Pat Whelan

Product, @LinkedIn | Co-founder @PaddleHR & @opendemocracyCA | SF, formerly Toronto & #hamont | #WesternU alum

[Pat Whelan @patrickdwhelan]

Some very exciting personal news! Really excited for the next chapter with the team @LinkedIn!

[Paddle HR @PaddleHR]

Big news from the Paddle HR team: We're joining @LinkedIn! Read more about it in a note from our co-founders @patrickdwhelan & Sid Bhargava:

https://t.co/JrrMvwqeOK

[Pat Whelan @patrickdwhelan]

@erinotoole Totally agree

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

this a war on christmas

[Pat Whelan @patrickdwhelan]

@JosephB1823 @globepolitics I live outside the country and still pay taxes in Canada.

[Robert Fife @RobertFife]

Trudeau expected to announce resignation before national caucus meeting Wednesday - The Globe and Mail https://t.co/HHlgDCw559

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Jesus H Christ:

- 36% of young (18-34) Canadian men would vote for Trump over Harris.
- 44% of Conservatives would.
- 48% of Conservative men (vs 31% who would vote for Harris).

Today. Not in 2016, when they might not have understood fully what he was about. But now, after all that he has said and done since, including this horrific election campaign. In Canada.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

There is absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy. Although we don’t yet know exactly what happened, we should all be relieved that former President Trump wasn’t seriously hurt, and use this moment to recommit ourselves to civility and respect in our politics. Michelle and I are wishing him a quick recovery.

[Steve Paikin @spaikin]

To whomever loses the next American election, take note: this is how it's done in a responsible democracy. https://t.co/qAMPAV0Zpf #UKElection2024 #UKElections2024

[Andrew Gazdecki @agazdecki]

This is what building a startup feels like.

[Tara Viswanathan @TaraViswanathan]

In grad school, I worked part time at @lululemon (retail, not corporate).

I learned more about business from that part time job folding & selling yoga pants than any other job I had. ❤️

Here’s what they did differently:

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

what single excel file lead to the most destroyed capital in human history?

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

Jon Stewart remembers his best boy, Dipper.

[Pat Whelan @patrickdwhelan]

My numbers are also really good this week!!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This platform is seeing incredible usage growth!

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

This is something: an article in the Journal of Pediatric Medicine makes the case that the rise in anxiety and depression in children and youth is linked to the severe (and relatively recent) curtailing of independence.

Roaming, making choices, getting into a little trouble, it turns out, is a necessary part of growing up. When you take this away, children become unable to navigate the ebbs and flows of the real world. I made this argument in my TED talk a decade ago about the importance of walking to school - arguing that walking to school is not frivolous, but rather critical, to childhood.

Another blow against cities designed for driving.

“Our thesis is that a primary cause of the rise in mental disorders is a decline over decades in opportunities for children and teens to play, roam, and engage in other activities independent of direct oversight and control by adults.”

https://t.co/j6gNgfplMv

[Pat Whelan @patrickdwhelan]

@sophhelpard Disagree, they are telling our secrets!!

[Mayor Olivia Chow 🇨🇦 @MayorOliviaChow]

CaféTO patios make our neighbourhoods more vibrant places for residents, and they allow small businesses to scale up their operations, welcome more guests and hire more staff.

Today, we announced three changes for 2024. 1/5

[Pat Whelan @patrickdwhelan]

Great news!

[Prime Minister of Canada @CanadianPM]

Live from Charlottetown: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes an announcement about safe and reliable ferry service between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Tune in: https://t.co/kdNvn7Rarx

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

Tic Tacs are 94% sugar and yet claim to be sugar free…

The FDA says anything can be labeled sugar free if it has <0.5g of sugar, so each tic tac is 0.49g and they can claim they have 0 sugar on the label

[Pat Whelan @patrickdwhelan]

@Max_Kerman @mollyhayes So good!