Ok so surely this isn't an original thought, but what are the odds that the Catholic Church's slow walking of reforming doctrinal stances on homosexuality are because many in the clergy who are themselves gay deprioritize it AT LEAST in part because they think it would be too self-serving?

I bet not gutting the NSF and NIH would be salutary for idea generation. Making college free. Massive arts grants. Libraries open until 10pm. Public transit. Socialized health care and housing. Then we'd be cooking. Weird to have such a narrow view of the contributing factors to innovation.

Last night there was one fledgling starling on our balcony. Today there are two. And I gotta say-- I relate to this one's mood.

you mess with the bull you get the horns. you mess with the goat you get the woodwinds. the horse has the string section and the rabbit is on percussion

This meeting could have been an all-expenses-paid trip to a Caribbean island.

Ah yes, the real highlight of Web Summit Vancouver is the events happening around it! E.G. this one. Excited to go check out @z-space.ca again and see if this year I can rally the wherewithal to get involved in more atproto stuff, for work or otherwise

Further proof that going on offense against the Trump administration's censorial bullying works. Take these clowns to court -- they lose regularly!

We’ve been told our content needs to be more informative so here you go

Man, aside from the weird knock on effects that would probably come with it, I don't think I could handle being so famous that I couldn't ride public transit. TransLink has really spoiled me

people are bagging on this but "there has been an Incident and no further action is required from you" is specifically one of the times you're allowed to take a wine bottle to the face

On a lark I decided to poke through these results. www.google.com/search?q=sit... And, you know, it's a real adventure.

Contrary to common narratives suggesting book challenges come from concerned parents, our data shows otherwise. ~92% of challenges to titles in 2025 came from pressure groups and gov't decision makers. 2.7% of challenges came from individual parents. We dig into the data: https://bit.ly/4cmgFWQ

4/ Want to know just how bad it gets? OpenMedia's "Hall of Shame" catalogues real-world examples of parties mishandling Canadians' data. This isn't theoretical. It's happening. Right now. And it is getting WORSE! 📂 openmedia.org/article/item/canadas-political-party-privacy-hall-of-shame

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Thinking about 2022/2023 when panic arose about *the idea* of students using ChatGPT to write their papers like it was the end of education. As someone who reviews submissions to OER Commons, I promise that poorly edited AI-generated OER is just as bad & deserves more attention than it gets.

I wanna be average, do less I'll let others do more To catch Z's and get some rest Maybe a nap and and then nap more OKAY DAD, gotta nap some more!

Dad pun of the year so far, imo

🫩 Signed, "it's the kid's 4th birthday party today" dad www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/o...

You've heard of a man cave, and a she shed, but allow me to propose if you will, the their there!

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AHHHH SH*T I didn't realize they were going to disconnect the drogues but phew okay, great

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Last year's events at @z-space.ca that coincided with web summit were awesome -- any chance of more this year? cc @bmann.ca

Weird how mayors can actually do things that make a city better

Yoooo, my #p4a2026 art arrived! Wahoo! I'm gonna hang THE FUCK out of these things. I also got my P4A tea towel which is the cleanest that it will ever be. Also very nice!

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NASA is not what is preventing the US from fighting poverty and homelessness. it's that the US government is fundamentally uninterested in fighting poverty and homelessness and *that* is what needs to change

It's Good Friday, which in Canada means it's a holiday, which in turn means the Kid and I are home because daycare is closed. So, to answer your question, yes. I am writing this from the bathroom, my temporary oasis, because that's the reality of parenting.

📣 New! @cariatida.bsky.social, @aihathing.bsky.social & Sanjay Pinto argue for understanding the sprint to create the "AI-first economy" not as the logical march of progress, but as a series of deliberate economic decisions that risk harming workers in ways old & new. datasociety.net/library/last...

If you’re using AI to write books, understand that’s not going to somehow get you respect or money like real writers who aren’t using AI to write books because we don’t get respect or money either.

Huh, turns out I must be a librarian because I'm creating a taxonomy for fun on a Sunday morning. (works of public art if you were curious) anyway have some art from when I was in Berlin in 2014

Important update: I enjoyed Project Hail Mary

Seven-word death punch

Clouds be clouding! I'm pretty sure this isn't what they mean by atmospheric river, but it sure is interesting to me that this one strip of clouds just keeps going in the distance. Anyways, happy Sunday!.

I just finished "To Each This World" by @julieczerneda.bsky.social and GUH that's the kind of story I needed. No spoilers, but if you want a good SciFi space romp that balances bleak with hope, this one's for you.

I have a librarian joke, if you can just tell me what my email password is

Ok hear me out: Parallel universes, but the first scientist to go from one to another ends up in one exactly the same as the one she came from, having swapped with her AU counterpart at exactly the same time.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! One weird thing about being an American who moved to Canada is the difficulty in finding corned beef for the traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner my family would do growing up. It's possible (shout out to Beefway near Kingsway and 33rd) but hard.

Not to brag but tonight we ate leftovers instead of some of the yummy new food we bought today on a grocery run.

We interviewed BCIT instructors about their experiences with Zero Textbook Cost. Theresa Lalonde, from School of Business and Media: "Learning should be open and equitable for all." youtube.com/shorts/C-nFh...

Yes, that’s the issue. I’ve been trying to find a way to articulate this: to the extent that LLMs serve a purpose in education, it’s an indictment of the education system, not a praiseworthy feature of LLMs.

OK so, I don't know why I feel compelled to say this but I'm to the point where statements in the vein of "LLMs are just plagiarism machines" don't really land as helpful/accurate, exactly. Is this the cloud I'm yelling at? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I just feel like there are better/more accurate ways.

I've been watching 'For All Mankind,' and as someone who's never been to space, I feel completely qualified saying that it's completely scientifically accurate.

Excuse me as I shout into the void for a moment: The Small Man in the Pentagon and the Small Man in the White House are wretches in their nonchalance about killing people, and how resigned he is that American servicemembers have died and will continue to do so under his hand.

ALA denounces federal book banning bill 📚 www.ala.org/news/2026/02...