«The trial began in 2015 involving 1% of Iceland’s workforce. 2019, the trials had concluded. 2019 to 2021 unions negotiated permanent shorter hours, not a top-down law but widespread collective bargaining. Surveys report strong support: less stress, better balance, & stable or higher productivity»

Hegseth was not well received in France during a controversial D-Day visit www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

1722, British governor of Acadie declares it illegal for Acadians to entertain a Mi'kmaw in any manner 1725, PRobichaud, charged w entertaining an Indian in his house, put in irons "in prison amongst the Indians for such heinous misdemeanour" is freed "given his age & having been so long in irons"

Daniel Paul, in We were not the savages.

like this is unconscionable

The single law maker standing up for Canadians in this surveillance-AI hellscape is Premier Kinew who is rejecting data centres. “I reject the idea we have to be slaves* to surveillance capitalism in order to participate in the modern economy.”

Quelle belle personne.

In everything northern NB, under every govt, that's about it. «Northern is still toss the keys on the table and walk away maintenance.»

"the me-first doctrine" of... socialists

And yes, Yidden, I know what the word has meant, but language and its meaning changes and VERY IMPORTANTLY it MATTERS what those who have been living for decades under Occupation hear in that word because your own ideas do not supersede their horrors so love + justice can involve letting go, OK?

En ce jour en 1760: «En Nouvelle-Écosse, arrivée de 22 navires anglais transportant des cultivateurs; ils prendront des terres d’Acadiens qui avaient été expulsés plus tôt.»

Finalement, la Commissaire aux LO du NB ramène la logique dans l’interprétation de l’art 30 de la LLO NB. Les agents de Alcool NB ont l’obligation d’offrir leurs services dans les 2 LO. Ce rapport corrige les deux rapports contradictoires de 2015 rendus par l’ancienne commissaire.

Hilarious and deeply insightful writing by @brianphillips.lol.

Sweet! @charlieangus104.bsky.social and I discuss the need for Carney to buy the Gripen jets on the OShow 🇨🇦 PowerCast youtu.be/dVyt0QFFzjw?si…

For years now, Canada has said this about out neighbour.

This goes against the bias of some English Canadians about Québec. But then this information has been around a long time.

Le Nouveau-Brunswick a besoin d'un Wab Kinew quand ça vient au bilinguisme à l'Assemblée. Bravo.

«Mark Carney is not confused, not inconsistent, not making it up as he goes. He's running a patient, strategically fluid game that Talleyrand & Bismarck would recognize. The contradictions are features not bugs. The conciliation, strategic. Toughness, real.»

«We’re basically giving somebody tax dollars so eventually they can make profit off of people’s basic needs. There’s no shortage of nonprofits in this province that do great work housing people, so I don’t understand why it had to go to private sector» Studio apartment $1,150 2-bedroom $1,600»

«Gender” is the term adopted by feminists for sex stereotypes. “Gender-critical” was coined by them to mean to be critical of sex-role stereotypes That's so fundamental to feminism that it's repetitive to say “gender-critical feminist”

Bismarck, on political reality: ”Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful” americanpulse.substack.com/p/special-an...

Yeah I knew the narcissistic injury from that one was gonna be bloody.

I’m always glad when someone rewatches Casablanca but you should be doing it every three years at _least_

I love this guy's bluntness, clarity, and eloquence.

Dr. Herbert neglects to mention that the expulsion by the British of the Acadians was planned ethnic cleansing. They literally separated families, put them on different ships bound for different ports around the world. Cajuns were survivors of British genocide.

Vonnegut is one of my favorite writers but my god, can you imagine being married to this man, just exhausting

President Trump says he is close to a deal with Iran to end the war. He should have stopped the conflict after three days, an expert on the Middle East says. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/SI04jq

This is why the “why don’t student protesters protest the Rohingya genocide, must be anti-semitism” talking point is so amazing

“So-called artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean.” -Pope Leo in Magnifica Humanitas

It’s what Charlie would have wanted

«Une consultation de 290 employés &direction de 50 org. à but non lucratif conclut: personnel mal payé & épuisé, pérennité mal assurée Parmi les org : maisons de transition, org. de lutte contre la pauvreté, d’aide à l’immigration 66% sont des femmes Salaire moyen, 30,287$ equitableNB.ca

76% disent q reste du monde va ds la mauvaise direction (80% s'il s'agit des É-U)

«47% des Canadiens estiment q Cda va dans la bonne direction. 39% pensent qu'il est sur la mauvaise voie. Ceux-ci n'attribuent pas nécessairement responsabilité au gouvt fédéral, mais à Trump, conflits ds monde... Ils cherchent des personnes capables d'aider & pour 6 Cdns sur 10, c'est Carney»

It’s worth noting that when Jan. 6 happened, the pro-Trump right used dozens of conspiracy theories to try and offload blame from themselves—e.g., claiming it was “antifa,” “feds.” Now, they seem keen to just admit they did it—all of it—and it was good.

Let's figure out this phone thing — what it's doing to us, and our kids. But let's do it by focussing on research rather than intuitions. I just reviewed the latest evidence, and it leads to some pretty interesting (and unexpected) places. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/what-reall...

Bingo. Philanthropic millionaires = Pickpocket returning my wallet

Cutting healthcare so we don't have to tax this guy and then lionizing him for doing fundraising campaigns for hospitals is a choice. Pickpocket returned my wallet, what a hero.

«dog-friendly: For some, that means human-unfriendly. “I do value hygiene, every place is not a place that should be dog-friendly. I’ve watched baristas pet dogs &continue making coffee. People have allergies. There’s been overtaking, where no respect for hygiene, for people’s personal boundaries»

Visited the Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam today. The U.S. kept popping in my mind, even before reading the wall of notes left by people in the last weeks.

daaaamn london

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

«Cda just had its best year of Foreign Direct Investment since 2007, despite tariffs & while 3-quarters of exports depend on US. Global Infrastructure Investor, whose members manage US$1 trln, ranked Cda 1st, ahead of Germany, UK, US. Cda is only G7 country w a free trade agreement w every other G7

US hard power (forcing compliance) is going to remain formidable. US soft power (attracting collaboration) is withering before our eyes. The challenge for the US is going to be how expensive, dangerous, and exhausting it is to extort everything from everyone, everywhere, all the time.

You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇

In addition to fighting back against GOP gerrymandering, here’s another reason why state-level races so important in 2026: if Dems win trifectas in combo of MI, PA, WI, NV & AZ they can put National Popular Vote Interstate Compact over 270 electoral votes & elect next president with popular vote

Here's a solution!

Especially in a global context where renewables are finally broadly cheaper than fossil fuels, market forces will now inexorably drive countries towards cheaper, green power sources. Meanwhile, amid the transition, countries that are still dependent on FFs will be looking for lower-risk suppliers.