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Environmental Economist at Thompson Rivers University. Biking enthusiast. Great horned owl attack victim. Kamloops πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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07.03.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 8

$100million for 200 scholarships? The headline math doesn’t really add up

07.03.2026 04:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My 13yo saw videos claiming this on TikTok and asked me about it

07.03.2026 04:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember how this guy lobbied hard to get a pardon for a war criminal who slaughtered children? Turns out that’s literally his entire philosophy of armed conflict

07.03.2026 03:42 πŸ‘ 1523 πŸ” 320 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 2

Well, we all know one Canadian who will be happy about this πŸ˜‚

07.03.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All the wrong people have imposter syndrome.

07.03.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 1260 πŸ” 251 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 26

One might say we suffer from deadweight loss aversion πŸ˜‚

07.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Failure of Nenshi is quite something

07.03.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

#Canucks Allvin on Blueger and Kane not being traded:
"Again, like look at the market today, it was very unpredictable. I didn't get any offers, so I was a little bit surprised there. Those two guys have been playing really well for us."

06.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1
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Social media ban for kids under consideration in online harms bill: Carney - Canada News Prime Minister Mark Carney says that while there should be debate in Canada about a social media ban for children, he has not made up his own mind on the issue yet.

Social media ban for kids under consideration in online harms bill: Carney (Canada)

06.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

Our database paints a detailed financial picture for President Donald Trump and hundreds of his political appointees, some of whom have ties to the industries they regulate.

The disclosures include their recent employers, assets and debts.

07.03.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 540 πŸ” 266 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 14
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Workshops/BPLIM2025 at master Β· BPLIM/Workshops Collection of presentations at BPLIM's workshops. Contribute to BPLIM/Workshops development by creating an account on GitHub.

Back in December, I presented at a "Fast Computing" workshop hosted by the Bank of Portugal. The videos + materials are now all available online. github.com/BPLIM/Worksh...

(Also including cool talks by @s3alfisc.bsky.social, @sebkrantz.bsky.social, and others.)

06.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i'm hard on this government and Canada because we can be a lot more, if we tried

06.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

One reason this works so effectively is Cook's horrific description of the Battle of St. Julien, where doctors helplessly tried to diagnose and treat gas cases and whole columns of men dropped dead along roads and in fields coughing up bits of their lungs. Virtually the entire CEF was exposed to it.

06.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s β€˜drill, baby, drill’ policy shields consumers from Iran-driven oil shocks, economist says | Fox News Video Unleash Prosperity co-founder Stephen Moore says record U.S. oil and gas production will help counter Middle East turmoil and prevent a spike in gas prices in the wake of recent Iran strikes.

Disheartening to see anyone taken seriously who says US (or California) oil production protects consumers from Iran war impact. Producers argue world market sets the price. Correct! Oil price reflects value, not proximity, as recent gasoline price jumps show.
www.foxnews.com/video/639043...

06.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Surely this is not shocking, but Rogan had most of the big anti-trans scientists that my reporting found to be in the Epstein files on his podcast.

Krauss even tried to connect Epstein to Rogan at one point.

06.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 588 πŸ” 245 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 2

No Place To Run is very good for showing just how quickly the Canadian Army became desensitized to chemical weapons after their traumatic first encounter with them- the war was so vicious that gas faded into the background- while still showing the unique effects of it tactically and psychologically.

06.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
his article is more than 15 years old. See today’s top stories here.
Condoleezza Rice: Peter MacKay Romance Rumours Addressed In Former Secretary Of State's Autobiography
Condoleezza Rice Opens Up About MacKay Romance Rumours
Michael Bolen
β€” The Huffington Post Canada
Dec 13, 2011, 02:08 AM EST

his article is more than 15 years old. See today’s top stories here. Condoleezza Rice: Peter MacKay Romance Rumours Addressed In Former Secretary Of State's Autobiography Condoleezza Rice Opens Up About MacKay Romance Rumours Michael Bolen β€” The Huffington Post Canada Dec 13, 2011, 02:08 AM EST

Today's news prompting a memory of a weird time in Canadian/US relations.

Better weird then than the weird now.

06.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

7th round draft pick > ~20 games of Evander Kane

06.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have to admit, seeing 3 Tesla cyber trucks parked side-by-side is pretty cool

06.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 893 πŸ” 165 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 15
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People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

06.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 8292 πŸ” 2435 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 282

look anytime you can trade for a declining forward that half your fans will hate but your fredo owner wants to hang with him you take it

and when that contributes to the most disastrous season in the 56 year history of the team?

lol jokes on you he’s untradeable because every team is smarter

06.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

One look at his Wikipedia page and you begin to wonder how this guy is allowed to be on any NHL team

06.03.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is repulsive to me -- morally, aesthetically, politically -- on a scale that I genuinely don't know how to describe. It's just so deeply, deeply gross, to be so filled with weakness that you abuse other, weaker people to feel better. What a horrible kind of human, to do that, to *allow* that.

06.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 702 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

I lack the words to capture it, but ... it's just endlessly remarkable to me that so many people in our society have chosen trans kis -- TRANS KIDS, the smallest, least significant, most vulnerable demographic slice you could possibly pick -- as a repository for all their fears & insecurities.

06.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 2535 πŸ” 617 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 43
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As someone who routinely mocks permabullish clickbait oil forecasts, I want to be exceptionally clear:

Crude WILL go to $200/bbl, en route higher, unless traffic through the Strait resumes.

Not clickbait, but rather brutal physics and necessary economic incentives.

06.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 1667 πŸ” 311 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 77
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We’re living in an age of impunity From small unfairness to gross injustices, we seem to have lost a sense of shame.

Does anyone else feel sick of it all? Wrote for the Star about Toronto Police, Open AI and everyone in power who deserves a public shaming. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

06.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6
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New analysis: industrial carbon pricing will cost just a Timbit per… National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

How will strengthening Canada’s industrial carbon price affect costs for the oil sands sector?

Our new research shows it will still cost just a Timbit per barrel in 2030.

Get the facts ⬇️

nationalnewswatch.com/2026/03/06/n...

06.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

It's amazing people will claim "Canada and the USA have the same culture" and then on something as fundamental as "do you trust your fellow citizens to be good" we are further apart than any other two countries

06.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 275 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 5
Palmer Luckey seductively posing with a missile

Palmer Luckey seductively posing with a missile

Surely humanoid soul patch Palmer Luckey’s Anduril has super-good anti-drone technology capable of crushing the perfidious Persians?

A lonely nation turns its eyes to you!

06.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 299 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 41