A Dave you know you know
@notjustdave.bsky.social
I swear a lot, double space after a period, and use Oxford commas.
1st gen Canadian; Calgary, AB
He/him; B.Sc. Geography (geomorph, soils/biogeog, climate); Red Seal Landscaper; husband; cat dad; skier
Team Compassion
1st gen Canadian; Calgary, AB
He/him; B.Sc. Geography (geomorph, soils/biogeog, climate); Red Seal Landscaper; husband; cat dad; skier
Team Compassion
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Not content with theft, the British museum is now engaging in historical erasure as a way to aid and abet genocide.
The British Museum has quietly removed the word ‘Palestine’ from maps, information panels and galleries, after lobbying.
www.newarab.com/news/british...
www.newarab.com/news/british...
British Museum removes the word ‘Palestine’ from exhibits
The British Museum has removed the word ‘Palestine’ from information panels and galleries following pressure from the group UK Lawyers for Israel
www.newarab.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Not content with theft, the British museum is now engaging in historical erasure as a way to aid and abet genocide.
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Horrifyingly, there have been two pedestrian fatalities *in marked crosswalks* in 24hrs in #yyc, including a toddler in a stroller. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Calgary senior dies after being struck by tractor trailer, police say | CBC News
A man in his 70s is dead after being struck by a tractor trailer in the 200 block of Panatella Hill N.W. — the second pedestrian fatality in 24 hours, according to Calgary police.
www.cbc.ca
February 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Horrifyingly, there have been two pedestrian fatalities *in marked crosswalks* in 24hrs in #yyc, including a toddler in a stroller. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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February 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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This line is copy-pasted every time “Police said the driver remained on scene and was cooperating with their investigation. They said impairment and speed aren't being considered as factors for the incident.” So what was a factor?
“Toddler dead after pedestrian collision” is some nasty headline work
A person driving a jeep hit and killed a toddler in a stroller in a marked crossing and they are calling it a “pedestrian collision”
A person driving a jeep hit and killed a toddler in a stroller in a marked crossing and they are calling it a “pedestrian collision”
Road violence is a political choice. How much carnage will our leaders tolerate before they take drastic action? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
February 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
This line is copy-pasted every time “Police said the driver remained on scene and was cooperating with their investigation. They said impairment and speed aren't being considered as factors for the incident.” So what was a factor?
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The City of Calgary won an international award for its pedestrian strategy, Step Forward. Ask your leaders what parts have been implemented, and if not, why not. newsroom.calgary.ca/city-of-calg...
City of Calgary wins international award for pedestrian strategy
The City of Calgary’s pedestrian strategy—Step Forward—has been awarded the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) 2017 Transportation Planning Council Best Project Award. This international awar...
newsroom.calgary.ca
February 16, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The City of Calgary won an international award for its pedestrian strategy, Step Forward. Ask your leaders what parts have been implemented, and if not, why not. newsroom.calgary.ca/city-of-calg...
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Road violence is a political choice. How much carnage will our leaders tolerate before they take drastic action? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toddler dead after pedestrian collision in southwest Calgary | CBC News
Calgary police say a toddler is dead after a collision in at the intersection of Horton Road S.W. and Hull Avenue S.W., just by Macleod Trail, on Sunday.
www.cbc.ca
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Road violence is a political choice. How much carnage will our leaders tolerate before they take drastic action? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Transgender bathroom ban bills are now expanding to private businesses.
First, Kansas bill creates bathroom bounty hunters that could target trans people in any business.
Now, Idaho is hearing a bill today that lets you sue a private business if it lets trans people pee.
Our latest story.
First, Kansas bill creates bathroom bounty hunters that could target trans people in any business.
Now, Idaho is hearing a bill today that lets you sue a private business if it lets trans people pee.
Our latest story.
Trans Bathroom Ban Bills Now Expanding To Private Businesses
Earlier last week, Kansas passed a bathroom bounty bill that could target private businesses. Now, Idaho will hear a similar bill that is more explicit that private businesses are also impacted.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Transgender bathroom ban bills are now expanding to private businesses.
First, Kansas bill creates bathroom bounty hunters that could target trans people in any business.
Now, Idaho is hearing a bill today that lets you sue a private business if it lets trans people pee.
Our latest story.
First, Kansas bill creates bathroom bounty hunters that could target trans people in any business.
Now, Idaho is hearing a bill today that lets you sue a private business if it lets trans people pee.
Our latest story.
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A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 12:16 PM
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
AI is intellectual Soylent Green.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
AI is intellectual Soylent Green.
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When I was in Grade 4, an elderly extended family member asked me about ‘violent Somalian gangs’ at my elementary school based on things she heard on Lowell Green’s radio show
I was like “ma’am, I don’t know what your radio is telling you, but we just play pogs and talk about Power Rangers here”
I was like “ma’am, I don’t know what your radio is telling you, but we just play pogs and talk about Power Rangers here”
Lowell Green was a racist demagogue who used his CFRA radio show as a soapbox to rant about immigrants and target racialized communities in Ottawa
Contrary to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's eulogy here, Lowell wasn't proud of Canada – he wrote an entire book about how it wasn't white enough for him
Contrary to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's eulogy here, Lowell wasn't proud of Canada – he wrote an entire book about how it wasn't white enough for him
February 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
When I was in Grade 4, an elderly extended family member asked me about ‘violent Somalian gangs’ at my elementary school based on things she heard on Lowell Green’s radio show
I was like “ma’am, I don’t know what your radio is telling you, but we just play pogs and talk about Power Rangers here”
I was like “ma’am, I don’t know what your radio is telling you, but we just play pogs and talk about Power Rangers here”
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what this story demonstrates is that even someone "just" using LLMs like ChatGPT for writing/research etc is still vulnerable to being sucked into a whirlpool of dangerous lies and delusions.
So, once again, WHY are schools and universities telling students, staff and faculty to use this?
So, once again, WHY are schools and universities telling students, staff and faculty to use this?
It's telling that she was prompting chatGPT for her master's thesis research and it went right on ahead into creep mode; she did not set out looking for affirmatio and conspiracy theories.
ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her
ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
what this story demonstrates is that even someone "just" using LLMs like ChatGPT for writing/research etc is still vulnerable to being sucked into a whirlpool of dangerous lies and delusions.
So, once again, WHY are schools and universities telling students, staff and faculty to use this?
So, once again, WHY are schools and universities telling students, staff and faculty to use this?
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Israel and the US dropped so many bombs directly among civilians that more than 7,800 people have been completely evaporated. Nothing left. Monstrous.
The Gaza Civil Defense reported that 7,820 bodies either completely or partially disappeared due to Israeli airstrikes since October 2023, accounting for roughly 10% of total casualties.
The intensity of the explosives caused bodies to melt or disintegrate in targeted areas. 1/2
The intensity of the explosives caused bodies to melt or disintegrate in targeted areas. 1/2
February 16, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Israel and the US dropped so many bombs directly among civilians that more than 7,800 people have been completely evaporated. Nothing left. Monstrous.
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training for my own little version of the biathlon (finishing a basket of chicken wings then taking a shot)
February 16, 2026 at 5:03 AM
training for my own little version of the biathlon (finishing a basket of chicken wings then taking a shot)
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It’s funny to hear this report list all the ways Chinese data collection could be a threat when the US does the same things and poses a much greater threat given Trump’s 51st state comments. There’s only a brief acknowledgement at the end that the US isn’t trustworthy either.
Will your Chinese-made EV spy on you?
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:47 AM
It’s funny to hear this report list all the ways Chinese data collection could be a threat when the US does the same things and poses a much greater threat given Trump’s 51st state comments. There’s only a brief acknowledgement at the end that the US isn’t trustworthy either.
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🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
It’s funny to hear this report list all the ways Chinese data collection could be a threat when the US does the same things and poses a much greater threat given Trump’s 51st state comments. There’s only a brief acknowledgement at the end that the US isn’t trustworthy either.
Will your Chinese-made EV spy on you?
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:21 AM
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
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Bruce put it there.
Instacart section on “essentials for cat owners” and the first item is just a giant rotisserie chicken LMAO
February 16, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Bruce put it there.
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Bruce Fanjoy’s petition to require all federal party leaders to have top secret security clearance has reached 36,000.
We can do better. Sign here:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We can do better. Sign here:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Bruce Fanjoy’s petition to require all federal party leaders to have top secret security clearance has reached 36,000.
We can do better. Sign here:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We can do better. Sign here:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Everyone in Alberta knows, whether they will admit it or not, that if you are seriously ill, you are just as likely to die waiting to see a doctor as you are to be treated by one. It is absolutely that bad. The pandemic wasn't as bad as now. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
February 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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a lot of people care about dumb stuff that doesn’t matter and it ruins them. they could instead look at flowers or watch birds or do cocaine
February 15, 2026 at 2:06 AM
a lot of people care about dumb stuff that doesn’t matter and it ruins them. they could instead look at flowers or watch birds or do cocaine
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Unbelievable that we still talk about withholding HIV funding as a form of political maneuvering rather than an act of social murder, as if the 80’s + 90’s never happened and we didn’t lose an entire generation to this already.
Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states
The ruling temporarily blocks the Trump Administration from cutting $600 million in public health grants that had already been allocated to four Democratic-led states.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Unbelievable that we still talk about withholding HIV funding as a form of political maneuvering rather than an act of social murder, as if the 80’s + 90’s never happened and we didn’t lose an entire generation to this already.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Pretty sure everyone here is aware but none of this moon shit is what scientists refer to as "actually going to happen"
February 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Pretty sure everyone here is aware but none of this moon shit is what scientists refer to as "actually going to happen"
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