@CraigBaird Finally, the first such poll in which I’ve read both books and can cast an informed vote!
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Myron Genyk 🇨🇦🇺🇦
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Buy-side & sell-side, mostly ETFs. Also here for music, comedy, math, & science takes.
Toronto, Canada Katılım Ekim 2012
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What is Canada's Favourite Book: ROUND TWO
From a list of 96 fiction and 96 non-fiction books, we will choose a winner.
All matchups chosen by random number generator.
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My late friend Danny Schur wrote the music & lyrics to “Strike!: The Musical”. I had the pleasure of seeing it at Rainbow Stage in Winnipeg in 2019, the 100th anniversary of the strike. An incredible moment for Manitobans … the strike, and the show!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike!_(…
Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx@CraigBaird
On May 15, 1919, the largest strike in Canadian history began when 30,000 workers in Winnipeg went on strike. The Winnipeg General Strike was a watershed moment in Canadian history and came to an end on Bloody Saturday. This is the story. 📸 Archives of Manitoba 🧵 1/12
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@fermatslibrary I dunno, I don’t see any zeros in 2³⁴ x 5³⁴. 😛
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1 decillion (10³³) is the largest power of 10 known to humans that can be represented as the product of 2 numbers that contain no zero digits. A lot of mathematicians believe we won't find a larger number of this kind.
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What happens in your head when you add 37+48?
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They should change the name to "Strait of Schrödinger". It's both open and closed at the same time.
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@EricBalchunas Having spent most of my formative years in Toronto around that time - and on the hunt for getting whatever gigs I could - I can say the character of Toronto Past is perfectly represented.
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Was also somewhat of a love letter to Toronto. The city was a character. Not sure how much of the movie they filmed renegade style versus getting permits and stuff, that’s part of the fun of it though.
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Watched this last night. Very good, like an indie comedy version of Back to the Future. It sucks you into its crazy world. Great characters you enjoy hanging out with. Pleasantly surprised bc previews looked dumb, altho it did get 98/95 on RT. Not sure that good but solid 8/10.
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@EricBalchunas The fact that the closing track, “All You Need Is Love”, was mostly recorded live (except minor vocal overdubs) on video with an orchestra during a worldwide via-satellite concert in 1967 (the US launched their first satellite just 9 years earlier) still blows my mind.
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Arguably the most underrated Beatles album.. it's got like 8-9 all-time songs on it. They put out this album, Sgt Pepper's and the White Album in a span of 18months, which is just beyond comprehension.
Michael 🇨🇦@mulldra
Always enjoy bringing this up as it tends to stir the pot. Magical Mystery Tour is a proper Beatles album. Let the debate and opinions start. ✌️
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Ranked balloting would have been helpful here.
Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx@CraigBaird
Thunder Bay: Originally two communities (Fort William and Port Arthur), a referendum was held on June 23, 1969 to choose a name for the new amalgamated city. Thunder Bay won with 15,870 votes, over Lakehead (15,302) and The Lakehead (8,377). 🧵 3/12
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The Vegreville Pysanka, or Ukrainian Easter Egg, isn't just a very famous roadside attraction, it is a true marvel.
It influenced the design of the Space Shuttle.
It was a notable first in computer modelling.
Oh, and it is also a weather vane!
This is its story.
🧵 1/8
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@67Dodge Most of this stuff is ~10x higher now. Except housing. Wow.
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A new home, less that three times income.
Mario (LeafsNation) LeafsForEver 🥅🚨🏒@4everleaffan
Good Old Days
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Saw the Flying Fathers at Copps Coliseum with my father in the late 80s. I’ll never forget a priest scoring a hat-trick by throwing into the net a stick with 3 pucks tied to it. What a great game.
Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx@CraigBaird
From 1963 to 2009, Canadian Roman Catholic priests took to the ice for charity. Through 907 games, they raised $4 million and only lost six games. Not bad for a team whose backup goalie was a horse. This is the story of the Flying Fathers! 🧵 1/10
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@honest_math Agreed. That twist seemed a bit of a stretch and unlikely given what was on the line.
Will be seeing the movie soon.
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Spoiler Alert - Project Hail Mary
The book was great. I enjoyed it, and I’m about to walk into the movie.
But I must get this off my chest: the protagonist, Ryland Grace, made perhaps the most profoundly reckless, irresponsible, and selfish decision of any hero in any story ever written.
The fate of your species is on the line. You’ve done the hard part: you found the solution and are in sole possession of the knowledge that your entire planet needs to survive. Relying solely on the beatles to make the return trip is absurd. You must do everything in your power to escort that knowledge home.
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Daylight saving is not enough. You need to be daylight investing.
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Fascinating read.
The Atlantic@TheAtlantic
An incident involving a Russian drone in Kyiv last month, which has not been previously reported, set in motion a chain of events that would allow Ukraine to seize the momentum at the front with the help of an unlikely ally: Elon Musk, reports @shustry. theatlantic.com/national-secur…
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“Bohunks” and “garlic eaters.”
Some of the popular insults used to describe Ukrainian immigrants to Canada like these👇a century ago.
Many faced prejudice and discrimination because they weren’t “heritage Canadians.”
During the First World War, there were calls for their “remigration.”
Thousands were imprisoned in force labour camps, because they were deemed “enemy aliens,” on the absurd pretext that peasant farmers from Galicia might start an uprising in Canada on behalf of the Austro-Hungarian Empire where they were born!
Despite all of that, they settled and built much of our northern prairies on the toughest farmland, clearing trees by hand, living in mud huts until they could build a house, erecting magnificent onion domed Churches to reflect their unique Byzantine ritual culture.
They and their descendants have been a great blessing to Canada, and are the reason that we have a special connection to that wonderful country.
Old Canada Series@oldcanadaseries
A Ukrainian Wedding in the Redwater District of Alberta in 1930
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Best summary of why the war started and why it continues:
Tymofiy Mylovanov@Mylovanov
Bill Browder: War in Ukraine is now only about Putin’s personal survival. He needs the war to stay in power, and he needs to stay in power to stay alive. The destruction of Russia is unparalleled, but he cannot stop. If he stops, he loses everything. 1/
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Class and humanity. Made me forget the outcome of the game for a moment.
Greg Cover 1 🏈@GregTompsett
Not me bawling like a baby when they brought out Gaudreau’s kids 🥹😭
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I’m not sour grapes, but if OT is 3 on 3, I feel like you should have to win by 2.
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