Jonathan Dursi
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Me, reading latest comms effort by an organization I desperately want to succeed but which itself apparently feels differently:
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Me, reading latest comms effort by an organization I desperately want to succeed but which itself apparently feels differently:
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This is one of the purest encapsulations I've seen recently of someone who sees a city not as a destination but as something through which to drive. Imagine if there were popular stores? The horror
Councillor Shan moves to exclude three streets in his ward. He worries the retail spaces created won't just be small shops selling ice cream to locals, but things like "beef patties that are so popular that people from the 905 will come to get it." That'll just add to traffic problems, he says.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is one of the purest encapsulations I've seen recently of someone who sees a city not as a destination but as something through which to drive. Imagine if there were popular stores? The horror
Our Councillors have appointed themselves Commisars of Small Business Virtue and are going block by block through the city deciding whether shops should be allowed at all and speculating which would be acceptible.
Governance in this city is fucked, and needs massive restructuring.
Governance in this city is fucked, and needs massive restructuring.
Councillor Shan moves to exclude three streets in his ward. He worries the retail spaces created won't just be small shops selling ice cream to locals, but things like "beef patties that are so popular that people from the 905 will come to get it." That'll just add to traffic problems, he says.
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Our Councillors have appointed themselves Commisars of Small Business Virtue and are going block by block through the city deciding whether shops should be allowed at all and speculating which would be acceptible.
Governance in this city is fucked, and needs massive restructuring.
Governance in this city is fucked, and needs massive restructuring.
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US-RSE is heading to #SC25! 🎉
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
Research Software Engineers in HPC (RSE-HPC-2025)
Research Software Engineers in HPC (RSE-HPC-2025)
us-rse.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
US-RSE is heading to #SC25! 🎉
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
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The password to the Louvre’s video surveillance system was “Louvre,” according to a museum employee
Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee
According to an employee with knowledge of the system, the password to the Louvre's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre" at the time of the robbery last month.
abcnews.go.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The password to the Louvre’s video surveillance system was “Louvre,” according to a museum employee
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Dan says it right: this is a city, and we need leaders who will say so.
I wrote an op-ed on what I think about the fight for local neighbourhood retail (and the grousing about Badiali's) means for the urban vision of Toronto. Gift link here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
When even the humble corner store is impossible to open in Toronto, it’s a sign of something deeply wrong
We need to accept that Toronto is now a big city.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Dan says it right: this is a city, and we need leaders who will say so.
Reposted by Jonathan Dursi
I wrote an op-ed on what I think about the fight for local neighbourhood retail (and the grousing about Badiali's) means for the urban vision of Toronto. Gift link here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
When even the humble corner store is impossible to open in Toronto, it’s a sign of something deeply wrong
We need to accept that Toronto is now a big city.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I wrote an op-ed on what I think about the fight for local neighbourhood retail (and the grousing about Badiali's) means for the urban vision of Toronto. Gift link here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Rule 1: don’t talk about who said what
Rule 2: DON’T TALK ABOUT WHO SAID WHAT
Rule 3: If it’s your first time at Chatham House, you have to fight
Rule 2: DON’T TALK ABOUT WHO SAID WHAT
Rule 3: If it’s your first time at Chatham House, you have to fight
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Rule 1: don’t talk about who said what
Rule 2: DON’T TALK ABOUT WHO SAID WHAT
Rule 3: If it’s your first time at Chatham House, you have to fight
Rule 2: DON’T TALK ABOUT WHO SAID WHAT
Rule 3: If it’s your first time at Chatham House, you have to fight
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Satan: welcome to hell. this is Gary, he'll be your demon for today
Demon Gary: hi!
me: he doesn't seem so bad
Demon Gary: *tearing up* why would you say that?
me: oh, no, I'm sorry, I didn't--
Satan: jesus, no wonder you ended up here
Demon Gary: hi!
me: he doesn't seem so bad
Demon Gary: *tearing up* why would you say that?
me: oh, no, I'm sorry, I didn't--
Satan: jesus, no wonder you ended up here
May 19, 2023 at 1:13 AM
Satan: welcome to hell. this is Gary, he'll be your demon for today
Demon Gary: hi!
me: he doesn't seem so bad
Demon Gary: *tearing up* why would you say that?
me: oh, no, I'm sorry, I didn't--
Satan: jesus, no wonder you ended up here
Demon Gary: hi!
me: he doesn't seem so bad
Demon Gary: *tearing up* why would you say that?
me: oh, no, I'm sorry, I didn't--
Satan: jesus, no wonder you ended up here
Whoops! All Saints
November 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Whoops! All Saints
My theory is that anyone - certainly any introvert - who travels enough has a secret ideal breakfast routine that delights them and that they will move mountains to try to arrange.
me, when I see the hotel has scrambled eggs, grits, oatmeal, and orange juice
October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
My theory is that anyone - certainly any introvert - who travels enough has a secret ideal breakfast routine that delights them and that they will move mountains to try to arrange.
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As you go to work today to start another week, it may help to remember that Skeletor was often thwarted by his own inept henchman too
October 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
As you go to work today to start another week, it may help to remember that Skeletor was often thwarted by his own inept henchman too
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Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
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This is the thing about too much motorist misbehaviour. They convince themselves that - whatever infractions they commit - they're just following the 'unwritten rules of the road' and that the rules, and not them, are in the wrong.
Speeding, rolling stops, running amber lights... the list goes on.
Speeding, rolling stops, running amber lights... the list goes on.
Gray says the City didn't want to reveal the threshold over the limit at which the cameras start ticketing — now reported at 11 km/h — because the city worried drivers would just adjust and assume the "real" speed limit is the posted limit plus the threshold.
October 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is the thing about too much motorist misbehaviour. They convince themselves that - whatever infractions they commit - they're just following the 'unwritten rules of the road' and that the rules, and not them, are in the wrong.
Speeding, rolling stops, running amber lights... the list goes on.
Speeding, rolling stops, running amber lights... the list goes on.
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Anyone who designs a machine with knees is under 40 years old.
October 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Anyone who designs a machine with knees is under 40 years old.
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The Bell Riots is a utopian vision of society compared to the IRL 2020s
Reading about Democrats who agree with Trump's plan to forcibly commit homeless people
October 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Bell Riots is a utopian vision of society compared to the IRL 2020s
"We know how X is implemented" ≠ "We understand how X works"
October 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"We know how X is implemented" ≠ "We understand how X works"
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When it comes to road deaths, we often put the onus on people doing the dying rather than people doing the killing.
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
n.pr
September 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
When it comes to road deaths, we often put the onus on people doing the dying rather than people doing the killing.
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“I know you work night shifts at a care home, but you need to prove you’re contributing to the community” objectively ludicrous position
September 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“I know you work night shifts at a care home, but you need to prove you’re contributing to the community” objectively ludicrous position
Hundreds of first-year physics profs are currently downloading this video and sketching out the free body diagrams for an upcoming lecture
the bat moved like a high school Peter Pan production's 1st rehearsal
September 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hundreds of first-year physics profs are currently downloading this video and sketching out the free body diagrams for an upcoming lecture
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Sixteen years later, still the funniest piece of writing on the internet. I revisit it every year the way some people rewatch It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown or reread A Christmas Carol.
You’re either ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest or you’re not.
You’re either ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest or you’re not.
It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...
www.mcsweeneys.net
September 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sixteen years later, still the funniest piece of writing on the internet. I revisit it every year the way some people rewatch It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown or reread A Christmas Carol.
You’re either ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest or you’re not.
You’re either ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest or you’re not.
This is very good l on how co-op education is a deeply under appreciated tool for actually driving innovation:
innovationdoctor.substack.com/p/students-a...
innovationdoctor.substack.com/p/students-a...
Students as Innovation Super-Spreaders:
Why Co-op and WIL Are Canada’s Secret Weapon
innovationdoctor.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is very good l on how co-op education is a deeply under appreciated tool for actually driving innovation:
innovationdoctor.substack.com/p/students-a...
innovationdoctor.substack.com/p/students-a...
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the 80s and 90s were such an amazing era for little kids watching movies that they absolutely should not have been watching
Julia Roberts may have received a Best Actress nomination for PRETTY WOMAN at the 1991 Academy Awards but the real accolade we need to talk about is how the same performance won her the award for Favorite Movie Actress that same year at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
September 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
the 80s and 90s were such an amazing era for little kids watching movies that they absolutely should not have been watching
“Canadian pension plans are supporting US firms by investing in them” is true, but another true way of saying the same thing is “Canadian pension plans are pulling profits out of the US economy and redistributing them to Canadian retirees”
“Canada itself is in on the trend. The national public pension plan—the CPP—has nearly half of its $714 billion fund invested in the US, compared to a mere 12 percent at home. It’s a strategy deployed by other pension funds that are chasing better returns stateside.”
This is just fucking sad….
This is just fucking sad….
September 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“Canadian pension plans are supporting US firms by investing in them” is true, but another true way of saying the same thing is “Canadian pension plans are pulling profits out of the US economy and redistributing them to Canadian retirees”