Mark Mac Lean
marktmaclean.bsky.social
Mark Mac Lean
@marktmaclean.bsky.social
Mathematician. Full of contradictions. Opinions are entirely my own. Reposts =/= endorsements. Likes are often bookmarks or acknowledgements. He/him/his.
Always a good plot in Justin's reporting.

This one shows a 42.2% increase in the police budget since Mayor Sim too office.

Police and Fire fighters, but does we ever talk about our failing paramedic system?
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
September 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Remarkable paper.
August 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
August 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Yeah, but the eastern Blue Jay really is the bedazzled Elvis.
July 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
On the right there should be a menu that includes Choose Home Page:
May 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Food delivery apps have taken off in Melbourne. I would be interested in seeing these numbers for Vancouver. (From The Age)
May 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Consultancy Condundrum: The Hollowing Out of the Public Service.

In many ways, large consultancy firms are aluminum siding salesmen -- they market questionable pre-packaged management/strategy advice. And who really thinks aluminum siding is worth buying?
May 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
May 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Canada's election outcome represented in a way that reminds us land area in ridings isn't a measure of political support for parties.
May 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Australia uses preferential voting for its elections. In the current race, the two parties are tied for first-preference, but Labour comes out ahead on 2-party preferences (second choice matters in a preferential ballot).
April 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
April 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
April 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
And the wild ride begins...
April 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
April 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
UBC's rentention rates out of first year are high. We have a gap between domestic and international students, however.
April 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What does this say about Vancouver ABC's candidate for city council Jaime Stein?
March 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The US has huge trade surpluses when it comes to services sold to the rest of the world. The US dominates in financial services, software, etc. Maybe it's time we added tariffs to these imports into Canada.
March 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Who's missing?
March 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
UBC Okanagan
March 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
March 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trump talking about Tesla (the person) as a "modern day Isaac Neutron".
March 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Imagine a single car dealership selling 4000 Teslas the weekend BEFORE the public announcement of the end of a federal rebate program on EVs.
March 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
March 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM