Finished reading: For You by Patrick Rhone is full of wisdom in short chapters. I read one every couple of days to let the ideas percolate before rushing to the next chapter📚

Finished reading: Superintelligence: Is Canada Ready for AI? by The Logic is a nice overview of the state of AI in Canada 📚

🍁 Some good red trees on the street this year

A vibrant red-leafed tree stands on a residential street lined with parked cars and brick houses.

🏃‍♂️ Lovely weather for a run

A picturesque park setting with autumn trees and a running path is displayed alongside fitness tracking stats for an outdoor run.

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20/20

🏊‍♂️ 🚴 🏃‍♂️ Here we go again!

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George the rufferree 👻

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I’m posting 20 album covers (one per day) that have shaped my music preferences. No explanations or commentary, just the cover image.

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19/20

Finished reading: Fleeced by Andrew Spence will make you mad at the Canadian banks, though he also offers suggestions for fixing the sector📚

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18/20

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17/20

🔗 E-dayism - Paul Wells

We are being given a runaround. When a party wins an election, its victory excuses every mistake or excess for years before the election. We won, didn’t we? Any new criticism is interpreted as sour grapes or denial of the result: the purest illustration of one day dominating every other. Every idea that pops into a new PM’s head is beyond reproach, because he just won an election. Later, as the next election approaches, criticism becomes a luxury the party can’t afford, because the leader must be given latitude to win the next election. Rinse and repeat.

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16/20

Finished reading: As a Gen X, I unironically enjoyed Chuck Klosterman’s entertaining and nostalgic analysis of The Nineties 📚

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15/20

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14/20

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13/20

🎶 Emerging from a delightful revisiting of The Tragically Hip. It started with this episode of the Strombo show, moved through the No Dress Rehearsal series, and ended with the Long Time Running documentary, all accompanied by their many albums. Gord Downie’s courage really is inspiring.

There’s a fair bit of overlap between No Dress Rehearsal and Long Time Running. NDR covers their entire history, while LTR focuses on their last tour. LTR also has much more content from Gord Downie. If you pick just one, I’d suggest LTR.

Big changes coming to the local train station with upcoming residential development

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Finished reading: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh is really good📚