Max Fawcett who is generally unreadable on Canadian politics is quite good on NDP politics and wonders if the NDP is heading for oblivion. 1/ nationalobserver.com/2026/03/11/opi…

"Heading for oblivion" is the optimistic take. But for the party's provincial premierships the NDP has reached oblivion with no obvious way back. As Fawcett points out, if its sole Que MP quits it will have no MPs East of Manitoba. 2/

Avi Lewis is seen as the front runner in the federal leadership race and Fawcett does a pretty good job of dissecting why this is not going to help. Begin with Lewis' French, move to LEAP and the academic left. 3/

1980 is a significant date in the Kondratiev model of long waves of economic activity where many economic data broke trend, and so too the chart of mean global temperatures confirms the same about planetary warming.

I have cited numerous times that 2022 is also a year where number of key economic data broke trend in the opposite direction, suggesting to me that we have started a new long wave.

On the trend of global warming, does this chart indicate that our efforts to date to decarbonize world economies are starting to gain traction? If so, we are looking at a good news story.

1/ Russia simply isn't capable of doing in Ukraine what the US and Israeli air forces are doing in Iran, a prominent Russian warblogger admits. He blames the Russian air force's "organisational backwardness, underdeveloped intelligence, and lack of specialised aviation." ⬇️

2/ Ukraine's aviation situation is starkly different to that of Iran's, despite facing a theoretically more powerful opponent. The Ukrainian Air Force is not only still flying in substantial numbers but has expanded its capabilities with the addition of Western aircraft.

3/ 'Military Informant' discusses why the Russian Aerospace Forces are still unable to achieve air superiority over Ukraine after over four years of full-scale war:

"You are not a stranger in the universe. You ARE the universe experiencing itself."
— Alan Watts

Most people live their entire lives seeking approval from others.

Watts said this was the deepest philosophical mistake a human being could make.

Here's why ↓

Watts had one core belief:

You are not an ego trapped inside a body, isolated from the world.

You are the world expressing itself.

Like a wave isn't separate from the ocean...

You are life itself, in motion.

But Western culture taught you the opposite.

It handed you a story:
You are small.
You are separate.
You must earn your place.

And the moment you believed it...

The people-pleasing began.

If there’s one word to describe the experience of the vaccine-injured, it’s “ABANDONMENT,” Dr. Joel Wallskog says.

After developing a rare neurological condition, a top vaccine official told him he would “get back” to him repeatedly for two years.

He never did.

His name was Peter Marks.

He ignored the suffering of vaccine-injured patients who begged him for help—then MOCKED them behind closed doors.

After fast-tracking COVID jab approvals, Marks left his government position for a handsome salary at Eli Lilly as its new head of infectious disease research.

The media framed his departure from “government service” as a defiant “hero” standing up to RFK Jr.’s takeover of HHS.

But here’s the Peter Marks story they’re not telling you.

It’s not pretty. 🧵

This information comes from the work of medical researcher @MidwesternDoc.

For all the sources and details, read the full report below:

midwesterndoctor.com/p/why-did-the-…

Corruption 101: Bureaucracies Protect the Guilty

The FDA’s structure protects bad actors. No one takes personal responsibility, and careers are built by serving the system—not the people.

As former Pfizer exec Peter Rost said: the pharma industry operates like the mob—but with better PR.

And while Anthony Fauci was often blamed for everything that went “wrong” during the COVID-19 response, a lesser-known figure within the FDA bureaucracy was directly responsible for much of the damage.

AI image tools have a hidden problem:

Editing.

You generate an image in seconds…
Then spend 10 minutes fixing tiny details.

I tested Seedream 5.0 Lite and the workflow is shockingly efficient.

Here’s what I found 🧵

✅ Instruction-based edits

Seedream 5.0 Lite follows text instructions closely.

Instead of regenerating everything, you can:

• change specific elements
• refine visual details
• adjust composition

Which saves a lot of time.

✅ Feature transfer

Another powerful feature:

You can transfer visual elements between images.

For example:

• colors
• styles
• camera angles
• reference details

Great for building consistent visual sets.

BREAKING: AI can now do market research like McKinsey (for free).

Here are 12 insane Claude Opus 4.6 prompts that replace $5,000 consultant: (Save for later)

1/ Market Sizing & TAM Analysis

You are a McKinsey-level market analyst. I need a Total Addressable Market (TAM) analysis for [YOUR INDUSTRY/PRODUCT].

Please provide:

• Top-down approach: Start from global market → narrow to my segment
• Bottom-up approach: Calculate from unit economics × potential customers
• TAM, SAM, SOM breakdown with dollar figures
• Growth rate projections for the next 5 years (CAGR)
• Key assumptions behind each estimate
• Comparison to 3 analyst reports or market research firms

Format as an investor-ready market sizing slide with clear methodology.

Context: My product is [DESCRIBE PRODUCT], targeting [TARGET CUSTOMER] in [GEOGRAPHY].

2/ Competitive Landscape Deep Dive

You are a senior strategy consultant at Bain & Company. I need a complete competitive landscape analysis for [YOUR INDUSTRY].

Please provide:

• Direct competitors: Top 10 players ranked by market share, revenue, and funding
• Indirect competitors: 5 adjacent companies that could enter this market
• For each competitor, analyze: pricing model, key features, target audience, strengths, weaknesses, and recent strategic moves
• Market positioning map (price vs. value matrix)
• Competitive moats: What makes each player defensible
• White space analysis: Gaps no competitor is filling
• Threat assessment: Rate each competitor (low/medium/high threat)

Format as a structured competitive intelligence report with comparison tables.

My company: [DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS AND POSITIONING]

🚨President Trump officially removes me from the Religious Liberty Commission for exercising my Religious Liberty.

The only Catholic woman who opposes Zionism was removed as a prelude to the Iran war.

This is the email I received from the White House informing me that my position on the Religious Liberty Commission was terminated.

Here is my open letter to @potus 🧵⬇️

Yo! Since when did we start attacking Jews? @Clay4MainStreet I have the largest base of voters in Paulding county GA! Your district!

I need you to call out this despicable behavior👇

(If you have not seen it, be prepared to vomit 🤮)

Please retweet the Justin Fox clip ….

https://twitter.com/charise_lee/status/2031556804564627674

And condemn. Clay Fuller 🫵, and your team should seek counsel on my request. A simple ask.

I will look at fully endorsing @ShawnForGeorgia and ending any further work to help get you elected.

cc: @bluestein #gapol @GaRepublicans @GeorgiaDemocrat

All my door knockers knocking for your campaign will
Have their contracts ended, and I will hire them to help Shawn win.

If you will not condemn this now, how can I trust you with greater power in the future.

God bless you.

- John Saunders

I am waiting on you.

The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran and killed its leadership. For the first time ever, Iran responded with its military dead man's switch to shut down Gulf oil and gas.

We are now in a global energy crisis until further notice.

Read the new @bismarckanlys Brief (link below):

The whole global economy depends on the flow of cheap oil and to a lesser extent gas. Oil is a necessary input for chemical manufacturing, and thus effectively all manufacturing, and for all transportation.

These are fungible global commodities, so everyone feels the price hit.

The Gulf makes 31% of all the world's oil, 27% of all liquid gas exports, and it refines 11% of the world's fuels. It is also a key hub for chemical manufacturing of downstream products like fertilizer and aluminum.

All this is now under threat by plentiful Iranian drones.

🚨Could massive volcanic events trigger natural carbon dioxide removal (#CDR)?

New study suggests that during the Emeishan supervolcanic eruptions (~260M yrs ago), enhanced weathering of uplifted rocks removed huge amounts of atm CO₂, cutting levels nearly in half.

How?🧵1/11

2/ Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are among the largest volcanic events in Earth’s history, typically releasing huge volumes of lava over 1-5 million years.

They’re widely thought to drive CO₂ spikes, warming, and environmental crises through massive volcanic degassing.

3/ To test this assumption, researchers reconstructed atmospheric CO₂ levels across the Emeishan volcanic episode using carbon isotopes from chlorophyll-derived biomarkers preserved in marine sediments from the Shangsi section in China.

A fair amount of confusion about the talking filibuster comes from nomenclature; it messes people up b/c (1) minorities filibuster; but (2) the talking filibuster is described as a *majority* tactic ("the GOP should use the talking filibuster.")

Let's straighten this out. 1/

First, some links to previous writing

*My blog post about talking filibuster basics (blog.mattglassman.net/the-talking-fi…)
*Discussion of CRA (blog.mattglassman.net/more-on-the-ta…)
*Video on talking filibuster (fivepoints.mattglassman.net/p/talking-fili…)
*Discussion of 1893 Talking Filibuster (x.com/MattGlassman31…) 2/

Ok. First point: the filibuster doesn't exist in Senate rules. It's a *consequence* of the rules, which lack a way for a bare majority to easily force an end to debate. If debate doesn't end, there's no vote.

Upshot: to filibuster, you just get the floor, start talking. 3/