Last night people on bikes stood up against the destruction of safe infrastructure. Tonight, we will return to bear witness and protest decisions that put the public at risk. They will try to take out the last intact lane markings tonight 1/2
Julia Breckenreid
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I wish I shared the minister’s confidence that Canadians (let alone all humans) are well protected from the many different dangers of AI. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
AI minister says ‘warnings are not new’ as experts predict the technology could wipe out humanity
Canada's artificial intelligence minister says Ottawa is monitoring the risks posed by AI as researchers at tech giant Anthropic warn that the increasingly powerful technology could potentially eradic...
thestar.com
Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.
Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned
Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.
aiddata.org
Everywhere I look, whether it's a warzone, refugee camp, or some comfortable Western city, it is women and girls who are taking the full blow from every conflict and criminal organization, whether it's being hunted for sport, mass raped, trafficked, disappeared, or dehumanized as property.
This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.
'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News
Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.
cbc.ca
This is horrifying, *especially* given Ford's promises to build more prisons.
The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 4mo agoOntario jails are using an AI tool that claims to predict prisoners’ behaviour. And it’s disproportionately placing Black prisoners in maximum security. An investigation by @desmondcole.bsky.social reveals the province knew the tool would discriminate against Black people—and used it anyway.
From ‘Outstanding’ and a good reminder that investing in the arts is a win-win, not a lose-lose, proposition.
AI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.
AI’s biggest casualty could be history itself
The Internet Archive is a vital resource that has helped the search for truth in more than one global event, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, but it is in danger of becoming the latest collateral damage of...
the-independent.com
Great! During the pandemic, I coordinated 59 of Toronto's drop-in centres, which operated the only available public washrooms — 10 in total — for five months. Access to public washrooms is a basic right, and moving to year-round access for washrooms in parks is a step in the right direction.
Toronto park washrooms re-open as city moves to year-round use, splash pads turn on next week
The city of Toronto is opening splash and spray pads for business as soon as May 16, with pools expected to open in June.
thestar.com
It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I like the new thing where men wear enormous brooches & I don’t like the thing where women have new faces
Best #SNL line from the March 14th episode, by James Austin Johnson's Trump character: "We’ll love to make promises, because a promise is just a lie that hasn’t happened yet.”
An event on co-housing in Toronto Parkdale on Saturday if you're interested in exploring this model of ownership. husmates.com/blog/find-yo...
Find Your People, Find Your Place: Discover the Power of Co-Ownership
By Parimal Gosai
husmates.com
This clip makes it abundantly clear the @uklabour.bsky.social government is planning to introduce a copyright exception for commercial research (read: AI training) - which would be disastrous for British creatives. 🧵 1/4
we should go back to the days where if they couldn’t reach you by phone at home, you were either out at the soda shop with your friends or you were dead
Carney's Minister of Digital Asbestos Integration will not learn anything from this and the government will continue its effort to integrate digital asbestos into the public service while cutting jobs for humans. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
No ‘substantial’ new safety measures offered by OpenAI following Tumbler Ridge shooting, says minister
OpenAI officials were summoned to Ottawa to meet Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon over reports the AI firm did not warn authorities after learning of concerning content tied to the shoote...
thestar.com
www.noarmsinthearts.com/scotiabank-d... Campaign statement on the divestment here:
Scotiabank fully divests from Elbit Systems
Scotiabank’s most recent filings reveal that it has fully divested from Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. They currently have zero shares in the company.
noarmsinthearts.com
Richie Assaly@rdassaly.bsky.social · 9mo agoOver the past couple years, a common refrain among Canadian authors who didn't support the Giller Prize boycott was that the campaign had a point, but was unlikely to 'make a difference.' Scotiabank had a $368-million (US) stake in Elbit at the end of 2022. Now it's $0.
The very idea of spending precious hours of your life having to observe, draw and paint someone so vile is beyond me.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 9mo agoThe official painted portrait from President Trump’s first term was completed more than four years ago, but never unveiled. Now he wants the National Portrait Gallery to commission a new one.
Excited to share the new version of my website Teaching African Canadian History! Visit and explore resources on Black Canadian history: tach.natashahenrydixon.ca
The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse
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Draw a horse, watch it run!
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New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced
Canadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s X
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced Thursday.
bloom.bg
Review! The Woodchipper – @oldjoeollmann.bsky.social Joe Ollmann’s Stories Look at Ordinary Lives and Everyday Struggles, with Empathy and Humour. From @dandq.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/the-woodchip... Review by Lindsay Pereira
The Woodchipper - Joe Ollmann’s Stories Look at Ordinary Lives and Everyday Struggles, with Empathy and Humour – Broken Frontier
Broken Frontier's Lindsay Pereira looks at the latest Drawn & Quarterly book by Joe Ollman - 'The Woodchipper'.
brokenfrontier.com
Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable. Massive snow dump, roof just fine. Doug Ford lies.
Save OSC@saveosc.bsky.social · 9mo agoSunday, January 25, 2026, 9:05 pm. Built for winter. ❄️ Built for Canada. 🇨🇦
Artist friends, please don't help them do this.
"The government was warned by the people it charged with studying the issue both what was needed to turn the province’s housing sector around and what the risks of inaction were. Four years later, and the government has largely chosen inaction, when it hasn’t opted for outright bad actions."
John Michael McGrath@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 9mo agoNew from me at TVO, on recent news from the province on the housing file (and why all of it is, literally and provably, years too late) amp.tvo.org/article/analysis-is-2026-the-year-ontario-will-finally-get-to-work-taking-on-the-housing-crisis