spend a lot of time thinking about @stephenkb.bsky.social's point that "reading comprehension", as a skill, is apparently something that a lot of people have just given up on online - eg it's hard to believe here that so many people can't see this is so obviously tongue in cheek, but alas,

Some thoughts on the Menswear Guy, ICE protests, and our inability to be normal www.infinitescroll.us/p/can-anyone...

With 868 measles cases so far this year, Alberta has now exceeded its previous high mark set in 1986. 2025 now has the most cases since 1979. So I've had to expand this chart to include years prior to the modern-vaccine-program era:

The divide between the NDP's historic strength west of Ontario and their performance as a federal party in the same regions has always been something really dislike digging into. And so the cycle continues.

Possibly unpopular (and biased) take: One thing left and progressive parties can do to get better electoral results in Canada is listen more to and include more voices from the western provinces. Without that you miss out on important insights that seem obvious in hindsight. 1/4 🧵

Now that’s a split-screen. ⛳️ @wsj.com

This was….five months ago

In a move I find quite surprising, studios like Warner Bros are getting a revenue share of fan-made AI trailers of movies like Superman instead of issuing DMCA takedown notices. It’s fan-friendly, sure, but also risky, since fake trailers can easily mislead the public into thinking they’re real.

My latest: "Truly this is an election for the ages, a historic choice between dull but unprincipled and nasty but opportunistic." Canada’s existential election has very quickly become unserious

It’s early and the parties don’t have platforms out yet but is there any announced (i.e. with citation) significant economic policy difference between LPC and CPC? Not just of degree as with the tax cuts but opposite directions? Industrial carbon tax backstop is one. What else?

The Bloc Québécois launches “Buy Canadian” pitch. Up is down. Left is right. Everyone is a federalist in a foxnewshole

please don’t text me war plans, because I’m actually at capacity right now and I don’t think I can hold appropriate space for you. do you have someone else you could reach out to?

Federal Conservative campaign calling Premier Smith’s office regarding her American media appearances.

Spoiler for an upcoming piece. How the population grows matters for demographic-based housing demand. For example, 1000 net new non-permanent residents require fewer homes than from other migration-forms of population growth, as they skew younger.

We’ve got a competitive race. It’s the first election for both leaders of the front running parties. And the electorate is energized by important issues. Canadian elections are volatile so who knows what train wreck we’ll get. But on day 1, these are about optimal conditions.

If Canada doesn’t use this as a way to boost Telsat….

What happens next? Carney will be invited to form a govt by the GG. Carney will be the Prime Minister-designate during a transition period (could be really fast or a few days). Once the transition is over, Trudeau formally resigns as Prime Minister, and Carney is appointed PM.

Anyhoo. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Price comparisons of surgeries done at private facilities vs AHS costs, courtesy of the new documents obtained by the Globe and Mail. Given what has been going on within the public health care system, especially the ongoing closures in rural Alberta, this data is horrifying.

In about 7 days there’s a good chance the NDP will have more seats in the Alberta Legislature than the Liberals and NDP combined in the Ontario Legislature. 🤠

Not good news, but needs to be said: Hamas claimed that Israel killed the Bibas children and their mother in an airstrike. Forensic examination of the corpses reveals the kids were murdered and that Hamas didn't even send back the mother, but a random body. Depravity piled upon lies.

The next shoe drops. Grade-A investigative reporting by @carrietait.bsky.social and @alannasmith.bsky.social. ⭐️

Union Square rally.

What a quote in the Atlantic by @chatterton.bsky.social.

Like its antithesis on the left, the “woke right” places identity grievance, ethnic consciousness, and tribal striving at the center of its behavior and thought. It eschews principle for expediency and brute force, seeking not to convince but to punish its perceived enemies 1/

Being entertained by Ben Stiller responding to unsuspecting people who talk about Severance Who said comedy is dead

Alberta Health Services update: “We can confirm that AHS is conducting a review of our procurement procedures and processes related to the matters raised by the former CEO, and in the interim, we have paused the awarding of any contracts involving the parties that are involved in that review....

This is nothing but a blatant attack from a cult on professionals, in this case @drandrealove.bsky.social. SARS-CoV-2 does not cause immunodeficiency. This was clear in 2020 and is still clear five years later. However, the ZeroCovid cult lies to its followers to keep their attention. 1/6

Weather forecasting has gotten much better over time. We underestimate how much weather forecasts have improved how societies run, produce food reliably, and protect themselves from disaster. My article from last year on this topic: ourworldindata.org/weather-fore...

So Canada needs a Fentanyl Czar, someone traveling the whole of the country ostensibly helping the cause of justice while not really making progress if we’re being honest. I’ve got just the candidate

I looked into this a bit, and the first time there is any mention of a fentanyl/immigration concern coming from Trump is in a CBC article from November 6, 2024, a day after the U.S. election.

Apropos of recent events I’ve been perusing content outside my bubble on this site and the other site. Turns out “Leopards eating faces” wasn’t just about “vote MAGA to burn everything down”. It’s also for “Canada is a bad shameful country”

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Social media has created an entire generation of users who believe the US government is personally out to get them - while foreign governments are just friendly lil guys. TikTok and its users are proving the case that TikTok should be banned. www.infinitescroll.us/p/stop-copin...

“Statistics majors have highest median LSAT, 168 out of possible 180, followed by math majors at 167. Biophysics and computer science majors tied for No. 3” t.co/TW0mZw7JGl The logic in these LSAT problems has some overlap with math logic.

The LSAT, Bsky edition.

I saw this study in December and decided not to bother with it because no one would be ridiculous enough to fearmonger about PFAS in bloody WATCH BANDS. But here we are. Let's look at why this is EXTREMELY SILLY. 1/n

"Love Actually" deleted scene

I think this is a very crucial piece from my colleague @patricktbrown31.bsky.social raising a constructive warning that researchers studying climate's contribution to extreme weather events must be more holistic, attentive to bias to produce good science + accurately inform policy/the public.

We are becoming extremely anti-social - working from home - watching videos alone - staying single - ordering meals for 1. Fantastic article by @dkthomp.bsky.social @theatlantic.com One addition: it’s not just the US; the world is becoming anti-social 🌏 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Jacobin doing this IRL

I can’t be bothered to watch an awards show but someone send me a highlight link if he raps “L to the OG”

There's no such thing as an Interim or Temporary Prime Minister. The correct term is Pub Quiz Prime Minister.

a very happy The Fellowship Sets Forth from Rivendell Day (December 25) to all who celebrate