Kellogg is now back in its old bag of tricks, reinserting toys into boxes of Frosted Flakes and Froot Loops. It’s a not-so-subtle play to bring nostalgic parents back into the fold after high-protein yogurts and frozen burritos have seriously dented cereal sales. www.fooddive.com/news/wk-kell...

Why cereal box toys are making a comeback

Companies like WK Kellogg are looking to tap into the nostalgia that millennial and Gen X parents feel for the childhood ritual of scooping out the tiny treasures.

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“Meet people where they are” is a compassionate starting point for addiction and homelessness policy. But where are we trying to take them? Avoiding difficult conversations has never solved difficult problems. #nbpoli #Fredericton open.substack.com/pub/thomjeff...

Meet People Where They Are. Then What?

If we measure outreach and activity instead of recovery and stability, how do we know whether people’s lives are actually getting better?

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If you hadn’t heard about IRBs, you have now. It would seem the value UNB provided to the Koreans was limited to getting the deal. That’s it folks. Another example of how public procurement is broken and this encourages research of no market value. #nbpoli

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📅 On this day: In 1996, “The Macarena” hit No. 1 on American pop charts. It would go on to spend 60 weeks on the “Billboard Hot 100” — more than any other song in history.

Dr. Evil's Iconic Austin Powers Dance

ALT: Dr. Evil's Iconic Austin Powers Dance

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I tested the new online prescription-renewal system. It worked exactly as designed: the first appointment was Aug 12, ten days away. Holt Government promised same or next-day. eVisitNB routinely provided same-day care. The system works. The capacity behind it doesn’t. #nbpoli

We cannot solve what we are unwilling to name. We cannot measure progress if we refuse to define the destination. Honesty is not cruelty. In public policy, honesty is often the prerequisite for compassion that actually works. Theme for my next essay. open.substack.com/pub/thomjeff... #nbpoli

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I write to share ideas, challenge assumptions, and explore issues that affect us all—from housing and public policy to local decision-making. My aim is to encourage open, honest, and transparent conve...

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The new scheduling system is one good thing in healthcare. The expansion to Brookside took some non-urgent care out of regional trauma facility & modern self booking platform (conversational AI + web) provides convenience, choice great experience. Meanwhile, Virtual Care NB: please hold. #nbpoli

A mathematician used #Claude to solve a well-known puzzle, the ‘Jacobian Conjecture’. www.newscientist.com/article/2580...

AI's solution to 87-year-old riddle takes mathematicians by surprise | New Scientist

Mathematicians have been trying to prove the Jacobian conjecture for nearly a century, but now the Claude Fable 5 AI has apparently found a counterexample that disproves it

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Every year, taxpayers invest billions in government. The question isn't whether it spends more or less: it's whether it can show a return. My latest argues that taxpayers & credit agencies are asking the same question: can government show results? open.substack.com/pub/thomjeff... #nbpoli

The Missing Return on Government Spending

Government should not judge success by dollars spent, nor by dollars saved. It should judge success by the outcomes those dollars produce.

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🍻Cheez-It is teaming with Coors Light on a beer cheese-flavored cracker, which’ll come out in August. Thankfully it stopped before the idea flipped to a Cheez-It-flavored beer. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

SOMETHING CHEESY HAS BEEN BREWING: CHEEZ-IT® AND COORS LIGHT DEBUT NEW LIMITED-EDITION BEER CHEESE FLAVORED CRACKERS

The two iconic brands have teamed up to prove that the ultimate pub-inspired pairing doesn't need a pint glass THE LINEUP: The iconic cracker brand is...

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“Who the Hell Wrote That Line?” — Trump Roasts the Media and Everyone Else at the WHCD

From X, apparently you dial Virtual Care NB from a Bell Aliant landline, you’ll get the COVID-19 information line. Folks, your new tele-health system. #nbpoli

Hand Dialing Colorful Toy Phone

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The City of #Fredericton will engage the public in developing conceptual designs for several components of the Wilmot Park Improvements Plan, including Playpark East, Stepping Stone Courtyard & Parking/Drop-off Loop. The first meeting is on Wednesday, July 29. engagefredericton.ca/wilmot-park

Wilmot Park Improvements Plan

The Wilmot Park Improvements Plan (2017) provides a long-term vision for one of Fredericton’s most historic public spaces. The Plan seeks to preserve and strengthen Wilmot Park’s original role as a Vi...

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🩺 The future of healthcare? ChatGPT Health lets US users connect medical records & health apps to get personalized answers & recommendations. Models can reason at levels that are better than clinician level, though it is to support, not replace, medical professionals. Meanwhile, NB… #nbpoli

From NS Premier Houston on X: “This past year alone, we welcomed 278 new doctors, including 111 family doctors, resulting in a net gain of 199. More family doctors mean more people getting attached to primary care, more appointments, and faster access to the care…the progress is real.” #nbpoli

The story behind the icon: Harald Bluetooth, a Viking King, united parts of Denmark and Norway. The bluetooth logo is a H and B in old Viking runes.

Have we reached a go forward developing this last piece of Officers’ Square? #Fredericton

🍽️ A study found that rinsing dishes before putting them in the dishwasher may reduce the effectiveness of the dishwasher. Do you rinse? join1440.com/r/24650

Washing dishware before putting it in a dishwasher may redu…

Should you rinse your dishes before placing them in the dishwasher? - Rachel Yang

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This is bad, really bad. Welcome to the New Government, bad like the Old Government. “The Great condo bailout has arrived, and there’s a lot happening under the hood you need to know.” #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/loonieho...

Canada's Big Short Moment

The Great condo bailout has arrived. The government will buy unsold condos and convert them to rent to own program. Will it be enough?

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🤦 Truth Social is rolling out a $100K/mo. “Truth API” feed with real-time posts from 10 of the biggest political accounts on the platform, including Trump’s. The feed gives traders early access to the president’s market-moving posts, giving them a leg up on markets. time.com/article/2026...

Trump Media to Sell Traders ‘the Fastest’ Access to Truth Social Posts

Critics have denounced the plan to charge for an API that includes Trump’s market-moving pronouncements as corrupt profiteering off the presidency.

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Copper mining coming to Bathurst, NB? canadiancopper.com/canadian-cop... #nbpoli

Copper mining coming to Bathurst, NB? canadiancopper.com/canadian-cop... #nbpoli

When Holt Liberals talk about Saint John Port being world leading, a major economic hub for this and that, it ranks 268th out of 400 ports on performance. Meanwhile, Halifax? 29th. cdhowe.org/publication/... #nbpoli

Governments increasingly celebrate agreements to plan rather than plans to build. An MOU isn’t a megawatt. A roadmap isn’t infrastructure. Leadership in energy… www.gnb.ca/en/news/n-b.... #nbpoli

𝗝𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻: 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 "Carney came to power 18 months ago with an explicit “Elbows Up” promise that is deteriorating into a punch line." open.substack.com/pub/theline/... P.s.: If you haven't and are interested in #cdnpoli, subscribe to @thelineca.bsky.social (it's totally worth it)

Jen Gerson: Once we were ruthless

Every capitulation is simply teaching Washington that our anger carries no price.

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Maybe it’s time to replace Dominic LeBlanc on the CUSMA/U.S. file. Is it a Trudeau-hangover or maybe the U.S. knows the playbook too well. #cdnpoli apple.news/A_Ft694lgQGC...

‘New level of urgency’: Premiers want to see PM Carney present plan to tackle Trump tariffs — CTV News

As Canada’s premiers sit down with Mark Carney in-person on Thursday, they’re making it clear Donald Trump’s latest escalation of the trade war is giving a "new sense of urgency" and they want to know...

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It’s time to drop dairy quotas and I also believe it’s time to drop the booze ban. Let consumers make their own decisions on what dairy and booze they will buy and end the taxpayer and consumer funded protectionist schemes. #cdnpoli

Kramer Says That's True (Seinfeld)

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By The Numbers: Holt Liberals Virtual Care vs. eVisitNB -Daily Consults: up to 90 vs. 600-1,000 -NPs: 52 vs. 165 Holt Liberals cut access by 91% when ~200,000 of New Brunswick’s 860,000 residents don’t have a family doctor. Make this make sense. #nbpoli tj.news/new-brunswic...

eVisitNB top exec slams health minister

Virtual health care firm's chief operating officer says failings of government's chosen replacement are obvious

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🤦NB “leads national agreement” is a stretch so too is saying NB residents have been allowed to buy booze from other provinces since Aug’25 It signed MOU with MB then but legislation was only completed in Dec’25 with effective date Apr’26. BC & Quebec not open. #nbpoli www.gnb.ca/en/news/n-b....

Reuters reports SpaceX’s Tennessee data center (the one built with such eye-catching speed) has even more unauthorized, unpermitted gas turbines than previously reported, and is causing even more pollution for communities. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Pollution from Musk’s unpermitted xAI power project hits hardest in Black communities

Exploding electricity demand from AI data centers is driving companies to build off-grid power plants at a pace outstripping environmental oversight, with potentially big risks to public health.

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