Nick P
@npilon.bsky.social
Dartmouth, NS dad; software engineer; fan of giant robots in many contexts, board games, RPGs. Queer rights are not negotiable. (He/Him)
“My kids shouldn’t pay for…”
I have great news for you! That’s not how deficit spending by a currency sovereign works. Your kids aren’t paying for it! We’re gambling on there being enough slack real capacity in the economy to pick up the extra demand, and that’s a pretty good bet right now.
I have great news for you! That’s not how deficit spending by a currency sovereign works. Your kids aren’t paying for it! We’re gambling on there being enough slack real capacity in the economy to pick up the extra demand, and that’s a pretty good bet right now.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
“My kids shouldn’t pay for…”
I have great news for you! That’s not how deficit spending by a currency sovereign works. Your kids aren’t paying for it! We’re gambling on there being enough slack real capacity in the economy to pick up the extra demand, and that’s a pretty good bet right now.
I have great news for you! That’s not how deficit spending by a currency sovereign works. Your kids aren’t paying for it! We’re gambling on there being enough slack real capacity in the economy to pick up the extra demand, and that’s a pretty good bet right now.
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Grateful to celebrate home. 🇨🇦
Honoured to keynote the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities Conference speaking about community and local leadership with reflections on belonging and how real change always starts locally.
Huge thanks to all the amazing municipal leaders!
Honoured to keynote the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities Conference speaking about community and local leadership with reflections on belonging and how real change always starts locally.
Huge thanks to all the amazing municipal leaders!
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Grateful to celebrate home. 🇨🇦
Honoured to keynote the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities Conference speaking about community and local leadership with reflections on belonging and how real change always starts locally.
Huge thanks to all the amazing municipal leaders!
Honoured to keynote the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities Conference speaking about community and local leadership with reflections on belonging and how real change always starts locally.
Huge thanks to all the amazing municipal leaders!
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Was at a craft fair yesterday and a vendor said "Psst. Are you offended by swear words?"
I laughed and said no. She motioned me over: "Check out the hidden messages on our dishcloths!"
I needed a few fun stocking stuffers. And what better message than this for the times we are in?! WTF indeed.
I laughed and said no. She motioned me over: "Check out the hidden messages on our dishcloths!"
I needed a few fun stocking stuffers. And what better message than this for the times we are in?! WTF indeed.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Was at a craft fair yesterday and a vendor said "Psst. Are you offended by swear words?"
I laughed and said no. She motioned me over: "Check out the hidden messages on our dishcloths!"
I needed a few fun stocking stuffers. And what better message than this for the times we are in?! WTF indeed.
I laughed and said no. She motioned me over: "Check out the hidden messages on our dishcloths!"
I needed a few fun stocking stuffers. And what better message than this for the times we are in?! WTF indeed.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... - Carney government is still committed to existing climate targets.
Current government 'stands by' Canada's climate targets, environment minister says | CBC News
Canada’s new environment minister and Environment and Climate Change officials confirmed that the federal government is standing by the national climate targets that were set under the previous Prime ...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... - Carney government is still committed to existing climate targets.
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Two new N.S. tidal energy projects announced to advance clean energy #BayofFundy #NovaScotia #TidalEnergy
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Two new N.S. tidal energy projects announced to advance clean energy
The Nova Scotia government announced on Monday Eauclaire Tidal Limited Partnership is adding projects in two more berths at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE).
www.ctvnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Two new N.S. tidal energy projects announced to advance clean energy #BayofFundy #NovaScotia #TidalEnergy
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
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I wish financial planners would stop warning ppl about the "OAS clawback"
The OAS is the residue of a pension, launched in 1926, to relieve starvation among the very poor
Now, it (and GIS) helps those people, but also ppl with modest savings/pensions
It's 'clawed back' from the very comfortable
The OAS is the residue of a pension, launched in 1926, to relieve starvation among the very poor
Now, it (and GIS) helps those people, but also ppl with modest savings/pensions
It's 'clawed back' from the very comfortable
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I wish financial planners would stop warning ppl about the "OAS clawback"
The OAS is the residue of a pension, launched in 1926, to relieve starvation among the very poor
Now, it (and GIS) helps those people, but also ppl with modest savings/pensions
It's 'clawed back' from the very comfortable
The OAS is the residue of a pension, launched in 1926, to relieve starvation among the very poor
Now, it (and GIS) helps those people, but also ppl with modest savings/pensions
It's 'clawed back' from the very comfortable
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People will ask “how did the Jerry Lewis comic run for 124 issues?!” As if Freakazoid didn’t run for two seasons in the 90s
a cartoon character with blue hair and a red shirt is looking over his shoulder
Alt: a cartoon character with blue hair and a red shirt is looking over his shoulder
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
People will ask “how did the Jerry Lewis comic run for 124 issues?!” As if Freakazoid didn’t run for two seasons in the 90s
Nope don’t like this. Don’t like this at all. 🤢
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Nope don’t like this. Don’t like this at all. 🤢
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You cannot separate the current nightmare we now inhabit from the collapse/crisis in how rich, powerful middle-aged men perceive masculinity, especially their own insecurities.
I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You cannot separate the current nightmare we now inhabit from the collapse/crisis in how rich, powerful middle-aged men perceive masculinity, especially their own insecurities.
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this, too, is Pivot to Wiki. we have to build & use info sources that exist both outside of elite-controlled media AND outside of the social media/attention economy. Otherwise, lying wins.
At a basic level, our society did not evolve to account for an entire layer of elite society just lying, continuously and without consequence, and making lying into a core skill set. It really is that dire — civilizations collapse because of alienated, delusional elites.
Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
this, too, is Pivot to Wiki. we have to build & use info sources that exist both outside of elite-controlled media AND outside of the social media/attention economy. Otherwise, lying wins.
This is, in a large part, showing the cost of *borrowing* spiking in the early 2020s as the bank of Canada jacked rates to try to control a wage-price spiral that didn’t actually exist. The 2010s are comparatively low because the central bank rate was near zero.
Bank of canada has a good series on the fraction of disposable income needed to pay for a mortgage and yeah it is the worst its been for 40 years
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is, in a large part, showing the cost of *borrowing* spiking in the early 2020s as the bank of Canada jacked rates to try to control a wage-price spiral that didn’t actually exist. The 2010s are comparatively low because the central bank rate was near zero.
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This is the best article on Canada and the US that I’ve read in a decade, a must read, must bookmark.
Canada vs USA in Statistics and Rankings
In Trenz Pruca’s story about the decline of American education on October 8th, here I added my own bit of stats comparing US education stats to Canada’s, and noted I’d been thinking of writing a story...
www.dailykos.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is the best article on Canada and the US that I’ve read in a decade, a must read, must bookmark.
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Canada's provincial economic accounts came out this week—in 2024, all provinces & Nunavut grew!
Fastest: Nunavut (6.9%), PEI (3.8%), Nova Scotia (3.1%), Alberta (3%), Saskatchewan (3%)
Slowest: Yukon (-2.5%), NW Territories (-0.8%), British Columbia (1.1%), Ontario (1.6%), Manitoba (1.7%)
Fastest: Nunavut (6.9%), PEI (3.8%), Nova Scotia (3.1%), Alberta (3%), Saskatchewan (3%)
Slowest: Yukon (-2.5%), NW Territories (-0.8%), British Columbia (1.1%), Ontario (1.6%), Manitoba (1.7%)
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Canada's provincial economic accounts came out this week—in 2024, all provinces & Nunavut grew!
Fastest: Nunavut (6.9%), PEI (3.8%), Nova Scotia (3.1%), Alberta (3%), Saskatchewan (3%)
Slowest: Yukon (-2.5%), NW Territories (-0.8%), British Columbia (1.1%), Ontario (1.6%), Manitoba (1.7%)
Fastest: Nunavut (6.9%), PEI (3.8%), Nova Scotia (3.1%), Alberta (3%), Saskatchewan (3%)
Slowest: Yukon (-2.5%), NW Territories (-0.8%), British Columbia (1.1%), Ontario (1.6%), Manitoba (1.7%)
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For various reasons, dems have long refused to have the appropriate contempt for our horrible news outlets. More like this
I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For various reasons, dems have long refused to have the appropriate contempt for our horrible news outlets. More like this
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A wintry mix overnight is changing ro rain early this am and sliding south, mostly over NS this aftn & eve. Once again the Strait area into Cape Breton County will have the heaviest amounts (best chance of 25+mm). Fine on Sunday.
Rain moves in Monday (mix N NB); persists NS Tuesday; heaviest east.
Rain moves in Monday (mix N NB); persists NS Tuesday; heaviest east.
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A wintry mix overnight is changing ro rain early this am and sliding south, mostly over NS this aftn & eve. Once again the Strait area into Cape Breton County will have the heaviest amounts (best chance of 25+mm). Fine on Sunday.
Rain moves in Monday (mix N NB); persists NS Tuesday; heaviest east.
Rain moves in Monday (mix N NB); persists NS Tuesday; heaviest east.
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Turtle butt.
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Turtle butt.
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Updated with response from Nova Scotia Health.
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Updated with response from Nova Scotia Health.
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Rise and shine, Woody: Nova Scotians invited to wake up famous talking Christmas tree #WoodyTheXmasTree #Dartmouth #NovaScotia
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Guess who is back.....
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Guess who is back.....
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Rise and shine, Woody: Nova Scotians invited to wake up famous talking Christmas tree
As Nova Scotians pack up their Halloween decorations, an icon of holiday cheer is preparing to awaken from his long slumber in front of a crowd of admirers.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Rise and shine, Woody: Nova Scotians invited to wake up famous talking Christmas tree #WoodyTheXmasTree #Dartmouth #NovaScotia
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Guess who is back.....
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Guess who is back.....
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
tim houston needs to spend less time on social media
So this Tim Houston “it’s come to my attention” statement on Poppies in Courtrooms did happen…. In Saskatchewan, but nowhere in his statement does he disclose this leading it to be manipulatively framed as if it happened in Nova Scotia, scoring him cheap political points.
Smh
Smh
Saskatoon prosecutor upset she is not allowed to wear a poppy in court | CBC News
A Saskatoon prosecutor says she should be allowed to honour veterans by wearing a poppy in court. Lana Morelli was told that she cannot.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
tim houston needs to spend less time on social media
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Note that the US number is 2 months out of date due to the government shutdown there (depriving businesses and consumers of vital economic data, and another symptom of Trump's cascading failures). The true year/year manufacturing job loss there is quite possibly larger.
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Note that the US number is 2 months out of date due to the government shutdown there (depriving businesses and consumers of vital economic data, and another symptom of Trump's cascading failures). The true year/year manufacturing job loss there is quite possibly larger.
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Among the nice surprises in today's 🇨🇦 jobs report: Manufacturing added 9K jobs in Oct despite Trump's attacks. That puts us above 0 on a year/year basis. Compare that to the self-inflicted LOSS of 78K manufacturing jobs in the US. Trump's trade war backfires for US workers. #cdnecon #canlab
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The Fraser Institute published a study on the fiscal cost of Canada’s low-carbon economy -- one that (shocker!) found lots of money spent on relatively few jobs.
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
Lies, damn lies, and Fraser Institute studies
Maybe they didn't expect anyone to fact check their work. I did it anyways.
maxfawcett.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Fraser Institute published a study on the fiscal cost of Canada’s low-carbon economy -- one that (shocker!) found lots of money spent on relatively few jobs.
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
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ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
"The youth unemployment rate, meanwhile, fell for the first time since February as young people aged 15 to 24 gained jobs, Statistics Canada said. That rate has been on an upward trend for the better part of the last two and a half years."
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"The youth unemployment rate, meanwhile, fell for the first time since February as young people aged 15 to 24 gained jobs, Statistics Canada said. That rate has been on an upward trend for the better part of the last two and a half years."
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November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
"The youth unemployment rate, meanwhile, fell for the first time since February as young people aged 15 to 24 gained jobs, Statistics Canada said. That rate has been on an upward trend for the better part of the last two and a half years."
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"The youth unemployment rate, meanwhile, fell for the first time since February as young people aged 15 to 24 gained jobs, Statistics Canada said. That rate has been on an upward trend for the better part of the last two and a half years."
🤔
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NEW CANADIAN JOBS DATA:
Employment Growth: +67k
Unemployment Rate: 6.9% (-0.2%)
Prime Age (25-54) Employment Rate: 83.5% (+0.2%) Employment Level: 21.1M
Employment Growth: +67k
Unemployment Rate: 6.9% (-0.2%)
Prime Age (25-54) Employment Rate: 83.5% (+0.2%) Employment Level: 21.1M
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW CANADIAN JOBS DATA:
Employment Growth: +67k
Unemployment Rate: 6.9% (-0.2%)
Prime Age (25-54) Employment Rate: 83.5% (+0.2%) Employment Level: 21.1M
Employment Growth: +67k
Unemployment Rate: 6.9% (-0.2%)
Prime Age (25-54) Employment Rate: 83.5% (+0.2%) Employment Level: 21.1M