John Berlinsky
@berlinskyjohn.bsky.social
Victoria, BC
Retired physics prof and, in case you can't tell, a Liberal
🇨🇦 #IStandWithTrudeau #LiberalMajority
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
#MarkCarney
Retired physics prof and, in case you can't tell, a Liberal
🇨🇦 #IStandWithTrudeau #LiberalMajority
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
#MarkCarney
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I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
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The truth has a well known liberal bias.
February 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The truth has a well known liberal bias.
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honestly can't keep track of all the brilliant, invaluable writers the Washington Post has let go this morning, but I cannot recall in my lifetime a once-great publication so purposefully shooting itself in the face
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
honestly can't keep track of all the brilliant, invaluable writers the Washington Post has let go this morning, but I cannot recall in my lifetime a once-great publication so purposefully shooting itself in the face
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And there it is! Nate's in the race!
nateerskinesmith.ca
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Nate Erskine-Smith for Ontario
Nate is exploring another run for the Ontario Liberal leadership. The answer is participation. Join our growing team and help to rebuild our politics in Ontario.
nateerskinesmith.ca
February 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
And there it is! Nate's in the race!
nateerskinesmith.ca
nateerskinesmith.ca
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Vancouver in early February and 💞 🇨🇦.
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Vancouver in early February and 💞 🇨🇦.
"There are some people who think AI is a miracle, and others who think it is a catastrophe in the making."
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Scheming, joking, complaining: Moltbook’s AI agents are just like us
Like humans, rules will need to be set and comings and goings tracked, highlighting how managers will always be needed
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February 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
"There are some people who think AI is a miracle, and others who think it is a catastrophe in the making."
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Why are people still using this Nazi's social media app?
Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting
Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting
Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Why are people still using this Nazi's social media app?
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Most democrstic countries have low set limits on political contributions!
DID YOU KNOW CANADA does
not allow political contributions
from CORPORATIONS, UNIONS, ORGANIZATION and limits PERSONAL TO $1,775
Thats how you keep the super rich from taking over your country, as has happened in America!
DID YOU KNOW CANADA does
not allow political contributions
from CORPORATIONS, UNIONS, ORGANIZATION and limits PERSONAL TO $1,775
Thats how you keep the super rich from taking over your country, as has happened in America!
January 31, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Most democrstic countries have low set limits on political contributions!
DID YOU KNOW CANADA does
not allow political contributions
from CORPORATIONS, UNIONS, ORGANIZATION and limits PERSONAL TO $1,775
Thats how you keep the super rich from taking over your country, as has happened in America!
DID YOU KNOW CANADA does
not allow political contributions
from CORPORATIONS, UNIONS, ORGANIZATION and limits PERSONAL TO $1,775
Thats how you keep the super rich from taking over your country, as has happened in America!
"It is deeply troubling that Trump and his outriders have been able to do so much damage in such a short time ..."
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How steep is Trump’s democratic backsliding?
The erosion of established norms has been dramatic but institutions are holding up
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January 31, 2026 at 4:28 PM
"It is deeply troubling that Trump and his outriders have been able to do so much damage in such a short time ..."
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Turns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center
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Jim Pattison won't sell U.S. warehouse proposed as new ICE facility | CBC News
Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Turns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Um…bit bold to call the story I broke on Tuesday a “Star analysis” with zero credit to me!
This is such a bummer. I worked really hard on this one.
This is such a bummer. I worked really hard on this one.
January 30, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Um…bit bold to call the story I broke on Tuesday a “Star analysis” with zero credit to me!
This is such a bummer. I worked really hard on this one.
This is such a bummer. I worked really hard on this one.
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A Bad Heir Day at the Fed
No, Kevin Warsh isn’t qualified
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January 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
The maternal mortality rate in the US in 2020 was 21 deaths per 100,000 births, equal to that of Malaysia, Lebanon, Granada, and Antigua and Barbuda and falling between Palestine (20) and Iran (22). The rate for Norway was 2. (From World Population Review- Maternal Mortality Rate by Country 2026).
"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds
A new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.
www.brown.edu
January 29, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The maternal mortality rate in the US in 2020 was 21 deaths per 100,000 births, equal to that of Malaysia, Lebanon, Granada, and Antigua and Barbuda and falling between Palestine (20) and Iran (22). The rate for Norway was 2. (From World Population Review- Maternal Mortality Rate by Country 2026).
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There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason.
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
January 29, 2026 at 5:08 PM
There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason.
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
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I think not enough white people are taking the voting rights issues seriously enough. They are killing people and then offering to stop killing if the state gives up the voter registration data. This should be setting off massive alarms for EVERYONE. (I’m looking at you, white people.)
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I think not enough white people are taking the voting rights issues seriously enough. They are killing people and then offering to stop killing if the state gives up the voter registration data. This should be setting off massive alarms for EVERYONE. (I’m looking at you, white people.)
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Deadline approaching for Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) Master's Program
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"PSI is a unique 10-month master’s program at Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, offered in partnership with the University of Waterloo."
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"PSI is a unique 10-month master’s program at Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, offered in partnership with the University of Waterloo."
landing.perimeterinstitute.ca
January 28, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Deadline approaching for Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) Master's Program
landing.perimeterinstitute.ca/hubfs/Key%20...
"PSI is a unique 10-month master’s program at Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, offered in partnership with the University of Waterloo."
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"PSI is a unique 10-month master’s program at Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, offered in partnership with the University of Waterloo."
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"Don't worry, I've got you"
‘For Alex’
Alex Jeffrey Pretti
1988 - 2026 rest in peace sir..🕊️
Beautiful tribute by illustrator MJ.Hiblen (@mjhiblenart on Instagram)...😢
‘For Alex’
Alex Jeffrey Pretti
1988 - 2026 rest in peace sir..🕊️
Beautiful tribute by illustrator MJ.Hiblen (@mjhiblenart on Instagram)...😢
January 27, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"Don't worry, I've got you"
‘For Alex’
Alex Jeffrey Pretti
1988 - 2026 rest in peace sir..🕊️
Beautiful tribute by illustrator MJ.Hiblen (@mjhiblenart on Instagram)...😢
‘For Alex’
Alex Jeffrey Pretti
1988 - 2026 rest in peace sir..🕊️
Beautiful tribute by illustrator MJ.Hiblen (@mjhiblenart on Instagram)...😢
Well worth a listen or a read.
Carney comes in and says publicly, in the voice of a very sober world leader and a very card-carrying member of that global elite — a former central banker, Carney’s not some wild-eyed radical. He is as Davos as Davos can possibly get.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
Carney comes in and says publicly, in the voice of a very sober world leader and a very card-carrying member of that global elite — a former central banker, Carney’s not some wild-eyed radical. He is as Davos as Davos can possibly get.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
Opinion | The Most Important Foreign Policy Speech in Years
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Well worth a listen or a read.
Carney comes in and says publicly, in the voice of a very sober world leader and a very card-carrying member of that global elite — a former central banker, Carney’s not some wild-eyed radical. He is as Davos as Davos can possibly get.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
Carney comes in and says publicly, in the voice of a very sober world leader and a very card-carrying member of that global elite — a former central banker, Carney’s not some wild-eyed radical. He is as Davos as Davos can possibly get.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
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Painfully accurate Greenland anthem!
YouTube video by Austin & Colin
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January 26, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human.
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 AM
If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human.
Wishful thinking?
“It sucks that ICE shoots people sometimes. If we don’t deport illegal aliens and stop Democrat fraud, we will be Canada in less than 10 years.”
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“It sucks that ICE shoots people sometimes. If we don’t deport illegal aliens and stop Democrat fraud, we will be Canada in less than 10 years.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Shootings Pose a Hard Question for the Right: Who’s a Conservative, Really?
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Wishful thinking?
“It sucks that ICE shoots people sometimes. If we don’t deport illegal aliens and stop Democrat fraud, we will be Canada in less than 10 years.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
“It sucks that ICE shoots people sometimes. If we don’t deport illegal aliens and stop Democrat fraud, we will be Canada in less than 10 years.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...