Leaf blowers.

Highly recommend spending half an hour on this talk by @chrissimon.au on the bulshit that LLMs produce. Yup. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_... #AI #LLM #ChatGPT

A) Mega-mergers are very bad, which is why they are illegal, and Nexstar, and Disney needed to bribe the FCC with the Kimmel cancellation to get around the legislated viewership cap. B) Stop saying Kimmel called that guy MAGA. (He didn't). C) Stop calling fascism "soft-fascism".

Good news re: Doug Ford vs Bike Lanes www.thestar.com/news/gta/for...

Everything I know about Dónal Gill comes from his writing in this piece, but it's enough for me to hope he runs for NDP leadership. AI regulation is a subject that desperately needs more attention.

Option A) Pay $4 to buy myself a new card at my GRT Ion stop. Option B) Pay $4 for a GRT ticket to get to downtown Kitchener Customer Service Centre, to have them give me a replacement card.

Bill C-5 = Bill 5 Carney = Ford Laws are apparently pointless. #CDNpoli #ONpoli

I'm not sure why the Conestoga Station improvements by Grand River Transit (GRT) need to take 3 months, and I don't like how far from the Ion that they've moved the temporary bus station, but I love these signs all over the sidewalks. Hey, Toronto Union Station! Take note!

Seeing resisters throwing back gas canisters makes me realize the LA anti-fascists need more hockey players.

It's sad that today's Sesame Street news counts as happy news, but I'll take it. Related: Cookie Monster, and friends are the main reason I still keep X installed.

Jagmeet Singh @jagmeetsingh.ca will go down in history as one of the greats. #cdnpoli #canada #elxn45 #ndp Yes, he will.

Spending your evening watching numbers slowly come in is just so unhealthy. #cdnpoli #canada #elxn45

I hope Jake Tapper @jaketapper.bsky.social, CNN, and The Atlantic @theatlantic.com continue their "discussions" about what went right, and wrong with COVID school closures, and new air-quality safety measures*, but I hope they leave David Zweig out of it. *there are still no new safety measures. 🙄

Nardwuar remains a national treasure who must be protected at all costs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZmh...

Every American C-level executive who voted for these ding-dongs should resign.

Happy International Beaver Day. #InternationalBeaverDay

Awesome. Insanely loud industrial leaf-blower season has already begun. I am never not going to get angry about those things. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 @regionwaterloo.bsky.social please make this stop.

I find it so bizarre hearing about campaigns, and elections for judges. USA is creepy.

I don't even mind all of tonight's crass product placement, but c'mon... The "Junos were previously awarded in the following categories" flashed across the screen reading off sponsors without even reading the winners? Logos, but no photos... I think we can do better. #JUNOS

Seriously... Why is YouTube Music so useless at podcasts?

I did it! (Today's was kind of easy). Vulture Cinematrix No. 369: Mar 30, 2025 I got 9/9 Correct Score: 2300 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: vulture.com/vulturecinem...

This is my shelf strictly dedicated to Kinks vinyl.

Today is Purple Day. #PurpleDay #EpilepsyAwarenessDay BATIK BRAIN ~ PURPLE - Dr. Renée Tegeler

I just spent the last hour trying to look at internet + TV bundling from TekSavvy, Rogers, Bell, & SimplyNet, and I hate the whole wide world. Is there such a thing as an ISP broker?

None of these shitheads looked at the list of people in the chat.

Grand River Transit is pretty good, but jeez their website payment services stink. After 3 rounds of broken EasyGO auto-reload, customer service suggested deleting payment info, & re-adding. Looking at my CC statement, I see I somehow paid refill amount three times. 👍😒 #GrandRiverTransit #EasyGO

Rocky V > Rocky IV

I swear if Pierre Poilievre wins a majority government, in five years from now he'll still be running for reelection on "Axe The Tax". #CDNpoli

Last night grown-ups were talking about DJT, and the birth certificate thing. My almost 18yo nephew thought we were joking.

I came across this show again tonight, only to be reminded of the disparity in talent at this roundtable. FYI it's another insult to Canada to have that crooked dimwit Kevin O'Leary on air. Ever. CNN @cnn.com Abby Phillip @abbyphillip.bsky.social

Just some early spring-weather squirrels.

My goodness I'm nervous about the Liberal Party's electoral chances under Mark Carney, but every time I see one of those anti-Carney attack ads, I'm relieved at how laughably pathetic Team Poilievre's strategy is. 🤞🤞🤞 #CDNpoli

It's very hard for me to see this as anything other than a push for a nation-wide reduction of standards... Probably without protection of further lowering of standards in the future.

You know technically... Today is the day that Bonnie Crombie became the leader of an official political party. 🤔 #ONPoli #ONelxn #OntarioElection

Are there fewer voting locations this time? I'm looking forward to the longest walk I've ever taken to get to my polling station tomorrow. (And the only one I've ever taken in freezing rain). #ONPoli #ONelxn #OntarioElection

I do understand that there's a lot of snow to get rid of, but I was genuinely super surprised that the sidewalk at King & Moore (Google, really) along the old McDonald's was just 100% unusable yesterday. I mean... It's King Street.

Imagining the campaign against Pierre Poilievre, I might be beginning to believe that Karina Gould is the stronger candidate than Mark Carney. @karinagould.bsky.social #CDNpoli #LPCldr

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is campaigning with Doug Ford this morning announcing the "Good Enough" (yes, really) plan. "Breaking down barriers" means "reducing standards", and easing of future reducing standards nation-wide. #ONPoli #ONelxn #OntarioElection You too, Carney! #CDNPoli

A few imperfections, missed opportunities, and surprising absences, but overall that #SNL50 show was excellent.

Ontario Party Leaders Debate Ford, Stiles, Crombie, Schreiner www.youtube.com/live/Z2qz1kN... #ONPoli #ONelxn #OntarioElection

Not nearly enough people watch these, but I'm glad to see that a few local debates have been (quietly) announced to air on Rogers TV & YouTube, but do we know of any more yet? Cambridge: Feb 14 Kitchener South-Hespeler: Feb 22 #ONPoli #ONelxn #OntarioElection www.cambridgetoday.ca/2025-provinc...

Make podcasts shorter.

Kudos to Abby Phillip, Cari Champion, and Ashley Allison @ashleyallison.bsky.social for putting up with Scott Jennings, and that Arthur Aidala chucklehead in that stupid CNN @cnn.com DEI conversation(?). I can't watch this show.

Oh please guys, don't say "heros and sheroes".

Jesus fucking Christ, that goes for you, too Ritz crackers!

I am an NDP supporter. I hate this. This is a frighteningly bad idea. Eliminating 407 tolls for commercial trucks is cool, but for commuters? No. No. No. No. @maritstilesndp.bsky.social please reverse, or revise this idea. #ONpoli

For obvious reasons, I recently suggested 'The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert' to my nephew. 1/3 🧵

So far, the only person on American TV that I've seen successfully pronounce "Poilievre" is @desilydic.bsky.social. @jaketapper.bsky.social *just missed* on both "Chrystia", and "Freeland". #CDNPoli

The good news is that Pierre Poilievre will not be the next Prime Minister of Canada. #CDNPoli