Martin R. Lefebvre PhD 🇨🇦
@martinlev.bsky.social
Economic Geographer
I was thinking copyright and not wanting to go through legal to get an image.
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I was thinking copyright and not wanting to go through legal to get an image.
Yes. Very much so. I'm a fan of what America aspires to be.
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yes. Very much so. I'm a fan of what America aspires to be.
But Senator Kelly is wrong, it's perfectly congruent with a strain of America - the Confederate strain.
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
But Senator Kelly is wrong, it's perfectly congruent with a strain of America - the Confederate strain.
I didn't mind Beyond Earth
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I didn't mind Beyond Earth
I love this post
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I love this post
I'm a big fan of @driftglass.bsky.social I've been listening to @proleftpodcast.bsky.social after a recommendation from PZ Meyer back in c.2017, and reading their blogs ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm a big fan of @driftglass.bsky.social I've been listening to @proleftpodcast.bsky.social after a recommendation from PZ Meyer back in c.2017, and reading their blogs ever since.
So this split happened before Gingrich? The republican party has had open season on RINOs since at least back then.
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So this split happened before Gingrich? The republican party has had open season on RINOs since at least back then.
You could start playing pickleball
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
You could start playing pickleball
I remember a class I TAed where we were talking about fiduciary responsibility , and nearly all the questions were variants of "is it ok if I get my brother in law to do it?"
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I remember a class I TAed where we were talking about fiduciary responsibility , and nearly all the questions were variants of "is it ok if I get my brother in law to do it?"
Yep. Look how much play Solyndra had, and yet Klein wants the government to take more risks.
Similarly, many of the bidding rules are to prevent self-dealing.
Similarly, many of the bidding rules are to prevent self-dealing.
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yep. Look how much play Solyndra had, and yet Klein wants the government to take more risks.
Similarly, many of the bidding rules are to prevent self-dealing.
Similarly, many of the bidding rules are to prevent self-dealing.
This isn't a US thing. A few years ago, there was a spending scandal at a few Ontario school boards. Turns out that the person they hired to supervise the spending cost more in salary and expense than the expense scandal.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This isn't a US thing. A few years ago, there was a spending scandal at a few Ontario school boards. Turns out that the person they hired to supervise the spending cost more in salary and expense than the expense scandal.
I don't disagree in principle for a regular review and consolidation. But from my experience is that Klein understates how the incentives of the 24/h news cycle has created a massive not-my-fault if I checked all the boxes, and a management culture that add boxes.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I don't disagree in principle for a regular review and consolidation. But from my experience is that Klein understates how the incentives of the 24/h news cycle has created a massive not-my-fault if I checked all the boxes, and a management culture that add boxes.
To add to what @karlbode.com mentioned, often times, those regulations are written in response to corruption or something in the system going wrong. For example, the 2 stairwell rule was implemented to help people escape from burning buildings.
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
To add to what @karlbode.com mentioned, often times, those regulations are written in response to corruption or something in the system going wrong. For example, the 2 stairwell rule was implemented to help people escape from burning buildings.
Aren't both of them in the NY metro?
Also, that price would be a steal in the Toronto metro.
Also, that price would be a steal in the Toronto metro.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Aren't both of them in the NY metro?
Also, that price would be a steal in the Toronto metro.
Also, that price would be a steal in the Toronto metro.
Richard Strong: "The truth will set you free", what is that about? "The truth will set you free"? Well, not if ya did it.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0172...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0172...
The Industry (TV Series 1998–2002) - Rick Mercer as Richard Strong - IMDb
The Industry (TV Series 1998–2002) -
* Richard Strong: "The truth will set you free", what is that about? "The truth will set you free"? Well, not if ya did it.
www.imdb.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Richard Strong: "The truth will set you free", what is that about? "The truth will set you free"? Well, not if ya did it.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0172...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0172...
Congratulations Dr
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Congratulations Dr
Another focused on mapping food deserts and was in my corner mapping money
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Another focused on mapping food deserts and was in my corner mapping money
But yeah my grad school department was quite eclectic. We had folks working on remote sensing models, other looking at braded river formation and doing climate reconstruction via pollen on one side, and others putting GPS chips on kids tracking how many calories they burned walking to school
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
But yeah my grad school department was quite eclectic. We had folks working on remote sensing models, other looking at braded river formation and doing climate reconstruction via pollen on one side, and others putting GPS chips on kids tracking how many calories they burned walking to school
I'm an economic geographer, so quite out of favour with the culture turn in the geography mainstream, and too passé by econ since we care about distance.
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm an economic geographer, so quite out of favour with the culture turn in the geography mainstream, and too passé by econ since we care about distance.
With small tweaks in the framing chapter, my PhD could have been done in sociology, econ or business instead of geography.
Viva the artificial silos of faculty, department or tenure line!
Viva the artificial silos of faculty, department or tenure line!
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
With small tweaks in the framing chapter, my PhD could have been done in sociology, econ or business instead of geography.
Viva the artificial silos of faculty, department or tenure line!
Viva the artificial silos of faculty, department or tenure line!
I think this explains a bit, but I also think that institutional media treats democrats as a serious party that feels shame, whereas it treats the republican party as a force of nature that can't be reasoned with .
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I think this explains a bit, but I also think that institutional media treats democrats as a serious party that feels shame, whereas it treats the republican party as a force of nature that can't be reasoned with .
In the most charitable view, it could be that it's 2 different populations with different media diets, so the effect is different. It's similar to how the "fake news" content farms got little to zero traffic with democratic voters, but we're making a mint with ad dollars on republican voters.
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
In the most charitable view, it could be that it's 2 different populations with different media diets, so the effect is different. It's similar to how the "fake news" content farms got little to zero traffic with democratic voters, but we're making a mint with ad dollars on republican voters.
Here's the full document www.anglican.ca/wp-content/u...
www.anglican.ca
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Here's the full document www.anglican.ca/wp-content/u...
I did use the did that didn't bark and silver blaze in my PhD thesis. Mostly because my supervisor was a Sherlock Holmes fan and often tried to slip a Sherlock reference in his papers. Often about crafting theories with insufficient evidence leads to fitting facts to theories.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I did use the did that didn't bark and silver blaze in my PhD thesis. Mostly because my supervisor was a Sherlock Holmes fan and often tried to slip a Sherlock reference in his papers. Often about crafting theories with insufficient evidence leads to fitting facts to theories.
Glad you made it home safe. Need your hot takes on SCOTUS.
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Glad you made it home safe. Need your hot takes on SCOTUS.