“In Spain, where the Socialist prime minister has insisted that migration is an opportunity, a surge in arrivals has helped to make the country a bright spot among Europe’s plodding economies.”

“The #politics that get covered in the media are mostly aura farmers fighting other #aurafarmers — people posturing at each other in an accelerating arms race that inevitably justifies violence.” www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

Automne en Gaspésie Claude Picher 1994

Is Ford's stepping-on-a-rake moment here an opportunity for other provinces seeking doctors? Sure sounds like it. www.thestar.com/news/ontario...

“Instead, #socialmedia users just mindlessly scroll—because the #platforms encourage this #addictive behavior. That has turned ‘social media into #anti-socialmedia,’ according to John Burn-Murdoch of the FT.” www.honest-broker.com/p/social-med...

#GeorgiaO'Keefee, My front yard 1941

“An enduring & singular icon of cinema since her Oscar-winning turn in 1977’s Annie Hall – which her director, writer, co-star & former boyfriend Woody Allen based heavily on her own life – #Keaton starred in some of the key movies of the last half century” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc... #RIP

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79. people.com/diane-keaton...

“With COVID, vaccines, Lyme disease, any of it — I’m not your enemy,” I told my seatmate as we were getting ready to disembark. “And I know you’re not the enemy, either.” “True,” he agreed. “But they always want to make someone your enemy.” www.huffpost.com/entry/infect...

“As the pace of #privatization picked up in the 21st century, the idea of “ #neo-feudalism” or “ #techno-feudalism” began to interest scholars and theorists—#JoelKotkin, #JodiDean, #RobertKuttner, and #YanisVaroufakis, among others.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Reading inspiration: 📚

Autumn Moose Holly Cheverie ~ Anishinaabe n.d.

I stopped at the Penticton Public Library yesterday to get a library card and saw this! #BookSky Where are the celebrations? Parades? Fireworks? #CanadianAuthors

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright: "I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you." This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

Caturday

Yup, exercise is a key for osteoarthritis. Biking has really helped me with knee pain / mobility from arthritis.

Bertrand Tavernier #Caturday

#Caturday #Cats #Tortoiseshell

“Specifically, he was worried that an #A.I. would engineer a lethal #pathogen — some sort of #super-coronavirus — to eliminate #humanity. ‘I don’t think there’s anything close in terms of the scale of #danger,’ he said.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o... #AI

What’s everyone #reading this weekend? #books #BookSky

‘Farbe: Orange’ #FotoVorschlag #Flowers #Photography

#20TBRbookchallenge 💙📚 Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. #16 of ?20 or until I forget or get bored. (oops, missed yesterday) #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky

“His government’s emphasis on #economic #growth is welcome, given Canada’s dismal record on #productivity and #innovation, but its focus on #natural-resource #infrastructure reveals an #industrialpolicy stuck in the last century.” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/ai-n... #MarkCarney

“ #Gold has become so big . . . that you cannot ignore it. There becomes a level when it becomes impossible not to own it.” adamtooze.substack.com/p/top-links-...

“I don’t think the #military should be used against our own people. In fact, it’s #unconstitutional,” Scott said. “Unless, of course, there’s an #insurrection, much like we saw January 6 a few years ago.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-10...

Should be “Anemone,” of course.

Indoor #Dahlia, #flowers #bloomscrolling #blooms #FlowerSky

#Anemine, #JardinsdeMétis / #Reford #Gardens, #Quebec - Sept 23/25 #flowers #bloomscrolling #blooms #FlowerSky

George was just trying to get to work. ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process. This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

This is the way www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

“The one thing that we can be certain about is that it is better if it happens sooner than have the #bubble continue to inflate and create more destruction when it bursts.” substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The EU is confronted with similar challenges like Canada, and it has an industrial strategy (of course far from perfect). If this is the “Canadian moment we need to seize”, then I would expect more depth, breadth and systematic thinking than what we see here based on what has transpired so far.

“Having closely followed both the #tech #bubble in the late 1990s and the #housing bubble in the 00s, I feel comfortable in saying that their collapse is unpredictable.” substack.com/inbox/post/1...

This is quite a good briefing note on Canada’s #productivity problems and its dependence on the #US and #resource #exports. One data point: #Canada ranks 48th in #economic #complexity. www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/u...

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

“The tendency to use absolutist all-or-nothing #language ( including the maddening "nobody is doing anything" assertion erasing all the people who are doing amazing things) is a form of untruth, whatever the intention.” www.meditationsinanemergency.com/categories-a...

“Not all people, but lots of people I come across trying to discuss the #politics of our time fall back on pretending that a category of people is homogenous as in all its members hold the same positions” This is true & damages #discourse + #society www.meditationsinanemergency.com/categories-a...

secrets of #SYDN backofmind.substack.com/p/secrets-of...

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of." One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying” (#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

Great Blue Heron intensely staring at the water before making a catch #Birds #Herons #MossLanding #Nature #Photography #California #Wildlife

“ #Ideas cannot digest #reality.” - Jean-Paul #Sartre

1 CIBC: The #Canadian #labourmarket came back to life in September, although a rebound in participation kept the #unemployment rate elevated. The 60K gain in #jobs was well above the consensus forecast (5K) and even our own more optimistic view. The composition was also strong … 🧵 #cdnecon

#Daisies, East End, #Toronto #flowers #bloomscrolling #FlowerSky

First frost. Enjoy every moment while it lasts

US legislative proposal would ban Canadian truckers from driving south of the border. www.producer.com/news/u-s-bil...

1 BMO: #Markets are steady this morning, with #equity futures pointing to a flat open after yesterday's modest declines. #Treasury #yields are down slightly, with the 10-year sitting at 4.11%, while the #loonie starts the day at $1.402/#USD (71.4 US cents). 🧵

“So it’s a good bet that Trump’s #tariffs have been significantly #leprechaunized, helping to bring the de facto #tariff rate to 10 rather than 17 percent.” #PaulKrugman paulkrugman.substack.com/p/leprechaun...

Pentagon warns Toronto ‘dangerously close’ to winning World Series