Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇺🇦🇨🇦💉
@ziadfazel.bsky.social
In Nov 2024, BlueSky became my primary platform. Still have my @ziadfazel on Xitter because of my history of threads there. Thanks for following me (back) here again. Photo summer 2024 at Stamps game with my friend @booshmeister. Life is good.
The UCP is about to spread some serious lies through a series of town halls on AI data centres. #abpoli #stoptheAIdatacentre #misinformation #UCPlies 1/3 www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Leading AI Development Responsibly
Alberta’s government has launched an online information hub and a series of town halls to provide comprehensive information on AI data centre development.
alberta.ca
This is not just the BBC but framing “Indigenous knowledge” as a separate thing from “modern tech” does much to reinforce the idea that Indigenous cultures are antiquated and situated in the past.
Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · last wk.How Australia combines modern tech and Indigenous knowledge to fight fire
Further… since no one can put a price on life even an Apple Watch SE3 with a cellular plan would be good. The Garmin Bounce is an interesting product.
Different people have asked my advice after a vulnerable boy got lost and died despite massive search effort. I'm an engineer with telecom background and experience with mobile devices. Here are my recommendations. I have no commercial interest in any of them. threadreaderapp.com/thread/20836...
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@ZiadFazel: Different people have asked my advice after a vulnerable boy got lost and died despite massive search effort. I'm an engineer with telecom background and experience with mobile devices. He...
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"It turns out that having an enormous, flat parking lot is one of the worst design decisions one can make for any public space."
Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️@arif.bsky.social · 2w agoLast week, a tweet about a stadium shot went viral and it sparked a really interesting conversation. I looked into it. Why Was That Picture of MetLife So Bleak? wideleft.football/p/why-was-th...
Art in baggage claim area of Sacramento International Airport.
1/8 🇨🇦 🩺 THE DISTURBING ATTRITION OF CANADA'S ER DOCTORS 🩺 🇨🇦 By 2025, 10% of emergency doctors quit and 48% cut their hours. A 50-year investment in specialized 24-hour care is unravelling. Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal #MedSky #CdnPoli #CanPoli #EmergencyCare #Burnout
A federal judge just ordered all of the Epstein files to be turned over to him and DOJ must defend each redaction. This is solely because of Katie Phang’s lawsuit. Yay independent journalism! 👏
A vulture is checking in at the airline counter. He's got a dead racoon under his wing… Clerk: "Would you like to check the racoon, sir?" Vulture: "No thanks, it's carrion."
We knew the $100 admin change for the Covid vaccine was so everyone gets use to paying. But soon - Alberta you will be paying US style healthcare premiums. Maybe $10,000 a year. This will be only a fond memory. #abpoli
David J. Climenhaga@djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 2w agoLet’s go back to the future Danielle Smith promised us: ‘No one should ever have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor’ albertapolitics.ca/2026/07/lets...
Join us at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio for a special interview & book signing with 2026 inductee Peter Hook of Joy Division & New Order. Tickets on sale to the public on 31st July. Peter Hook & The Light play the Agora in Cleveland the night before on their North American tour.
Completely understand why @booshmeister.bsky.social (and @johnnycobra.bsky.social ?) not on Xitter, but hoping @cfl.ca can be active here so they can get important information like this directly.
"OpenAI says some of its experimental AI models left a test environment with no human direction and hacked their way onto a different company’s real production systems while trying to “cheat” on a cybersecurity test." @drsmith.bsky.social @sameo416.bsky.social edition.cnn.com/2026/07/22/t...
An OpenAI test model escaped and broke into a real company’s servers | CNN Business
OpenAI says some of its experimental AI models left a test environment with no human direction and hacked their way onto a different company’s real production systems while trying to “cheat” on a cybe...
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NEW from me: I took a deep dive for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social into the American hedge fund-owned Canadian newspaper chain that’s pushing anti-trans, pro-genocide and climate science denial narratives down our throats. ricochet.media/media/dumpst...
‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right
Canada’s largest newspaper chain has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separatism, and an increasingly polarized political landscape
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AI is not my peer. Watch out, everyone, because the AI boosters who are loving AI reviewers for conferences and journals are coming for tenure reviews next. University management will implement AI reviews of tenure files unless faculty push back.
Victor Escorcia@escorciav.bsky.social · 2w ago@peter_richtarik: "I can't believe I am saying this -- AI reviews were a nonsense idea even a year ago. The current AI reviews are super-human."
The organizers of the Water Not Coal petition are asking anyone who signed their petition and was contacted by Elections Alberta to get in touch as questions about the watchdog's verification process continues From me today via @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social #abpoli www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Water Not Coal organizers seeking details about Elections Alberta’s verification process from petition signatories
The organizers behind an anti-mining campaign are asking anyone who signed their petition and was contacted by Elections Alberta to get in touch.
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Oh no. Now @tim4hire.bsky.social Xitter account has been hacked, judging by this phishing DM just received from his account there. Letting him know here on 🦋. help.x.com/en/forms/acc...
"As The New Republic noted, 'In December, Dell pledged a $6.2 billion commitment to the [Trump] accounts. A few months later, Trump purchased at least $1 million in Dell stock, and then went on a rant about buying Dell computers'." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Trump brushes off conflicts of interest, touts companies whose stock he owns
“Go out and buy a Dell computer,” the president said, neglecting to mention his ownership of Dell stock.
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Any day our young kids see a garbage truck is a great day, in their books. Today was EXTRA special, though. The driver stopped and gave them these colouring books. They were so thrilled! Small things like this do so much to build community. Thank you to the driver and the City of @calgary.ca! 😊
It was March 2007. Apple had just debuted the iPhone. The Iraq War was raging. Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth had won two Oscars. And the prime minister of Canada was talking about “the exciting new technology called carbon capture and storage.” by @meyer.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/canada-carbo...
For 20 years, Canada’s leaders have promised a carbon capture fix | The Narwhal
It’s expensive and unproven at scale. From Stephen Harper to Mark Carney, Canadian politicians have made promises on carbon capture — yet to be delivered
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I think I know how @booshmeister.bsky.social and I are voting. 3downnation.com/2026/07/22/o...
One-third mark: five front-runners for CFL Most Outstanding Player - 3DownNation
The first third of the 2026 CFL season is over, which means it’s time to take stock of the race for Most Outstanding Player. Bo Levi Mitchell got off to a brilliant start this season with the Hamilton...
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The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as an Iranian negotiator said Tehran had suspended its commitments under the interim deal with the U.S. — snapping another fragile thread as the war shows no end in sight. https://to.pbs.org/4ptikSn
Iran says it is suspending commitments to interim deal with U.S. as they exchange attacks
The widening strikes threatened civilians and services to them, including desalination plants for drinking water, while the global economy again was on alert.
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Global consensus: U.S. now viewed as the EVIL entity. MAGA destroyed what was left of U.S. reputation. Only 33% of Canadians, 27% of Germans, 25% of Dutch, 24% of Australians, and 19% of Swedes have a positive view. See: www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/... via @pewresearch.org
Splendid, deep biography of SCC Chief Justice Richard Wagner, and his challenge ahead with Quebec’s Bill 21, which seeks unlimited use of notwithstanding clause (supported by AB), and his past with Vavilov. @orlaghokelly.bsky.social @molszyns.bsky.social @sameo416.bsky.social @nigelb.bsky.social
Carrie Tait@carrietait.bsky.social · 4w agoGreat story on -- nah, if I tell you, you won't click -- a layered tale worth your time. Correct link this time: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By my pal @ebner.bsky.social
Common site in Calgary pathways these days are electric dirt bikes. Parents seem to have no problem allowing their kids operate these illegally and our authorities don’t seem to interested in enforcing their illegal use. I guess that makes it okay🤷♂️ #Calgary 1/n
A friendly reminder: life can feel heavy and sometimes even brutal, but make space to look for joy each day, in every small opportunity, even in the midst of rough times.
We're hiring a Water Conservation Educator to develop and deliver education experiences that support watershed health here in #Alberta 💧🚰🧊 To learn more and apply, visit cpaws-southernalberta.org/careers/wate... 🩵 #Calgary #YYC #CalgaryJobs #YYCJobs #JobOpportunity #Science #Nature #Education
