Jim Douglas 🇨🇦
@jimsdouglas.bsky.social
Vancouver 🇨🇦
I write Java & JavaScript code for an Albuquerque software company, working from home in Vancouver.
I write Java & JavaScript code for an Albuquerque software company, working from home in Vancouver.
I don't think a jury will be open to the argument that it's the dead teen's fault that ChatGPT offered to write his suicide note.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I don't think a jury will be open to the argument that it's the dead teen's fault that ChatGPT offered to write his suicide note.
Siebel Institute, founded in 1868, is moving from Chicago to Montreal in January because of ongoing difficulties of international students getting visas.
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Renowned American beer brewery school relocating to Montreal
YouTube video by CTV News
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November 26, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Siebel Institute, founded in 1868, is moving from Chicago to Montreal in January because of ongoing difficulties of international students getting visas.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siebel_...
youtu.be/BMfcdAZvaqE?...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siebel_...
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I’d go out of my way to shop at a store with a cat on the counter.
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I’d go out of my way to shop at a store with a cat on the counter.
I’m not a huge fan of AI, but this is really quite good. There are still some noticeable uncanny valley shots with extended conversation scenes, but overall this is very impressive.
www.oneday.xyz
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The Decisive Moment: Midnight Drop
YouTube video by OneDay
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November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I’m not a huge fan of AI, but this is really quite good. There are still some noticeable uncanny valley shots with extended conversation scenes, but overall this is very impressive.
www.oneday.xyz
youtu.be/wDOq7ZvJuDo?...
www.oneday.xyz
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I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
Douthat's pitch boils down to “resistance is futile.” The U.S. invaded Canada in 1775, and first used punitive tariffs as an economic weapon in the 1890s, but it takes some chutzpah to advocate Canada joining the U.S. while living in the Trump dumpster fire.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Douthat's pitch boils down to “resistance is futile.” The U.S. invaded Canada in 1775, and first used punitive tariffs as an economic weapon in the 1890s, but it takes some chutzpah to advocate Canada joining the U.S. while living in the Trump dumpster fire.
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No worries, nobody wants to visit the U.S. as long as Trump's in charge anyway.
The Trump administration announced that starting Jan. 1, the cost of an annual national park pass for non-U.S. residents will jump from $80 to $250 more than triple the current price.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
No worries, nobody wants to visit the U.S. as long as Trump's in charge anyway.
Witkoff is a dangerous idiot. Putin is unambiguously a bad guy. He unilaterally launched an imperial war of conquest in Europe, redrawing borders at gunpoint because he's butt-hurt about the collapse of the Soviet empire.
"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy."
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Witkoff is a dangerous idiot. Putin is unambiguously a bad guy. He unilaterally launched an imperial war of conquest in Europe, redrawing borders at gunpoint because he's butt-hurt about the collapse of the Soviet empire.
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Nobody's going to die if ChatGPT drafts Alberta booze legislation that's littered with standard AI hallucinations, but I struggle to see the point here. If you apply proper due diligence, you’re going to have to sanity check every word, so what do you expect to gain?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta government eyes AI to write legislation for 1st time | CBC News
The Alberta government is considering using AI technology to write a law for the first time, eyeing a forthcoming piece of whisky legislation as its test case.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Nobody's going to die if ChatGPT drafts Alberta booze legislation that's littered with standard AI hallucinations, but I struggle to see the point here. If you apply proper due diligence, you’re going to have to sanity check every word, so what do you expect to gain?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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If you don't spend $1,000 on a new smartphone every year, you're a very bad consumer and you should be ashamed of yourself.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you don't spend $1,000 on a new smartphone every year, you're a very bad consumer and you should be ashamed of yourself.
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Trump constantly threatens lawsuits against media organizations specifically to get them to censor themselves out of fear.
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump constantly threatens lawsuits against media organizations specifically to get them to censor themselves out of fear.
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Fusion: A Korean-American cheeseburger made in San Diego by a Jewish Canadian guy from Vancouver.
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I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS SMASHBURGER TO BE SO GOOD
YouTube video by SAM THE COOKING GUY
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November 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Fusion: A Korean-American cheeseburger made in San Diego by a Jewish Canadian guy from Vancouver.
youtu.be/D9M6tMwUFNA?...
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Trump's worldview is that there are three imperial powers, each dominating their sphere of influence. As far as he’s concerned, Putin and Xi are his allies and the rest of us are expected to fall in line. He would never defend Taiwan, in the same way that he was never going to defend Ukraine.
"Abandon Ukraine to save our powder for China" was always either for cynics or useful idiots.
America’s Heel Turn
Whose side are we on?
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November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Trump's worldview is that there are three imperial powers, each dominating their sphere of influence. As far as he’s concerned, Putin and Xi are his allies and the rest of us are expected to fall in line. He would never defend Taiwan, in the same way that he was never going to defend Ukraine.
Is Nvidia really worth the same as Japan's annual GDP or is AI an enormous bubble that’s about to blow up the stock market? My retirement accounts had time to recover from 2008/2009, but I’d really like to retire soon.
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If the AI bubble pops, will the whole U.S. economy go with it? | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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November 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Is Nvidia really worth the same as Japan's annual GDP or is AI an enormous bubble that’s about to blow up the stock market? My retirement accounts had time to recover from 2008/2009, but I’d really like to retire soon.
youtu.be/WwMSnpu-Fp0?...
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The US defined the postwar world, and the Pax Americana kept great power wars at bay for 80 years. Historical currents were already threatening that long peace: lack of living memory of great power wars and a rising China. Trump's hatred of the western alliance is only accelerating those trends.
The End of the Longest Peace? | Foreign Affairs share.google/j1754Rl9rdYc...
The End of the Longest Peace?
One of history’s greatest achievements is under threat.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The US defined the postwar world, and the Pax Americana kept great power wars at bay for 80 years. Historical currents were already threatening that long peace: lack of living memory of great power wars and a rising China. Trump's hatred of the western alliance is only accelerating those trends.
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SEN. GALLEGO: "This is fucking insane... Secretary Hegseth, all these guys, fuck you, you're not going to be able to scare us. You say you’re not acting like fascists… you won’t intimidate us.”
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
SEN. GALLEGO: "This is fucking insane... Secretary Hegseth, all these guys, fuck you, you're not going to be able to scare us. You say you’re not acting like fascists… you won’t intimidate us.”
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
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Extraordinary step. Pentagon, under pretext of "good order and discipline", threatens to recall to duty and court-martial Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, after he recorded a video telling troops they could refuse illegal orders. Dangerous & authoritarian.
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Sen. Mark Kelly faces Pentagon investigation for making video on refusing 'unlawful orders'
The Defense Department suggested that the investigation of the Arizona Democrat Kelly stems from urging military members to refuse to follow unlawful orders.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Extraordinary step. Pentagon, under pretext of "good order and discipline", threatens to recall to duty and court-martial Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, after he recorded a video telling troops they could refuse illegal orders. Dangerous & authoritarian.
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Conspiracy theorists don’t understand the basic fact of human nature that if the U.S. government has been hiding proof of extraterrestrial life for decades, someone would have spilled their guts decades ago. And if someone told Trump something like that, he’d tweet it the same day.
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Conspiracy theorists don’t understand the basic fact of human nature that if the U.S. government has been hiding proof of extraterrestrial life for decades, someone would have spilled their guts decades ago. And if someone told Trump something like that, he’d tweet it the same day.
The administration thinks we’re all idiots, or possibly they just don’t care. The original “you must sign this by Thanksgiving” document was transparently written by Russia with no input from Ukraine and no particular interest from Trump beyond wanting his Nobel.
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The administration thinks we’re all idiots, or possibly they just don’t care. The original “you must sign this by Thanksgiving” document was transparently written by Russia with no input from Ukraine and no particular interest from Trump beyond wanting his Nobel.
Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 1: The Big Bird
YouTube video by Alton Brown
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November 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Please please please
Huh. I wonder which Canadian billionaire it will turn out to be.
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Please please please
This ostrich convoy is nothing but an excuse for anti-government conspiracy theorists to throw a tantrum. Bird flu is highly infectious and deadly, and culls with compensation are standard practice for food safety. The birds in question weren’t beloved pets, they were livestock raised for meat.
In case you’re wondering:
The key people behind tomorrow’s planned nationwide Ostrich Convoy include an aging Burning Man attendee who drives a psychedelic school bus called the “Church of Bubbles” and a Dutch-born Gen Z social media marketer who imports maple syrup to Utrecht, Netherlands
The key people behind tomorrow’s planned nationwide Ostrich Convoy include an aging Burning Man attendee who drives a psychedelic school bus called the “Church of Bubbles” and a Dutch-born Gen Z social media marketer who imports maple syrup to Utrecht, Netherlands
Leaders of Canada’s Newest Convoy Worry Police Are Trying to Sabotage a Nationwide Protest Avenging a Flock of Dead Ostriches
Convoy organizers say they are at ‘war’ with the federal government, but insist they will remain ‘peaceful’
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November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This ostrich convoy is nothing but an excuse for anti-government conspiracy theorists to throw a tantrum. Bird flu is highly infectious and deadly, and culls with compensation are standard practice for food safety. The birds in question weren’t beloved pets, they were livestock raised for meat.