draglikepull
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"If this week's events won't change their mind, nothing will!" Well, for one thing, to the extent that peoples' minds change, they tend to change slowly. Secondly, I think lots of folks still massively under-estimate just how low-info a lot of voters are. People can't react to news they don't see.
January 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
"If this week's events won't change their mind, nothing will!" Well, for one thing, to the extent that peoples' minds change, they tend to change slowly. Secondly, I think lots of folks still massively under-estimate just how low-info a lot of voters are. People can't react to news they don't see.
The expanded Canada Child Benefit cut child poverty in half! And I don't think he did any less than Chretien, whose primary legacy is austerity and downloading of costs onto the provinces, and Chretien seems to be remembered much more fondly.
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The expanded Canada Child Benefit cut child poverty in half! And I don't think he did any less than Chretien, whose primary legacy is austerity and downloading of costs onto the provinces, and Chretien seems to be remembered much more fondly.
I'm not a Trudeau guy, but I think whoever was in office in the early 2020s was going to struggle to keep their support because of inflation, just like the leaders in most other countries were, regardless of what party they represent.
January 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I'm not a Trudeau guy, but I think whoever was in office in the early 2020s was going to struggle to keep their support because of inflation, just like the leaders in most other countries were, regardless of what party they represent.
As an aside: It seemed like everyone in the room had heard about the Grok CSAM thing. That issue seems to have really broken into the wider consciousness beyond the circle of online millennials who normally complain about Elon.
January 13, 2026 at 1:22 AM
As an aside: It seemed like everyone in the room had heard about the Grok CSAM thing. That issue seems to have really broken into the wider consciousness beyond the circle of online millennials who normally complain about Elon.
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Yvon Chouinard's all right. Although I guess he's technically not a billionaire any more since he put all his shares in a trust dedicated to combating climate change.
Yvon Chouinard - Wikipedia
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January 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Yvon Chouinard's all right. Although I guess he's technically not a billionaire any more since he put all his shares in a trust dedicated to combating climate change.
You can't buy a new computer because we bought all the hardware to power our AI tools so that you could run them on the computer you can't buy.
January 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
You can't buy a new computer because we bought all the hardware to power our AI tools so that you could run them on the computer you can't buy.
Sorry to anti-doom post on the doom post site, but lots of things can and do get better, and we should celebrate when they do.
January 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Sorry to anti-doom post on the doom post site, but lots of things can and do get better, and we should celebrate when they do.
I think there's some truth to the fact that the Liberals are being cautious about moves that might set Trump off, but that's no excuse for still treating Twitter as an official method of communication, as many MPs do. And this goes for the other parties, too.
January 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I think there's some truth to the fact that the Liberals are being cautious about moves that might set Trump off, but that's no excuse for still treating Twitter as an official method of communication, as many MPs do. And this goes for the other parties, too.
I wonder what the earnings bump is if your CV says Yale rather than UBC. Wouldn't be surprised if it's enough to justify the cost.
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I wonder what the earnings bump is if your CV says Yale rather than UBC. Wouldn't be surprised if it's enough to justify the cost.
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Canada has 41.5 million people, and its governing party is posting messages on a platform that are on average viewed by only a few hundred people
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Canada has 41.5 million people, and its governing party is posting messages on a platform that are on average viewed by only a few hundred people
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
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Liberal MPs' tweets on X were viewed 85K times (this is the number of times a tweet appears on a screen, not 85K unique people)
Over two-thirds of those views came from the 5 top tweets
70% of Liberal MPs' tweets received fewer than 1K views
Over two-thirds of those views came from the 5 top tweets
70% of Liberal MPs' tweets received fewer than 1K views
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Liberal MPs' tweets on X were viewed 85K times (this is the number of times a tweet appears on a screen, not 85K unique people)
Over two-thirds of those views came from the 5 top tweets
70% of Liberal MPs' tweets received fewer than 1K views
Over two-thirds of those views came from the 5 top tweets
70% of Liberal MPs' tweets received fewer than 1K views