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Dafydd Hughes

@dafydd61.bsky.social

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Piano player, cyclist, runner, computer programmer, teacher, T1D. He/him 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #BikeTo #VisionZero #TOPoli #ONPoli PFP- selfie - I’m a white man with pink glasses, a black fake paper moustache and beard, and a blue hood over my head.

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 10h

My most recent was def a number 3😆

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 13h

Got a goal?

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 19h

Hey I’ll be cheering! Have a great race.

Reposted by Dafydd Hughes

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 1d

I've been "collecting" these type of headlines and stories for over a decade now, and our 2019 study looked at 200 articles, but this may take the cake. Top 5 of all time for sure.

@calvinthigpen.com

Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 1d

Driver hit two people, one of them is pregnant, the other thrown 20ft, and the headline leads with WINDSHIELD DAMAGE

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

The Berkeley Scanner @berkeleyscanner.com · 1d

BREAKING: A driver struck two pedestrians, including a pregnant woman, near UC Berkeley on Friday, sending both to Highland Hospital.

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 2d

John Carpenter’s Vernon, Florida

Rob McCallum @robmccallum.bsky.social · 2d

make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to title

John Carpenter's John Carter

Ben Guilfoy @bkguilfoy.bsky.social · 2d

John Carpenter's BAMBI

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly it’s becoming hard to tell apart what’s intended as a distraction and what they’re trying to distract us from.

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for all you do to help make it easier, safer and more fun to get around our city by bike.

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 2d

You may install car lanes only if it doesn’t require removing bike lanes. We can call it The Reverse 212.

#BikeTO

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ontario moving ahead with Toronto compromise on bike lanes despite appeal | CBC News

Ontario's transportation minister says the government plans to soon restore lanes of vehicle traffic but keep bike lanes on a short stretch of Bloor Street W. in Toronto, despite an ongoing court case...

www.cbc.ca

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 2d

Ben Gunning. bengunning.bandcamp.com/album/no-mag...

No Magic Hand, by BEN GUNNING

9 track album

bengunning.bandcamp.com

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 2d

This morning was absolutely gorgeous.

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 2d

There was a lot of that this morning.

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 3d

I am DYING to read the rest of the human/written sample opening. Please tell me that’s a book!

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 3d

This is very cool, and I found it surprisingly difficult.

Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 4d

Hey all, I'm trying to get a baseline for how good people are at detecting whether fiction is AI-generated or human-written (most of the research on this is for nonfiction and my hypothesis is we're better with fiction).

If you have time, give it a try?

jlp-experiment.github.io/ai-detection...

AI vs Human Fiction Detection Test

jlp-experiment.github.io

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 4d

Dying to know what kind of infra he has planned for the 401.

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 4d

Who do I talk to about getting people to stop referring to roundabouts as safety measures?

#ONPoli #VisionZero

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ford denies mayors' request to tweak instead of scrap speed camera program | CBC News

More than 20 municipal leaders in Ontario signed a letter to Ford last week saying his plan implement a total ban on automated speed cameras would reverse years of progress on safety in school zones a...

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 5d

@colindmello.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 5d

Guy in banana costume meme, but also 70 is nearly guaranteed to kill any pedestrian or person on a bike you hit, and 40 zone means odds are very good it’s going to be a kid.

#ONPoli #TOPoli #VisionZero #BikeTO #WalkTO

globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 5d

I just looked at your route and it’s almost identical to mine. It seems I just wasn’t looking for it, because I’ve been riding past it for a while! That Decew Rd climb is I think my least favourite ever. You can avoid it with the right tires by cutting through Short Hills.

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 6d

Well done! I’ve heard the Camden General Store is great, but I keep missing it. Next time, add the Regional Variety and Gas Bar, just on the west end of St Catharines, for cracking samosas.

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah. I think it was the second or third episode where I thought specifically about the rhetorical/artistic value and decided you could achieve both, probably more effectively, without forcing your audience to passively sit through it.

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 6d

Happy to hear this. Maybe I’ll go back and watch it.

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 6d

Me too. I felt like I was expected to get off on it. Maybe that was the point.

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 8d

Well that settles it then.

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 8d

On it

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 9d

October is the best month to ride bikes

#BikeTO

A green Marinoni touring bike, leaning against a black and orange construction pylon on a gravel path covered with fallen leaves. The trees behind are still mostly green but a lot of leaves are already on the ground.

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