Jonathan Harris

High-Agency Individuals | James Vincent The exhortation to “just do things” is in part a response to the specter of automation.

“Everywhere we look, the world is ceding control to automatic systems that cannot be reasoned with like humans and whose decisions are often inscrutable, interrogated only after the damage has been done.”

Part of my issue with prioritizing government spending on “capital” in this way is that it is government's job to invest in human and social capital too. These are fuzzier concepts, harder to measure and evaluate, but absolutely essential, especially now.

I'm biased but, one of the most beautiful places on earth

ok this is somehow actually funnier than any joke from Killin' Them Softly

I listened and heard someone (Klein) in mourning. The dream is to be able to do your thoughtful ASMR politics pod and exist in a sort of frictionless world where the disagreements you have with your opponents are mostly trivial. That’s never been possible for Coates and it shows in his perspective.

The care economy is an economic powerhouse (all annual 2024 data, bigger now)

13.7% of GDP. Eclipses real estate (13.2%). 1.5 x bigger than all manufacturing, 2x bigger than construction, almost 3x bigger than all mining, quarrying and O&G.

>21% of all jobs. Nothing comes remotely close to that.

It's nuts the care economy is continually excluded as a potential source of economic strength and good jobs in industrial strategy. Without inclusion of how investment proceeds in this huge sector, we'll pay more, get less, and have more crappy jobs instead of decent work.
All within our control. /2

Do you use "MyChart" to find out how a test went?
It's owned by Epic Systems, an American private equity firm.
This excellent reporting from CTV is a must read.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

HC data breaches getting more common as private equity invests (+ monetizes everything, incl your data) /2

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

What's weird about his schtick is that he's constantly saying insane, provocative, explosive things, but the net effect quickly becomes white noise. He's so extreme that he just gets boring. It's kind of wild, it's like he violates some basic law of emotional physics.

This speech is embarrassing for the United States of America. Or at least it should be.

banger

this is a lot of things but mostly it's extremely funny

Democrats need to stop talking about how the president is a brutal and corrupt idiot and focus on the issues that ring clearest to the voters, the importance of mitigating the medium-term effects of the structural damage as subsidy cuts propagate through different states' health insurance systems

I think both Justin Trudeau and left-wing ideologues would be surprised to learn Justin Trudeau was a left-wing ideologue.

U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.

More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final.

The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.

Read more here:

www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...

WHO adds GLP-1 drugs for diabetes, others to essential medicines list The World Health Organization has added GLP-1 drugs to treat diabetes to its essential medicines list alongside treatments for cystic fibrosis and cancer, and said it hopes this will help improve global access to the costly drugs.

WHO adds GLP-1 drugs for diabetes, others to essential medicines list reut.rs/45PsEfr

I hope Andy Reid gets put at a table with the Haim sisters

Not to get all academically, but we teach & learn in labor relations/labor law classes that the Canadian labour relations System is result of a complex balancing of many factors over decades.

Pull on a string & the System responds, sometimes in unanticipated ways.

1/6 🧵

PICARD: Mr. Data, we need to discuss these anomalies in your latest reports DATA: Respectfully sir, the odds I would make a mistake in my work are 43,650,000 to- PICARD: On this map of the alpha quadrant you've labeled Klingon "Krisphon" and Vulcan "Vuvutrishpo" GEORDI: Captain, be reasonable! He's not supposed to be good at that. Just ask him to write another poem about cats

The Ontario Health Coalition called a major protest in cities across Ontario on Sept. 25, 2023, against privatizing public hospitals' core services. A thousand health care workers, union members and supporters came out to Queen's Park. Richard Lautens/Toronto Star Richard Lautens/ Toronto Star

Our lucrative public health sector is beyond Trump's reach https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/public-health-care-is-a-vital-domestic-industry-and-its-beyond-trumps-reach-strengthening-it/article_b369f32e-26df-432d-9948-cf6289669ff5.html

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

Feds need to ‘rethink’ industrial benefits policy and refocus on defence capabilities, say former senior officials: it ‘needs to evolve’

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.

YouTube video by mrcoggy Mitchell and Webb's Kitchen Nightmares

m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Nf... "im not as good as you, stephen"

UK plans to recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes action British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his cabinet that Israel needs to reach a ceasefire, make clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and commit to a long-term peace process including a two-state solution.

Struck by the idea of recognizing a Palestinian state as a kind of punishment, as opposed to the geopolitically right thing to do. www.reuters.com/world/europe...