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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 3d

I don't even like baseball, yet this feels reaaallll good.

evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 3d

hitting us with the tariffs and we hit you with 11-0 in the 4th

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 4d

Those giant trees are lovely.

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 4d

This is perfect

Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Aug 27

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

I Am An AI Hater

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

anthonymoser.github.io

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 5d

Watching a symposium via zoom and the auto closed captioning just labeled the Regenstrief Institute as the 'Radio Shack Institute'.

Tell me again how putting billions into tech is a social benefit.

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 5d

If you use ai slop in promotional ads for your services related to engaging with nature, you are a hypocrite and a fraud.

The increase in ai slop use by ppl purporting to be nature protectors or educators is dismaying.

Stop it.

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 5d

poster art has been embarrassing for decades

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 6d

My question here is why is Woody so small compared to Matthew? It's not just that he looks short, it's that they made him a smoll human.

Poster for True Detective season 5, with McConaughy and Harrelson in the foreground of a sunset swamp. Harrelson having been through some sort of shrink ray.

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 6d

I had to stop reading this halfway through bc I started spiraling around possibilities, namely that RFK's desire for wearables + Palantir/Oura/DOD + digital ID = every person in the US being required to wear a ring as ID and and and....

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d

“While the growing mutualism between tech and government strengthens, it may leave some consumers behind, particularly women concerned about surveillance and the exploitation of reproductive health data.”

The Frightening Reason Some Women Are Ditching Their Oura Rings

“It’s not paranoid to be concerned about your data. It’s justified.”

slate.com

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 6d

Just got a notice from my health insurer that they are increasing my monthly premiums *42.2%*, a "realistic and fair increase" because more people utilized their plans than the insurer expected.

BONKERS.

SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 7d

I don't understand why car makers don't just start or pivot to making ebikes.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 7d

“The e-bike market is skyrocketing — and, according to some studies, outpacing electric cars…The question now is: Do officials double down on deadly car-centric urban design, or do they rethink cities to encourage people to ditch four wheels for two?”

Via @grist.org grist.org/transportati...

E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously

E-bike sales are booming, providing a clean form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet cities remain committed to cars.

grist.org

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 7d

his absolute monstership aside, I'll never not be flabbergasted that no matter how many BILLIONS he has, he still looks like this.

Hair like a wig from the Halloween store, face cream from Temu, and a tshirt from the 'designers' at Shein.

The guy who built an empire on judging women's looks.

Clownface owner of the world's worst company

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 8d

Just started reading a research paper and the statement "used multidimensional text mining technology to conduct an in-depth analysis" sure sounds like a euphemism for AI.

SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 12d

Perfect weather to catch Melissa McGill's A Lake Story along the Toronto waterfront and Biidaasige Park.

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 13d

Rachel is the loveliest of humans. Have been buying from (and selling from!) her shop for 20 years.

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 14d

Argentina has this. I wonder what the actual ramifications/advantages are for citizens and govt.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 14d

Every adult in Britain to require new ‘Brit Card’ ID

www.independent.co.uk

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 14d

I'm at High Park weekly, entering at the gates at Bloor. WITHOUT FAIL, cars blast through the red at that intersection, as ppl prepare to cross, often kids and strollers.

This, as cops further into the park continue to ticket people on bikes.

Make it make sense.

#NotASeriousCity #TOpoli

trick van treat @derek.bike · 14d

i'm morbidly curious to know how many of our neighbours were killed by drivers while police were busy giving thousands of tickets to cyclists but i'm afraid to look

article screenshot:

headline: Toronto police issue 3,500 tickets in safety blitz targeting e-bikes, e-scooters

By Codi Wilson

Published: September 25, 2025 at 9:21AM EDT

article features a photo of a person riding a bike on a city street in Toronto. they are wearing warm weather clothes and have a large cube shaped backpack on their back. behind them is a red and white street car

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 14d

You win.

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 15d

10 months of an empty concrete basin

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 15d

Thinking about starting a blog called We Are Not A Serious City, where I cite examples like this one.

#topoli

Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 15d

Oh not much, just biking past a freshly drained outdoor pool that will sit empty for 10 months of the year and thinking about which kinds of seasonal-use infrastructure are valued by my society

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 16d

To think that this isn't anything *but* a land grab for Ford's cronies would be to ignore every single project Ford has bludgeoned Ontario & Toronto with.

Next up, the Toronto Public Library. Just watch.

The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 16d

Critics worry the province’s takeover of the TDSB is a massive land grab. Here’s why, from @wendyglauser.bsky.social. thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove...

What Happens to TDSB’s $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? | The Local

The TDSB is one of Toronto’s largest landowners. When the province took over the board, it also took over its subsidiary that manages its properties—and it’s not saying what’s next.

thelocal.to

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 18d

Lot of people on social media right now saying "can this post get more views than this celebrity I don't like?"

You know who gets even fewer post views than that? Media archivists & preservationists. People literally saving history.

How about we see if this post can get, I dunno, fifteen views?

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 19d

Harbord further west has been planted. All the plants are dying because apparently the City does the planting, but not the watering. All while telling no one of this fact. Ppl around here aren't too happy to see this happening.

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 20d

Gasparro's email address is:

[email protected]

I just sent off my own letter.

SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 20d

www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

Oh for the LOVE OF....

Us Canadians need to be contacting MP Vince Gasparro asap. This is bonkers.

Kneecap to take legal action following Canadian ban

Irish rap trio Kneecap have said they are planning to take legal action against a member of the Canadian government for making statements about the band that they have branded "wholly untrue and deepl...

www.rte.ie

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SJFB @mamacita.bsky.social · 20d

I love this.