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Every AI company:
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Every AI company:
I don't trust opinion polling, but just going to point out that when polls had support for Trump's immigration policy at 45% people were like "Wow 45% of Americans are genuine fascists" and then number falls and it's "Wow 35% of Americans are genuine fascists" and the truth is we don't really know.
January 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I don't trust opinion polling, but just going to point out that when polls had support for Trump's immigration policy at 45% people were like "Wow 45% of Americans are genuine fascists" and then number falls and it's "Wow 35% of Americans are genuine fascists" and the truth is we don't really know.
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"Three Minnesota federal prosecutors resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and its reluctance to investigate the shooter, according to people with knowledge of their decision."
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"Three Minnesota federal prosecutors resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and its reluctance to investigate the shooter, according to people with knowledge of their decision."
Every indie rock band now is one cute lady and three scruffy-looking dudes.
January 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Every indie rock band now is one cute lady and three scruffy-looking dudes.
This is a good program and I'm happy to see the city expand it. There is no good reason to treat mental health problems as policing matters; people in distress need health care and social supports, not law enforcement.
Crisis team providing alternative response for people in distress expanding to 24 hours | CBC News
A community-based response team being piloted in the Dartmouth area is expanding to 24-hour service, offering an alternative model to police to support people in crisis.
www.cbc.ca
January 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This is a good program and I'm happy to see the city expand it. There is no good reason to treat mental health problems as policing matters; people in distress need health care and social supports, not law enforcement.
And you can replace "Trump" with "Iraq", "global warming", "Covid", etc. to get an equally accurate sentence.
Being right about trump was boring, tedious, partisan, ideological. Being wrong about trump? Heterodox, contrarian, free thinking.
January 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
And you can replace "Trump" with "Iraq", "global warming", "Covid", etc. to get an equally accurate sentence.
The motion passed. Next and much harder step: Try to get the resolution to the floor at convention. I'm determined to do as much as I can to get people in progressive political circles interested in taking up this issue.
On the off chance that anyone who follows me is a member of the Halifax NDP: I have a resolution up for debate at next week's policy meeting to add AI regulation to the NDP's policy book. If it passes (& I think there's decent odds it will), we can try to get it to the floor at convention in March.
January 13, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The motion passed. Next and much harder step: Try to get the resolution to the floor at convention. I'm determined to do as much as I can to get people in progressive political circles interested in taking up this issue.
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There is something kind of funny about how the big push to get everyone to buy a new computer to run Microsoft's AI features is coming at the same time that computer hardware is skyrocketing in price because it's all being put into AI server farms.
RAM may be abominably expensive, but hey, at least SSD prices are also exploding
SSD prices, like those of RAM, are skyrocketing - and it only looks to get worse.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
There is something kind of funny about how the big push to get everyone to buy a new computer to run Microsoft's AI features is coming at the same time that computer hardware is skyrocketing in price because it's all being put into AI server farms.
2025 saw a record low homicide rate in Toronto. And in London, England. The US saw the largest one-year drop ever recorded. Murder rates are falling dramatically across national boundaries. Such a significant fall in major crimes ought to be a huge news story. So where's all the news?
January 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
2025 saw a record low homicide rate in Toronto. And in London, England. The US saw the largest one-year drop ever recorded. Murder rates are falling dramatically across national boundaries. Such a significant fall in major crimes ought to be a huge news story. So where's all the news?
Most of the focus for the Twitter CSAM issue has been on Evan Solomon because of his role as Minister of AI, but has anyone in the media tried to get a comment out of the Attorney General, Sean Fraser? Surely some of this content is already illegal; is the Department of Justice doing anything?
January 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Most of the focus for the Twitter CSAM issue has been on Evan Solomon because of his role as Minister of AI, but has anyone in the media tried to get a comment out of the Attorney General, Sean Fraser? Surely some of this content is already illegal; is the Department of Justice doing anything?
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Canada has 41.5 million people, and its governing party is posting messages on a platform that are on average viewed by only a few hundred people
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Canada has 41.5 million people, and its governing party is posting messages on a platform that are on average viewed by only a few hundred people
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
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Liberal MPs' tweets on X were viewed 85K times (this is the number of times a tweet appears on a screen, not 85K unique people)
Over two-thirds of those views came from the 5 top tweets
70% of Liberal MPs' tweets received fewer than 1K views
Over two-thirds of those views came from the 5 top tweets
70% of Liberal MPs' tweets received fewer than 1K views
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Liberal MPs' tweets on X were viewed 85K times (this is the number of times a tweet appears on a screen, not 85K unique people)
Over two-thirds of those views came from the 5 top tweets
70% of Liberal MPs' tweets received fewer than 1K views
Over two-thirds of those views came from the 5 top tweets
70% of Liberal MPs' tweets received fewer than 1K views
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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 1:27 PM
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
It took nearly a week for the government to put out any statement at all about the rampant production of sexual abuse material on Twitter, but mere hours on a weekend to refute media reports that they were considering banning it. What does this tell you about the government's priorities?
The minister of AI went on X after midnight on a Saturday night to clarify he isn't banning X. Cool. What is he doing?
January 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
It took nearly a week for the government to put out any statement at all about the rampant production of sexual abuse material on Twitter, but mere hours on a weekend to refute media reports that they were considering banning it. What does this tell you about the government's priorities?
A weird thing I have learned while reading this is that, until 1974, in England "one billion" meant one million millions, not one thousand millions, and so the format for describing numbers in the modern sense of billions was "1,000 million".
January 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
A weird thing I have learned while reading this is that, until 1974, in England "one billion" meant one million millions, not one thousand millions, and so the format for describing numbers in the modern sense of billions was "1,000 million".
I like how in every Japanese game from the early 2000s, the CIA is an outfit of superheroes kind of like the X-Men. Here's Claire, she works for the CIA, she'll be your supplier of magic artifacts; also she has access to an unlimited supply of helicopters, which she personally knows how to fly.
January 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I like how in every Japanese game from the early 2000s, the CIA is an outfit of superheroes kind of like the X-Men. Here's Claire, she works for the CIA, she'll be your supplier of magic artifacts; also she has access to an unlimited supply of helicopters, which she personally knows how to fly.
Deleting previous post as it turns out there is an article, which for some reason doesn't turn up using the search function on The Telegraph's web site. (h/t @segm09.bsky.social )
Starmer rallies international support to take on Musk
Tech billionaire says threat to ban social media site over sexualised AI images is ‘censorship’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Deleting previous post as it turns out there is an article, which for some reason doesn't turn up using the search function on The Telegraph's web site. (h/t @segm09.bsky.social )
You never meet a guy named Wilberforce any more.
January 11, 2026 at 1:14 AM
You never meet a guy named Wilberforce any more.
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C’est une ClayStation
🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.
January 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
C’est une ClayStation
Kicking off a new year with some light reading.
January 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Kicking off a new year with some light reading.
[guy who has only played Dark Souls playing Ninja Gaiden 2]:
Getting some real Dark Souls vibes from this game.
Getting some real Dark Souls vibes from this game.
January 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
[guy who has only played Dark Souls playing Ninja Gaiden 2]:
Getting some real Dark Souls vibes from this game.
Getting some real Dark Souls vibes from this game.
Trying to figure out why Trump supporters think this video or that angle shows why the murder victim in Minneapolis deserved it is giving them too much credit; they don't think the video is exonerative because of any particular detail, they think anyone who opposes them deserves to die.
January 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Trying to figure out why Trump supporters think this video or that angle shows why the murder victim in Minneapolis deserved it is giving them too much credit; they don't think the video is exonerative because of any particular detail, they think anyone who opposes them deserves to die.
You ever listen to These Arms Are Snakes? One of the best bands of the early 2000s heyday of post-hardcore, a band that's constantly finding its way into my rotation. (The bassist now plays in Russian Circles, who I'm sure at least a few of you are into.)
Ethric Double, by These Arms Are Snakes
from the album Tail Swallower & Dove
thesearmsaresnakes.bandcamp.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
You ever listen to These Arms Are Snakes? One of the best bands of the early 2000s heyday of post-hardcore, a band that's constantly finding its way into my rotation. (The bassist now plays in Russian Circles, who I'm sure at least a few of you are into.)
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If you don't want ICE to know you were at a protest, taking a burner phone is not going to help you stay anonymous if you go home afterwards. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
If you don't want ICE to know you were at a protest, taking a burner phone is not going to help you stay anonymous if you go home afterwards. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...