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simonyyz@simonyyz.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Please, people. Nobody in the real world cares about “loops.” Nobody is thinking about tokenization. If you said inference to a guy on the street they’d take you to see a doctor. Nobody gives a shit...Grow up. Go outside. You sound like a lunatic." www.wheresyoured.at/let-ai-burn/

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simonyyz@simonyyz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Marjane Satrapi passed yesterday, which led me to reread some of the posts she did for the NY Times back in the mid-2000s. They're elegant and charming, and remind me of what I loved about her work when Persepolis first made such a splash. One piece I wanted to share: #satrapi

simonyyz@simonyyz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hey everyone: the Toronto Comic Arts Festival is coming up soon!: June 6-7, with additional events and programming starting even earlier, all at the Mattamy Athletic Centre (aka Maple Leaf Gardens). Free! Fun! Drop by! lnkd.in/eYWAutAa Additional event details below.

The TCAF event poster, with the words "TCAF 2026, June 6+7" at the top. The poster depicts an exuberant drawing of an anime style female character with pink hair and glasses, reading a comic titled "Toronto Comic Arts Festival", and bursting with images of love letters, roses, a quill pen, a bottle of perfume with a blue jay on the label, and maple leaves.
Dean Jobb - True Crime Writer@deanjobb.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Thousands take to streets to protest cuts to Nova Scotia arts funding Premier Tim Houston defends cuts in budget, says 'something has to give' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #defendnsbooks

Thousands take to streets to protest cuts to N.S. arts grants | CBC News

About 2,000 people gathered outside Province House in Halifax to let the Houston government know cuts to arts, tourism, culture and heritage sectors would cause irreparable harm to their industries.

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simonyyz@simonyyz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social When Canada was feeling in the cross hairs, this is how Canadians were talking about it. Watching US pundits debate the issue, even if one side was technically against, felt like it was normalizing something that shouldn't be discussed AT ALL.

James Ball@jamesrball.com · 7mo ago

The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally. Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.

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"From time to time, some folks claim the CTF is not a grassroots organization because we have 'five members,'" he wrote. "The truth is that we sometimes have four, sometimes six and currently we have five. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Canadian Taxpayers Federation has 5 members — why should we care what they think? | CBC News

The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation has been around since the late 1980s, selling itself as a populist “citizens advocacy group” looking to cut waste and ensure accountability in government. But does i...

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Adam Bunch@adambunch.bsky.social · last yr.

The Toronto Circus Riot broke out on this day 170 years ago — sparked by a brawl between angry clowns and firefighters at a Victorian brothel. Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...

A collage of four Victorian circus performers standing in front of a circus tent, with flames rising up in the foreground.
James McLeod@jamespmcleod.ca · last yr.

Anyway, one of my very strongly held feelings in the last 5 months is that the American people are not victims. They are perpetrators. If the American public really wanted this to stop, they could be doing a lot more than they're currently doing.

Shawn Micallef@shawnmicallef.bsky.social · last yr.

My column this week: the grim reality of getting around in southern Ontario. Recently a bright future, there’s the catastrophic failure of Deutsche Bahn, lack of metrolinx ambition, no leadership from Ford & silly distractions w tunnels & bike lane attacks. Ford to city: enjoy the traffic.

Shawn Micallef: How Doug Ford and Metrolinx dimmed Toronto’s once-bright transit future

Neither the provincial transit agency nor its political boss has given any sign they want to transform the system so it works as good as the world’s best.

thestar.com