad America is finally providing free healthcare to Argentina.
It's about time.
It's about time.
“Bloomberg reported yesterday that Argentina’s leader Javier #Milei appears to have received more financial support from the #U.S. government than the $20 billion more widely reported.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 14, 2025
In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“Bloomberg reported yesterday that Argentina’s leader Javier #Milei appears to have received more financial support from the #U.S. government than the $20 billion more widely reported.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
“I think it’s officially my favorite #delToro film—yes, over #Pan’sLabyrinth, even—and it centers a beautifully melodramatic critique of the charismatic but morally bankrupt innovator at its core.” open.substack.com/pub/bloodint... #Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' gets the monster right for the age of AI
Too bad he lets the founders off easy.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“I think it’s officially my favorite #delToro film—yes, over #Pan’sLabyrinth, even—and it centers a beautifully melodramatic critique of the charismatic but morally bankrupt innovator at its core.” open.substack.com/pub/bloodint... #Frankenstein
#CanadianPaintings is knocking it out of the park this morning. All hail #DavidThauberger …
#CanadianArt
#CanadianArt
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#CanadianPaintings is knocking it out of the park this morning. All hail #DavidThauberger …
#CanadianArt
#CanadianArt
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Still Life with Cat
Jori Smith
1951
Jori Smith
1951
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Still Life with Cat
Jori Smith
1951
Jori Smith
1951
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If you have time to rabbit hole this weekend….
Montréal has one of the most amazing photographic archives in the world with its Notman Collection.
It has 2.1 million photographs.. many of them from the 19thc.
It’s worth a few searches:
www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/collectio...
Montréal has one of the most amazing photographic archives in the world with its Notman Collection.
It has 2.1 million photographs.. many of them from the 19thc.
It’s worth a few searches:
www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/collectio...
Photography
The Photography collection encompasses over 2.1 million images that primarily document the social history of Montreal, but also that of Quebec and Canada.
www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If you have time to rabbit hole this weekend….
Montréal has one of the most amazing photographic archives in the world with its Notman Collection.
It has 2.1 million photographs.. many of them from the 19thc.
It’s worth a few searches:
www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/collectio...
Montréal has one of the most amazing photographic archives in the world with its Notman Collection.
It has 2.1 million photographs.. many of them from the 19thc.
It’s worth a few searches:
www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/collectio...
“I reread the original novel and watched a bunch of #Frankenstein and Frankenstein-inspired films. I was honestly a little surprised by how cutting the #novel remained deep into the 21st century” open.substack.com/pub/bloodint...
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' gets the monster right for the age of AI
Too bad he lets the founders off easy.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“I reread the original novel and watched a bunch of #Frankenstein and Frankenstein-inspired films. I was honestly a little surprised by how cutting the #novel remained deep into the 21st century” open.substack.com/pub/bloodint...
“This is what #information crises do. They open up new ways of thinking,” Alderman writes. “And for better or worse, we’re in the middle of one right now.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
An Information Pandemic Is Supercharging Anti-Science Forces
Misleading narratives are spread far and wide by bad actors and today’s chaotic digital ecosystem. It’s a revolution we’ve seen before.
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“This is what #information crises do. They open up new ways of thinking,” Alderman writes. “And for better or worse, we’re in the middle of one right now.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“Lola was a major comeback for you guys. From what I understand, you wrote the #music first and then Ray added #lyrics.
Yeah, it happened quite suddenly. It’s funny thinking back on these things – they’re like flashpoints.” www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit... #TheKinks #DaveDavies #MusicSky #music
Yeah, it happened quite suddenly. It’s funny thinking back on these things – they’re like flashpoints.” www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit... #TheKinks #DaveDavies #MusicSky #music
“We were afraid the record company was going to chuck us, so I started playing these chords. It all came about pretty quickly – like magic”: Dave Davies on the Kinks’ argumentative energy, mixed feeli...
One of the O.G. progenitors of rock 'n' roll sits in with us to discuss the vital spark that lit the fire for a new generation – the sound, the fury, the friction, and the legacy
www.guitarworld.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
“Lola was a major comeback for you guys. From what I understand, you wrote the #music first and then Ray added #lyrics.
Yeah, it happened quite suddenly. It’s funny thinking back on these things – they’re like flashpoints.” www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit... #TheKinks #DaveDavies #MusicSky #music
Yeah, it happened quite suddenly. It’s funny thinking back on these things – they’re like flashpoints.” www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit... #TheKinks #DaveDavies #MusicSky #music
“The last Industrial Revolution was great, you’ll get no argument otherwise from me. But it had a long transition period which was not so great. In particular, the industrialisation of food production was an absolute public health disaster …” #AI
“So, there might be some similar transition period to get through, during which the #AI is not yet able to replace human decision making, but where its abilities and widespread use are enough to significantly degrade our own.” open.substack.com/pub/backofmi...
one small village resists
no robots in the gaeltacht
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“The last Industrial Revolution was great, you’ll get no argument otherwise from me. But it had a long transition period which was not so great. In particular, the industrialisation of food production was an absolute public health disaster …” #AI
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Epstein email threads mentioning Trump: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Epstein Email Cache: 2,300 Messages, Many of Which Mention Trump
An analysis of documents released this week by Congress shows President Trump was mentioned in more than half of the messages.
www.wsj.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Epstein email threads mentioning Trump: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Why wouldn't he try it again?
"Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, 51, faces sentencing Friday in federal court in Trenton, N.J., after being convicted of defrauding more than 150 investors out of US$41 million."
financialpost.com/news/ponzi-s...
"Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, 51, faces sentencing Friday in federal court in Trenton, N.J., after being convicted of defrauding more than 150 investors out of US$41 million."
financialpost.com/news/ponzi-s...
Ponzi schemer who got Trump clemency faces 50 years in new fraud
A convicted Ponzi schemer whose 24-year prison term was commuted by Donald Trump in 2021 now faces as much as 50 years behind bars. Read on
financialpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Why wouldn't he try it again?
"Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, 51, faces sentencing Friday in federal court in Trenton, N.J., after being convicted of defrauding more than 150 investors out of US$41 million."
financialpost.com/news/ponzi-s...
"Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, 51, faces sentencing Friday in federal court in Trenton, N.J., after being convicted of defrauding more than 150 investors out of US$41 million."
financialpost.com/news/ponzi-s...