KrystynT
@krystyntully.com
Montreal-based. Nonprofits. Tech. Writing. CEO and co-founder of @entremission.com. Also #CFMTL and #LaVictoire.
The very first commuter fast lane. When the public hates you and the crowds are thick, it’s nice to have your own hallway to get to work.
Dylan Neild 🇨🇦🇬🇧@dylanneild.ca · 5h agoThe Vasari Corridor, connecting Pitti Palace and the Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze, Italy. One of the Medici had this built so they could commute without having to go to street level. #photography #travel #italy
Could we please agree that using the word "pod" as a short form for "podcast" is an affront to all that is sensible? "Pod" isn't skeuomorphic or anachronistic. It's just always been wrong. In the portmanteau, "cast" is the part that matters. I've tried to let it go, but I can't. Tx.
From Einaudi to Gorillaz, musical bookends to the week. Thank you #Montreal. Thank you, touring musicians.
There’s nothing wrong with comparing apples to oranges. They’re both fruit. It’s fine.
Honesty, a country saying “you let our sports team do whatever they want or we will pull all other business from your country” is a really good reason to make friends elsewhere.
UAE may halt UK investments after Manchester City guilty verdict
The Premier League’s actions would ‘have an influence on the bilateral state relationship’, Emirati officials said
theguardian.com
Having pages on your website that you've never looked at is like having rooms in your house that you've never entered. It's weird, people. OTH, having pages on your website you haven't looked at in years ... that's just like every closet everywhere and I cannot judge you.
Electric car emissions benefits are far greater than first thought - Futurity
Electric car emissions benefits are far greater than first thought
New research shows the carbon emissions benefits of electric vehicles are far greater than initially suspected.
futurity.org
Good grief. This story needs to get out because more people need to know that (a) your friends are giving away your contact info and (b) this is one way that political discourse has been mechanized. Don’t trust social media. (she says, on social media)
Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · last wk.This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
This is a really big, not-small, heck of an announcement. I have never in my entire life seen women's sports featured above men's in mainstream broadcasting. HNIC is an institution.
CBC’s ‘Hockey Night in Canada’ to return this season with PWHL games
The network says the first women's game to be featured will be a Dec. 5 matchup between the Montreal Victoire and PWHL Hamilton.
thestar.com
Academics always knew that one potential issue with public-private partnerships, contracts, and self-regulation would be government's dwindling in-house expertise to effectively evaluate and manage private sector behaviour. That theoretical issue feels blindingly, terrifyingly real right now.
Honestly, it’s hard to tell the difference between AI-training programs and MLMs some days. Like today.
Montreal squirrels change their coat colour depending on the neighbourhood where they live, according to a study by McGill University. Researchers have discovered that the specific conditions in each part of the city influence the characteristics of the local wildlife.
Montreal squirrels change colour depending on the neighborhood they live in
Montreal squirrels change their coat colour depending on the neighbourhood where they live, according to a study by McGill University. Researchers have discovered that the specific conditions in each part of the city influence the characteristics of the local wildlife.
bit.ly
Once, I was interviewing a candidate for a job alongside another manager. The manager brought a coffee to the interview. Of course, Starbucks had written her name completely wrong on the cup. Throughout the interview, the candidate referred to the manager by her Starbucks name. It was so awkward.
Science is cool.
Sadiah Qureshi 🦈@sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 2w agoThis story about research by Stanford scientists suggesting our brains are two distinct organs, with different progentitor cells, is remarkable. An insight into how things we take for granted as one might come from two, or more. Lichens also a wonderful example. news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...
Lady, the louder you talk about your LSD fuelled "conversation" with Claude, the louder I’m just gonna keep blasting Idles into my ears. It’s all good.
Bleak.
The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca · 4w agoFormer and current staff at Ontario’s Ministry of Environment tell @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social that Bill 5, and the death of the Endangered Species Act, left them powerless in protecting at-risk species. “We were essentially silenced.”
Book: You know how you’re only motivated by money and it’s so hard to justify joy or living or being responsible for your own shit? Me: Uh, no? Book: Here’s how to outsource everything it means to be human so you can be productive 24/7 and make more money. Me: Um, no thanks.
Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life by Ashley Whillans
There's an 80 percent chance you're poor. Time poor, that is.Four out of five adults report feeli...
app.thestorygraph.com
Top to bottom, I love this article. From the fact that the author explains Yorkshire pudding to the guy at the end declaring every mile from central London is a year back in time, it's just fantastic. An editorial triumph.
Quebec sports bar La Cage heads to England. Can it compete with the pub?
London has no shortage of spots to watch a game, but the Quebec export will have hockey and poutine.
montrealgazette.com
Survey design tip: If you're going to put me in Michigan just because I say "pop", then don't ask me the other 59 questions. Now I have to be haunted by the knowledge that some people say "nurshery" and "annivershery". 🤣
A summary of where the provincial parties in Quebec stand on AI. One buried highlight: the Conservatives would eliminate 20,000 jobs using AI. So that's a thing.
Pivot@pivot.quebec · last mo.ÉLECTIONS | L’IA pourrait transformer profondément la société québécoise au cours du prochain cycle électoral. Voici les propositions des principaux partis à ce sujet. ✍️ Par Francis Hébert-Bernier. 🔗 pivot.quebec/2026/09/04/elections-quelle-place-pour-lia-au-quebec/
As far as I can tell, gun control and AI control policy questions are the same: can tools be evil/dangerous, or only people? is it ok to make a tool that harms if it can also do good? to profit from this risk? should we care about the political influence the companies making these tools wield?
Sssh. No one tell the spammers of the world that consultants don't actually want 1,000 new leads a week. Or 250 podcast appearances a year. Or whatever preposterous, nightmarish opportunity they're grifting about this month. It makes them easier to spot.
