A few things: 1. Read the room. 2. Crime is at historic lows in Canada. 3. Police do not prevent crime. 4. Funding for education, mental health, drug treatment, housing, youth programs, and other social programs reduces crime. 5. Canadians did not vote for this. #cdnpoli

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

Preordered a dead-tree copy of Pollan’s forthcoming book today. Looking forward to this one.

My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜

Book 1 for 2026. A short but illuminating read.

What was the last movie or TV show you watched in 2025?

Can I get a do over?

2026 goals: Be a better husband/teammate/human Manage anxiety better Walk/run 11,111kms Read 185 books 88,888 push-ups (new habit) Engage in (or create) a social group Keep meditating/Be mindful No alcohol/No meat

Talking with people at a holiday gathering here in Toronto last night, and when it came up, most of us nodded that we likely won’t ever visit the United States again. It’s a weird feeling, and weird to acknowledge in a group.

Read 228 books in 2025. A personal best and bringing it to 1000 books since taking up reading again in 2017.

Best book you got for Christmas? #booksky

An observation from Theodore Dalrymple so relevant to so many segments of our society these days — where people go along with things they often don’t believe and which are anyway false.

Also on Kobo Canada, where they have helpfully noted that it is 72% off! www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

It may win Oscars but I will never watch it for the sole reason that O’Leary is in it.

Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.

Looks like a snow globe outside.

Shostakovich day.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Paying a bit more in return for knowing that Bezos is getting none of my money is worth every fucking penny

Christ on a bike, this is brilliant. And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10

Are your memories changed by information that comes in afterward? Dive into the surprises of memory on this week's episode of Inner Cosmos: "Why do our memories drift? (Part 1: The War of the Ghosts)": eagleman.com/podcast/70 #brain #neuroscience #memory

This brilliant. I've experimented with making similar simulators before, but this from Giving What We Can is so well executed and needed right now... some perspective, and just how lucky we (some of us) are. #charity #wealth #redistribution #fairness #equity #equality

Some absolutely top notch orange cattery here

Tried with Dr Pepper tonight and it was delicious.

Thank you, UK www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Might end up being the most viewed 60 Minutes segment since Weiss took over, and she’ll earn $0 in ad revenue for it. Well done Bari. #slowclap

My choice for the best holiday movie for the last decade.

The instrument that one would use to measure this level of failure is called a Bariometer

I believe in you and your ability to remove yourself from Facebook and Instagram. I find it sad people feel like they don't have agency in that choice.

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

Hit the stretch goal of 11,111km yesterday. Not bad for 56 year old knees. Just shy of 90,000km since rebooting my life in 2016. Over twice the distance around the planet (at the equator). Was considering cutting back in 2026, but stopping before hitting 100,000km is unthinkable.

Maybe we should just ... put it back. You know, given the way things are already going...

It’s been a few years. Feels like time to visit with Easy Company again.

Keep up the good work, Canadians.* *Yes, it sucks that people will lose their jobs, but right now my country is suffering an existential fake-tanned threat to our existence and our own jobs. You all know how to fix this, so do so.

All I want for Christmas is the headline.

Canadian friends: here's a petition to stop AB and SK from Notwithstanding their anti-trans-healthcare legislation (this will make sense to Canadians). Don't let them shield their bigotry from Charter scrutiny! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Chewing through @seananmcguire.bsky.social’s Overgrowth, my favourite of her books so far. And not just because she wrote a Newfie into the cast. ❤️

Tangentially, I think so much of Canada's regional angst could be permanently reduced if we had some form of mandatory national service (not just military, climate corps is a great idea) that would send our young people to different provinces to meet/work/support.

Happy Beethoven's birthday to all who celebrate.

My Libby search history probably says something about me … I have no idea what that might be though.

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

If you look at the lit on the just world delusion, or cognitive biases (those that survived the replication crisis) there’s ample evidence that every human deludes themselves to varying degrees to cope with this fucked up reality. There’s no escape short of Buddhist enlightenment. Only coping.

What is a shibboleth? And what does it tell us about the ties between beliefs and identities? Find out more with guest Dan Ariely on this week's episode of Inner Cosmos. eagleman.com/podcast/133

I have come to terms with the Thing I Hate not being made for me, and have moved on to two splendid pastimes: enjoying Other Things with my time, and being happy that other people enjoy Their Thing.

Tax them all down to $5 in assets and they can help drive the world economy to new heights. Sounds good.

The coming years are going to reveal a lot more waste on 'AI' like this by our governments, to the tune of 10s of billions squandered on appalling nonsense, all to make rich Tech Bros richer.