Daniel Ansari 🇨🇦
@numcog.bsky.social
Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience & Learning at Western University. CIFAR Fellow, FCAHS
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Is American great again?
CBS News Exclusive: New photos reveal widespread damage at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East caused by Iranian attacks.
New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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September 16, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Is American great again?
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Canadian airports aren’t public utilities, and haven’t been since the 1990s. They’re operated by regional quangoes that are effectively private profit-seeing corporations without the ability to be regulated for public benefit, federally or municipally, as actual private owners might be
Airports are utilities. They (usually) have a monopoly position in markets with very high barriers to entry. This allows private utilities to extract "rents" from users of the service. Public ownership does a better job at stopping this than regulation 1/
I suspect that major airports are somewhat like electrical utilities, in that they're easier for governments to regulate when they're privately owned than when they're quasi-autonomous branches of the public sector that tend to be regulation-proof competing kingdoms
September 15, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Canadian airports aren’t public utilities, and haven’t been since the 1990s. They’re operated by regional quangoes that are effectively private profit-seeing corporations without the ability to be regulated for public benefit, federally or municipally, as actual private owners might be
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Naming aside, this is a big deal and the right choice to inprove tax competitiveness. Expensing investment rewards investment directly. It is forward looking and productivity focused.
Canada just announced that a "Productivity Mega Deduction" will replace the previous "Productivity Super Deduction" and I wish I was joking.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
Prime Minister Carney introduces new Productivity Mega Deduction to boost Canada’s advantage as the most competitive G7 country for new business investment
To that end, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has introduced a series of changes to make Canada a more competitive environment for businesses.
www.pm.gc.ca
September 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Naming aside, this is a big deal and the right choice to inprove tax competitiveness. Expensing investment rewards investment directly. It is forward looking and productivity focused.
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Ahem
Canadians strongly believe they have more in common with European nations than with America
September 16, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Ahem
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Our work recently online in Nature Neuroscience: a neural reason why we err more when juggling tasks nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02430-w 🧵
Switching between tasks for different goals is an important form of cognitive flexibility.
Switching between tasks for different goals is an important form of cognitive flexibility.
September 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Our work recently online in Nature Neuroscience: a neural reason why we err more when juggling tasks nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02430-w 🧵
Switching between tasks for different goals is an important form of cognitive flexibility.
Switching between tasks for different goals is an important form of cognitive flexibility.
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"A recent @policyalternatives.ca analysis of data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information found that from 2021 to 2023, private health-care spending per person grew by 8.1 per cent — almost twice as fast as public spending."
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Food and shelter have driven Canada's affordability crisis. Health care isn't far behind | CBC News
Food and shelter grab headlines, but out-of-pocket health-care expenses have climbed at a nearly identical rate since 2022, Statistics Canada data shows. Economists and policy experts break down the s...
www.cbc.ca
September 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
"A recent @policyalternatives.ca analysis of data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information found that from 2021 to 2023, private health-care spending per person grew by 8.1 per cent — almost twice as fast as public spending."
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Petition to legally require a "FUCK OFF" button on every AI tool that asks if you'd like it to summarize an email or blow your nose for you.
People went nuts when U2 shoved an album onto their phones against their will, and now this crap is rammed down our throats everywhere. Rise up, people!
People went nuts when U2 shoved an album onto their phones against their will, and now this crap is rammed down our throats everywhere. Rise up, people!
September 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Petition to legally require a "FUCK OFF" button on every AI tool that asks if you'd like it to summarize an email or blow your nose for you.
People went nuts when U2 shoved an album onto their phones against their will, and now this crap is rammed down our throats everywhere. Rise up, people!
People went nuts when U2 shoved an album onto their phones against their will, and now this crap is rammed down our throats everywhere. Rise up, people!
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When we talk about how science is broken, maybe at least consider how a huge collaboration measured the ripples in spacetime resulting the collision of two black holes 1.3 billion light years away, as counterweight the guy who had to fake his data to show that people who procrastinate fall behind.
September 14, 2026 at 9:03 PM
When we talk about how science is broken, maybe at least consider how a huge collaboration measured the ripples in spacetime resulting the collision of two black holes 1.3 billion light years away, as counterweight the guy who had to fake his data to show that people who procrastinate fall behind.
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Explicit instruction or inquiry-based learning? Perhaps that’s the wrong question. A new conceptual replication again shows that the order matters, as does what students already know.
wp.me/p2nWPo-6cB
wp.me/p2nWPo-6cB
https://wp.me/p2nWPo-6cB
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September 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Explicit instruction or inquiry-based learning? Perhaps that’s the wrong question. A new conceptual replication again shows that the order matters, as does what students already know.
wp.me/p2nWPo-6cB
wp.me/p2nWPo-6cB
And only you can stop it.
This country is a suicide cult.
Breaking News: The E.P.A. is said to be planning to announce that the U.S. will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants.
September 14, 2026 at 3:02 AM
And only you can stop it.
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And this has nothing to do with the AI industry propaganda about the technology being an "existential threat".
The threat is the climate crisis, the authoritarianism, the mass surveillance, the tech fascism. The real threat is not the tech, but the billionaires.
The threat is the climate crisis, the authoritarianism, the mass surveillance, the tech fascism. The real threat is not the tech, but the billionaires.
September 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
And this has nothing to do with the AI industry propaganda about the technology being an "existential threat".
The threat is the climate crisis, the authoritarianism, the mass surveillance, the tech fascism. The real threat is not the tech, but the billionaires.
The threat is the climate crisis, the authoritarianism, the mass surveillance, the tech fascism. The real threat is not the tech, but the billionaires.
Americans do not take Canada seriously. They think of it as a small, irrelevant place that can be poked fun at without any cost. I have encountered many Americans over the past 18 months who think the 51st state thing is kind of funny and something to joke about. They do not get it.
Nothing screams, "I'm an ignorant rude asshole American," more than this. 🖕🖕🖕🖕
This American group apparently flew to Halifax yesterday. I’m not sure why you would want to visit a place just to be shitty and disrespectful to the people who live there.
September 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Americans do not take Canada seriously. They think of it as a small, irrelevant place that can be poked fun at without any cost. I have encountered many Americans over the past 18 months who think the 51st state thing is kind of funny and something to joke about. They do not get it.
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When other world leaders stay silent in the face of the threat to annex Canada, President Zelenskyy’s statement from a war torn, vulnerable country, is a profile in courage.
Thank you for speaking the truth.
Thank you for speaking the truth.
President Zelenskyy calls U.S. threats to annex Canada 'very dangerous' | Canadian exclusive
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Zelenskyy calls U.S. threats to annex Canada 'very dangerous' | Canadian exclusive
In a Canadian exclusive interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Canada and the U.S. to work out their differences, calling threats to annex Canada 'very dangerous.' Zelenskyy also war...
www.cbc.ca
September 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
When other world leaders stay silent in the face of the threat to annex Canada, President Zelenskyy’s statement from a war torn, vulnerable country, is a profile in courage.
Thank you for speaking the truth.
Thank you for speaking the truth.
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Canada is worth fighting for. Today. Tomorrow. Forever.
September 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Canada is worth fighting for. Today. Tomorrow. Forever.
He's the best: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Jean Chrétien says ‘we bow to no one’ in fiery 9/11 speech in Gander, N.L. | CBC News
Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien drew thunderous applause on Friday during a fiery and patriotic speech in Gander, N.L, where many had gathered at a sports arena to commemorate the 25th an...
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September 11, 2026 at 9:22 PM
He's the best: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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More than 7,000 people signed up for our free Critical AI Literacy course since we opened it to the public last February. Today, we launched an updated course with new content. It takes about 2 hours to complete and you get a certificate! explore.acadiau.ca/product?cata...
AI for Everyone: Critical AI Literacy
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September 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
More than 7,000 people signed up for our free Critical AI Literacy course since we opened it to the public last February. Today, we launched an updated course with new content. It takes about 2 hours to complete and you get a certificate! explore.acadiau.ca/product?cata...
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Meta smart glasses mocked by fake notices on London Underground
London’s backlash against camera-equipped smart glasses has reached the Tube, with spoof stickers styled as official TfL safety notices appearing inside Underground carriages and warning wearers that ...
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September 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Enraging. We've got a premier doing Trump's work for him, dismantling all the best things about Ontario.
#BREAKING: Ontario Science Centre laying off entire science department
Ontario Science Centre laying off entire science department
The Ontario Science Centre has laid off 30 workers including the entire science department, The Canadian Press has learned.
www.cp24.com
September 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Enraging. We've got a premier doing Trump's work for him, dismantling all the best things about Ontario.
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We're hiring! 2 postdocs + 3 PhD students to join InfantNeuroAI at Trinity College Dublin: awake infant fMRI & OPM-MEG, plus computational models of how infants learn.
Aims: understand infant visual cognition, infant neuroimaging methods, more energy-efficient learning 🧵
www.cusacklab.org/vacancies
Aims: understand infant visual cognition, infant neuroimaging methods, more energy-efficient learning 🧵
www.cusacklab.org/vacancies
September 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
We're hiring! 2 postdocs + 3 PhD students to join InfantNeuroAI at Trinity College Dublin: awake infant fMRI & OPM-MEG, plus computational models of how infants learn.
Aims: understand infant visual cognition, infant neuroimaging methods, more energy-efficient learning 🧵
www.cusacklab.org/vacancies
Aims: understand infant visual cognition, infant neuroimaging methods, more energy-efficient learning 🧵
www.cusacklab.org/vacancies
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I don't know if people in Vancouver fully appreciate how phenomenal it is to have a light rail service connecting the airport to the downtown in ≈ 30 minutes but boy is it phenomenal
September 10, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I don't know if people in Vancouver fully appreciate how phenomenal it is to have a light rail service connecting the airport to the downtown in ≈ 30 minutes but boy is it phenomenal
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Adversity only makes us stronger. It always has.
Watch the new edition of Forward Guidance: youtu.be/eYAwioM3RQI
Watch the new edition of Forward Guidance: youtu.be/eYAwioM3RQI
September 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Adversity only makes us stronger. It always has.
Watch the new edition of Forward Guidance: youtu.be/eYAwioM3RQI
Watch the new edition of Forward Guidance: youtu.be/eYAwioM3RQI
Today brings more evidence that it is a "Rupture not a transition". The relationship will never be back to normal. Many people, myself included, will never set foot in the USA again and avoid buying their products at all costs.
September 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Today brings more evidence that it is a "Rupture not a transition". The relationship will never be back to normal. Many people, myself included, will never set foot in the USA again and avoid buying their products at all costs.
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Support For A Tax On Oil That US Customers Want To Buy:
🟢Support: 81%
⚫️Oppose: 19%
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Support For A Tax On Canola That US Customers Want To Buy:
🟢Support: 81%
⚫️Oppose: 19%
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Spark Insight / September 1, 2026
🟢Support: 81%
⚫️Oppose: 19%
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Support For A Tax On Canola That US Customers Want To Buy:
🟢Support: 81%
⚫️Oppose: 19%
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Spark Insight / September 1, 2026
September 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Support For A Tax On Oil That US Customers Want To Buy:
🟢Support: 81%
⚫️Oppose: 19%
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Support For A Tax On Canola That US Customers Want To Buy:
🟢Support: 81%
⚫️Oppose: 19%
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Spark Insight / September 1, 2026
🟢Support: 81%
⚫️Oppose: 19%
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Support For A Tax On Canola That US Customers Want To Buy:
🟢Support: 81%
⚫️Oppose: 19%
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Spark Insight / September 1, 2026