writer/blogger, ex WSJ, DJ, etc. economics/markets, music, philosophy, books, technology, photos, etc. (ie hopelessly eclectic) Toronto. Blog at: https://doncurren.blogspot.com
Just started reading Quantum Night by #RobertJSawyer (riveting so far). It was published in 2016 and set in the near future. In it, he has the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
#books#sciencefiction#scifi
“U.S. crude #oil production averaged 13.3 million barrels per day (b/d) in Dec 2023, following sustained productivity increases at new wells … U.S. crude oil production has increased to record highs since 2010 and has risen even more quickly in recent months” adamtooze.substack.com/p/top-links-...
A rearguard action from a retreating East End in the #Toronto#WaroftheRoses; from a large #rosebush on the south side of the rail lines near Danforth and Main. So demoralized by @brainchain.bsky.social’s #roses from Dovercourt Village yesterday, I couldn’t manage a decent shot of the entire bush
1 Desjardins: The #BankofCanada has been on a strict diet and it’s been working. Since the beginning of its #quantitativetightening program (#QT) over two years ago, the Canadian central bank has cut its balance sheet in half …” 🧵
#BOC#cdnecon#bonds
#Reading this #book about the electric #music of #MilesDavis and quite enjoying it. It’s detailed, well written and has an interesting theoretical framework, which the author deploys with a light and deft touch.
#jazz#books#musicbooks
So I'm at your house this mornin'
Just a little after nine
'Cause it was in Bobcaygeon where I saw the constellations
Reveal themselves one star at a time
(Photo: #TragicallyHip cover band playing Bobcaygeon at #CanadaDay celebrations at #WoodbinePark)
#HappyCanadaDay from the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in #Toronto’s East End. A reminder that #Canadians can build great things when they put their minds to it.
“But here’s what made Harvey so inspiring. His life was not heroic—he worked for decades as a file clerk in a veteran’s hospital in Cleveland. But he turned his banal life into something artistic via his comic book.” (I can identify with #HarveyPekar’s dilemma) www.honest-broker.com/p/6-pop-cult...
