Steven Alleyn
@stevenalleyn.ca
Quando omni flunkus, moritati
I look at spreadsheets & decide things for a living. Self-professed crazy cat dude. Devoted husband, DIYer, lefty, tinkerer + I cook & I think I’m pretty funny. Big sci-fi nerd. Also, I believe blocking is self-care.
I look at spreadsheets & decide things for a living. Self-professed crazy cat dude. Devoted husband, DIYer, lefty, tinkerer + I cook & I think I’m pretty funny. Big sci-fi nerd. Also, I believe blocking is self-care.
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Steven Alleyn
@stevenalleyn.ca
· Oct 11
My favourite scene in any voyager episode is the one where Andy Dick asks Robert Picardo to give him a penis
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Some are saying this is the reason we were teaching essays in the first place!
Student told me that writing her research paper made her realize how many opinions she has on other topics that she should learn more about before having an opinion and this is one of the many reasons that teaching writing is important even if now that LLMs can create written products.
December 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Some are saying this is the reason we were teaching essays in the first place!
The fix for this is *hopefully* relatively simple: someone needs to sue Quebec over the pre-emptive legislative use of the NWC. And a transgender woman in AB needs to sue over the use of the NWC to invalidate the rights of women (which is expressly prohibited by the constitution).
The NWC has been a ticking timebomb in the Canadian constitution, and it's going off.
This is, far and way, the #1 thing I'm worried about with Canada moving forward; I don't see an easy way out of this for the country if conservative Premiers jam the NWC button every time they attack trans people.
This is, far and way, the #1 thing I'm worried about with Canada moving forward; I don't see an easy way out of this for the country if conservative Premiers jam the NWC button every time they attack trans people.
Today is Human Rights Day. What a cruel and ghoulish thing to do.
December 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The fix for this is *hopefully* relatively simple: someone needs to sue Quebec over the pre-emptive legislative use of the NWC. And a transgender woman in AB needs to sue over the use of the NWC to invalidate the rights of women (which is expressly prohibited by the constitution).
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Scientists at Canadian institutions have long punched well above our weight despite low and stagnant funding. Spending a billion dollars on external recruitment while science here is starving is exactly what Harper got wrong about supporting research excellence in Canada.
Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
December 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Scientists at Canadian institutions have long punched well above our weight despite low and stagnant funding. Spending a billion dollars on external recruitment while science here is starving is exactly what Harper got wrong about supporting research excellence in Canada.
Apparently there were documents which were proven to be forgeries in court at one point because Calibri was rolled out in like 2007 or something and the documents were claimed to have been produced years before? I don’t remember the exact details, but Michael Stevens mentions it in a vsauce
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Apparently there were documents which were proven to be forgeries in court at one point because Calibri was rolled out in like 2007 or something and the documents were claimed to have been produced years before? I don’t remember the exact details, but Michael Stevens mentions it in a vsauce
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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After ChatGPT appeared to validate a man's suspicion that his 83-year-old mother may have been part of a conspiracy against him, he killed her. OpenAI bears responsibility for her death because the company rushed out “a defective product that validated a user’s paranoid delusions,” a lawsuit says.
ChatGPT spurred a 56-year-old man to kill his mother, lawsuit says
A new lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT encouraged a man’s delusional thinking, leading him to kill his 83-year-old mother and take his own life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
After ChatGPT appeared to validate a man's suspicion that his 83-year-old mother may have been part of a conspiracy against him, he killed her. OpenAI bears responsibility for her death because the company rushed out “a defective product that validated a user’s paranoid delusions,” a lawsuit says.
Quit caffeine. Quit sugar. Quit meat. Quit alcohol. Quit gluten. Quit carbs. Quit quit quit anything that gives you joy.
The health cult is just as fucking twisted and anhedonic as the religions it has replaced. This is just a new Puritanism dressed up in the pageantry of science and medicine.
The health cult is just as fucking twisted and anhedonic as the religions it has replaced. This is just a new Puritanism dressed up in the pageantry of science and medicine.
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Quit caffeine. Quit sugar. Quit meat. Quit alcohol. Quit gluten. Quit carbs. Quit quit quit anything that gives you joy.
The health cult is just as fucking twisted and anhedonic as the religions it has replaced. This is just a new Puritanism dressed up in the pageantry of science and medicine.
The health cult is just as fucking twisted and anhedonic as the religions it has replaced. This is just a new Puritanism dressed up in the pageantry of science and medicine.
These must be purchased second hand from airlines because a single 737 is like $80M according to a cursory google search
The Department of Homeland Security recently signed a contract worth nearly $140 million to purchase six Boeing 737 planes for deportations. https://wapo.st/3KpFEkd
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
These must be purchased second hand from airlines because a single 737 is like $80M according to a cursory google search
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Absolutely hall of fame levels of refusing to reexamine one’s priors. “The moderate candidate will always do better,” unless the left candidate directly beats the moderate candidate in an open election, in which case “well this is a special case and this place isn’t like other places.”
like incredible takeaway from a huge overperformance by Democrats in fucking *TN*
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Absolutely hall of fame levels of refusing to reexamine one’s priors. “The moderate candidate will always do better,” unless the left candidate directly beats the moderate candidate in an open election, in which case “well this is a special case and this place isn’t like other places.”
Hey @hankgreen.bsky.social, @bobabria.bsky.social - love Focus Friend, thanks so much for making it! Is there a possibility of a deep focus update that allows music to play but keeps all other deep focus features in place?
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Hey @hankgreen.bsky.social, @bobabria.bsky.social - love Focus Friend, thanks so much for making it! Is there a possibility of a deep focus update that allows music to play but keeps all other deep focus features in place?
Ouch
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Ouch
Veritassium (I think?) did a deep dive into how turbine blades are manufactured last month and it is terrifyingly complex
Great read on the cumulative trillions of dollars of iterative engineering effort that has gone into developing the efficient, reliable modern gas turbine. It is an insanely complex technology featuring an unforgiving multidimensional tradeoff space
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Veritassium (I think?) did a deep dive into how turbine blades are manufactured last month and it is terrifyingly complex
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He invented the ACA
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
He invented the ACA
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Quand Québec dit «moi, l’État, je suis le peuple»
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Quand Québec dit «moi, l’État, je suis le peuple»
Commentaire sélectionné parmi les réponses au texte « Une laïcité sagement bonifiée » sur le site Web du Devoir, le 1er décembre 2025
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December 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Quand Québec dit «moi, l’État, je suis le peuple»
www.ledevoir.com/opinion/lett...
www.ledevoir.com/opinion/lett...
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André-Phillipe Côté avec une caricature parfaite ce matin 👌
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
André-Phillipe Côté avec une caricature parfaite ce matin 👌
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Gizmodo has 2.5 MILLION followed on X, and this has been up for 14 hours.
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Gizmodo has 2.5 MILLION followed on X, and this has been up for 14 hours.
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
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CAQ's constitution would gut historic protections for minorities, anglo rights group warns montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
CAQ's constitution would gut historic protections for minorities, anglo rights group warns montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...
The thing that I find crazy about people who are bigots in person is that it *costs more* to do that. Like it takes more energy to initiate that awkward confrontation than to just not use a slur or misgender someone.
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The thing that I find crazy about people who are bigots in person is that it *costs more* to do that. Like it takes more energy to initiate that awkward confrontation than to just not use a slur or misgender someone.
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get the fucking vaccine
I had shingles in my early teen years. I cannot express to you how badly you do not want to get shingles. get the fucking vaccine.
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
get the fucking vaccine
This is exciting except for the fact it seems to have gotten Sabine Hossenfelder taking it seriously which means my skepticism is at maximum.
Also “almost no negative energy requirement” and “no negative energy” are wildly different things. Like saying it uses almost no unicorn farts for fuel.
Also “almost no negative energy requirement” and “no negative energy” are wildly different things. Like saying it uses almost no unicorn farts for fuel.
December 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This is exciting except for the fact it seems to have gotten Sabine Hossenfelder taking it seriously which means my skepticism is at maximum.
Also “almost no negative energy requirement” and “no negative energy” are wildly different things. Like saying it uses almost no unicorn farts for fuel.
Also “almost no negative energy requirement” and “no negative energy” are wildly different things. Like saying it uses almost no unicorn farts for fuel.
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WHAT PART OF THIS COULDN'T BE DONE WITH ACTORS & PROPS?!
WHY ARE ALL X–MAS ADS NOWADAYS MANMADE HORRORS?!
WHO THE FUCK LOSES SLEEP OVER "WRITING PROMPTS"?!
WHY ARE ALL X–MAS ADS NOWADAYS MANMADE HORRORS?!
WHO THE FUCK LOSES SLEEP OVER "WRITING PROMPTS"?!
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
WHAT PART OF THIS COULDN'T BE DONE WITH ACTORS & PROPS?!
WHY ARE ALL X–MAS ADS NOWADAYS MANMADE HORRORS?!
WHO THE FUCK LOSES SLEEP OVER "WRITING PROMPTS"?!
WHY ARE ALL X–MAS ADS NOWADAYS MANMADE HORRORS?!
WHO THE FUCK LOSES SLEEP OVER "WRITING PROMPTS"?!
Somehow just got a notification from someone I don’t follow who wasn’t replying to me or reposting something I posted or otherwise interacting with me that was almost definitely a fraudulent GFM? wtf
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Somehow just got a notification from someone I don’t follow who wasn’t replying to me or reposting something I posted or otherwise interacting with me that was almost definitely a fraudulent GFM? wtf
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1) Yann Langlais Plante, directeur des relations avec les médias chez Santé Québec, m'a répondu plus tôt aujourd'hui sur X (Twitter). Il semble qu'il ait rapidement supprimé son message public. Mais je vais le partager avec vous.
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
1) Yann Langlais Plante, directeur des relations avec les médias chez Santé Québec, m'a répondu plus tôt aujourd'hui sur X (Twitter). Il semble qu'il ait rapidement supprimé son message public. Mais je vais le partager avec vous.
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Saw one of these on the road earlier today and I was struck that this is probably the most exciting, fun car Mazda made in the last 20yrs. They knew they were doing something special when they chose that colour.
Wish I was small enough to ever drive one (though I hear they have absolutely no balls)
Wish I was small enough to ever drive one (though I hear they have absolutely no balls)
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Saw one of these on the road earlier today and I was struck that this is probably the most exciting, fun car Mazda made in the last 20yrs. They knew they were doing something special when they chose that colour.
Wish I was small enough to ever drive one (though I hear they have absolutely no balls)
Wish I was small enough to ever drive one (though I hear they have absolutely no balls)