On the way back down. Sunrise this morning from Glastonbury Tor.

I got to Bruce's "In the early 1300s, Pope Boniface VIII..." paragraph and wondered again, how is this our lives now? "Unlike so many American and global elites, this Pope is taking the current historical moment very seriously and is choosing to be a powerful moral force in the world" #GiftLink 🎁

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One upside of the Liberals getting a majority they didn't earn is that all their MPs will 100% own everything Carney does from here on. No excuse of needing to meet the Conservative opposition part way or whatever. It'll be unfettered Carneyism and they will own all of it.

#OntEd #OnPoli

This is as close to hopeful as I get...

The problem isn’t that AI techbros think that chatbots are developing consciousness (they aren’t) Its that AI techbros understand almost nothing about consciousness. Their own or others - let alone the consciousness of living things generally.

"Other members have gone through personal lows & highs of their own, like losing spouses & being diagnosed with illnesses. The Harveys say the club has helped them through those times. “Over the years... we've all kind of gone through life together, both the joys & in the sufferings that is life"

Four major races shift in favor of Democrats as Senate looks more likely to swing in their favor

"And see, it is not so sad a place as one might think. Look, there is the sky, and here is the grass." Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener

Pope Leo aka "The TWAIL Pope" in Algeria today: "respecting the dignity of everyone and allowing yourselves to be moved by the pain of others ... is more urgent than ever in the face of continuous violations of international law and neocolonial tendencies."

I spent the whole of Friday working through student papers flagged as probably AI generated. Job more interesting? Some might think so. Job more rewarding? Hardly. Job more stressful and soul destroying? Absolutely.

“But three-quarters (74%) also say social media companies are having a net negative impact on society, while approximately three-in-10 users of both Facebook (28%) and Twitter (28%) say they dislike the experience of using each.” angusreid.org/the-state-of...

Canada's minister of AI, everyone. Not too worried about AI encouraging children to commit suicide. VERY worried when the banks tell him they are worried cybersecurity. #CdnPoli

Anyone else with Tidal finding it really glitchy the last few weeks?

Make sure you read the post below the photo. Grim

Yikes!! (Also, leave Dom's hair alone.)

There used to be a speed camera here.

Here's the story. #GiftLink 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

As a former comms gal - yep. And yuck. And oof.

According to a new study, RSV is associated with high rates of complications and death among older adults hospitalized with the condition, and older RSV patients may have worse health outcomes than older adults hospitalized for influenza. Read more: ow.ly/Cf9E50YIpwo

New CEOs with MBAs for school boards and Toronto's trustee spots are being almost cut in half. #OntEd #OnPoli

Among the many insane things that Trump has said over years, this is definitely at or near the top. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

A Ride To South Dalton. 11°C and no breeze. Starlings.

"If that happens, there will be fighting, and there will be a struggle, and we will defend ourselves," Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said. globalnews.ca/news/1179889...

Breaking from @policornerca.bsky.social: CityNews has cut ties with Queen’s Park reporter Tina Yazdani, while at least two of her stories about the Ford government have quietly vanished from the web without explanation. www.policorner.ca/p/scoop-the-... #topoli #onpoli

"Pope says he does not fear US president" is an interesting thing to see on the news ticker while catching a train.

“In my 37 years in the travel industry, I have never seen anything like what the Canadians have pulled off,” Amir Eylon, President and CEO of Longwoods International, told Forbes. The ripple effect is that CDN visitor spending has dropped $4.5B. This is the way.

My mom was a liberation theology Catholic. She was an active member of her church's Peace and Justice group, which provided sanctuary for undocumented migrants. She also went to Mass every day. Catholics are a very diverse flock!

Another month of jobs losses in Ontario But this time jobs in manufacturing and construction were only slightly down The jobs carnage shifted to workers in schools and stores open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...

It's a techno-optimist corporate play is service of the markets. "The AI ministry’s “what we heard” report after the 30-day consultation noted “environmental sustainability is a major concern for many, with calls for strategies to mitigate energy consumption & water usage in data centres” #CdnPoli

Happy that we can now say “we need to Orban Trump.”

Anyone know a Quebec-based Canadian civil litigation lawyer I can talk to?

"Former senior Liberal cabinet ministers say they have “deep concern” about the federal government’s decision not to pass legislation aiming to close what they consider a regulatory gap in arms exports." #CdnPoli

“AI for all” is an empty marketing phrase that serious, informed leaders would never, ever utter (And “more rewarding”? Don’t insult my intelligence). It tells us that the person saying it — in this case, Mark Carney — is either ignorant, a sucker, or simply dishonest. bsky.app/profile/saro...

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No word of a lie here. This article gets at the reason why I have nothing but contempt for Mark Carney’s AI strategy. His government’s AI policy wishes away the real, existential, long-term damage generative AI (and algorithmic decision making) is causing. It’s a con job.

Hitler and Mussolini never did this with the Pope of their day? Their personality disorders didn't come with the disinhibition that frontotemporal lobe dementia does. (I don't know the reason for Trump's rapid decompensation but behavioural variant FTD could very well be a candidate.)

“Too many people are suffering today, too many innocent people have been killed, and I believe someone must stand up and say that there is a better way,” he said."

“Pope Leo is not his rival; nor is the Pope a politician. He is the Vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls.” I'm not personably Christian but this is incredible content.

Good night all y’all! #Sunset #VT #SkyLove #CloudLove #ColorADay #OrangeSun

Pope Leo is WEAK on crime? If it's the end of the world, this is far stupider than any of us could have imagined.

For all his authoritarian tendencies, in the end Orban did the right thing: he conceded the election, did not make phony accusations of fraud, and called his opponent to congratulate him. That's the lesson American conservatives should take from Viktor Orban.

In Nickelback's hometown. "Hanna RCMP say an officer immediately set out to de-escalate the situation, which officers believe may have been related to a stack of firewood in the entrance that the confused intruder may or may not have had its eyes on to use as potential dam-building material."

PMJT chimes in on Orbán's loss and what it means for democracy in Hungary and around the world 👇 Very curious if any Conservatives have anything to say about it. Harper was very close with Orbán. If they remain silent on his loss, we'll know why: they wished it wasn't so.

What a deeply fascinating human being. "War “was sort of her vibration,” Lawless said, adding: “She was calmest in the chaos. She was a bloody ferocious character.”

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

"What are the implications if the administration of the world’s most powerful country is chaotic in its thinking, unpredictable in its actions & not reliably in touch with reality?...America & its allies have dealt with a lot of presidential imperfections & failings, but there is no precedent..." 🎁

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.