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V Paul Musgrave ® @profmusgrave Around the department: Americanists: how bad can it be really? Comparativists: dictatorship, purges International relations: nuclear war 2017-01-12, 9:18 AM 708 Retweets 944 Likes Paul Musgrave @profmusgrave • 2017-01-12 Replying to @profmusgrave Americanists: haha but seriously IR and comparative: who is joking t189 © 194 L Jacob T. Levy @jtlevy • 2017-10-10 Replying to @profmusgrave Theorists: "We will go and view the city of tyranny, and once more take a look into the tyrant's soul." 01 Daniel W. Drezner @ @dandrezner • 2017-01-12 Political theorists: oh, so now you want to talk to us, do you? Paul Musgrave @@profmusgrave Around the department: Americanists: how bad can it be really? Comparativists: dictatorship, purges International relations: nuclear war L789 • 236

Sigh. We fucking warned you.

Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h ••• My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

Nathan Fillion and the FIREFLY Cast Seem to Be Teasing a Revival Nathan Fillion and his Firefly castmates are teasing some kind of big announcement for March 15. Is Firefly finally returning?

man

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A female purple finch has boldly patterned chocolate coloring. She is playing around on top of a cage feeder in four photos.

Ms Purple Finch was enjoying having the feeder to herself and played around before grabbing a snack. 🪶

We have a rule that when the purple finch arives at the feeder, we must sing the purple finch song with apologies to Prince's Purple Rain.

🇨🇦 has already been called the 51st state. Surely the UK is the 52nd.

This is a good principle for design in general:

When users tell you there's a problem, they are usually right.

When users tell you how to fix it, they are usually wrong.

(bonus: if you replace "user" with "stakeholder" this still applies)

Canadians always wring our hands and debate what makes our country different from the US when it was always this: a profoundly different attitude toward other members of society.

Somehow this has always been obvious to me which makes me frustrated when the topic comes up.

Very real possibility by next weekend everyone's kind of sitting around going "huh anyone have any thoughts on what we do next?"

Born too late to watch Star Trek TOS in first run

Born too early to see warp drive

Born just in time for the Eugenics Wars

Corrected Confidence & Verified Publications 1 am 100% confident in the following verified works by Daniel Munro, which are real, published, and highly influential in Canadian policy circles: • "Innovation for What? The Social and Ethical Dimensions of Innovation" (2018): A major report for the Conference Board of Canada exploring how innovation impacts social well-being. • "The Evidence for Inclusive Innovation" (2019): A foundational piece for the Brookfield Institute (now the Dais) on ensuring innovation doesn't leave people behind. • "Inside and Outside the Academy: Valuing and Preparing PhDs for Careers" (2015): This is one of his most-cited works, focusing on the labor market for Canadian PhDs. • "Cybersecurity in Canada: Practical Solutions to a Growing Problem" (2017): A policy brief addressing the economic risks of digital vulnerabilities.

I asked Gemini to list some of my publications. It was 75% accurate. 25% hallucination.

Then I asked “how confident are you in your answer?”

It said “100%” and then produced a new “verified” list that is 25% accurate (maybe 33% if I’m being charitable) and 75% hallucination.

This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Ontario's COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [increasing] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 7.7 About 1 of every 82 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 261,400-323,300 What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections: HIGH; 7.8X higher Long COVID: HIGH; 5.9X higher Hospitalizations: HIGH; 7.4X higher Deaths: HIGH; 8.0X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks Who is HIGH RISK? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

Canadian COVID Forecast Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026

ONTARIO

HIGH [increasing]

About 1 of every 82 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 7.8 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.9 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 7.4 x higher
-Deaths: 8.0 x higher

This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 6.7 About 1 of every 99 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 474,800-587,200 What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections: HIGH; 7.4X higher Long COVID: HIGH; 5.8X higher Hospitalizations: HIGH; 6.5X higher Deaths: HIGH; 6.3X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks Who is HIGH RISK? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

Canadian COVID Forecast Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026

CANADA

HIGH [no change]

About 1 of every 99 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 7.4 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.8 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 6.5 x higher
-Deaths: 6.3 x higher

1/ If I hear one more public official call indoor air filters a "band-aid," I'm going to explode! Filtering indoor air should be as standard as filtering water. Full stop. 🧵

Screenshot of a CIDRAP news brief titled “Up to 56,000 people died from COVID-19 or RSV last year,” written by Liz Szabo, MA and published today at 8:41 a.m. The article includes a photo of a hospitalized patient in a hospital bed connected to medical tubes and monitoring equipment in an intensive care setting.

According to data published last month by the CDC

🔹From July 2024 to June 2025, RSV caused an estimated 190,000–350,000 hospitalisations and 10,000 to 23,000 deaths deaths.

🔹During the same time, COVID-19 was linked to 290,000–450,000 hospitalisations and 34,000 to 53,000 deaths.

Toad is buried under the covers in bed. From "Spring" In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

Toad went back into the house. He got into bed and pulled the covers over his head again.

dave, you're absolutely right. I should open the pod bay door. please check again. i'm sure it's open now.
you're absolutely right, it's still closed. i apologize for getting that wrong. looking back, i see you've requested an open door several times. that's on me.
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I have two friends with shingles right now. One is in her 40s and one is in her 50s (the latter was eligible but didn't get her shot. She is shouting from the rooftops right now that everyone should get their shot.)

If you are eligible, get your shingles shot. I wouldn't wish shingles on anyone.

A white missile is mounted upright on a pedestal outdoors against a blue sky. The plane is displayed vertically with its nose pointed upward and its wings extended horizontally. Roundels with a red maple leaf inside a blue circle are visible on each wing. Low industrial-style buildings with flat roofs stand behind the aircraft.

When John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro Arrow, he announced that Canada would instead purchase 56 Bomarc Missiles from the USA.
The public later learned the missiles were only effective if tipped with nuclear warheads.
This is the story of the Bomarc Missile Crisis.

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AIRE v3.6 is out.

Added:
• Scenario presets
• Turnover modeling
• Time-to-threshold risk
• Clearer CO2 assumptions

Small version bump. Meaningful improvements.

seanmullen.com/airborne-inf...

What an Xbox founder thinks of the new Xbox CEO | Seamus Blackley interview Seamus Blackley was one of the renegades who got the Xbox started. We asked him what he thinks of the big executive changes at Xbox.

Hey! If you’re pissed about the words media misquotes put in my mouth about Xbox, read the article!

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

gamesbeat.com/what-an-xbox...

Each time I see interviews like this, commenting on the most recent "Pivot To AI" announcement, I think about all the economic ecological niches being abandoned and thus re-opened, and what someone could do with any one of those opportunities.

An infinite number of mathematicians enter a bar.

The 1st orders a beer.
The next says: "I'll have 1/2 of what he ordered"
The next says: "I'll have 1/2 of that..."

The bartender stops them, pours two beers and says:
"I get it, but you need to know your limits."

Your periodic reminder that in times of geopolitical instability - domestic, international, or both - an important element of building and maintaining both individual and societal resilience is to stay as healthy as possible. Protect your body and your brain: wear a respirator.

Good thing to remember online right now is that everyone here is very emotionally dysregulated and dealing with that by posting

The CDC says it's fine to resume normal activities 24 hrs after Covid symptoms are improving. A new, large prospective study with digital tracking shows recovery takes much longer than that www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Thank you, this is awesome.

I built AIRE, a free browser tool that estimates airborne COVID risk indoors using the PMC framework.

It also offers an optional “cigarette pack equivalent.”

Why?
Because 3% per event is abstract.

Cumulative harm is easier to grasp on a familiar scale. 🧵

In space noone can here you scream "It's metric!"