Tony, Supervisor at Nubby's Number Factory
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This is really one of those "READ THE ARTICLE" moment. They want AI companies to use a dedicated API and PAY to get Wikipedia content instead of just scraping it as regular traffic. That's all.
Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others
Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others | TechCrunch
The AI partnerships allow companies to access the org's content, like Wikipedia, at scale.
techcrunch.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM
This is really one of those "READ THE ARTICLE" moment. They want AI companies to use a dedicated API and PAY to get Wikipedia content instead of just scraping it as regular traffic. That's all.
Grew up near Deshkaan-ziibi (Antler River), also known as the Thames by people who haven't learned the Ojibwe name for it. It is a much-abused river that deserves far better than it gets.
January 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Grew up near Deshkaan-ziibi (Antler River), also known as the Thames by people who haven't learned the Ojibwe name for it. It is a much-abused river that deserves far better than it gets.
Meanwhile, in a country that isn't a de facto vassal of the United States...
Rare is the time that I say I wish Canada behaved more like the United Kingdom, but, just this once, you gotta give it to them.
Rare is the time that I say I wish Canada behaved more like the United Kingdom, but, just this once, you gotta give it to them.
BREAKING: Creating non-consensual intimate images will become a criminal offence in the UK from this week, the Technology Secretary has announced
Story to follow.
Story to follow.
January 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Meanwhile, in a country that isn't a de facto vassal of the United States...
Rare is the time that I say I wish Canada behaved more like the United Kingdom, but, just this once, you gotta give it to them.
Rare is the time that I say I wish Canada behaved more like the United Kingdom, but, just this once, you gotta give it to them.
The only plausible reason to continue using the harassment site is to placate our political overlords.
Shameless capitulation from a shameless political party.
Shameless capitulation from a shameless political party.
Do Canadian MPs actually connect with the public on X?
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
January 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The only plausible reason to continue using the harassment site is to placate our political overlords.
Shameless capitulation from a shameless political party.
Shameless capitulation from a shameless political party.
Was not expecting to have my Canada-skepticism validated in a video about Jarhead, but here we are. Thanks, Dan!
(Folding Ideas is brilliant and every video is a day-one watch for me).
(Folding Ideas is brilliant and every video is a day-one watch for me).
January 10, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Was not expecting to have my Canada-skepticism validated in a video about Jarhead, but here we are. Thanks, Dan!
(Folding Ideas is brilliant and every video is a day-one watch for me).
(Folding Ideas is brilliant and every video is a day-one watch for me).
Shit like this doesn't cut it. Using a platform is a form of support for said platform. You don't get to have it both ways.
Leave the fascist slop-app and stop wasting my taxpayer dollars on having your posts throttled by a drugged-up billionaire.
Leave the fascist slop-app and stop wasting my taxpayer dollars on having your posts throttled by a drugged-up billionaire.
“‘The Government of Canada takes reports of child sexual abuse material (SAM) and non-consensual sexual images very seriously,’ read a statement from Public Safety Canada.
Evan Solomon, the minister responsible for AI regulation and safety in Canada, declined an interview request.”
Evan Solomon, the minister responsible for AI regulation and safety in Canada, declined an interview request.”
Canadian government still using X amid platform’s child sex abuse material scandal - National | Globalnews.ca
Canada’s AI minister Evan Solomon responds to X.com child sexual abuse material scandal with a statement on X, says more action coming on digital privacy.
globalnews.ca
January 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Shit like this doesn't cut it. Using a platform is a form of support for said platform. You don't get to have it both ways.
Leave the fascist slop-app and stop wasting my taxpayer dollars on having your posts throttled by a drugged-up billionaire.
Leave the fascist slop-app and stop wasting my taxpayer dollars on having your posts throttled by a drugged-up billionaire.
What does this defeatism seek to accomplish? An inability to fathom a better world based on half-baked understandings of procedure serves nothing so much as it does the forces of reaction.
Of course, none of this is going to happen. Abolishing ICE is about as likely as fixing the electoral college.
January 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
What does this defeatism seek to accomplish? An inability to fathom a better world based on half-baked understandings of procedure serves nothing so much as it does the forces of reaction.
Canada has always been a master of marketing. We're so good at lying to ourselves that we've transformed Merrie Canada into an (Anglo) national identity.
The problem is that this starry-eyed branding makes reform challenging and expressing our troubles internationally almost impossible.
The problem is that this starry-eyed branding makes reform challenging and expressing our troubles internationally almost impossible.
According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
January 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Canada has always been a master of marketing. We're so good at lying to ourselves that we've transformed Merrie Canada into an (Anglo) national identity.
The problem is that this starry-eyed branding makes reform challenging and expressing our troubles internationally almost impossible.
The problem is that this starry-eyed branding makes reform challenging and expressing our troubles internationally almost impossible.
This response to a NYTimes "reporter" requesting the murder footage shows more spine than the entire Democratic Party.
no, absolutely not, you all should've been nicer to my trans homies
January 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
This response to a NYTimes "reporter" requesting the murder footage shows more spine than the entire Democratic Party.
"I demand a meeting with the people who have repeatedly lied to me" is an...interesting strategy. Chuckles and Carnage working on out-Quisling one another.
This is *extremely* weak leadership from Jeffries and Schumer. When the wannabe king ignores congress to initiate regime change abroad, they are requesting a fucking briefing sometime soon.
January 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"I demand a meeting with the people who have repeatedly lied to me" is an...interesting strategy. Chuckles and Carnage working on out-Quisling one another.
Ronald Reagan was a monster who inflicted decades of suffering on the world. He was a conman and a liar. His regime is topped only by Trump's and Andrew Johnson's in terms of damage caused to the Union.
Democrats need to keep Reagan in the cold, wet ground where he belongs.
Democrats need to keep Reagan in the cold, wet ground where he belongs.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Ronald Reagan was a monster who inflicted decades of suffering on the world. He was a conman and a liar. His regime is topped only by Trump's and Andrew Johnson's in terms of damage caused to the Union.
Democrats need to keep Reagan in the cold, wet ground where he belongs.
Democrats need to keep Reagan in the cold, wet ground where he belongs.
Wow, @schumer.senate.gov, what a brilliant play!
December 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Wow, @schumer.senate.gov, what a brilliant play!
If you hoard, say, Nintendo Power magazines such that you can no longer navigate your living space, you are considered unwell and in need of treatment. If you hoard money, you're seen as a paragon of virtue and someone who needs to be taken seriously.
Make it make sense (impossible challenge).
Make it make sense (impossible challenge).
If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you hoard, say, Nintendo Power magazines such that you can no longer navigate your living space, you are considered unwell and in need of treatment. If you hoard money, you're seen as a paragon of virtue and someone who needs to be taken seriously.
Make it make sense (impossible challenge).
Make it make sense (impossible challenge).
The Disney/OpenAI deal is a story meant to suggest that OpenAI is "making money", and it's important to remember that $1B is nowhere close to profitability for the money-burning machine that everyone hates.
Wow $1bn? That should cover a month of OpenAI’s inference costs
BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Disney/OpenAI deal is a story meant to suggest that OpenAI is "making money", and it's important to remember that $1B is nowhere close to profitability for the money-burning machine that everyone hates.
A country where the colonial governor has carte blanche because most votes mean nothing and the major parties are closed aristocracies is not a healthy country. People don't like Carney; they simply have no alternative. We'd rather bleed out than have our heads cut off.
Canadians are happy with the direction PM Carney is taking Canada
If, like me, you want to help his vision for Canada come to fruition, get involved
It will take volunteers and donors to keep him at the helm of Canada
Contact either a Liberal MP or the Liberal Party of Canada
#cdnpoli
If, like me, you want to help his vision for Canada come to fruition, get involved
It will take volunteers and donors to keep him at the helm of Canada
Contact either a Liberal MP or the Liberal Party of Canada
#cdnpoli
Carney has a “massive” lead over PP as preferred PM.
December 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A country where the colonial governor has carte blanche because most votes mean nothing and the major parties are closed aristocracies is not a healthy country. People don't like Carney; they simply have no alternative. We'd rather bleed out than have our heads cut off.
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roughly the same amount I raised to publish a collection of five years worth of weekly work that I poured blood, sweat and tears into...for using an abhorrent slur and getting properly fired from your food court job...
The Cinnabon employee who was fired for calling a Somali couple the N-word in Wisconsin has now received over $130,000 in donations.
December 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
roughly the same amount I raised to publish a collection of five years worth of weekly work that I poured blood, sweat and tears into...for using an abhorrent slur and getting properly fired from your food court job...
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Climate-related cartography: "so, are we like *screwed screwed* with this whole climate change thing?", because it is almost invariably followed by some iteration of "I don't buy that humans can really do that much to the climate, you know?".
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Climate-related cartography: "so, are we like *screwed screwed* with this whole climate change thing?", because it is almost invariably followed by some iteration of "I don't buy that humans can really do that much to the climate, you know?".
An added bit: if you're a kid and you don't adhere to these things, like I didn't, you're set up for a childhood of bullying. Solnit's "straitjacket with a gun" is foisted on the little ones from the jump.
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
An added bit: if you're a kid and you don't adhere to these things, like I didn't, you're set up for a childhood of bullying. Solnit's "straitjacket with a gun" is foisted on the little ones from the jump.
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People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
It just needs to be way easier to lose your license and your car for reckless driving, because a few months of major societal disruption 5 years ago taught people that driving in such a way that kills others or themselves is nbd
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
Working at Starbucks in downtown Ottawa 15+ years ago to help stretch the money at the end of the month was a more physically and mentally exhausting job than my current one and it isn't close. And Starbucks is *designed* to be as seamless as possible!
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Working at Starbucks in downtown Ottawa 15+ years ago to help stretch the money at the end of the month was a more physically and mentally exhausting job than my current one and it isn't close. And Starbucks is *designed* to be as seamless as possible!
"Sacrifices" for everyone except the wealthy and powerful. A more avowedly radical NDP promising a wealth tax could probably claw a lot of turf back once the elbows up crowd realizes that they got got by Mark Carney.
I missed the detail that Mark Carney ditched the luxury tax on private jets, yachts, and vehicles over $100,000 in the budget, though I also can’t say I’m surprised.
The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.
The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.
Here's what each federal department plans to cut under Budget 2025 | CBC News
Tuesday's federal budget offers a glimpse into how dozens of government departments plan to rein in spending following this summer's comprehensive expenditure review. Here's a department-by-departmen...
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"Sacrifices" for everyone except the wealthy and powerful. A more avowedly radical NDP promising a wealth tax could probably claw a lot of turf back once the elbows up crowd realizes that they got got by Mark Carney.
At this rate you could show up to your campaign launch announcement wearing nothing but tattered boxer shorts and say "yeah, my opponent, uh, whatstheirface, uh, they suck ass. Go me!" and probably have a floor of 20% in voting intentions among Democrats.
pretty sure you could launch a challenge at one of the senators up in 2026 and get an absolute groundswell of early donations, even this late
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
At this rate you could show up to your campaign launch announcement wearing nothing but tattered boxer shorts and say "yeah, my opponent, uh, whatstheirface, uh, they suck ass. Go me!" and probably have a floor of 20% in voting intentions among Democrats.
Chuck Schumer's next post on this website might well be the most ratio'd post to ever exist here.
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Chuck Schumer's next post on this website might well be the most ratio'd post to ever exist here.
This reminds me of the Australian consumer affairs show The Checkout. It was on ABC and I saw it through YouTube. Very Leslie Knope-kinda thing (affectionate) that taught people about their consumer rights. It was cute!
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This reminds me of the Australian consumer affairs show The Checkout. It was on ABC and I saw it through YouTube. Very Leslie Knope-kinda thing (affectionate) that taught people about their consumer rights. It was cute!