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Andrew Berkshire @berkshire.bsky.social · 51m

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Andrew Berkshire @berkshire.bsky.social · 1h

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Mickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · 2h

Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:

“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”

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Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social · 11h

He's lit like the dude from the VHS-board-game Nightmare.

youtu.be/3g31Dj-sEiA?...

Nightmare Video Board Game (1991) Complete VHS Tape

YouTube video by Dino Drac's Retro Commercials!

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 14h

The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It

A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.

futurism.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d

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draglikepull @draglikepull.bsky.social · 1d

I think this kind of thing - people being unable to distinguish between what a *character* is saying and what the *game* is saying - really is a problem of literacy. But, like, Peter Thiel has a philosophy degree, his problem isn't illiteracy, his problem is he *wants* to reach bad conclusions.

draglikepull @draglikepull.bsky.social · 19d

Never read the comments, I know, but I'm amazed at how poor a lot of peoples' reading comprehension is. These comments are about Ghost of Tsushima. What they're complaining about here is *the point the story is making*. The whole game is about the protaganist rejecting his uncle's idea of honour!

A commenter says:
"So the idea of the first game is that it's dishonourable to fight people outside of an upfront duel. This is despite the Mongols having superior numbers and no issue with fighting dirty.

Fighting back in a smart way isn't something NPCs should be reprimanding me for."

A reply from another user adds:
"I always found it quite annoying that the first one would force you into making stealthy kills, then give you a moralising lecture about how dishonourable stealthy kills are"

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draglikepull @draglikepull.bsky.social · 1d

Education is great and as a general rule people do become more literate and better at critical thinking as they get more of it, but I also think a lot of the things people say would be fixed by making tech VCs take more English classes are caused by motivated reasoning, not a lack of literacy.

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Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social · 1d

Are you saying Mr. Michel-Therrien-Loving-Drafted-Guy-Who-Asked-Not-To-Be-Drafted-Because-Of-Crime maybe didn't foster the best culture?

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

Thanksgiving in Canada has nothing to do with Columbus!

We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.

Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"

US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.

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Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit that's a good deal.

Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 1d

8 years and $8.85 M AAV for Lane Hutson. Everyone wins.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder.

Humanity has never removed an atmospheric pollutant at a global, continental or, even, regional scale — we have only ever shut down the source and let nature do the clearing up. This is the case for chlorofluorocarbons and stratospheric ozone destruction, for sulfur dioxide and acid rain, and for sulfur and nitrogen oxides and photochemical smog. We must be prepared for CDR to be a failure, leaving us to rely on the environment to stabilize atmospheric CO₂ over thousands of years. This is another argument for rapid decarbonization.

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 2d

This is why the costumes are honestly brilliant. Ngo, who has never said a truthful thing in his entire life (remember the concrete milkshake?) now has to convince people inflatable Sesame Street and animal costumes are violent terrorists.

Sometimes you just need an image too silly to demonize.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 2d

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, if he spends the rest of his life genuinely believing he isn't getting into heaven, and sees that as a negative, that does make me feel kinda good. Gotta take the little wins.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

“WHOAH! Be careful not to step in that pile of shit there!” exclaimed the man pulling his pants back up.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 2d

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social · 3d

You put more respect on the Mike Komisarek draft.

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Andrew Berkshire @berkshire.bsky.social · 3d

Doug Armstrong watching Bolduc, who has one fewer goal than his entire roster.

a woman is holding her head with her hands and making a surprised face .

ALT: a woman is holding her head with her hands and making a surprised face .

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Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social · 3d

I might be in love...

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 3d

I really enjoyed this Coyne column. Said tech oligarchs need to way more attentive to the way public opinion is shifting against them. Coyne is just about the furthest thing from a "soak the rich" socialist, and yet....

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: The tech oligarchy poses a unique threat to democracy

Today’s uber-rich have converted their obscene wealth into outsize power, wielded in the name of bizarre millenarian ideologies

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social · 3d

Especially after the speech given by the CnC.

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Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social · 3d

I have more thougths than I can fit here about how to try and dig out of our over extension of urban boundaries. But densifying everywhere including suburbs is a big one. I know in Ottawa, Barrhaven is actually moving in that direction. But without good transit, it'll suck hard.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 3d

I personally see housing and transportation as very much linked.

Building more housing in desirable central neighbourhoods close to jobs, transit, and biking infrastructure allows more people to live car-free or car-light.

Pushing housing out to the suburbs does the opposite!

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Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social · 3d

Uneducated guess? We are right next to the States, and their quick adoption and expansion of cars influenced things here too.

Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social · 4d

Well my idea also requires the City to not be an absolute pushover.

Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social · 4d

I'm conceptually fine with sending to every complaint address a note that makes clear to homeowners "If your variance is illegal and we roll up to do work, you're paying for the removal". And then obviously work on enforcing post-2007.

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