I am grateful to have met and learned from the formidable Dr. Jane Goodall, whose legacy will live on through all the good work she has done, seeds she has planted, and ideas she has sparked around the world. Photo credit: @markkamstra.com

Kudos to the Government of Canada for recommending Tylenol as safe as treatment for fever and pain during pregnancy 🇨🇦 recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-rec...

Reminder to fill out this CRA survey and say YES to automatic tax filing cra-arc-survey-sondage.ca/f/s.aspx?s=d...

Unexpectedly finding myself at urgent care this morning. Not gonna lie, the stickers someone left behind on a chair in the waiting room are exactly boost the I need.

Flight South Ted Harrison 1985

Late summer delight

What’s everyone doing this weekend to disconnect and recharge? Today I’m off to Stratford to see TWO plays: Macbeth and Dangerous Liaisons. 🎭

Greenwashing allegations at a Canadian asset management firm: "... contrary to claims made in the firm’s sales communications — including in online posts, interviews and articles — the firm wasn’t considering ESG factors for many of its funds." www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-th...

When I come across something in life that makes me especially happy – a touching email, a funny photo, an uplifting article – I save it to a folder on my computer called "Happy". If ever I'm feeling a little down, I just peruse items in that folder for an instant boost.

Hope to see folks on-line tomorrow for this great line up of talks on animal normativity, dedicated to Frans de Waal.

Today I heard the expression “video podcast” for the first time. Hello? The 20th century called and wants its talk show back.

I’m on page 87 of a 145-page dense document I have to read carefully in time for a meeting later this week. Here’s hoping pages 88-145 are just drawings for me to mindlessly peruse.

My dear husband and I got identical new laptops at the same time. I have opted to identify mine with pink glitter to ensure no mixups going forward.

My face as I read an email from someone offering to create a Wikipedia page about me in exchange for payment

Woah. Mind blowing photos. HT @koenfucius.bsky.social www.popsci.com/science/astr...

💯 “It’s unthinkable to let unfiltered, untreated water flow in our taps, and it should be equally unthinkable to have unfiltered air circulate (along with airborne viruses) in places where vulnerable people gather in close proximity...” [Gift article link] www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c970638...

Very interesting info and graphics in this WSJ article on American billionaires [Gift article link] www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

Post-secondary education as a … growth stock play?

A paper presented today at the Rotman School’s International Centre for Pension Management caught my eye, challenging conventional wisdom that a 60/40 equity/bonds portfolio makes sense at any point in an investor’s life. Beyond the Status Quo: A Critical Assessment of Lifecycle Investment Advice

The Dunning-Kramer effect

There is a member of my family who ignores whatever I may say about my area of expertise, finance, but has no hesitation asking me for medical advice, where I have exactly zero credentials. Is there a word for this, or can we propose one?

The Animal Welfare Economics Mentorship Program seeks applications from PhD students and early-career scholars interested in working at the intersection of economics and animal welfare. More info and application form here: www.aw-econ.org/community/me...

On a day trip north of Toronto, through Muskoka and maybe into Algonquin Provincial Park. Will post some snapshots along the way.

Imagine a world where experimental results are increasingly based on AI-generated responses. (Added ALT text)

Untitled (landscape) Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun ~ Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish, Syilx 2020

Imagine if Meta sued Meta over this. Wouldn’t that be meta.

Preparing a paper to submit to the Financial Research Association conference being held later this year in Las Vegas brings to mind one of my most memorable honours, winning the Worst Poker Player in Finance award at the 2014 meeting. That's right, I went all in, baby.

Here's a non-paywalled link to the article, where it originally appeared: arstechnica.com/science/2025...

I recently updated my University of Toronto News and Information starter pack, which includes more than 60 UofT libraries, centres, departments, campuses, programs, schools, research networks, etc. Please let me know if I'm missing any accounts that should be included. go.bsky.app/VDCj7yE

The preliminary program has been posted for the 2026 ASSA / American Economic Association / American Finance Association / etc. meetings in Philadelphia January 3-5 2026 www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...

Based on my Facebook Marketplace feed, I may have missed an episode.

this just broke my brain (and not in a good way)

CONTEXT: I wrote/drew this in 2020. Lol. Happy New Year!

A fascinating run-down of various memecoins, NFTs, and now “Bitcoin Treasury”. “This phenomenon violates every principle of finance … Before, people had to do complicated things to bamboozle investors. Now they can just do the simple thing.” Gift article link: www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

Oh to have the confidence of a squirrel standing on the very sunflower she’s eating the seeds from. The stalk looks a little wobbly to my eye but I think she knows what she’s doing.

This giant inflated pigeon temporarily gracing my neighbourhood seems purpose-designed for me

My spouse is allergic* to fruits with skin you would normally eat (think apples, plums, nectarines, apricots, …) so we don’t normally buy them. But I couldn’t resist buying a box of about 20 luscious Ontario peaches, and I’m enjoying eating every last one. * Amusingly, he can eat them if in pie.

Lululemon just sent customers like me a massively long update to their Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. It took so long to scroll through all the pages that now my thumb hurts. Is all of this legalese really necessary? I mean folks just want a place to buy some yoga pants.

Heading into the weekend with only 2 messages in my inbox. This has never happened. Please, everyone, do not email me!

I offered a suggestion in this @theglobeandmail.com article www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...

Series pitch: Brewed Awakening Pilot episode: Espresso Yourself Synopsis: Every time Mark grabs a coffee, Lisa gets a ping. And lately those pings have been … frequent. Is something brewing beneath the surface? [1/3]

My partner and I share a Starbucks app, which means I can accidentally monitor his coffee intake wherever I am. 🕵️

Gotta say the relationship feels a little asymmetric when Copilot asks me to verify I am human

Witnessed a 3-car collision at a tricky intersection. 5 adults, 1 baby, 5 dogs. All rattled but ok. Struck by all the Good Samaritans who stopped to help, including the guy who directed traffic to keep everyone else safe. The firefighters stepped back and let him “do God’s work” until police arrived

PhD students and junior colleagues. Join the Economics of Animal Welfare Mentorship program if you're interested.

I'm happy to have a spouse who dabbles in photography and art direction in his spare time to document fun moments in our life together

Killer Whale Robert Davidson ~ Haida 1970

I’ve got a personal story to share. “Does it hurt when I press here?” she asked. It was my first time meeting the resident doctor training with my family physician. I’d booked urgent care after weeks of night sweats, aches, and exhaustion.

DIY air cleaners are an easy and cost-effective way to help ventilate homes during wildfires

My academic notebook will forever memorialize that this was the day I spilled coffee on nearly every surface in my office and all over my clothes.