Jeffrey Cuvilier

Old soul, young at heart, student for life.
Teacher, academic editor.
Father, husband. Ready, willing, vaguely competent handyman.

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

@ATabarrok Aside from slipping a little more money into the pockets of you-know-who of the 'Roman salute', no reason at all.

But that alone was enough for me to look elsewhere. Kia EVs are fantastic -- definitely not FSD, though.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

This is truly a great man. He has invested more in Ukraine than 185 countries combined.

Meet Howard Buffett, Warren Buffett’s middle son. He is 71 years old. He dropped out of college three times. He drinks Dr Pepper and looks for a McDonald’s wherever he travels.

Since the beginning of the war, his foundation has become the largest private donor to Ukraine: $1.4 billion.

Over four years, he has personally visited Ukraine 27 times.

In April 2022, he saw burned-out agricultural machinery and called the president of John Deere:

“How many combines are available in Europe?”

“Fifteen. All of them were supposed to go to Russia.”

“I’ll take them all.”

Then came all the available New Holland equipment in Europe. Altogether, more than 100 tractors and combines were provided to Ukrainian farmers.

He even tested demining equipment himself - on his own farm in Illinois, detonating explosives beneath rollers. When a Ukrainian deputy minister expressed doubts, Buffett told him:

“Stop counting my tractors. If necessary, I’ll blow up a thousand of them.”

Andriy Stavnitser initially asked him for $1 million for Superhumans. Buffett asked how much was needed to build the entire center.

“$14 million.”

“Okay. And what do you expect in return?”

“Nothing. Build it.”

Today, his support for Superhumans has reached $77 million, and the center has treated more than 1,700 patients.

But his largest area of spending is neither agricultural machinery nor prosthetics.

It is food: 642 million meals.

And that is only part of it:
* 344,000 windows replaced after Russian attacks;
* 9 bridges, 4 power plants, 2,500 generators, and 18 DNA laboratories;
* Much of Bucha rebuilt with his funding.

“I already have more friends in Ukraine than I do at home,” he says.

He celebrates birthdays in Ukraine, comes for Christmas, and even has a Ukrainian godson.

Friends, this is truly a great man - someone who understands that he cannot take all his money with him when he leaves this world.

I simply want to thank him and wish him well.

Whatever else one may say, this is real help from a person who had no personal obligation to Ukraine.

He simply chose to help.

Source: translated from the original text by Oleh Bairak.

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

@RobynUrback I found it chilling: "And the people who knocked down these buildings will hear all of us soon," followed by "U.S.A! U.S.A!" rang with rage and the promise of indiscriminate war.

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

@susandelacourt Me. High school Social Studies teacher with a strong interest in AI for education, and concerns about the tech stack introducing -- subtle or obvious -- editorial influence into what's served to students.

[Stephen Marche @StephenMarche]

If you woke up wondering what Canada does next, there's a show that deals with how Canada keeps its sovereignty in the new world disorder. Eight episodes. Trade. Alliance networks. Military. Technology. Influence. https://t.co/dRVxi1jBlU

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

@goodside Excellent

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

@EconTalker "We have it and we re not going anywhere.... Get used to it" is unexpected after 20 years of Econtalk. I've learned a lot. 15 years ago, your tone changed, my respect for your approach and priors increased. This is... not that.

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

@JesseBrown “Islamist radicals and extremist progressives” does not align with what I’m seeing in BC, which revolves around very conservative media, memes, and community centres.

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Alberta Separatist Group’s Controversial Voter ID App Has Links to US Ambassador, MAGA Influencers and Wealthy Michigan Republicans https://t.co/sGG5l9i2Ba

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

@sharpchinapod Andrew, from a listener North of the border: you should read non-US sources on Carney's speech at Davos, and what Canada's doing in response to the US going off the rails.

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

This is good Ai: Intelligently presented, easily accessed insights. I teach Inclusive Ed and have a family member recently diagnosed with ASD. Huxe lets me draw from recent research to better understood where they’re coming from, experiencing, and what they need. @gethuxe

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

@AgassizObserver Someone drove over the NDP candidate’s campaign sign at the corner near the tracks. The same candidate had signs vandalized in Chilliwack. There is a traffic camera at this location. Has this been addressed in the paper, or by the RCMP?

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

@AnthropicAI How is this still not available in Canada?

[Brian Hioe 丘琦欣 @brianhioe]

Lol

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

@elonmuskADO No.

Kings had all licensed fools who could tell them the rude truth.
Invest some of your money in ‘No men’, and learn to listen.

[Jeffrey Cuvilier @Jenocacu]

@WeAreTheDead Richard Cuvilier and Jeffrey Cuvilier at grave of Edward Leo Cuvelier.

[We Are The Dead @WeAreTheDead]

Sgt. Edward Leo Cuvelier (Canadian Infantry - Quebec Regiment). Aug. 8, 1918. Age: 22

[David Frazier @DaveOhYeah]

Water rushing out of Suao Harbor on Taiwan’s east coast. There’s a tsunami warning in effect

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

The craftsmanship is amazing. https://t.co/YbTDLriQAI

[Nathan Baugh @nathanbaugh27]

Neil Gaiman writes the first draft of every book by hand.

His reasoning is fascinating:

With a computer you “write that down and look at it and then fiddle with it.”

With a pen you “slow up a bit, but you’re thinking the sentence through to the end, and then you start writing.”

Computers let your writing balloon.

Your story loses its shape and focus.

But writing with a pen forces you to consider every word, every sentence, before writing.

Your story stays sharp.

My takeaway — Your medium affects your output.

Writing on twitter → punchy with little nuance, constant feedback.

Writing a newsletter → longer form, more nuance but less feedback.

Writing a book → long form, lots of nuance but no feedback for a long time.

Neil noticed the same comparing computers and notebooks.

His other suggestions:

Leuchtturm notebooks over Moleskines. Visconti fountain pens.

This is a handwritten page from his novel Coraline: