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Ed Tubb

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Editor at the Toronto Star, with a focus on courts, justice and occasional greyhound content. Journalism is a discipline of verification. he/him | etubb at thestar dot ca

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7h

God forbid number doesn’t go up.

Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 8h

Number must go up.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 8h

The fact Canadian homes double as retirement funds.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23h

Finish this sentence: “The biggest obstacle to actually turning MY city into a better city for people is __________________________.”

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 11h

It’s coming for recipes, for sure for sure.

Godspeed to anyone who tries to ask the 2025 internet how to cook some novel combination, or how to substitute something for something stupid, or something.

DIY, too.

Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 11h

The most beautiful thing about the internet’s Golden Age was learning you could ask any obscure technical question and be confident someone had answered it years ago on Reddit or Quora or whatever.

Now, your question most likely pulls up 1,500 words of AI clickbait, and doesn’t answer anything.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 23h

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, they’re desperate desperate.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that ChatGPT will soon allow for erotica for verified adults.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 4d

Love this piece.

www.thestar.com/news/gta/con...

Condo v. Church: A story of Toronto on the steps of Sanctuary

The people of Sanctuary believe they are doing the Lord's work on Charles Street East. More and more of their neighbours think the church has become part of the problem.

www.thestar.com

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 5d

This, pretty much.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 6d

Edit other people.

Doesn’t have to be professional. Offer to help a colleague. Hell, help school age kid with an essay. Look at the words and see if they work/why they don’t.

Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 6d

Bullpen games *are* good, actually.

Reposted by Ed Tubb

Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 6d

This is probably the best time to be in organized crime since before the repeal of prohibition in 1933. I mean if you wanted to commit high level non-immigrant related crime, now is the time to go hog wild.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 6d

Bullpen games are good, actually?

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

Honestly, you watch this crap for any period of time and you can kinda see why the crazy is so prevalent.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

I honestly wasn't paying close attention until the pitchman kept trying to get me to use a QR code and I looked up.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

And then every other ad is pegged to a celebrity.

Celebrity insurance.

Celebrity telecom.

Celebrity AI.

I know, I know, different cultures and all. But the impression of it is so very off-putting.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

I'm watching on a janky stream (because that's all I have) and, I tell ya, every time I get a glimpse of U.S. TV ads, the impression I get is worse.

We've had an ICE recruiting ad.

There was one for survival kits. (Get two months free!)

A drug ad for a methadone alternative.

And on and on.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

Another excellent Reddit suggestion:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJgQ...

Le Willi Waller 2006 - Têtes à claques

YouTube video by Têtes à claques

www.youtube.com

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

Oh, that's one!

Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

Reddit comes to the rescue!

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

We could pretend to be from Winnipeg, and he could bring a Weakerthans album.

Not sure kindergarten is the place to start a family lie, tho.

Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

Do we use wapiti in Canadian French? (I genuinely don't know. I thought that was a euro word.)

Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

C'est talkie-walkie en français, non?

Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

Oh great, here's a French-language website with a list of Fruits and vegetables starting with W.

"Vous recherchez les fruits et légumes commençant par la lettre W? Nous avons listé les différents fruits et légumes commençant par W ci-dessous!"

Let's see what it says!

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

They are all English loanwords!

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, but you see, the first kid is definitely bringing un wagon.