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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

"The fact that psychological control has become more important to employers than productivity is one of the many paradoxes wrought by capitalism." thewalrusca.substack.com/p/welcome-ba...

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Welcome Back to the Office. You Won’t Get Anything Done

Return to office mandates aren’t about output. They’re about asserting control

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Christmas muzak note to self: always queue up podcasts for supermarket shopping in December.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Car trips. And sometimes in the kitchen. Supermarket shopping. Errands.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

If only there were some way to incentivize non-car transport. Perhaps protect pedestrians and cyclists, or fund public transport. Oh well.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 10/06/2025

Here's the thing about this: It isn't a boycott really. On one level I'm not travelling to the US because of moral objections, sure. But the really powerful factor for me is just a basic risk assessment. The American administration is clearly aggressively hostile to foreigners, and people like me.

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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

U.S. wine export markets have contracted substantially. In April, the year-over-year export value dropped by 41.4%, worsening the 28% decline recorded in March. The three main export destinations for U.S. wine—Canada (-93%), the UK (-29%), and China (-70%)—all reported significant decreases.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There is a theme here of bigotry and xenophobia disguised as mere anti-science. Nazi Germany casting out Jewish science AKA physics in the 1930s was a big part of how the US got ahead in science.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

A dream.

I dream that one day drivers will have the same patience for me crossing the street that they do waiting for a parking spot 10 feet closer to the mall entrance.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

New business ethics syllabus just dropped. Shareholder theory v. Stakeholder theory playing out in real time.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

New business ethics syllabus just dropped. Shareholder theory v. Stakeholder theory playing out in real time.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 28/04/2025

Canada also has a Senate, but literally the only interesting thing about it is the goofy carpet.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 28/04/2025

Like the United States, Canada also has a Supreme Court. Unlike the United States, Canada's judges dress like Santa Claus. Also, the Supreme Court of Canada has an official owl mascot named Amicus.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

And also by Cory Silverberg: "You Know, Sex" www.corysilverberg.com/you-know-sex

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You Know, Sex — Cory Silverberg

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg www.corysilverberg.com/sex-is-a-fun...

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Sex is a Funny Word — Cory Silverberg

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Why the hell does everything have to happen at once?

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I’d given a tiny piece of myself away. That can’t happen. I have too much to hide, and letting one piece go means the rest isn’t as protected.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

My high school English teacher complained that students took otherwise acceptable pieces of writing, then poured a jar of spare commas all over the page. T***p does that with punctuation, especially upper case letters.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

And also making cyclist pedestrian accidents are significantly less deadly.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Transitioning to fangirl mode.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

"What could possibly go wrong", says councilor who, I assume, has never read/watched sci-fi.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

You need trust underlying any social contract. And trust is easily broken.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I've been reading Cary Fagan with my 8 year old - Water, Water and Mr Karp so far. I love Erin Bow, but more with my 10 year old.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Yes. Absolutely. This should be leading the news.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This was the play all along.

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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 02/02/2025

Now would be a great time for the left in Canada to have a serious, coherent agenda that seeks a structural transformation of material life in service of workers, rather than, you know, keyboard warrior emoji shit and first-year undergrad epithets.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Talking to my Toronto LPC MP about this in 2017 was my first hint that she didn't understand the policies she voted on. If Trudeau told her to jump, she only asked "how high?"

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Leopard: I will eat your face Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp

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I wish ill on ___ @monicarooney.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Momentum Canada has a petition calling on the GoC to recognize that the US is no longer a "safe third country", to update travel guidance to the US and create a clear and accessible pathway for trans refugees. Please join me in signing. #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Sign the petition: Canada must update travel guidance and create clear, accessible pathways for trans refugees

Sign the petition: Sign the petition: Canada must update travel guidance and create clear, accessible pathways for trans refugees

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The real danger to Canada isn’t from the tariffs. It’s from the (unjustified, illegal) *threat* of tariffs. We can adjust to any tariff. But *uncertainty* undermines the entire relationship. Retaliation can’t fix that. Only minimizing exposure to the US can. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

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Tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming Saturday, Trump says he’s deciding whether levy will hit oil

With a decision on oil imminent, the U.S. President repeated his three reasons for imposing tariffs: illegal migration, fentanyl smuggling across the border and imbalances on trade

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Genuine question: which major advertisers are still on X, and available to boycott? I thought many had jumped ship altogether.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

45 and my household now buys decaf tea for the afternoons. Sad that it's come to this.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/01/2025

1. Sabotage public institutions. 2. Claim they don’t work efficiently. 3. Eliminate them. — That’s the playbook.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Wasn't there a back and forth between G Dworkin and R Dworkin? And also lots of back and forths between G.A. Cohen and J. Cohen and others? This is why the political philosophy of my undergrad seemed to all be on a first name basis.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The early bird gets the worm, so if you're a worm, sleep late. Big investments in this type of tech are only likely to pay off for the early birds, and that is not Canada.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

She may yet be stepping in as part leader, just not today.

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Even in the age of LLM academic dishonesty, I'm trying to keep assignments aligned with learning outcomes that I care about.

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Fatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The Doug Ford government paid experts $1.5M to tell them how to reach net-zero emissions. Experts came up with 18 scenarios; each one urged the government to phase out natural gas. The Ford government isn't doing that and hasn't released the report. An exclusive by me thenarwhal.ca/ontario-ener...

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Ontario was advised to ease off gas. Doug Ford is doing the opposite | The Narwhal

The Doug Ford government commissioned a report for up to $1.5 million to identify pathways to net-zero emissions, but continues to procure natural gas despite it

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

A while back I asked Americans to talk about getting sick or hurt in other countries and how surprised they were at how little it cost to see a doctor almost everywhere else but here. www.welcometohellworld.com/the-american...

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The American healthcare system damages your *thinking* not just the public health

This whole country is a scam

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

There was an explanation on CBC radio about how time consuming it is for businesses to reprogram their cash registers to remove or add GST for certain items, for only certain dates. Seasonal businesses quite reasonably can't be bothered.

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Jennifer Szende @jenzee.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

This one remains the Charlie Browniest.

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