Scarborough Council has cancelled its NYE fireworks because there’s a walrus having a kip on the front, which is possibly the finest story to end 2022 we could ask for. theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/d…

I love energy flow charts. This is from IEA's recent ETP report, showing 2021 vs. 2050. A different world.

This analysis by Oren Cass is absolutely fantastic. Can someone please develop a similar COTI for Canada and its provinces as well?

Can’t recommend enough this illuminating conversation between ⁦mayor ⁦Amy Martin⁩ & ⁦Nate Erskine-Smith⁩ to learn about challenges in rural Ontario. So many TILs! It’s a terrific initiative and we need more such conversations. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/unc…

Incredible.

SVB was just a badly run bank that went bust. Happens all the time. What's special about SVB is that many influential people banked with them, and are now lobbying for special treatment. Let's hope our system is fair.

OK fools. Silicon valley Bank didn't make loans. They gave founders crazy benefits with cheap mortgages and liquidity on the condition they keep their deposits at the bank. You get 10 million dollar mansion. I get 100 million to invest and make a spread. That's what happened

This account is now basically bail out central.

This is a genuine question. I really don't know. Finance pros only please: Why would SVB unwind their interest rate swap hedges at the same time they made massive bond and MBS plays? Isn't that like wearing a helmet indoors, but taking it off right when you get on your Ducati?

💯 My largest immediate worry = smart humans with nefarious motives using powerful machines to trick ordinary people, our of their money, their identities (phishing), and their vote.

At this point, anyone who still claims Elon Musk is a champion of free speech, or bought Twitter out of concern for free speech, is deluded or just plain dishonest.

There’s this guy on TikTok who does nursery rhymes in the style of his favourite bands and the production standards are insane. This Mumford and Sons style rendition of You Are My Sunshine is genuinely as good as a song they would release

I have over 400 hours of experience playing Civilization V. Vladimir Putin should have known that when his national happiness fell below -20 he would start spawning random insurgents. Here’s what he should do next: 🧵(1/?)

Breaking News: John Goodenough, the Nobel Prize-winning creator of the lithium-ion battery, has died at 100. His contribution is regarded as a linchpin of chemistry, physics and engineering on a molecular scale. nyti.ms/44dmCS0

Yet again, one to add to the list of low-hanging fruit when it comes to innovation. Immense productivity increases reported here, with reduced wait times and earlier diagnosis likely saving a great many lives: thetimes.co.uk/article/london…

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I'd just like to reassure everyone that national service will not apply to kids with rich parents.

Whenever I see the fashion Guy his thing on twitter I feel like I’m witnessing the reincarnation of some wise ancient samurai casually, yet elegantly, yet forcefully, removing the head from someone with the force of a hurricane.

Quite being decades ahead of the curve, Michael Crichton, you're hurting my brain.