Every time someone offers me something that AI can supposedly do for me, I have to remind them that that's just what my brain does. I was hired because of what my brain can do. Don't hire me to do it and then ask me to use AI to do it for me.

Oooh Hench was so good, I'm excited for this!

Here are some of the automated speed enforcement tickets given to vehicles assigned to Ford cabinet ministers. #OnPoli Story ▶️ globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Go to the island tomorrow, get in one more perfect beach day. It's glorious.

saw a bus ad for an AI assistant today that suggested you could get AI to "delegate tasks based on work load and brief the team" and let me tell you. If AI ever briefed me on my tasks in place of a human being, it's not going to be a success.

Is the Starbucks index just an inverse of the Dollarama index? Lots of closures doesn't bode well for our pricey coffee budgets

I went on a ravine walk this weekend, these spaces are truly special

🚨Survey on the boat excursion zone. Please fill it out. Some boaters have been upset & threatened to disrupt Hanlans beach (speed camera vigilantes but on water). We need more fortified & larger swim zones like in the EU w ropes/floats to keep boats & jet skis away from swimmers. 🚨

If you see this, post a bridge (This one is my most recent)

"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada. "Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.

You love to see it

Got word that the TDSB Supervisor is now deciding on expulsions. Do you want a Ford crony from Metrolinx making decisions around school safety and your child? No? Then sign the petition! handsoffourschools.ca #topoli #onpoli #onted

I came back to the office after 12 days away (counting labour day) and 675 emails. 7 per hour. 56 per day. This probably isn't even that bad - I bet you've seen worse! How do we get anything done??

Someone go back in time 30 years ago and tell everyone there is hope. Goddamn miracle.

Wheeeen theee Bird in your room represents all your gloom Nevermoré When you're trying to grieve but that corvid won't leave Nevermoré It will rap Tippy tippy tap Tippy tippy tap Waking you from naps aaand Your dream-a Then will fly Never tell you why Even if you cry Landing on your sideboard Athena

If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: Doesn’t matter if it’s awful Doesn’t matter if it’s nice If it confirms your bias, check it twice! ::clap clap::

"...in a period when it feels like we’re adrift in a universe where political might has crushed any semblance of rational policy discourse, Cycle Toronto et al vs the Attorney General of Ontario et al feels like a balm — a moment showing that a strong argument can still win the day." 💪

Amazing!! Shouldn't have had to do this, but I'm so glad.

Upsetting how many petitions there are on this page

I haven't been following this as closely as I should have, but how has this been allowed? Removing authority of elected officials, but only in school boards Ford doesn't like, and replacing them with appointees? What's going on? @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social

(6/7) If you haven’t signed our petition or emailed your Councillor, in support of dedicated transit lanes, take action now: www.ttcriders.ca/lanes

(4/7) We welcome the progress being made south of Bloor, but let’s be clear: we should not still be fighting for something that was promised in 2019. Mayor Chow and nearly every member of her Exec signed a pledge to deliver 10 corridors this term. That commitment must be honoured

I'm cautiously relieved for NYC (a lot can happen by November!) but also fascinated that there are parties for mayoral candidates. I wonder if primaries would help Toronto's problem of lefty vote splitting.

A German-Chinese restaurant called "Bao House" - Is this something?

I can't stop visiting Gizmodo for some reason despite the fact that I hate almost everything they do. But this op-ed about Belinda Chandra is *spot on*. Volume 3, Series 2 ended as a nonsensical spurt of weird fan service (God, did I really just invoke that as criticism?) but amid all that... 1/

Centre island ferry bikeshare immediately popular - needs three other locations: centre island beach, hanlans, wards island. Would be so nice to be able to bikeshare to the beach!

@kjeanveau.bsky.social getting this mystery email from myself was extremely confusing until I actually opened the screenshot

Went to the open house for @kmclt.bsky.social 's 2nd building, got to see the mayor talk about the city's role. The folks with the Community Land Trust are doing good work creating real results out of collective action.

My bud @shighfi.bsky.social hosts occasional art hangs, and this time I brought my patio radishes and it evolved into french snacks that demanded to be sketched before being devoured

Frustrating. When you overlay those bubbles it gets increasingly difficult to peacefully protest in the city in places where it's reasonable to do so! Christine Freeland's office, my MP, is across the street from the JCC!

First harvest of the season

STOP BILL 5 Doug Ford just introduced #Bill5, which would give him and his Cabinet Trump-like powers. It would allow any person or business that he and his Cabinet choose to IGNORE any and every provincial or municipal law. #Ontario @normsworld.bsky.social act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/170384/...

Submit a comment to stop the Ontario Government from removing all environmental protections from Ontario Place with Bill 5! ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0416 #topoli #onpoli

Please please do the RapidTO survey for both both Bathurst (www.toronto.ca/services-pay...) and Dufferin (www.toronto.ca/services-pay...) and try to make it to the in-person consultations too! We shouldn't have to grovel for such basic things like transit that travels faster than 15km/h. (4/4)

Always a good visualisation - land doesn't vote, people do

What do we do about this, though?

I'm always surprised that they call it so early but my heart couldn't take it anymore. Thank you, Canada. 🍁

AAAHHHHH

It's almost election tampering at this point. Go vote, Canada. And maybe think about who this guy wants us to elect before you do.

This is good science news, but also demonstrates why AI art is The Worst: that picture is showing hyacinths in water, not water hyacinths: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

Just a reminder to my 40+ friends now that it's springtime - doing all of your garden cleanup in one big burst may not end well for your back. Not that I know from personal experience... 🤦‍♀️

advance polls are open, you have all weekend to go whenever you want, just do it!

This is just one niche industry, but all of them will be hit like this. There just isn't the infrastructure for large scale North American wool production anymore.

Just realised the federal riding maps changed since the last election and now I'm in university-rosedale! Check your ridings, friends!

It's fish doorbell season! www.visdeurbel.nl/en/

a bit of a break: fantastically entertaining

My anxiety is really thriving on this

went to winter stations in the sunshine with @shighfi.bsky.social , more of this, please

first signs of life in my planters! Crocus, maybe, or frittilaria. Nice to have an early sign of spring.