Derryl Murphy

Sports betting is a cancer that is destroying a generation right in front of us. I can't believe they've allowed this.

Winner winner Subway dinner.

Let's focus on qualifications: Antoni finished grad school 5 years ago at Northern Illinois with no distinction. Dissertation: No focus on labor or data collection. Zero publications. One lifetime citation (by a former colleague).

This record would not earn you a job as junior economist at BLS.

Does anybody have a link to the goddamn dataset that doesn't take you to The Atlantic?

Can never be sure. Especially in Canada, where we adopt a weird mix of English and American spellings.

Is that an American spelling? Because upstream when I saw you'd been sent "bullion," I wondered who would send you gold? Or is it just a misspelling of bouillion?

imagining "Big Balls Beatdown" in a middle-school social studies textbook

Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal's editor told Reuters.

A large-scale, government-funded study tracking 1.2M children over two decades found something Kennedy doesn't like, so he wants it retracted.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Pretty sure I've been blocked more often, but the two times I paid attention enough to realize it, the first one I laughed and still wear it like a badge of honour, and the second one I thought that was a real shame and then moved on. Maybe it's just because I'm getting too old for this shit.

So many compelling stories. Canada means so much to so many.

Families drove to Edmonton from Camrose, Red Water and Okotoks to sign the #ForeverCanadian petition. One man, with a hospital wrist band, came straight from a day-surgery.

I feel humbled by the support.

#cdnpoli

The Israelis say they can kill Anas al Sharif because he was once in a picture with a Hamas leader.

If your weird illegal argument is that it is permissible to kill anyone who is photographed next to a leader of US-terror-designated group, then I have some bad news for you.

Say what you like about the British Royal family, but when one of them was accused of sexually assaulting a minor trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, they didn't impose martial law in London.

Telegraph Road by Dire Straits.
Heard it Through the Grapevine by CCR.

Seeing that live was a highlight of my life.

The sudden realization that strikes when you're leaving the gym and all the old people coming in nod and say hi.

And now I see he will be here in November!

That's pretty damn great, and I can't believe I missed it, since every week I make an effort to find new music. Thanks!

Vivi @SealYamamura X.com as a lesbian, yes, we are very mad, please no more beautiful women dancing in skimpy outfits, we hate it @JoeKinseyexp.4d Joe Kinsey The purple hair lesbians have to be furious that SEC sororities ARE BACK 187

😂

Seems harsh to call out Krista and her thread like that.*

*I kid, I kid!

The Public Lending Right works not by how many withdrawals there are but by holdings. I think, but am at the gym and can’t check, that they do a cross section of libraries, not every one. I can safely say that the more often a book is checked out the more likely it is for the library to keep it.

just had a delicious lunch at the 'soft opening' of the new restaurant at the British Library

Hmm. A country 25X the size of Canada now starting what we’ve been doing. Obviously there are apples and oranges here, but still, should be interesting to see how this goes.

Judge halts non-binary person's deportation to the U.S. as Trump dismantles trans rights | CBC Radio A Federal Court judge halted a non-binary American's deportation from Canada pending review. Advocates say the ruling sets "an important precedent" for 2SLGBTQ+ immigrants and refugees coming to Canad...

Let’s not get carried away just yet. There have still been some efforts to return some people to the US, although at least this one is so far in limbo. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

a photo of a bunch of rich guys playing golf on a pristine green course while a huge wildfire blazes in the distance

Good morning and welcome to America 2025

And a blue background mostly in white a cat with big yellow eyes and it is covered with elaborate decoration Gothic style is on the way this has been described words fail me

Louis Wain

But no spoiler warning.

Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now"

Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

Trump Rages at ‘Deranged Bum’ Nobel Laureate in Late-Night Meltdown The president went after economist Paul Krugman in an irate Truth Social post.

Well, this is flattering. I may add "Deranged BUM" to my profile

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Karl: The transformation has been gradual and unmistakable.

By February, some golden urns on the mantle.

April, gold adornments appear on the walls.

By July, it's gold everywhere.

Just this week more scaffolding popped up, even more new gold trim appeared.

I wrote yesterday that this was the best op-ed I read all week.