Eric McElroy
@esmcelroy.ca
Does techy things with the ✨cloud✨
Likes public transit, music, skiing, cycling, outside, memes, touching grass, etc.
Living in Toronno.
Likes public transit, music, skiing, cycling, outside, memes, touching grass, etc.
Living in Toronno.
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As someone who works on the interaction layer of software: it's this.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As someone who works on the interaction layer of software: it's this.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
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"Open Streets not only helps improve public health outcomes, but also brings people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds together while boosting local businesses." - Robert Zaichkowski
#biketo
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
#biketo
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Edward Keenan: Here are some more very good ideas from Star readers to make Toronto better
We gave you our Top 20 "great" ideas for Toronto. Now, how about some more?
www.thestar.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Open Streets not only helps improve public health outcomes, but also brings people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds together while boosting local businesses." - Robert Zaichkowski
#biketo
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
#biketo
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Let’s talk about the size of trucks & SUVs in the city. My column on the virtue & status signalling of vehicle bloat.
Shawn Micallef: This truck ad shows why Toronto needs smaller vehicles — if only the carmakers wanted to sell them
A car comically overloaded with plywood? It’s a good ad for a pickup — but also a sign of the incredible amount of money, weight and energy being wasted on
www.thestar.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Let’s talk about the size of trucks & SUVs in the city. My column on the virtue & status signalling of vehicle bloat.
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Funny how when a person is killed in traffic, according to the Post it’s the “car” that did it but when anyone comes along to make streets safer it’s an attack on “drivers.”
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Funny how when a person is killed in traffic, according to the Post it’s the “car” that did it but when anyone comes along to make streets safer it’s an attack on “drivers.”
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I'd never get a chip implanted in my brain for fear of seeing funeral home commercials as I'm dying.
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I'd never get a chip implanted in my brain for fear of seeing funeral home commercials as I'm dying.
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Small-car manufacturer should counter with a parked pickup with a litre of milk strapped tightly down on the truck bed under their ad.
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Small-car manufacturer should counter with a parked pickup with a litre of milk strapped tightly down on the truck bed under their ad.
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I suggest that we start using the phrase "Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too." as shorthand to explain how little we want to be at any given terrible event.
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I suggest that we start using the phrase "Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too." as shorthand to explain how little we want to be at any given terrible event.
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Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
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so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
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It really has been interesting the last while to see Doug Ford's outbursts. The true Ford. From "get a job" to "audit orgs that might support left wing causes". The authoritarian belligerent bully that had no staff to muzzle him in City Hall days is still there. Does Ontario see? Do they care?
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It really has been interesting the last while to see Doug Ford's outbursts. The true Ford. From "get a job" to "audit orgs that might support left wing causes". The authoritarian belligerent bully that had no staff to muzzle him in City Hall days is still there. Does Ontario see? Do they care?
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Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
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After years of useless posture advice ("imagine a string pulling you up"???), the only technique that's ever worked for me is to imagine there are laser beams coming out of your nipples and aim for people's heads. It works, and people cannot tell you're doing it
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
After years of useless posture advice ("imagine a string pulling you up"???), the only technique that's ever worked for me is to imagine there are laser beams coming out of your nipples and aim for people's heads. It works, and people cannot tell you're doing it
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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“Every bicycle is one less car on the road, meaning that there’s less congestion. . . The more cars we can get off the road, the more room there will be for the people who have to drive.” @davidwtrueman.bsky.social on why investing in protected bicycle infrastructure is good for everyone #BikeHFX
Halifax's temporary green bike lane posts draw criticism from cycling advocates
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax's green bike lane posts draw criticism from cycling advocates
Cyclists say the green posts make bike lanes like Bell Road too narrow. HRM says the posts are temporary while permanent fix is planned.
www.saltwire.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Every bicycle is one less car on the road, meaning that there’s less congestion. . . The more cars we can get off the road, the more room there will be for the people who have to drive.” @davidwtrueman.bsky.social on why investing in protected bicycle infrastructure is good for everyone #BikeHFX
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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St Anne’s, the magnificent Anglican church that burned June 2024, has released a statement saying it’s being treated as arson.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
St Anne’s, the magnificent Anglican church that burned June 2024, has released a statement saying it’s being treated as arson.
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Remember this? The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
Saturn Ion commercial
YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Remember this? The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
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tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
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@thewaroncars.bsky.social Ghent/Gent Belgium
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
@thewaroncars.bsky.social Ghent/Gent Belgium
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Insane in-arena entertainment in Atlanta. They asked a lady to name as many phone apps as she could in 24 seconds and she just rattled off names of restaurants. Then they showed a video of nikeil Alexander Walker doing the same thing and the first apps he said were messages, notes and “settings”
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Insane in-arena entertainment in Atlanta. They asked a lady to name as many phone apps as she could in 24 seconds and she just rattled off names of restaurants. Then they showed a video of nikeil Alexander Walker doing the same thing and the first apps he said were messages, notes and “settings”
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Are we not even making our own disinformation? What happened to American manufacturing?
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Are we not even making our own disinformation? What happened to American manufacturing?
This is why we can’t have nice things. Why couldn’t they have just started a podcast or made some weird angry metal band, or god forbid, become DJs?
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged. n.pr/4puzyhb
Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is why we can’t have nice things. Why couldn’t they have just started a podcast or made some weird angry metal band, or god forbid, become DJs?