Talked to Tanya Basu last week about money, boredom, and the search for an interesting life. Highly recommend her latest piece on our work: open.substack.com/pub/boredolo...

I am begging my fellow Canadians to take a break for a second from obsessing about American corruption to focus on our home grown versions. Ford is a corrupt crony goon who has done countless shady backroom deals. He wants to remove one of our most powerful tools to hold him accountable. Fuck that!

I've been asked a lot in the media about raw-dogging boredom - and I just think it's dumb (original title for this @psychologytoday.bsky.social was "Raw-dogging boredom is dumb" - apparently that was offensive!) Here's my take: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mode...

Starting a new blog @psychologytoday.bsky.social - hope you enjoy it www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mode... This first one has the ever-present psychology myth himself - Mr. Phineas Gage!

Leilani Munter, y'all.

Still one of the greatest albums ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBv7...

Yep

Maybe there's some traction to this idea that boredom won't make you creative! Another piece on why raw-dogging boredom is dumb! www.inc.com/jessica-stil...

I don’t know about you but I could sure go for a mosquito bite and a sunburn right now.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

This chat with @nautil.us is pretty much unedited - and I'm really happy with that. Raw-dogging boredom is just stupid IMHO nautil.us/why-the-do-n...

Really nice clear explanations of why boredom is still a problem in our times and why a one-time "do nothing for 8 hours" isn't going to fix it from @jamesdanckert.bsky.social here: nautil.us/why-the-do-n... (Thanks for the shout out, as always!)

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AI and LLMs trend towards sameness of expression - it might just make us all more boring! www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-...

Greatest Christmas movie ever!

too often feeling like the chorus of this banger! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZTc...

I love this.

But either he's gonna be cold or the beer's gonna be warm - I don't see this working!

Listening to Dio - Rainbow in the Dark! Would have connected with my bro to share this were he still here www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrBU...

The Ford government has a chance to take meaningful action to end homelessness by passing @aislinnclancy.bsky.social and @lfairclough.bsky.social's bill today. I encourage my fellow MPPs to read their powerful op-ed before we vote later today.

Quite a long - but erudite - journey through boredom here: www.skeptic.com/article/bore...

My awesome PhD student (graduated now) Baaba just got our Pong study up kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F... We show that when you disrupt agency, frustration ensues and boredom is not far behind!

You can't help but wonder what Carlin would have to say today - I mean he laid it all before shit got crazier

It's hard to overstate just how far backwards the Ford government has taken us on climate. The rest of the world is using the shift toward renewables to generate jobs and prosperity, meanwhile the Premier has no plan at all.

I've come up with a new role for all new tech companies - CCO Chief Curmudgeon Officer. They all need an old bastard like me to tell them how to make their devices easier to operate (for old bastards like me)

New #DHPRLab paper by @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social & @wanjawolff.bsky.social together with @corimartarelli.bsky.social, @mbieleke.bsky.social & @jamesdanckert.bsky.social 💪🥳 Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️

Another gem from @minzlicht.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/michaeli... - but I think it goes beyond who gets to be louder. To me, this is about offense - when offended, who needs to change? The offender or the offendee? It's not always clear to me - but maybe I'm the (loud) asshole!

Loved this flick - not mentioned a ton in his obits

The Premier is blaming young people for graduating into an economy that is leaving them behind. We need more supports for young people entering the workforce. 1/2

Jasmine Crockett with the real talk!

Was an awesome session - boredom and entropy, boredom in nature and a wonderful future directions discussion at the end - great to be part of such a vibrant community!

In case you were wondering, we'll be paying for weapons with revenue from extractive industries. And don't be shocked if those critical minerals get used to make weapons. I'm sure climate change and Indigenous rights are somewhere down the list of priorities. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

I just discovered this meme and I love it. Happy #PrideMonth to all my #LGBTQIA + friends!

Had a fantastic conversation with the good people @childrenandscreens.bsky.social for their new podcast Screen Deep www.childrenandscreens.org/learn-explor...

Great commentary @minzlicht.bsky.social on @chazfirestone.bsky.social WEIRD science critique (paper is a great read too) - we have work coming out on boredom in non-WEIRD groups showing culture matters little - stay tuned! www.speakandregret.michaelinzlicht.com/p/keep-cogni...

The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--

"There's nothing quite as harmful, as a slow moving day." www.youtube.com/watch?v=d64S...

Bill 5 is a wide-reaching attack on Indigenous rights, environmental protections, labour laws and democratic oversight. Because they've jammed so many problematic elements into one bill I sat down to give you a guide to what Bill 5 will really mean for Ontario. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAAk...

She is amazing. And the message is simple.

So to assert our "sovereignty" (to the Yanks) we ask the King (of Great Britain) to read our "throne" speech! Make that make sense to me!

With only a few days notice, hundreds of people came out on Saturday to say NO to Ford’s undemocratic Bill 5. Thanks to all the volunteers for keeping everyone safe during the march from the covered bridge to Guelph City Hall.

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Did a thing for @princetonupress.bsky.social - got paid in books! Talk about a kid in a candy store! (also says something about the stuff I like to read when I don't read neuro! - except for the book on the bottom)

So looking forward to this - one of the best novels (novella?) ever!