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I really did think the next floor crossing wouldn’t be until after the by elections.

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The definitive reax:

I’m hearing that there’s nothing left of Iran and the U.S. is going to keep bombing it until there’s nothing left and the U.S. could reopen the Strait of Hormuz but is choosing not to because it has all the oil it needs so don’t worry about high gas prices.

Unless you are related to one of the 4 people on the machine that took this picture, everyone alive that you have ever met, ever loved, or even hated, is on the blue orb to the top right of the frame. This is it.

Uh -oh. There's an amber fault-light on the potty.

Also, watching the NASA live feed and, just now, the big question was ‘is the potty working?’ which is just a great reminder that, at the end of the day, we all have some basic human needs - in space or on this rock.
Also it’s the Canuck in charge of the water. 👍

Not a lot of great news these days. This launch was beautiful to watch. Yes, NASA-led but a result of huge international cooperation in science and with 25% 🇨🇦 crew (which I appreciate US media seem to noting).
Science is awesome. When we work together, humans can do big things.

Currently listening to the ON Housing Minister explain today's windfall policy announcement and I think it's probably just a good idea to read any "affordability" measure as a stimulus package for the housing construction sector.

conflict of interest & ethics laws/regs are going to need to be updated pronto

The recent experience in the US suggests the big problems are not so much “ordinary” consumers as the consumers w/ insider knowledge of / influence on the very events they are betting on

The Western snowpack is dire for late March. Less so in Montana but it's not great anywhere. And in most cases it's simply bad.

The Covid-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official US count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the uncounted deaths. https://cnn.it/3NtbZYM

Evergreen it seems

How do we get an « I like this extra much » button on here???

For those of you in #cdnpoli who find themselves trying to calculate the labour costs of a federal government meeting, may I point you to this wonderful tool: meetingcostcalculator.ca
Not sure if the payscales have been updated, but the spirit is there.

There probably are too many federal exempt staff and the governance is still all wrong. I swear, I am not writing this so I can be relieved of my administrative duties as Director of the Riddell Program in Political Management at Carleton University.

Me writing this is a bit like the head of an engineering school saying « probably too many engineers out there » - maybe not career-advancing, but evidence matters. open.substack.com/pub/robsonj/... #cdnpoli

US may have struck Iranian girls' school after using outdated targeting data, sources say Video surfaced that experts say appears to show a US Tomahawk missile striking ⁠the area. But exactly how the tragedy unfolded has remained unclear.

A strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children may be the ‌result of US use of outdated targeting data, two sources told Reuters, providing new details about what would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of US conflicts reut.rs/4s6g18j

🙄

The figure shows the number of Canadian resident visitors returning to Canada from the US in each week of 2023, 2024, and 2025. Figures are in thousands of visitors. The percentage figure represents the change in 2025 relative to the average of 2023 and 2024. President Trump’s rhetoric about a possible acquisition of Canada and escalating trade tensions led to a 25% decline in Canadian visits to the US in 2025. This column uses smartphone foot-traffic data and employment records to explore how this negative demand shock affected US local labour markets, especially in the food services, retail, and leisure sectors. By mid-2025, establishments in areas with the highest share of Canadians among visitors employed roughly 6% fewer workers relative to establishments in less exposed markets, and spillover effects may imply even larger employment losses. The findings highlight a channel of harm that trade policy debates often overlook.

By mid-2025, US establishments in areas w/ the highest share of Canadians among visitors employed roughly 6% fewer workers relative to establishments in less exposed markets, w/ a 25% overall decline in Canadian visits to the US in 2025.
A Kurmann, E Lalé, J Martin
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Markets are *very* unhappy about developments in Iran.

Maybe, ..now just hear me out,..if you start a war without due process, that you can’t explain, where your objectives seem unclear, and contagion seems to be underway, maybe markets will see risk?
Just spitballing here…

still so cool

Nintendo Sues the U.S. Government to Get Refunds for Trump's Ridiculous Tariffs Nintendo isn't the first company to sue and it probably won't be the last.

And keeps going

Nintendo turns its legal team on Uncle Sam gizmodo.com/nintendo-sue...

wtf is this?

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

worth noting…

“Affordability” is a “hoax”