Loved this toon as a kid - underrated IMHO

What does boredom look like as an embodied experience? Not much it turns out! Although there may well be distinct profiles - just out in Personality and Individual Diffs
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Who gets more bored, rich people or poor people? 🤑

Talked to Tanya Basu last week about money, boredom, and the search for an interesting life.

Highly recommend her latest piece on our work:

open.substack.com/pub/boredolo...

Ontario to introduce bill exempting Premier, cabinet from FOI requests Government’s proposed changes follow its loss of court battle over call logs for Ford’s personal cellphone

I am begging my fellow Canadians to take a break for a second from obsessing about American corruption to focus on our home grown versions.

Ford is a corrupt crony goon who has done countless shady backroom deals. He wants to remove one of our most powerful tools to hold him accountable. Fuck that!

Why Raw-Dogging Boredom Is Not a Good Idea The TikTok trend of surviving a long-haul flight while doing nothing misses the point of boredom altogether—that we need to act, not be more bored.

I've been asked a lot in the media about raw-dogging boredom - and I just think it's dumb (original title for this @psychologytoday.bsky.social was "Raw-dogging boredom is dumb" - apparently that was offensive!)

Here's my take: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mode...

For the Love of Boredom Boredom is prone to myth-making — much like the story of Phineas Gage. This matters. If we believe certain myths about boredom, it could lead us astray in how we respond.

Starting a new blog @psychologytoday.bsky.social - hope you enjoy it www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mode... This first one has the ever-present psychology myth himself - Mr. Phineas Gage!

Dear Women’s USA Olympic Hockey Team — First, congratulations! Second: I drove race cars for 19 yrs & the amount of misogynistic crap I put up with in the garage was insane. The U.S. Men’s Hockey Team has now shown you their true colors. Believe them. They’re not friends of your team or women in general. I’m so tired of this misogyny in sports & everywhere else in American life, to be honest. The patriarchy sucks. Grow the fuck up or hand the keys over to the ladies. Maybe it’s time we drive.

Leilani Munter, y'all.

Sister Havana YouTube video by Urge Overkill - Topic

Still one of the greatest albums ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBv7...

DeAdder cartoon Gordie Howe "elbows up"

#CanadaSky🇨🇦

Yep

Despite Popular Trends, Neuroscience Says You Don’t Really Need to Be Bored More Often The idea that we need more boredom in our overstimulated lives is popular right now. One neuroscientist is calling B.S. on it.

Maybe there's some traction to this idea that boredom won't make you creative! Another piece on why raw-dogging boredom is dumb!
www.inc.com/jessica-stil...

I don’t know about you but I could sure go for a mosquito bite and a sunburn right now.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Why the Do Nothing Challenge Doesn’t Do Much for You Why the Do Nothing Challenge Doesn’t Do Much for You: Boredom lab researcher James Danckert says our collective obsession is misplaced.

This chat with @nautil.us is pretty much unedited - and I'm really happy with that. Raw-dogging boredom is just stupid IMHO
nautil.us/why-the-do-n...

Why the Do Nothing Challenge Doesn’t Do Much for You Why the Do Nothing Challenge Doesn’t Do Much for You: Boredom lab researcher James Danckert says our collective obsession is misplaced.

Really nice clear explanations of why boredom is still a problem in our times and why a one-time "do nothing for 8 hours" isn't going to fix it from @jamesdanckert.bsky.social here:
nautil.us/why-the-do-n... (Thanks for the shout out, as always!)

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Is AI Making Us Boring? AI works by predicting the most likely next thing, but in doing so, it risks becoming predictable and monotonous—and so do we if we rely too much on the tool.

AI and LLMs trend towards sameness of expression - it might just make us all more boring!
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-...

Greatest Christmas movie ever!

What a Day YouTube video by Faith No More - Topic

too often feeling like the chorus of this banger!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZTc...

An exchange on twitter. controlla.xyz: If you hate Al you probably just hate art and expression It's an infinite mashup of all the best art ever made by humans lesliejandersonwriter: If you hate the juice at the bottom of a restaurant dumpster you just hate food and cooking. It's an infinite mashup of all the best food made by humans!

I love this.

But either he's gonna be cold or the beer's gonna be warm - I don't see this working!

Dio - Rainbow In The Dark (Official Music Video) [HD] YouTube video by RHINO

Listening to Dio - Rainbow in the Dark! Would have connected with my bro to share this were he still here www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrBU...

The Ford government has a chance to take meaningful action to end homelessness by passing @aislinnclancy.bsky.social and @lfairclough.bsky.social's bill today.

I encourage my fellow MPPs to read their powerful op-ed before we vote later today.

Boredom This enlightening essay explores how modern life has eradicated true boredom—replacing it with constant stimulation, digital dependency, and cultural emptiness. But in rejecting boredom, we’ve lost cr...

Quite a long - but erudite - journey through boredom here:

www.skeptic.com/article/bore...

My awesome PhD student (graduated now) Baaba just got our Pong study up kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

We show that when you disrupt agency, frustration ensues and boredom is not far behind!

You can't help but wonder what Carlin would have to say today - I mean he laid it all before shit got crazier

It's hard to overstate just how far backwards the Ford government has taken us on climate.

The rest of the world is using the shift toward renewables to generate jobs and prosperity, meanwhile the Premier has no plan at all.

a man in a suit and sweater is walking in a parking lot ALT: a man in a suit and sweater is walking in a parking lot

I've come up with a new role for all new tech companies - CCO Chief Curmudgeon Officer. They all need an old bastard like me to tell them how to make their devices easier to operate (for old bastards like me)