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"Everything costs more because the algorithm says so" @vassb.bsky.social is really on one about personalized pricing. And she's right. It's predatory, and it makes it more difficult for us all to navigate the world. It should be illegal. thewalrus.ca/everything-c...

The question Joseph Welch posed to Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954 — “Have you no sense of decency?” — helped end a witch hunt that was tearing the US in two...After the killing of a Minneapolis woman by a federal agent, it’s unfortunately relevant again. Our editorial (gift link in next post)

Take a moment to orient yourself with this map — www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Greenland’s prime minister categorically ruled out joining the US and said the Arctic territory prefers to be in a union with Denmark. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump, speaking in Detroit, said the USMCA is "irrelevant" and the US doesn't need it. Meanwhile, his trade rep has asked for the following - more access to Canadian dairy market - end to provincial bans on US alcohol (imposed after Trump started trade war) - customs reform (thread)

America doesn't need Greenland. It needs a reality check. Bloomberg editorial (gift link, no paywall) www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Paul Krugman today on the Fed

While interviewing @plagasse.bsky.social with @decloet.bsky.social, he mentioned the concept of "defense against help." That's to avoid the hypothetical situation where if the US saw Canada as unable to deal with a problem on its soil, "it may not choose to leave. Or it may choose to make demands"

Fact-checking, ChatGPT-style

A world split in two is just what China wants

Latest post from our executive editor for Latin America 👀

Welcome To New Year’s Eve

As is tradition, on Christmas eve Dutch people have placed candles on the graves of allied soldiers who gave their lives for our freedom during WW2. Photos by Albert Hendriks. www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/60013...

4:43 pm in Toronto and we’ve arrived at the longest night of the year. It’s only up from here, folks.

You’re all right, Toronto

Many of us would, I’m sure, like to think we’d be brave (and smart) enough to do something like this in an absolutely terrifying moment like that. But I can only imagine the mental and physical effects you have to overcome Intense respect for this man, Ahmed Al Ahmed. An honest to goodness hero.

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The 2025 news cycle

Remarkable sentence in a remarkable story

Saskatchewan with the ball on its 54-yard line!

Americans tuning into the Canadian football championship game are so confused right now. #GreyCup

The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.

Trump: I can’t take a ranting lunatic’s call every day.

"Short days ago..." #LestWeForget

A World Series game was played here nine days ago

63% of Americans believe tariffs are making inflation worse; 58% believe they’re hurting the US economy

Same tree, three photos. Oct 13, Oct 26, Nov 8. 🇨🇦

I am watching a TV documentary about sports gambling addiction. The show went to commercial, and during the break there were two ads from online betting apps.

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It turns out there is crying in baseball

Who else is stress-cleaning their homes right now? #BlueJays

One more game. Let’s go Blue Jays. #WorldSeries

I’m going to guess that’s the first time ol’ Ross had a tweet viewed by 500,000 people

All I want for christmas is for Max Scherzer to come out on the field tonight, unhinge his jaw like a python, and physically consume the Los Angeles Dodgers. please baby jesus, i'm not asking for much

“This is the pay-to-play room,” said Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House ethics lawyer under former President George W. Bush. “These companies want government contracts and regulatory concessions.” Gift link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

An important point about trade expectations: Even if Carney and Trump negotiate a trade deal, 80% of Canadians don’t believe Trump would stick to it. That’s what public opinion looks like in Canada.

There’s the Ontario ad on the FOX World Series broadcast. Mid-7th inning. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

How on earth could the government of Ontario get ad time on the World Series broadcast with all the airtime devoted to selling GLP-1s?

Rogers deserves some credit here. They’ve spent on the ballpark and the team — and they stuck with Shapiro and Atkins when the easiest thing in the world would have been to fire them. #BlueJays

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Bloomberg News refuses to sign the new reporting limits set out by the Pentagon. Statement from our company: “We will continue to uphold the values of an independent, free press and rigorously report on the US government, military and matters of public interest.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A lot of people have forgotten how, in the 1996 World Series, the NY Yankees got crushed at home twice and were written off — until their bats came alive on the road and they won four games in a row. But I haven’t. #BlueJays

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

Exclusive from @decloet.bsky.social: Canada Threatens to Sue Stellantis over US Jeep Production Move

The US is the “hottest country anywhere in the world” — time to cut interest rates Trade tensions are hurting the economy — time to cut interest rates

Government shutdowns are actually good for the markets because now we only have OpenAI announcements to react to rather than the pesky data.

Remember when Sports Illustrated was known for good writing?