Wow. Giving $100 million anonymously is so badass. No name on a building, no public credit. That money will help @thePMCF advance cancer research at a time when AI is opening up new possibilities for breakthroughs. Thank you, whoever you are. May it inspire others.

Good read.

The Canada-US trade war feels more like an information war at this point.

In the long run, this could be the best thing that ever happened to Canada. It's bringing us together and forcing us to think bigger.

One of my most deeply held beliefs is that refusing to name truth makes you stupid--literally degrades your intellect. Engaging in mental gymnastics to justify what's convenient but unevidenced, unjust but personally beneficial, 'rewires your neural map' in ways that degrade your overall ability to understand and analyze the world around you, which is a precondition for intelligence and creativity.

Stop taking advice from people who've never built anything. If they haven't put something on the line, their opinion on your risk isn't worth hearing. The people who judge the attempt are never the ones making one.

When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.

"We are a mirror, reflecting you." Artemis II mission specialist Jeremy Hansen discusses ways that the crew worked together and supported each other throughout their lunar mission.

This has to be one of the best/coolest sports quotes ever. Incredible player.

. @profgalloway speaks facts about the Canada - US trade relationship. “If there’s a trade imbalance, or an asymmetry, it benefits us (the USA) full stop.” His point is that the tariffs, threats, and attacks on Canada make no sense, and are contrary to the commercial interests of the USA.

The crux of propaganda: Repetition is treated as Proof. The message is repeated across channels until it feels familiar, then treated as true.

"If Carney’s speech becomes the intellectual foundation for a new wave of indiscriminate economic nationalism—or for a naïve re-embrace of Chinese trade under a different vocabulary—it will age poorly. But if it’s taken for what it appears to be—a clear-eyed description of a world Canada did not choose but must now navigate—it may prove to be one of the most consequential foreign-policy speeches delivered by a Canadian prime minister in some time."

For me the Carney doctrine of arch-pragmatism is encapsulated in this succinct, memorable and quietly devastating quote he delivered to us today at a park in Beijing in the freezing cold: “We take the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.” nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world… #cdnpoli

“Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark, without the need for any official ban.” - George Orwell, 1945, The Freedom of the Press

“They are in their final days. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen,” says Iranian activist @NazaninBoniadi, as the regime cracks down violently. “A govt that thinks of itself as legitimate doesn’t take away its citizens’ rights to communicate w/ each other & the outside world.”

The bravery of Iranian protesters is extraordinary. Standing up when the cost is so high is a level of courage most of us can barely imagine.

Can't think of another example of a global power so demonstratively burning its assets and destroying its influence, in a single document

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 - for the first time since records began in 1982. This is what happens when a country commits to HPV vaccination and screening. We protect our girls and save lives.

If we want to boost productivity and growth, removing interprovincial trade barriers has to stay a priority. buildcanada.com/trade-barrie…