Or maybe, use #mastodon. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/18/how-can-we-defend-ourselves-from-the-new-plague-of-human-fracking

This is why we can't have nice things... #youtube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial content https://apnews.com/article/youtube-monetization-update-policy-controversial-issues-545e27e27e26e0baefb937c86620b676

So TIL that Family Health Teams in Ontario pay a clawback when their patients visit a walk in clinic. My question is - what is the clawback? Is it a pull back on the cap rate (annual subscription paid by OHIP to have the patient on the roster) or is it the full cost of the walk in visit (on the […]

RE: https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/115899211758268451 My first reaction...guh. But given how much the scraper bots are hitting their servers, better to extract a rent. Hopefully this doesn't lead to a change in Wikipedia accepting bot generated content. #AI

#snowday 🌨☃️❄️

Way past due IMHO. Should have quit when the insults were flying in 2024. Now faculty and staff are paying for his hubris. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/john-tibbits-retires-effective-immediately-conestoga-college-9.7045682

More reading relevant to current events. #usa #history #empire #hegemony

There's a couple things that have happened this week that have set off my alarm bells as a Canadian. First I overheard a conversation between some people that I would shamefully profile as upper middle class WASPs : "I'm not worried about aliens invading I'm worried about the Americans invading" […]

It's all fun and games until the AI takes your job: I wrote about the wonder of building a website in Claude Code and the unsettling knowledge that it's coming for my job, too https://www.platformer.news/claude-code-review-web-design/

A great #book that is a reminder of what good science fiction does - get you to think about, and challenge - today's world and powers.

There's something creepy about seeing a forest fire burning underneath and through the snow. https://globalnews.ca/video/11604028/b-c-has-a-number-of-overwintering-or-zombie-fires-burning/ #ClimateChange

My hunch - TELUS will be looking for $10-$20B total valuation, looking to sell at least 49% - there are very few synergies with the rest of the TELUS business. Given the write down in TELUS Digital, there's similar hot air in the TELUS Health business - the real value is around $1B as a […]

Today I Learned that #elbowsup is a defensive posture in hockey. Turns out we all misunderstood when the Liberal leader used that phrase. Gerry Butts comes across so naive about MAGA and the US.... The world’s biggest risks, with Gerry Butts #frontburner […]

You mean, ***shock***, that there's no quick win for weight loss? You mean, ***gasp***, Oprah is...lying? Unbelievable... #GLP #ozempic https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/weight-regain-weight-medications-glp1-9.7037276

"I'd like to report a goofball southbound on highway 404" ‘Speechless’: Man calls 911 for slow snowplows on Hwy. 404 https://www.yorkregion.com/news/man-calls-911-for-slow-snowplows/article_3e312eec-df2f-590c-985b-39bdd47e036b.html #funny #driving

Fredric Brown - "Answer" Dwan Ev ceremoniously soldered the final connection with gold. The eyes of a dozen television cameras watched him and the subether bore throughout the universe a dozen pictures of what he was doing. He straightened and nodded to Dwar Reyn, then moved to a position […]

Let me recap some history, because I'm mad about where we are in 2026. Mary Parker Follet was the mother of modern management. In the early 20th century, she wrote about shared power, collaborative win-win conflict resolution approaches, empowering workers, group psychology, sociology, and […]

I like it here on Bluesky, but it still has this toxic habit that is everywhere else on social media: This obsessive need people have to hold others to account for having contrary opinions or analysis. You're not responsible for other people's opinions, and you can't shame them into changing them.

Sorry Canadian #oil companies, more bad news. China was #venezuela's biggest oil customer, and that was collateral and interest for debt. And now we see what our government really sees its job as - oil salesmen. Carney says Canadian oil will be competitive after Maduro ouster […]

The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Somehow appropriate reading on January 4 2026... Though perhaps we need more tacticians in a book like this... #bookstodon #canada #elbowsup #venezuela

5 years this post would have read: buy that condo! Now it reads...that's a bad idea... But hats off anyway for the FP to try and goose more real estate demand! #HousingCrisis #topoli #condo #real-estate #Finance #affordability

Here’s how long it took Canada’s top CEOs to earn what the average Canadian worker makes all year. Spoiler: Under 2 hours. #inequality #poverty #Inflation #politics https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/top-100-canadian-ceos-now-earn-248-times-more-than-the-average-canadian-worker-report/

Getting ready for one of these... #nye #2026

If this role were serious, it would involve regulation and accountability. It is a fig leaf for exploitation and abuse. #AIHype #OpenAI https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/29/sam-altman-openai-job-search-ai-harms

Merry #christmas! May your lines be balanced to takt time, your buffers low, your flow one piece, and your yields be at 100%! #industrialengineering #sixsigma #lean #funny

A rare, but welcome, reflection from #ontario media on what is the real opportunity to address the costs of living and poverty locally. #affordability #Inflation #HousingCrisis […]

Invited to a job interview, where interviewer will be AI. They included a link to an example interview, and link to "find more information [about being interviewed by an AI] here." and that link says, "This page couldn’t be found," when I click it. Gonna have to prank this AI interviewer […]

Easy self care I can start today. 1. Delete #chatgpt.

Why these graphs aren't getting the same attention as 2020 COVID is beyond me: https://health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-virus-surveillance/influenza.html 74 deaths from #flu since August 25. Get vaxxed, mask up.

We don't yet know much about what was going on with Claudio Neves Valente, the Brown and MIT gunman, and we may well never. But this tragic case reminds me how the pressures of academic life, often starting in grad school, can sometimes push people past a breaking point. We don't always do a […]

Who wants to tell them "you can't explain a black box"? "Workers with an aptitude for explaining how artificial intelligence tools function in simple terms are more likely to find success in the job market, according to an economist who focuses on the economic impact of AI." #economists #AI […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115737483111161917 I'll elaborate. I believe we're in an AI bubble. AI companies are pushing the overton window on AI discourse. They want the most extreme anti-AI sentiment to be "Sure, it's an overhyped technology right now but there will be reasonable […]

Howard Levitt spares employees the coal this season - tips on what to do if your #rto status is changed by your employer in 2026. https://financialpost.com/fp-work/how-avoid-becoming-next-return-office-casualty

Props to the Robin Hood Santa's that sent an overdue message about food prices and #Inflation in Montreal. https://financialpost.com/news/local-news/plateau-grocery-store-robbed-by-santa-claus-impersonators-masked-elves/wcm/e19edda8-0da3-4ac4-98f8-015f54039358

RE: https://mastodon.online/@pressprogress/115735989418763624 By my math we have 31 years of catch up to so. Will 2026 be 32 years? #HousingCrisis #canada

lmao, Meta is considering a change to charge for sharing links on Facebook. Under the change, page and professional mode profiles can only share 2 links per month, and you can share more links if you pay for Meta Verified […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/115731381418227758 I had to stop and doublecheck that this wasn't an @theonion article. So the path to Tech Bro runs through Westminster now, but only one Brit can be one at any given time. #AIHype

RE: https://flipboard.com/@bloomberg/bloomberg-television-7u2t9r7fz/-/a-Q_SSy6iYTKeoDBbkB_GkCA%3Aa%3A3195391-%2F0 Retracement (noun): when other suckers are left holding the bag while market makers laugh Synonyms: bear market, recession, correction, ponzi scheme #bitcoin #crypto

I wrote about the great Reuters investigation into rampant Chinese scams on Meta's platforms and the class-action case that has the company worried https://www.platformer.news/meta-scams-china-section-230/

How did Canada’s young people become its unhappiest generation? Spoiler: it's #housing Big reveal: guess which generation is the happiest? OK Boomer for the win! https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/article/how-did-canadas-young-people-become-its-unhappiest-generation/

The ads are really ramping up on #LinkedIn. Everyone either spending their budget before the end of the year or trying to hit their year end sales target. Grateful to be on #adfree #mastodon! #socialmedia

My intrepid 10 year old baked chocolate cookies drizzled with white chocolate for his grandma and mom today. He learned about chemistry, timing, coordination, and patience. #bakestodon #baking

“Incestuous transactions and #financialengineering within and between the big #AI firms artificially inflate revenues even further, pouring gasoline on an already-blazing market” www.thestar.com/business/opi...

Can I frame this and put it on my wall? #AI #slop #genai https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/09/ai-researchers-are-to-blame-for-serving-up-slop

No #chatgpt #genai

Snow Day!

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