Been excited about this one since I saw the submission come in. So pleased the #ndctoronto program committee accepted it. @darcylussier.bsky.social bring it!

“The crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous Peoples affects not only families who have lost a loved one, but entire communities who feel the deep pain of lives cut short.” Story by @jbstaniforth.bsky.social www.aptnnews.ca/featured/ind...

Re-upping this because it is so important to fight residential school denialism which is a form of racism.

That's a wrap for #ndctoronto Thank you so much everyone for coming and for the kind reception for my closing keynote. @ndcconferences.com sure know how to run a show! See you all next year I hope!

A new governor general has been named this week, as Mary Simon’s time as the first Indigenous governor general ends. Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair shares his thoughts on her legacy. Watch the full conversation on Truth & Politics: youtu.be/5JgdR6prZtw

Before a new Governor General of Canada steps in on June 8th, Dennis Ward has a final one-on-one interview with the current Governor General, Mary Simon. Simon is the first Indigenous person to hold the title and was in the role for nearly five years.

It was wonderful to have you, sir! Glad you enjoyed and please come again!!!

A new scholarship in Nunavut has started accepting applicants to support students in numerous fields of studies. The scholarship is dedicated to Danielle Moore, a young educator who died in 2019 and brought coding education to Iqaluit.

Speaking is HARD work. My talk was 4:20 to 5:20. Can you see it on the graph? After that I walked (pulling a heavy suitcase and with a heavy backpack) to the train. Then I could relax on the train.

First Nations children can’t wait for Canada and the law says they don’t have to. Feds ignores the First Nations led and rights based Loving Justice plan to end Canada’s discrimination while promoting its plan where Canada holds control while First Nations implement it.

[theory of computational functions] If I wrote a book with this title, its table of contents would be: a) single variable functions (svf) b) svf identity c) svf compose d) multivariable functions (mvf) e) higher order functions f) apply as specialized mvf g) curry as specialized mvf 1/3

I'm back in Edmonton. Will report further tomorrow. Good night!

I'm at the airport. Made it through security and found my gate. It was way on the far side. Now I wait for an hour. I left the conference early (missing the end of the closing keynote). I probably could've stayed to the end, but I didn't want to risk it. 1/3

ALiSe is at CppNorth to remind you to donate to ALS research if you have the means, in memory of our friend Rainer Grimm from the C++ Community. www.modernescpp.com/index.php/ca...

Also, my flight departs right before sunset, and I'll arrive right before sunset, so it'll be just over 4 hours of perpetual sunset for me tonight, haha. Time zones + going further north.

Why is my flight from Edmonton to Toronto shorter than Toronto to Edmonton? If the sun travels from east to west, doesn't that mean the earth is rotating from west to east? Flying Edmonton to Toronto is also west to east. Is it because Edmonton is further north than Toronto? What am I missing?

At NDC Toronto. They had their after party. It was fun. Stayed up as late as I could so I don't mess up sleeping routine too much, but it's 10:37pm here and it's 8:37pm in Edmonton which is an odd time for me to go to bed. One more day then I leave right away to catch my flight. Night night.

At NDC Toronto. Finished my talk, so I get to enjoy the rest. As for mine, it went as well as it could. Not perfect, but I gave my best, and even though I have room to grow, I never have regrets when I've given my all. Happy and grateful to be here.

Well, my talk is in 40 minutes. I ran through it one last time. I hope it's enough, and I also hope my voice doesn't give out. I whispered it to myself, ahah. I'm happy to give the talk, I'm equally happy to finish it so I can relax for the rest of the conference.

This talk was so much fun, thank you to Kate and everyone who has made this awesome conference series possible!

Saskatoon fire department responds to “staggering” increase in overdoses, coinciding with closure of Prairie Harm Reduction supervised consumption site www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Two days in a row now I'm going on 3 hours of sleep. I'm pretty tired and out of it. I'm definitely over-caffeinated as well. Funnily enough, the stresses that come with being a rookie conference speaker are still less than the stresses of being unemployed. It's nice to take a mental break.

I'm at NDC Toronto. Today's events are done, but I went and checked out the room I'll be presenting in tomorrow. I was worried it was gonna be a bigger room, but in fact it's a smaller one. Happy about that.

I'm at NDC Toronto. I saw Scott Hanselman on the elevator. We've never been introduced, he doesn't know me, has no reason to, but I remember him from CppNorth last year. Long story short: I may have unintentionally given him some bad directions, ahah. (sorry if so)

A bunch of people are following me all of a sudden. What starter pack am I on?

Well, I've arrived. It's nice to see you again Toronto. For two days anyway. I'm exhausted, will try to sleep, but it's only 5:46pm Edmonton time, so we'll see.

At the airport. YEG is an international airport, but it's still quite small. It's nice because it took about 15 minutes to check-in and go through security. They have live music today. It's relaxing and good. See you soon YYZ!

I was hoping for a full sleep today, because it'll be a long day of travel. Instead I only got 3 hours, and I'm not the type who can sleep on the plane. 1/2

Today is Red Dress day, a time for us to reflect on the fact that: -3 in 4 Indigenous women experience violence in their life, and that although we make up 2% of the population -40% of trafficking victims are Indigenous women. -murder is the 3rd leading cause of death for Native ♀️ #MMIW #MMIWG

Thank you Mary Simon for representing Inuit in a good way during your time in office.

I leave for Toronto tomorrow. The weather is expected to be daily highs of ~11C. Edmonton is expected to be ~19C, so I'm going from hotter to colder, which is fine by me, haha.

Actual “AI” literacy would involve explaining why it's not and never will be a reliable source of information nor will it ever be a replacement for research or creativity.

Why am I so virulently anti-AI? Because, as a parent, this is actual shit I have to deal with in real life and it makes me want to light everything on fire.

A First Nation in northern Yukon is raising the alarm over an upcoming oil and gas leasing sale of a vital caribou habitat in northeast Alaska.

May 5 is Red Dress Day, the national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair shares his thoughts on the upcoming day as the crisis of MMIWG continues. Watch more on Truth & Politics: youtu.be/T9fg2qUm3Y4

I also posted this on linkedin and it seems to have garnered a bit of interest there. I don't really understand why to be honest, but it makes me a bit less worried about my upcoming talk. I was concerned that it's too simple and the examples are too obvious, but I guess not? Here's to hoping!

New blog post: "A Love Letter to Flashcards." lesleylai.info/en/flashcards/

My preferred AI metaphor is actually Asbestos. - Seemingly magical properties - Developed and experimented with to make endless products - Poisoned countless communities in it's creation - Everything it was used for eventually becomes a toxic hazard to mitigate & it's in the fucking walls now

Wow, they actually *retracted* this so-called meta-analysis about ChatGPT effects on learning performance, though it got massive metrics and social media attention before that. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hadn't heard about this #TB outbreak in Prince Albert until someone mentioned it this evening. " #Tuberculosis found in Prince Albert homeless shelter - Half of 22 cases diagnosed in area in past 14 months linked to site, Saskatchewan's health ministry says" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A code example for my upcoming NDC Toronto talk. In past talks I've given a theoretical definition for continuation passing function composition, but for a change I've implemented and generalized it in proper C++20. (it's symbolic only, I have not tested its performance) godbolt.org/z/cszh6c9qT

"the invasive insect still poses a serious threat to vineyards, fruit trees and hardwoods because it feeds on plant sap and can kill grapevines." www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Wondering if anyone here knows these female chemists. www.reddit.com/r/FoundPhoto...

Name your top 15 TV shows, gut instincts only. Fawlty Towers Hill Street Blues Yes Minister WKRP St. Elsewhere Monty Python’s Flying Circus (OG UK) House of Cards Extraordinary Attorney Woo Deep Space 9 Pride and Prejudice (1995) Ted Lasso The Orville Schitt’s Creek The Sopranos Derry Girls

Picture of the day today comes from Alex Goatcher near Lonesome Butte, Saskatchewan. Know WHO's not lonesome? This Great Horned Owl mom who is spending some quality time with her chicks! Beautiful picture Alex.

Locutus assimilation tip: Follow Justin Bieber. When the cubes arrive, Bieber will be anointed Queen.

Incredible headlines to read side-by-side on the same day.

Had my local job interview. How did it go? Mixed results. The manager didn't ask any seriously difficult questions, and the interview was 5-10 minutes long. He asked if I could work in Sherwood Park. I'm not against it, but I told him I don't have a vehicle, so I would need to know there's 1/8

I have to leave in 30 minutes for a local job interview. I haven't done a proper interview in probably like a decade. I'm thinking of questions they might ask, in particular "tell me about a problem you had with a customer or coworker and how you fixed it." A decade ago I could give a good 1/7