Matthew
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Matthew
@Matthew17657598
Catholic. Husband. Father. Proud Canadian.
Katılım Eylül 2022
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@connor__peters If you look closely at the photo, you will see these are actually 2 different politicians.
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Why do politicians who complain about "respecting taxpayer dollars" never seem to be consistent about it?
We all remember Rob Ford talking about free zoo passes, etc. Doug Ford thinks Niagara councillors making $47k is too much, but $100M+ in ad spend is a-ok. #onpoli
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@PrishaMosley This is the leftist worldview! That is the reason we see so many of these movies nowadays.
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Who benefits when we teach kids that all villains are just misunderstood and there’s no evil?
DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm
First look at Cinderella in ‘STEPS’, voiced by Amanda Seyfried. The film follows Cinderella’s evil stepsisters who are actually depicted as kind & misunderstood. Releasing later this year on Netflix.
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Male refugees from Afghanistan and Syria in Germany show a keen interest in forming relationships with local women, but the local women show little interest in forming relationships with them.
Germany, in particular, received over 1,4 million refugees between 2014 and 2016, predominantly from Muslim-majority countries such as Syria and Afghanistan. The majority of these arrivals consisted of young, single men within prime marriageable age brackets. This study examines partnership preferences of male refugees from Afghanistan and Syria who arrived in Germany between 2014 and 2016 and female residents of similar age.
Overall, our results indicate a high level of openness among male refugees towards partnering with female members of the resident population, but a comparatively low level of openness among the latter towards partnering with recently arrived male refugees. This implies a substantial incongruence in partnership preferences among the two groups.
Regarding the educational level of a potential partner, we found that all respondents prefer highly educated partners over those with lower levels of education. This suggests that, for refugees, securing a highly educated partner might serve as a means of upward social mobility and integration into higher-status networks in the host society.
Furthermore, it is possible that highly educated women, due to their greater exposure to diverse social environments and potentially less discriminatory attitudes, are perceived as more open to intergroup partnerships, making them a more attractive choice for refugees seeking acceptance and social integration.
On the other hand, the reluctance of resident women to accept partnerships with refugees is largely explained by their rejection of the ‘imported’ religious Islam. It is possible that resident women perceive the religious practices of newly arrived refugees as different from their own, reinforcing a social distance that limits intergroup partnerships. Moreover, this reluctance might not only reflect religious differences but also concerns about gender norms or perceived lifestyle incompatibilities.
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@CJRealHoops2 Ban the “betting partners” and bring back the cigarette/tobacco sponsorships!
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This shouldn’t be a hot take
Absolutely no high-level sports league should have “an official betting partner” in any capacity
The NFL did away with official sponsorship from cigarette/tobacco companies in the 1990s; it’s time to do away with sponsorships from gambling companies
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Matthew retweetledi
I am today launching Restore Britain as a national political party.
Join us.
restorebritain.org.uk/join_us
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@erinotoole If anyone knows a thing or 2 about being a terrible Candidate, it’s Erin O’Toole!
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This person should never run for our party again. Full stop.
Greg MacEachern@gmacofglebe
Since it will most likely be deleted:
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@CanadianPolling Was immigration an option on this poll? If not, the federal government is obviously the correct answer.
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Sometimes it's incredible how uninformed the average voter is
Canada Proud@WeAreCanProud
The majority of Canadians know that it is the Liberal government that is primarily responsible for the housing disaster.
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@TheBlackHorse65 If this is how he feels about people in rural America it’s no doubt how he feels about people in rural Alberta.
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You know, I was hoping I would live to see the day when Canadian Political culture would mature beyond mocking the enemies of Blue America.
Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱@jkenney
Meanwhile MAGA was tuned into the TPUSA half time show watching JD Vance’s amazing dance moves!
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The draft order is backwards. The top draft pick should go to the team that wins the championship and bottom pick to the team that finishes last.
he professed and confessed to be a dëmin@ocksportello
the way to solve tanking: at the end of each game, the team that scored more points than their opponent gets to choose whether that result counts as a win or a loss
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Meanwhile MAGA was tuned into the TPUSA half time show watching JD Vance’s amazing dance moves!
Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱@jkenney
Best Super Bowl half time show ever! 🔥 Celebrating the unbridled joy & energy of Latino culture, which is a big and beautiful part of American culture! 1000 times better than that embarrassing show by the Weeknd a couple years ago. #SuperBowl #SuperBowlLX #BadBunny
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If there is one person we can count on to tell the truth!
Bill Clinton@BillClinton
I will not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court by a Republican Party running scared. If they want answers, let’s stop the games & do this the right way: in a public hearing, where the American people can see for themselves what this is really about.
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@calvinrobinson @StealthMedical1 So spot on about you not being a Catholic. Got it.
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@StealthMedical1 Not a friar. Not an Anglican. Do not flirt.
Apart from that, spot on, woman.
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Friar Calvin is not Catholic. He is Anglican. He does flirt with that ecosphere.
Laura Loomer@LauraLoomer
There is such a deep rooted Jew hate in the Catholic Church. I’m noticing a lot of large Catholic accounts just post completely unfounded claims with references to people who have made openly hostile comments about Jews. Where are the so called leaders in the Catholic Church to oppose this? Or is this mainstream hatred of Jews and unfounded conspiracy theories a part of the Catholic Church? I know a lot of Catholics and none of them are like this. 👇🏻
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@sailaunderscore Easily one of the worst and most harmful rulings in SCOTUS history.
Every defence of it seems to amount to “companies find a way to administer IQ tests pre-hiring anyways” which is not a very good defence of a ruling.
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This is probably illegal because of Griggs v Duke
yung macro 宏观年少传奇@apralky
A midsized hedge fund I was interviewing at had a ~5 hour long aptitude test which included things like a 30 minute shape rotation simulation where you have to identify increasingly complex 3D figures from various angles. They didn't ask for transcripts or anything like that. In environments where selection *actually matters* testing is way different from the mainstream, which is well behind SOTA. A conversation isn't unwarranted here.
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@SlvtLoverrr @ImSmilingRn The story of the Hungarian mathematician with the returning planes in WWII however, is definitely trivia.
A great anecdote ruined by it becoming a meme!
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@Matthew17657598 @ImSmilingRn The concept of survivorship bias is pretty useful knowledge. not rlly trivia.
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Can anyone think of more examples of this type of thing
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@TheWealthDr @grok compare the gdp per capita of Japan to the gdp per capita of the USA
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A Japanese Manager Once Told Me: “We Fire Employees Who Arrive on Time.”
I laughed.
Then he explained why—and it completely changed how I see success.
I first heard this in Tokyo during a business dinner.
I asked why being late is such a serious offense in Japan.
He replied calmly:
“We don’t fire the late ones. We fire the ones who arrive exactly at the start.”
The table went silent.
In my culture, arriving right on time means:
• responsible
• disciplined
• professional
In his culture? It means passive.
He explained:
“If you arrive at 9:00 sharp, you’ve waited until the last possible second.”
That tells us something important.
It tells us you didn’t plan for:
• traffic
• delays
• uncertainty
• responsibility beyond yourself
And if you don’t plan for uncertainty… you can’t be trusted with systems.
He said something I’ll never forget:
“Only the weak arrive in the last minute.”
Not because they’re lazy—but because they think in limits, not margins.
Japanese companies don’t value accuracy.
They value anticipation.
A professional arrives early to:
• settle the mind
• read the room
• prepare mentally
• show readiness
Not to rush in out of breath.
That idea stayed with me.
And once I noticed it… I couldn’t unsee it.
The most successful people everywhere, no matter within which country:
• arrive early
• stay calm
• observe first
• speak last
They’re already present before others even enter.
They build trust before the meeting begins.
They notice details others miss.
They create opportunity before others react.
That edge compounds.
Showing up early isn’t about time.
It’s about mindset.
Exactly on time says: “I did the minimum.”
Early says: “I came prepared for reality.”
Business, and life, require margin.
When someone says, “But I came on time,”
I no longer hear discipline.
I hear the limit of their thinking.
Japan understood this long ago:
Success begins before the clock starts.
Will Americans and Germans and many others relearn these self-explanatory principles?
The question going forward is:
Will YOU continue with the behavior of the Have-Nots, or choose the behavior and success of the Have-Yachts?
Bitcoin. 🟠
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@Matthew17657598 @NoahHurowitz What?! Jfc you people are dumb as a box of hair.
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ICE agents reportedly attempted to enter the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis today, a possible violation of diplomatic immunity
BN@BNPeriodismo
En un grave incidente registrado la mañana de este 27 de enero de 2026, agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) intentaron ingresar por la fuerza a la sede del Consulado de Ecuador en Minneapolis, desafiando la inmunidad diplomática del recinto. El altercado, captado en video, muestra a los oficiales forzando la entrada mientras funcionarios bloqueaban el paso bajo la consigna: “Esto es un consulado, tú no puedes ingresar aquí”. Este suceso escala la tensión sobre el accionar de ICE, organismo que cerró el 2025 con más de 9,200 ecuatorianos detenidos y que enfrenta severas críticas internacionales por violaciones a los derechos humanos y reportes de asesinatos bajo su custodia. Fuente: Alvaro Terán, TVC
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@AZ_Intel_ Glad to know Ecuador has changed its views on entering foreign embassies/consulates without permission!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_raid…
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JUST IN: ICE agents tried to enter the Consulate of Ecuador in Minneapolis, Minnesota earlier today, according to reports.
In a statement by the Republic of Ecuador:
"This morning, the Consul of Ecuador in Minneapolis reported that at approximately 11:00 a.m., an agent from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) attempted to enter the Consulate’s facilities.
Immediately, Consulate officials prevented the ICE officer from entering the consular premises, thereby ensuring the protection of the Ecuadorians who were present at the consulate at that time and activating the emergency protocols issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility.
As a result, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic immediately submitted a formal note of protest to the Embassy of the United States in Ecuador, requesting that acts of this nature not be repeated at any of Ecuador’s consular offices in the United States."
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@NoahHurowitz Are we now pretending like Ecuador cares about the sovereignty of embassies?
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Update via NYT, confirming that Ecuador has lodged a formal protest with the U.S. over this breach of diplomatic immunity and protocol
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