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javier
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data processor. recovering mathematician. lazy anarchist. tech mercenary. parent. immigrant. child of the corn. unpronounceable. toronto rodent. seeking puzzlement.

nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy
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La gente a la que le gustan cosas me gusta más que la gente a la que no le gustan cosas.
How Canada Lost Decades of Progress in Fighting Measles
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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It can be hard to do math in your head, while standing up, on national television. Nerve-wracking, too. But even so, in twenty seconds on the air, I did a better job than the President in costing his latest idea and figuring out whether his new idea of a $2,000 rebate check will work. (It won't.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Mysterious holes in Andean mountain may be an Inca spreadsheet www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
Mysterious holes in Andean mountain may be an Inca spreadsheet
Thousands of holes arranged in a snake-like pattern on Monte Sierpe in Peru could have been a monumental accounting device for trade and tax
www.newscientist.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I’m in my EVERYTHING IS BREAKING MY HEART era.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Let’s go!
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Yesterday.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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if you choose not to find joy in snow, you will have less joy in your life but still the same amount of snow

#snow
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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My social strategy non-strategy: optimism, Canadian friendliness, reading obsession, heart on sleeve, zero chill, kindness by default. It doesn't yield the clout that comes from feeding the outrage machine, but the people that do come along for the ride are lovely to be around. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It keeps snowing in Toronto. Thankful I work remotely.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Established American politicians need to be neutered.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Frankenstein is so pretty.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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“What is civilisation? I don’t know. I can’t define it in abstract terms, yet. But I think I can recognise it when I see it. And I’m looking at it now.” -Kenneth Clark
24/7 cake vending machine in the middle of nowhere. Maximum Poland.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
I for one will welcome our Chinese overlords #Beerjacket #China #Tsingtao
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Nieve en Toronto.
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Winter is coming
November 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Weekends are very valuable.
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I don’t need to signal my virtue. Anybody can easily tell.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM