What a time to be alive.

There is a direct throughline from this and the rise in global authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is actively hostile toward the arts and intellectualism, and thus imagination. When people say that AI is a “fascist project,” this is explicitly what they’re referring to.

Good for Sturko and the Greens. I hope the motion passes. The focus of the house should be on the business of governance, not Armstrong's attention-seeking stunts. #BCPoli vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/23/m...

Incredible investigative journalism here via @ericszeto.bsky.social and CBC's visual investigative unit. They trace the Slopaganda fomenting separatism in Alberta to some greedy operators in The Netherlands. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I've begun to wonder to what extent Americans genuinely believe that trade is a favour they do for the rest of the world, rather than something they benefit (often disproportionately) from.

"Non-disclosure agreements do, however, tend to be the default..." Why, though? Yes, it's negotiated, but there are such obvious disparities in power that this feels coercive. www.cbc.ca/news/human-r...

“How does insulting our closest ally and neighbour help the businesses in my state of New Hampshire, and states all across this country who are hurting because of the loss of Canadian business and tourism?” www.cp24.com/news/world/2...

Good. globalnews.ca/news/1181202...

#Canada these people can fuck themselves. A fucking enforcement action. And they think Canada’s going to buy their products?

'Sure, previous concessions haven't moved the needle, but surely this next one will.' www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

"You don’t get to propose a referendum without a plan." Actually, I think the advancement of a simple solution to complicated problems is a large part of the ideological appeal here. Not saying that's a good thing, but understanding the other side is important. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Danielle Smith Why are you so afraid to put the #ForeverCanadian question to a Legislature vote? If you are afraid and insist on a referendum, then put this question on the ballot. It received half million signatures, is approved and constitutional. drive.google.com/file/d/1ncT4...

This is the thing, if "academia" wanted to stop this, we could easily tomorrow. Over 3 incorrect references? Rejected and forbidden to submit next year. The purpose of a system is what it does!

Everyone down on Canada Post today would have been a Tommy Douglas opponent back in the day.

I feel like people who themselves lack expertise often feel the need to denegrate that of others.

So. Pretty.

This is often the case with technocratic governments. They command loyalty while things are going well, but a lack of grassroots buy-in means it tends to gets late early. #CNDPoli www.hilltimes.com/2026/04/20/b...

Works for academics, too

I remember an instructor memorably comparing regression models to dumb Missouri mules. They will absolutely walk right into trees if you don't direct them properly. Just because you can get a model to give you an answer, that doesn't mean it's a good or useful answer.

Pretty much everyone has a problem with you right now, my dude.

I would very much like to know where their funding is coming from. Though one also wonders whether Smith will simply change the law to protect them.

"So can an Alberta government refuse to hold a referendum at all in the face of a successful, certified petition? This is not as clear to me, squinting amateurishly at the text, as it apparently is to Rath." NP's reasonableness has me feeling like I've hit my head. nationalpost.com/opinion/colb...

Today marks the 44th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 🇨🇦 Since 1982, it has helped protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of Canadians. Let’s continue to uphold these values for everyone. 🔗More info: bit.ly/3O9Y9uI

I don't think it's appropriate for the Archbishop of Vancouver to decide what kind of healthcare I can receive at a publicly funded facility, actually. #BCPoli www.castanet.net/news/BC/6092...

A surprisingly reasonable take from the National Post on this. #CNDPoli nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

It's true AI is genderless - it's not human ffs. BUT the choice of putting a female face to this and using female pronouns says so much...

Once at the number three, being the third number be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.

Come on, Save-on-Foods/Pattison — you’re better than this.

Both Mark Carney's Liberals and Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives prefer the lobbyists from Canada's grocery oligarchs to we Canadians being gouged by those same oligarchs. Liberal AI minister Evan Solomon simply says 'not my department'... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #cdnpoli #canada #corruption #graft #greed

I would indeed much rather make my own terrible decisions. (Also, that metaphor goes so hard.)

As a reminder, ai cannot have the em dash

Here’s a feed cleanser. Dogs catching treats.

I remember taking a class trip to go sit in the gallery :)

Between Vance lecturing the Pope about theology and Poilievre telling Carney he's bad at economics, it's been a great week for confident men.

“The alternative to organised, peaceful movements is not silence.... It is isolated, desperate individuals acting alone, without community, without accountability and without anyone urging restraint or offering peaceful paths for action.” www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

"Lawyers from the Government of Alberta argued there was no evidence of foreign interference in the process to date. ...the public record suggests strongly that there has been." Leaving aside the question of state capacity, this sounds like more of an issue of political will than anything else.

“The COVID-19 pandemic raised many questions about social inequality.... We wanted to explore these same questions for our Early Modern sample.” www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...

An interesting data-driven approach! livewirecalgary.com/2026/04/09/p...

"I think calling it scientific work is quite generous...I call it a scam." Well I, for one, am shocked (shocked!) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Some interesting demographics on this question. #CNDPoli www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

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🆕 Business versus citizens 🥊 @andduer.bsky.social, @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & Gemma Mateo use survey experiments from 47 countries across the globe to view how legislators consider the preferences of business or citizen when making #TradePolicy decisions🤔

One does wonder what will happen after the next bozo eruption (as my Dad calls the kinds of comments she evidently enjoys making).

Sometimes they come back. Not as draugr, as they are called up North, but as... something else, the unjustly slain. Our 40th #darkspringtide tale tells of boat burials, flowers and payback. Read it below. 🎨 Howard Pyle

"...it really is a problem that official plans tout policies that they not only fail to deliver, but actively obstruct." I would add to this that zoning complexity and variation is a barrier in and of itself. Unfortunately, any attempt at simplification gets tarred as 'one size fits all.'

Imagine being the Conservative leader who loses this person to a party on their left. (The Libs might be in their blue era right now, but even so.)

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

🚨 New paper accepted at the @bjpols.bsky.social: we were in the field while Brexit dominated British politics. Do MPs respond differently when constituents disagree with the party line? What we find surprised us: a null! url: osf.io/preprints/os...

Agreed. It doesn't matter how long I consistently get up at the same time, I still feel permanently jetlagged. If social and professional necessity was capable of turning me into a morning person, it would have by now.