Justin Smith
@justinsmithecon.bsky.social
Econ prof at Laurier. Opinions my own.
One of the last people I expected to see at RIM Park Complex in Waterloo: David Eby
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
One of the last people I expected to see at RIM Park Complex in Waterloo: David Eby
Finally found a website that sells hot pepper seeds in Canada and bought these bad boys.
December 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Finally found a website that sells hot pepper seeds in Canada and bought these bad boys.
Anyone who supports Poilievre after this should be embarrassed
VASSY: If you, as promised, remove all of these [hidden taxes], will groceries become cheap?
POILIEVRE: Everything should be dirt cheap in Canada because we have the most dirt.
POILIEVRE: Everything should be dirt cheap in Canada because we have the most dirt.
December 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Anyone who supports Poilievre after this should be embarrassed
Shortest day of the year. It only gets better from here (until June when it gets worse again)
December 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Shortest day of the year. It only gets better from here (until June when it gets worse again)
Dear god what is this
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Dear god what is this
The toilets in my building have overflowed massively today for like the 10th time since the summer. Maintenance has made the brilliant decision to put large fans blowing out from the bathroom to circulate the smell through the entire building
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The toilets in my building have overflowed massively today for like the 10th time since the summer. Maintenance has made the brilliant decision to put large fans blowing out from the bathroom to circulate the smell through the entire building
Someone give this man a Nobel peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Someone give this man a Nobel peace prize
Wife just accidentally threw a Switch remote into the TV and broke it. I need your recommendations for a new one that isn’t too expensive
December 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Wife just accidentally threw a Switch remote into the TV and broke it. I need your recommendations for a new one that isn’t too expensive
Who in the hell would ever enrol in a Jordan Peterson school?
Smith says she supports accreditation for Jordan Peterson's online school to correct what she says is a lack of freedom of speech in Alberta's universities.
Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson's School via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson's School via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson’s School | The Tyee
Alberta’s premier defended her quiet efforts to accredit the psychologist’s for-profit online ‘academy.’
thetyee.ca
December 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Who in the hell would ever enrol in a Jordan Peterson school?
My son:
“Dad, did you know that if you go to sleep in the morning, and stay awake at night, then you have a moustache”
“Dad, did you know that if you go to sleep in the morning, and stay awake at night, then you have a moustache”
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My son:
“Dad, did you know that if you go to sleep in the morning, and stay awake at night, then you have a moustache”
“Dad, did you know that if you go to sleep in the morning, and stay awake at night, then you have a moustache”
Can’t believe what a nightmare it is that this person is the leader of the free world
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Can’t believe what a nightmare it is that this person is the leader of the free world
Any person or group willing to give Trump a peace prize should be ignored for the rest of time.
FIFA gives U.S. President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport
U.S. President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial tournament even more of a Trumpi...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Any person or group willing to give Trump a peace prize should be ignored for the rest of time.
Dear god yes.
Hot take: when writing referee responses, you only need to thank the referee once at the beginning. That can be sincere - referees provide free labor, and hopefully their comments were helpful. You don't have to say thank you after every comment! It's too much like sucking up
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Dear god yes.
My son has discovered Dude Perfect. I see a lot of trick shots in my future
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My son has discovered Dude Perfect. I see a lot of trick shots in my future
Fucking snow belt
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Fucking snow belt
Big if true
U.S. senators say relations with Canada suffering
The tariffs imposed on Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump have clearly caused economic pain for Canada, but a U.S. senator from Maine says he’s more worried about how Canadians are reacting on a pe...
www.cp24.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Big if true
I don’t know if this clip was from yesterday or before, but how are reporters letting him get away with saying he doesn’t know what they were scanning in the MRI?
Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I don’t know if this clip was from yesterday or before, but how are reporters letting him get away with saying he doesn’t know what they were scanning in the MRI?
Why use official statistics when you can just get a report on prices from DoorDash?
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Why use official statistics when you can just get a report on prices from DoorDash?
My coauthors and any journal I submit to is going to hate my guts because I’m for sure using this
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
My coauthors and any journal I submit to is going to hate my guts because I’m for sure using this
I don’t think that’s what he meant. I interpreted it as he is going to inform his decisions with evidence, coming from econometric analysis. Perhaps I’m wrong though?
The key to understanding Carney‘s politics is, as an economist, he sees the world in terms of models. That’s what he meant when he promised to “govern in econometrics.” But that only works when a) your model somewhat reflects reality, and b) one remembers that models are simplifications of reality.
Will Carney’s budget finally reveal where the prime minister is taking Canada?
The Liberals won the election on Carney’s promise to “win” the trade war with Trump. So now what?
www.thestar.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I don’t think that’s what he meant. I interpreted it as he is going to inform his decisions with evidence, coming from econometric analysis. Perhaps I’m wrong though?
Trump thinks he deserves a Nobel peace prize
UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs
“The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”
“The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”
October 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Trump thinks he deserves a Nobel peace prize
Just saw a new Trivago ad where they replaced the guy with the massive white teeth. Wonder what happened there.
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Just saw a new Trivago ad where they replaced the guy with the massive white teeth. Wonder what happened there.
Reposted by Justin Smith
“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
OTTAWA - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has launched a petition to "end DEI programs and restore merit", just months after losing his own heavily-favoured seat before running in an even more hea...
www.thebeaverton.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
Hold on, the baby is IN THE PLACENTA? Someone call a doctor for this woman.
RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hold on, the baby is IN THE PLACENTA? Someone call a doctor for this woman.