Kent Fellows
@gkfellows.bsky.social
Professional + Amateur + Immature Economist
MPP Grad Program Director at the University of Calgary School of Public Policy (as yet, no one has ever called me Director Fellows though).
MPP Grad Program Director at the University of Calgary School of Public Policy (as yet, no one has ever called me Director Fellows though).
You will own nothing* and like it.
(*Unless you're a bank that currently enjoys the favor of the president.)
(*Unless you're a bank that currently enjoys the favor of the president.)
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
You will own nothing* and like it.
(*Unless you're a bank that currently enjoys the favor of the president.)
(*Unless you're a bank that currently enjoys the favor of the president.)
Reposted by Kent Fellows
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
Reposted by Kent Fellows
I for one love to not be able to watch football because the $3.5 trillion company can’t get along with the $201 billion company
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I for one love to not be able to watch football because the $3.5 trillion company can’t get along with the $201 billion company
Gen Z seems to have overwhelmingly become interested in the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I don't know what has motivated this trend, but I wholeheartedly support it and am now wondering if there's a way to motivate interest in the Franklin Expedition next.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVY8...
I don't know what has motivated this trend, but I wholeheartedly support it and am now wondering if there's a way to motivate interest in the Franklin Expedition next.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVY8...
Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage
YouTube video by MoonfirespamAM
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Gen Z seems to have overwhelmingly become interested in the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I don't know what has motivated this trend, but I wholeheartedly support it and am now wondering if there's a way to motivate interest in the Franklin Expedition next.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVY8...
I don't know what has motivated this trend, but I wholeheartedly support it and am now wondering if there's a way to motivate interest in the Franklin Expedition next.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVY8...
Moscrop's plan for Canada will ruin the country!
Only when we fully ban digital menus can we live in a Keynsian Utiopia with the full advantages of sticky prices!
That's why I'm starting a rival party with one platform offering: to stop Moscrop from ruining the country with his half-measures.
Only when we fully ban digital menus can we live in a Keynsian Utiopia with the full advantages of sticky prices!
That's why I'm starting a rival party with one platform offering: to stop Moscrop from ruining the country with his half-measures.
Brb starting a political party with one platform offering: banning digital menus that don’t persistently show the items for sale.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Moscrop's plan for Canada will ruin the country!
Only when we fully ban digital menus can we live in a Keynsian Utiopia with the full advantages of sticky prices!
That's why I'm starting a rival party with one platform offering: to stop Moscrop from ruining the country with his half-measures.
Only when we fully ban digital menus can we live in a Keynsian Utiopia with the full advantages of sticky prices!
That's why I'm starting a rival party with one platform offering: to stop Moscrop from ruining the country with his half-measures.
My mom, who grew up in southern Alberta, spent the first several years of her life living in a house without indoor plumbing.*
(*They had a hand pump in the kitchen for cold water.)
(*They had a hand pump in the kitchen for cold water.)
This is a good thread. I forget where I first heard it, but a line that has stuck with me is that GenXers like me are at most the third generation to know the everyday luxury of hot showers. In all of human history.
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My mom, who grew up in southern Alberta, spent the first several years of her life living in a house without indoor plumbing.*
(*They had a hand pump in the kitchen for cold water.)
(*They had a hand pump in the kitchen for cold water.)
Reposted by Kent Fellows
This is a good thread. I forget where I first heard it, but a line that has stuck with me is that GenXers like me are at most the third generation to know the everyday luxury of hot showers. In all of human history.
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is a good thread. I forget where I first heard it, but a line that has stuck with me is that GenXers like me are at most the third generation to know the everyday luxury of hot showers. In all of human history.
Reposted by Kent Fellows
love that Supercop #3 expects us to believe he had reason to believe a sitting MLA was engaged in flagrant corruption, conducted an illegal search — and then got distracted so never completed his investigation. Adorable.
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
love that Supercop #3 expects us to believe he had reason to believe a sitting MLA was engaged in flagrant corruption, conducted an illegal search — and then got distracted so never completed his investigation. Adorable.
From Alberta's Economic Dashboard:
economicdashboard.alberta.ca/dashboard/un...
economicdashboard.alberta.ca/dashboard/un...
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
From Alberta's Economic Dashboard:
economicdashboard.alberta.ca/dashboard/un...
economicdashboard.alberta.ca/dashboard/un...
"Sharing Economy Apps are Just Regulatory Arbitrage and we had those regulations in place for a reason."
Exhibit: 2407
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Exhibit: 2407
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
‘They found fentanyl on the steering wheel’: Alberta man demands more oversight from Turo rental service
An Alberta man is demanding accountability after he says his car rental experience, purchased through the app Turo, went sideways on Feb. 19 when traces of fentanyl were found inside the vehicle.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Sharing Economy Apps are Just Regulatory Arbitrage and we had those regulations in place for a reason."
Exhibit: 2407
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Exhibit: 2407
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Reposted by Kent Fellows
Did not know that food banks don't pay sales tax, so their dollar can stretch more!! Cash donate to your local food bank!!
SNAP benefits are under attack during this government shutdown and food banks are picking up the slack.
But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:
But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Did not know that food banks don't pay sales tax, so their dollar can stretch more!! Cash donate to your local food bank!!
Great video.
There's lots of microeeconomics behind all of this (economic efficiency of cash donations vs in-kind, utility and dignaty of choice etc.).
Also worth noting: Cash donations aren't just more efficient for the food bank, they're also more efficient for donars!
There's lots of microeeconomics behind all of this (economic efficiency of cash donations vs in-kind, utility and dignaty of choice etc.).
Also worth noting: Cash donations aren't just more efficient for the food bank, they're also more efficient for donars!
SNAP benefits are under attack during this government shutdown and food banks are picking up the slack.
But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:
But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Great video.
There's lots of microeeconomics behind all of this (economic efficiency of cash donations vs in-kind, utility and dignaty of choice etc.).
Also worth noting: Cash donations aren't just more efficient for the food bank, they're also more efficient for donars!
There's lots of microeeconomics behind all of this (economic efficiency of cash donations vs in-kind, utility and dignaty of choice etc.).
Also worth noting: Cash donations aren't just more efficient for the food bank, they're also more efficient for donars!
Reposted by Kent Fellows
Screaming for all to hear: The Bechdel test is a joke! I don't mean that derisively, it is literally a joke from Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For.
*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Screaming for all to hear: The Bechdel test is a joke! I don't mean that derisively, it is literally a joke from Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For.
Reposted by Kent Fellows
Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
Reposted by Kent Fellows
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
The only thing worse than winning a race to the bottom is losing it.
I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The only thing worse than winning a race to the bottom is losing it.
Reposted by Kent Fellows
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The people who voted for Mamdani don't like the fact that wealthy individuals get privillaged access to politicians and policy makers.
While I'm sure O'Leary is upset, his displeasure is likely a feature of Mamdani's win, not a bug.
While I'm sure O'Leary is upset, his displeasure is likely a feature of Mamdani's win, not a bug.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The people who voted for Mamdani don't like the fact that wealthy individuals get privillaged access to politicians and policy makers.
While I'm sure O'Leary is upset, his displeasure is likely a feature of Mamdani's win, not a bug.
While I'm sure O'Leary is upset, his displeasure is likely a feature of Mamdani's win, not a bug.
Reposted by Kent Fellows
According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
Reposted by Kent Fellows
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
Reposted by Kent Fellows
