Assuming 16,600km/yr, $0.15/L fuel tax. ‘26 Corolla: 6.7L/100km ‘26 Corolla Hybrid: 5.3L/100km ‘26 Prius PHEV: 4.6L/100km Over 2 years: Corolla pays $344.78 in fuel tax Corolla hybrid pays $272.74 in fuel tax, plus $250 = $522.74 Prius PHEV pays $236.72 in fuel tax, plus $250 = $486.72

My Corolla Cross hybrid weighs 1530 kg, the lightest Ram 1500 2263kg, a 700kg difference. I will have to pay more to register my hybrid than the Ram owner. In fact, more than a vehicle that weighs 5000 kg. Houston, we have a problem.

Time to tighten our belts #nsleg #HaliSky

“I think the cultural world you operate in is incredibly biased,” he said—against his movement and “the leaders of it, like me in particular.” “That impulse,” he said, “is fundamentally in service of something that is far worse than anything, in your wildest nightmares, than what you see here.”"

cant.stop.laughing

People saying OpenAI reporting a user it banned for posts about gun violence would be mass surveillance are fucking idiots. The tech industry *is* mass surveillance. There is no genAI or ChatGPT without mass data collection on everyone. Don’t like mass surveillance? Stop using fucking chatbots.

On the very edge of sanity, and annoyed. Mostly annoyed.

Still waiting on The Winds of Winter...

One minor inconvenience away of becoming a book-worthy war criminal

If France had a point about European strategic independence, why did no one listen? The answers may loosely be grouped into three: it was too soon; it did not seem credible; and it got on everyone’s nerves

OpenAI employees pushed for the company to inform Canadian police about a user they thought would engage in real-world violence months before the person did just that, killing eight people in a horrific attack in Tumbler Ridge. The company only reached out to police after the shooting had occurred.

looking forward to virtually every media organization publishing an “elon musk says” piece breaking this down oh, they only do that for his bullshit sci-fi hype posts? curious

News In Photo:

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

A reminder that no matter how many videos of ICE abuses appear online, a chunk of America, a big chunk of Trump’s base, is not just totally fine with it, they want it, enjoy it, revel in it. The cruelty is indeed the point. The rest of us non-sociopaths need to reckon with that depressing reality.

Look, we didn’t sack wildlife managers. We sunsetted biodiversity verticals to unlock shareholder-facing habitat synergies.

Okay but I read it and it basically boils down to: 🏳️‍🌈 gay people network and also have sex and sometimes that’s messy 💵 we hear rumors of powerful VC’s using money for sexual favors (that’s a power problem, not a gay problem) 🤷 I dunno. Gay people work in tech.

2026 basically

Horrors continue, albeit at a slower pace. Some blue sky is visible, so that’s welcomed

Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime: www.404media.co/leaked-email...

china bad because of state surveillance america good because of corporate surveillance that also gets wielded by the state

The ❄️ First Frost 🧊 has arrived, and Patch 1.5.4f1 brings with it many changes, updates, and fixes. You can read Iceflakes first Patch Notes here: pdxint.at/FirstFrostPa...

Everybody’s talking about the destruction of consumer electronics and that’s bad, but basically everything in modern life has a computer in it. Hospitals, airports, transportation, shipping, medical devices, farm equipment, and point of sale terminals had a good run

We did this in Colombia 20 years ago, they were a colossal failure; and still paying for the 0 taxes and 0 economic development.

The horrors continue.

GOLD FOR CANADA 🇨🇦 EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING THE CANADIAN WOMEN SPEED SKATERS DEFEND OLYMPIC GOLD VAL MALTAIS, IVANIE BLONDIN, ISABELLE WEIDEMANN HAVE DONE IT AGAIN

Update: day is beautiful and warm outside. Horrors continue inside at the screen, back to studio.

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Sunmonday scaries. Check. Tshirt too small check.

Trump threatens more attacks on Nigeria unless their prince returns his money

Visiting hawk, practicing its dance moves.

So now WhatsApp has ads. No wonder I no longer use it.

So happy I left Halifax. Even if I have to drive there regularly.

In North America, murder is legal and even not frowned upon, IF you’re driving.

Celebrities defend Van Der Beek family from ‘attacks’ after GoFundMe raises $2 million

What looks like a regular city, hides a lovely secret...💞

Fighting the urge to drop all work, left the world burn, and go play in the backyard snow while is sunny

Good. Bring it all down. Drag all of these abusive monsters out into the daylight and destroy them. Like, come on. We're waiting.

This was clear as a sunny day in 2015. Buuuut protect the pedos amirite

Post 🪏 shovel rest, pre-work final moments of peace

I’m fucking tired. No matter when you read this

Got around to writing my bus ticket app rant. #halifax covell.ca/2026/02/10/b...

Message From The Boss🖖

You have to give it to @microsoft.com they went all in on the AI bullshit, and as a result, @github.com is constantly having issues, @windows is even buggier and filled with malware than vista and 98 combined, and Azure well has been too quiet lately over there…

Claiming that Musk’s public lies are “practical decisions” and that “we cannot know Musk’s full rationale for pivoting to the Moon,” is not only a gross papering over of decades of habitual fraudulent statements, it’s also an abdication of journalistic responsibility and ethics.

Some sunlight again. Sorely welcomed

The whole Bad Bunny show reminded me a lot the Tito Puente revenge against Mr. Burns.

Given the current trajectory, a job in the tech industry may eventually require the use of generative AI tools, no different than being forced to learn and use a computer, email, or coffee maker if it's determined to maximize profits. Unfortunately, quality takes a back seat to profit.

JD Vance unable to discern booing at Winter Olympics from booing every other day of his life