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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 01/10/2026

If you eat 40 burgers a month, consult a physician.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 30/09/2026

Sometimes Quora questions and answers turn up gems.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 22/09/2026

Watching Sunday's John Oliver report on United Healthcare, as someone who lives in literally any other country in the world, is dizzyingly weird. It's like having referees but the refs profit off which team scores how many goals. And Americans argue over the minutiae of how much they should make...

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 16/09/2026

I just found an origami porn channel but it’s paper view only.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 11/09/2026

"Canadians returned from 2.3 million trips to the U.S., up 5% from a year earlier & marking the third straight month of...increases..." We are in a trade war with a country that has threatened to cripple us economically until we give up our sovereignty, but hey, I need my Florida beach time. Gross.

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Retire Rich: Snowbirds: Where are you flying this winter?

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 09/09/2026

"Think of what a child of the 1970s survived. 'Go play lawn darts with your sister, son. Then we're going to blow smoke in your face while you cook your own damn meat in boiling oil. Then you're going to put on highly flammable pyjamas in a house without fire alarms. Good luck.'" - Chris Jones

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 09/09/2026

"...the Canadian economy isn’t a miniature version of the U.S. economy, producing the same mix of stuff on a smaller scale...While the U.S. economy is roughly a dozen times larger...Canada supplies a surprisingly large share of many crucial goods." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/adding-inj...

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Adding Injury to Insult, Canada Edition

This idiotic trade war will hurt more than people realize

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 02/09/2026

Love this time of the year. Backyard harvest for dinner!

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 02/09/2026

Presidents and corporations don't get to rename geography at their whim. c.org/HRDwznj747

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Sign the Petition

Restore Lake Ontario on Google Maps

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 01/09/2026

"Kim periodically executes political opponents using anti-aircraft fire, whereas Mark Carney used the word 'hydronym' in a tweet. I think we can all see who the real monster is." paulwells.substack.com/p/get-along-...

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 01/09/2026

You know, MOST people, having gone through the utter humiliation that has been his last few years, would hunker down and try to get off the infamy radar. But not our George Santos! This hero just keeps digging with a truly remarkable level of energy. www.wired.com/story/george...

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George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban

The former US representative was also fined more than $71,000 for allegedly attempting to manipulate the prediction market.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton's death puts a lot of pressure on Tom Hanks in an increasingly smaller club of "universally admired humans".

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 25/08/2026

It's good that these people have resigned themselves that those us driving ankle-biter-free are dispensable in the great road battle. Best to just accept our fate.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 31/07/2026

If a hotel discount changes your mind about travelling to the United States it was never really about principle was it? www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 27/07/2026

100→110 on the 401 means most people now drive 130, not 120. That 8% speed bump costs ~14% more fuel per km (drag scales with speed²). Individually: $15 for 21 min saved. Collectively: millions of extra litres of gas burned yearly. We're all cursing pump prices while doing this. #populist_nonsense

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 24/07/2026

Eisenhower, 1953, reminding us that we never learn. “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed,” he said. “This world in arms is not spending money alone."

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 24/07/2026

Nothing like spending a little time in nature.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 23/07/2026

Every week Costco lets me know all the dishwashers, ranges, and refrigerators they have on sale. Do people actually buy a new dishwasher because it's on sale? I buy a dishwasher because the dishwasher broke and can't be repaired. At that point I go see what Consumer Reports thinks. It's just... odd.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 22/07/2026

How many other Americans, like this commenter at the New York Times, think that Canada's population is 1.5 million? Who do they think takes up all those buildings in Toronto?

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 18/07/2026

Right back at ya Don... "We are holding the United States responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and Canada is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, disease-ridden, and unhealthy Ticks, the quality of which is dangerous, and totally ->

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 05/07/2026

If two identical crashes happen, one at 100 km/h and one at 110, how much deadlier is the second? We know that answer: 46% according to the Nilsson Power Model, the gold standard in road safety research. But never let physics get in the way of some good old symbolic politics.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 04/07/2026

When the Apricot Authoritarian to the south starting threatening my country’s sovereignty and economy I stopped supporting them in any way I could. No travel, no purchases. Recently I’ve been trying to decide what conditions would cause me to end my ban. Can’t be just that one guy leaving.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 04/07/2026

One of the things I enjoy is outliving some truly horrible people. The problem is, more younger horrible people keep coming along and guys, I’m starting to think I won’t be able to outlive all of them.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 26/06/2026

"The whereabouts and identity of the pilot were also unknown." Hey, give me a call. I have an idea of where you might want to look for the pilot. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/w...

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Small Plane Crashes Into Tallest Building in Beijing

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 16/06/2026

If you want a clear example of the limitation of crowd-sourced reviews you need look no further than the entry for "Melania" on Rotten Tomatoes, and note the gap between actual movie critics (10% approval) - including those from right-wing media - and audience (99%). www.rottentomatoes.com/m/melania

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Melania | Rotten Tomatoes

Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Melania on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 21/05/2026

There is a common misperception that airplane crash investigations "find someone to blame". In fact, they never do that. Even if a crash is found to have been caused by one of the pilots the next question they ask is why? Poor training? Not enough sleep? Company policies? www.msn.com/en-in/news/i...

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MSN

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 16/04/2026

"I'd be a billionaire too, if I didn't hit snooze." www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4qX...

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The Great Class War

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 14/04/2026

From the 1850s to today, the playbook is the same: stoke racial fear, concentrate wealth, suppress votes. It's not just American history — Canada's media and resource oligarchs know it too. Hungary just rejected it. We can too, ideally before the crash that inevitably follows.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

April 13, 2026

On April 12, the day of Hungary’s parliamentary elections, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) posted on social media that it was closely watching the election and stood firmly behind ...

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 10/04/2026

"...the president posted his own interpretation of the terms of the agreement, but they were aspirational and asked for Iran to agree to terms that were less advantageous for the U.S. than (the plan) that President Barack Obama negotiated in 2015 and Trump tore up in 2018."

open.substack.com

April 9, 2026

The ceasefire President Donald J.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 08/04/2026

This is, to put it mildly, a very big deal. It requires countries to cooperate. And it comes at a time when the United States is not exactly in "plays well with others" territory. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...

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Opinion | Anthropic’s Restraint Is a Terrifying Warning Sign

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 06/04/2026

Memories of a pandemic: today in 2020 Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer recommended wearing a mask when out in public. COVID went from being a distant concern to feeling very personal.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 05/04/2026

Received this bit of advertising in my email. Glad to know that, by default, we're friends, even if they can't remember my name.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 17/03/2026

"For Trump and Co., it is a bedrock belief that American might is so awesome that the US can roam about the global schoolyard punching the other kids and stealing their lunch money without the slightest worry that this behaviour will ever have consequences." open.substack.com/pub/dgardner...

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"We don't need anybody."

Words to carve on America's tombstone. And make the ghost of William McKinley moan.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 16/03/2026

"Taken together, these three reports paint a dark picture. Without addressing the growing chasm of wealth inequality in Canada, it’s difficult to imagine addressing any of the pressing social issues that plague this country." www.readthemaple.com/canadas-rich...

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Canada’s Richest 1% Nearly As Wealthy As Poorest 80%

Three recent reports provide the gory details about massive and growing wealth inequality in Canada

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 16/03/2026

"Alonso discusses a US research paper that discovered that students were less likely to apply to an institution if they toured the campus on a day that was rainy, excessively hot, or cloudy and cold." www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...

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Bad Weather Casts Cloud Over College Application Decisions

Using data from a college in the Northeast, researchers found that prospective students who toured on a rainy or hot day were less likely to apply.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 12/03/2026

I got this ad from a local theatre for a Beatle's cover band and I thought, that's impressive, they found a left-handed bass player to be Paul. Then I watched a YouTube video of them and HE ISN'T LEFT-HANDED. So they've photoshopped the still photos.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 26/02/2026

"The Justice Department said it’s reviewing whether it improperly withheld Epstein-related records listed in evidence logs." In other news, the Joker has launched an independent inquiry into who keeps planting explosives around Gotham, reporting directly to him.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 24/02/2026

Well this is a first for me. Skilled AND lucky at the same time. Usually I have to put up with one or the other. Mostly the other.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 20/02/2026

You know how you make sourdough starter? Mix flour and water and leave them on your counter for a few days, then discard and feed regularly. All the yeast you need is floating around you! Look up 'Wild Yeast Sourdough Starter' and skip these expensive kits.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 19/02/2026

I have just unsubscribed from the Snopes newsletter, which I've enjoyed for years because it used to be accurate deep dives into interesting conspiracy theories. Now it's just them debunking obvious AI slop. They must be so bored over there.

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Stephen @stephenhunt.ca · 19/02/2026

Folks, this is insanity. Simple syrup is the single easiest thing to make yourself - it's literally 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar. Anyone buying this makes "too dumb to boil water" an upgrade.

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