Today has been a very rough day. But it‘s important to share Alex’s parents message.

Imagine your last gesture being one of courtesy towards the men who will murder you ten seconds later.

@mark-carney.bsky.social Are you hearing this?????

Rupert Murdoch

Nuxalk teachers protected children from a grizzly attack and Heiltsuk Guardians prevented a barge disaster. Coastal First Nations are leading. Ottawa must meet them with honesty—not backroom talks about weakening the tanker moratorium on the #Great Bear Coast.

This is ridiculous: Ottawa considering allowing an exemption to the tanker ban along BC’s north coast. If you allow an exemption for exactly the thing the law is for, you don’t have a law. #CDNpoli #ABpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

When will democratic governments realize they need to address algorithms in big tech and inequality to address this wild polarization and rapid increase of hate. Immigrants and queer people and women are not the issue - greed and corruption are!

This is not a mystery. The Pandemic™️ was indeed ~a pandemic~ therefore, people not being congregated in offices are less likely to get sick. Additionally, if you're already working from home, working while sick is easier (& safer for others!) So, OF COURSE sick days will increase with RTO!

Canada is blocking life-saving aid to Gaza. Petition calls on govt to reject militarized aid, ensure UN/NGO access, allow Canadian medics, and deliver aid through neutral channels. Thanks to Doctors Against Genocide & John Mayba for leading. Sign & share:

Great to see @bchydro.bsky.social & First Nations take a major step towards co-ownership on the North Coast Transmission Line.⚡️ The line will expand electrification opportunities and is expected to bring over $1.4 billion in benefits to participating Nations. www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/first-n...

AI industry ‘AI is going great! Look at all these data centre’s! This one cost over $2 billion Everyone ‘Wow so you sell enough subscriptions to pay for that’ Industry ‘Ofcourse not idiot, thats why were government surveillance & military contractors now …….*Picks up hammer

Fun example of "AI" being not just bad but dangerous: Google "AI" is happy to say that Toronto currently has 7 µg/m³ of PM2.5 and is "well below the threshold generally considered healthy." But, the source it links says Toronto is currently actually at PM2.5 of 38µg/m³, which ain't great.

New research by @palyouthmvmt.bsky.social and @world-beyond-war.bsky.social shows that Canadian companies sent 175,000 bullets to Israel in April. This can't be allowed to continue. Arms embargos, cancelling trade deals, expelling diplomats—we laid out some options to break Canadian complicity👇

I’m increasingly convinced by the argument China’s decade-long investment to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, and particularly imports, is not only creating a new electrified model that other South countries can benefit from, but is leaving the West behind because it can’t ditch fossil fuels.

It has one of the lowest conviction rates of any crime in Canada.

💧H2Whoa! Wednesday Water Tips💧 Every week this summer, we’re sharing easy ways to tame your (water) use and be #WaterSmart in Parksville. Let’s save water, one tip at a time! 💦 letstalkparksville.ca/water-conser... #H2Whoa #ConserveWater #CityOfParksville

If you want to get into software engineering, you should probably have a minor in psychology too. I certainly didn't plan on having to trick a robot into believing in itself...

Pleased to see Deep Sky Research cited in this great article on an under-reported topic 🌽📉 “We’re losing 120 calories per person, per day, for every degree of global warming.” www.forbes.com/sites/felici...

I want shit like this to keep happening. It highlights the backwards incentives and exposes shady people in academia. And of course, it is Springer/Nature. I want people to join me as members of the slow-research movement.

Seems like a good subject for an episode of @tgspodcast.bsky.social

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

Dear Canadian politicians.

Why is this garbage being pushed so heavily?!?! Wrong information is worse than nothing. This is why I have trust issues.

Running out of ideas, universe? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/b...

When it comes to AI I do relate to the luddites.

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie. Rambo: Second Blood Part 4

The Poilievre proposal to jail people for being homeless is not just cruel, it's dangerous, discriminatory & targets indigenous people. People need housing, mental healthcare, treatment and recovery support, and income security – not handcuffs.

Maybe we could learn a thing or two from the Philippines and Bangladesh? I don't see how we grow our way out of this.

I miss the days when you could call support and just press a number for the issue you were having. Trying to explain my issue to some AI chatbot that misinterprets what I'm saying then goes on a unrelated longwinded monologue with it's phony friendly voice that can't be cut off is infuriating.

He won't self-destruct the American economy?? Are you paying attention?

It's Artificial Confidence, not Artificial Intelligence.

On the plus side, AI will be able to replace CEOs long before it will be able to replace a plumber.

What a different world we could have.

It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation. I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!

I think I've found a way to articulate what bothers me about the trajectory of the modern tech industry (and to some extent... society). We are on this Earth to provide for each other. That's the "mission" of humanity as I see it. This is incompatible with what the tech industry seeks to do.

@davidebybc.bsky.social BC should follow suit. This is not over.

No, Fox, we did not blink. No, CNN, we are not bending the knee. I, for one, will continue to boycott American products. @davidebybc.bsky.social, I urge you to keep a ban on US contracts. At least until there is a public apology for this brazen attempt to bully us. Actions have consequences. #fafo

All those guns. For this exact reason. Or is the whole thing just bullshit?