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Norton Ford

@nortonford.bsky.social

should probably get his act together soon. the only source for my incoherent thoughts and knee-jerk sports reactions. i miss when it was easy to like things. aka Nick 🇨🇦

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beata@cbeatae.bsky.social · 3w ago

for years habs fans have gone into every preseason sens vs habs game convinced the big bad sens are going to be targeting their players and every time without fail xhekaj has thrown an illegal hit

Blayne Haggart@bhaggart.bsky.social · 4w ago

"MacKinnon said contracts the government signs with private investors will contain provisions to ensure further increases 'will not be unreasonable'." That's that, then. No wiggle room there! Bring on the reasonable price increases!

Ottawa will block ‘unjustified price increases’ by private investors for air travel, transport minister says

The federal government will use contracts to prevent "unjustified price increases" that impact the cost of plane tickets when it sells off the operation of the country's four largest airports

thestar.com

Daniel Robson@dancollen.bsky.social · last mo.

The National Post published an article defending the white nationalist Dominion Society because, they propose, 8% of Canadians *could,* "for argument's sake" support ethnic cleansing—meaning it's more popular than the NDP. They Included a legal argument but did not disclose the author was disbarred.

Polls have shown that roughly half of Canadians believe immigration levels are too high. Let’s say for argument’s sake that only eight per cent of Canadians support remigration, and 92 per cent oppose it. Should having only eight per cent support for your opinion mean losing your right to rent government-owned facilities, and to use public spaces like parks and sidewalks? If yes, then no government facilities should be available for rental by the NDP, which garnered only 6.3 per cent of the popular vote in Canada’s most recent federal election. Almost 94 per cent of Canadians rejected the NDP in 2025. Yet the NDP is not disqualified from being able to exercise its Charter freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly.
Jon Bois@jonbois.bsky.social · last mo.

earlier i encountered an ai agent of some kind who seemed to sense my presence the instant i walked into the room. that was unsettling enough, but what happened next terrified me: it wrote a song, suggested i play it "note for note," and, when i expressed worry, told me not to worry but "be happy"

Shawn Menard@shawnmenard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The statistics are in - Free Transit for under 18 users has had a dramatic effect this summer. Approximately 28,000 youth riders have made about 456,000 trips.  For comparison, in the summer of 2025, about 8,000 youth customers made about 130,000 trips. We worked for years to bring this in.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻@oldenoughtosay.com · 2mo ago

There are pubs that are good at community building, and pubs that aren’t, but, and I think this is key: the same is true of people. There are people who are good at building community, and people who never learned or developed that skill, because they weren’t taught or weren’t interested.

Will Cooling@willcooling.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Maybe its me but I've gotta be honest, I don't see the "builds community" argument for pubs. I've pretty much always gone in with my friends or family, and left with those same people. And it always sure seems like everyone else is doing the same thing too.

Ken Tremendous@kentremendous.bsky.social · 2mo ago

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2mo ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Andreas Kirsch@blackhc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I work at Google DeepMind. This won't make me popular. But it's all public reporting: 2014: DeepMind reportedly sold to Google on conditions: no military use, independent oversight 2026: a Pentagon contract for "any lawful government purpose" Not one safeguard survived intact

Collage titled "Trust is not Governance — an essay from inside Google DeepMind, written in personal capacity." A 2014 memorandum, "Conditions of the Acquisition," lists: military applications of DeepMind technology banned; deployment decisions before an independent ethics board (as reported in Mallaby's The Infinity Machine). Red threads lead to a 2026 U.S. Department of Defense agreement for classified networks reading "any lawful government purpose," with safety settings and filters adjusted at the government's request and no contractor veto (reported terms, The Information, Apr. 2026). Below: a 2018 AI Principles strip ("no weapons, no surveillance") stamped DROPPED 2025, and a Project Mario 2016–2021 tag stamped ABANDONED.