Oliver Moore
@oliver-moore.bsky.social
Deviant pedestrian. I’m bullish on cities, opposed to fascism and write editorials for The Globe and Mail. Never 51. @moore_oliver at the bird site, which I've mostly left. Will try to respond via omoore@globeandmail.ca. Header pic by Mervyn Sequeira
“the longevity movement risks turning life into a marathon of asceticism” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: Live long, and prosper. Just not too long
The longevity zealots of the biohacking movement miss the point of a joyful life, whose sweetness comes from savoring the moment
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Junius: “If artificial intelligence will eventually become smarter than us, it needs also to reflect the better angels of our nature” The ed board recently had Geoffrey Hinton in. This piece flowed from the intvu www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: Keeping at bay the dangers of AI
A conversation with artificial intelligence ‘godfather’ Geoffrey Hinton
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You have to conclude that Metrolinx hates its customers. Arrive at the UPX station and there‘s no indication where you tap in that trains aren’t stopping there today How about a big sign at the entrance? How about a bag over the Presto machine? How about just disabling the machine for the day? SMDH
How much wine do you bring when you’re staking out Alpe d’Huez for a week before the Tour arrives?
Given how torqued that survey was, this is a remarkable result.. “Federal consultations on the jets concluded Friday and an overwhelming majority of people in Toronto said that they did not want the expansion to go forward” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Federal government rejects Ontario’s plan to allow jets at Billy Bishop airport
Overwhelming majority of people consulted in Toronto did not want the expansion to go forward, according to a source
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Exhibit A of why some people will never call in a wellness check. Police went to look in on this guy. He got angry and fired his guns within the house. Police approached and he shot at them. They conferred and decided to burn the house down www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
RCMP officers ‘intentionally’ set home ablaze during tense standoff, court documents reveal
A house fire that erupted during an armed standoff in B.C.’s Lower Mainland three years ago was “intentionally” ignited by RCMP officers on scene, court documents have revealed.
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Two people vying to lead Canada‘s 10th biggest city say they will use strong mayor powers to *stop* a parking lot being converted to housing bayobserver.ca/mayoralty-ca...
Mayoralty candidates pledge to scrap Stoney Creek parking lot affordable housing project - bayobserver.ca Hamilton, Burlington and GTA
More than 100 residents of Stoney Creek turned out Thursday evening to hear from local politicians opposed to the announcement earlier Thursday of plans to go ahead with the contentious affordable hou...
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Such a strange framing. The PM is the PM all the time. Even on Sunday morning, even when wearing a cowboy hat. Or is he suggesting he was on the piss so of course he got the details wrong?
Anna Mehler Paperny@mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 2w agoI am going to use this construct whenever I am questioned. "Could I have explained it better on a Sunday morning at Stampede, with a cowboy hat on? Yes, I could have explained it better," he said. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Junius today.. “This is the logic of a country that seeks vassals, not partners. In essence, the U.S. position is that we can hit you as much as we want and if you hit us back that’s unfair” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: A schoolyard tip for fighting tariff bullying
Giving in to pressure tactics is a good way to encourage more of them
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What happens when you mix your transphobia with your delusions of urban decline.. “Men in women's sports came ravaging through our cities."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "We had transgender for everybody. Men in women's sports came ravaging through our cities."
Weird that the culture warriors are not as up in arms over casting a brown man as Eurylochus, who is on screen way more than Helen
*This housing policy change allows for 100 years of population growth* may not be the slam-dunk criticism he believes it to be
Jens von Bergmann@jensvb.bsky.social · 2w agoYou almost have to feel sorry for him. Numbers totally detached from reality trying to anchor an unhinged arguments put on UBC letterhead in a desperate attempt to establish authority.
Moore’s Law: Any criticism of drivers will always be answered by someone moaning about how people on bikes do bad things too
I recall once saying that, other than the drooling, seeing Tony Martin ride a TT bike was just beautiful Lived experience: know your audience
Peter Flax@pflax1.bsky.social · 2w agoI really don't get entertained watching ITTs any more but Remco's position on the TT bike is a thing of beauty.
It’s hard to miss the very possessive tone to this profession of love www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
Vintners who only recently were pleading with Canadians to buy their products now celebrating tit-for-tat tariffs. Hypocrite, cast the beam out of thine own eye There’s a very real possibility that US booze comes back on Cdn shelves and no one buys it anyway www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
This doesn’t seem like someone who would have a lot of second dates
Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2w agowe're so cooked www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
This headline in the normally polite and technical Hill Times is quite something. www.hilltimes.com/2026/07/20/i...
Infighting among senior Conservatives leaves caucus, staff, and volunteer morale ‘in the absolute shitter,’ say MPs, veteran party members - The Hill Times
Some Conservatives are hoping the infighting between Leader Pierre Poilievre and prominent party members will 'die in the high temperatures of July and the slow broil of summer,' but others think it’s...
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Some of these guys should have got red-carded just for their awful ink
Saying that the #WorldCup Final is being played in “New York/New Jersey” is false advertising. It’s not even being played in a city.
Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️@arif.bsky.social · 2w agothis shot is so bleak lmao
