Fasten your seat belts...
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...it's going to be a bumpy four years. Canadian, progressive, retired, animal lover, Twitter/X refugee, troll slayer. My body, my choice.
Katie Simpson says, based on her team in the DC bureau talking to Republican voters, she doesn't think the Democrats will do well in the mid-terms. It's sad when they air "very anecdotal" gobbledygook. youtu.be/C90m_pCtZsI?...
Canada-U.S. trade minister back in D.C. as trade talks intensify | Power & Politics
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Add all of this to uBlock Origin filters to disable Amazon's Rufus AI in your browser. Works on Firefox, too. Canadians need to change ".com" to ".ca" www.reddit.com/r/amazonprim...
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Why is the CBC publishing separatist claptrap. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | An independent Alberta's U.S. oil exports would mostly be piped through other provinces | CBC News
Canada and separated Alberta could reach pipeline shipment deals. But there are no guarantees in trade talks, experts say.
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"no steering wheel, gauges or controls" but don't worry, "redundancies are built in". Designed to prevent riders from seeing the road ahead or behind. The complete "trust me" package. I like how the writer calls this "a toaster". #battlestargalactica insideevs.com/reviews/7545...
What It's Like In A Robotaxi With No Steering Wheel Or Pedals
Amazon's Zoox has big plans for toaster-shaped autonomous vehicles, which don't have human controls. Can it really compete with Waymo?
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A potato could get elected in this country. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MLA under scrutiny after reading AI-written speech in New Brunswick Legislature | CBC News
A Progressive Conservative MLA has confirmed he used artificial intelligence to prepare a speech he read — complete with AI prompts — in the New Brunswick Legislature.
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He's banned from driving until 2085 but keeps driving. Perhaps throwing him in prison until 2085 is a better option. This person is an unrepentant monster, throw the key away. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Judge rejects 4-year prison sentence for man who pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death | CBC News
A Newfoundland and Labrador provincial court judge has rejected a four-year prison sentence for a man who has pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death, saying the sentence would be too lenient...
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Watching the documentary "Whatever It Takes: Inside the eBay Scandal". The New York Times called this a "workers plot" when the campaign of stalking, harassment and threats of murder came straight from the top brass.
The number of times the word "gatekeeper" appears has me convinced LLMs are creating Poilievre's rants.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · yesterdayThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
If there's an award for entitled, manipulative, narcissistic ethics-violating white lady, the Karen in this documentary earned it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTy3...
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Liar who beats up women worms out of "illegal drugs" question by claiming he's taking Hegseth Testosterone. Testosterone increases aggressive behaviour. Slam some estrogen in this sack of shit.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...
In the pre-Carney days, Environment Canada named "wildfire smoke" in forecasts, now they call it "haze" with no reference to wildfires, but it's wildfire smoke. You can smell, feel and see it. Carney isn't talking about the wildfires, he's talking about pipelines.
This irresponsible, regressive and economically indefensible decision benefits a premier who bends over for MAGA traitors, undermines public health care, and continues to attack Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney government moves toward listing West Coast pipeline as national interest project | CBC News
Canada’s federal government is advancing the process to designate the Alberta government’s proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a project of national interest. A notice published in the Canada G...
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Man who fought an oil and gas well on his land in 2021 www.bcerat.ca/decision/201... fined for illegally dumping used oil in a creek, that polluted 3,000 metres of shoreline. 🤔 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Fort St. John man fined for dumping used oil into local creek | CBC News
The Charlie Lake Fire Department had reported the oil discharge in May 2024, according to the Peace River Regional District, noting that up to 3,000 metres of shoreline had been affected.
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Kicking democracy in the teeth on their way out. "Tillis and Cornyn are due to leave the US Senate when their terms expire in January." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Holdout senators back Blanche for AG after he formally withdraws Trump fund plan
Trump's controversial $1.8bn "anti-weaponisation" fund could have been used to compensate people prosecuted over the US Capitol riot.
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The irony of the Times poll tracking editor observing Americans don't understand tariffs when the newspaper she works for has devalued reporting and informing and elevated spin and opinion. 🙄
Fasten your seat belts...@lesjfrie.bsky.social · 4d agoNew York Times poll tracking lady spins the best of a bad situation for Trump, in line with her Trump water-carrying newspaper. Let's pretend his consistently plummeting approval is temporary and Americans are myopic dopes who will like him again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgj3...
New York Times poll tracking lady spins the best of a bad situation for Trump, in line with her Trump water-carrying newspaper. Let's pretend his consistently plummeting approval is temporary and Americans are myopic dopes who will like him again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgj3...
Can Trump survive his 'historic low' poll numbers?: NYT pollster | Power & Politics
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New York Times poll tracking lady spins the best of a bad situation for Trump, in line with the policy of her Trump water-carrying newspaper. Let's pretend his plummeting approval isn't temporary and Americans are myopic dopes who will like him again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgj3...
Can Trump survive his 'historic low' poll numbers?: NYT pollster | Power & Politics
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Please enjoy Roxanne D. Brown, international president of the United Steelworkers, who endorsed Donald Trump, asking him to rethink "some tariffs". If I had a magic wand, she'd be on a melting ice floe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=alwb...
Unions write letter to U.S. trade representative asking him to reconsider latest tariff threat
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Thread. 1. Dental care is private in Canada and those fortunate to be able to afford dental insurance (also mostly private) get very little meaningful coverage. Insurance payments max out at around $2K, so if you're needing extensive work, you're paying for most of it yourself.
What can possibly go wrong? Lemme guess. The Finance chatbots encourage Investing in AI. www.wealthprofessional.ca/news/industr...
Young Canadians reach for AI before they reach for an advisor: surveys
More Canadians aged 18 to 29 now use AI than a licensed advisor for financial advice
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When the people who conduct themselves suchly engage chatbots as "friends", it gets worse. Just sayin'.
whet moser@whetmoser.com · 6d agoi think there are… people who conduct themselves in ways that invite negative attention, and however conscious they are of it, how much they can control it, or their motivations, it’s unhealthy for everyone involved to feed it. i feel like middle school is when you really learn this
I play a game with a delightful team, and we win a lot and one OCD jackass joined and is driving people away. An intervention is underway.
Michelangelo: OCD Intensifies Meme
ALT: Michelangelo: OCD Intensifies Meme
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Call me unsurprised that the guy who knew Ohio state wrestlers were being raped in showers and covered it up, supports a domestic abuser.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoHoly shit! Jim Jordan is reduced to stammering when Kasie Hunt presses him on why he continues to support Max Miller despite credible allegations that he abused his ex-wife and toddler daughter
Interfor, which for decades has received subsidies, tax breaks, and wage topups from Canadian taxpayers, is relocating its corporate headquarters to the US. vancouversun.com/business/int...
Interfor moves corporate functions from B.C. to U.S., union calls it a 'kick to the gut'
The B.C.-founded company says an office in Georgia makes more time zone sense now that this province is just 17% of company business
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Post-modern capitalism is no longer workers striking for wage increases (that never keep up with rising costs), they are asking to be paid for the work they do (Westjet flight attendants). And asking for protection from violent patients (BC nurses). The imbalances are increasing.
OpenAI said their AI "went rogue, somehow escaped its containers, omg!" The hacking spree was human-caused. All claims are sales pitches, whether they're trying to scare us or impress us. AI isn't "intelligence" in the way they claim it is. www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Comes Down to Human Error
If the generative AI giant had followed well-known security best practices, it’s likely that its AI agent would never have escaped to the open internet and hacked multiple companies.
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