Jeremy Karwandy

Small town Saskie boy, football fanatic, father of two great girls, and wierdly passionate about excel spreadsheets and understanding economic policy.

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

Lots of great coverage of Global Energy Show, but here are some tidbits I picked up that might not make the news:
1. The world will need ~30 million barrels/day in new growth to 2050. This accounts for demand growth but also supply loss as some basins mature and decline. /1

[NASCAR @NASCAR]

Committed to the bit.

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Last weekend, Cameco was proud to be the presenting sponsor of the first CFL preseason game in Saskatoon since 1991. The event was even more special with the attendance of several 2026 Touchdown for Dreams recipients. To top it off: the @sskroughriders came away with a win!

[Lost sheep @johntosin500]

@CourtneyRCronin Congrats to Logan Jones, drafted 57th and immediately promoted to ketchup ambassador by The Kraft Heinz Company. Forget contracts, legacy secured in condiments. Hall of Fame, but for hot dogs.

[Insane Reality Leaks @InsaneReality]

The scale of the 2011 Japan tsunami is hard to comprehend

[Erwan Le Corre @ErwanLeCorre]

This is what an EXCEPTIONAL mindset thinks like and sounds like.

So impressive from a 22 years old.

Not only you CAN control what you think, and how you think it and why, but you SHOULD.

See your mind as a skill and practice it as such.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

I've been wanting to write this for a while: an article on the key characteristics of the Chinese health system, as a patient.

It's something that I - perhaps unfortunately - have come to have a lot of experience with in my eight years in China.

I've been to the doctor as a patient dozens of times. My wife delivered our first daughter in a Chinese hospital, and had cancer surgery in Shanghai. My younger daughter - who once completely severed her thumb in an unfortunate accident in rural Gansu - had emergency surgery in a small clinic there (her thumb is fine now!). We spent the entire covid episode in China. And, to this day, I still go back to China every year to do my routine health tests or the occasional procedure (like a thyroid biopsy in Harbin last year).

In other words, when it comes to the Chinese health system, I've seen a lot.

What's fascinating about the Chinese health system, and that's true in general about many things in China, is that it never inherited Western dogma about how things were supposed to work, it's completely unconstrained by what everyone else has decided is "normal".

And, as a result, you end up with things that would simply sound impossible to any Western patient: a consultation with the head cardiologist of one of Shanghai's best hospitals for less than $10, blood test results in under 30 minutes, and a system where you can walk in, see three specialists and walk out with a diagnosis and your medicine - all before noon.

As I argue in the article that's all enabled by 3 characteristics that sound super unorthodox:
1) extremely short consultation times, less than 5 minutes
2) no GP gatekeepers (you go straight to see specialists)
3) systematic testing for every patient, even if you just have a cold

Each one sounds wrong. And in fact when I describe them to doctor friends in the West they immediately explain to me why that can't possibly work, and how their own system is far superior.

Except that it does work, I checked the numbers (on top of my personal experience): the Chinese system handles close to 10 billion total outpatient visits a year (https://t.co/b1xd45O73F), or about 7 visits per person per year on average, and the average wait time is only about 18 minutes (https://t.co/S3At5DtbJP).

Contrast this with France, my country, where people already go to the doctor A LOT, but still less than in China: only 5.5 visits per person per year (https://t.co/sk1kQt59tK). And the French system can't even handle this lower volume: when you can see a specialist straight away in China - you don't even need to make an appointment in advance - you need to wait months to see one in France (50 days on average for a cardiologist, for instance: https://t.co/ZKZmhzoFFO).

I've personally managed to see 3 specialists AND do all related tests AND get the test results AND get diagnoses AND buy the medicine to cure me - all in the space of a morning at a hospital in Shanghai. That would have undoubtedly taken me a whole year in the French system.

My purpose here is not to argue that the West should replicate the Chinese health system wholesale, but to ask an honest question: what if some of the things we take for granted about healthcare aren't nearly as inevitable as we think? Is it completely unthinkable that we've developed some dogmas that are costing us - in money, in time, and occasionally in lives?

That's the whole point of my article: describing a health system built from first principles by people who never assumed we in the West knew better - up to you to decide if they have a point.

Enjoy the read here: https://t.co/cNXNmo195l

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How the draft actually works #Olympics2026

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INCIDENT: We are currently monitoring an unidentified flying sleigh entering NATO airspace. The track originates from the North Pole and is flying an erratic path🎅 
No NATO jets have been scrambled.

[Jeremy Karwandy @JerKarwandy]

@DhananiZain Play 4 - 2 RB and 2 Flex

Hampton
Jacob's (or wilson)
Harvey
Dowdle
Olave
Sutton

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Employment growth since April ("Liberation Day"):
United States: +119,000*
Canada: +166,200

* The U.S. number is expected to be revised down.

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#TEXANS OWNER CAL MCNAIR WITH ONE OF THE FUNNIEST TIKTOKS OF ALL TIME AFTER CJ STROUD IGNORED HIM.

🤣🤣🤣

CRYING OF LAUGHTER WATCHING THIS. HE DID THIS ALL DAY LONG.

[Hanif Bayat @HanifBayat]

🚨 WOWA Data Labs finds:
Big 5 banks offered mortgage rates 0.50%+ LOWER than what they advertise

That’s $2,500+/yr in extra interest on a $500K mortgage—paid simply due to lack of info

How to get better rates:
1️⃣ Look beyond the Big 5
2️⃣ Shop around (e.g., https://t.co/Y5XVJhkLdu)
3️⃣ Check multiple brokerages
4️⃣ Ask about employee rates

📊Knowledge = savings

My piece in @globeandmail : https://t.co/pgw1wEikpK
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[Dr. Grizzo (PhD, MD, BA, MBA, 7'4 240 IQ) @mrgrozz]

Construction of the Milan olympic hockey rink has been completed, here's our first look at the smaller ice surface:

[Bob Pockrass @bobpockrass]

Of all the exhibits with fiery talk and anger, this one stood out for its approach. This May 2024 from Heather Gibbs to NASCAR leadership after a meeting with them and her view on why teams should get permanent charters:

[Rachel Kryshak @RachelKryshak]

George Springer. Celine Dion.

The Blue Jays are going to the World Series 💙

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Fast walkers tend to have higher IQ & larger brains than slow walkers.

[Nicholas Decker @captgouda24]

This paper is one of the most astonishing feats of sustained data wizardry I have ever seen. Using data from Uber, they are able to estimate the roughness of every road in America and precisely estimate the value people place on it, and so much more. 1/

[CCP IS ASSHOE @CCPISASSH0E]

Team shirt no pants ✊

[Huskie Men's Soccer @HuskieMSOC]

Back in the win column!🔥

The Dogs pick up win No. 1⃣of the season over the UNBC Timberwolves thanks to a trio of first time goal scorers and an outstanding performance from Jaron Slopinksi in net!

Next up: UBC T-Birds Sunday afternoon

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