@eh-lorenz.bsky.social
Lost Albertan doing an Applied Econ PhD at the University of Minnesota. I try to study the Economic History of Agriculture, and regularly get my heart broken by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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My JMP asks a classic question:
Do large, dominant firms foster or hinder innovation?
To study this, I turn to the Great Merger Wave (1895–1904), when >2,600 U.S. firms combined into corporate giants like U.S. Steel and DuPont.
A JMP 🧵👇 (1/13)
Your not gonna believe how it all got started:
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/r....
A soldier embraces a woman at a dimly lit train station, with luggage on the ground and train cars in the background. Alex Colville Glazed tempera on hardboard, 40.6 x 60.9 cm The Thomson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario
Soldier and Girl at Station
Lest we forget 🌺🇨🇦
- Alex Colville
Gen Z seems to have overwhelmingly become interested in the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I don't know what has motivated this trend, but I wholeheartedly support it and am now wondering if there's a way to motivate interest in the Franklin Expedition next.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVY8...
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
10.11.2025 02:38 — 👍 643 🔁 228 💬 34 📌 55
It’s like photos of corn on plastic in an inflatable corn maze on grass. The inflatable parts are yellow and blue. It looks like an AI hall of mirrors but it’s IRL.
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
09.11.2025 03:50 — 👍 2450 🔁 487 💬 72 📌 179Been a Toronto sports fan for four decades and I think that’s the single most heart-breaking loss I’ve ever witnessed.
02.11.2025 04:27 — 👍 605 🔁 30 💬 50 📌 12It’s not even choking.
You’re up against the best team money can buy who rolled through last and this playoffs against whoever they faced and they pushed them to extra innings in game 7 with two hobbled starters & a bunch of guys who started in the minors.
They deserve all the respect.
"Let the spirit of baseball take care of this game" is an all time quote from Buck Martinez
02.11.2025 01:28 — 👍 29 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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Found these gems ⚾️
Salming, Meeker, Watson & Gardner 💙 @BlueJays
WHAT A CALL BUCK #bluejays
30.10.2025 02:34 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0True story, my wife was finishing up something in a video game when I came in to watch the World Series but then the Jays immediately hit those two home runs so now I apparently have to watch the game on my phone.
30.10.2025 00:45 — 👍 166 🔁 5 💬 12 📌 1This seems .... amazing, and something that should interest Canada
27.10.2025 19:39 — 👍 53 🔁 19 💬 4 📌 2
A welcome sign for Beachville, featuring the text "Welcome to Beachville" in green and "Home of the FIRST RECORDED BASEBALL GAME 1838" in a circular design. The sign includes an illustration of a vintage baseball player holding a bat. Additional smaller signs are attached, including ones for Scouts Canada, the Royal Canadian Legion, and Girl Guides of Canada, with a road and greenery in the background.
It is said that baseball is America's Pastime, but the first recorded baseball game in North American history happened north of their border.
It was way back in 1838 when two teams came together in a cow pasture near present-day Beachville, Ontario.
This is the story.
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This is one case where being a boring economist helps.
Forget the list: *Donate money*
Food banks can turn it into food more efficiently than you can and also know what's needed better than even this list.
Thanks Ethan! Same feelings in much of Canada I suspect.
21.10.2025 03:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES
21.10.2025 03:08 — 👍 311 🔁 49 💬 6 📌 9In a surprise twist, the Jays win despite Guerrero not being a major factor. The Jays win AND the Maple Leafs are still to blame!
21.10.2025 03:07 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0The article ends with:
“he welcomes steady access to Tim Hortons coffee after years of U.S supply.
"It's fresh, affordable and decent“
glad I’m not the only one who desperately misses having a Tim’s on campus.
I love this attempt to bring the Beige Book content to new mediums. It would just not be the Beige Book if it wasn't very dorky
18.10.2025 12:41 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Oh and here's a gift link www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
18.10.2025 15:24 — 👍 83 🔁 33 💬 4 📌 5Toronto sports do be like that sometimes
18.10.2025 01:01 — 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0Folks, this has been a beautiful season.
And it’s not over.
These are still the best damn dudes. And they’re coming home and still have a shot at winning it all.
This is the Season of Good Vibes.
Maybe tonight’s not the night to find them…but when you’re ready, dig deep.
The dudes need it.
Gophers Matt Kingsbury blows up the RB and sacks Raiola
18.10.2025 02:35 — 👍 59 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 4Milestone on the path to middle age: I have decided to get into the Napoleonic Wars
06.10.2025 01:50 — 👍 438 🔁 15 💬 44 📌 9MAKIN IT RAIN!
04.10.2025 20:35 — 👍 32 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves the World Day, everybody.
42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
High school?
24.09.2025 23:55 — 👍 107 🔁 4 💬 6 📌 0More evidence of a pretty straightforward strategy for Canada here for everyone (rightfully) mad at the USA.
Build lots of Housing + Expand Immigration = Eat the USA's lunch
