Whenever I wonder if I'm wrong about gen AI, I think about the people I've known who're posting about it non-stop on LinkedIn, and I feel a little better.

After almost 20 years in Winnipeg I've become a Bombers fan, but I cheered for the Riders growing up and winning the Grey Cup by beating Montreal is especially sweet.

hey look! it’s baby’s first pushcart nom!! 🥳

here is a so-called "properly spelled" version for all those who are in the pocket of Big Dictionary

This year, null pointer press has sent the following poems as its submission to the Pushcart Prize: "B is for Brutus", @officialmchangpoet.bsky.social "The Lies Overlap, Alongside the Years", BEE LB "The Bugs Have Gone Away", @mahailasmith.ca (cont)

I was pacing and fretting before last night's Winnipeg Video Game orchestra concert. There was no need. It went great, and we just about sold out the place. It feels amazing to get to play all this music, to be part of it as it's just getting started. I can't wait for what's next.

Winnipeg! This is tonight! Come to Jubilee Place and hear some amazing video game music! wvgo.ca/tickets for tickets!

Did a bit of shopping last night and was looking for a black t-shirt, and one of the teenagers running the place held up a small and said, "maybe this would work?" I loved her optimism but told her it definitely wouldn't fit, not anymore.

Not as impressive as last night, but still pretty good for the view from the back yard in #Winnipeg

Watching "The Rest is Entertainment" podcast on YouTube and wow, there's that shitty British transphobia.

There is no such thing as a non-human artist. This kind of sloppy personification itself speaks to some level of cultural bankruptcy --

There isn't going to be any end to this "AI artists" shit until people collectively get off Spotify and make intentional choices about what they listen to.

One thing I've noticed on Reddit: Google's surfacing of old threads on various topics has made necroposting (replying to an old/dead post, generally considered a faux pas) incredibly common. A generation of people who don't know what a forum is are remaking forum etiquette.

My first job was working on financial planning software, and when I used the mortgage calculator, I almost couldn't believe it. I learned the crazy amount of money you save by making an annual lump sum payment in addition to your monthly ones. It's literally life-changing.

Yes, thank you. You might enjoy this post I wrote about Jadzia in a digital context: breakintochat.com/blog/2022/11... (1/2)

I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.

Finally changed my Facebook profile picture from the unintentional glamour shot of my early 30s (taken in 2012 or 13 on a point and shoot by an admin assistant for the company Sharepoint, the camera accidentally set to sepia) to one that's actually representative: long hair, beard, glasses, grey, ..

Chris Wolf at Classic 107 wrote a great article on the Winnipeg Video Game Orchestra and our upcoming concert next Friday. Give it a read, and if you're in Winnipeg, maybe I'll see you then? classic107.com/articles/gam...

Every time I need to order new viola strings I'm dumbstruck by just how expensive new viola strings are.

Important thread

First wet snow as I beetle around, getting my weekly groceries.

Sorry, i didn’t realize his posts weren’t pornographic. Unfollowing now

So proud of UR Pride. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Scott Moe’s use of the Notwithstanding Clause against children in schools. #skpoli

the worst part of this would be concluding running for major political office is a more level playing field than trying to get someone to write about your demo

table-for-layout, fgcolor/bgcolor, marquee, and frames were semantically awful but also the bedrock of the most interesting era of the internet (I realize this is a parody)

if the sub ain't bit you must acquit

there's just no way

Tomorrow morning, November 5th at approximately 8:45 am, the Sidequest Quintet is going to be featured on @ctvnewswinnipeg.bsky.social playing clarinetist Amanda Forest's arrangement of BG3's Bard Dance and talking about our upcoming GENESIS concert! Be sure to pick up that remote and tune in!

A small poem emerges. It's been a while. Maybe the start of the usual winter poems? For whatever reason, Nov-Feb has always been the season where I get the most writing done.

Oh, Dick Cheney died? Well-- *sees Bluesky mod around corner* What's really important is championing the open protocol.

Its ABV is actually 5% crude oil Tasting notes include beef and mini donuts Bret Hart personally inspects every bottle

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I was a coms staffer at PSAC when the Harper government slashed the public service — a miserable time for everyone. All it led to was layoffs, followed by the fed govt hiring more temps and expensive consultants. And then eventually hiring back even more people. It takes humans to run a country 🤷‍♀️

dumb "AI can help do your job" motherfuckers coldcalling my work line at 5PM, unable to form a coherent pitch and shocked at my annoyance. all these shitbirds have is the assumption you'll debase yourself for nothing. I stride across a field of NFT carcasses and gutted B2B SaaS orgs. You're next

It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.

Deleting a shitpost because people are responding to it pedantically. Go away. Do not 'well actually' a shitpost. Bad etiquette.

Ten Years in the Making. Poetry. Well-served. #KFB10 knifeforkbook.com

"Let's Play Dungeons and Uncomfortable Goblin Genocide."

i think in a free society people are not afraid to answer their phone

Environmental Storytelling / Puzzle

Nation’s therapists know what they’re going to be talking about this week

Morning after thoughts: - Congrats to the Dodgers, of course - I didn't like the decision to go to starters on short rest then, or now - Trey Yesavage will be a Blue Jay for years to come - The record for hits in a single postseason (30) is held by, as we all predicted, Ernie Clement

Ernie Clement: “I’ve been crying for an hour. I thought I was done with the tears. I just love these guys so much. It was so fun coming to work every day.” #BlueJays

"[baseball] is designed to break your heart"

Ok. Now that the game is over, we've got a pupdate video...

Welcome to Bluesky. Here is your copy of the Antifa Manual and MLB Extra Innings for some reason.

Baseball brings people together because it's designed for every attention span. You can watch on TV and look up every time you miss the action and watch a 15 sec replay. The whole game is 7 min. You can also be absorbed by a game and when it abruptly ends with a double play you're 20 years older.