Roses are red, This Book is Blue, I’ve cited my love, See supra n.2. #AppellateValentines

New from me at @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: Supreme Court upholds Newfoundland and Labrador's COVID-era restrictions #SCC #cdnpoli

I'm pretty sure I know. They aren't. We're not going to really be able to make a lot of progress in dealing with the implications of this tech unless and until we get rid of all this "woo-woo" talk about LLMs. Anthropic pushing this line is PR, unserious.

The NYT is just making up its own definitions of words, now? [You can't "repeal" a scientific finding. You can't "repeal" a fact.]

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#dementia #DonOLD 2017! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

May the journalists reporting refrain from sensationalizing this profound grief.

Can someone please pass on to Ian Hanomansing that his whole approach and tone of excitement right now is too much. We don’t need to hear his personal stories of other shootings. He doesn’t need to invite political commentary from opposition MLAs. Just be more empathetic. I can’t listen any more.

This is outrageous framing of a workplace health and safety issue, centering the opinions of a worker who isn’t affected by the threats and risks in issue. Who at the CBC thought this approach was at all appropriate?

I'm woefully out of date on international law, so just reskeeting this as a reminder to listen later to get more insight.

So, still no findings of contempt, though?

PSA for Catherine O'Hara fans (which should be everyone): A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration have just been added to Netflix Canada, joining Best in Show and Beetlejuice which were added on Sunday.

Here’s something new - misuse of AI not resulting in just a costs award, but in dismissal of the whole claim.

I'm not sure if this answers my questions about contempt of court in the USA or just raises additional ones.

The @nytimes.com coverage of France's Grok investigation casts it as part of a conflict between U.S. & European speech rules. That's true only if you buy Elon's version. This is a case about CSAM and NCII. Those are crimes in France, and crimes in the U.S. There's no transatlantic divide here. 1/

Canadian companies are contracting with ICE, America's urban pacification / murder machine. One is Thomson Reuters (oh hai, @thomsonreutersnews.bsky.social), which provides the case management system used in Ontario courts. youtu.be/BUOxBvWg6zA?...

Now is the time for Canadian electoral regs to address AI “slopiganda”.

You’ve got to respect and reskeet the live Court of Appeal thread!

Indigenous Canadians are being urged to use caution when crossing the border into the United States after reports of “increased scrutiny” by U.S. federal officials. @amandafollett.bsky.social reports: thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...

Fascinating and detailed thread on AI’s attempts at legal analysis (would be fun to see something similar with a Canadian question where I had better insight).

Canada's exports to China: 3.9% of overall exports. America's exports to China: 7.1% of overall exports. Kindly fuck off, Donald.

"What is unacceptable is for political leaders, who should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us, to deliberately misrepresent how the justice system works to score political points."

There is so much more to do, but this is a great overview of where Canada's legal systems are at the moment in grappling with AI on a number of fronts.

"The people of the Donbas are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Ukraine or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the Russian Federation has got."

Here it comes. The US administration is intervening directly in Canada's internal politics to try and bring about the breakup of the country. This demands a forceful response.

Just over 8 hours until the 2025 Hottest 100! (Pity Triple J isn't on Bluesky.) www.abc.net.au/triplej/coun...

I am collecting accounts from Canadian armed forces members who served in Afghanistan to counter the assertions made by Donald Trump. A Corporal who served in Operation Athena with the Canadian Air Force reports has shared this: - he had 27 rotations in and out of theatre,

Why is an app which allows users to engage in large scale sexual violence, including against children, still available and permitted to operate in Canada?

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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.

"Starmer’s calm diplomacy makes mistake of assuming Trump is a sentient being" Couldn't have put it better Great piece as ever from @mrjohncrace.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Lots of makeup brands to assess here, including Clinique and MAC.

Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:

2-6 2: Trump's tariffs are illegal under both international and domestic US law. While the US Supreme Court is an unreliable body, it has no other choice but to deem the tariffs unlawful -- or else it would set a precedent in US law that economic coercion to support territorial expansion is lawful.

Does the USA not have contempt of court? Are the acts that Canadian lawyers understand to be breaches of a court order actually just “glitches” down there? American law is so confusing. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Huh.

Canada is criminalizing sexual deepfakes and sextortion, but it likely won’t be enough. In a new post, I look at how prevalent this conduct is in Canada and why regulating AI tools and platforms may matter more. robertdiab.substack.com/p/sexual-dee...

If the US invades Greenland and Denmark triggers Article 5 the US military should divvy up, half to do the invasion and half to defend against it #compromise

“Move to Vancouver,” they said. “It doesn’t snow in the winter and it’s so much warmer than the rest of Canada,” they added.

Not pissing off Elon Musk and Canada’s right-wing tech bros is far more important to Evan Solomon than protecting Canadians from deepfake sexual abuse and acting on child sexual abuse material.

Why Canadians feel unsafe despite crime rates dropping www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... by @robynurback.bsky.social My take: Studies show that the fear is driven by fearmongering (often by politicians), media coverage of scary anecdotes, lies about immigrants, TV show portrayals, etc

The “snakes are not service animals “ case at #1!

The minister of digital asbestos is committed to doing the absolute least possible about regulating deepfake porn/CSAM machines.

This is a very, very good reality check about DRIPA, Aboriginal Title, and the Cowichan Tribes decision

Fantastic story, and now I want to know whether any of the SCC Justices have non-standard lining - perhaps zebra-stripe for Wagner CJC?

Striking up a hornpipe and a strathspey just to reel something

Taking up ballet just to Odile something.

It's pretty obvious which headline should win. Quick, last chance to vote!