Nick P
@npilon.bsky.social
Dartmouth, NS dad; software engineer; fan of giant robots in many contexts, board games, RPGs. Queer rights are not negotiable. (He/Him)
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Today in Winnipeg, we commemorated the life of Louis Riel.
140 years after his execution, his fight for an inclusive Canada continues to shape our country today. We honour Riel’s legacy in our work to advance Métis priorities and build a better future — together.
140 years after his execution, his fight for an inclusive Canada continues to shape our country today. We honour Riel’s legacy in our work to advance Métis priorities and build a better future — together.
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Today in Winnipeg, we commemorated the life of Louis Riel.
140 years after his execution, his fight for an inclusive Canada continues to shape our country today. We honour Riel’s legacy in our work to advance Métis priorities and build a better future — together.
140 years after his execution, his fight for an inclusive Canada continues to shape our country today. We honour Riel’s legacy in our work to advance Métis priorities and build a better future — together.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - this is great to see.
Carney says Louis Riel's legacy 'helps to unite' Canada at event marking Métis leader's execution | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney laid a wreath at the grave of Louis Riel to mark the 140th anniversary of the Red River Métis leader's execution at a ceremony in Winnipeg on Sunday morning.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - this is great to see.
Out of curiosity I went to check historical Halifax street parking rates.
The parking rate doubled from 0.25 to 0.50 in 1984 and then $1.00 in 1990. It was then held flat until 2004.
The parking rate doubled from 0.25 to 0.50 in 1984 and then $1.00 in 1990. It was then held flat until 2004.
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Out of curiosity I went to check historical Halifax street parking rates.
The parking rate doubled from 0.25 to 0.50 in 1984 and then $1.00 in 1990. It was then held flat until 2004.
The parking rate doubled from 0.25 to 0.50 in 1984 and then $1.00 in 1990. It was then held flat until 2004.
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thing about autism is if you work really hard for many years, you can learn through trial-and-error how to navigate social situations and interpersonal connections SO effectively that people don't really believe you're autistic anymore and resent you for not being perfect at nonverbal communication
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
thing about autism is if you work really hard for many years, you can learn through trial-and-error how to navigate social situations and interpersonal connections SO effectively that people don't really believe you're autistic anymore and resent you for not being perfect at nonverbal communication
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Also, I'll say this: as someone who has spent a lot of his life researching housing issues, it's so obvious how social incentives play into public discourse on the issue. I've read studies of this going back four decades AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME CONCLUSION: affordability crisis yadda yadda
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Also, I'll say this: as someone who has spent a lot of his life researching housing issues, it's so obvious how social incentives play into public discourse on the issue. I've read studies of this going back four decades AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME CONCLUSION: affordability crisis yadda yadda
I wasn’t expecting Mike Moffatt to come out as a supply & demand denialist but arguing on the internet breaks brains.
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I wasn’t expecting Mike Moffatt to come out as a supply & demand denialist but arguing on the internet breaks brains.
“The federal gov’t has set up a special office that will, given a viable and realistic business plan, help coordinate review and assessment, ensure that all stakeholders are involved in a timely manner, and identify dependencies or opportunities.”
Apparently this is a very hard concept to grasp. 🤔
Apparently this is a very hard concept to grasp. 🤔
You’re the ones who have to come up with the actual plan, dipshit.
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“The federal gov’t has set up a special office that will, given a viable and realistic business plan, help coordinate review and assessment, ensure that all stakeholders are involved in a timely manner, and identify dependencies or opportunities.”
Apparently this is a very hard concept to grasp. 🤔
Apparently this is a very hard concept to grasp. 🤔
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ICYMI. Maybe the weirdest thing about tariffs is that, before WWII, it was normal to have strong views, often well-informed ones, about tariffs.
But you, all of you, grew up not caring about the undergraduate history lecture about tariffs.
Not relevant, you thought.
But you, all of you, grew up not caring about the undergraduate history lecture about tariffs.
Not relevant, you thought.
Tax historian here on why the IEEPA does not permit the president to impose a whole new tariff regime.
A 🧵 with guinea pigs, no. 14 sugar, and secondhand rope. Canadian illustrations
#cdnhist #tariffs
I'm responding to this: Katyal for biz, Sauer for Trump www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
A 🧵 with guinea pigs, no. 14 sugar, and secondhand rope. Canadian illustrations
#cdnhist #tariffs
I'm responding to this: Katyal for biz, Sauer for Trump www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
ICYMI. Maybe the weirdest thing about tariffs is that, before WWII, it was normal to have strong views, often well-informed ones, about tariffs.
But you, all of you, grew up not caring about the undergraduate history lecture about tariffs.
Not relevant, you thought.
But you, all of you, grew up not caring about the undergraduate history lecture about tariffs.
Not relevant, you thought.
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This is because their reality is structured by Twitter dunks fyi. That’s why we get this energy. It is all bad parodies of like gays who had popular stan accounts and occasionally dipped a toe into politics and ruined these guys’ mentions for a day by siccing their much larger following on them.
We're ruled by people with all the wit of a snotty 12-year-old: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
“How about no”: FCC boss Brendan Carr says he won’t end news distortion probes
Carr rejects criticism from four former FCC chairs, including three Republicans.
arstechnica.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is because their reality is structured by Twitter dunks fyi. That’s why we get this energy. It is all bad parodies of like gays who had popular stan accounts and occasionally dipped a toe into politics and ruined these guys’ mentions for a day by siccing their much larger following on them.
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The biggest chunk of the REM in Montreal has just opened, and I’ve been reflecting not only on what it means for Montreal, but for Canada as a whole. Read my latest article now:
open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...
open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...
Is the REM the Future of Canadian Transit Expansion?
Reflections with the big REM Opening, and the idea of CanadaMetro.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The biggest chunk of the REM in Montreal has just opened, and I’ve been reflecting not only on what it means for Montreal, but for Canada as a whole. Read my latest article now:
open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...
open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...
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An Alert Ready test is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov 19th at 1:55pm.
Alert Ready will be distributing a test alert to Canadians in participating provinces and territories on their television, radio and compatible wireless devices.
Alert Ready will be distributing a test alert to Canadians in participating provinces and territories on their television, radio and compatible wireless devices.
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An Alert Ready test is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov 19th at 1:55pm.
Alert Ready will be distributing a test alert to Canadians in participating provinces and territories on their television, radio and compatible wireless devices.
Alert Ready will be distributing a test alert to Canadians in participating provinces and territories on their television, radio and compatible wireless devices.
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Has "not understanding what insurance is" impacted your city council?
Know the signs. Be alert.
Know the signs. Be alert.
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Has "not understanding what insurance is" impacted your city council?
Know the signs. Be alert.
Know the signs. Be alert.
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Every year, Nova Scotia sends the City of Boston a Christmas tree to thank them for the help and kindness they provided after the 1917 Halifax Harbour Explosion. /a small thread. news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/2... #museum30 #kindness #NovaScotia
November 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Every year, Nova Scotia sends the City of Boston a Christmas tree to thank them for the help and kindness they provided after the 1917 Halifax Harbour Explosion. /a small thread. news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/2... #museum30 #kindness #NovaScotia
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Yes. A lot of this is downstream of educational outcomes becoming a status competition between parents, which I think has become significantly worse in part as a result of shrinking bourgeois family sizes bsky.app/profile/mort...
Yeah you would think the goal of education is to give important knowledge and techniques to as many people as possible but the way a lot of people (parents especially) want to approach it is a competition where the goal is to "win" and they get mad if you touch rankings or level the playing field
Not to lay my cards on the table but I think this narrow focus in online discourse on who deserves to be rewarded really elides the actual societal value of the education system (teaching members of society important stuff that it's valuable for them to know)
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Yes. A lot of this is downstream of educational outcomes becoming a status competition between parents, which I think has become significantly worse in part as a result of shrinking bourgeois family sizes bsky.app/profile/mort...
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A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
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November 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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'What I found in Lucy Maud Montgomery's pages was thrilling': Antonio of Green Gables
CBC Radio's Antonio Michael Downing reflects on an unexpected, remarkable pilgrimage to P.E.I.
www.cbc.ca/books/thenex...
CBC Radio's Antonio Michael Downing reflects on an unexpected, remarkable pilgrimage to P.E.I.
www.cbc.ca/books/thenex...
'What I found in Lucy Maud Montgomery's pages was thrilling': Antonio of Green Gables | CBC Books
The Next Chapter's Trinidadian Canadian host recently travelled to the inaugural Cavendish Literary Festival in P.E.I. There, he visited Lucy Maud Montgomery's Cavendish home and fostered a new-found ...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
'What I found in Lucy Maud Montgomery's pages was thrilling': Antonio of Green Gables
CBC Radio's Antonio Michael Downing reflects on an unexpected, remarkable pilgrimage to P.E.I.
www.cbc.ca/books/thenex...
CBC Radio's Antonio Michael Downing reflects on an unexpected, remarkable pilgrimage to P.E.I.
www.cbc.ca/books/thenex...
“We’ve literally implemented the lying computer from that one Star Trek episode!”
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“We’ve literally implemented the lying computer from that one Star Trek episode!”
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*releases video on why Halifax's taxes are so high and services are so poor*
*two weeks later, Halifax says it needs to increases taxes without a noticeable expansion in services*
*two weeks later, Halifax says it needs to increases taxes without a noticeable expansion in services*
Mortal Kombat Flawless GIF
ALT: Mortal Kombat Flawless GIF
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
*releases video on why Halifax's taxes are so high and services are so poor*
*two weeks later, Halifax says it needs to increases taxes without a noticeable expansion in services*
*two weeks later, Halifax says it needs to increases taxes without a noticeable expansion in services*
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Tax historian here on why the IEEPA does not permit the president to impose a whole new tariff regime.
A 🧵 with guinea pigs, no. 14 sugar, and secondhand rope. Canadian illustrations
#cdnhist #tariffs
I'm responding to this: Katyal for biz, Sauer for Trump www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
A 🧵 with guinea pigs, no. 14 sugar, and secondhand rope. Canadian illustrations
#cdnhist #tariffs
I'm responding to this: Katyal for biz, Sauer for Trump www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Tax historian here on why the IEEPA does not permit the president to impose a whole new tariff regime.
A 🧵 with guinea pigs, no. 14 sugar, and secondhand rope. Canadian illustrations
#cdnhist #tariffs
I'm responding to this: Katyal for biz, Sauer for Trump www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
A 🧵 with guinea pigs, no. 14 sugar, and secondhand rope. Canadian illustrations
#cdnhist #tariffs
I'm responding to this: Katyal for biz, Sauer for Trump www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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The actual controversial “most woke opinion” is that liberalism is good, tolerance and pluralism are really important values we should protect in law, protecting these values requires sincere deliberation from our leaders, our citizenry, and our judiciary about sometimes-contradictory values
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The actual controversial “most woke opinion” is that liberalism is good, tolerance and pluralism are really important values we should protect in law, protecting these values requires sincere deliberation from our leaders, our citizenry, and our judiciary about sometimes-contradictory values
Quite a different tune from the one he was singing in front of committee a couple months back. Maybe wildly guesstimating about the sustainability of deficit numbers is irresponsible for PBOs and for MPs alike?
Worth noting this section in today's report from the parliamentary budget officer.
www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati...
www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Quite a different tune from the one he was singing in front of committee a couple months back. Maybe wildly guesstimating about the sustainability of deficit numbers is irresponsible for PBOs and for MPs alike?
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Good news! The 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘆-𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 announced earlier this year is now in effect. 🇨🇦
This increase means an 8% raise for colonels and above, 13% for lieutenant‑colonels and below, and a 20% increase in starting pay for privates in the Regular Force.
🔗More info here: bit.ly/48eRx5i
This increase means an 8% raise for colonels and above, 13% for lieutenant‑colonels and below, and a 20% increase in starting pay for privates in the Regular Force.
🔗More info here: bit.ly/48eRx5i
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Good news! The 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘆-𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 announced earlier this year is now in effect. 🇨🇦
This increase means an 8% raise for colonels and above, 13% for lieutenant‑colonels and below, and a 20% increase in starting pay for privates in the Regular Force.
🔗More info here: bit.ly/48eRx5i
This increase means an 8% raise for colonels and above, 13% for lieutenant‑colonels and below, and a 20% increase in starting pay for privates in the Regular Force.
🔗More info here: bit.ly/48eRx5i
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This is the crux of the issue.
"I want my cute fishing village but there are no jobs here, so you better make it so I can drive downtown in 20 minutes, no matter how much it costs!!!"
"I want my cute fishing village but there are no jobs here, so you better make it so I can drive downtown in 20 minutes, no matter how much it costs!!!"
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This is the crux of the issue.
"I want my cute fishing village but there are no jobs here, so you better make it so I can drive downtown in 20 minutes, no matter how much it costs!!!"
"I want my cute fishing village but there are no jobs here, so you better make it so I can drive downtown in 20 minutes, no matter how much it costs!!!"