Deb Neill

This insight unfortunately is usually only internalised by a society after its state has experienced a potentially terminal crisis

There were at least 300,000 people at No Kings in NYC.

Three

Hundred

Thousand.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Oligarchs are addicted to greed.

In 1982, there were just 13 US billionaires worth $14 billion.

Today, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, there are 903 US billionaires worth $6.8 trillion.

Enough is enough. We need an economy that works for all, not just the top 1%.

Diabolus Ex Machina This Is Not An Essay

Amazing account of ChatGPT's sycophancy and confabulation on steroids.

amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...

I am so deeply uninterested in AI. Just think of all the 🤩 stories that aren't being covered by journalists, the worthy projects that aren't being funded, the institutional challenges that aren't being addressed by uni administrators — bc their 👀 are all focused on this dumb product nobody asked for

Europe Freezes US Travel as Lufthansa, British , Air France, KLM and More Slash Routes to Major Cities Including New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago to Tap Soaring Demand Across Canada, Mexico, ... European airlines are freezing their transatlantic growth and pulling back from major U.S. cities like New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago as they redirect flights to Canada, Mexico, Brazil and ...

www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...

King Charles to travel to Canada, deliver throne speech | CBC News King Charles will travel to Canada later this month and deliver the speech from the throne on May 27, it was announced Friday.

The last time Canada's official Head of State came in person to open our Parliament was 48 years ago. PM Carney definitely sending strong signals with this invite.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

From Andrew Coyne's G&M article about Poilievre's proposed use of the Notwithstanding clause: “Poilievre isn’t proposing to use the notwithstanding clause to pass his crime bill — the point of the crime bill is so that he can use the notwithstanding clause.” #cdnpoli

57% of Britons would rather have the EU as a close trading partner than the US, amid suggestion that closer alignment with Europe could endanger a trade deal with the US

EU: 57% (+4 from 21 Jan)
US: 16% (-5)

yougov.co.uk/topics/econo...

Additional caution recommended for several categories of academics including:

- Those who have expressed negative opinions about the current U.S. administration or its policies

- Those whose research could be seen as being at odds with the position of the current U.S. administration

#AcademicSky

Wow, we are now being officially advised against travel to the USA by the Canadian Association of University Teachers. I never thought I'd see the day. ☹️ #AcademicChatter

Prime Minister Mark Carney on Pierre Poilievre promising to use the notwithstanding clause:

"I think this is a very dangerous step"

In Canadian election, top Conservative candidate vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is trying to topple Liberal government in 28 April election

"I think this is the first time a politician in Canada has crossed that line to officially say they want to interfere to control research topics."

well this is terrifying.

screenshot of a tweet from Mike Bird relaying a Goldman Sachs chart showing a precipitous drop in air travel to the US by non-US-citizens

international travelers spent $213 billion in US in 2023 and support 1.2 million jobs

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly just delivered a forceful statement responding to the U.S. tariffs and Donald Trump’s push for a “global trade reset.” #cdnpoli

Demand rises for removal of North Island-Powell River candidate First Nations lead call for Conservative Party to take Aaron Gunn off ballot

Poilievre needs to heed calls by First Nations leaders to drop Aaron Gunn running in North Island-Powell River who did posts denying the history of residential schools, praised Musk & supported Putin. #CPC seems to go out of its way to find brutal candidates. www.timescolonist.com/2025-canada-...

The Economist is not mincing words.

That phone call with Carney must have been something

its a snowpocolypse outside. i love it when it looks like snow but sounds and acts like ice. April in canada is fun.

an interesting development indeed.

Buying Canadian means supporting Canadian media.

Support the CBC.

I can hardly believe we are at the point in this relationship where my faculty association is telling us to bring wiped phones and computers if we must cross the border. I can't believe how fast this has happened. I'm sad, but proud to be Canadian #canadastrong

They’ll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value.

We love this country with every fibre of our being.

I know that during this crisis, Canadians will remain united. We will keep Canada Strong.

Kinda looks like Paddington can still drive himself home tho (seriously, what kind of person targets Paddington Bear?)

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

I did not have the editor of the Atlantic on my 'heroes of the revolution' 2025 bingo card, and yet here we are.