Closely related to the issue of "tech literacy" being an unclear measure that typically prioritizes instrumental knowledge over contextual knowledge

One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?

While I support the plan for free swimming lessons, I thought the biggest issue was lack of instructors/lifeguards. I'm not sure how free swimming lessons solves that. What about free lifeguard training?

Hoping for rain on Friday so I can swim in an empty Second Beach pool.

Soft launch of my run coaching service resiliencerunco.ca

Repost with the Russian agent that spies on your posts.

I need to do better alt text. I tend to stop at describing what the source photo is, and I don’t describe what’s in the photo.

Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap

Reminding myself that my sketchbook is for me only. But also reminding myself that improving my sketching and painting takes focus and effort.

Are we thinking the anti-vaxxers are going to have hantavirus parties?

I have nearly unlimited (and often early) access to all the AI, and my #1 productivity unlock of the past year has been to revert to taking handwritten notes. I even re-learned cursive to make it faster.

I expect we will eventually learn that the decision to not send the women’s pursuit cycling team to the Olympics was made by AI.

Surely there’s a better use for a piece of land within +/-400m of a skytrain station.

this looks like an extra tough captcha test

Spent my morning commute thinking about people who buy fake luxury products…and wondering why. Nobody believes you bought an $1,800 tote bag. Why not just buy a nicely designed bag that you can afford?

Okay, but what if like all the Conservative Party MPs and a good chunk of the membership decided to start a new party.

Signs of my running progress: I can now sprint for the bus in plain shoes and it doesn’t feel like my tibia is going to snap in half.

Definitely a thing you do when you have a healthy relationship to alcohol.

Long form census asking what an architect does. Good question…we herd cats and babysit adults.

3 steps forward, 2 steps back. Moving forward in the most inefficient and tiring way.

When your partner encourages you to sign up for half marathon because he says you can handle it and so you but then you’re sick for 3 weeks and then you’re not so sure it’s a great idea.

@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social I mean there’s one thing they always say in construction, “projects will cost less in the future.” I guess cost escalation just doesn’t exist in BC.

I love this.

if you learn the shape of this black deposit of soil (it cuts through Mississippi & Georgia too) you will begin to see it on literally any map that tracks disparate outcomes.

Dear One City candidates, Stop calling me. Especially don’t call me during work hours. But also don’t call me. I only answer the phone for deliveries and my mother.

Defund the police.

What did you eat for breakfast to fuel yourself [to go sub-2]? vs. Which and how many gels did you take on the course?

Appreciate this detail from CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. It's an important part of the story that seems to be missing from a lot of comments & coverage.

Vancouver’s The Umbrella Shop

I blame this nonsense on New Math.

I’m in the phase of my cold where I sound terrible but feel okay.

Pay the entrance fee to our carnival so you can come in and see our monkeys and clowns. (US trade negotiations, apparently.)

Spent the weekend with *very fit* people in Boston, then came home and went all in on the running indoctrination.

This childish maneuver with Pierre Poilievre questioning Carney’s education…what’s next? Is PP going to challenge MC to a fight behind the bleachers? It’s really…something. Can you imagine PP as PM?

Dorsey is an idiot. Did the AI come up with this idea?

“Get your boss to pay for you to go to this spa.” - the perks of working on a pool…visiting a spa is considered research.

Is this the worst case of a man not having interests outside of work, or is his pension not covering his costs anymore?

How many books is too many to be reading at the same time?

I usually don’t read the screed, but this time I took a risk. Nice leader you got there.

Signing up for Strava challenges after I’ve completed the goal.

Radio interviewee: it’s harder than ever to talk to each other. Me: I had 15min conversation with a complete stranger about Iran, the supply chain, and online vs in-person shopping at the pool yesterday. Maybe we should build more pools.

When we visited Tallinn we happened to wander by a storage yard for removed Soviet statues, giant Lenin heads and such. I imagine that one day the US will have such a place and this thing will live there.

The only thing Trump is consistent about is “why pay, when you can just not pay?”

I don’t think the TACO taunt is particularly helpful. Oh, did you want him to follow through on genocide?

I forgot the best part of my salad at home. Upside: later I get to eat burrata without tainting it with salad.

That’s not a fucking loofah. For fuck’s sake! Don’t they have fact-checkers at the New York Times? A loofah (luffa) is a plant - not plastic.

I'm in this picture! And so are you!

Somebody remix this. “We can’t take care of daycare 🎶” Catchy!

After 4 months of journaling my runs, I’ve decided to start journaling my swims too.

What if we did our resolutions on April 1st instead of January 1st?