Wellness tip here. If you suffer from any of these symptoms, you may be a Non-Player Character. Don't be the last to know. youtu.be/97EyFojXhtk?...

I know there a few other things going on so I'm flagging that Season 12 of League of Pigs is now available. www.youtube.com/c/LeagueofPigs

Happy new year to all the scam bots who have started following me. As a cyber lawyer I am delighted to see your methods remain half-assed and easily detectable. Welcome!

I weigh in on the prospects for digital ID in Canada, and share my incredible hot dog-fried rice recipe, in the @cba-news.bsky.social's National magazine. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

Just had the weird experience of clicking on an IAPP program that looked good and realizing I'm already scheduled to be there. Because I'm one of the speakers.

This is to announce that, due to recent developments, I will NOT be performing at the Kennedy Center. Thank you for your attention in this matter.

Copilot is patronizing my orange cat.

Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein. Epstein Epstein. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Time again to share my favourite holiday-themed essay. Buy your mum a kettle. www.theguardian.com/media/tvandr...

May your new year be full of surprises. youtu.be/pfu1aXB1eGA?...

"At this point, the DOJ is struggling to secure grand jury indictments, which is a little like struggling to lift a feather over your head": Rule Of Law’ Administration Keeps Losing Cases Because It Has No Respect For The Rule Of Law www.techdirt.com/2025/12/31/r...

"The Canadian computer scientist also expressed concern that AI models – the technology that underpins tools like chatbots – were showing signs of self-preservation, such as trying to disable oversight systems." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Legal malpractice insurers are excluding AI-related losses while law schools compete to integrate the tech into curricula. What could go wrong?

"“It should scare the crap out of anyone with half a brain cell,” a scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency says, “that our government is crippled. Our science is crippled.”: " When it comes to Trump's brain drain, “the damage is already done” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Half the men in this coffee shop are wearing runners, shorts and parkas. Must be back in the hometown...

A regulator served notice on my client. At their home. On Saturday. Right before Xmas. Time to PUT ON MY FIGHTING TROUSERS. youtu.be/0iRTB-FTMdk?...

Late to the party on this but I finally found a diss track worth listening to. youtu.be/0iRTB-FTMdk?...

Stanford computer science graduates are discovering their degrees no longer guarantee jobs as AI coding tools now outpace entry-level programmers

Today in LinkedIn scams:

Happy Statute of Westminster Anniversary to all who Westminster.

She's either rewiring my speakers, searching for munitions, or both.

"Helping"

Me: "Despite warnings from the tech and policy communities, Canada still lacks a national retraining strategy for the massive disruption AI is about to cause. That disruption won’t be confined to the blue collar sector..." www.innovatingcanada.ca/technology/f...

Trying to get RBC to honour my mother's POA so we can pay her bills is turning into a month-long Steven Toast vs Clem Fandango bit.

Well, credit where it's due to the MAG. 20 years ago it could take an hour or so to file something in the Superior Court in Toronto. Now, it takes a mere 13 days (and 5 hours).

Thanks to the Canadian Bar Association's Alberta Privacy Section and my excellent former colleague Arielle Sie-Mah for the chance to present today on data breach incident management. And thanks to section members for showing up with great questions!

If you haven't tried out the @cba-news.bsky.social Canadian Bar Association's AI Academy (designed by @colinlachance.bsky.social ), you should. Working through the coding section, I just created a record cataloguing app from scratch.

Happy Friday from the Tiggy Monster.

Oh, sh_t. "Kohler's Smart Toilet Camera Not Actually End-to-End Encrypted" www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...

Thanks to the organizers of eDiscovery Convergence 2025, my illustrious co-panelists Justice Peter Lauwers and Prof. Maura R. Grossman, and our terrific moderator Chris Walker for the chance to discuss the future of generative AI in courts and in the discovery process. Big things ahead in this area.

Tonight The Quarantine Players read Sophocles' Philoctetes, in which the protagonist complains more about an injury than an Italian soccer player.

This regime will cut off its own head to spite its face. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

Great work, everyone.

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends.

This is ridiculous given the dearth of historical data for comparison.

Thanks to Gemini I have reached my goal of becoming a choking hazard.

Right. Sunday morning motivation music. This'll do. open.spotify.com/track/4KLdGU...

This is Tig, aka Tig Cataro, aka Tiggy Monster. Her favourite flex is to scream "COME AT ME BRO" (in cat) in empty rooms till someone comes by for her to ambush.

A lawyer I was teaching with showed me his pair of these; we were teaching a group of foreign lawyers and the glasses were translating simultaneously for him. Just wild. www.wired.com/story/even-r...

The 'Dear Abby' section of @slate.com seems to be spotlighting women who grab their own heads.

Finished the drive home for my third Ottawa event in 4 weeks. I am awake. But at what cost?

NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials. “Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."

You've been traveling too much when your arrival text home is "Landed safe. Roach situation optimistic. Pub situation under investigation."

Repost with an iconic fictional band youtu.be/CAw_HZ4GsFc?...

"We apologize for the outage; the vibes were off." TTC descended into chaos Monday morning and everyone is blaming snow www.blogto.com/city/2025/11...

Just got back from a week in Ottawa & Montreal. A procession of cats appeared on my desk for pets, except for Lil' Man, who jumped up next to me so he could pretend I'm not here.

Send lawyers, guns and monkeys.

Send lawyers, guns and money.

I once participated in a mock trial at a conference along with a senior partner. A conference attendee had a heart attack during my cross-examination. As the medics wheeled her past us the partner turned to me and loudly asked: "Think we'll still be done by 4 o'clock?"

"While it’s one thing for an administration to oust anyone it feels stands in the way of its desires, it’s quite another to ask a court to swap out public records for something with a bit less truth in it. But that’s how this administration rolls." www.techdirt.com/2025/11/06/t...