Abid Ladhani

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Today we're launching @SupplyloopAI The AI operating system for construction. From the first drawing to the last snag. Drop in your drawings, run Auto Takeoff, get a priced BOQ on real supplier rates. Then buy materials and track progress, all in one place. Demo 👇

I don't usually celebrate album anniversaries. I have a hard time perceiving the past. I like now, and what's to come. But this album, that turns 20 today, changed my life. I'd had success already, but everything clicked into place on this album. I met some of the greatest musicians and engineers in the world and learned so much about making records from them. When I think back on what made the album so special, some thoughts come to mind, and they're worth my remembering: Life came into the room. I rode bikes on the beach. I was goofy - most of the images from these years are of me doing something wacky. The record took time. Months of writing, giving up on lots of songs, writing new ones, moving studios, taking breaks. As I get older l tend to expect results faster. I get frustrated a little easier. But it's always been the same; you work weeks and months on songs. Some don't make it, but it's never a waste of time. You live more life, you write more songs, and the process starts again. You cherish the tight little list of tunes that matter. When just one joins the ranks, it's a blessing. Joy wins out over discouragement. You have fun with your friends, who are all on the journey of exploring the unknown with you. Great albums are built in layers. You have to become different versions of yourself to create a lasting body of work. Nobody cares how long it takes if the music is meaningful. If you want to make something truly special, you have to bring talented people in the room to contribute. Steve and Pino. Chad Franscoviak and Joe Furla engineering along with Don Smith and Dave O'Brien. Martin Pradler editing vocals. René Martinez handing me the guitar. Ricky Peterson on keys, @jamesbvalentine played some guitar on Stop This Train. Larry Goldings played B3 and @aliciakeys sang backgrounds on Gravity. Roy Hargrove played trumpet. Charlie Hunter played on In Repair. @BenHarper played slide guitar on Belief. Willie Weeks played bass with Pino on I Don't Trust Myself With Loving You. The right music with the right people at the right time in my life. That's all you can ever hope for. And thank YOU, dear reader, for giving life to these songs. Onward...

The worst kind of person in politics is the type who believes “the point is to win power and govern,” but does not believe this is an important question to answer: “Why do you want power, and what would you change in government?” This type of person also believes leaders should not have values or opinions of their own, and should never discuss anything that has not already been approved by the right set of stakeholders as perfectly agreeable. I think leadership is more than telling the ‘right type’ of people what they want to hear, slicing and dicing until a political Frankenstein is born. Instead, I believe leadership is about persuasion, and so is good politics. It means explaining why there are difficult things we nevertheless need to do for the long-term good of society. A leader that refuses to make the case for something unpopular but needed is no leader at all. This is why I published a platform; to give people a sense of where I stand on issues, and to open the debate about the future of Ontario and the hard topics we should discuss. There are many skeptics of my campaign to lead the Ontario Liberal Party. But I believe in running the kind of campaign that reflects how I believe politics should be practised. I also believe I am offering a vision of liberalism built for the decades ahead, rather than repeating what worked in 2010 (while ignoring how public attitudes and needs have changed). I think Liberals must offer Ontario real change. Too many think we should just offer a change back, and that the Liberal politics of the last few decades is what people want again. But it’s not, and we won’t win another election until we demonstrate we get that.

Today we’re launching Zero: an alternative to university. Until now, going to university was how to enter a career. But the world has changed and universities can’t keep up. Graduates spend 4+ years in school, yet aren’t job-ready and leave with debt 💰 . In Zero, you learn through immersive scenarios based on real jobs, and use the same workflows modern teams use. We reverse engineered our curriculums from what hiring managers look for. Once you’re ready, we match you with roles and get you hired. Join our beta ➡️ link in comments. cc: @zero_university

What gives me hope? Torontonians do. The folks who show up every day to build our great city. But right now, city leadership isn’t holding up its end of the bargain. We don't have to keep settling for mediocrity and managed decline. We can build a world class city that all of us can be proud of. We just need leadership as good as our people to do it. Let's go.

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I also spoke about the upcoming Ontario Liberal Party leadership. “I am not seeing anyone making growth, productivity, and restoring the promise of an affordable life in this province a priority”.