Jason S. Canon

And whose fault is that?

Just wrapped the Anderson interview and I *swear* that she received no prompting to say that Adam Smith is a hero and that TMS remains vital.

The movement is extraordinarily disciplined, despite escalatory rhetoric, threats, & violence against the movement, immigrants, and observers. Over 99% of reported protests featured no arrests, 99.8% had no participant injuries or property damage, and 99.9% reported no injuries to law enforcement.

Line graph that shows a blue line of # protests since Trump's 2nd inauguration surpassed, showing these to have exceeded 42k by the end of Jan 2026. A green line counts # of protests during the same time period in Trump's first term and just exceeds 10k.

Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018

The two No Kings protests (6/14 & 10/18) were among the largest single day protests in history, but we are tallying protests all over the country every day in locally coordinated protests, too, particularly in opposition to ICE - an increasingly large share of the total #.

Department of Homeland Security Blanket

Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world

Source: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm begging reporters to take just one course in political economy.

There's some circle of hell in which you experience your mediocre creations for all eternity.

Imagine being that person whenever they're the one on hold.

Somewhere, there's a smooth jazz artist who retired on the royalties from the hold music we hate.

Oh this is splendid. Reminds me of a famous incident from when I was at university when the union events organiser was told to order £500 of smoked salmon for a party. Instead he ordered 500lbs. It had to be delivered in a truck. Everyone ate salmon for weeks

Hey Taika Waititi — I've got a pitch for another Nazi movie.

Learned much last night from @chrisbrooke.bsky.social on beavers and socialism.

I’ve requested that the eventual paper be titled “Red in Tooth and Claw”.

Minneapolis Demonstrates How to Resist Brutality Without Losing Your Soul It intuitively implemented the best teachings of liberal and religious traditions

When moral outrage is justified, as with the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, how do we keep it from swallowing us whole? In this @theunpopulist.net piece, my friend @uncanonical.net and I explore how liberal restraint and spiritual compassion can help us avoid becoming what we resist.

Tell me of the old ways at the five and dime.

Sure, if you’re at a wedding with rivers of chocolate, by all means.

But otherwise.

Weird how often we specify that it’s a *water* fountain.

Comic. [Person talking to person with black hat.] PERSON 1: Historically, it refers to a ceremony to predict the weather using a rodent. But nowadays people often use it to mean “a time loop experienced by one person.” PERSON 2: …What. [caption] Easily our weirdest holiday.

Groundhog Day Meaning

xkcd.com/3202/

I‘m sure it is, but I hope it’s not.

Where “march“ means “carried on a sedan like the Sun King”

when my viva arrives

this means I get to start wearing black turtlenecks, right?

oh no what is happening to me

By all means, feature the brightest right-leaning minds who bring rigor and good faith to their work. We’d all be better for it.

But Beltway edgelordism offers no benefits and has the potential for real harm.

It deserves repeating: using the Times’s platform like this is irresponsible and dangerous.

This is exactly right.

"DNA from ... Roman times" literally describes every person on Earth.

And yes this is partially adaptive preferences. It's winter in England and you only get so many options with swede.

Allow me to recommend HUMMUS MASHED POTATOES.

Filling, portable, freezable, dirt cheap, optionally vegan, great for gut biota, and the perfect carrier for all the roasted veggies you can throw at it.



As close to perfection as food gets without being a burrito.