Following the 'ruled by 12 year olds' theory, these men genuinely think the rules-based international order is like their mum
The nagging shrill lady who won't let them do cool things like stick their heads in ovens, the cat's tail in electrical outlets, or play on train tracks
Air travel is the apotheosis of this. A pleasant flight experience with many creature comforts is available to everyone who wants to pay for it.
As it turns out, people would much rather forego those comforts in exchange for lower fares, then complain. I donβt wanna hear it!
Why is Dubai discourse so rich? Class identities all mangled and so everyone thinks they are punching up and letting rip. Full column π«΅ www.economist.com/britain/2026...
Chart showing in many countries, people see their fellow citizens as morally good.
We asked people around the world to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country.
The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good. See our full morality report here: www.pewresearch.org/...
So long as you film yourself going "I declare performance art!!" beforehand you should be fine.
Now this has me thinking of a Jersey - FiDi - Downtown Brooklyn - LIC - Midtown (along 57th?) loop, that would go unbelievably hard
Love this!
The optimal historical analogue would probably loop through Manhattan and Jersey (Jersey railroads connect to it and rely on it to ferry commuters downtown)
An analogue based on current function might loop between Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn/Queens ("secondary downtowns")
The state of homeownership in the United States
screenshot of Manhanote Clockwise line on the PC game Subway Builder
screenshot of Manhanote Counter-Clockwise line on the PC game Subway Builder
had a vision and stayed up late into the night to realize it: Manhattan Yamanote Line. Manhanote Line
dovetails nicely with this
My favourite Ontario Line west idea I think
My kingdom for a world languages map where subfamilies of the same family are depicted by shades of the same colour, AND that labels colours directly rather than in a legend (and is as granular as the second one)
The Greens do better among women than men in all age groups, including a 14pt gender gap among 18-24 year olds (44% of women vs 30% of men)
While Reform UK lead by 17pts among over 65 men, they trail the Conservatives by 6pts among older women
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
My gentle Puck, come hither.
Would the Mississauga Line be coherent as a Line 2 extension?
Thatβs been my default preference, although admittedly mostly for the satisfying symmetry of Line 2 going from STC on one end to MCC on the other
Look how much Canadians hate the United States now www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
here you go
why can't I parse this sentence?
"the one that just ended and that the Labour government wanted to emulate", referring to Biden?
Yes but in the meantime the election results in Terrebonne were annulled
Our Brookfield PM says hello
Just realized how funny it is that we had our own Chairman Shii (we pronounce Xi as ShΕ«, we wouldnβt have made that connection)
Also βChairman Shiiβ (Shii-iinchΕ) is the rare phrase to have four Iβs in a row
