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Maclean’s Magazine @macleans.bsky.social · 1h

“My concern is that due to the feeling that we can’t understand AI, we are undemocratically giving the technologists an immense power to shape our society.” https://macleans.ca/technology-3/railway-tycoons-shaped-canada-dont-let-ai-barons-do-the-same/

Railway Tycoons Shaped Canada. Don’t Let AI Barons Do the Same. - Macleans.ca

History shows that when a few people control a transformative technology, they control a nation’s future

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 1d

“Postmedia is the nation’s leading supplier of climate change denial and pro-oil industry propaganda, so it’s not surprising that they would dismiss academic research and rail against bike lanes when they provide an inexpensive solution to interrelated emission, pollution and congestion problems.”

Latest bit of Montreal 'bikelash' sidesteps the facts to please bike-lane haters

The findings of a study about bike lanes vs car infrastructure have been twisted by a Montreal publication in a cheap bit of bikelash.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 1d

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her | Malala Yousafzai | The Guardian

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her

The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen…

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 1d

The thing I love about science is how people in the same field build on past knowledge.

They push against a common barrier, and when one breaks through all break through.

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks. www.wired.com/story/new-me...

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.

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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 1d

Montreal's voter registration deadline for the municipal election is next week. Here's how to register

The registration deadline is Oct. 16 in-person and Oct. 15 online.

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Denis Gilbert 🌎 @denis-gilbert.ca · 2d

Library and Archives Canada is now on Bluesky.

Give them a follow!

#Canada #CanadaSky

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Library and Archives Canada @library-archives.canada.ca · 4d

Library and Archives Canada has entered the chat! 🍁

As the continuing memory of the federal government, we safeguard Canada’s distant past and recent history for generations to come.

Immerse yourself in a journey of discovery!

#Libraries #Archives #History #CanadaSky

View of the Preservation Centre in Gatineau from across a pond.

Two people spread a very large map across the floor of the Preservation Centre in Gatineau.

A crowd of people listens to a presentation in the Pellan Room at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.

A small group of people gathers inside the Art Vault at Library and Archives Canada to view several large, gold-framed paintings.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 2d

This is what Waterman brings to the field. Sigh.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 2d

The Carney, Saputo, Infanto lineup was … confusing? Crowd had no idea what to do. #cmnt

KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 2d

Trying to understand the environmental impacts of AI? Or data centres in general? This is a great, up-to-date article that explains the link between "futuristic" tech like AI and old-school, polluting power systems.

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 2d

Artificial intelligence: the good, the bad and the ugly environmental costs

AI data centres’ insatiable need for energy is driving quickie solutions that aren’t good for the planet

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 2d

Friday afternoon strategy writing background music.

Pre-Millennium Tension par Tricky sur Apple Music

Album · 1996 · 11 chansons

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 3d

Montreal is a soccer city.

Ahem. #CFMTL

Match Canada-Australie à guichets fermés | Montréal, « une ville de soccer » selon Jesse Marsch

« Quelle pelouse ! », a lancé Nathan Saliba, dans l’uniforme du Canada, en posant ses crampons sur la surface du stade Saputo, jeudi après-midi. À ses côtés, quelques pas derrière, Ismaël Koné lui a r...

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 4d

Writing is one of the most valuable fundamental skills in social change work. In an org setting, writing takes more than ordering words around. The process of developing ideas, drafting, editing, approving, publishing, and promoting lays the groundwork for impact. Why don't we talk about it more?

Entremission @entremission.com · 4d

If you lead, you write.  
If you fundraise, you write.  
If you speak, you write.  
If you report, you write.

Writing isn't just for "writers" in social impact work. It's the foundation for all social change.

Writing to change the world | The Organizer #26

Writing is part of every aspect of nonprofit work, from leadership to planning to fundraising to advocacy to service. Have you found your system?

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 4d

"And the Blue Jays have done it."

Nice. I was there the last time they won, on bat flip night. This is a totally different, happy, joyous vibe. Smiles all around.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 4d

Yay. Whales.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 4d

Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds - ABC News 🦑🧪🌎

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there's 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 5d

My choice of operating systems now seems to be "cram AI you don't want into everything" or "eff you and your astigmatism , you don't need to read these screens anyway."

When I have to turn on all accessibility settings and put on glasses just to read the time on my watch, Apple done messed up.

Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time (Official Video)

'If I Could Turn Back Time' is the lead single from Cher's nineteenth studio album 'Heart of Stone' released in 1989. The official video has been restored in HD quality. Follow Cher: ⋆ Instagram:…

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 5d

Data centres dot the Canadian landscape, and more are coming. They consume huge amounts of water but there isn't much transparency or monitoring.

More articles like this and a rousing debate, please.

Water woes from data centres

As artificial intelligence grows, data centres are consuming vast amounts of water for cooling and electricity. Often hidden behind corporate secrecy, this demand strains local supplies, pits tech…

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 6d

Club World Cup has left an injury trail that is damaging football. But will anyone listen? | Jacob Steinberg

Response to strained schedule has been more football than ever, and a danger that the best will have nothing left to give at the World Cup

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 6d

Yup ->

How much cheaper is it to live in Montreal vs Toronto? We did the math

From rent to restaurant prices, here's how much more your money stretches in Montreal.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 7d

Interesting. Putting some distance between budget and implementation could be a good thing? ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/10/06/o...

Ottawa shifts budgets from spring to fall

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government plans to table the federal budget in the fall going forward, ending the long-standing practice of releasing the document in the spring. The Liberals…

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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 7d

Ce projet de recherche mesurait les attitudes et les perceptions des Québécois face à la crise climatique.

Québec supprime le financement du Baromètre de l’action climatique

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Entremission @entremission.com · 9d

Saying it louder for the people at the back: Think in terms of “tech” vs “non-tech” people? It’s time to stop

Think in terms of “tech” vs “non-tech” people? It’s time to stop

It seems harmless, but this four-letter word fuels impostor syndrome, gatekeeping, and anxiety—and blinds companies to real potential.

www.pluralsight.com

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 10d

one of those rare moments when you know you're watching a business school case study unfolding in real time.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 10d

If you want to watch a masterclass in how *not* to do PR when you're a CEO, the head of Bluesky is hosting one today.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 10d

Local news. It feels so good to be able to read updates from my actual neighbourhood. journalmetro.com #mtl

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Toute l'actualité du Journal Métro: Nouvelles régionales et locales, connectées sur Montréal, sa culture et son art de vivre.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 13d

If you need me, I am holed up unpacking this.

One takeaway is how much lawyers outsource their work (which I knew). Another is how willing some are to accept cases they aren’t capable of managing well. Another is Westlaw’s shockingly bad product. The AI issue just exposes the sector’s weaknesses.

404 Media @404media.co · 13d

An appeals court in California issued a blistering decision and record $10,000 fine against a lawyer who submitted a brief in which “nearly all of the legal quotations in plaintiff’s opening brief “are fabricated” through use of AI.

🔗 www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...

18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It

Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

www.404media.co

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