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Amazon sludge:

If I'm logged in and add various items to my cart, amazon doesn't offer a free shipping option.

If I open an incognito browser window and add the same items to my cart, I get free shipping and the delivery window is shorter too.

Staedtler non-permanent markers, commonly found in the toolkit of professors back in the day when we wrote on transparency films while staring into the lightbulb of an overhead projector, which I do not miss

Cleaning out my office drawers for the first time since the pre-historic age

I am increasingly convinced that, deep down, everyone either is obsessed with watching birds or will soon realize they are obsessed with watching birds

Yes to more spring and more birds!

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Somebody keyed a bunch of cars where I live, including mine. I reported the incident to the Toronto Police online @tps.ca, and I appreciate the note that appears after submission. It's nice to see them looking out for folks who may need extra support. (I won't let act of vandalism ruin my day.)

On the plus side, tonight you don’t have to worry about where to charge your phone!

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I’m at the “watching a 5-hour documentary about Billy Joel” stage of my recovery from surgery

Thank you now I am addicted to the Namib Desert Live Cam

This is extraordinarily good

#Toronto - a pharmacy with 30+ COVID-19 Moderna doses that need to be used before Sunday, please share!

Min. 3 months from previous dose, no OHIP required:
- today until 7:30pm
- tomorrow 10am-5pm

The Rx Pharmacy
692 Mt Pleasant Rd, Toronto, ON M4S 2N3
+14163220001
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Gorillaz - Stylo (Official Video) YouTube video by Gorillaz

Currently watching/listening to:

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When markets move as one: The hidden forces driving collective investing behaviour Podcast Episode · Rotman Executive Summary · March 11 · 14m

I was interviewed on the Rotman Executive Summary podcast, in an episode called "When markets move as one: The hidden forces driving collective investing behaviour". I discussed my research that links factors like mood and sleep with markets. Give it a listen!

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Also not jerry

Dear Universe, I know you've got bigger problems on your hands right now, but please stop me from replying to a particular heartless, tone‑deaf email with the sarcasm of a thousand suns.

Exclusive | National Bureau of Economic Research Cuts Ties With Larry Summers The former Treasury secretary and Harvard president is no longer affiliated with America’s leading economics organization.

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has terminated Larry Summers’ affiliation amid Epstein ties

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A photo of an elevator door at Women’s College Hospital featuring a photo of a patient, Lisa Kramer, and her doctor, Heidi Schmidt. “Everyone here makes me feel so welcome and cared for” - Lisa Kramer, grateful radiology patient

I’ll never stop feeling surprised every time I see my own face on the elevator doors at Women’s College Hospital.

If you’re overwhelmed by world events and worried about implications for your investment portfolio this week, I’m here to tell you the more often you examine your portfolio value, the more volatile it will seem. Wise investors keep their long-term objectives front of mind and stay the course.

Right?

Neglected to mention many cystoscopies, some included bladder biopsy.

And the kidney biopsy was done using a long rigid scope snaked up through the urethra, bladder, and ureter, into the kidney. So painful. I asked after why they don’t use a flexible scope and they said for men they do. 🤷‍♀️

Procedures I have had without anyone providing pain meds: cervical biopsy, endometrial biopsy, kidney biopsy, bone marrow biopsy. So inhumane.

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

“Don’t jump into any pool unless you can figure out how deep it is.”

“I’d also asked several questions about fees and expenses. The revised prospectus promptly added a table indicating that investors would incur 1.06% in annual “acquired fund fees and expenses”—more than doubling the reported annual costs to 1.81%.”

The financial press analogue to getting Chotinered.

“I asked … why a recent press release had cited risks … that weren’t detailed in the ETF’s prospectus. The next day, ERShares filed a prospectus amendment including a long recitation of such disclosures.”

They are on the side where they facilitate clients buying, selling, and transfering crypto.

Crypto Fans Have an Alternative to Savings Accounts. Banks Are Freaking Out. Stablecoins—and the yields they can offer—are at the center of a fight between the crypto and banking industries.

On stablecoins: “You give me one real dollar and I give you a fake bank deposit that’s not insured by the FDIC and is run by a company that’s more likely to fail because it’s less regulated”

www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

That’s a great story!

My experience at the other end of the spectrum relates to my PhD thesis proposal defense, at which I was informed I was too defensive.

Ending seasonal time change could help business, but not enough for universal support TORONTO — There are potential economic benefits to ending seasonal time changes, but not enough for British Columbia’s move to have drawn complete support from the business community. The province’s m...

An interesting article on BC's decision to forgo clock changes twice a year, not just because they quote me ;-)

halifax.citynews.ca/2026/03/03/e...

A compromise, staying 30
minutes between permanent daylight and permanent standard time, was first mentioned to me by @markkamstra.com). It’s less extreme than permanent daylight or permanent standard and maybe worth the pain of always being 30 minutes out of sync with nearby states/provinces.