Pickled Canadian

I need a new guard dog 😔

@FPVaughanIII Well then post HIS prices on 9 lbs of ground beef And you're not bowing to me, you're bowing to the middlemen as you fill your grocery cart, strolling the inflation-riddled aisles of disappointment

@ledfloydian I do the same, but I bow before your magnificence all the same.

Everything's fine. Inflation under control. Hail Carney.

@FPVaughanIII I buy my meat from my neighbor who runs a beef farm No rainbows there either

@ledfloydian They are pricey on some things, not on others. I shop there because its awesome. No rainbow entrances. No politics. Just groceries and good service. No self checkouts either.

@realarmaansidhu @newstart_2024 If we gave every Canadian $15 000, it would be the equivalent of 5 times what we sent to Ukraine 600 billion dollars That's half our national deficit

A Canadian town gave every resident a guaranteed income. Nobody quit working. Hospitalizations for depression dropped 9%. Teens stopped dropping out. Workers rejected exploitative jobs. Employers were forced to compete on dignity instead of desperation. Then the government killed the program and buried the data for 30 years. Dauphin, Manitoba. 1974. Population 10,000. The government guaranteed every household roughly $15,000 a year in today's money. No strings. No conditions. No means-testing gauntlet. Just a floor. The predictions were loud. People will stop working. The economy will collapse. Inflation will spiral. Freeloaders will multiply. None of it happened. Primary earners reduced work by 1%. One percent. New mothers extended maternity leave. Teenagers stayed in school instead of dropping out for minimum wage. Workers said no to dangerous conditions and poverty wages. Employers responded the only way markets know how — they raised pay and improved standards. The labor market didn't collapse. It corrected. Hospitalizations dropped 8.5%. Mental health admissions fell sharply. Domestic violence declined. Accident rates dropped. Violent crime fell 37-44% in some measurements. Not because Dauphin got richer. Because Dauphin got calmer. Financial terror is a chronic disease. Remove it and the symptoms disappear. Stockton, California ran the same experiment in 2019. Different country. Different century. Different demographics. Same result. Full-time employment rose 12 percentage points. Psychological distress went from "likely mild disorder" to "likely well." Spending: 40% food, utilities, medical. Less than 1% on alcohol or tobacco. The "they'll waste it" crowd went quiet. In 2026, youth anxiety is at record highs. Mental health waitlists stretch months. AI threatens more jobs than any recession. And the cheapest, most proven intervention for population-level mental health improvement — a modest financial floor — sits in a filing cabinet marked "too expensive." We spend billions treating the symptoms of poverty. Emergency rooms. Prescriptions. Crisis hotlines. Shelters. Policing. Courts. Every downstream dollar spent on a broken person who could've been caught by a floor that costs less than what we spend picking them up. The experiment worked. Twice. In two countries. Across five decades. The question was never "does it work." The question is why we keep pretending we don't know.

In the 1970s, a small Canadian town called Dauphin was chosen at random for a remarkable experiment. The government gave every resident a guaranteed basic income — the equivalent of about $15,000 a year in today’s money — with no strings attached and no way to lose it. What happened next was fascinating. People spent more time with their kids. Very few quit working entirely, but many stopped accepting terrible jobs, which actually raised overall working conditions. Employers had to offer better pay and standards to attract workers. But the most striking result? Hospitalizations for severe depression and anxiety dropped by 9% in just three years. Johann Hari shared this story and it left me thinking: what if a simple floor of financial security could meaningfully improve mental health at a population level? It’s one of those rare real-world experiments that makes you question a lot of assumptions about work, poverty, and human well-being. Have you ever heard about the Dauphin experiment before? What surprised you most?

@NikLynam McGroarty is doing what these days?

Kevin Cheveldayoff moves since June 2024: Trades 1. Acquired Dylan Coghlan for Future Considerations 2. Forced to trade Rutger McGroatry for Brayden Yager 3. Traded ‘26 2nd & ‘27 for Luke Schenn 4. Traded ‘27 2nd for Brandon Tanev 5. Traded Logan Stanley & Luke Schenn for Isaak Rosen, Jacob Bryson, ‘27 2nd, ‘26 4th 6. Traded Tanner Pearson for ‘26 7th He credited Jarmo’s aggressiveness for the one good trade he made

@JustBB_Media I need a desktop wallpaper of this moment

The most pivotal plays of this postseason by Championship Win Probability Added: 1) Bo Bichette WS game 7 three-run homer (21.0% cWPA) 2) George Springer ALCS game 7 three-run homer (19.73% cWPA)

@halanderson People trying to save money don't eat at restaurants

When the province rolled out its plan to scrap the PST on groceries, plenty of people had the same question: what about restaurants? Turns out, they’re not invited to the party which is raising some eyebrows. Shaun Jeffrey at the Manitoba Restaurant Association didn’t mince words. He called it a “miss,” warning his members are now right back to competing with grocery stores for those quick, on-the-go meals. And that’s no small thing. Takeout alone makes up about a quarter of sales for many full-service spots. Here’s the bigger issue. Restaurants aren’t just another place to grab food…they’re economic drivers. Jeffrey pointed to data showing more money spent at restaurants stays in the local economy, compared to grocery stores, while also supporting more jobs per dollar. To be fair, he gave the Kinew government credit for trying to ease costs. But the concern is simple: if customers shift even a little toward grocery store alternatives, struggling eateries could feel it fast. And let’s be honest…plenty already are. Bottom line? Please consider expanding this PST break to restaurants because when they hurt, so does everyone around them. Helping restaurants isn’t just about meals, it’s about momentum. Feed the economic horse and it’ll pull that social cart a whole lot easier.

@chrispronger Defense is a skill you can learn Offense depends more on god-given talent

Defenseman take a lot longer than forwards to development. Typically 300 NHL games before you know what you have.

@MelissaLMRogers When did tribalism become so cool?

BTW ⚾️ it’s great to see Canadians cheering on the Toronto Blue Jays on opening weekend BUT just to remind you, there is ONE Canadian on the roster, 0 on the Coaching Staff, they are paid in USD, and the MLB is a USA organization 😆 Let’s go BLUE JAYS 🇺🇸

@CanadianCoffey @PierrePoilievre Imagine having a cut every half second of your video and still expecting people to take you seriously

Joe Rogan has been using Testosterone Replacement Therapy since he was 40. Hormone replacement therapy. Wouldn’t that be considered gender affirming care @PierrePoilievre? Are you on the T too?

@chevys_abrasive Barron models his game after Wheeler. They're tasked by the coach to cycle the puck along the half wall to control possession What you're truly upset with is offensive scheme

Guys like koepke and a little bit of Barron are my lease favorite type of nhlers. Yes they skate fast but they never get the puck to the middle of the ice unless they are driving the net. Everything outside.

@NHL_Muse Replace Crosby with one of Maurice Richard Cam Neely Connor McDavid Depends who we play against

My all-time Team Canada lineup 🇨🇦👇 F: Wayne Gretzky F: Mario Lemiuex F: Sidney Crosby D: Bobby Orr D: Ray Bourque G: Martin Brodeur Who are you swapping in or out?

@TroyWestwood The Milgram experiments exhibited this lesson The covid mandates confirmed it You still don't get it, Troy. Keep trying

Please watch this and share. An invaluable lesson. #Justice

@lysshoude There are plenty of lifestyles that cater to the night life. Most of humanity revolves around the sun being up

We need to do something about how society caters to morning people. Sorry I felt like laying in bed til 8am this morning but it’s 5pm and my most productive hours are about to hit me

@NikLynam @Chunnerstahlway the Medal of Freedom?

@Chunnerstahlway Which participation trophy are we renaming the cup?

“So You’re Saying There’s a Chance” WC2 Teams since Jan. 1, 2026: SEA (.560) 13-10-2 42.77 CF% 47.71 xGF% 1.041 PDO +9 5v5 Goal Differential SJS 10-8-3 (.548) 47.62 CF% 46.12 xGF% .994 PDO -5 5v5 Goal Differential LAK 9-10-5 (.479) 52.12 CF% 51.77 xGF% .985 PDO -6 5v5 Goal Differential

@JustJenRX I laughed... But simultaneously felt dumb for finding it funny If you didn't, it's too late for you

@ledfloydian Poor Karen can’t laugh at all.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I’M NEVER DELETING 𝕏 🤣🤣🤣

@Craybay_17 They turned it into a decent starting goalie, so it wasn't a total loss

I’ve likely said this before and I’ll say it again. LA Kings got fleeced in the Vilardi/Iafallo for Dubois trade! Vilardi you talented game tier, gonna have a statue years from now! #NHLJets #GoJetsGo

@FPVaughanIII @BackupJeffx

@BackupJeffx Someone needs to ask Ben what is happening with those eyebrows.

BREAKING: Ben Shapiro says Tucker Carlson is having a “psychotic break” after criticizing Chabad-Lubavitch. He calls Carlson’s claim that they want to rebuild the Third Temple over Al-Aqsa Mosque “clinically insane”

@Lupis30528848 @jessek_86 22 years old, bud Give your balls a tug

@jessek_86 Probably because he was drafted way before those players and has been playing in the ahl for almost 4 years now

Isak Rosén has more goals in the AHL this season than Yager, Barlow, Lambert, and Chibrikov combined.