Steve Karpik

I am utterly baffled. We're living in a world where Trump wants to punish Canada for not giving up our sovereignty. At the same time, he is doing everything but give Russia preferred nation status. What is wrong with America? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

Canada will happily welcome the brilliant and creative people that Trump wants to keep out of the US. So much technology has been created by skilled and highly educated immigrants to the US. bsky.app/profile/mcle...

The reality is that Trump has the power of a king. The vaunted checks and balances are toothless. The Constitution just a piece of paper. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...

If reports of the deal Trump extracted from Canada are true, I’m disgusted. I’d rather endure U.S. tariffs than see Canada bow to American pressure. Our dignity today. Our sovereignty tomorrow. Why is North Korea now a better friend to the U.S. than Canada?

I am both puzzled and saddened by the state of affairs in the US. Who are the people supporting such actions? apnews.com/article/nun-...

With friends like the United States, who needs enemies? Trump is threatening Canada with a sweeping new 50% tariff, set to take effect in just 30 days. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

Clearly, Canada made a mistake sending firefighters to California and soldiers to Afghanistan. So much for friendship, this is how the United States treats its friends. Once Trump is gone, how many friends will the US have in the world? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/w...

What makes Canadian national treasure Michael deAdder more than a superb political artist is his ability to penetrate language to find deeply insightful analogies, metaphors, or wordplay!

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After all this time looking for it! #humor #math #foundontheinternet #nerdhumor

Hockey Night in Canada has been fully privatized

RFK Jr demanded the *retraction* of a 20 yr Danish study that showed aluminums in vaccines do not cause health issues. The journal REFUSED saying the study has been peer-reviewed and found to have no significant flaws. Imagine asking science to un-science itself.

OB-GYNs release their own vaccine schedule, rejecting RFK Jr.'s meddling arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

So, not really a vote for independence. Actually a vote to hand the province over to a really terrible new boss. #cdnpoli #ableg

The production of the highest-quality literature reviews requires the judgement and expertise of people, says Rupa Sarkar, editor-in-chief of the Cochrane Collaboration. go.nature.com/4wOOHhX

The founding fathers are lionized for their brilliant forethought. Laws today need to conform to their vision of America. Their checks and balances guaranteed freedom. But today we have Trump using the DoJ as his weapon. Clearly the founders did not anticipate Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...

What is Trump thinking? I don't understand the purpose. Why would you want to drive people away from your country who will bring so much to it? Canada will be more than happy to welcome the highly skilled people that Trump drives away. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

Larry Ellison could cover CBS’s losses for 3040 years.

I do not understand American democracy. The ruling party can cancel a vote on an issue just because they are going to lose the vote in Congress? This is democracy?

Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear. n.pr/4dwU7Fi

❤️‍🩹The reunion of two loyal friends after a long separation – a Ukrainian soldier and his dog. First, the dog seemed to scold him for being away so long. Then it started hugging him. I’m not crying. Something just got in my eye.

Is America trying to alienate all its allies? If Canada buys the F35’s from the US, I will be absolutely disgusted. And Trump wonders why countries are running into the arms of China. The US is hostile and a declining power. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Ellison has $240 billion. The six billion he spent to buy CBS is pocket change to him. It is literally like an average American spending $6. The is why multi-billionaires are so destructive to civil society.

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Hoarding canned kittens for my doomsday bunker. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

This article raises some interesting questions about intellectual property. Tech bros vigorously defend their IP while hoovering all that humanity has created. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/t...

Yet another example that the raison d'être for ICE is cruelty. And heartless people have no hesitation against using ICE to settle personal vendettas. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...

I’ve been building websites with DNN since 2005. Tools like 2sxc have made it far more flexible and powerful. This video is from the inaugural DNN Show & Tell, where I explore using Claude to extend DNN. Next month I’ll share a short primer on building bilingual sites. youtu.be/8xSD5YXaHVY

What is wrong with America? Deporting doctors who are caring for your communities. This is insane. Have Americans gone mad? Hatred of the other is poisoning America. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

I honestly do not understand Trump and MAGA. It was supposed to be about deporting the worst of the worst. What is going on here? No criminal record. Brought to the US when a baby. Is this the country that Americans want? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass

Let's check in on the Canadian response:

🧵1/13 At #CERN they discovered a new particle, a heavier "cousin" of the proton. The LHCb experiment announced it at the Rencontres de Moriond Electroweak meeting on 17 March 2026. ➡️ home.cern/news/news/ph... Artist’s impression of the newly discovered baryon (Credit: CERN) #physics🧪🔭 ⚛️ #science

If you’re wondering why I’m ranting today about what scientific freedom is and is not, here is why. Jay Bhattacharya is a fool who cannot stand that he was—and continues to be—called out by legitimate scientists for his bullshit.

Kristi Noem FIRED - Replaced With MMA Fighter WOW! krassencast.com/p/kristi-noe...

You can now visualize how a color palette distributes across OKHsv, OKHsl, OKLCh and CIELab, and compare 6 distance metrics side by side. Zero dependencies, raw WebGL2. Took me 3 years to make something I wasn't too embarrassed to share 🙃 meodai.github.io/color-palett...

The government wants to Huawei any company that pursues a radical woke ideology like "no domestic mass surveillance" except it has no legal basis to do so and its rules for compliance are gobbledygook www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Just when you thought the #EpsteinAdministration couldn't degrade our country any further:

Why did Americans vote for this MAHA madness? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...

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In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease