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Luke Kawa @ljkawa.bsky.social · 2d

Government shutdowns are actually good for the markets because now we only have OpenAI announcements to react to rather than the pesky data.

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · 2d

Remember when Sports Illustrated was known for good writing?

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · 5d

Hi, Bloomberg journalist here. Did you read the story or only the push notification?

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Leila Belkora PhD, astrophysics @leilabelkora.bsky.social · 10d

This weekend I went to a service for a friend, a great reader and book-discusser in my bookclub.

Her colon cancer had reached stage 4 before she knew about it.

I mention it, because I once talked another friend into getting a colonoscopy and her tumor was found in time. Do it.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11d

“This field, this game—it's a part of our past…It reminds us of all that once was good. And it could be again”

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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 19d

After my death, as a matter of family honour, my sons are being instructed to see my ATIP requests through to completion.

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Mahendra Singh @mahendra.bsky.social · 20d

The Toronto Public Library system (& all libraries in general) is rocking the free world. They're re-inventing themselves, quite forward-thinking stuff: where there are books, certain humans feel safer.

Librarian @msamandafrench spells it all out, go team French!
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

www.cbc.ca

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · 21d

that's not quite Canadian Press style

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Laura Dhillon Kane @ldhillonkane.bsky.social · Sep 5

Canada is delaying a plan to force automakers to hit minimum sales levels for electric vehicles by 2026, a concession to manufacturers in a sector that has been upended by tariffs @brianplatt.bsky.social @decloet.bsky.social @bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Canada to Stall Electric Vehicle Rules as Carney Seeks to Boost Auto Sector

Canada is delaying a plan to force automakers to hit minimum sales levels for electric vehicles by 2026, a concession to manufacturers in a sector that has been upended by tariffs.

www.bloomberg.com

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’m pretty sure this guy has more to offer cabinet ministers RE: Trump’s thinking than any of those people

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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · Sep 3

Mark Carney invited the president of the Heritage Foundation, one of the architects of Project 2025, to speak to his cabinet, as Canada tries to strike a trade and security deal with President Trump, reports @brianplatt.bsky.social

Project 2025 Author to Give Carney’s Cabinet a Briefing on Trump

Prime Minister Mark Carney invited one of the architects of Project 2025 to speak to his cabinet as the government tries to strike a trade deal with US President Donald Trump.

www.bloomberg.com

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · Aug 30

fresh worms, apparently

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · Aug 29

incroyable

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Michael Leibel @michaelleibel.com · Aug 26

*CRACKER BARREL SCRAPS PLANS FOR NEW LOGO AFTER COMPLAINTS

Of all the news cycles, this was certainly one of them

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Aug 25

President Donald Trump has called Chicago “a mess” and threatened to tap the National Guard to tackle crime in the third-largest US city, expanding federal deployments beyond Washington, DC

Trump Threatens Troops to Fix Chicago ‘Mess’ as City Rebounds

President Donald Trump has called Chicago “a mess” and threatened to tap the National Guard to tackle crime in the third-largest US city, expanding federal deployments beyond Washington, DC.

bloom.bg

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · Aug 22

About 80% of Canadians Say Trump Won’t Honor a Trade Deal, Poll Finds

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · Aug 22

Scoop by @brianplatt.bsky.social. Canada will remove its retaliatory tariffs on a long list of US products, seeking to lower tensions with the White House.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Canada to Drop Many Retaliatory Tariffs in Olive Branch to Trump

Canada will remove its retaliatory tariffs on a long list of US products that comply with the existing North American trade deal, seeking to lower tensions with the White House.

www.bloomberg.com

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · Aug 16

Stickler for facts, just like a journalism professor

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · Aug 10

key eight words: international borders must not be changed by force

Shane Woodford @woodfordindk.bsky.social · Aug 10

Joint statement from the Nordic Baltic Eight (#Denmark, #Sweden, #Norway, #Finland, #Iceland, #Estonia, #Lithuania, and #Latvia) supporting #Ukraine and its territorial sovereignty ahead of the Trump/Putin meeting.

The statement was released by the Office of the Danish Prime Minister.

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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · Jul 30

Once again, Gen X is super wrong, but they're confidently wrong.

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · Aug 1

New headline on the Bloomberg Terminal

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · Aug 1

Tariffs and jobs (note from BMO’s chief US economist)

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Derek DeCloet @decloet.bsky.social · Aug 1

Monthly fentanyl data from US border agency. Black line is Mexico. Yellow line is Canada.

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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · Jul 30

Nota bene:

Carney said the intention relied upon commitments made by the Palestinian Authority, including "to fundamentally reform its governance, to hold general elections in 2026 in which Hamas can play no part, and to demilitarize the Palestinian state"

Canada Plans to Recognize Palestinian State, Joining France, UK

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations summit in September, following France while setting up a clash with the US and Israel.

www.bloomberg.com

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