An absolute stunner of a piece by Ted Chiang in The Atlantic. This should (but probably won’t) be the final word on the subject. #AI 🤖 www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

Evan Solomon as Minister of AI is just a masterstroke of casting.

The more I'm told that I just have to accept and even "believe in" the overturning or renewal of the world through AI, the more belligerent I feel in response. If it's so promising, demonstrate that promise to me. Show me how the world will be better, more just, more humane, and sustainable.

This story deserves much more prominence. Alberta's oilsands corporations were never serious about carbon capture. Alberta’s crown jewel of carbon capture quietly reduces its targets — by 77%: thenarwhal.ca/oilsands-pat...

So we can’t implement real climate change policies because the public isn’t there yet, but we can ram AI policies down the public’s throat even though they hate it? Cool, cool.

Shocking I know. Elbows up (sometimes), burn everything else down.

This is how someone like David Parker will become Premier/Governor.

So goes about 95% of the services promised by this government, key message dutifully repeated for public consumption, then on to the next misrepresentation. Good on the CBC for following up!

The range of political debate in Canada

Throwback to when a TV station in Iceland accidentally aired an episode of Teletubbies with subtitles from the Sopranos 👌🏼

Trump is clearly a deeply happy man who knows the true meaning of contentment.

Sadistic Mika Band (album known as Kurofune in Japan). This is one of the best fluke $2 record purchases I’ve ever made. Infused with glam rock. Players are virtuosic (Masayoshi Takanaka!) and funky as hell. The whole album is killer but check out Time Machine youtu.be/j1A-NMEoDAI?...

Clinton Ellison, survivor of Portapique mass shooting, dies by suicide. He suffered from severe PTSD and trauma after witnessing tragic events of April 18-19, 2020. It's a reminder gun violence leaves a long trail, by Frances Willick www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca

Question for #ableg watchers: Assuming a) UCP gerrymander Alberta into oblivion and b) separatists lose the fall referendum… What’s stopping them from simply taking over the party and installing David Parker or Mitch Sylvestre as Premier?

Carney to replace Steven Guilbeault’s seat with burning tailings pond

Puts Harper to shame.

Oh no, this is going to seriously impact my current AI budget of (Checks notes) Absolutely fucking zero www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

It’s so utterly refreshing to see a leader on a national stage calling out Danielle Smith’s bullshit in real time. Her whole schtick relies on her evading responsibility. It really is substantially different from our PM, who is overly reliant on sophistry, bribery and conflict avoidance.

Can Wab Kinew be our premier?

I never get yelled at but amen on avoiding the phrenologists.

Shannon Proudfoot has the best analogy for the disingenuous position of Danielle Smith www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

I think we all know the answer to this one. She’ll claim victory no matter what and stay in power as long as she possibly can.

Satire though probably accurate.

The difference between Trump and Carney. One is immoral, the other is amoral.

Great thread! Danielle Smith faces a devil’s choice: oil and gas c-suite or redneck Main Street. The lobbyist runs deep in her blood, but from her pre-floor crossing days, she knows how quickly the deranged uncles can turn on you.

We’re on the highway to hell open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...

I don’t know if the oil sands giants were ever really serious about carbon capture, but they’re certainly not now, and anyone claiming otherwise is ignoring near-daily reminders.

They totally can and will.

We’re building a pipeline.

Harper also talked about the need for climate policy until it was clear that Obama wasn’t going to implement carbon pricing. Carney is essentially Harper 2.0, it’s just that the Overton window has shifted so far people mistake him for a centrist.

Hey, luckily we’ve doubled down on fossil fuel extraction and ended environmental protection to pander to far right separatists in AB.

How much you want to bet that there’s no carbon capture, easing of industrial carbon tax, and WE’LL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT (via the sovereign fund) because industry sure as hell won’t.

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I’m FB friends with a rural AB fraud victim from years ago (I reported on her case), and she threw hers in the garbage because it’s “none of carney and his misfits business.”

Ex-leader of Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

The Nazi salute gave it away. Elon knew full well that this would be the outcome.

So if the separatists have the voters list… and they’ve probably supplied this to the Trump Administration…. And Smith’s office is on board… How long until were the 51st state?

An absolutely terrible movie and an entirely justified take. I would have felt the same way, but then I watched Star Wars Rebels with one of my kids. No expectations, not much narrative freight. Enjoyed it! Still pessimistic about the world however.

Imagine giving David Parker an army. Good thing or bad thing?

Ungoverning is a nice description. I wouldn’t be shocked if Parker, à la Trump cabinet, is eventually put in charge of a public body.

Facing the sheer awfulness of our current premier, many look fondly on the days of her predecessor, who was equally vindictive, vengeful and reckless. The biggest difference between Smith is that she’s a sociopath with the gift of gab, whereas Kenney is a dweeb with a well-thumbed thesaurus.

She’ll probably just put Micky Amery in charge of Elections Alberta, Mike Ellis in charge of the investigation.

Parker should be thrown in jail, but knowing Smith, he’ll probably get appointed Alberta ambassador to Canada.

This assumes that we’re still going to have future elections in Alberta.

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Record collecting tip: if you ever see a bargain bin record with the word “funk” in the title, buy it. Even if it’s some dude from Winnipeg.

I guess we know what the UCP and Sask Party will be up to next: Banning justice for Big Oil destroyers. youtube.com/shorts/9E2Bq... #skpoli #abpoli

Well now that Danielle’s going to be Premier for life, I guess we’ll see if all of the “trying to appease the base” stuff is real.

Standing room only on the train, but this guy’s saved a space for his Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.