Michael Druker 🇨🇦
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦
@mdruker.app
· Nov 18
The Highline ⬇️ feed lets you catch up on the highlights from oldest (up to 24 hours back) to newest (to 30 minutes ago), and it remembers your position based on how far you've scrolled. Adjustable filtering settings at feeds.mdruker.app.
Use it in tandem with the Following feed. 5/7
Use it in tandem with the Following feed. 5/7
I do not want to accept cookies. I do not want a discount for subscribing to your marketing. I do not want to spin to win. Just let me see the damn site.
January 28, 2026 at 6:14 AM
I do not want to accept cookies. I do not want a discount for subscribing to your marketing. I do not want to spin to win. Just let me see the damn site.
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Once you start noticing it you can't stop: when the real Trump falters and is incapable of defending his administration (more and more frequent) the actual Trump is "subbed out" of news coverage for an invented, imaginary, often explicitly hypothetical version of Trump who is reasonable and cogent
A few hours ago the msm unquestioningly repeated the White House spin that Trump had changed his “tone.”
Um, holy shit? This has gotta be up there in the most crass & worse things Trump has ever said
January 28, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Once you start noticing it you can't stop: when the real Trump falters and is incapable of defending his administration (more and more frequent) the actual Trump is "subbed out" of news coverage for an invented, imaginary, often explicitly hypothetical version of Trump who is reasonable and cogent
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Poilievre showing he’s serious about taking a different tone with Trump
Just tuned into QP and, uh, this is actually what the contrast between Pierre Poilievre’s face and hand looks like
January 28, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Poilievre showing he’s serious about taking a different tone with Trump
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Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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My baby called "memory" a "remembery" last night in case you needed to hear something cute tonight
January 28, 2026 at 3:14 AM
My baby called "memory" a "remembery" last night in case you needed to hear something cute tonight
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Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
Big economic opportunity to have GO trains take people to a KW office for a workday
Once in a while I commute to KW to work from the office there and yeah, literally, by the time I arrive it's lunch time. 🤷
January 28, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Big economic opportunity to have GO trains take people to a KW office for a workday
Now that we have some weekend trains from Kitchener to Toronto, someone in Toronto should pick up the shtick and ask each weekend why they can’t take the train to KW for the day
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Now that we have some weekend trains from Kitchener to Toronto, someone in Toronto should pick up the shtick and ask each weekend why they can’t take the train to KW for the day
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Making use of our great local transit system to get to and from meetings today. Public transit acts as a significant economic catalyst, often providing a higher return on investment than other infrastructure types. 🚈
January 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Making use of our great local transit system to get to and from meetings today. Public transit acts as a significant economic catalyst, often providing a higher return on investment than other infrastructure types. 🚈
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✅ @cern.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 28, 2026 at 12:02 AM
✅ @cern.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
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Democrats should demand every sitting Republican decry this attack and explicitly denounce it, and then censure all of them when they don’t do it. Act like normal decent humans defending your colleague.
video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Democrats should demand every sitting Republican decry this attack and explicitly denounce it, and then censure all of them when they don’t do it. Act like normal decent humans defending your colleague.
“Slop” is a great word:
-suggests something edible for its intended audience — of which the term is dismissive
-is a result of preparation technique and tools
-is subjective in interpretation
-suggests something edible for its intended audience — of which the term is dismissive
-is a result of preparation technique and tools
-is subjective in interpretation
January 28, 2026 at 12:57 AM
“Slop” is a great word:
-suggests something edible for its intended audience — of which the term is dismissive
-is a result of preparation technique and tools
-is subjective in interpretation
-suggests something edible for its intended audience — of which the term is dismissive
-is a result of preparation technique and tools
-is subjective in interpretation
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Russia keeps killing civilians day after day. This time, it was a regular passenger train in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, carrying people from the east to the west of the country.
Regional prosecutor’s office said fragments of five bodies have been recovered so far.
📷 prokuratura_kharkiv/Telegram
Regional prosecutor’s office said fragments of five bodies have been recovered so far.
📷 prokuratura_kharkiv/Telegram
January 27, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Russia keeps killing civilians day after day. This time, it was a regular passenger train in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, carrying people from the east to the west of the country.
Regional prosecutor’s office said fragments of five bodies have been recovered so far.
📷 prokuratura_kharkiv/Telegram
Regional prosecutor’s office said fragments of five bodies have been recovered so far.
📷 prokuratura_kharkiv/Telegram
I may need to listen to this one a second time to fully understand it, but it’s a very interesting re-evaluation of the conventional wisdom. The whole Housing Voice incentives series is gold
Today on UCLA Housing Voice, I talk with @kevinerdmann.bsky.social about about the mid-2000s housing market pre-crash, resulting changes in federal mortgage lending standards, and their catastrophic effects on homeownership, rental affordability, and production. www.lewis.ucla.edu/2026/01/21/1...
Episode 106: Mortgage Lending Standards with Kevin Erdmann (Incentives Series pt. 8) - UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
We built too much housing in the mid-2000s, right? Kevin Erdmann says no, explaining how this misunderstanding is at the root of unaffordability today.
www.lewis.ucla.edu
January 27, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I may need to listen to this one a second time to fully understand it, but it’s a very interesting re-evaluation of the conventional wisdom. The whole Housing Voice incentives series is gold
Cars fundamentally reshaped the way our landscapes look, often for the worse. Some places have let them have free rein, others have placed more constraints. Almost nowhere has gone entirely without motor vehicles by choice: they’re too damn useful.
Yes, this is a post about AI.
Yes, this is a post about AI.
January 27, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Cars fundamentally reshaped the way our landscapes look, often for the worse. Some places have let them have free rein, others have placed more constraints. Almost nowhere has gone entirely without motor vehicles by choice: they’re too damn useful.
Yes, this is a post about AI.
Yes, this is a post about AI.
Remember when it was progressive to think decades-long copyright terms were against the public interest
January 27, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Remember when it was progressive to think decades-long copyright terms were against the public interest
Getting negatively polarized against negative polarization
January 27, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Getting negatively polarized against negative polarization
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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extremely destructive pathology of academia/activism to go "oh so you've been shocked by something? you're open to considering substantial changes? well if you aren't willing to cosign onto a radical re orienting of all of society get the fuck out of here"
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
extremely destructive pathology of academia/activism to go "oh so you've been shocked by something? you're open to considering substantial changes? well if you aren't willing to cosign onto a radical re orienting of all of society get the fuck out of here"
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See also: people who attempted to die on the self-driving car hill because Elon Musk constantly lies about Tesla's capabilities to get richer (hmmm, sensing a pattern here), only to get completely blindsided by Waymo's capabilities and forced to argue against it purely due to negative polarization
if your position is that the tech is worthless, will go away on its own, is inherently bad, etc etc, you are going to die on that hill. there are absolutely bad actors in the space and you are passing over the bad actors to stake a losing position about the code
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM
See also: people who attempted to die on the self-driving car hill because Elon Musk constantly lies about Tesla's capabilities to get richer (hmmm, sensing a pattern here), only to get completely blindsided by Waymo's capabilities and forced to argue against it purely due to negative polarization
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the strongest AI critique is that the tech is widely used and fairly powerful, and therefore a democratic public should own and/or control the means of building and deploying it
if your position is that the tech is worthless, will go away on its own, is inherently bad, etc etc, you are going to die on that hill. there are absolutely bad actors in the space and you are passing over the bad actors to stake a losing position about the code
January 27, 2026 at 5:42 PM
the strongest AI critique is that the tech is widely used and fairly powerful, and therefore a democratic public should own and/or control the means of building and deploying it
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This week I finally wrote the beginner's security guide I wanted to see in the world. Here's 8 tasks you can do right now, with plenty of vetted resources and the "Cliffsnotes" style summary on why you should do things, risks and limitations, and even what NOT to do. Enjoy! hashman.ca/security-101/
A beginner's guide to improving your digital security
This 8 item to-do list will help you improve your security, understand why you should do each task, the limitations of these tools, and what not to do.
hashman.ca
January 27, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This week I finally wrote the beginner's security guide I wanted to see in the world. Here's 8 tasks you can do right now, with plenty of vetted resources and the "Cliffsnotes" style summary on why you should do things, risks and limitations, and even what NOT to do. Enjoy! hashman.ca/security-101/
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The TTC subway cars this morning
January 27, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The TTC subway cars this morning
Going in circles trying to figure out how something could be further than halfway around the world
January 27, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Going in circles trying to figure out how something could be further than halfway around the world