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So we have tariffs and trade uncertainty driving up the price of everything.

Critical computer component shortages that will drive up the price of everything

And now oil prices going up that will drive up the price of everything.

And the US is the central cause of all three major shocks.

Waterloo Region locals: assuming for the moment a superhero movie set in the region, what local landmarks would absolutely get trashed to establish the Big Bad as a legitimate threat?

(The Schneider's sign is too far down the 401 to count, I think)

This. Money isn't the cost of things: it is the way of measuring the real costs. And the "benefits" of using weapons are, bluntly, deaths.

There are not economic benefits from upping global spending on war and weapons. We should by trying to avoid it. That we may not be able to is a tragedy.

I admit that I just saw a lovely painting and did not think about what it meant for the people (or horses) depicted.

Maple Syrup Time
Maud Lewis
c. 1960

Installed in 1410, the Prague Astronomical Clock has stood over the Old Town Square for more than 600 years.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

You know, I thought when we invaded Afganistan, “war is awful but at least we’ll free those poor women and girls from the Taliban.” Because I was an extremely naive 18 year old. Anyway, let’s check in on how that’s going

Beachgoers mesmerised by 1,100kg bull taking a stroll Rescued nearly a decade ago by his owner, Bruce the Brahman bull has since grown into one of the Great Southern's most beloved icons.

Rescued nearly a decade ago by his owner, Bruce the Brahman bull has since grown into one of the Great Southern's most beloved icons.

While we sit around to find out how bad exactly it all is, a bit of cheer: the best baguette of Paris competition was won by a Sri Lankan who appears to have started as a dish washer in restaurants and eventually trained as a Boulanger.

www.paris.fr/pages/la-mei...

AI hallucinations -- still the weirdest fig-leaf synonym for "errors" -- are fundamental to how LLMs function.

When errors are fundamental to your tool, you shouldn't use it in any cases where errors have adverse consequences.

This is becoming my Carthago delenda est.

Anti-fascism should have broad support across the American political spectrum. Elections need to be defended. Here's an open letter from retired professors at HBS in which we call for business leaders to address that need.
#econsky #academicsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/02/an-a...

@frwoolley.bsky.social

Useable AND attractive public toilets!!

And they stay open in parks outside working hours/summer.

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

Tea with the Black Dragon.

These people aren't against discrimination, they're against evidence. Can EDI policies be poorly designed, go 'too far', or be unfair? Yes. But employment equity policies that operate to ensure representation by allowing decisions on an 'all else being equal' basis are fair. 4/n

Sure but politicians rarely understand that the economy is not just stuff but services too.

The big problem is indicators/windscreen wipers.

Identification K9 puts professional ethics over personal attachments

Time to repost some causality memes #IdentificationK9

Not at the top of recent snowfall yet, but getting there; mostly due to earlier than usual snow this winter (the early November storm especially).
kitchenerwaterloo.weatherstats.ca/metrics/snow...

So many of academia's problems are downstream from this contempt for teaching, which is the majority of the work the university does, and the place where you build a social base to keep the whole institution alive for another generation.

I use this chart in most presentations that I give. AI could be a game changer, or it could be meh. But many costs are upfront while benefits are uncertain and delayed. That makes investment decisions tricky for leaders with short time horizons (hi, higher ed!).

This is bad. Full cost-benefit analyses are not easy to do, but imo the chances are good that providing books and education materials to people in prisons has long run benefits that outweigh the costs. That's not even considering the human rights aspects.

Figure 1 in this paper is both informative and hillarious. The collider on self-perceived causal inference skill is too real

Kate Beaton commentary on Wuthering Heights and the Brontes:

www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id...

www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id...

Summers To Resign From Teaching Appointments, Relinquish University Professorship Over Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship — Harvard’s highest...

Larry Summers to resign from teaching appointments, relinquish university professorship over Jeffrey Epstein ties

But also I do not do this very often - would definitely just go door pickup if I were a frequent flyer.

Going to give that one a go next trip. Would be nice to get some useful bus service from the cities out there as well.

I have enjoyed experimenting with the buses to YYZ, but there have certainly been adventures (trying to walk into Terminal 1 from Airport Rd in a March snowstorm was not good).