Currently reading The Whale and the Reactor by Langdon Winner. Written in 1986, prescient look at how technology shapes society. Timely in the age of AI. #booksky

Dissolution by @bingewriting.bsky.social is a sci-fi thriller (with a touch of horror) that is full of both big ideas and big heart. Once I got into it, couldn't put it down. #booksky

Worth a read (gift article). Then put your phone down and pick up a book! /via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...

A must-read from @parkermolloy.com, maybe even more so for those of us working in tech. Also I've now deleted ChatGPT from my phone.

A stark summary of the state of things in the US, from a clear-eyed observer Andrew Coyne via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/215adb6...

Interesting take from Cal Newport: "I think it’s safe, at least for now, to turn your attention away from the tech titans’ increasingly hyperbolic claims and focus instead on things that matter more in your life" calnewport.com/what-if-ai-d...

This is an amazing story from @dougsaunders.bsky.social . Worth your time to read. (And subscribe to a quality paper like @theglobeandmail.com and support journalism like this.)

Books

I've never really listened to Ozzy or Black Sabbath and I know basically nothing about him (beyond the bat and the TV show), but this strikes me as one of the best pieces I've ever read about music. pitchfork.com/features/ozz...

On the triple contradiction of Trumponimics. He wants three things: Lower rates, reshoring of manufacturing, and a smaller working-age population. If he gets any one, the other two become implausible. If he seriously tries for two, the world economy crashes www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e33036f...

Also quite pleased with the Blue Jays this afternoon so far #BlueJays #MLB

A bit obsessed with these stories by Lucia Berlin. So much here. #booksky #books

Nice summary from @dougsaunders.bsky.social via @theglobeandmail.com on the cliff that Trump is driving to. #econsky www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/215adb6...

Insightful piece from Andrew Coyne via @theglobeandmail.com We need immigration now more than ever. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/215adb6...

Really interesting analysis from @axios.com behind the headline jobs numbers in US. #econsky www.axios.com/2025/07/06/u...

• Canada has borne the brunt of the damage from US tariffs so far, with its long-run economy -1.9% smaller in real terms. China’s economy is -0.2% smaller, about 2/3 as large as the hit to the US. The UK’s is 0.2% bigger thanks in part to the benefits of US-UK trade deal. 8/10

You think something can't be *that* bad. But then you realize, it really is. Disastrous implications across multiple dimensions: social, environmental, economic. @steverattner.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

average change in annual income for americans once the big beautiful bill passes (imminently)

@robynurback.bsky.social sums it up perfectly via @theglobeandmail.com #ElbowsUp www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

If you've never read Jess Walter you really should. #booksky

This needs to end

Another winner from the always reliable @bitterlem0n.bsky.social. Second in the series by Joachim B Schmidt (tr. Jamie Lee Searle). A mystery that is full or charm and heart. #books @booksky.club

Credit to my bro @andrewwahl.bsky.social for getting me back into the habit of donating blood!

Seems bad. "On one test, the hallucination rates of newer A.I. systems were as high as 79 percent." #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...

What a magnificent book @doubledaybooks.bsky.social #books #reading

This one blew me away.... Full of rage, thrilling and devastating @pantheonbooks.bsky.social #books #reading

Volunteering brings so much joy and meaning to my life. And one of the reasons is meeting and working alongside inspiring people like Tara. Get involved in your community. Help a neighbor. Do the good in front of you. #NVW2025 #volunteer

REPORT: Meeting you didn't pay attention in could've been an email you didn't read

The temperature that is a bit too cold to ride/walk/run/patio in November is just warm enough in April.

Inspired by the movie A Complete Unknown, going back and listening to every Dylan album in chrono order. Then will backtrack to the bootlegs. So far my hot take: Dylan, man, he wrote some good songs.

Look I'm not a cat person. But a colleague of mine is and asked me to take some pics of the cats roaming around Greece. Here you go. #cats

"The Waterloo Region chapter of Shelter Movers has been helping individuals and families move their belongings from homes where they have been facing intimate partner violence for the past five years." www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

Done! Super easy and quick! Good seeing so many people at the early polls this morning :) #Canada #Elxn45 #Vote

What did a former PM say? "Watch me" #CanadaStrong #CanPoli

Anyone still breathing a sigh of relief at a Trump tweet or policy reversal or announcement at this point would have to have the brain of a goldfish.

Carney statements are being heard around the world. A once-in-a-lifetime shift taking place.

Worth a read from @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev Also good to know if you're living *next to* a dictatorship. #canpoli #uspoli open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...

Wow. Seems clear that CPC has hit its ceiling of support, real story is the collapse of NDP (and BQ for that matter). #cdnpoli

Huh I wonder why countries are updating their travel advisories.

Everything else aside, these stupid, careless dudes are deciding who to bomb...

Gently suggesting to America that maybe while the entire world is laughing at them, they have Fox News just run old movies or something.

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Dystopian grossness

Anxious, sad, angry about state of the world? One the best actions I can recommend is to volunteer. Get out in your community and do the good that's in front of you. #volunteer #canada

'Enhanced vetting'. Of legal immigrants and tourists. #cdnpoli www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...

Very much worth a read. The faster we recognize reality the better we'll be able to deal with it. (I'm not there yet). #cdnpoli

Canada’s turn

Ouch. But also - I've thought for a while now that Tesla will be the BlackBerry of EVs in the sense that they innovated, created a market, and will be displaced by other more players. Elon just accelerating that.

Hello @regionwaterloo.bsky.social

This should be the end of every discretionary trip to the States by Canadians & every other national.