Paul Adams
@pauladams29.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Ex-journo, ex-prof. Co-chair, Canadian Grief Alliance. Politics, polls, palliative care and hockey. Proud dad of Alex and Sophia. I write intermittently about travel at https://substack.com/@adamsp Slava Ukraini
Feels like this could also be applied to the automotive industry and why we’re seeing a glut of crossovers.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2d agoSimple: start with a set ("cuisines, genres, shop types") and a standard algorithm. Let users choose from those recommendations. The mode (average) of those choices "gets shown more, so it gets picked more, so the model grows more confident the mode is what people want, and the tails starve." 29/
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
Jørgen Heszlein@heszlein.bsky.social · 2d agoNew estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
I think part of the pundit crack-up has been that they missed the big call of their lifetimes about which was the bigger threat to America: wokeness or authoritarianism. And rather than admitting that, they are doubling down on wokeness, while ignoring an authoritarianism that does not threaten them
Sam Ulmschneider@samulmschneider.bsky.social · yesterdayNormally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.
Great question. Keep asking.
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · 15h agoOn @outfrontcnn.bsky.social, @jreinermd.bsky.social asks a pretty good question here: “Why is it acceptable in this country at this time—in this perilous time—for the president of the United States to have a dramatic problem staying awake?”
This is a bit of a listicle, but people keep asking me: “you've driven so many Chinese cars, which ones would you actually buy?” well, here ya go. insideevs.com/news/804237/...
After Driving Over 25 Chinese Cars, These Are The 6 I Would Buy
These six cars represent what I think are the best of what China has to offer. I wouldn’t mind seeing them in my driveway every day.
insideevs.com
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"The latest data from Denmark shows that 97% of vehicles bought by private buyers in the month of July were full battery electric." thedriven.io/2026/08/11/d... via Joshua S. Hill
Denmark joins Norway at EV pinnacle as 97 per cent of private buyers opt for electric cars in latest month
Denmark joins Norway at the pinnacle of EV adoption, with 97 per cent of private buyers opting for an electric car in the latest month.
thedriven.io
This means it was entirely appropriate for Fauci to assert the 5th Am when he testified—because there was a threat of future prosecution & he had the right to avoid self-incrimination.
SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.
Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say
Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.
militarytimes.com
For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton
“…has cast doubt on the anticipated summer 2027 opening of the LRT west extension…” lol
James McCrea@jamesmccrea.bsky.social · 2d ago“The city has hired an external consultant to assess the overall schedule for the Stage 2 west extension, with a full update expected in early 2027.” There won’t even be an update for 5+ months?! The city and consortium have <<< 0 motivation to finish this project ottawacitizen.com/news/moodie-...
July 2026 was the warmest month for average temperatures on record across the contiguous U.S., even surpassing the Dust Bowl. This was especially due to an increase in those dangerously high overnight temps. 📣 REGISTER for our next briefing to learn more: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📊Mise à jour Qc125 | 11 août 2026 ⚜️PQ 66 ---------------Majorité : 64 sièges 🔴PLQ 38 ⚫️PCQ 9 🔵CAQ 7 🟠QS 7 www.qc125.ca/p/mise-a-jou...
Mise à jour Qc125 : l’avance du PQ tient, mais…
Le Parti québécois demeure favori, mais plus d’une vingtaine de circonscriptions pivots rendent la projection beaucoup plus incertaine que les chiffres nationaux ne le laissent croire.
qc125.ca
When he's not being smuggled out of Air Force One in a catering truck, he's being protected by anti-missile systems and barbed wire as he does the vital work of golfing.
OSINTRadar@osintradar.bsky.social · 3d agoTrump was guarded by an Avenger air defense system while playing golf.
We estimate that Trump's approval is net negative among 2024 voters in forty states, including twenty that he won www.economist.com/interactive/...
Were you in the vicinity of the Reflecting Pool in the summer of 2026? If so, please contact the Department of Justice. You may be eligible for a prosecution.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is insane: Trump's rage and humiliation over the Reflecting Pool now has the White House urging DOJ to undertake new prosecutions *even though the government itself has already determined the person in question is innocent.*
Trump reportedly wants to try again to prosecute Olympic canoeist David Hearn. Pirro's motion for dismissal made clear how weak the case was—so this should be understood as exactly what it looks like: (1) revenge for standing up to Trump; and (2) Trump angry about Pirro not fighting harder for him.
Exclusive | White House Asks Justice Department to Consider New Reflecting-Pool Prosecution
Officials asked the department whether it is possible to bring a new charge against an Olympic canoeist after the U.S. attorney dropped the case.
wsj.com
I'm sorry, but calling advocates of congestion pricing "jihadists" is sincerely hilarious.
The top scientific body in the U.S. has removed a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges after an outcry from critics on the right, including President Trump.
Top Science Body Deletes Climate Chapter From Judges’ Manual
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine had been under pressure from Republican leaders, including President Trump.
nyti.ms
