Ryan Clayton
@itsryanclayton.substack.com
Interested in 🗳️ politics, 🌿 gardening, 🎮 video games and 🦎 cute pet pictures.
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Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry
Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry
OTTAWA - Canada's economy, which has spent the year reeling due to American tariffs, is finishing the year strong thanks to the country's new chief export, the gay hockey-romance drama Heated Rivalry.
www.thebeaverton.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry
My name twin is in trouble.
December 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My name twin is in trouble.
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Trying to understand the paradoxes of quantum mechanics may be easier than trying to understand what exactly happened in the BC legislature last week. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
Schrödinger's Opposition
When is a leader no longer a leader?
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Trying to understand the paradoxes of quantum mechanics may be easier than trying to understand what exactly happened in the BC legislature last week. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
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Latest from me — how not to be a jerk. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/jerk...
How to not be a jerk to your city councillor | Opinion
NO ONE WANTS TO READ SIX PARAGRAPHS COMPLEX AND ALSO IRRELEVANT BACKGROUND WRITTEN IN AGGRESSIVE ALL-CAPS. | OPINION
ottawacitizen.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Latest from me — how not to be a jerk. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/jerk...
I'm becoming slowly convinced official party status should be raised back up to 5-6 seats.
Another bill from One BC this morning
It would create a new public holiday in BC on March 11 to celebrate the "Freedom Convoy"
Division at first reading 💁♀️
It would create a new public holiday in BC on March 11 to celebrate the "Freedom Convoy"
Division at first reading 💁♀️
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I'm becoming slowly convinced official party status should be raised back up to 5-6 seats.
The other side of the free speech coin is a public decent enough to know a mean-spirited, power mad, rabble rousing and, yes, dangerous bigot when they see one. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The other side of the free speech coin is a public decent enough to know a mean-spirited, power mad, rabble rousing and, yes, dangerous bigot when they see one. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
OneBC wants to ban doctors from offering medical advice, ban anyone from saying the history of the land they’re on, ban universities from doing anything about diversity, repeal Indigenous peoples’ rights, revoke a public holiday, and ban flying flags. itsryanclayton.substack.com/p/freedom-fo...
Freedom for me, but not for thee
OneBC has been desperately trying to ban any kind of expression its leader does not approve of
itsryanclayton.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
OneBC wants to ban doctors from offering medical advice, ban anyone from saying the history of the land they’re on, ban universities from doing anything about diversity, repeal Indigenous peoples’ rights, revoke a public holiday, and ban flying flags. itsryanclayton.substack.com/p/freedom-fo...
"We want another pipeline!"
*Trudeau buys Trans Mountain for Alberta*
"Not good enough, we want another!"
*Carney and Smith sign a MOU for more pipelines for Alberta*
"Boooo not good enough!"
*Trudeau buys Trans Mountain for Alberta*
"Not good enough, we want another!"
*Carney and Smith sign a MOU for more pipelines for Alberta*
"Boooo not good enough!"
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"We want another pipeline!"
*Trudeau buys Trans Mountain for Alberta*
"Not good enough, we want another!"
*Carney and Smith sign a MOU for more pipelines for Alberta*
"Boooo not good enough!"
*Trudeau buys Trans Mountain for Alberta*
"Not good enough, we want another!"
*Carney and Smith sign a MOU for more pipelines for Alberta*
"Boooo not good enough!"
I once wrote a letter to a federal political party's executive about a racist incident I witnessed at one of their events. Within a couple hours, I had someone with no official position with that party email me threats. He had my personal email and knew where I lived.
Do not give parties this info.
Do not give parties this info.
BC's democratic and electoral reform committee recommends requiring Elections BC to share voters' contact info (email, phone numbers) with political parties and candidates "under strict privacy guidelines"
To that I say: Ew 👎👎👎
I 1000% do not trust partisans with my personal contact info #bcpoli
To that I say: Ew 👎👎👎
I 1000% do not trust partisans with my personal contact info #bcpoli
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I once wrote a letter to a federal political party's executive about a racist incident I witnessed at one of their events. Within a couple hours, I had someone with no official position with that party email me threats. He had my personal email and knew where I lived.
Do not give parties this info.
Do not give parties this info.
This party is so desperate to ban any kind of free speech or expression that their leader doesn't personally approve of.
One BC's Dallas Brodie has another bill, this one would ban the flying of any flags on public property except the official national, provincial and municipal flags
She mentions Palestinian and transgender flags as examples her bill would ban
Division called #bcpoli
She mentions Palestinian and transgender flags as examples her bill would ban
Division called #bcpoli
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This party is so desperate to ban any kind of free speech or expression that their leader doesn't personally approve of.
I have been thinking a lot lately about how we get information, and what has changed over my lifetime. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
The medium and the message
Entertainment is the gateway to information
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I have been thinking a lot lately about how we get information, and what has changed over my lifetime. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
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@melwoods.me: We must not overcomplicate what’s going on here.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
Danielle Smith Goes Nuclear on Trans Rights | The Tyee
Alberta’s premier is overriding Charter protections. Here’s a fact check on her claims.
thetyee.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
@melwoods.me: We must not overcomplicate what’s going on here.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
There is not a single reported instance of a youth under the age of 18 receiving gender-affirming lower surgery in Canada. Yet, the Alberta government considers the issue of such public importance they pre-emptively suspended their own citizens' human rights. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
There is not a single reported instance of a youth under the age of 18 receiving gender-affirming lower surgery in Canada. Yet, the Alberta government considers the issue of such public importance they pre-emptively suspended their own citizens' human rights. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
Floor crossing has a long, storied history in British Columbia, and is an important safeguard against partisan control of our legislature. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
The floor is open
Crossing the floor is fundamental to representative democracy
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Floor crossing has a long, storied history in British Columbia, and is an important safeguard against partisan control of our legislature. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
Back in September my leadership projection model got the order right for the BC Greens race — and not much else. Here's a deep dive into what went wrong, and how to fix it for next time. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
Revisiting the leadership projection model
I was way off for the BC Green leadership — so how do I fix it?
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Back in September my leadership projection model got the order right for the BC Greens race — and not much else. Here's a deep dive into what went wrong, and how to fix it for next time. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
Don't make me tap the sign itsryanclayton.substack.com/p/weasel-num...
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Don't make me tap the sign itsryanclayton.substack.com/p/weasel-num...
A little over a year ago a health scare changed pretty much everything for me. Here's my story of trying to navigate Victoria's labyrinthian health system. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
When everything went wrong
Six months of hell navigating BC's medical system
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A little over a year ago a health scare changed pretty much everything for me. Here's my story of trying to navigate Victoria's labyrinthian health system. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
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This is so important to remember: you think you have to post on social media to “reach people” but the reachable people increasingly aren’t on social media (good!)
Overall social media use is declining.
Between 2020 and 2024, more Americans — especially the youngest (18–24) and oldest (65+) — report using no social media at all.
A small group of heavy users remains, but the middle is thinning out.
Between 2020 and 2024, more Americans — especially the youngest (18–24) and oldest (65+) — report using no social media at all.
A small group of heavy users remains, but the middle is thinning out.
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This is so important to remember: you think you have to post on social media to “reach people” but the reachable people increasingly aren’t on social media (good!)
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Let kids play games. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
For the love of the game
Why do we encourage youth to play sports in the first place?
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Let kids play games. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
After trying to ban people from being allowed to use pronouns and land acknowledgement, it's looking like OneBC might be the most anti-free speech party in Canadian history.
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
After trying to ban people from being allowed to use pronouns and land acknowledgement, it's looking like OneBC might be the most anti-free speech party in Canadian history.
The longer I follow politics, the less I trust when someone throws out a number to make a point. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...
Weasel numbers
When politicians only give percentages, assume they're hiding something
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The longer I follow politics, the less I trust when someone throws out a number to make a point. open.substack.com/pub/itsryanc...