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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦
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writer/blogger, formerly journalist at WSJ, Dow Jones, Reuters, others. #economics #markets, #music, #philosophy, #books, #technology, #photos, etc. (ie hopelessly eclectic) Toronto. May not respond to DMs. Blog at: https://doncurren.blogspot.com
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 2d
The CBC is reporting “The words “51st state” weren’t uttered in the public part of this meeting, but #Trump referenced the idea multiple times.” Unfortunately my March piece about the vapid nonsense that #Trump spouts about #Canada is still painfully relevant. doncurren.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
The “51st State” and Perpetual Motion Have Something in Common: Sane People Don’t Talk About Them
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 58m
News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h
PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)
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Ken Shaw @wiredrabbit.bsky.social · 21h
Great Blue Heron intensely staring at the water before making a catch
#Birds #Herons #MossLanding #Nature #Photography #California #Wildlife
Great blue heron about to make a catch of a fish, staring intensely down at the water
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 1h
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 1h
“ #Ideas cannot digest #reality.” - Jean-Paul #Sartre
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 1h
3 CIBC: … the 3 and 6-month averages remained soft at -15K and +9K respectively. #cdnecon
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 1h
2 CIBC: … with #employment driven by full time positions (106K) and prime aged (25-54) workers. However, the headline gain needs to be viewed in the context of what preceded it, and that weakness in July/August means that even after today's data … 🧵
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 1h
1 CIBC: The #Canadian #labourmarket came back to life in September, although a rebound in participation kept the #unemployment rate elevated. The 60K gain in #jobs was well above the consensus forecast (5K) and even our own more optimistic view. The composition was also strong … 🧵
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 2h
#Daisies, East End, #Toronto
#flowers #bloomscrolling #FlowerSky
A dense interweaving of white daisies.
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 3h
First frost. Enjoy every moment while it lasts
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Richard Reeleder @nbdatapoints.bsky.social · 2h
US legislative proposal would ban Canadian truckers from driving south of the border.

www.producer.com/news/u-s-bil...
U.S. bill could keep out Canadian truckers | The Western Producer
The Protecting America’s Roads Act aims to “rid the country of illegal immigrant commercial truck drivers and ineligible foreign nationals.”
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 2h
2 BMO: #Oil #prices are down slightly with #WTI sitting right at $61.
#markets
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 2h
1 BMO: #Markets are steady this morning, with #equity
futures pointing to a flat open after yesterday's modest declines. #Treasury #yields are down slightly, with the 10-year sitting at 4.11%, while the #loonie starts the day at $1.402/#USD (71.4 US cents). 🧵
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 2h
“So it’s a good bet that Trump’s #tariffs have been significantly #leprechaunized, helping to bring the de facto #tariff rate to 10 rather than 17 percent.” #PaulKrugman paulkrugman.substack.com/p/leprechaun...
Leprechauns, Effective Tariffs and Inflation
Yes, tariffs are hurting us. No, Trump wasn’t right.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 23h
Pentagon warns Toronto ‘dangerously close’ to winning World Series
Pentagon warns Toronto ‘dangerously close’ to winning World Series
WASHINGTON D.C. - Following last night's elimination of the New York Yankees, the United States Department of War has advised the White House that the Toronto Blue Jays are "perilously close" to acqui...
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 3h
“Despite serious threats against her life, she has remained in the country, a choice that has inspired millions. When #authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of #freedom who rise and #resist.” apnews.com/article/nobe... #NobelPeacePrize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and...
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Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social · 1d
“Doing the work of a journalist can never be considered a crime”- Pope Leo. Amen. press.vatican.va/content/sala...
Audience with participants in the 39th Conference of the MINDS International Association
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 12h
go go go
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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 18h
My union—the LA Times Guild—has authorized a strike with the support of 85% of our membership.

This comes after years of brutal layoffs and no cost-of-living raises since 2021.

Next up: we bargain. But if we have to strike, we will 🪧
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LA Times union votes to authorize strike for first time ever
The L.A. Times Guild has been negotiating over their contract with management for three years.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 12h
Looking forward to it …
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 12h
You’re edging closer and closer to Bela …
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The Tell-Tale Brian Phillips @brianphillips.bsky.social · 16h
(to the scrape of a mournful fiddle) My dear Theodora, If indeed my fate holds that I may not return to you and the twins, listen for my voice in each breath of the wind. Ribbit, it sighs...ribbit...ribbit...
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 17h
As the administration goes all in on an alternate reality about portland that bears no resemblance to fact and rule of law, continuing radical (and just plain funny, ridiculing) acts of the imagination along with other ways of getting out the reality on the ground may help curb their momentum.
fake film poster with a sunset and the portland frog protestor with words The Portland War, A Film by Ken Burns
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 16h
You're Welcome Back Anytime
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 21h
Let nothing be called natural in an age of bloody confusion, ordered disorder, planned caprice, and dehumanised humanity, lest all things be held unalterable!

- Brecht
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 21h
Man, that sounds good.
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#GeorgiaProtests Day 315! ✊🏻🇬🇪🇪🇺
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Publika.ge @publikage.bsky.social · 1d
Georgia continues to protest.
Day 315

#GeorgiaProtests
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