ok this is somehow actually funnier than any joke from Killin' Them Softly

I listened and heard someone (Klein) in mourning. The dream is to be able to do your thoughtful ASMR politics pod and exist in a sort of frictionless world where the disagreements you have with your opponents are mostly trivial. That’s never been possible for Coates and it shows in his perspective.

The care economy is an economic powerhouse (all annual 2024 data, bigger now) 13.7% of GDP. Eclipses real estate (13.2%). 1.5 x bigger than all manufacturing, 2x bigger than construction, almost 3x bigger than all mining, quarrying and O&G. >21% of all jobs. Nothing comes remotely close to that.

It's nuts the care economy is continually excluded as a potential source of economic strength and good jobs in industrial strategy. Without inclusion of how investment proceeds in this huge sector, we'll pay more, get less, and have more crappy jobs instead of decent work. All within our control. /2

Do you use "MyChart" to find out how a test went? It's owned by Epic Systems, an American private equity firm. This excellent reporting from CTV is a must read. www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic... HC data breaches getting more common as private equity invests (+ monetizes everything, incl your data) /2

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

What's weird about his schtick is that he's constantly saying insane, provocative, explosive things, but the net effect quickly becomes white noise. He's so extreme that he just gets boring. It's kind of wild, it's like he violates some basic law of emotional physics.

This speech is embarrassing for the United States of America. Or at least it should be.

banger

Democrats need to stop talking about how the president is a brutal and corrupt idiot and focus on the issues that ring clearest to the voters, the importance of mitigating the medium-term effects of the structural damage as subsidy cuts propagate through different states' health insurance systems

I think both Justin Trudeau and left-wing ideologues would be surprised to learn Justin Trudeau was a left-wing ideologue.

More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final. The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance. Read more here: www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...

WHO adds GLP-1 drugs for diabetes, others to essential medicines list reut.rs/45PsEfr

I hope Andy Reid gets put at a table with the Haim sisters

Not to get all academically, but we teach & learn in labor relations/labor law classes that the Canadian labour relations System is result of a complex balancing of many factors over decades. Pull on a string & the System responds, sometimes in unanticipated ways. 1/6 🧵

Our lucrative public health sector is beyond Trump's reach https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/public-health-care-is-a-vital-domestic-industry-and-its-beyond-trumps-reach-strengthening-it/article_b369f32e-26df-432d-9948-cf6289669ff5.html 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

Feds need to ‘rethink’ industrial benefits policy and refocus on defence capabilities, say former senior officials: it ‘needs to evolve’ www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci! ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Nf... "im not as good as you, stephen"

Struck by the idea of recognizing a Palestinian state as a kind of punishment, as opposed to the geopolitically right thing to do. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Oh wow. Under an "unprecedented" new visa program, 280 Tuvaluans selected by ballot will be allowed to resettle in Australia every year before the whole country is submerged by rising water levels caused by climate change. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...

monday morning from 9am to 10am sets the tenor for the entire week based on how much of my job i can re-learn from either first principles or draw from muscle memory

“I had to come back for the insurance, because they informed me this year that I’m on COBRA,” said Venus Williams in a post-match interview at the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open. Williams, 45, became the oldest woman to win on the Women’s Tennis Association tour since 2004. Learn more about COBRA.⤵️

an NYT game called HEADLINES where you have to change a phrase to passive voice while hitting a specific character count

What is mission-driven govt and could it work in 🇨🇦? In our recent webinar, Sarah Doyle, @jackpannell.bsky.social & @danhonig.bsky.social joined @jenditchburn.bsky.social to unpack the idea and lessons from the U.K. Missed it? Watch or listen here: 💻: youtu.be/lwRH6kObgzg 🎧: shorturl.at/enS9R

I needed this today

There is tech innovation and there is tech "innovation"

A crisis foretold: 3 decades of warnings on N.B.'s aging population. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is an important conversation on a pressing issue, featuring Dr. Kwame McKenzie.

Today, @cmorten.bsky.social illuminates one major reason that Americans spend too much on health care with dubious or even negative value: powerful companies control and distort the informational environments around their products.

dude I love The National because it all sounds like a man whose greatest goal is living in Neil McCauleys house from Heat with no furniture

By substantively rebuilding its national sovereignty, Canada can de-link itself from US economic and political domination.

It's "extremely, extremely unfortunate that USAID is no longer there," says U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk, who notes that some U.N. programs have already been scaled back because of the loss of funding. www.democracynow.org/2025/7/11/vo...

no particular order: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco High Violet- The National Channel Orange- Frank Ocean Left & Leaving- Weakerthans Post-Nothing- Japandroids I'm Wide Awake It's Morning- Bright Eyes Stay Positive- The Hold Steady '59 Sound- The Gaslight Anthem Stankonia- Outkast

I, for one, think you can probably make a public service more affordable and accessible while at the same time improving it. Call me a dreamer. slate.com/business/202...

this will have severe consequences well beyond U.S. borders. Canada needs to double down on EU regulatory collaboration. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/m...

what a big-hearted, big-brained, brave, searching, humane, lucid story by @bernstein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/m...

As ceasefire hopes rise, Israeli Defence Minister has instructed military "to prepare a plan to establish a 'humanitarian city' on the ruins of Rafah, which would eventually house the entire population of the Gaza Strip." Hard to see this as a "peace" gesture... www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

When governments begin to legislate what care we can offer, which treatments we’re allowed to prescribe, or that we must ignore evidence they dislike, trust will inevitably erode. Patients may hesitate to be honest. They may withhold what matters most. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

The history of social programs.

The zombie policy question that just won't die, but won't go away. Asked over and over again. Answered over and over again. The answer? NO www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

If you haven't heard the MJ cover of Dancing in the Club for some reason you should listen to it! Song of the year so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BUI...