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Yvan Dutil @yvandutil.bsky.social · 7h

Vous êtes conscient que l’agglomération de Tokyo c'est 30 millions d'habitant. C'est comme s'il arrivait 8000 personnes à Montréal.

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Yvan Dutil @yvandutil.bsky.social · 9h

Ces règles existent absolument partout. C'est comme chiâler contre la gravité.

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Yvan Dutil @yvandutil.bsky.social · 9h

Avec un population qui décroit, c'est normal.

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Sébastien Nadeau @generalelektrix.bsky.social · 12h

Posting BullShit is not cool.

Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 18h

Debunkinhg takes hours, misinformation seconds.

Don´t just post. If you didn´t read or understand the paper, don´t post it with conclusions from others. Be very careful with low-impact journals and with predatory journals as well as with pre-prints! If unsure, ask experts, or wait for them.

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Yvan Dutil @yvandutil.bsky.social · 11h

Assessing overconfidence among national security officials phys.org/news/2025-10...

Assessing overconfidence among national security officials

National security officials are "overwhelmingly overconfident," which hinders their ability to accurately assess uncertainty, according to new research by a Dartmouth government professor. When they t...

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Yvan Dutil @yvandutil.bsky.social · 11h

Les crimes violents et les homicides déclarés par la police demeurent plus nombreux aux États-Unis qu'au Canada, mais l'écart diminue
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...

Le Quotidien — Comparaisons de la criminalité entre le Canada et les États-Unis, 1998 à 2023

En 2023, le taux de crimes violents déclarés par la police est demeuré plus faible au Canada qu'aux États-Unis, mais l'écart entre les deux pays s'est resserré au cours des 25 dernières années. Parall...

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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 16h

This is the lie at the center of the "demographic crisis" framing. In the US, per worker productivity has tripled since the 1960s. But instead of increasing compensation or various forms of dependent care, this **enormous** new surplus goes to private profits, asset inflation, and rent extraction...

Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 16h

People really don't like do deal with US labor productivity being *vastly* larger than even a couple generations ago.

US labor productivity and real hourly compensation from 1973 to 2024 both increase steadily.

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Yvan Dutil @yvandutil.bsky.social · 21h

Pour bloquer la route aux « chauffards inc. » www.lapresse.ca/actualites/e...

Pour bloquer la route aux « chauffards inc. »

L’épidémie des « chauffards inc. » sème la mort sur nos routes et le chaos dans l’industrie du transport de marchandises. Si les gouvernements ne donnent pas un coup de frein au plus vite, le dérapage...

www.lapresse.ca

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Yvan Dutil @yvandutil.bsky.social · 1d

L'idée de base de la démocratie est de ne pas trop concentrer le pouvoir.

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Surgeons' Hall Museums @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 2d

In 2017, Jessica was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. During a chance visit to the museum she encountered a thyroid with a nodular Goitre. Recently she sat down with our Human Remains Conservator, Cat Irving, to discuss how this visit helped her come to terms with her cancer diagnosis.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 1d

Window Screen

xkcd.com/3151/

4-panel comic. (1) [person in front of window, shaped like a trapezoid with a curved top] This weekend, I had to make an oversized screen for a porch window. (2) [person sitting with hands on head surrounded by images of assorted equations and measurements] It involved countless tiny problems, each somehow way harder than it should be. Oblique angles. Curved edges. Noncoplanarity. (3) [person in front of window with screen on it, with building detritus strewn on the ground] ...I solved them all. I measured precisely. I did trigonometry. I made custom parts. And it fit *perfectly.* No gaps, no ripples. (4) [person typing at computer] I know that your foundation normally limits its purview to physics, medicine, peace, chemistry, and literature. However, if you review the attached photos showing how well the screen fits into the...

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Yvan Dutil @yvandutil.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power
theconversation.com/the-supreme-...?

The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power

Recent rulings indicate that the high court is leaning toward expanding the type of presidential power that is more emblematic of dictatorship than democracy.

theconversation.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

Rest of the world better mask up and wash their hands because our illiberalism is contagious. By @annamerlan.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

www.motherjones.com

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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Deegan: How to tell fact from fiction? Consult fact-based journalism — not AI

Support Canadian media for a 'made-in-Canada' search for the truth

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The Aviationist @theaviationist.com · 1d

Sweden to Acquire Four Embraer C-390 Airlifters

The Swedish Flygvapnet will replace its C-130Hs with four C-390 Millennium airlifters bought through a joint procurement with Austria and the Netherlands.

Story: theaviationist.com/2025/10/06/s...

Sweden to Acquire Four Embraer C-390 Airlifters

The Swedish Flygvapnet will replace its C-130Hs with four C-390 Millennium airlifters bought through a joint procurement with Austria and the Netherlands.

theaviationist.com

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Yvan Dutil @yvandutil.bsky.social · 1d

On voit le même phénomène avec les grains de radiothérapie, mais ceux-ci sont beaucoup plus petits.

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Marc Gozlan @marcgozlan.bsky.social · 1d

Histoires incroyables de « balle baladeuse ».
Dans de rares cas, une balle peut, emportée par le flux sanguin, s’éloigner de son orifice d’entrée et se loger dans une artère cérébrale ou une cavité cardiaque.
www.lemonde.fr/realites-bio...
#traumatologie #cardiologie #neurochirurgie #cerveau #cœur

Quand le projectile d’une arme à feu voyage du point d’impact jusqu’au cerveau ou dans le cœur

Dans de rares cas, une balle peut, emportée par le flux sanguin, s’éloigner de son orifice d’entrée et se loger dans une artère cérébrale ou une cavité cardiaque.

www.lemonde.fr

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Yvan Dutil @yvandutil.bsky.social · 2d

Oui, sauf que c'est tellement de la culture dominate que l'on est mal parti. Un de mes vieux textes donne une idée de ce qui est en jeu.

voir.ca/yvan-dutil/2...