“Poilievre will not be a successful Conservative leader anymore, because he cannot escape the talent that brought him to the brink of the government benched. And it is shocking to me that nobody close to him can see what is self-evident to the rest of us and tell him that.”
“The usual way of doing this isn’t good enough, and Canadians get that, which is why they’re so willing to tolerate a politics that would have been alien two years ago. Canadians have tolerated the upheaval because they believe things might get better. There’s a lesson there”
I’m glad Bonnie Crombie has taken the right decision, grateful for her career in public service, and I wish her the best in her post-leadership endeavours
Based on a recent convo and current events, I became curious about gun ownership in Australia as I realised I was unsure about the details.
Going to collect some interesting (to me) factoids I found (thread)…
Final induction dose of immunotherapy is finished! Didn't think I'd make it after serious allergic reaction
Early signs say it's working but I'll know more after scans over next month
Working on a future sci comm video "Science Biohacked my Cancer." Fuck cancer, love the NHS
The deaths of 17 medieval Jews: An incredible new genetics paper has just dropped: The earliest Jewish genomes and the story of where they are from and how they died is incredibly important, and central to the origin of contemporary antisemitic conspiracy hatred. 🧵
Yarvin, who begs any reporter that will listen to debate racism with him, immediately throws in the towel on trying to actually understand genetics and shifts to vague grumbling. In fact the environmental explanation is simple:
https://t.co/Cox87rFw96
1/ Rogan is misrepresenting the position of archaeologists and established archaeology even before the discovery of Gobekli Tepe as claiming no advanced civilization existed prior to 10,000 years ago.
Firstly, we don’t tend to talk formally about “advanced civilization”
I must confess I am a fan of Cochrane’s bias towards facts and reality
If you think that’s political bias that says something about your political party
Mark Carney is arguably the greatest economic/finance mind to ever lead a country in the history of the modern world. People like him virtually never get into politics.
Not only did he run the central banks of two G7 countries (only living person to do so). He worked in a
Thoughts on the CPC’s internal crisis, which is that losing this election will set off a fight within the party that none of us know the answer to how it’ll go —>
Florence Nightingale's most famous statistical analysis was her investigation into the mortality rates of soldiers during the Crimean War. She demonstrated that the majority of deaths among soldiers were due to preventable diseases rather than battlefield injuries!
In 1890, the Tariff Act came into place in the United States. It placed tariffs on imports of up to 50%.
While touted as a way to build American industry, there was also the hope it would force an annexation of Canada. It backfired.
Let's learn more.
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In 1890, the Tariff Act came into place in the United States. It placed tariffs on imports of up to 50%.
While touted as a way to build American industry, there was also the hope it would force an annexation of Canada. It backfired.
Let's learn more.
🧵1/10