Ryan Brideau
@rdbrideau.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Ottawa by way of New Brunswick.
🤓 Data science at Wealthsimple.
🤓 Data science at Wealthsimple.
It's easy to be cynical today and find fault in every piece of advice offered by anyone about anything. I was saddened to see this article play into that. 🧵
It’s become conventional wisdom that America’s young men are in crisis. The reality is more complicated than that. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-did-men-do-to-deserve-this
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's easy to be cynical today and find fault in every piece of advice offered by anyone about anything. I was saddened to see this article play into that. 🧵
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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The CPL Final is in the middle of a snowstorm in Canada, true North American soccer heritage...how could it get any better?
HOW ABOUT A FREAKIN' BICYCLE KICK EQUALIZER!!!
HOW ABOUT A FREAKIN' BICYCLE KICK EQUALIZER!!!
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The CPL Final is in the middle of a snowstorm in Canada, true North American soccer heritage...how could it get any better?
HOW ABOUT A FREAKIN' BICYCLE KICK EQUALIZER!!!
HOW ABOUT A FREAKIN' BICYCLE KICK EQUALIZER!!!
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Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(
Turns out after they were caught using Signal for military operations, some members of the US government switched to a fork of Signal that transmitted and stored all of their messages in plain text, with this plain text being publicly accessible by anybody.
DEF CON 33 - 'We are currently clean on OPSEC' - The Signalgate Saga - Micah 'micahflee' Lee
YouTube video by DEFCONConference
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Turns out after they were caught using Signal for military operations, some members of the US government switched to a fork of Signal that transmitted and stored all of their messages in plain text, with this plain text being publicly accessible by anybody.
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Interesting sponsored content from Meta in Canada
omg.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Interesting sponsored content from Meta in Canada
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“Legislation should prevent discrimination and self-preferencing, and put a price on data extraction-and in some cases cap excessive fees.” The legendary thinker + doer Tim Wu www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Can we go back to the optimism of the 1990s, before the extraction economy took over?
Our economic system benefits only those at the very top – but it’s not too late for change
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“Legislation should prevent discrimination and self-preferencing, and put a price on data extraction-and in some cases cap excessive fees.” The legendary thinker + doer Tim Wu www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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They’re bailing out Argentina because they’re all going to be living there when this is over.
Argentina President Javier Milei doing the “Trump dance” at Mar-a-Lago after getting an $40 billion bailout.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
They’re bailing out Argentina because they’re all going to be living there when this is over.
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wait until you see what happens after the 3rd vote
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
wait until you see what happens after the 3rd vote
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He won by 5% after winning for a decade by 20%+. This seat isn’t a sure thing for the Conservatives.
If I was Mark Mineko, I’d start door knocking tomorrow.
If I was Mark Mineko, I’d start door knocking tomorrow.
Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux has resigned from the House of Commons!!
This is going to trigger a by-election that, if they win, could see the Liberals just one seat short of a majority.
Jeneroux won the seat over his Liberal opponent by roughly 5 percentage points in April’s election.
This is going to trigger a by-election that, if they win, could see the Liberals just one seat short of a majority.
Jeneroux won the seat over his Liberal opponent by roughly 5 percentage points in April’s election.
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
He won by 5% after winning for a decade by 20%+. This seat isn’t a sure thing for the Conservatives.
If I was Mark Mineko, I’d start door knocking tomorrow.
If I was Mark Mineko, I’d start door knocking tomorrow.
A reminder that Telsa’s business model is not to sell products, but to sell the idea of future products so that you buy the stock. Their product is the stock.
Musk just called his robot program, Optimus, "an infinite money glitch" for the wealth it will bring Tesla and urges his shareholders to hold on to their Tesla stock.
One way or the other, we'll likely revisit this quote in the future.
One way or the other, we'll likely revisit this quote in the future.
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A reminder that Telsa’s business model is not to sell products, but to sell the idea of future products so that you buy the stock. Their product is the stock.
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My hot take is politicians leaving their parties after getting elected is good for democracy. I don’t care if they go indie, cross the floor, or start a new party. Anything to drive home the fact we elect individuals, not parties, even if we don’t act like it
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
My hot take is politicians leaving their parties after getting elected is good for democracy. I don’t care if they go indie, cross the floor, or start a new party. Anything to drive home the fact we elect individuals, not parties, even if we don’t act like it
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How many of these will we have before we do something about it?
This goes so far beyond creepy.
“‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”
“‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
How many of these will we have before we do something about it?
Americans now have free rein to pelt ICE with sandwiches. This is going to be delicious.
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Americans now have free rein to pelt ICE with sandwiches. This is going to be delicious.
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A ballistic vest meant to stop a bullet “is definitely going to keep you safe from a sandwich thrown at you," Sean Dunn's defense attorney argued.
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A ballistic vest meant to stop a bullet “is definitely going to keep you safe from a sandwich thrown at you," Sean Dunn's defense attorney argued.
Eagle needs to be bigger. I couldn’t even tell he was playing in America.
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Eagle needs to be bigger. I couldn’t even tell he was playing in America.
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map of America's "great red cities"
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
map of America's "great red cities"
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We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
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1. Despite Pierre Poilievre’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
#Breaking: Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont, who has left the Conservative caucus, will join the Liberals: Source
Canada budget 2025 live updates: Deficit balloons to $78 billion; Carney’s plan includes public service cuts, major investments; Tory MP to join Liberals
The Liberals now need to find the votes to support the $581-billion budget. Here’s the latest.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
1. Despite Pierre Poilievre’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
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budget.canada.ca/2025/report-... While there are a couple hundred mentions of Indigenous people, it's all genuflection - little substantial. Look past this fiscal year, and it's all zeroes... where do they think we're going?
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-... While there are a couple hundred mentions of Indigenous people, it's all genuflection - little substantial. Look past this fiscal year, and it's all zeroes... where do they think we're going?