Just watched The Running Man and Hoooboy that opening scene when @schwarzenegger.bsky.social refuses to shoot unarmed civilians rioting for food. Prescient.

Which popular band is worse: Pink Floyd or the Beatles?

I mean, it's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? Twelve billion dollars?

Canadian reality TV star threatens to go full Karen on most powerful elected official in NYC

Happy 5th anniversary to the Four Seasons Total Landscaping political event of the year!

Sad to hear of the passing of Joanna Bullard from @lborouniversity.bsky.social 🧪⚒️ www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...

Disagree. Blinking lights are unusual, which attracts attention of drivers. When I was a teen I worked at Home Depot. The gigantic sign for the bathrooms hung on the (v high) ceiling but nobody noticed it until they hung it at a wonky angle. Only when it was unusual did customers' eyes notice it.

The shutdown has lasted 3.4 Scaramuccis

Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

I wonder if they saw that coming

Let it snow!

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Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers go.nature.com/4hNDvuN

TFW the dog your dog sitting likes to continue walking while he poops

Three children were killed by lawn darts in the 70’s and they were banned in the US. ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point? If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?

I wonder if they saw that coming

Can we please, for the love of Pete, blast all the genAIs into the sun? Pretty please?

Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.

There are no words for how evil this is

According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world. The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…

No words

Some comments from me on the geohazards that could impact an oil pipeline from AB to BC coast, following @davidebybc.bsky.social and First Nations' continued opposition. More thoughts in the below thread from ~6 months ago 🧪⚒️ @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

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There's something immensely satisfying about ordering 200 historic air photo scans. My credit card doesn't appreciate it, but my dopamine receptors sure do.

Is Gates a climate scientist? No? Then why do people treat his opinion as expertise? Stop conflating wealth with wisdom.

Especially ironic to be talking about the risk posted by landslide-triggered tsunamis to coastal traffic, including tankers, on #WorldTsunamiAwarenessDay

Some comments from me on the geohazards that could impact an oil pipeline from AB to BC coast, following @davidebybc.bsky.social and First Nations' continued opposition. More thoughts in the below thread from ~6 months ago 🧪⚒️ @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

👀👀 “Documents related to Summit coal decision raise more questions about Alberta Energy Regulator’s independence”: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #ableg h/t @nigelb.bsky.social

First skate of the season. Doesn’t get much better than this! #whitehorse #yukon #canada #hockey #bladesofsteel

That, or an @agu.org conference attendee who was pissed off they didn’t get a talk and printed their poster on 8.5x11” sheets and didn’t even show up ⚒️

"Next year, popular board game Clue will be reissued with a footlong sandwich in addition to the traditional candlestick, dagger, lead pipe, revolver, rope, and wrench."

They're just going to deny funding requests by Elections Alberta to conduct any recalls.

Attention @kendrawrites.com www.cbc.ca/radio/undert...

Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Today, Dr. David Wishart, a professor of biology AND computer science at University of Alberta won Canada’s highest honour for science & engineering, the Herzberg Gold Medal, for his work in metabolomics. I had the joy of being there with Dr. Wishart and his family. #yeg #UAlberta #Edmonton #NSERC

With about 100 applications already, we are kindly requesting no more emails. I can't keep up.

It's #WorldTsunamiAwarenessDay. Before warning systems existed, tsunamis could be a surprise. A 1946 M8.6 earthquake in Alaska launched a tsunami that devastated Hilo, HI and killed >150 in the HI Islands. Now warning infrastructure in AK is being defunded, weakening the network. ⚒️🧪🌊 bit.ly/4oqexnR

am feeling buoyed

Canadian politicians, too.

Zohran Mamdani will be the first Muslim and South Asian to lead America’s largest city, after winning NYC’s mayoral race aje.io/vrh1g8

Budget analysis part 1

Pro-tip for job applicants - don't do this. If the ad specifies that you should send a CV or references or a cover letter or whatever, do that.

Has anyone noticed a recent change in Outlook where the autocorrect now automatically changes spelling, and often incorrectly? It's awful.

July: corporate donations become legal again for Alberta parties July-Sept: at least $471K in corp donations to UCP, which made the change. Injury lawyers and car dealers are so far biggest givers to Danielle Smith's party: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by me

I love the smell of mustard and onions in the morning

I've provided some thoughts here but other Canucks should weigh in. #AcademicSky 🧪⚒️

The Alberta auditor general is in the middle of major probe into health contracting and ex-CEO's whistleblowing, and asked for time to finish work. Smith's United Conservatives just voted to seek AG's replacement. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Dear Martha, we've been camped outside Richmond for going on 30 days. Overhead the sandwiches are exploding day and night. The smell of the onions and mustard is overwhelming."

Aside from the obvious authoritarianism & ideological reasons for this, requiring provincial oversight on every federal grant is a *colossal* waste of resources & time - odd for a government supposedly intent on reducing red tape and government overreach (at least when it applies to the feds). 🧪