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fwiw, I got a free one to view the article. It's still important to point to a source to judge quality. just a random graphic is just rage/click bait.
December 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
fwiw, I got a free one to view the article. It's still important to point to a source to judge quality. just a random graphic is just rage/click bait.
Well, Thatcher had 10 years in the UK.
December 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Well, Thatcher had 10 years in the UK.
um... Margaret Thatcher led Britain through the Falklands' War. Indira Ghandi led India fighting the Chinese in the Himalayas, Pakistan in Kashmir, suspended civil rights at home for a few years to fight separatists. Doesn't sound that different...
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
um... Margaret Thatcher led Britain through the Falklands' War. Indira Ghandi led India fighting the Chinese in the Himalayas, Pakistan in Kashmir, suspended civil rights at home for a few years to fight separatists. Doesn't sound that different...
better to include source for data/quote:
thelogic.co/news/analysi...
thelogic.co/news/analysi...
Canada’s push for new export markets is starting to pay off - The Logic
The data shows diversifying Canada’s trade won’t happen overnight. But that doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
thelogic.co
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
better to include source for data/quote:
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thelogic.co/news/analysi...
uh... while I'd love for this to be the result of the Canadian boycott, I think it's also that younger generations just drink less.
Also, other countries have also decided to join into the boycott as well, so not just Canada.
Also, other countries have also decided to join into the boycott as well, so not just Canada.
December 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
uh... while I'd love for this to be the result of the Canadian boycott, I think it's also that younger generations just drink less.
Also, other countries have also decided to join into the boycott as well, so not just Canada.
Also, other countries have also decided to join into the boycott as well, so not just Canada.
4/ "Majority" governments almost always do things the actual majority doesn't want, catering to small, but vocal and politically active groups. First past the post and STV explicitly construct "fake" majorities. They allow "progress" on issues where there is no real consensus.
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
4/ "Majority" governments almost always do things the actual majority doesn't want, catering to small, but vocal and politically active groups. First past the post and STV explicitly construct "fake" majorities. They allow "progress" on issues where there is no real consensus.
3/ Trudeau liked STV because, in Canada, the worst bogeyman is often the Conservatives, and the Liberals are, in the eyes of many, less bad. STV nearly guarantees Liberal wins. MMP doesn't. Trudeau killed electoral reform back then.
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
3/ Trudeau liked STV because, in Canada, the worst bogeyman is often the Conservatives, and the Liberals are, in the eyes of many, less bad. STV nearly guarantees Liberal wins. MMP doesn't. Trudeau killed electoral reform back then.
2/ In Canada, our ex-PM Trudeau first came to power on a platform of electoral reform. The parties went into committee and the clear consensus was Mixed member proportional (MMP), but the only reform he was interested in was STV "Single Transferable Vote." which is a variety of Ranked choice.
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
2/ In Canada, our ex-PM Trudeau first came to power on a platform of electoral reform. The parties went into committee and the clear consensus was Mixed member proportional (MMP), but the only reform he was interested in was STV "Single Transferable Vote." which is a variety of Ranked choice.
1/ fwiw, "hilarious" wasn't aimed at you, but at the quality of the evidence brought forward. That particular document was not helpful. The other one you raised was helpful, and I said as much.
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
1/ fwiw, "hilarious" wasn't aimed at you, but at the quality of the evidence brought forward. That particular document was not helpful. The other one you raised was helpful, and I said as much.
4/We are told that "English" is more than the mechanics of the written form and grammar, that it is about exposure to other points of view, of being placed elsewhere in the imagination. We cannot discount that recorded media allow people to observe and experience as much, if not more.
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
4/We are told that "English" is more than the mechanics of the written form and grammar, that it is about exposure to other points of view, of being placed elsewhere in the imagination. We cannot discount that recorded media allow people to observe and experience as much, if not more.
3/sure, the young don't read long form fiction as much as earlier generations. That is evidence of the march of progress. The artists in celluloid tell a much more vivid story, and leave less to the readers' imagination, but I don't think that stunts viewers minds: it democratizes critique.
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
3/sure, the young don't read long form fiction as much as earlier generations. That is evidence of the march of progress. The artists in celluloid tell a much more vivid story, and leave less to the readers' imagination, but I don't think that stunts viewers minds: it democratizes critique.
2/kids these days... can listen to a much wider variety of moving picture literature on demand. This accessibility of art to fill your entire life means they must curate what they give their attention to, to avoid becoming couch blobs.
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
2/kids these days... can listen to a much wider variety of moving picture literature on demand. This accessibility of art to fill your entire life means they must curate what they give their attention to, to avoid becoming couch blobs.
1/ kids these days... can listen to any genre of music at any moment. Earlier generations were funnelled into current genres because anything else was nearly impossible to get. The young tend to have much broader musical appreciation than rest of us.
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
1/ kids these days... can listen to any genre of music at any moment. Earlier generations were funnelled into current genres because anything else was nearly impossible to get. The young tend to have much broader musical appreciation than rest of us.
I think a lot of kids spend a lot of time online, playing video games, and on social media, and they definitely need to read and write to participate there. They don't do this archaic "reading" thing... does not mean illiterate. Your post gives off a "get off my lawn", "kids these days..." vibe...
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think a lot of kids spend a lot of time online, playing video games, and on social media, and they definitely need to read and write to participate there. They don't do this archaic "reading" thing... does not mean illiterate. Your post gives off a "get off my lawn", "kids these days..." vibe...
It's also the vibes people from civilized countries get today when they see US shows based on "paying for medical treatments for a loved one" . It's also used as a plot point in sci-fi... like it could never be fixed... so, so odd...
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's also the vibes people from civilized countries get today when they see US shows based on "paying for medical treatments for a loved one" . It's also used as a plot point in sci-fi... like it could never be fixed... so, so odd...
The correct answer is: Many, and they can change over time. It should be easy to found a party, and as times change new parties should emerge based on voters evolving views and priorities.
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The correct answer is: Many, and they can change over time. It should be easy to found a party, and as times change new parties should emerge based on voters evolving views and priorities.
2/ Trump would not be avoided by RCV. There were anti-wokesters, own-the-libsters, racists, "stuffs too expensive" etc... who would have had Trump on their ballot above dems. PR would have resulted in separate parties that had to negotiate in public. Making an artifical majority actively hurts.
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
2/ Trump would not be avoided by RCV. There were anti-wokesters, own-the-libsters, racists, "stuffs too expensive" etc... who would have had Trump on their ballot above dems. PR would have resulted in separate parties that had to negotiate in public. Making an artifical majority actively hurts.
1/ This source is much better. It's at least reporting on data. but all it's reporting is that people are ideologically further apart. Ideological distance doesn't equate to rising violence.
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
1/ This source is much better. It's at least reporting on data. but all it's reporting is that people are ideologically further apart. Ideological distance doesn't equate to rising violence.
2/ ... "such as militias or neo-Nazi groups — has steadily decreased in recent years hitting a low point in 2024. Multiple factors, however, point to a potential reversal of this trend in 2025. " The conclusions are predictions (not reports or measurements.) It's a political editorial in drag.
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
2/ ... "such as militias or neo-Nazi groups — has steadily decreased in recent years hitting a low point in 2024. Multiple factors, however, point to a potential reversal of this trend in 2025. " The conclusions are predictions (not reports or measurements.) It's a political editorial in drag.
1/ That paper you cited is hilarious. It's from the beginning of the year and predicts an increase in political violence based on, um vibes:
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
1/ That paper you cited is hilarious. It's from the beginning of the year and predicts an increase in political violence based on, um vibes:
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
"Activity linked to organized groups or networks that are historically, ideologically, or readily prone to violence" —
well one view: "Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague" -- according to Agent Smith in The Matrix.
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
well one view: "Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague" -- according to Agent Smith in The Matrix.
3/You could make an argument for labelling ICE as brownshirts... and therefore what they are doing as political violence... but I think it's a debatable stretch. Ignoring that, I don't see a trend.
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
3/You could make an argument for labelling ICE as brownshirts... and therefore what they are doing as political violence... but I think it's a debatable stretch. Ignoring that, I don't see a trend.
2/For rising "political violence", one would need to see organized groups targetting and killing political enemies. The US has random wackos occasionally killing politicians, among hundreds or thousands of other victims.
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
2/For rising "political violence", one would need to see organized groups targetting and killing political enemies. The US has random wackos occasionally killing politicians, among hundreds or thousands of other victims.
US now has 400 mass shootings a year (about the current trend.) about 1% of that is political. One should expect 4 "political" mass shootings a year, in an average year. That about matches data. There isn't a "political" mass shootings problem.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Current research overstates American support for political violence | PNAS
Political scientists, pundits, and citizens worry that America is entering a new period
of violent partisan conflict. Provocative survey data show ...
www.pnas.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
US now has 400 mass shootings a year (about the current trend.) about 1% of that is political. One should expect 4 "political" mass shootings a year, in an average year. That about matches data. There isn't a "political" mass shootings problem.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
3/I very much hesitate to call recent violence "political", like for example the Charlie Kirk thing, because a "rising political violence" narrative it gives authorities a rationale to be ever more gestapo. There are sick people, sometimes about politics. That doesn't make a rebellion.
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
3/I very much hesitate to call recent violence "political", like for example the Charlie Kirk thing, because a "rising political violence" narrative it gives authorities a rationale to be ever more gestapo. There are sick people, sometimes about politics. That doesn't make a rebellion.