Why does no one seem to understand that forward-looking "economic impact studies" aren't a real thing? There is no grad school class on this because no credible forecasting methods exist. No serious economists use these consultant projection models for anything.

The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that understandingwar.org/research/rus...

Good grief. This is the document being used to claim that the Detroit minor-league soccer stadium will generate a $25 mil economic impact *per year*. It's nothing but ridiculous assertions. Reporting this as some sort of credible assessment is negligence. detroitmigov.app.box.com/v/DCFC-CBO-R...

"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies" Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Why Canadian bosses love hiring foreign workers vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats

A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.” It’s almost as if there were signs!

I've come to the conclusion that journalism has fundamentally changed. The expectation that media members are supposed to inform readers is a vestige of the past. It's now up to knowledgeable individuals to spread correct information outside traditional outlets.

"Denmark gets ready to cancel Christmas cards" www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

Toujours le fun de revoir mon ancienne gang "Taleo". Je retravaillerais n'importe quand avec eux s'ils n'étaient pas dans l'empire d'un géant de l'informatique qui n'a pas besoin d'être nommé.

"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent" and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda

Clans of Caledonia proved again tonight it is a great game that I like very much even though I don't seem to figure out the combos as much as my friends. 😅 #Boardgames

Interesting note (well, that's really up to you): Even assuming Dylan Cease gets $30 million in 2026, #Bluejays will be paying him and Trey Yesavage less than they paid Chris Bassitt and Max Scherzer this past season.

Vietnamese food has a concept I don't often see in western cuisine - "ngán." It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste. We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.

The problem with this article is that it assumes that the Canadian terrorism listing process hasn't been politicized to the point of irrelevance. It assumes process, deliberation, and rationality. I'm not sure any of that is true anymore. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

uh, that's bad.

My hot take is that this privacy invading rule probably doesn't prevent many doping cases. 🤷 globalnews.ca/news/1154285...

“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.” @cwarzel.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

when its definitely not a hostage situation

If you are surprised by this, I don't know what to tell you. 🤷

The worst timeline, I'm telling ya.

Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea

Titre alternatif: Encore une fois, l'installateur Jeux 1000 Pattes trompe un client. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...

Remember the online outrage over Cracker Barrel on Twitter? Research indicates much of it was amplified by bots. Fake accounts fueling outrage isn’t new, but most people don’t realize how often it happens. gizmodo.com/cracker-barr...

But oh my, oh my, all that juicy oil they could get their grubby hands on!

Unruly Card Games - Gator Days

A baseball trade in November? In this economy? 🤯 (Nimmo to Rangers, Semien to Mets)

"The Hidden Economy Behind Every Scam Email" www.aei.org/technology-a... "If cybercrime were a country, it would be the fourth largest: closely following the United States, China, and India."

❗️🇪🇺🇺🇦 The full text of the EU plan to end the war in Ukraine is published by The Telegraph

Rather than looking for a "SharePoint developer", I recommend you ditch the terrible platform that is SharePoint. Follow me for more IT insights like this. 😎

DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.

Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait. My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

Kazuchika Okada was born to do American pro wrestling schtick silliness. He just had the curse of being one of the best epic main event wrestlers of the last 25 years. #AEWFullGear

The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.

Aye

This Hiromu and Finlay team is fun as hell. Finlay using an unwilling Hiromu as a weapon made me smile so much. And now, they have a victory over the champions! #njpw 🤼

Polite of them to assume we are not already very vulnerable.

This is the 2nd time a major government report from Deloitte has been found to contain errors likely generated by AI. First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte

There’s a lot of political commentary about Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning, but one important point is this: she entered Congress in 2021 with an estimated net worth of about $700,000, and is leaving in 2025 with a net worth of roughly $25 million.

Oh, that's a good one from a friend. "That's a peace plan you sent in EU IV after you have beaten up a country, but need to replenish your manpower before full annexation in the next war." (Niche tweet to fellow EUIV players. 😅)

I would summarize this "peace deal" as follows: Russia and the US will feast on Ukraine's body, and once they are hungry again, will go for another round, all the while Europe pays for it. It's that bad, one-sided and devoid of any consequences for Russia. 😬

The “deal” deprives Ukraine of everything it has won by withstanding Russian aggression and defending the borders of Europe. It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness. It’s the end of post WWII American power. www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Kingdoms of the Dump is one of the year's most charming RPGs, an Earthbound-inspired game set in a world made of trash, where you fight in landfills and heal with moldy sandwiches. Which is fitting — it was made by two janitors. This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

plus.lapresse.ca/screens/1d8d... Monsieur Legault, voulez-vous vraiment laisser un tel héritage? Il est temps de revenir sur terre et de respecter notre état de droit et les citoyens qui vous en on confier la responsabilité.

How many other premiers in Canada (thinking about you, Mr Legault) are sad they haven't thought of this scheme first? That's the terrible state of the political scene in this country. 😬

Meanwhile, Russian oligarchs behind the war are... yeah, not as much bothered in their daily lives. 😬

I still don't see what the end goal is of the LIJ-War Dogs mixing up, but these teams of Shingo/Drilla and Tsuji/Kidd are fun to watch and delivered a great main event. #njpw PS: Yes, they are still LIJ to me.

Alex Zayne, sitting at the commentary table, filming with his phone Shingo and Tsuji fighting just in front of him, made me laugh so hard. 😅 #njpw