Daniel Pines 🌲

Economics nerd, former violinist, McGill alumni, frequent contributor to the peanut gallery.

[Daniel Pines 🌲 @danpinetree]

One word: No. https://t.co/FZUD98jE3V

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.

Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner.

[Daniel Pines 🌲 @danpinetree]

Monopoly Deal is just Monopoly for people with commitment issues

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Is it just me or are doves just albino pigeons?

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@TheAtlantic @MarshKatherine Lovely argument. But the bottom line is that the high investment, dedication-requiring nature of novel-reading just can’t compete with high drama, emotions-forward TV. There’s too much work involved. If narratives and subtext aren’t spoon-fed, most people won’t bite.

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Good.

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

TikTok banned on all mobile devices owned by Canadian government, effective Tuesday https://t.co/wFRQT8yWpt

[Daniel Pines 🌲 @danpinetree]

That’s roughly what I felt like before Omicron. Damn curfew.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Chichi, a chimpanzee in Ukraine, enjoyed about two hours of freedom after escaping from the Kharkiv Zoo earlier this week before she was coaxed into returning to the zoo atop a zookeeper’s bicycle. https://t.co/lpsdVc3krV

[Daniel Pines 🌲 @danpinetree]

Philip Glass sucks.

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@incrediblyeasy_ This graphic designer literally got paid $200,000 to recreate helvetica.

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Yes.

https://t.co/TQCf6eA1n1

[Olivia of Troye @OliviaTroye]

I’m on a train right now & the number of women who have tears in their eyes, including myself, is something I’m going to remember for the rest of my life.

[Daniel Pines 🌲 @danpinetree]

I am simply amazed by the potency at which New York subway stations can smell like urine

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@lilbabygandhi @SadDelaniac Yeah good luck with that

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@jtlevy I feel like McGill’s biggest problems have less to do with blackboard erasing and more to do with white-washing

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We have an entire province that thinks it has the right to be exempt from upholding constitutuonal rights under the Canadian Charter. This can’t go on.

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A well kept secret: shawarma is by far Toronto’s best fast food. It’s consistent, hella tasty, and found virtually everywhere in the city

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@samosachaatdil @mehdirhasan If you were invited to parties in the first place that’s a good sign you’re losing the debate

[Daniel Pines 🌲 @danpinetree]

@mehdirhasan Tl;dr ignore the points you can’t win and burn the hell outta those straw men

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never have i wished i spoke french so much as to catch the banter of Montreal paramedics

[Daniel Pines 🌲 @danpinetree]

Nothing makes me happy like reruns of the rick mercer report