- Some fear that the next round of "reapportionment" of the US House of Representatives will make things more difficult for the Democrats after 2030. I think this could be a hard problem to solve. The thing is, urban areas - and by extension, more urbanized states - are becoming more expensive to live in (this is of course a worldwide problem). And the kind of places where young people traditionally lived after moving out of their parents' houses are increasingly seen as desirable places to live even if you aren't young, which makes them harder for young people to afford them. So many of them move to less desirable cities in less desirable states - and many of those states are red states. On the other hand, this may well be academic given that we can't count on this year's midterms being free and fair elections anyway, much less those a few years down the line.
- Pierre Poilievre faces a leadership review at the Conservative Party's convention in Calgary on Friday. He seems likely to prevail given the lack of coherent opposition and his popularity among the party's base.
- The Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology is shutting down following a loss of over 55% of their enrollment after the federal government put a cap on international students. Renee Cable, the province's minister of Advanced Education and Training, says that students will be able to complete their programs at other institutions such as Red River College.
- A pilot project being launched in Winnipeg will see properties that have been seized by the city transferred to Manitoba Housing, renovated by the nonprofit social enterprise Purpose Construction, and sold to people leaving social housing.
- Research has found that self-service terminals at restaurants increase sales. This might seem counterintuitive to those who hope that a personal touch would seem friendlier, but the actual evidence suggests people are more likely to accept an upsell from a robot than from a person who they might imagine to be judging them for eating too much.
- A court ruling in Colombia will outlaw cockfighting following a three year transition period to give those whose income depends on the sport time to find alternative livelihoods.
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