Wow

too big to fail speedrun

the scotus tariff case is going to be interesting because we'll finally learn if the supreme court is more beholden to its authoritarian backers or its corporate benefactors

Really like this kind of post: breaking down quotidian events to simple arithmetic, and voila we learn something.

wow

Wow, #32 and lasted almost 3 yrs in hell. RIP.

nice

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I listened to the Reagan speech the Ontario government quoted, and no honest person could claim it was taken out of context. But what interested me more was the next clip that autoplayed, where he connects the American founding to the rejection of tariffs. 🔥🔥🔥 youtu.be/Tp1T7kPEdDY?...

Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

Fun fact: Canada's oft-reminisced about Connaught Labs was founded to make #diphtheria antitoxin (DAT). Unfun facts: Still made the same way 100+ years later (horse serum). Global shortages, few suppliers. Limited resources to advance promising replacements, as diphtheria insufficiently profitable.

makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies

"Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them." -- Margaret Atwood

"To those who would hunker down behind barriers to fight a destructive and self-defeating round of trade battles, Canada and the United States will show the positive way." -Ronald Reagan, 1987 www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...

"The US economy has grown by $20 trillion since 2000, to $29 trillion last year. $7.7 trillion of that — or 36% of all the growth in GDP — is spending related to recovering from or preparing for disasters" 🔥 @eroston.bsky.social on the Disaster Industrial Complex. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Dear Abby, ...

I can't believe I'm saying this, but she's actually telling the truth.

Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!

👀

Historic deal has begun for Europe, Sweden and Ukraine have signed a letter of intent to buy 100-150 JAS 39 Gripen E jets for the Ukrainian Air Force. Once the funds and delivery structure is established the deal can be brought to fruition. This will help Europe wean from US registries and ware.

Hell yes.

Don’t be a Dick-Tator

ha!

this is probably fine...

The "drill, baby, drill" slogan belies the relatively small role of *all* mining, quarrying, O&G extraction activities in the Canadian economy. It's hugely capital intensive (only 1.2% of all jobs) but rip, strip and ship activities contribute just 5.1% to GDP... not even in the top 10 sectors.

“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.” If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.

had to look that word up.

Look at this incredible work by our dogsitter.

CAR-CRAZY FACT OF THE DAY. Every 24 hours, US drivers run over 15 children in parking lots and driveways. jalopnik.com/u-s-drivers-...

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

Northern Lake Lawren Harris 1923

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened. This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

The funniest thing about this is how legit terrified ICE looks.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

All hail *my* president.

Shouldn't this be a bigger thing?

wut?

this is one of the problem with ideologies which rationalize the routine use of violence: you think you are attracting where violence is the means and the ideology is the ends. you are actually attracting people for whom the violence is the ends and the ideology is the means.

That’s an item of international-relations terminology that may be obscure but provides a precise description of said individual

One of the best songs of all time, IMO. You are always so faithful to the original song, I believe out of respect, when you do covers. I really like that.

Highly recommended.

Trying to explain why international trade is good to an American: okay so imagine a burger (yes this is a real ad on the Canadian embassy in DC)

Classy

Let’s all take a moment to reflect on how this just absolute alpha male sprayed on his hair for TV

That all these folks went to support Zelensky ❤️

Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

This is brilliant JD Vance refused service at a popular British Pub after the entire staff threatened to quit on the spot rather than be forced to serve him. www.bostonherald.com/2025/08/14/j...

1933

so good, thanks Ron. That's right on boogie st.