David N Kidd
@david-kidd.bsky.social
From Ottawa, Canada
Living near Austin, Texas
Retired from career in computing
University of Western Ontario
Living near Austin, Texas
Retired from career in computing
University of Western Ontario
The engine of the economy is consumption, not just the storage of wealth. Yet consumers are being squeezed more and more as money flows not through their spending but directly to the holdings of the wealthy. "Trickle down" doesn't work; "bubble up" does. But what happens if all the bubbles stop?
December 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The engine of the economy is consumption, not just the storage of wealth. Yet consumers are being squeezed more and more as money flows not through their spending but directly to the holdings of the wealthy. "Trickle down" doesn't work; "bubble up" does. But what happens if all the bubbles stop?
A Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to everyone worldwide. Let's hope 2026 can heal many of the wounds inflicted in 2025. ❤️
December 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to everyone worldwide. Let's hope 2026 can heal many of the wounds inflicted in 2025. ❤️
I note the number of mass shootings per year continues to rise, despite politicians continually assuring us of their thoughts and prayers. Could it be that they are not thinking and praying hard enough? Or might it be that thoughts and prayers are inadequate to affect the rising senseless violence??
December 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I note the number of mass shootings per year continues to rise, despite politicians continually assuring us of their thoughts and prayers. Could it be that they are not thinking and praying hard enough? Or might it be that thoughts and prayers are inadequate to affect the rising senseless violence??
😮 "Take America back!"
'OK. Is 4.8 microseconds enough?"
🤣
'OK. Is 4.8 microseconds enough?"
🤣
Officials said the error is likely be too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals. n.pr/3NbOdQk
How a power outage in Colorado caused U.S. official time be 4.8 microseconds off
Officials said the error is likely be too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals.
n.pr
December 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
😮 "Take America back!"
'OK. Is 4.8 microseconds enough?"
🤣
'OK. Is 4.8 microseconds enough?"
🤣
Oh, good.
"We don't need friends. If we have to burn down a few bridges with Denmark to take Greenland. We’re big boys. We dropped a-bombs on Japan and now they are our ally… America is not handcuffed by history." #cdnpoli
December 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Oh, good.
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“.. A backlash from Canadian consumers .. has virtually stopped the sale of American whiskey in what was once among the industry’s biggest export markets.”
@nytimes.com 🇨🇦
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/d...
@nytimes.com 🇨🇦
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/d...
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
😮!
Instacart is charging different prices to different customers in a dangerous AI experiment, report says
Instacart is charging different prices to different customers in a dangerous AI experiment, report says
A new study shows that some grocery shoppers on Instacart are paying 23% more for the same item. Instacart uses AI to experiment with pricing, according to its website.
www.latimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
😮!
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“Once airborne, the sail captures the kinetic energy of the wind, transmitting a powerful pulling force down a tether cable to a specialized ground-based generator, which converts the motion into electricity.”
enapp.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202512/11/... #cdnpoli
enapp.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202512/11/... #cdnpoli
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“Once airborne, the sail captures the kinetic energy of the wind, transmitting a powerful pulling force down a tether cable to a specialized ground-based generator, which converts the motion into electricity.”
enapp.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202512/11/... #cdnpoli
enapp.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202512/11/... #cdnpoli
Trump probably is right that the American health care system, subsidized or not, by design or not, makes health "insurance" companies rich.
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trump probably is right that the American health care system, subsidized or not, by design or not, makes health "insurance" companies rich.
Wow. Who knew this could happen??
A little-known section tucked into the Constitution may hold the key to overturning Democratic wins in 2026. trib.al/kN9rmvE
Do you expect Johnson to willingly surrender the gavel because it’s the right thing to do, when Trump and the entire Republican Party threaten his political future?
Do you expect Johnson to willingly surrender the gavel because it’s the right thing to do, when Trump and the entire Republican Party threaten his political future?
December 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Wow. Who knew this could happen??
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Several immigrants ready to take their citizenship oaths at Boston’s Faneuil Hall this week were told they could not proceed because of their countries of origin.
Read more: nbcnews.app.link/6qmbRDmpWYb
Read more: nbcnews.app.link/6qmbRDmpWYb
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Several immigrants ready to take their citizenship oaths at Boston’s Faneuil Hall this week were told they could not proceed because of their countries of origin.
Read more: nbcnews.app.link/6qmbRDmpWYb
Read more: nbcnews.app.link/6qmbRDmpWYb
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Will EU give ground on 2035 combustion-engine ban?
European Commission: 2035 combustion-engine ban
Europe’s embattled auto industry and its backers are ramping up pressure on the EU to relax its planned 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales -- hoping for a decision by year end.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Will EU give ground on 2035 combustion-engine ban?
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Hepatitis B is so infectious that babies need to be vaccinated within one day of birth.
Also, if you delay the birth dose, moms might not be able to get back to the clinic for it. The more you ask of parents, the harder you make it, the fewer kids get vaccinatd.
Also, if you delay the birth dose, moms might not be able to get back to the clinic for it. The more you ask of parents, the harder you make it, the fewer kids get vaccinatd.
It's hard to predict what the new #ACIP will do, but it looks like it will recommend that the universal birth dose for #hepatitisB be jettisoned. Experts warn even a delay of 2 months before the first dose will lead to chronically infected kids & deaths. www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/c...
CDC vaccine advisers appear likely to recommend delaying hepatitis B vaccine birth dose
A panel that issues advice on U.S. vaccine policy appears prepared to vote Thursday to recommend a delay in when most babies begin to be vaccinated against hepatitis B.
www.statnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hepatitis B is so infectious that babies need to be vaccinated within one day of birth.
Also, if you delay the birth dose, moms might not be able to get back to the clinic for it. The more you ask of parents, the harder you make it, the fewer kids get vaccinatd.
Also, if you delay the birth dose, moms might not be able to get back to the clinic for it. The more you ask of parents, the harder you make it, the fewer kids get vaccinatd.
Interesting. I wonder how long it takes to pay back the capital cost on as small Texas home?
Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Ok, #Canada, your turn. #cdnpoli
Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US
Tweaks to state laws mean many Americans will be able to benefit from small, simple plug-in solar panels
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Interesting. I wonder how long it takes to pay back the capital cost on as small Texas home?
I don't understand people who still believe the administration's claims that prices are going down, when it's completely apparent to anyone buying almost anything that virtually all prices are up
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I don't understand people who still believe the administration's claims that prices are going down, when it's completely apparent to anyone buying almost anything that virtually all prices are up
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Asshats of the day: Danion Chevalier of Quincy, Illinois, and Michael Calteaux of Winona, Minnesota, both pleaded guilty to shooting a bull moose from a motorboat in the Ontario Court of Justice.
#cdnpoli #onpoli #canada #boycottusa
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#cdnpoli #onpoli #canada #boycottusa
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Americans fined for shooting moose from motorboat in Ontario
Two American men have been fined a total of $10,000 for illegally shooting a bull moose from a motorboat on a lake in northwestern Ontario.
shorturl.at
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Asshats of the day: Danion Chevalier of Quincy, Illinois, and Michael Calteaux of Winona, Minnesota, both pleaded guilty to shooting a bull moose from a motorboat in the Ontario Court of Justice.
#cdnpoli #onpoli #canada #boycottusa
shorturl.at/Pk5xR
#cdnpoli #onpoli #canada #boycottusa
shorturl.at/Pk5xR
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You asked for it. We listened. The #ForeverCanadian store is open!
This is more than just merch. It’s a way to show your pride, send a clear message about Alberta’s future in Canada and keep the Forever Canadian movement growing.
Please, order here:
store.forever-canadian.ca
#ableg #cdnpoli
This is more than just merch. It’s a way to show your pride, send a clear message about Alberta’s future in Canada and keep the Forever Canadian movement growing.
Please, order here:
store.forever-canadian.ca
#ableg #cdnpoli
The Forever Canadian Store
You signed the petition. Now, join the movement. Wear your conviction and show your pride with official Forever Canadian merch. Shop the collection.
store.forever-canadian.ca
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
You asked for it. We listened. The #ForeverCanadian store is open!
This is more than just merch. It’s a way to show your pride, send a clear message about Alberta’s future in Canada and keep the Forever Canadian movement growing.
Please, order here:
store.forever-canadian.ca
#ableg #cdnpoli
This is more than just merch. It’s a way to show your pride, send a clear message about Alberta’s future in Canada and keep the Forever Canadian movement growing.
Please, order here:
store.forever-canadian.ca
#ableg #cdnpoli
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How does Canada compare to America in quality of life metrics?
#cdnpoli ##uspoli
youtube.com/shorts/yjVzQ...
#cdnpoli ##uspoli
youtube.com/shorts/yjVzQ...
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How does Canada compare to America in quality of life metrics?
#cdnpoli ##uspoli
youtube.com/shorts/yjVzQ...
#cdnpoli ##uspoli
youtube.com/shorts/yjVzQ...
Strangely, the "Ukrainian Peace Plan", negotiated one-on-one between the USA and Russia, *exceeds* Russian demands and fails to consider anyone else's view 😥😡
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Strangely, the "Ukrainian Peace Plan", negotiated one-on-one between the USA and Russia, *exceeds* Russian demands and fails to consider anyone else's view 😥😡
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Just a note: it's hardly "pro life" to deny mothers & children healthcare and food 😥😡
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Just a note: it's hardly "pro life" to deny mothers & children healthcare and food 😥😡
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mhchs.ca/wp-content/u... Medicine Hat, Alberta has basically eliminated homelessness in their city. This is the strategy they employed - please share widely - housing is healthcare #EndingHomelessnessPlan #MedicineHatPlan #MedicineHateHomelessStrategy #TurnofftheTaps #cdnpoli #HousingIsHealthcare
mhchs.ca
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
mhchs.ca/wp-content/u... Medicine Hat, Alberta has basically eliminated homelessness in their city. This is the strategy they employed - please share widely - housing is healthcare #EndingHomelessnessPlan #MedicineHatPlan #MedicineHateHomelessStrategy #TurnofftheTaps #cdnpoli #HousingIsHealthcare