Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈

apricitas.ioHow Canada is Decoupling From the USIn Response to Trump’s Tariffs, Canada Has Successfully Boosted non-US Trade to Record Highs—But it Remains Deeply Tied to America

NEW from me: Last year, Mark Carney set a goal to double Canada's non-US exports by 2035. Today, he's already halfway there In response to Trump's tariffs & threats, Canadian businesses, consumers, & even tourists are taking difficult steps to decouple from the US🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/how-canada...

what level failson would it be if you lose the election you only got nominated for because your dad is legally barred from running

letterboxd.comA ★★ review of Klara and the Sun (2026)Klara and the Sun takes Ishiguro's weakest book and further waters it down into a Hallmark-level story. It's a total lost opportunity to say anything interesting about AI or the loneliness epidemic; I...

Just saw Klara and the Sun in theatres—it takes Ishiguro's weakest book and further waters it down into a Hallmark-level story. Total lost opportunity to say anything interesting about AI or the loneliness epidemic; I think Taika Waititi completely lost his fastball letterboxd.com/josephpolita...

idk read Cloud Atlas or Remains of the Day, go see You Can See Everything, just don't watch this

Yep, just to add even more color for how bad this is—there are tons of American made vehicles that are basically only exported to Canada because they’re too expensive for most consumers in Mexico and too big for consumers in Europe/Asia. One of endless reasons it was dumb to start this trade war.

davenewb.bsky.social@davenewb.bsky.social

"U.S.-built vehicles accounted for 28.4% of new-vehicle sales in Canada during the first half of 2026, down sharply from 35.4% in the first half of 2025 and an average of ~40% in preceding years." Canadians aren't buying your stuff anymore. 🇨🇦

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Catherine Rampell

@crampell.bsky.social

Trends in Canadian tourism to the US vs. rest of world www.apricitas.io/p/how-canada...

apricitas.ioHow Canada is Decoupling From the USIn Response to Trump’s Tariffs, Canada Has Successfully Boosted non-US Trade to Record Highs—But it Remains Deeply Tied to America

The Canadian government's push to reorient supply chains away from the US has boosted real investment in transportation and utility infrastructure, which is up 42% since 2024 That's been just enough to offset the drop in factory construction, but Canada will need more investment to decouple further

America's trade war with Canada has obviously backfired, both economically and politically. But Trump is likely to double down on it after the midterms. When he does, Canadians will be thankful they aren’t quite as dependent on America as they used to be.

apricitas.ioHow Canada is Decoupling From the USIn Response to Trump’s Tariffs, Canada Has Successfully Boosted non-US Trade to Record Highs—But it Remains Deeply Tied to America

Meanwhile, Canadian trade with the US is dropping across several key sectors. Exports of vehicles, wood products, and metals have all fallen as they've been hit with US tariffs, while counter-tariffs and consumer boycotts have lowered imports of US vehicles & consumer goods.

There's perhaps no clearer example of Canadians protesting with their wallets than the massive drop in visits to America Canadian tourist spending in the US has fallen 24% since 2024, mirrored by a 24% rise in non-US tourism spending.

apricitas.ioHow Canada is Decoupling From the USIn Response to Trump’s Tariffs, Canada Has Successfully Boosted non-US Trade to Record Highs—But it Remains Deeply Tied to America

Canada's non-US exports are near record highs, up 42% over the last year alone. Rising energy and gold prices have provided major tailwinds, but this export growth is occurring across a wide array of destination countries and industries.

Compared to 2024, Canadian exports to the UK are up 195% (mostly gold), exports to China are up 52%, exports to the EU are up 42%, and exports to other countries are up 18% The country's non-US exports of energy, minerals, food, aircraft, and consumer goods are all rising.

apricitas.ioHow Canada is Decoupling From the USIn Response to Trump’s Tariffs, Canada Has Successfully Boosted non-US Trade to Record Highs—But it Remains Deeply Tied to America

Canada's economy remains deeply tied to America's—most provinces trade more with the US than with other parts of Canada or other countries—but Canada's trade reliance on the US has fallen dramatically during Trump's 2nd term, hitting the lowest levels in 30 years.

I get the feeling that Sweeney resents the fact that he's making video games that are, at least in part, artistic products that people buy for emotional reasons, and that he wishes people would just treat Fortnite like it's productivity software

Kim Hu@kim-hu.com

I can't believe he's still at it, it's been days

Official monthly data is in, and US solar power remains near its record high from last month, up 18% compared to this time last year!

Solar power also continues to skyrocket in Texas, with generation up 32% compared to last year and hitting a new record high Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 13.4% of Texas' electricity, a record high!

In fact, Texas' solar generation has grown so much that it's surpassed California to become America's largest solar-producing state Texas already had a heavy lead in utility-scale solar, but has now passed California even when you include rooftop

Official monthly data is in, and US solar power remains near its record high from last month, up 18% compared to this time last year!

Solar power made up 10.7% of US electricity this August, up from 9.7% last year Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 9.7% of US electricity, another record high!

Put aside the economic stupidity of the Trump admin's Canada tariffs, the political stupidity is just unbound. The election is in less than two weeks. The cake is baked. No Maine voters are changing their mind because you exempted blueberry producers for a week.

George Pearkes@peark.es

omg hahahahahahaha *SEN. COLLINS ISSUES STATEMENT ON US TARIFFS ON CANADA *COLLINS:BLUEBERRY, POTATO PRODUCERS TO GET CANADA TARIFF RELIEF *COLLINS: APPLE, SEAWEED PRODUCERS TO GET CANADA TARIFF RELIEF *COLLINS: 9 PRODUCT TYPES TO GET EXEMPTION FROM CANADA TARIFFS

if I was trying to win marginal senate race in states that border Canada I simply wouldn't restart a trade war with Canada 5 months before the election, but that's just me

Modern 6 word horror story “On tumblr, back in the day”

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Hegseth: We are banning reporters from the Pentagon. Washpost: We have exclusive photos of the historic Dwight Eisenhower globe that was damaged in Hegseth's zeal to move it out of storage and into his office. Gift link ⤵️ wapo.st/3WF2YQo

seeing Elon go on a multi-day crashout about Talarico has really highlighted how psychologically devastating it would be to Republicans if they lost Texas. So much of their self-identity is tied to repping Texas as the anti-California and would be shattered if the state even tipped blue.

it's also vv funny that Elon has so little to say about Hinojosa as TX, who would have much more direct power over him & SpaceX, I think because he can't even conceptualize losing the governor's mansion.

boxd.itA ★★★★ review of You Can See Everything (2026)I've basically never been able to watch any of Nathan Fielder's work because I have an extremely low tolerance for cringe comedy; the fact that I watched and liked this should come as a strong endorse...

strongest endorsement I have for the new Elizabeth Holmes doc is that I find most of Nathan Fielder’s work unwatchable because I hate cringe comedy but I still loved this There’s so many reveals that the film has to go “that’s crazy but we don’t have time to address it” several times boxd.it/gRIMjN

Also idk if this is a universal thing but my AMC has a theranos themed drink available lmao

It’s a miracle of pure dumb luck that this person’s gun jammed before he was able to carry out the attack, but this stuff is a symptom of all the of the rising anti-Indian racism online that desperately needs to be pushed back against

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi@congressmanraja.bsky.social

My family and I were worshipping at our Hindu temple in Aurora on Sunday when a white supremacist attempted a mass shooting targeting Indian Americans. I'm grateful to those who prevented a tragedy, but we must all come together to confront the hatred that put so many innocent lives at risk.

apricitas.ioAI and the Fall? of the Creative ClassAmerica is Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs in Media, Film & the Arts. How Much is AI to Blame?

It's just a parade of bad news for jobs in the media and entertainment industries nowadays, and I don't know if anything is going to stem the bleeding anytime soon www.apricitas.io/p/ai-and-the...

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social

*NETFLIX TO CUT 6% OF STAFF: WSJ *NETFLIX TO CUT ~1,000 JOBS: WSJ

We're in totally unprecedented territory when it comes to computer prices; they're up a record 10% over the last year alone in data released this morning (and that's after adjusting for quality improvements, which usually are enough to drive steady *de*-flation)

NEW: CPI inflation rose to 3.7% year-on-year in data released this morning, hitting the second-highest level since 2023 while increasing 0.6% month-on-month Core CPI inflation rose to 2.6% year-on-year, increasing 0.3% month-on-month

I don’t like how many events from Ghost in the Shell (1995) are occurring in real life now

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

* OPENAI: SOPHISTICATED RECORDING DEVICE HIDDEN IN OUR OFFICES

sfstandard.comOpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference roomFederal prosecutors say an employee planted an audio recorder and left another unattended in his bag.

Guy is a Saudi national, which obviously isn’t a guarantee he was working for Saudi intelligence, but this is the caliber of work I would expect out of Saudi intelligence services

James Pirruccello 🎃🦇🧹@jamespirruccello.com

He used ChatGPT to make the listening device that he put in OpenAI’s sensitive office? Bro sfstandard.com/2026/10/13/o...

“I’m gonna ask ChatGPT how to rob OpenAI” are you trying to spy or are you a one-man jobs program for FBI agents

marketplace.orgWhat AI is doing to jobs in creative fieldsAn analysis by writer and economist Joey Politano found that the U.S. has lost more than 200,000 jobs in creative industries over the last four years.

Was an honor to speak to Marketplace on NPR this morning about my piece on AI-driven arts job loss & what it means for creative industries. Give it a listen! www.marketplace.org/episode/2026...

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social

NEW from me: Over the last 4 years, America has lost more than 200k jobs in creative fields like publishing, film, TV, or graphic design. It's the worst stretch for arts jobs outside of recessions. How much is AI to blame? And can the arts' business model survive?🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/ai-and-the...

apricitas.ioAI and the Fall? of the Creative ClassAmerica is Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs in Media, Film & the Arts. How Much is AI to Blame?

Again he’s really losing it with the AI stuff now

August US transit data is in today, & all of the largest US rail networks are growing! Cali leads the way, with ridership up 15% on BART, 14% on Muni, & 10% on LA Metro PATH (NY/NJ) & MBTA (Boston) also have strong growth at 8%, while MTS (San Diego, +1.7%) is the slowest🧵

Ridership on the Bay Area's Caltrain also continues rising in the wake of the route's electrification, with passenger counts up 31% since this time last year! Caltrain is now moving more people than it did in equivalent months pre-COVID, a massive rarity among US rail systems

Another major transit story this year has been the steady rebound in LA Metro rail ridership since the opening of the first D-line extension Though still well below record highs, LA Metro moved 6.6M riders last month, up 12% from this time last year

The biggest US transit story of this year has been the massive growth of Seattle Link Light Rail ridership in the wake of the 1 & 2 lines connecting The Link moved more than 5M passengers last month, up 39% from last year, and it's now America's biggest light rail network!

noovo.infoLe Québec devrait devenir un pays, croit Elon Musk

Musk advocating for Quebec separatism then following it up by saying Alberta & Saskatchewan should leave too gives away this is just about dissolving Canada for being lib, but I'm glad he's too dumb to realize it undermines separatists' chances by further associating them with right-wing Americanism

Noovo Info@noovo.info

Le Québec devrait devenir indépendant et se séparer du Canada, selon Elon Musk. Dans une publication sur X, le patron de Tesla et de SpaceX a aussi dit que l’Alberta et la Saskatchewan devraient faire de même.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social

New Mike Rogers ad (R in MI-Sen) has him saying “Canada is not our enemy. We need to end the tariff war, now.” (Doesn’t name Trump)

Canada, I am in another different part of you

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social

Canada, I am in another different part of you

getting more Toronto urban planning lore from @forkast.bsky.social

Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending

The US tech sector continues bleeding jobs in official data released today—overall, employment decreased by 17k last month and is down 69k over the last year That's nearly as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, and much worse than the 2022 boom or even pre-2020 norms

NEW US JOBS DATA: Non-farm Payrolls: +29k Unemployment Rate: 4.2% (+0.1%) Prime Age (25-54) Employment-Population Ratio: 80.7% (+0.3%) Average Hourly Earnings: +0.1%