Mark Ryan

@simongerman600 Why did the island of Newfoundland get left out? Hardly fair dinkum!

Important language map shows us where Australian is being spoken. #badgeographyjoke

@MattZeitlin Too true. On the subject, it's unforgivable that "The Crown" completely skipped over Callaghan.

I don’t think his own family loves Jim Callaghan as much as Dominic Sandbrook does

Happy Union Day 🇬🇧 May 1, 1707, the Act of the Union officially becomes law. ‘That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England shall upon the first day of May next ensuing the date hereof and forever after be United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain And that the Ensigns Armorial of the said United Kingdom be such as Her Majesty shall appoint and the Crosses of St Andrew and St George be conjoined in such manner as Her Majesty shall think fit and used in all Flags Banners Standards and Ensigns both at Sea and Land’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@stats_feed It's sad, if predictable, that Brits in the responses discount this stat, insist that it's simply exchange rates, GDP is meaningless, etc. You can bet if it was the other direction (France surpassing UK), these Eeyores would 100% agree with the stat

UK quietly regains position as the world’s 5th largest economy, per IMF. 1. 🇺🇸 United States ~ $32.38 trillion 2. 🇨🇳 China ~ $20.85 trillion 3. 🇩🇪 Germany ~ $5.45 trillion 4. 🇯🇵 Japan ~ $4.38 trillion 5. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom ~ $4.26 trillion ⬆️ 6. 🇮🇳 India ~ $4.15 trillion ⬇️ 7. 🇫🇷 France ~ $3.6 trillion 8. 🇮🇹 Italy ~ $2.74 trillion 9. 🇷🇺 Russia ~ $2.66 trillion 10. 🇧🇷 Brazil ~ $2.64 trillion

Canada needs both languages. Anglos who work in Quebec, especially CEOs, need to actually make the effort to learn French. That being said, French speaking Quebecois are quite picky about the level of fluency from an Anglo before they will respond in French.

🗳️ Imagine there's a new referendum to change New Zealand's flag. What's your pick?

@kirsten_lum_ @lucamassaron and I wrote a book that touched on this subject - the rift between the world of tabular data and AI/ML: manning.com/books/machine-…

Let me use an example. I was in a conversation recently with an engineer and a data scientist. The data scientist explained that an AI system we were working on was behaving unexpectedly because a table’s schema was incorrectly specified. The table was named something like carts, and the columns were cart_id, customer_id, and date. The engineer said, “That is a perfectly constructed schema.” The data scientist responded, “No, there is no way to tell by looking at this data what the data means. Either the table needs to be named something like “cart_adds” or the date column needs to be named something like “add_to_cart_date” but if it has neither, the system could interpret that as cart created date, last add to cart date, cart checkout date, or anything else related to carts and customers.” But these kinds of schemas are what is in the wild. We have to build to these schemas, not to idealized schemas that have perfect, transparent data models, and no greasy fingerprints from a decade of analysts monkeying with it.

Happy Commonwealth Day! 🌍 Today we celebrate the unity, diversity and shared values that connect the 56 nations of the Commonwealth and its 2.7 billion people🎉 Follow us for live updates on our Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration starting at 15:00 GMT TODAY!⭐ #CommonwealthDay #RoyalCommonwealthSociety

@EvanLSolomon please speak with @DarioAmodei today. Tax breaks, regulation smoothing. Whatever it takes. Make it happen and make history.

@FarCanalStevo Flag for the celebration of the 60th anniversary (in 1965) of Saskatchewan joining confederation?

Ok Canadians particularly all the vexillologist from Saskatchewan, what is this flag. No Google Jumping the Canadian flag bandwagon.

I sincerely hope that mine is just one of many portraits of Prime Ministers from both parties that will continue to be hung in the Parliament of Canada for decades and centuries to come […] but that will require that in these perilous times both parties whatever their differences, come together to preserve the independence and unity of this blessed land.

@nfergus @nfergus is a brilliant writer and speaker. While he was "in opposition" his takes were refreshing. Now that the red team is ascendant, he is defending the indefensible and making excuses for bullies. Dr. Ferguson is better than this.

Trump never seriously meant to annex Greenland or to impose new tariffs on the Europeans. Why would he when the U.S. already enjoys all the military access to the frigid island it could every possibly need? Fact: Trump means what he says on Truth Social only about half the time. 3/8

There is a rapidly forming narrative in the European and liberal media that the Europeans “won Davos”: primarily by getting Trump to “de-escalate” his demand that the United States acquire Greenland from Denmark. 1/8

Diefenbaker is the single most vindicated man in the history of mankind.

They were right.

@ThomBrady5 What friends?

people are going to be so whitepilled when we take Greenland. It's going to be like landing on the moon. American decline is over, we are an expansionist rising power and we're bringing all our friends with us.

@vesperdigital The responses from Canadians, or "Canadians", in this thread are shocking. Sure, there's lots that needs to be fixed in Canada, but the self-loathing is sick. Whatever ails Canada, photocopying what is happening in the US right now isn't the answer.

I have always respected Michael Knowles for what he stands for. But I have to say this. This may be the most irresponsible, low resolution take I have ever seen from him. To suggest the U.S. would act toward Canada as it might toward Venezuela is not just unserious. It is diplomatically illiterate. Canada is not a totalitarian regime. It is a NATO ally and a democratic partner that has consistently condemned Maduro. For the U.S. to even utter such a threat would shred its international commitments. Violating the UN Charter, the North Atlantic Treaty, and the OECD Convention in one stroke is not "tough talk." It is a recipe for instant global isolation and economic suicide. Frankly, it is embarrassing to see someone usually sharp trade nuance for sensationalism. Do better, Michael. This is not edgy. It is just dumb.

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@ztisdale Why would we want to be part of a country that increasingly seems to despise us? The Americans who express an opinion about Canada these days are either insulting or want to chop up our country for parts. I have zero interest in joining people who despise me for no reason.

America is not our enemy. Canada couldn't exist without the United States. It's time to join them and become the 51st State. It makes the most sense over the long term, and better for economics, freedom, and security. (No, this is not globalism, and no, we don't want Mexico.)

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@SenRubenGallego Seeing the vitriol aimed at Canadians in this thread, quite apart from the annexation threats from the US administration, why would any of us want to visit the United States again?

Winter in Arizona usually means snowbirds, busy restaurants, and Canadians spending money in our communities. But this year they’re staying home because Trump insulted them and slapped tariffs on their country. Arizona tourism is paying the price.