Philip Moscovitch
@philmoscovitch.bsky.social
I live by the ocean near Halifax, NS, and am a journalist and audio producer who also publishes crime fiction, poetry, and essays. Author of a book on fermentation. Roots in Montreal and Greece. Editor of Write magazine. All opinions my own.
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Adventures in Bubbles and Brine
What I learned from Nova Scotia's masters of fermented foods ? craft beer, cider, cheese, sauerkraut and more.
kingsbookstore.ca
Gift suggestion thread plugging my stuff, for those in Halifax and beyond.
Into fermentation? My book Adventures in Bubbles and Brine has fascinating history, fun interviews, and recipes to get started. Available where you get books. Here's an indie link: kingsbookstore.ca/item/PQoWAFz...
Into fermentation? My book Adventures in Bubbles and Brine has fascinating history, fun interviews, and recipes to get started. Available where you get books. Here's an indie link: kingsbookstore.ca/item/PQoWAFz...
I don't know why I am putting myself through this, but I am down to 2 1/2 hours to go on the Chapterhouse: Dune audio book. (Nearly 17 hours total.)
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I don't know why I am putting myself through this, but I am down to 2 1/2 hours to go on the Chapterhouse: Dune audio book. (Nearly 17 hours total.)
Spending a week in Avonport, NS and came across these ghost tracks. (Att: @colindickey.com)
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Spending a week in Avonport, NS and came across these ghost tracks. (Att: @colindickey.com)
Translators: Is Termium broken? Any search term I enter, even if it's from the drop-down list, returns 0 records found.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Translators: Is Termium broken? Any search term I enter, even if it's from the drop-down list, returns 0 records found.
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Neighbours boiling over new lobster pound in Tantallon area
By @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
By @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Neighbours boiling over new lobster pound in Tantallon area - Halifax Examiner
NovaShell previously operated a lobster pound in a rented facility in Mount Uniacke. The owner said move to St. Margarets Bay is meant to provide "another access point for the local fishermen, to brin...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Neighbours boiling over new lobster pound in Tantallon area
By @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
By @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
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They really tortured this piece to include every chicken or egg related pun they could think of:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Semitruck full of live chickens crashes on I-5
When a semitruck carrying live birds crashed at Mounts Road near DuPont, crews raced to clear the clucking wreckage.
www.seattletimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
They really tortured this piece to include every chicken or egg related pun they could think of:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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The Rubber Duck Museum in Point Roberts, Washington is moving across the border to Tsawwassen Mills, BC.
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Rubber Duck Museum in Point Roberts, Washington is moving across the border to Tsawwassen Mills, BC.
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Seuls 2% des chefs d’entreprises interrogés par KPMG disent voir un retour sur leurs investissements dans l’IA générative.
De plus en plus d’entreprises canadiennes utilisent l’IA, mais peu en voient les retombées
www.ledevoir.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Seuls 2% des chefs d’entreprises interrogés par KPMG disent voir un retour sur leurs investissements dans l’IA générative.
I wrote about the push to summarize everything. Probably should have come up with a headline like "Summarize this!"
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
'Report, then think, then write' - Halifax Examiner
Thoughts on thinking, and what AI summaries miss — in journalism, medicine, therapy, and beyond.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I wrote about the push to summarize everything. Probably should have come up with a headline like "Summarize this!"
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Home robot or Homestar robot?
Sunday Robotics has a new way to train robots to do common household tasks. The startup plans to put its fully autonomous robots in homes next year.
This Home Robot Clears Tables and Loads the Dishwasher All by Itself
Sunday Robotics has a new way to train robots to do common household tasks. The startup plans to put its fully autonomous robots in homes next year.
wrd.cm
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Home robot or Homestar robot?
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For Hal-Con 2025, we published a free zine featuring flash fiction pieces and excerpts by 13 Nova Scotian writers of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.
For a limited time—from now until December 15—you can download and enjoy the PDF version of the zine!
writers.ns.ca/announcement...
For a limited time—from now until December 15—you can download and enjoy the PDF version of the zine!
writers.ns.ca/announcement...
Hal-Con Zine available as a free ebook
Featuring Brittni Brinn, Peter C Church, Gus Doiron, Joshua Elliott, Lindsey Harrington, Richard Levangie, Cole Martin, Baleigh McWade, Jude Mire, JS Sarick, Sunil Sarwal, Nailah Tataa, & Brenna Thibo...
writers.ns.ca
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For Hal-Con 2025, we published a free zine featuring flash fiction pieces and excerpts by 13 Nova Scotian writers of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.
For a limited time—from now until December 15—you can download and enjoy the PDF version of the zine!
writers.ns.ca/announcement...
For a limited time—from now until December 15—you can download and enjoy the PDF version of the zine!
writers.ns.ca/announcement...
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In retrospect it’s pretty fucking terrible for my mental health that the sun starts setting at 4 pm every year right when the baseball season ends.
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
In retrospect it’s pretty fucking terrible for my mental health that the sun starts setting at 4 pm every year right when the baseball season ends.
In today's @halifaxexaminer.ca Morning File, I reach back to Jerry Mander's book Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, for a critique of gen AI. Also, stories by @suzannerent.bsky.social, @mmughees.bsky.social & @dartjam.bsky.social.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Technologies are not neutral, and AI is no different - Halifax Examiner
"We have not yet learned to think of technology as having ideology incorporated into its very form."
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In today's @halifaxexaminer.ca Morning File, I reach back to Jerry Mander's book Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, for a critique of gen AI. Also, stories by @suzannerent.bsky.social, @mmughees.bsky.social & @dartjam.bsky.social.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
@mpavictoria.bsky.social Greeks arguing over whether a gyro/souvlaki with pita is a sandwich.
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
@mpavictoria.bsky.social Greeks arguing over whether a gyro/souvlaki with pita is a sandwich.
Todd Snider. "America's Favorite Pastime."
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Todd Snider "America's Favorite Pastime"
YouTube video by Music Fog
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November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Todd Snider. "America's Favorite Pastime."
youtu.be/KG2SPjcKM4M?...
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"I'm just a fan of the stadium"
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"I'm just a fan of the stadium"
These text Jesus apps aren't new. I wrote about my conversations with one two years ago.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Text me, text me, text me AI Jesus - Halifax Examiner
Your premium Jesus: Reach out and touch faith.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
These text Jesus apps aren't new. I wrote about my conversations with one two years ago.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
I always assumed the Edmund Fitzgerald was an old-time ship that sunk in the 1800s or something, so kind of shocked to learn about the 50th anniversary.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I always assumed the Edmund Fitzgerald was an old-time ship that sunk in the 1800s or something, so kind of shocked to learn about the 50th anniversary.
I've been thinking for a long time about the parallels between the early days of cars and the early days of consumer-facing AI tools like chatbots, so I finally wrote about it. Shoutout to @thewaroncars.bsky.social.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
From cars to AI, the spread of technologies is not inevitable - Halifax Examiner
None of this is inevitable. It is the result of powerful lobbies and poor decision-making.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I've been thinking for a long time about the parallels between the early days of cars and the early days of consumer-facing AI tools like chatbots, so I finally wrote about it. Shoutout to @thewaroncars.bsky.social.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Car dealer automatically scheduled a service appointment I didn't ask for, then texted to thank me for scheduling an appointment. Same company's salespeople email me from accounts with incorrectly formatted "reply to" fields, so all replies to them bounce. Good work guys.
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Car dealer automatically scheduled a service appointment I didn't ask for, then texted to thank me for scheduling an appointment. Same company's salespeople email me from accounts with incorrectly formatted "reply to" fields, so all replies to them bounce. Good work guys.
This business in Nova Scotia of licence plate ownership being separate from car registration is so weird.
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This business in Nova Scotia of licence plate ownership being separate from car registration is so weird.
In the @halifaxexaminer.ca today, I grapple with whether AI is yet another moral panic, or something different. And if it's different, how different? Plus PWHL in Halifax, Andrea Dorfman's new film, stories by @suzannerent.bsky.social, and more.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Therapist, romantic partner, babysitter: Outsourcing our personal relationships to AI - Halifax Examiner
Are those of us raising concerns about AI just repeating the moral panics of the past?
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In the @halifaxexaminer.ca today, I grapple with whether AI is yet another moral panic, or something different. And if it's different, how different? Plus PWHL in Halifax, Andrea Dorfman's new film, stories by @suzannerent.bsky.social, and more.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
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In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
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Book news! Thrilled to share that Hell of a Ride is shortlisted for the 2025 Edna Staebler Award, and in tremendous company with Aaron Williams' The Last Logging Show. (Highly recommend the read.)
That's TWO Halifax authors in the running for this Canadian award. #canlit
wlu.ca/news/news-re...
That's TWO Halifax authors in the running for this Canadian award. #canlit
wlu.ca/news/news-re...
Laurier announces finalists for 2025 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
Wilfrid Laurier University has named two finalists for the 2025 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, a $10,000 prize that recognizes Canadian writers for a first or second work of creative no...
wlu.ca
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Book news! Thrilled to share that Hell of a Ride is shortlisted for the 2025 Edna Staebler Award, and in tremendous company with Aaron Williams' The Last Logging Show. (Highly recommend the read.)
That's TWO Halifax authors in the running for this Canadian award. #canlit
wlu.ca/news/news-re...
That's TWO Halifax authors in the running for this Canadian award. #canlit
wlu.ca/news/news-re...
Kept wondering why there is no coverage of the federal budget; realized today is not Tuesday.
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Kept wondering why there is no coverage of the federal budget; realized today is not Tuesday.
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40000 days ago (April 29, 1916), Cubs owner Charles Weeghman decides that fans will be allowed to keep balls hit into the stands. This follows an incident in which a fan gets into a fight with ballpark attendants trying to get him to give back a foul ball.
Charles Weeghman and Why Fans Get to Keep Foul Balls
wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
40000 days ago (April 29, 1916), Cubs owner Charles Weeghman decides that fans will be allowed to keep balls hit into the stands. This follows an incident in which a fan gets into a fight with ballpark attendants trying to get him to give back a foul ball.