THREAD 🧵 Considering that most NHL teams put out generic Chanukah graphics, I enlisted the help of Grok to create images each NHL team could have used. Feel free to add your own below!

This pathetic attitude is among the worst things about our political culture in Canada and I cannot reject it enough. It gets cloaked in the language of progressivism but it is deeply cynical, ugly, and regressive. Story time! Growing up, I was hugely inspired by RIM (BlackBerry). It was one of the reasons why I wanted to go to Waterloo. I thought it was so cool one of the most innovative companies on earth was an hour away from home. In fact, my program, Nanotechnology Engineering, was able to exist in part due to the philanthropy of Mike Lazaridis, who funded the Institute of Quantum Computing and Nanotechnology (along with the Perimeter Institute for theoretical physics, which is a brilliant asset for the province and country). Balsillie, for his part, has spent tens of not hundreds of millions of his personal wealth on advocacy and institutions to make Canada a better place. But he too was castigated in our media. Through high school, I saw how Canadas media took an axe to RIM founders (Mike and Jim), and basically cheered on the decline of the business against competition from Apple and Google. It was a complete disgrace. Well, in 2013 I got my second co-op job there, just as they rolled out BB10 (the QNX operating system). 6 weeks into my co-op, my entire department was laid off (Modems/Semiconductors). Nearly every one of my colleagues ended up moving to the US. Some of the most capable talent on earth, poached in weeks. It was loss that was absolutely devastating to witness. I have no doubt people like Bruce cheered on the spectacle, just like he would cheer the downfall of Shopify if it were to ever happen; despite the champion it’s been for the country, the thousands of good jobs it’s created, and all the spin-off businesses that have created huge wealth for Ontario. Well let me be clear that I will have none of this nonsense.

Bro deleted this tweet but never forget he’s a scumbag

What did I say that you actually disagree with? As you just pointed out there are plenty of other reasons to dislike Musk. We have an incumbent “intellectual” class that eschews debate, thinking, and nuance, and thinks politics is healthy when leaders do the same.

Can I just point out how funny this is, given the paper is owned by Canada’s wealthiest billionaire family, all of whom inherited their wealth. Should we hate them for that? Of course not, because that would be gross. But, it reflects our tall-poppy syndrome at its finest. Personally, I’m glad that the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan is getting a nice payout, as will many others who took a big risk investing in SpaceX. I wish we had more audacious entrepreneurs making big bets and generating great jobs and wealth here in Ontario. I want to create an environment that makes it even more likely. The world is not zero sum. The size of the pie is not fixed. If we make more, everyone can get a big piece.

This is so devastating, honestly. I don’t understand how so many people can march for a state that is actively committing a genocide. Are Palestinian lives really worth so little to this many Canadians? If so, I’m ashamed to call myself Canadian today.

Israeli NBA star Deni Avdija shares a wholesome moment celebrating at a Jewish wedding alongside former Washington Wizards teammate Kyle Kuzma. Mazel tov!

I think it’s really unhelpful that politicians of all political stripes are characterizing effigies of Ben Gvir, Netanyahu and Trump (??) as “effigies of Jews.” This was clearly an act of protest against the architects and key players perpetrating a genocide, and it’s dishonest and problematic to characterize the effigies as being tied to religion.

A friend messaged me to say ask why Irish feminists weren’t calling out Ewan. A good question. If a commentator was saying about a woman with the ‘correct’ political beliefs ‘she’s posting pictures of her tits…to get her Jew tribe horny’ and that he ‘could hear her climax from here’, there would be righteous uproar from them. But I do not hold the ‘correct’ beliefs and therefore the vast majority of them ignore it at best, and indulge it at worst. I’m not even surprised or upset. On October 7th, 2023, they showed their true faces. As the lifeless body of Shani Louk was being desecrated by men at the back of a pickup truck they remained silent at best. I know their ‘feminism’ is conditional and have learnt to accept that and expect very little from them.

This is Tel Aviv.

Ben Gvir is a disgusting human being who abused flotilla activists on camera, but this one is made with AI. There is no need for AI images to show how disgusting he and the Israeli government are — there is already plenty of real footage.

Again, @IhabHassane and I have had our disagreements; yet, he has never voiced support for October 7 or even Hamas. We don’t need to make up nonsense or disparage those who want to find avenues to peace.

You knowingly caused harm to our State in this disgraceful display - and not for the first time. You have undone tremendous, professional, and successful efforts made by so many people - from IDF soldiers to Foreign Ministry staff and many others. No, you are not the face of Israel.

Le immagini del ministro israeliano Ben Gvir sono inaccettabili. È inammissibile che questi manifestanti, fra cui molti cittadini italiani, vengano sottoposti a questo trattamento lesivo della dignità della persona. Il Governo italiano sta immediatamente compiendo, ai più alti livelli istituzionali, tutti i passi necessari per ottenere la liberazione immediata dei cittadini italiani coinvolti. L’Italia pretende inoltre le scuse per il trattamento riservato a questi manifestanti e per il totale disprezzo dimostrato nei confronti delle esplicite richieste del Governo italiano. Per questi motivi, il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale convocherà immediatamente l’ambasciatore israeliano per chiedere chiarimenti formali su quanto accaduto.

ככה אנחנו מקבלים את תומכי הטרור Welcome to Israel 🇮🇱