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@preta_6 Not to mention condemning every competent woman/minority/etc to work twice as hard to prove themselves against the unfalsifiable claim of being a social engineering hire.

One of the worst parts of DEI is that it makes many people assume that anyone who isn’t a white male is incompetent (see some of the comments on the original post, for instance). DEI is not only racist itself but it encourages people to react to it with more racism.

@JJ_McCullough It's loser mentality transmuted into smug superiority (cope). Nietzsche called it ressentiment.

There’s a flavor of boomer anti-Americanism in this country that is so cringe I’ve noticed a lot of people like to pretend it doesn’t exist. But it’s real, and I think part of Carney’s cleverness is figuring out a way to mobilize it politically.

There’s a flattering narrative that Carney’s base is people who like that he went to Harvard and all that. Yesterday I was at a cafe beside an old couple yapping about how we should’ve “finished the job” in the 1812 war. I feel like that’s probably closer to the true Carney base.

This is weak inductive reasoning. The existence of analogous policies doesn't establish that this particular policy is sound. 'Necessary' assumes that no other approach could work, and to accept it requires that we ignore platform design, parental control, algo transparency, digital literacy education.

@PrairieVeteran @WabKinew We have age limits for movies, alcohol, driving etc. so this is reasonable and necessary.

Anyone with children knows this is a necessary step for their well-being and for wider social cohesion. Good move by @WabKinew

@25_cycle @johnpaulpaumbo @atrupar We allow access to 3.5% of Canada's market demand. But the milk must be imported by someone. That someone is large dairies like Saputo, who don't import the full 3.5%. The US is asking that if Saputo doesn't use it one year, then other importers can use it the next year.

@25_cycle @johnpaulpaumbo @atrupar I'm begging you to learn literally anything about this. "The U.S. dairy industry says it's not asking for Canada's quotas to be increased or the tariff rates to be decreased. Rather, it wants changes to how Ottawa allocates the quotas: more specifically, who gets them."

LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours

@DavidColetto The government should be educating the misinformed yahoos, not consulting them.

A reminder from polling we did earlier this year, the politics of CUSMA are far different than the economics of CUSMA. abacusdata.ca/fewer-than-hal…

@MichaelAArouet We either work for the government or sell houses to each other.

Wow, this chart is simply unreal. Did Canada join the European Union, or did it decide to deindustrialize on its own?

@SecScottBessent Thank you for your effort to do what's best for both Americans and Canadians.

This past Friday, I met with Canadian Minister of Finance and National Revenue @FP_Champagne to discuss ongoing economic cooperation between the United States and Canada. We discussed the conflict with Iran, energy markets, and ways to build on progress made on our critical minerals collaboration. I also encouraged Canada to continue to assist with the Trump administration’s efforts to tackle drug trafficking-related illicit financing.

@cbcwatcher He was calling for a Liberal majority three months ago. Live by the sword, die by the sword, imo.

"La Presse, the largest daily in Québec, admitted to canceling a regular column by Professor Sylvain Charlebois after he criticized hidden subsidies for daily newspapers: “This raises broader questions about how comfortable we are collectively with challenging prevailing narratives.” @FoodProfessor

@JasminLaine_ It's just deflection. They're just making it a Poilievre story because otherwise it would have to be a Carney story.

Every single pundit talking about this on the news/social media knows this, yet no one is saying it. Why are these floor crossers different? Because they are changing the outcome of the election result. It’s not just the someone crossed and it’s really of no consequence to anyone but their community who voted for them. This is changing a minority parliament (which Canadians have not voted for since we saw what liberals did with one the last time around), to a majority one. That’s the difference. That’s why this matters so much. So spare me with your “oh it’s legal”, “this happens all the time”, how on earth can this be a “common thing that happens all the time, and everyone should shut up about it” when it’s the FIRST time in HISTORY this has happened in Canadian Democracy. Either admit you don’t care if the election outcome changes against voters wills, and you’d prefer if we had one party rule that voters don’t decide—or stop arguing semantics and pretending everyone else is as stupid as you wish they were.

It's just how conformity works. Liberals have made themselves the default position, and enforce it not with good ideas but by persistently devaluing their flip side. The appeal to normies is getting to be "right" while not having to understand the details. No need to compare competing incentives or second-order effects, no applying principles to actions or outcomes: We're just not "them." It's all about identity maintenance so the only way to break the spell is contempt and ridicule, then follow with facts. JT became a liability to the party not because people suddenly started thinking about the bond rate but because it became embarassing to support him.

@kp_ottawa I don’t know how people look at the last decade and think it’s the right path by any metric and how speeches convince people against lived reality

Majority of liberal voters have no geopolitical/ economic understanding of what the “new world order” actually signifies. They don’t read the federal budget and think everything Carney says is about trump. It’s fundamentally a gap in education exploited by this party. These voters seriously think leaning into BRICS is perfectly rational and somehow beneficial to themselves. Canada is in so much trouble and once people realize it we will be locked in

@IanRunkle @esanzi It's a must. But a drag when everyone dresses up for a Christmas/New Years party, and we're all standing around in socks.

@esanzi In Canada removing shoes is generally the norm, because we have slush and muck.

Hosting an event or a party at your home and requiring that guests remove their shoes when they arrive is rude. And weird. And reveals an irrational concern over dirt and germs. If you insist on doing this, make sure the invitation includes a warning!

@NateSilver538 If you're making a normative claim then right-vs-left leaning is the wrong metric; average reliability of claims is the correct one. It would be a good thing that people are engaging with factual information, would it not?

Longer analysis here, with some context about the last decade or so in the media business. natesilver.net/p/social-media…

These are the Twitter/X accounts with the most engagement so far in 2026. I suppose I had some intuition for how bad it was, but jeez, this is what you get when the ecosystem is broken.

@mantalicious @RobertFife Got news for you, Steve: Corrections Canada makes $100 million per year selling prison labour. broadview.org/prison-labour-…

@RobertFife The United States allows forced labour of its prison population. ICE detains people without due process If forced labor is going to be our moral red line for trading partners, we also examine similar coercive practices in our other trading partners

It’s obvious where Mark Carney stands on forced labour in China theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

@ThaaatColin No need. I know a genuine TACVASEN when I see one.

Amazon needs to add a “Made in USA” filter. Actual, verified “Made in USA” products. They won’t because it would quickly illuminate the fact that they’re primarily a Chinese goods marketplace. But it would be good for consumers and American businesses

@JohnThomsonSK @VoiceOfFranky I sincerely hope Graves sees and reflects on this.

Dear @VoiceOfFranky, The reason you don’t wake up each night wondering what Iran is going to do to threaten the planet is because you have been sheltered your entire life by the safety net that the US has created around North America. I can assure you that the people of the Middle East, like Israel for example, regularly wake with existential dread of what Iran is up to. Especially considering the regime’s primary focus of genociding them off the face of the earth and supporting every terrorist proxy they could to undermine our way of life. Dial down the TDS, it’s clouded your mind to no longer see the world for how it actually is.

It's not an age thing. If you didn't grow up with Canadian mythology after WWII it's hard to explain. The notion that we are the moral centre of the democratic world was established when the boomers were young, and that percolated through policy and culture as they grew into positions of responsibility. Those narratives have never been moderated by hardship or challenge on our own soil, so rather than being reflected on, they became hardened over time into an aggressive insistence on our own goodness. The astroturfed protests are another animal entirely.

@kp_ottawa @TristinHopper I'm so sick of idiots blaming Canada's stupidity on "boomers" - as if the university students and weekly protestors hating on everything vaguely western, culturally, are "boomers" Fuck off

Hearing Canadians talk about how virtuous they are is akin to watching a man chug a pitcher of scotch as he declares he doesn't have a drinking problem. There is much to love about Canada and Canadians, but I've seen far too much to have any patience for the Sally Bowles among us.

@LauraTzion @TristinHopper Canadian boomers are heirs to a Good Guy legacy they could bask in without having to carry the costs, and lived their lives in an ever-expanding monetary environment in which anyone could do well for themselves by simply letting time pass.

@TristinHopper what causes a moral superiority complex?