Everything you said is spot on.

I had kids older. I don’t agree with OPs advice for not having kids in your twenties. I’d argue a planned pregnancy in your twenties is the way to go.

Remarkably self aware

I find that my players take a lot of cues from the scenario. If there’s an obvious way for them to get involved, and a clear benefit to the character, they jump in. If not, they treat it as part of the world and continue about their business. But they are relatively passive, story-wise and expect a bit of railroading to tell them where to go.

It isn’t the first time they’ve screwed up the NESS.

I did this for my Waterdeep: Dragonheist campaign. The paper was yellow journalism through and through: they misspelled PC names, misattributed actions, and obviously supported one of the factions. It was a lot of fun. I fully recommend it.

Finally, someone to blame!

I generally listen and compare it to what I do.

If it’s useless, I silently feel smug and superior. If there’s something good, then I try to take it onboard.

That is an impressively information-free blog post. Basically: strong typing is good, AI is good, typescript is popular. 🤷‍♂️

Ideally the federal government would have import requirements to prevent sweat-shop garments from making it in. But without that, sure.

I guess it depends when his last day is. The release doesn’t say.

Huh. I wonder what his story will be.

I’d rather see reform, but this is almost as good.

Actual reform would be the way to go.

UofT appears to have done a good job of keeping their books balanced, despite the glut of foreign students, but many others have not.

Thanks.

There was a second sandwich. Thrown from the grassy knoll. A second sandwich!

I misread that as Disney is creating a Fortnite attraction at one of their parks.

Our politicians are incredibly short sighted. It’s amazing that the same budget both defunds universities and says we want to attract the “best and the brightest” to those same universities.

Doran said the government needs to help regular people take part in the energy transition, with more support to retrofit their homes and enjoy lower utility bills, for example, or switch to electric vehicles that are cheaper to run. Overall, Canada needs to align better with the rest of the world on clean energy.

A federal inquiry into PRC interference—drawing on the insight of intelligence officials, diaspora community advocates, and national security experts—must not only ask hard questions, but also deliver enforceable recommendations. Like the Hillsborough Inquiry in the United Kingdom, or our own investigation into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, such an inquiry must run parallel to—not replace—any criminal investigations, ensuring that no stone is left unturned.

Didn’t the last one recommend the creation of a foreign influence registry? Wasn’t the legislation supporting it passed in 2024?

Another inquiry is fine, but that registry seems like it should be done first.

The lesson of the vanishing votes for Canada’s leading social democratic party is the same. People don’t believe that anyone will show up for them anymore. They don’t believe in the system’s capacity to make their lives better over decades, so they seek quick policy fixes that sound good now. Driven in large part by online platforms that deliberately atomize our experience, our society now speaks a new common tongue, a hybrid language of economic frustration, grievance, and isolation.

The single biggest item line over the five-year plan is an $56.6-billion investment in the Canadian Armed Forces. The second-biggest expense is actually the income-tax cut that the government passed in June ($27.2 billion).

Which tax cut? Oh, that tax cut:

“Those earning below the taxable threshold or relying heavily on non-refundable tax credits will see minimal benefit, while high earners will only benefit from the reduced rate on the first $57,375 of income.”