every country is going to lead on ai. every country is going to have the biggest data centres. every country is going to build small modular reactors to power them. every country is gearing up to compete on quantum computing. i’m so tired of all this bullshit.

Not to state the obvious but... shut up and deal with your own problems.

Ottawa - Weekly grocery review (Jun 4 - 10) via reddit www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/com...

Guess what day it is? #Taskmaster

We all knew someone would do this...

Far too much marshalling and misinterpreting evidence to substantiate a preferred narrative rather than careful consideration of what the evidence might actually show. That many Canadians don’t trust AI is positioned as a literacy deficit. Is it possible that (some kinds of) AI are not trustworthy?

Can't take the bus if it doesn't show up 🤷‍♀️ www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

There is something brutally psychically injurious to being constantly told "just do good work and you'll be successful" while watching people who do the most dogshit work possible do all the succeeding.

Good morning

Now on TPR - A look at the over 1200 letters of opposing the Steelport severance. No other issue in Hamilton's political history has prompted the number of single item letters sent on this issue. Read the four most-notable letters, including the only letter of support (thus far posted) #hamOnt

« Marjane Satrapi est morte de tristesse un peu plus d’un an après le décès de Mattias Ripa, son mari et l’amour de sa vie », ont écrit ses proches dans un communiqué. 🥺

Really gross that the govt is now recognising people in the King's Birthday Honours who were leaders of the antivax occupation of Parliament. m.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO26...

This is the world feminists want 👍

I have to post this again for everyone who wants to yell along with this song and not think about Morrissey - it's Rick Astley! 😆 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ0r...

I love that this is pretty much the most Beatles song you can get that is not by the Beatles www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGLq...

this piece promises to be meaty and useful!

I was lucky enough to see a number of Duchamp's pieces in an exhibit at the Tate Modern, including this one 😁

I was saddened to learn of the death of Raul Pacheco-Vega earlier this week. I’ve known Raul for a very long time. I’ve written something for my website. Read here: jovanevery.co.uk/in-memoriam-...

So many people who can reasonably be described as “that little shit” are in charge of so much of society.

“19 full-time faculty members, 10 of them tenured, were told… that they’d been laid off… Dozens more have taken early-retirement or buyout offers… Among those laid off Monday was Sanjay G. Reddy, a professor of economics + prominent critic of the university’s financial management.”

I wrote about Musk and his daughter and how fascist lie even when they seem to be confessing or humiliating themselves. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/fascists-l...

Wow, I missed this one (and I almost wish I had not seen it) www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

I swear to God another fucking "defeat them on the marketplace of ideas" guy pops up I'm going to break things

everything is on fire but today you can take 2 minutes to vote for the hedgehog 🦔 and the bumblebee 🐝 to be on English money! www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/he...

The headline in my feed reader is better than the one on the article😬 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I mentioned this in an interview yesterday. Much of the case for the push for AI in Canada rests on a productivity argument. And so far that argument is largely built on faith.

Remember "co-living"? "it's best to think of a typical co-living building as a combination of apartment, college dorm, hotel and high-end rooming house" 😑 (from 2019) www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday...

Why is ed-tech discourse always "future future future" but when I go to use these tools, it feels like 2007 (in a bad way)?

An account that's supposedly blocked due to being on more than one list *I* blocked has just added me to a list

☀️☀️☀️There's never been a time when your membership would brighten our day more than right now. ☀️☀️☀️

Just leaving this here disconnect.blog/getting-off-...

La Sociedad Mexicana de Sociología lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento del Dr. Raúl Pacheco-Vega, profesor del CIDE y FLACSO. Nuestras más sinceras condolencias a sus familiares, amigos y colegas cercanos. Descanse en paz

It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺 My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521 New for Pride 2026: 🌈Scientist🌈 🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈 🌈pronouns🌈 www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

View of a Labour frontbencher, shared with me: "There's not enough room for everyone on the boat". Not sure history endorses that as being a great strategy for dealing with the Far Right.

I knew this guy was full of 💩, but I hadn't seen anyone get into this level of detail before. Thanks @mattxiv.bsky.social @emmavigeland.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=K81G...

Oh happy Pride. I haven't heard back from my first and only art contest I have ever submitted to so I think by now it's safe to share my submission

"CBC News reported at the time that many of his colleagues in the federal Conservative caucus weren’t happy with the gesture and heckled him when he tried to explain himself in a caucus meeting." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

this is a core fascist narrative

""With climate change causing temperatures to rise, we may see an increase in our exposure to mosquitoes," said Iwasawa." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Happy Pride

There is something in here for everyone: Marxists, logistics obsessives, obsolete-software enthusiasts, and those are all the kinds of people I know about. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Really just shocked and saddened by this... thinking of all his family, many friends, colleagues, his huge network and everything he contributed. One of the first higher ed friends I made on Twitter, way back when (and for years after).

How about crediting the creator? (@rachellense.bsky.social) www.southernfriedscience.com/the-story-of...

I know I've said it before, but if someone starts making/selling a device you can wear that would disrupt the functioning of these glasses - they're going to make $$.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the shifting baseline concept as applied to everyday life. People in their 20’s now have no memory of highly functional systems, products (from blenders to sweaters) that were so well made you could hand them down across generations, or even helpful customer service.

I love them all and I would die for them all but esp the black lab chonker who represents all of us