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Editor (course materials and board games), spec fic reader, former biologist (botany and entomology), geek. Settler from Gespeg (Gaspé), now in amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton). He/they
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Happy May 1st. The value of your labor belongs to you and the actions of the state are best understood as as a coordinated effort to distract you from this. The state fears an organized and unified proletariat like it fears death and rightly so. Power to the workers and power to the people

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

I wonder how much of this applies to Canada. I know that myself and many other parents of adolescents have noticed that "kids don't read any more." And I know many university profs now assign shorter readings as a result. Some of that is digital culture, but now I wonder about teaching methods.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Seriously, Anna Lambe is so good she makes Siaja one of the most instantly lovable characters ever. youtu.be/xz2ty6KGBSg

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

What is the point of "fuck you" money if you never say "fuck you"? My kingdom for one halfway competent Lex Luthor.

submitted 2 days ago • 30 comments

"Your health records will be on the block chain." "Everyone will live in the Metaverse." "All art will be NFTs." "Generative AI will replace the need for humans." We need to reckon with the reality that the tech industry no longer creates things that anyone wants.

submitted 3 days ago • 76 comments

"katie don't you worry about bugs hitting your face when you're biking?" no not at all

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

With all sincerity, Elections Canada is a national treasure. - Voting typically takes less than 15 minutes - We make it easy for citizens to vote, without cumbersome registration hurdles - We have every reason to trust that ballots will be counted fairly, and results reported swiftly

submitted 3 days ago • 126 comments

gotta get this off my chest, some of the people i know back home who are voting conservative & would vocally support "jail not bail!" are, like, people i definitely personally witnessed breaking an impressive depth & breadth of laws

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

One unexpected benefit of having a corgi who hates the doorbell is that when Alberta Republicans come to the door (on election day?? wtf), I don't have to be polite.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

LAWYER: where were you on the night of the murder ME: in the desert LAWYER: and who were you with ME: a horse LAWYER: and what is the name of this horse HORSE: (from back of courtroom) *does throat cut motion* ME: uhhh he didn’t have one

submitted 80 days ago • 25 comments

I didn’t think this story could get any more tragic. But this report, from the remarkable Kim Bolan, just makes everything more heartbreaking. And I hope it will help to quell the conspiracies, along with the craven political exploitation of this horror. It’s just tragedy piled atop tragedy.

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

This is the result you get when you pathologically both-sides your reporting, giving equal weight to outdated statistics to absolute whopping lies. That's not actually "balance," but they have convinced themselves it is.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

My feelings about generative AI: 1) I'm highly skeptical it'll ever work 2) It's distracting from actual use cases for AI 3) We need a pause until it can be done without wrecking the environment or stealing IP 4) If it does have real potential then it shouldn't be controlled by ruthless people

submitted 17 days ago • 20 comments

This has been known to be the case for ages. And yet we still have governments ignoring it.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Dear Alberta government, you are imploding and normally I'd laugh, but again the wall chart clearly states we are busy right now. globalnews.ca/news/1114991...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security

submitted 6 days ago • 125 comments

2015: McGill Medicine on notice for poor diversity 2016: McGill Medicine opens a DEI office. 2025: McGill Medicine on notice for poor diversity 2025: McGill Medicine closes DEI office. Not sure that’ll fix the problem…

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

submitted 6 days ago • 90 comments