Spencer Callaghan
@spencercallaghan.ca
Director, brand & communications, @CIRA.ca
Board, @ncfottawa.bsky.social
Board, @openmedia.org
Board, @nourishlead.bsky.social
internet advocacy, dad jokes, 90s hip hop lyrics, existential dread. Born again Sens fan.
spencercallaghan.ca
Board, @ncfottawa.bsky.social
Board, @openmedia.org
Board, @nourishlead.bsky.social
internet advocacy, dad jokes, 90s hip hop lyrics, existential dread. Born again Sens fan.
spencercallaghan.ca
Bookmarking this to referenced in dozens of bad faith arguments to come.
Fakes and forgeries have been a thing for hundreds of years, it doesn't mean that making them accessible at scale to the masses is a good thing,
Fakes and forgeries have been a thing for hundreds of years, it doesn't mean that making them accessible at scale to the masses is a good thing,
We made this one permanently free given The Discourse www.theverge.com/2024/8/26/24...
Hello, you’re here because you compared AI image editing to Photoshop
The implications could be significantly worse, actually.
www.theverge.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Bookmarking this to referenced in dozens of bad faith arguments to come.
Fakes and forgeries have been a thing for hundreds of years, it doesn't mean that making them accessible at scale to the masses is a good thing,
Fakes and forgeries have been a thing for hundreds of years, it doesn't mean that making them accessible at scale to the masses is a good thing,
every time I think we’re in the dumbest timeline, it branches again and it gets dumber.
January 15, 2026 at 2:43 AM
every time I think we’re in the dumbest timeline, it branches again and it gets dumber.
FFS it’s snow people. We live in Ottawa. There is no emergency unless the snow is somehow laser snow (which I’m sure will be a thing now).
January 15, 2026 at 2:41 AM
FFS it’s snow people. We live in Ottawa. There is no emergency unless the snow is somehow laser snow (which I’m sure will be a thing now).
It’s amazing to me that this public official woke up this morning and thought he had a good idea. Clearly ran it by no one with an ounce of common sense and then triumphantly announced it to the world.
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 AM
It’s amazing to me that this public official woke up this morning and thought he had a good idea. Clearly ran it by no one with an ounce of common sense and then triumphantly announced it to the world.
Is it just me or are there way more new terms these days?
Derecho. Bomb cyclone. Atmospheric river.
I am convinced it’s related to social media. It’s like the weather people have been consumed by the “moar content!” virus.
Derecho. Bomb cyclone. Atmospheric river.
I am convinced it’s related to social media. It’s like the weather people have been consumed by the “moar content!” virus.
January 15, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Is it just me or are there way more new terms these days?
Derecho. Bomb cyclone. Atmospheric river.
I am convinced it’s related to social media. It’s like the weather people have been consumed by the “moar content!” virus.
Derecho. Bomb cyclone. Atmospheric river.
I am convinced it’s related to social media. It’s like the weather people have been consumed by the “moar content!” virus.
Who do I talk to in the weather industry about these new labels?
Yellow warning is just not an effective name.
Yellow warning is just not an effective name.
January 15, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Who do I talk to in the weather industry about these new labels?
Yellow warning is just not an effective name.
Yellow warning is just not an effective name.
Ooh I know, we should have ICE NFTs, one of a kind, digital tokens that represent each and every ICE goon, errr, agent.
Each time they kill a protestor their stats are updated live via blockchain which increase the value of their individual ICEcoin.
Each time they kill a protestor their stats are updated live via blockchain which increase the value of their individual ICEcoin.
January 14, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Ooh I know, we should have ICE NFTs, one of a kind, digital tokens that represent each and every ICE goon, errr, agent.
Each time they kill a protestor their stats are updated live via blockchain which increase the value of their individual ICEcoin.
Each time they kill a protestor their stats are updated live via blockchain which increase the value of their individual ICEcoin.
What if I told you they could just show their faces and have proper badge numbers like every other police force.
Why are the Democrats like this?
Why are the Democrats like this?
I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
January 14, 2026 at 10:19 PM
What if I told you they could just show their faces and have proper badge numbers like every other police force.
Why are the Democrats like this?
Why are the Democrats like this?
the team is 100% not reading the room lately. It’s concerning given we’re in our best in class era
January 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
the team is 100% not reading the room lately. It’s concerning given we’re in our best in class era
Reposted by Spencer Callaghan
Someone tell me if I’m over the line: I think it’s pretty lame that the Sens called in a kid who “wrote” an “illustrated” book with AI to drop the puck on mental health as if the words really mean anything or that it’s any kind of accomplishment.
January 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Someone tell me if I’m over the line: I think it’s pretty lame that the Sens called in a kid who “wrote” an “illustrated” book with AI to drop the puck on mental health as if the words really mean anything or that it’s any kind of accomplishment.
imagine James friggin' Reimer having leverage over you
January 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
imagine James friggin' Reimer having leverage over you
there is a beer league goalie somewhere in Ottawa who could easily give up 6 goals a game and also be pumped to go to the drag brunch
January 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
there is a beer league goalie somewhere in Ottawa who could easily give up 6 goals a game and also be pumped to go to the drag brunch
Reimer allowed six goals on 28 shots in a 6-5 OT loss in his first game with Belleville yesterday.
So obviously it was super urgent to sign him...
So obviously it was super urgent to sign him...
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Reimer allowed six goals on 28 shots in a 6-5 OT loss in his first game with Belleville yesterday.
So obviously it was super urgent to sign him...
So obviously it was super urgent to sign him...
literally the most high-profile homophobe in the NHL.
January 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
literally the most high-profile homophobe in the NHL.
What has gotten into central bankers lately?
January 12, 2026 at 3:44 AM
What has gotten into central bankers lately?
Drake "Drake Maye" MAYE!!!
January 12, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Drake "Drake Maye" MAYE!!!
The officiating in the Bolts-Pats game is atrocious.
January 12, 2026 at 3:23 AM
The officiating in the Bolts-Pats game is atrocious.
I could never fully comprehend how the German people went along with Hitler, and I never expected to.
I do now.
I do now.
January 12, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I could never fully comprehend how the German people went along with Hitler, and I never expected to.
I do now.
I do now.
That wasn’t a first down anyway. It’s even now.
January 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
That wasn’t a first down anyway. It’s even now.
I personally think we should put out a daily press release demanding this rumour go away.
January 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I personally think we should put out a daily press release demanding this rumour go away.
there's a lot of people on Pornhub, that doesn't make it a viable comms channel
X/Twitter has lost all its value as a government communications network because it is a) filled with misinformation b) no longer visible without an account and c) actively hostile to use for many (women, LGBTQ+, PoC)
X/Twitter has lost all its value as a government communications network because it is a) filled with misinformation b) no longer visible without an account and c) actively hostile to use for many (women, LGBTQ+, PoC)
January 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
there's a lot of people on Pornhub, that doesn't make it a viable comms channel
X/Twitter has lost all its value as a government communications network because it is a) filled with misinformation b) no longer visible without an account and c) actively hostile to use for many (women, LGBTQ+, PoC)
X/Twitter has lost all its value as a government communications network because it is a) filled with misinformation b) no longer visible without an account and c) actively hostile to use for many (women, LGBTQ+, PoC)
Media need to start asking them in every scrum why they are on a platform that creates and disseminates CSAM
January 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Media need to start asking them in every scrum why they are on a platform that creates and disseminates CSAM
by that logic, they should post on pornhub
I would less issue with politicians still being on X if they also were on Bluesky or mastodon, but most aren't
That said, I don't understand how Canadian officials can justify being on a platform that a) is owned by a Trump associate and b) promotes CSAM
I would less issue with politicians still being on X if they also were on Bluesky or mastodon, but most aren't
That said, I don't understand how Canadian officials can justify being on a platform that a) is owned by a Trump associate and b) promotes CSAM
January 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
by that logic, they should post on pornhub
I would less issue with politicians still being on X if they also were on Bluesky or mastodon, but most aren't
That said, I don't understand how Canadian officials can justify being on a platform that a) is owned by a Trump associate and b) promotes CSAM
I would less issue with politicians still being on X if they also were on Bluesky or mastodon, but most aren't
That said, I don't understand how Canadian officials can justify being on a platform that a) is owned by a Trump associate and b) promotes CSAM
What if I told you that getting insider information 10 minutes earlier wasn’t worth it?
January 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
What if I told you that getting insider information 10 minutes earlier wasn’t worth it?
Imagine the reason you finally quit X/Twitter being “my country banned it for promoting CSAM”
January 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Imagine the reason you finally quit X/Twitter being “my country banned it for promoting CSAM”