How long before people learn that they can't rely on genAI to do anything important? apnews.com/article/aust...

It is way too warm for October! #weathernovascotia #climatechange #nsweather

"After the Marla story broke in February 1990, Trump was on the New York Post’s cover for eight straight days—unheard of at the time." www.politico.com/magazine/sto... Just imagine.

We’ll send New Brunswick the bill…assuming their fax machine still works.

Time to dust off the signs I guess

RIP Jane Goodall, who inspired so many people to appreciate, understand, and protect animals and the environments in which they live.

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable." All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

"Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved." "What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." Jane Goodall was the best of us.

Fingers crossed for a Red Sox/Yankee series is five 12 inning games. No blow outs. Only really close, really long games, with a lot of high leverage situations. #baseball #worldseries #worldseries2025 #BlueJaysBaseball #RedSox #yankees

Gives me the fucking creeps how these people are making fake women using AI and choose to give them extremely child-like faces. 🚩

Who do you guys want to see on Bubble Pop this week? I'll take it into account when I brainstorm :)

A Dartmouth woman stole $619,000 from the Halifax Police benefit fund; they’ve only recovered $55,000 of it reported by me

If this is the last dance for Bo Bichette in Toronto, the #BlueJays need to give him a shot at writing his own ending. The bye? It’s a start. Story: www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...

A lot of folks who made "free speech" their whole bit have made it exceptionally clear that the only speech they care about keeping "free" is their own and that of those who think exactly like them

Fundamentally, the reason I avoid Covid is because all - all - of the elements of my life that bring me joy and fulfillment rest on my cardiovascular fitness and / or my cognition. I'm not going to risk a virus wrecking that, as I've seen happen to way too many people I know.

Do any #NovaScotia #birders know where I can find wood ducks?

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service. Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

“Tesla is attempting to conceal the details of three separate accidents involving its Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, despite having only two months of service with a small fleet.” There are names for that kind of thing… electrek.co/2025/09/17/t...

If this passes, I will order 100 "Palestine Action" T-shirts and hand them out to whoever will wear them. I know they *say* they won't outlaw that, but that's absolutely where this is going.

Jimmy Kimmel has a LOT of powerful Hollywood friends and is very well liked in the industry. Here's a test for all of them. Will they stand up for Jimmy and finally speak out against Trump and MAGA's fascist march? Or will they both sides it? Lets see.

This is the sort of thing that should really alarm Canadians, given the bullshit rhetoric from Trump about fentanyl, etc. They could use this exact same rationalization to bomb a Nova Scotia lobster boat, and I wouldn't put it past them by a long shot.

whilst i am very in favour of events that excite and attract locals and visitors and their monies to my community, i will never not be befuddled by why we now have a stampede in truro, nova scotia.

Today's the day that The Shattering Peace, the new book in the Old Man's War universe, is out in North America (UK, you have two more days). I wrote it to be enjoyable to new readers as well as old hands to the series. I hope you'll pick it up at your favorite bookseller!

BREAKING: Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to unseat the Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook days ahead of a vote on interest rates.

Anyone know what’s happening at the Lord Nelson?

that said, here's how to turn autoplaying video off, since people will do it anyway bsky.app/profile/nora...

Just overheard a couple of boys (age 11 or 12) arguing over whether they were too old for trick or treating. First boy: I already have a costume and we ARE still kids! Second boy, exasperated: No! We are too old. Are you still going to be doing it when you’re ancient? Like when you’re 47?! 😂

FYI these 6 year old trees will stay put during Bruswick Street micromobility lane construction. The orange fencing is to protect them. Soil cells will be added under the path to help them grow and thrive. (SGR & Brunswick)

It's almost like me screaming about Diagolon for years had a point!

Carbon emissions from oil giants linked to deadly heatwaves "When (they're) triggering heatwaves that wouldn’t have happened otherwise, we’re talking about real people who died, real crops that failed, and real communities that suffered, all because of decisions made in corporate boardrooms.”

My @halifaxexaminer.ca Morning File today: A conversation with actor/director Wayne Burns, parents driving kids to school, Tennis Canada's cowardly decision, and more. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

Wealthsimple says personal client data accessed in security breach #Canada Data exposed may include contact details, government ID, account numbers, IP addresses, dates of birth and Social Insurance Numbers (SINs) www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

New Brunswick's largest hospital network resumes mandatory masking as respiratory illnesses rise www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:

Sarah Harmer did the very brave and important action of removing her music from a platform that does not align with her principles; something I would love to see more artists do. www.instagram.com/p/DN0YHgZYglC/

Here's the story on what happened at the town hall in Cole Harbour last night when #Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore ended the meeting early and left out a side door. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

Canada is a country that has been lead by adults for the last decade, the results are a robust, diversivied trade system that relies much less on the USA than the "leaders" down south like to think. #trade #CUSMA #CETA #CPTPP #tarrifs www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5UC...

You are not a failure just because you failed at something. Nobody should be defined by their lowest point, though everyone feels that way sometimes. Let your failures help define what you will strive for, who you want to be, not who you are.

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Nova Scotia Power doesn’t want the public to know the details about the theft of personal data of hundreds of thousands of its customers Morning File by me

For comparison we built 36km of bike lanes for $16 million, 60% of the planned network, with most of that paid for by the Feds and Province. cdn.halifax.ca/sites/defaul...

Some incredibly good news: One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print. In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast. In short, it’s working. So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

Hurricane Erin passes well south of Nova Scotia Friday. High cloud will reach southern areas, but no rain. Breezy winds possible along the Atlantic coast (40-70km/h), but strong winds remain offshore. High swells (3m) breaking along the Atlantic coast create dangerous surf and rip currents.

We need to move toward truly sustainable forestry practices that help keep diverse ecosystems intact - and large-scale biomass burning isn't going to get us there. 2/2

Thank you to everybody who is pre-ordering ANGEL MAKER! It's currently #1 in Steampunk ebooks at Kobo and was just #3 in Steampunk ebooks over at Amazon! Getting stuff on those lists really does help a lot with discoverability and sales, so THANK YOU.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre comes wants to make sure everyone knows he's a full blown transphobe, in case there was any doubt. He even included a shout out to JK Rowling. This hate should be disqualifying from any politician. "women's rights advocate" go fuck yourself

Annual reminder: People complaining about people who like pumpkin spice are considerably more annoying than people who just like pumpkin spice.