jesslyn delia
@jlyndelia.bsky.social
writer • luddite • cut & paste nanaimo BC 🪺 blog + stuff: jesslyndelia.com poetry press + distro: @asquarehouse.bsky.social
NANAIMO! win your way in to our next event! buy (or order) your copy of missed connections with tall girls & send us a photo of your receipt - we’ll enter you into a draw for FREE ADMISSION to Gwen Aube’s reading with dalton derkson on october 24. full details on instagram or send a dm
It’s hard enough for cities in Canada to do smarter things given how often bad city leaders hurt their own cities. But it’s extra infuriating watching awful provincial premiers sabotaging cities by ripping out good things they FINALLY managed to achieve. Premiers should not have that power, period.
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d ago"Ripping out these protected bike lanes against the will of Toronto city council is a colossal waste of $48 million. The province’s own experts know it will not ease traffic congestion, it will put people’s lives at risk…” One of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen any politician do to any city.
Candidates for the BC Conservatives have likened education about the 2SLGBTQ+ community to "grooming," referenced Jan. 6 conspiracies and questioned COVID vaccine safety. Right after we published this, tweets from another candidate surfaced where he joked about killing pro-Palestine activists.
PressProgress@pressprogress.ca · 4d agoBC Conservatives Run Full Slate of Candidates With Views Ranging from Conspiratorial To Bigoted Party leader Doerkson refused to drop candidate who made anti-LGBTQ statements. pressprogress.ca/bc-conservat...
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
If we're going to talk about truth and reconciliation we should talk about Canada fighting First Nations in court. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/liberal...
Liberals are playing legal hardball with First Nations over drinking water - Investigative Journalism Bureau
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is playing legal hardball with First Nations fighting for clean drinking water — and First Nations are fighting back. Interviews and hundreds of pages o...
ijb.utoronto.ca
No one could have foreseen this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
LNG Canada to move forward with Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C. | CBC News
The multibillion-dollar LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, Shell Energy Canada says, in a move that could double exports of liquefied natural gas from the northern coasta...
cbc.ca
so many chapbooks and zines and new friends. incredible day at small press fest in victoria
downtown victoria for the nite & saw a group of like 8 women dressed up as dolly parton on their way to what i can only assume was a dolly parton dance night
my husband did reach over & kill it before i had the chance to kill myself. just for the record
jesslyn delia@jlyndelia.bsky.social · 3w agotonight we learned that if there is ever a spider crawling across the dashboard, my instinct is to unbuckle my seatbelt and attempt to throw myself from the moving vehicle. not a fun learning experience tbh
excited to excessively overpack for the one night we’ll be spending in victoria for the SMALL PRESS FEST this weekend
tonight we learned that if there is ever a spider crawling across the dashboard, my instinct is to unbuckle my seatbelt and attempt to throw myself from the moving vehicle. not a fun learning experience tbh
On Tuesday, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a $131.5 million settlement agreement with DoorDash for underpaying nearly 260,000 delivery workers. The settlement follows a years-long investigation that found DoorDash failed to pay thousands of workers for all the time they worked.
NYC Announces Largest Food Delivery Worker Settlement Ever Reached in US
DoorDash reached a $131.5 million settlement agreement for underpaying nearly 260,000 delivery workers.
truthout.org
this is like what happens when you let department managers add their own edits to the company newsletter
Aaron Wherry@aaronwherry.bsky.social · 3w agoMaking it impossible for anyone outside Canada to know what time it is here is an important part of reinforcing Canadian sovereignty. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
the question about permanent daylight time is would you rather kill yourself in the morning or in the late afternoon
New investigation: an Israeli app that allows political campaigns to feed supporters AI-generated arguments to use on social media has arrived in Canada. It's being used in the highest profile mayoral campaign in Canada, @rorywh.bsky.social reveals.
Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford using Israeli app that feeds supporters AI-generated comments
The Victory App, a campaign tool built by the Israeli company LogiVote, prompted users to participate in a mission to post AI-written comments supportive of Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford.
nationalobserver.com
another tool for the managerial class to say "not my fault" and avoid responsibility while getting paid regardless
Norm Wilner@normwilner.bsky.social · 3w agofurther proof that AI is the province of jerks and cowards
my first time tabling since my dad used to drag me around ontario selling his art at festivals & fairs. which is to say i’ll be in a great mood, come say hi if ur in victoria
a square house@asquarehouse.bsky.social · 3w agowe’ll be in #victoria next weekend for SMALL PRESS FEST, 11-4 pm on saturday september 26!! we’ll have chapbooks for sale thru both the press & the distro. stop by if you’re in vic, we’d love to see you!
Macklemore just shared that he’ll be donating his net tour earnings ($1 million) to 6 Palestinian aid orgs, and invited billionaire Robert Kraft to do the same. Calls for people to focus back on Palestine. “When the news cycle moves on, which it will, don't move with it. Free Palestine.”
I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank
Tech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't work
Tech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't work
SILICON VALLEY - The CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and GrokAI have released a statement agreeing that claiming artificial intelligence "could potentially kill all humans" sounds much more awesome than just admitting that they blew a fortune on glorified chatbots.
thebeaverton.com
If I ever told you “I know what you mean,” I was lying. I have no idea what anybody means
not letting my husband play video games until he tells me his favourite 9/11 conspiracy theory
new issue feat. real art about ai, including new writing from Gwen Aube, Justin Million & Ether Vincent, Lil Drew's drawings, and a comic by @nickyflowers.com www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4...
two amazing readings from Cynthia DeConinckSmith & Bailey Bellosillo last nite at GRUB STREET!
we’re back at the vault tonite at 6 for yet another GRUB STREET reading series + open mic! we’ll also have some books for sale & door prizes for readers. come hang out!
a square house@asquarehouse.bsky.social · last mo.tonite! poetry in nanaimo! good times guaranteed, door prizes possible (for open mic readers). 6pm at the vault!
i dont know how to get this through to the true believers but i simply do not want to ask a machine to do my work for me. i dont want it to communicate with other people for me. i dont want it to plan my vacations or make my agendas or anything because all of that IS my life
