On today's episode of random cars spotted while wandering around TO. A Honda Acty, a K-car micro truck. Truly unpretentious utilitarianism that stands in stark contract to the North American Wankpanzer biggafication of "utility" vehicles. #kcar #pickuptruck #carspotting #wankpanzer #microcar

Kevin O'Leary is now pissing off Americans as he has Canadians. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05...

The British North America Act (aka the original Canadian Constitution), the Constitution Act of 1982, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms were all written with the many flaws of the US system EXPRESSLY being considered so that they could be avoided.

Parallel counterfactual: Of 100+ democracies that have been set up since US Constitution in 1787, virtually none have copied US model. (Exceptions I'm aware of: Liberia, Philippines. Could be more.) It's an antiquated, flawed system. US has thrived in spite of it, not because of it.

I am a very serious economist with very serious thoughts about the future of the United States.

Cartoon by @lartist.bsky.social

Easily, the most corrupt president in history:

Trump sued his own government to pay himself $10 billion in taxpayer funds. He even said: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself." It's not strange. It's corrupt.

When we got solar panels for our house, the estimate was 13 years to breakeven. We broke even in 7 years, partly due to excellent electricity production from the panels and higher than expected electricity prices. Solar's a win-win!

“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” — Plato

Japanese robot detects 0.1mm rail cracks and repairs them autonomously at night using 10,000 RPM grinding and ultrasonic inspection

checking in for a brief moment on the Rededicate 250 blasphemy fest and yep, it's beyond parody

Why are cybertruck drivers the WORST at parking

AS PUTIN ANNOUNCES VISIT TO CHINA ON 18-19 MAY: This is the latest published Chinese political cartoon, which tells you how they really see DJT

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#theMadKing completely fubar'd themselves with Iran, so now he wants to pick on a small country he believes he can beat. Yet another illegal war. #USADarkAges #uspoli

Dominic LeBlanc on US trade talks: "The Mexicans are beginning a formal technical conversation. We'll get to that point as well, but ... we're not prepared to concede a whole bunch of things to find that there's another list of things that we're supposed to give the United States."

As the scholarship on the first demographic transition shows us, these kinds of changes are the consequence of multiple factors—to blame smart phones or any single cause makes absolutely no sense.

The Colbert effect and I’m here for it. Loser CBS. Good, lose more.

French prosecutors say 10 new suspected victims have come forward in the country’s Jeffrey Epstein probe after authorities reopened trafficking and financial investigations linked to his network. Paris is now revisiting old evidence and seeking more testimony.

This Needs to Happen…. Idea: a law that says if you’re going to build a data center, you have to also build enough solar panels to power it. We can call it the Bring Your Own Damn Grid Act.

Thomas Massie pushed for the release of the Epstein files, and the response has been tens of millions in outside spending, smear campaigns, and coordinated attacks. If this is what they do to a sitting member of Congress, imagine what Epstein survivors face when considering whether to come forward.

A far right German outlet (@niusde.bsky.social) widely considered to be among the most dishonest purveyors of disinformation is actually trying to dredge up discredited decades-old attacks on the ever-reaffirmed #HockeyStick graph. So here's a thread: 🧵

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I mean TECHNICALLY Achilles was not a bisexual because bisexuality was invented in 1995 as we all know. Achilles was just a regular dude who fucked other dudes as heroic men traditionally did when Western civilization was at its peak.

The NS PCs are the only NS goup that wants O&G exploration. They see the anticipated revenues as remediation of the mess that they have made of the NS economy. And #GoldmanSachsCarney is eager to help them because it's O&G. #cdnpoli

"his instincts are transactional, not ideological" Although it must be said that the environment, climate change, Indigenous rights, and social programs are not ideologies. Neither are they they, or should be, objects of transactions.

Yuliya Krishchik, textile #artist who stitches the #cosmos, embroidering #stars, #nebulae & #celestial maps into layered fabrics & tapestries. She turns cloth into miniature #universes, where hand-stitched #constellations & shimmering threads map memory, time & wonder @yuliya_krishchik #embroidery

I'm not convinced that we are seeing the fall of the American Empire, but Charlie writes an excellent summary of some of what has lead to the USAs current low point in history #USADarkAges #uspoli #illegalwar

Tl;dr - retail electricity pricing is complicated by many factors not related to generation, but renewables are are the cheaper source of generation. #greentransistion #netzero

There are government tariffs, and then there are people's tariffs... #uspoli #travel

For once, the Alberta separatists have a right to be angry. That's because Danielle Smith wasted their time and energy with a petition that was unconstitutional and bound to get set aside by the courts. Now, will they turn their sights on her? #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/15/o...

Carney-Smith Pipeline Deal Faces Massive Political and Market Obstacles Biggest obstacle? Pipeline's customers in Asia are busy electrifying their economies so they can ditch oil. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/carney-smi...

Millions of farmers in Africa’s Great Lakes region face rising temperatures. Study predicts how crop disease and pests could spread theconversation.com/millions-of-...

By hook or by crook, Alberta government is committed to give separatists an opportunity to vote for breaking up Canada. Now it appears that the Premier wants to be the proponent of a separatism referendum, using the #ForeverCanadian question without First Nations consultation.

Unfortunate for the person who tested positive. I do hope they get through this in good health. It does appear that they are getting medical attention. But, note well, isolation is important because it is an effective method for preventing the spread of disease. #cdnpoli #health

"Heat pumps just shift gas burning to the power station." Wrong. Even if 100% of electricity came from gas, a heat pump at SCOP 3.8 uses 51% less gas than a boiler. At a terrible SCOP 2.5, still 25% less. David MacKay made this point in 2008. The maths hasn't changed.

The article is correct in that Carney has moved Liberal Party policies closer to the policies of the US Democratic party. But in the long term - 10 to 20 years, Canada will pay for Carney's undermining of environmental and social programs. #GoldmanSachsCarney #cdnpoli

Keep up the good work #Canada 🇨🇦 🍷 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#CANADA 🇨🇦 CANADIANS SHOULD COMPLETELY BOYCOTT THE #FIFA WORLD CUP IN THE U.S. 🇨🇦💪 In fact, they should boycott EVERYTHING AMERICAN ❌🇺🇸🤮

Chumbawumba - The Day The Nazi Died April 23, 2000 From the Album “Homophobia” Seems some folks need to be sent some copies. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli