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@machzy.bsky.social · last wk.

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Semafor@semafor.com · last wk.

Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

Elizabeth May @elizabethemay.bsky.social · 2w ago

What happened at Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc is beyond disturbing. A masked group arrived on the Nation’s land displaying hateful signs targeting the children who never came home from residential schools. There must be a full investigation to hold those responsible accountable.

Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 2w ago

Rising residential school denialism and anti-Indigenous racism have created an environment where white supremacists feel emboldened to target and intimidate First Nations in their communities. It’s disgusting and completely unacceptable.

Leah ProudLakota (she/her)@leahgazan.bsky.social · 2w ago

The act of hate and violence shown by white nationalist residential school denialists demonstrating on the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation is abhorrent, dangerous and unacceptable. Read my full statement here:

Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 2w ago

In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders. Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.

Carrying That Weight—Again

I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.

Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 3w ago

Carney government promises upcoming "Operation Strike Destroyer" legislation won't discourage future strikes

OTTAWA — After multiple labour sources warned that the Federal government would likely be issuing binding mediation legislation as early as next week, Mark Carney personally assured Canadians that eve...

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 4w ago

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.

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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 3mo ago

Sony goes quiet as ‘Don’t Kill the Disc’ petition reaches 165,000 signatures. vgc.news/news/sony-go...

Sony goes quiet as ‘Don’t Kill the Disc’ petition reaches 165,000 signatures | VGC

‘Don’t Kill the Disc’ petition amasses thousands of signatures as Sony stays silent.

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@machzy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

@hfxrec.bsky.social When does registration open for Fall programs?

ιм єνιℓ иσω :3 @vreni.bsky.social · 5mo ago

STOP TELLING ME AI IS THE FUTURE OH MY GOD

Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 5mo ago

Suspected war crimes happen almost daily as Israel continues its bombardment, which Unicef estimates is killing nearly 14 children a day. We cannot write this off as just another war in a war-torn region, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The chaotic, unique, beautiful Lebanon I knew has been reduced to rubble. When will it end?

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Ray @raydoesdata.bsky.social · 5mo ago

completely triggered by this

Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 5mo ago

Nintendo goes after another fan project. smh

GoNintendo@gonintendo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5mo ago

Man sentenced to 6 years in prison for distributing meth pills shaped like Mario: https://gonintendo.com/contents/60738-man-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-for-distributing-meth-pills-shaped-like-mario Paging Dr. Mario! #mario

@machzy.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The majority of people filling out the census: normal people That one person that put 'return to sender' and all kinds of other idiotic things on their form that's making it's rounds on social media: 2 brain cells working overtime

DBJ @deadblossomjesse.bsky.social · 5mo ago

7 dollar gas. Well, I guess I'll buy an electric car. Oh those are 60 thousand dollars? Well at least electricity is cheap. Oh the government won't build solar panels because it's "Too transgender"? Well at least wages are going up. Oh the idea of jobs is fake now? Well at least everyone is happ

Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Government of Newfoundland & Labrador is reminding folks to get their vaccines…..using a 6-fingered clearly AI-generated “human” in the ad campaign.

An ad from the government of Newfoundland & Labrador says “Adults Need Vaccines Too and then shows a white woman with the sleeve of her shirt rolled up and what’s probably supposed to be a bandaid showing on her arm. She’s holding her upper arm with her hand - which has 6 fingers

@machzy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

@landofsticks.bsky.social FYI your newsletter from Ghost today ended up in my junk folder. Not sure if you wanna gives a heads up to people or not. Thanks for all you do!

PNP Games 🇨🇦@pnpgames.bsky.social · 6mo ago

GIVEAWAY ALERT 🏰 REPOST, LIKE, AND FOLLOW PNP GAMES for your chance to WIN an ESRB Collector's Edition of The House in Fata Morgana for Nintendo Switch! #VideoGames #Canada #USA #Free #Giveaway

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Mamdani: When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich  Well, today we're taxing the rich...

@machzy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I believe in you! You can do this too @colenotcole.bsky.social & @rachelgilmore.bsky.social

Grand Parade Newspaper@grandparade.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hey, just a heads up, we are (finally) moving off of Substack, due to its nazi problem, its crazy high fees, its sex crime problem, and its 'let's not push out emails to people who aren't on the app' thing. Subscribers should not notice the change, except for some extra emails in the next week.

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 6mo ago

#1 Canadian summer destination is getting away from Poilievre

OTTAWA - Trendspotters have identified the hottest destination for Canadians this summer, and it is putting as much distance as possible between you and Pierre Poilievre.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This is so well done. 👌

Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

You know what doesn't get its support unceremoniously pulled by a tech company? Fuckin' books, brother

WIRED@wired.com · 6mo ago

In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 edition. Those devices will lose access to the Kindle Store. www.wired.com/story/amazon...

Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 6mo ago

(watching a movie where a character announces that he will destroy a city if they don't meet his specific demands by a certain deadline) oh that's probably the good guy in this movie

Swapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com · 6mo ago

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 7mo ago

someone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”

Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Councillor Kathryn Morse doesn’t post on here, and I know some of you aren’t on facebook, so I’m sharing this informative post from her.

Kathryn Morse on facebook
BUDGET UPDATE; FUTURE OF HALIFAX FORUM;
PROVINCE DRIVING HIGHER TAXES FOR HRM?;
DUTCH VILLAGE ROAD; YOUTH SERVICES SURVEY HRM BUDGET: TEN NEW BUSES AND BETTER ROAD SAFETY
The HRM budget is almost done. As we do every year, Council listened to residents before making budget decisions. We heard many residents are struggling to pay their bills right now and many residents asked us not to raise property taxes.
On the opposite side of the equation, many residents asked us not to cut tax-funded municipal services that make life more affordable, such as transit.
Slowly, carefully and transparently, Council has worked through the budget, cutting spending in some departments and increasing spending in others, trying to find a balance for our growing municipality.
HRM has a $1.3 billion annual operating budget.
Most of that budget pays for essential services such as policing, fire protection, transit service, garbage collection, snow clearing, and road maintenance. In terms of new spending there is very little this year, but here are a few highlights:
-there will be new spending to improve road safety (fast-tracking improvements for problematic intersections; more coordination around enforcement; increasing crosswalk upgrades);
-there will be $14.5 million in new spending for 10 articulated (extra long) buses to improve key transit routes;
-and there will be new spending to add firefighters in Sackville.

To help offset these and other costs, parking fees will be going up and drivers will have to pay for on-street parking downtown on Saturdays. Transit fares will also be going up by 25 cents, likely sometime in the fall. Property taxes are still to be finalized but they will also go up, however not by the 10-11% initially proposed.
Here are some of the items that were suggested for budget cuts that Council did NOT approve:
-we did not eliminate Sunday and holiday transit service
-we did not cancel transit service after 10 pm
-we did not reduce ferry service
-we did not lower bus stop snow clearing standards
-we did not lower sidewalk snow clearing standards
-we did not eliminate curbside collection of larger items
-we did not cut the library collection by $300,000 (HRM residents use their libraries more than the national average)
-we did not raise property taxes on non-profit organizations
-we did not cut arts, affordable housing, heritage, and low income grants by 10%
Council received more emails about the 2026/27 budget than we usually do, many prompted by a social media campaign spearheaded by HRM's largest rental property owners. The rental landlords were demanding Council cut municipal jobs and services to reduce taxes.
However there were residents who argued they would rather pay slightly more this year for the services that keep the city liveable and affordable.
As one resident put it to Council: "Please just bite the Bullet of Unpopularity and increase taxes to the level required. We must all pay for a healthy, functioning community."
The budget numbers will be finalized next week.

HALIFAX FORUM DECISION
There is one more step in the budget process before Council can confirm the amount of the upcoming tax increase. On Tuesday, Council will consider the capital budget which includes major projects like the Windsor Street Exchange, the Mill Cove Ferry and the Halifax Forum.
It's expected that Council will decide the future of the Halifax Forum as part of the capital budget. The Forum is almost 100 years old. Councillors had a tour of the building a few months ago and saw firsthand how the bricks are crumbling. The Forum doesn't meet modern standards and the building is in such poor condition it has to be closed temporarily when the snow load on the roof gets too heavy.
Mayor Fillmore has stated his wish to see the Forum torn down and the site sold to a private developer for higrise housing. Others on Regional Council believe the Forum should be rebuilt and modernized on its historic site, a plan approved by the previous Council.
Whether you play hockey there, attend graduations there, go to craft shows there, or remember Kiss concerts there, the Halifax Forum is an important landmark and a valuable public space in the city's North End. I don't think the Forum should be seen as just another piece of real estate that could be developed. If we start selling our municipally-owned public spaces and heritage sites, what will be left of Halifax? Public buildings and common land should be safeguarded for the common good.

NEW PROVINCIAL POWERS MAY DRIVE HRM TAXES
HIGHER
The Houston government introduced legislation last week that will give provincial ministers new powers over HRM. Some of these new powers may increase property taxes for all HRM residents in future years.
The powers in the bill (Bill 212 - An Act Respecting Administrative Measures for Housing) will allow the Province to expand HRM's service boundary and dictate where new suburban housing development will happen. This will force HRM to set up new water, sewer and other services outside the existing municipal service boundary.
Here's the downside of Bill 212 for HRM residents: by cherry-picking the locations of new housing developments and ordering HRM to expand suburban sprawl, the provincial government will create a situation where HRM property taxes will have to go up to pay for the infrastructure. By green lighting development on the edges of the city the Province will force HRM to raise taxes higher than if the housing had been built inside the municipal service boundary. Sprawl costs us all, as the saying goes.
Here's why: it's expensive for HRM to build new infrastructure like water and sewer pipes to serve low density housing in more remote areas. These new subdivisions will also require additional municipal services such as police, fire, transit, garbage collection, and snow removal. Typically it is much more cost-effective to add new and denser housing inside the service boundary, where municipal infrastructure already exists.

Claudia Chender @claudiachenderns.bsky.social · 7mo ago

You can impact this budget bill. Present to the Public Accounts Committee. It's your chance to tell this government face-to-face how these cruel cuts will affect you and your family. Sign up to speak on Bill 198, the Financial Measures Act: Call: 902-424-8941 Email: Legc.office@novascotia.ca

Government of Nova Scotia

Novascotia.ca is the official website for the province of Nova Scotia. It is the one place to find all government services and information.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Two white nationalists I exposed in a recent article showed up to try to intimidate me in person last night. This is a press freedom issue. Here’s what happened:

@machzy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I wish there was a summary of all the Halifax BALs that were voted on after a day of deliberations and who voted on what. Maybe I'll take a kick at that, if it's not already being done.