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Michael Nabert@sustainablesong.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If absolutely any of the Carney government's major policies were tabled by a Conservative Party of Canada federal government, there'd be riots in the streets. Instead, out of complacent critical-thinking-free lazy political tribalism, millions of Canadians cheer on colossal harms from our PMO.

White text on black background: "The greatest trick the pro-billionaire anti-climate surveillance state anti-human-rights right wing agenda in Canada ever pulled was inspiring Mark Carney to choose the colour red for his campaign signs."
Patrick Wyman@patrickwyman.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I read a book on making money in ancient Athens recently (by Michael Leese, it's great), and the Greeks absolutely believed that the endless pursuit of wealth was a serious moral defect and personality issue no different than being a drunk or sexual deviant.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 8mo ago

If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Passport Canada, Canada Revenue Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada -- many of us have spent time on the phone or in offices with hardworking federal employees. And the plan, apparently in large part, is to replace the good jobs of these human beings with AI slopbots? During a jobs crisis??

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service. They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees. Pretty gross!

John Leavitt@leavittalone.bsky.social · 10mo ago

There is an actual life-changing conflict between WFH being cheaper and more efficient, an entire layer of middle managers who need to have meetings to feel alive, and the commercial real estate cabal that runs all cities. It’s going to get so fucking weird.

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Blayne Haggart@bhaggart.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This was the big mistake people made with Carney: Thinking that the need for major investments and transformational change was so clear and strong that *of course* Carney must believe this, because he's a smart money guy. But ideology is a hell of a drug, and Carney is less than advertised.

Bruce Arthur@brucearthur.bsky.social · 11mo ago

When Carney was elected it was clear so many areas that required major investment, in the name of national protection and nation building: military, housing (public housing specifically), tariff supports, infrastructure (towards econonmic diversification), health care, but hugely, *education*

matt harvey@mattdoc32.bsky.social · last yr.

this list should be posted everywhere so people know who to blame for things too often they blame politicians on one side for everything without realizing what they are and are not responsible for

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦@tammyschirle.bsky.social · last yr.

I know a lot of people made it to the advance polls, but plenty more did not. Did you know a neighbour can effectively be your ID to vote?

Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦@tammyschirle.bsky.social · last yr.

🇨🇦 Because apparently it's not common knowledge: You don't need a voter card, or be registered in advance to vote in a federal election. Find out where your poll is at elections.ca , come with some ID (there's options), and you can vote. It's really that easy.

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · last yr.

An astronomy professor colleague of mine once relayed trying to explain to his students why it was important that they actually write their class reports themselves. “The point is not to teach ME about neutron stars,” he said.

Sam Halpert@samhalpert.bsky.social · last yr.

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

Hank Green@hankgreen.bsky.social · last yr.

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions@mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · last yr.

I feel as though all this freedom and democracy has made us lazy and that's why we can't have nice things anymore.

Armine Yalnizyan@armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · last yr.

Ontario's election by the numbers: 45.4% of registered voters bothered to vote 42.9% of those voters voted for Doug Ford's team They won 80 of 124 seats. 📣19.5% of Ontario's eligible voters gave Doug Ford 65% of the voice of Ontario's people.📣 www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Conor Browne@brownecfm.bsky.social · 2y ago

1. For obvious reasons, there is currently a considerable amount of discussion regarding the efficacy of lockdowns as public health measures. It's very important to be mindful of a few points regarding this media discourse.

Nosferatu@realnosferatu.bsky.social · 2y ago

Humans are incredibly adaptable and easily desensitized. Look how quickly how quickly year round illness has been accepted as normal. Pre-COVID this amount of disease simply did not happen but now very few people even question it.