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I like weird fonts and I can't lie! Settler in the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabe and Chonnonton peoples. Work-safe radio edit.
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Pinksky – A photo client for Bluesky – is now available on Android! Get it at pinksky.app/download

submitted 13 days ago • 58 comments

Trudeau government announces high-speed rail plans from Toronto to Quebec City. Called Alto, the new 1,000-km rail line will run with stops in Peterborough, Ottawa, Montréal, Laval and Trois-Rivières.

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

#cdnpoli faculty teach in.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Great long thread about similar strategies I've been discussing here for riding waves of uncertainty. I learned a lot the first time round and had a plan in place this time that has WORKED. 1. Focus on what you can control 2. Limit your inputs

submitted 27 days ago • 5 comments

"The affordable housing system in Vienna is supported by a 1% tax on all salaries. This generates $250 million annually, which provides a permanent funding stream for non-market developments."

submitted 40 days ago • 3 comments

I can’t stop thinking about the Canadian politician who became disabled at 60 and ended up homeless Other politicians came together to raise over 40k in less than 48 hours … because they KNOW you can’t survive on government assistance. So why aren’t we changing policies? 🧵/1

submitted 49 days ago • 9 comments

Ever get the feeling that the power of tech bros is accelerating beyond control? We really are at an absolutely critical juncture here. Every small thing seems part of an avalanche sweeping away whatever we might have thought was human, democratic control.

submitted 66 days ago • 2 comments

This was always the goal: remove human teachers from classrooms in schools and universities, except for the very rich who will be able to afford human instruction. This is why I have only contempt for teachers in higher ed who use AI in their courses--this is what you are actively escalating.

submitted 67 days ago • 32 comments

My solution to solve the problem of people who have no money is to charge them $10,000

submitted 72 days ago • 54 comments

This, this, this. “Shoulder surfing” is about the least likely way for your password to _ever_ leak and yet every single login page is designed to guard against the chance that you are, somehow, an MIT student in a shared computer lab in 1987.

submitted 72 days ago • 7 comments

This is tricky of the Ford government. They don't need to put the Notwithstanding Clause on the table; his government is making new funding for shelters contingent on evicting encampments. This is his workaround for the 2023 Waterloo ruling prohibiting eviction without adequate access to shelter.

submitted 81 days ago • 3 comments

I recently did a courtesy call with an indie developer. They wanted to talk to me because their game's target audience is ... uh, me. 25-40-year-old women, many of whom are moms. They wanted to know: what did I need to pick up a game? What would bar me from playing? Here are some answers 🧵(1/?):

submitted 77 days ago • 28 comments

Read all about it: globalnews.ca/news/1019814...

submitted 77 days ago • 5 comments

"With housing, demand is largely invisible, while supply is not just visible—it appears to be all around us. This makes the reality that demand is greater than supply counterintuitive."

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

"There was a time — for 36 years after the Charter came into effect — in which this provision was rarely used outside of Quebec, and never used in Ontario. Then came Ford, who in 6 years has invoked it 3 times...And now Ford is talking about doing it a fourth time." #OnPoli

submitted 80 days ago • 20 comments

Everyone needs to be aware of this kind of bot. Many of us believe we have a duty to respond gently to polite argumentation. Especially in advocacy. Nope. If someone sealions, check their timeline to see if this is a pattern. Then report & block, as @rahaeli.bsky.social describes. 🧵(1/6)

submitted 83 days ago • 10 comments

Thinking about the AI Coke ad and this is my most "we used to be a real country" moment

submitted 83 days ago • 25 comments

If you want to be depressed (or know the problem...) read David Rider's deep look into how the 15 minute city conspiracy spread and how it lodged itself into GTA politics. My first response is "we are doomed" but then, you know, knowing is half the battle (TM). www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

submitted 91 days ago • 14 comments

Ahoy! The scammers are here! I woke up to this old chestnut, and since Bluesky is pretty new, I thought it might be helpful to show y'all how this one works. A scammer will reach out for work, and it'll be really vague - a piece of his kid, or suddenly four, it doesn't matter, he doesn't care.

submitted 123 days ago • 87 comments

Hell. You are describing hell. Nobody wants an “interactive and engaging” dishwasher. They just want their dishes cleaned. www.forbes.com/sites/bernar...

submitted 332 days ago • 621 comments

The purpose of a system is what it does. The machine is never broken. www.anildash.com/2024/05/29/s...

submitted 270 days ago • 17 comments