It's called the Demographic Transition. It's what happens when societal wealth and public health increase enough that having multiple children is no longer seen as economically desirable. *It's not a bad thing.* What we need is to redefine economic growth absent population growth.

Pandemicene Day 2177: I'd love to pretend the world is a better place on the off chance it might actually come true, but hope is not a plan

Pandemicene Day 2171: folks in healthcare asking if they should mirror our (the patients) masking in this year, 2026.

Wow AI is so amazing we should use it for all our scientific diagrams

Pandemicene Day 2163: reality has an uncomfortable habit of biting folks in the fundament

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One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

Pandemicene Day 2151: 800 TB maximum for the entire university's cloud storage thru MS 365 #enshittification

Pandemicene Day 2146: The Winter of Our Discontent

Pandemicene Day 2144: The Age of Great Powers

Pandemicene Day 2141: "a world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, less sustainable."

Pandemicene Day 2140: sleepwalking

Pandemicene Day 2137: what hurts the most is that we could have done (& been) so much better.

Canadians have done it.

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Pandemicene Day 2136: toddlers grab things that aren't theirs

Pandemicene Day 2132: The Prime Directive

Pandemicene Day 2131: mass enshittification

Pandemicene Day 2129: The Enshittificene.

Pandemicene Day 2128: morals, ethics, rights

Rogue state. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/07/s...

Pandemicene Day 2127: it all falls apart

Pandemicene Day 2125: rule of law is paramount.

Pandemicene Day 2123: Canada's on the list.

finally, we're living through precedented times

In a nutshell.

“We’re looking, we’re trying,” he said. “We need help up here. We need the Ontario government to realize we’re hurting.” The problem isn’t just closing ER’s in rural #Ontario We all matter or none of us do x.com/northbaytoda...

Pandemicene Day 2122: War! What is it good for?

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Pandemicene Day 2119: thank you to all folk who keep things ticking over through the seasonal holidays.

Pandemicene Day 2115: universal healthcare means my family didn't go bankrupt in 2025

Pandemicene Day 2114: grateful for friends and family

Pandemicene Day 2113: here's to thoughtful gifting & less plastic all round

Pandemicene Day 2112: would peace and good will to all people be too much to wish for?

Pandemicene Day 2110: we all matter or none of us do.

Pandemicene Day 2109: happy solstice!

If only Doug were running off to deal with this travesty: Wingham ER closed last minute last night. We all matter or none of us do

COVID eats brains

Pandemicene Day 2108: be courteous.

Pandemicene Day 2107: not the world I dreamed of

Pandemicene Day 2104: reduce our consumption.

Where to find free meals in Thunder Bay, Ont., this holiday season #ThunderBay #Ontario www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Pandemicene Day 2103: "Is it a bug or a feature?" Still true.

Pandemicene Day 2102: when IT security measures get in the way of work.

COVID eats lives academic.oup.com/cid/article-...

Pandemicene Day 2101: vaccines save lives.

COVID eats brains. academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...

Twelve Days Of Giving – Day 3 Day 3 of The Twelve Days Of Giving: Giving to The Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition.