Hiiii ! This is your Canadian ceramic artist writing! Soooo after this week-end debacle, I just wanted to write a little update about the Canada - USA trade war and how art is actually political. 80% of my work sells to the U.S. and it looks like I just lost my main source of income.
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social please raise my taxes a lil bit and stop running full motion video ads for obvious scams on the Canada Post website ty
Hell Gate reporter Katie Way is not exaggerating when she says that "this video has the potential to become a certified NYC politics cult classic along the lines of the Eric Adams teenage room search PSA." It's cuckoo bananas from start to finish:
Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · 10h agoThe video clip is much more like a work of political satire (or of outsider art) than it is a convincing argument that Bichotte Hermelyn and her cohort are the rightful leaders of the party that represents Kings County's 1.2 million registered Democrats.
That intro was such a vital piece of character building. It shows you that he's achieved perfect lurk/wife balance.
brendan mordheim@brendanmcleod.dev · 4d agowe used to make Video Games
RIP to the streetwear store next door, they never knew what they were doing and neither did anyone else 🪦
Gamescom AI Slop Thread. Every game from the Gamescom Opening Ceremonies that was actually AI Slop so you don't have to care about it.
we're letting the tesla owners off too easy
Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · 3d agothe coming european reconquista
i know what i'm doing on my lunch break
more mr. nice guy@juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 2d agocan now confirm: ya
It's not just you; nobody can log into anything. And it's gonna get worse! Via @willoremus.com:
Logging in Was Never Supposed to Be This Complicated
Please not another two-factor authentication code.
theatlantic.com
Unbelievably tiresome, the political equivalent of saying “ha ha i guess it’s free” when the tag won’t scan
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoJD Vance: "Canada is a state -- sorry. Freudian slip."
You can’t even buy grocery for 140 dollars And you mean to tell me you looked at 140 dollars of sex and said “That’s about right”
I want to say it's a self-selecting set, but we've seen dozens of American tourists come through the shop this summer, from every corner of the country, and every single one has expressed dismay with how things are going. Honestly not sure if there's an appetite for more of this dumb bullshit.
George Pearkes@peark.es · 3d agoThe White House has not yet realized they are playing a game of escalation they cannot win.
• a list of all of the supposed trade demands the US made to Canada goes viral with 900 shares • the list gets tracked back to the original source • turns out it's just an AI-hallucinated summary of a bunch of media rumours God damnit guys
Carney has been desperate for a deal at almost any cost. He appeased and caved over and over. That only emboldened Trump. There is no fair or trustworthy deal to be made with the US now. I hope Carney finally realized that.
Avi Lewis@avilewis.ca · 5d ago1/5 The Prime Minister was right to walk away from the negotiating table last night. I believe Canadians are united in this crucial moment, on this crucial point: no deal is better than a bad deal.
I am becoming incredibly exhausted of this pattern: many people: "AI sucks!" Very Smart Person: ah but have you considered (distinct application of ML or statistical modeling that has no real relationship to what the tech industry is marketing as, and people broadly perceive as, "AI")
Megan Greenwell@greenwell.bsky.social · 6d agoapropos of nothing, here's a terrific feature about a meaningful, life-saving use of artificial intelligence, which I have been thinking about for over a year. it's just extremely stupid to say that AI has zero benefits even if you don't think it should be used in writing (which I don't)!
I have watched more unaired/unsold pilots than I care to admit, but this one is the one that always shocks people it ever existed as a multicam laughtracked sitcom
Sitcom People@sitcompeople.bsky.social · 5d agoWhat’s the worst sitcom you will admit to have watched?
Trying to bite my tongue until we know what's actually in the deal but by the looks of this Globe story the list of things we're expected to give remains about 20x longer than the list of things we're hoping to get. (And much more in dollar value.) www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
Proposed Canada-U.S. trade deal would lock in 15% auto tariffs, sources say
Deal would lower duties on sector from 25 per cent with no carve-out for Canadian and Mexican components
theglobeandmail.com
