Tim MacKay

Concerned earthling. Still learning. Working from home.

[Manuel Ángel @ManuDelUni]

El mejor resumen de la Final, según los brasileños ...
Magistral!!

[Tim MacKay @timmermackay]

@TSN1200 It’s okay. Rip the bandaid off. It was gonna get uncomfortable. I wish we got a player and two firsts. I don’t love that he went to Florida.

[Tim MacKay @timmermackay]

@habslover62

[Jonas Čeika @Jonas_Ceika]

I sent ChatGPT an audio file of a series of FART sound effects and asked what it thinks of "my music" and this is what it said

[Guitar Gods Unleashed @gguworld]

"Ramble On" is 56 years old and Robert Plant just walked onto The Late Show and made it sound like he wrote it this morning.

[Damien Robitaille @damienrobi]

WHAT IS LOVE • ft. @GurdeepPandher and Suki

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no “unrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings.

Get them out of there.

[Amit Schandillia @Schandillia]

Xia Dynasty: No Taiwan
Shang Dynasty: No Taiwan
Zhou Dynasty: No Taiwan
Qin Dynasty: No Taiwan
Han Dynasty: No Taiwan
Three Kingdoms: No Taiwan
Jin Dynasty: No Taiwan
Sui Dynasty:No Taiwan
Tang Dynasty: No Taiwan
Song Dynasty: No Taiwan
Yuan Dynasty: No Taiwan
Ming Dynasty: No Taiwan
Qing Dynasty: Annexed Taiwan (Formosa) in 1683; lost to Japan in 1895.
Republic of China: Received Taiwan back from Japan in 1945; administration split from Mainland China (PRC) in 1949.
PRC: No.

In sum, Taiwan was under Chinese rule for a grand total of 212 years under Qing Dynasty and 4 years under ROC, which funny enough, PRC does not recognize as legitimate China.

That’s a total of 216 years.

In a history that runs more than 4,000 years.

By the way, the Qing government, the only regime that actually held Taiwan, isn’t seen in a terribly positive light by the CCP.

So no, Taiwan has NOT “belonged to China since antiquity.”

And if you make the argument that the Han originated in Taiwan, then the Rus originated in Kiev. If anything, that says China belongs to Taiwan and Russia to Ukraine. But that’s not how belonging works.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Watch Scott Galloway eviscerate Trump, Scott Bessent, and their fucked-up tariff policy that has alienated our allies, bankrupted working class families, and destroyed the "envy of the world" economy President Biden handed to Dirty Donald. 😳👇

[The Hill Times @TheHillTimes]

Here is the Throne Speech, currently being delivered by King Charles: #cdnpoli

https://t.co/cuYOzRyPG9

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

Why superficial, so called "staff engagement" is worse than no engagement at all.
This is about "listening sessions" & "engagement workshops" where people put their ideas forward (often on post-it notes) where nothing happens afterwards or "suggestion boxes" that don't get opened often. It allows leaders to say “We asked for employee input” without actually giving up control. It’s engagement without risk.
It has a side effect. It erodes trust. People see through the act & resent it. They disengage more. It turns hopeful people into even bigger cynics.
Three key questions to ask about any "staff involvement" strategy:
1. What happens to these ideas after this meeting?
2. Who decides which ones move forward?
3. How do we measure if this process is working?
Real collaboration isn’t a meeting. It’s a way of thinking & behaviour, role modelled by leaders:
- Being open and creating visible feedback loops
- Ensuring follow-through & action on the ideas put forward
- Distributing decision-making power
- Enabling dialogue across the system
- Setting accountability goals for collaborative working:
https://t.co/3eRS8jucZ9. By Bette Ludwig @BetteFreelancer.

[Wab Kinew @WabKinew]

Vive le Canada! 🇨🇦

[Tim MacKay @timmermackay]

@TSNJR @TSN1200 My deepest condolences to you and your radio family.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Jury is still out on whether vaccines work

I mean let's look at rubella

Tough isn't it? Stats and data can be so confusing

Guess we'll never know

[Tim MacKay @timmermackay]

@_MarkSutcliffe You wanted to be mayor in 2024. It’s time to act like it. Ottawa needs a grown up mayor.

[Racketville @racketville]

“The tree is now groaning with children.”

Mary Carillo’s badminton monologue may be the best piece of Olympic reporting I’ve ever seen.
#Olympics

[Tim MacKay @timmermackay]

@jacktodd46 There’s an argument that @CanadaSoccerEN is the worst sports federation. Loads of amateur players and interest but no money. Players have to fight with federation to be paid fairly. And the federation gets caught for cheating. Players not to blame.

[Brittlestar @brittlestar]

AIRPORT LOUNGES

[amil @amil]

“For most millennials, the old material markers of midlife, like owning a home or spending 20-plus years at one job, are a nostalgic fantasy. Even as we negotiate gray hairs and a changing body, little has changed in our career, home, and money prospects.” https://t.co/THaiJ47Ut6

[Sabina Vohra-Miller @SabiVM]

I am so thrilled that this incredible analysis is FINALLY out!

And GUESS WHAT?! Masks work and they work well! 🧵1/5

Thank you: @trishgreenhalgh @Globalbiosec @fisman_n @sameo416 @AmandaKvalsvig @Mark_Ungrin @jvipondmd & others.