kevin

I will happily buy one of these off someone.

Petty on the nose that international women’s day is only 23 hours long

I am pleased that this is the last time (hopefully) I will wake up and look at my watch and then my phone and wonder which, if either, is correct because time changed overnight.

On days like today, and I don't trot this word out lightly, I know I'm blessed.

If you're in town for a while, I'd offer you a coffee or a tea!

Hey, it's my 'hood. I run here once or twice a day.

We said this last September.

The attack on Iran will not be the last imperialist military adventure of the Trump regime. If he can consolidate enough power to do so, Trump will behave towards Latin America and even Europe the way Putin does towards Ukraine.

With horrific consequences for all.

Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life. Kate Fox says Joe Ceccanti was the ‘most hopeful person’ before he started spending 12 hours a day with a chatbot

holy moly

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Yassss

I am close to Bentall, happy to pop down

Closer to 4

The Merit Commissioner's job was to review appointments into the professional public service.

Can I please ask all politicians and BC politics journalists to understand that the BC Merit Commissioner did not do background checks and also had no responsibility for hiring into the political offices?

Appointment of "special advisers" or political staff was never subject to Merit Comm.

the year is 2026. the most important person in politics is the guy from Home Alone, the most important person in media is the guy from Fear Factor, and the most important person in technology is the owner of MechaHitler. what we need now, more than ever, is to defeat the left

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"Not me! I can keep posting on Twitter without absorbing any of these negative effects because I'm just built different than everyone else. Better."

@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social West End definitely flurries, was just at Smithe and Hornby, there too

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The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could

milansinghhh • 7h Paying property taxes on a fully paid-off home makes ownership feel temporary. • 188 Q 271 G10 3 denis_morton & 4h Your home burning down because no one paid for the fire department

100%

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

another guy who never protested before radicalized to the point of tears by watching masked ICE agents terrify children in his neighborhood

the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated

This is alarming.

“But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.”
— Viktor E. Frankl

My concern is that too many people are going to use LLMs to tell them how they think. Voluntarily giving up agency.

My cartoon in today's Toronto Star

The art of politics is not to do what people think. If it was, there literally wouldn’t be any politics. The art of politics is to convert public opinion in the direction of your policies. Not so subordinate your policies to opinion.

@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social Trent is a gem and you're a gem this morning. Thank you for the care in your interview.

@iwriteok.bsky.social Canadian Tire is far more than used tires. It's like a hardware, sporting goods, home goods, and more store. It's also full of shit.

Agreed

I'm here to help.