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Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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Actor Russell Crowe tweeted this out back in October while he was in Bangkok filming a movie:
https://twitter.com/russellcrowe/status/1448385447806181378?s=20
It's a photo of the city's notoriously messy communication wires. As I understand it, many or most of these wires aren't even active. The telecom industry just has a very ad hoc approach to running new ones and there's also nobody responsible for removing any of the old ones.
In response to this tweet, the Prime Minster of Thailand, Prayut Chan-o-cha, has called for these utilities to be tidied up and put underground. No more mess! Who knows if it'll actually happen, but it's kind of cool to see what can be done with a single tweet.
I wish I could say that my tweets were also capable of inspiring such swift urban action.
Actor Russell Crowe tweeted this out back in October while he was in Bangkok filming a movie:
https://twitter.com/russellcrowe/status/1448385447806181378?s=20
It's a photo of the city's notoriously messy communication wires. As I understand it, many or most of these wires aren't even active. The telecom industry just has a very ad hoc approach to running new ones and there's also nobody responsible for removing any of the old ones.
In response to this tweet, the Prime Minster of Thailand, Prayut Chan-o-cha, has called for these utilities to be tidied up and put underground. No more mess! Who knows if it'll actually happen, but it's kind of cool to see what can be done with a single tweet.
I wish I could say that my tweets were also capable of inspiring such swift urban action.
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