Is 'Claude' a French AI? If it is, I sincerely hope whenever you ask it anything it takes a long drag on a Gauloises, stares into the middle distance and then says something like "Ze mather hen das nat suckle 'er yoong because she saves 'er nipples for ze Weetabix ov ze farmer's wife. Non?"

I stared at the sun for a long time today. These shots have slight variations of air pressure precisely tuned between 2 mirrors, allowing a very thin wavelength of H-alpha lightwaves through that allow the human eye to view a star's chromosphere.

these LEDs are fuckin hard as nails. I'm not sure of their exact rating because I pulled them out of a broken light fixture but about 1.6V seems about right.

well they're coming out. and saying it

tell me you're absolutely clueless about Crown-Indigenous ties without telling me www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Violence is violence. Someone with coprolalia using a racial slur is upsetting - I've had it happen to me - but it is not violence, nor is it the same as someone saying that word with hateful or violent intent, which again, happens to me. Bafta and the BBC could have handled it better, yes.

this was a horrific tragedy but I'm not sure how regulation helps here. I get wanting to beat OpenAI over the head with something but I'm not comfortable if the suggestion is to somehow give the government more powers.

(shamelessly stolen from work Slack) #cancze #can #olympics

if I see one more post complaining about data centres I am going to fucking scream. where the fuck do you think things on the Internet are hosted? in someone's bedroom? delivered by fucking carrier pigeon?

clearly not a good look for a reporter, but some of the responses are nonsense.

I genuinely don't understand this. being annoyed at what you might perceive to be the lesser of two evils is completely understandable. they could actually be the lesser of two evils objectively. don't let the fascists win.

sadly the world Communist killing record continues to be held by Communist countries by a long, long distance.

Being brought into the principal’s office and being shown that a bunch of 38 year olds on a website you’ve never been on approve of you punching a kid.

I've seen a few right-wing takes about the fact that the Tumbler Ridge shooter being trans, screeching about mental health. it's like they're almost self aware.

These are not smart people. 1) Independence makes you *more* dependent on federal policy, since they get to decide whether or not you can access TMX. Forget about ever building another pipeline west. 2) You need the goods (food, etc.) that cross "our land". Blocking their passage is self-injury.

Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.

Incredible.

speaking of risk assessments, it reminds me of the time I saw a guy longboarding down the street wearing an N95 but not a helmet.

First, the UCP said there was an “election integrity crisis," which led to a voter ID law. Then a “national unity crisis” → a sovereignty referendum. Now a “crisis of confidence” in the courts → defunding judges. There is no evidence of these crises. The UCP is trying to manufacture them.

Money can buy happiness. If Elon Musk built a rocket and shot himself into the fucking sun that would generate massive happiness.

That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.

4 months after a stranger recommended it to me at a Halloween party, last night I finished the seventh and (so far) last book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. man I feel empty now.

another article making some good points, although I gotta say I'm less enthusiastic about focusing on getting Facebook et al to unblock news articles.

deeply unserious people.

I'm on the edge of my seat. You don't realize how much you miss the Olympics until they're back and you're huffing pure uncut curling on a Wednesday afternoon before the game have even started officially.

Cory Doctorow's writing often rubs me the wrong way for reasons I can't fully explain but he's not wrong here. pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...

This is a monumentally irresponsible move. Whoever advised the premier should resign or be fired. Smith shouldn't just withdraw the threat. She should apologize for threatening to cut off Albertans' access to their own justice system. Tomorrow. edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/02/03/a...

amazing how many people on the "left" turn into petty authoritarians when given the chance.

“/pol/ was created after moot met with jeffrey epstein” is maybe the single most cursed true sentence I have ever had the displeasure of writing

"I'm a moron" would have been a lot quicker to write.

my genius is once again recognized.

Carney + 40 in Quebec lmao

i regret to inform you all that I am once again destroying things.

quite frankly I could not give less of a fuck about the US tourism industry.

It's Woke 2, motherfuckers. Get in or get lost.

Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”

fuck me sideways.

what a way to fuck up your own airline industry.

I will never, ever take anyone who uses the word "comrade" unironically seriously, ever.

The Ship & Anchor has launched careers, built community, and kept Calgary’s music scene alive for decades. Redevelopment can’t come at the cost of our culture. #SaveTheShip #ProtectLiveMusicYYC

Today’s news that separatists have been conspiring with U.S. officials to undermine Canada is deeply disturbing. Smith emboldened separatists by cozying up to Trump, weakening our country at a fragile moment when we need to stand firmly against this. WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/4wPrLwa...

Did not have Jason Kenney defending a LIBERAL Prime Minister while going full “yeah well your POTUS is a pedophile!” on my 2026 bingo card, and yet here we are. Surreal. #cdnpoli

since I seem to occasionally post things that other people see I figure I should write a pinned post. I'm a 40-something professional nerd who has Thoughts on things, some better than others. I live in Calgary, Alberta with my wife and two cats, but I'm originally from the UK.

I'm not joking when I say we should be kicking up a diplomatic shit fit about this, regardless of how futile it might be in practice.

please contact your senator or house rep and make it clear to them to make this loan illegal

it's time to start treating the USG government as hostile to Canadian existence until 2028

not sure why this didn't get posted as a link, but: secure.forever-canadian.ca

Corb Lund’s petition effort to outlaw new coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains is one step closer to being able to gather signatures.