*sigh* Well, time to start cheering for my second team for the next part of the tournament: whichever team is playing against the US.

Blame Gretzky.

This wonderful country of ours is worth fighting for. And the best is yet to come — if we put in the work required. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/30/o...

I was recently in Montreal. Definitely the funnest city in Canada (during the summer).

Roughly a decade ago my baseline level of relief at having been born north of the 49th parallel increased dramatically for some reason… Happy Canada Day eh! 🇨🇦

An amazing ending to an agonizing game. 🇨🇦

If it’s alright with everyone I think I’ll stick with my Small Language Model for now, thanks.

No own goal from England today to honour the 10th anniversary of Brexit?

Free link to David Lay Williams’s op-ed

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Here's what I have to say about Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We're about to get invaded, aren't we.

Trump threatens bridge to prevent Canadians from visiting country Canadians do not want to visit

I’ve been listening to the dreadful spiel from management about AI. In light of what I‘ve heard, here’s my promise to students: I will never use AI to write emails to you, to craft presentations I deliver to you, or to summarise information I provide to you. I respect you too much for that.

Poilievre campaigns on a united Canada: “Please don’t make me find yet another riding”

The iron law of academic conferences: The papers you actually want to attend invariably are scheduled at the same time. (Currently at the Canadian Philosophical Association conference at Dalhousie U.)

Everything Canadian that Albertans will be able to keep after separating, according to Alberta Separatists

Sad news. Giles was my favourite “white hat” throughout all of BtVS. RIP.

For “New Books in Philosophy” (part of The New Books Network), I discuss _The Meaning of It All_ (OUP 2026) with Rivka Weinberg (Philosophy, Scripps College). It’s a fun, wide-ranging “meaning of life” conversation! newbooksnetwork.com/the-meaning-... #philsky #philosophy #polphil #moralphil

I hate living in a dystopian science fiction novel…

Time to declare this hoser Persona Non Grata.

It seems we are now entering a new phase of the rise of inequality in the US. It's not just wealth and billionaires — it's a broader acceleration. Here's who benefited from economic growth in 2025, according to the latest estimates available on realtimeinequality.org

Congratulations to our graduating UWM MA students who are going on to PhD studies in Philosophy at the following schools (starting fall 2026): Boston U, Ohio State U, U of Hawaii, and UW-Madison. Only 4 of our MA students this year. Unusual but perhaps not a bad thing given the state of academia.

Least annoying office mate ever...

“Sweet Jane“ - Cowboy Junkies

📊Alberta separation poll from the Angus Reid Institute: 🔴67% Stay 🔵30% Leave The debate over AB separation is not taking place between conservatives and progressives, it's occurring within Alberta's conservative movement itself. → www.338canada.ca/p/alberta-re...

Serious question for serious people: does Alberta have any actual, substantive grievances that go beyond raging at the facts of confederation or the realities of global energy markets?

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/artists you've seen live. New Pornographers Los Campesinos! Billy Bragg Morrissey (before the Heel turn) Stars Peter Hook + the Light (of Joy Division) Belly Tom Waits Neko Case Bob Dylan

AI tech mogul confused why expendable human capital booing him during commencement address

Many of the problems in academia emerging in my lifetime have a single root cause: the identification of research with publication which is then taken as virtually the sole measure of individual performance and contribution.

Alberta separatists vow to appeal petition denial as soon as US State Department tells them how

Study philosophy. It’s good for your mind and (consequently) your employment prospects!

Quelle surprise... "...cell phone data compiled by researchers at the University of Toronto's School of Cities found that the year-over-year drop in cross-border trips was ...[close]... to 42 per cent."

This is just the PQ’s “sovereignty association” with a new name. A province cannot, by definition, be “sovereign within a united Canada.” It’s nonsense.

Researchers Find Crows Smart Enough Not To Let On How Smart They Really Are https://theonion.com/researchers-find-crows-smart-enough-not-to-let-on-how-s-1844081510/

I'm sure this will quiet talk of Trump as the Antichrist

“It’s a dangerous time, but also a creative, liberating one. Under threat on all sides, the democracies are discovering a new vigour, a new unity, a new determination to be masters of their own fate. And to whom do we owe the credit for this new energy? Why, to Donald Trump, of course.”

Armageddon 2: Asteroid saves Earth from U.S. in Michael Bay sequel

Preprint version of my review available here: philpapers.org/archive/NEUR...

Louise Arbour is Canada's new Governor General. She was top prosecutor at the international court. She brought charges against President Milošević, secured the first conviction for genocide since 1948, prosecuted sexual assault as a crime against humanity. This is a powerful statement.

In honour of "May Fourth" ("May the Force Be With You") -- and even though "Star Wars" is *not* "science fiction" -- here are my top 10 sci fi films: Blade Runner The Thing Alien Children of Men Aliens The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) Fury Road (Mad Max 4) 12 Monkeys 2001 Looper

Everything ChatGPT touches dies

Yes I do read 800 page books. But if your email to me goes to a third paragraph, forget about it.

Love the "Q-Anon shaman" as the "Fury Road" flame guitarist in this de Adder cartoon. Nice touch.

Canadian detained by ICE for 6 months says he's an 'indefinite' prisoner, has no idea when he'll get out Winnipeg-born Clayton Herman is in California facility, deemed an illegal immigrant due to expired visa www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

📊New poll of U.S. voters: Americans Trust Canada in Trade Talks More than Their Own Government thewalrus.ca/americans-tr...

Journalists’ heads blown on MSNow when Chrystia Freeland (former Canadian Deputy PM, Finance Min) told them than government ministers in 🇨🇦 normally go about their lives with *no* security at all. Difficult for them to comprehend how violently degenerate the US is now compared to other countries.

Yes, I am definitely back at Notre Dame…