Carolyn Pinto 🇨🇦
@carolynpinto.com
⭐️ Observations on communication, rhetoric, propaganda
⭐️ Writer/brand strategist by trade: carolynpinto.com
⭐️ Montrealer/Québécoise/Canadian with Indian roots
⭐️ Curator of ideas, music, good times, lists
⭐️ Longtime em-dash user; no fan of AI
⭐️ Writer/brand strategist by trade: carolynpinto.com
⭐️ Montrealer/Québécoise/Canadian with Indian roots
⭐️ Curator of ideas, music, good times, lists
⭐️ Longtime em-dash user; no fan of AI
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Carolyn Pinto 🇨🇦
@carolynpinto.com
· Nov 25
Some favourite non-human things
❥puns, witticisms, clever turns of phrase
❥brain health & emotional intelligence
❥history, from prehistory to this morning
❥ologies: socio, anthro, psycho
❥art
❥Canadian spellings
❥hope, esp. as pertaining to climate & human rights
❥puns, witticisms, clever turns of phrase
❥brain health & emotional intelligence
❥history, from prehistory to this morning
❥ologies: socio, anthro, psycho
❥art
❥Canadian spellings
❥hope, esp. as pertaining to climate & human rights
As I’ve previously said, fuck wayne gretzky.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As I’ve previously said, fuck wayne gretzky.
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One thing I want for my 2026 year…more analog and less digital.
I’m pulling the Nikon SLR out and USING IT.
I’m pulling the Nikon SLR out and USING IT.
November 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
One thing I want for my 2026 year…more analog and less digital.
I’m pulling the Nikon SLR out and USING IT.
I’m pulling the Nikon SLR out and USING IT.
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it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
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I'm not interested in "I told you so."
A lot of people voted Liberal because they were terrified of Poilievre and his gang. I get that.
But Carney's who we got, he's being a weak leader, pushing policies that are harming the vast majority of us and it's time to just admit he sucks and push back.
A lot of people voted Liberal because they were terrified of Poilievre and his gang. I get that.
But Carney's who we got, he's being a weak leader, pushing policies that are harming the vast majority of us and it's time to just admit he sucks and push back.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'm not interested in "I told you so."
A lot of people voted Liberal because they were terrified of Poilievre and his gang. I get that.
But Carney's who we got, he's being a weak leader, pushing policies that are harming the vast majority of us and it's time to just admit he sucks and push back.
A lot of people voted Liberal because they were terrified of Poilievre and his gang. I get that.
But Carney's who we got, he's being a weak leader, pushing policies that are harming the vast majority of us and it's time to just admit he sucks and push back.
Carney was necessary but I had hoped he'd be stronger on climate.
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Carney was necessary but I had hoped he'd be stronger on climate.
I guess “trublican” wasn’t retained
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I guess “trublican” wasn’t retained
The small group of people pushing AI and fossil fuels do not care about or believe in humanity.
It's just warlord nihilism, tout court. Its unofficial motto is: "Everybody should die except me & the handful of people I deem worthy."
It's "Dr. Strangelove" come to life, with Elon supplying the Nazi salute, RFK Jr. supplying the "Purity of Essence" & Stephen Miller planning for the bunkers.
It's "Dr. Strangelove" come to life, with Elon supplying the Nazi salute, RFK Jr. supplying the "Purity of Essence" & Stephen Miller planning for the bunkers.
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The small group of people pushing AI and fossil fuels do not care about or believe in humanity.
To the average person who catches a headline here and there, "ending feminist foreign policy" doesn't send a great message.
Canada's feminist foreign policy was always more of a slogan than an actual policy. But it is still a bad sign that it was just officially jettisoned. Read my analysis here: www.mcleodgroup.ca/2025/11/the-...
The demise of Canada’s feminist foreign policy - The McLeod Group
McLeod Group blog by Stephen Brown, November 25, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered the death blow to Canada’s feminist foreign policy while attending the G20 summit in South Africa a couple of...
www.mcleodgroup.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
To the average person who catches a headline here and there, "ending feminist foreign policy" doesn't send a great message.
The AI pushers don’t want us to be able to opt out because they have a bubble to keep afloat. Getting everyone hooked is their only hope.
I don't know why we can't just opt out of AI responses to Google searches, MS Word offers of AI "help", and the like. NOT having this interference should be the default; people who want to have their thinking done for them should be made to opt in, as a final act of independent decision-making.
I’m sure I’m gonna get dragged for this, but I think AI is bad. AI has completely ruined Google search and it’s created a lot more slop that needs to be avoided on the Internet.
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The AI pushers don’t want us to be able to opt out because they have a bubble to keep afloat. Getting everyone hooked is their only hope.
pretty straightforward
Reasons Trump wants war w/ Venezuela:
• To steal oil – pure financial greed
• To steal land
• To kill/to feed his sadism
• To emulate Putin's totalitarianism and his invasion of Ukraine
• To distract from and prevent full release of the Epstein files
• In an attempt to justify martial law in the US
• To steal oil – pure financial greed
• To steal land
• To kill/to feed his sadism
• To emulate Putin's totalitarianism and his invasion of Ukraine
• To distract from and prevent full release of the Epstein files
• In an attempt to justify martial law in the US
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
pretty straightforward
Not that anyone around here is buying American shoes these days but this tidbit on Nike is worth keeping in mind
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Not that anyone around here is buying American shoes these days but this tidbit on Nike is worth keeping in mind
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Revelations about RW social media accounts being run from Russia correspond perfectly to data already revealed by the Panama, Paradise & Pandora Papers: Russian money streamed thru offshore accounts funds virtually all right-wing "populist" parties in EU & NAmerica. Same goal: undermine democracy.
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Revelations about RW social media accounts being run from Russia correspond perfectly to data already revealed by the Panama, Paradise & Pandora Papers: Russian money streamed thru offshore accounts funds virtually all right-wing "populist" parties in EU & NAmerica. Same goal: undermine democracy.
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Similarly to how the CAQ keeps spouting women’s rights and gender equality for the express purpose of undermining the fundamental rights of Muslim women who have freely made their own choices. On the surface it sounds right, but it’s the exact opposite.
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Similarly to how the CAQ keeps spouting women’s rights and gender equality for the express purpose of undermining the fundamental rights of Muslim women who have freely made their own choices. On the surface it sounds right, but it’s the exact opposite.
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this skeet aged like a fine wine
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
this skeet aged like a fine wine
Indeed, a historic quantity of blow.
(Also: headlines should include puns whenever possible.)
(Also: headlines should include puns whenever possible.)
Authorities said the bust prevented the circulation of 35 million doses of cocaine worth more than $388m.
Colombia hails ‘historic blow’ after largest cocaine bust in a decade
Authorities said the bust prevented the circulation of 35 million doses of cocaine worth more than $388m.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Indeed, a historic quantity of blow.
(Also: headlines should include puns whenever possible.)
(Also: headlines should include puns whenever possible.)
Ouf
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Ouf
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hmm
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
October 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
hmm
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the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
October 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
Rarely mentioned: "potential payoffs of AI" for individual humans
Even more rarely mentioned: the current (not potential) staggering harms of AI adoption
Even more rarely mentioned: the current (not potential) staggering harms of AI adoption
"Whichever way you look at it, the potential payoffs of A.I. adoption are staggering — for the economy, for social sectors, and, of course, for investors. That could not be said for the majority of the big historical bubbles, such as the tulip mania of the early 17th century."
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Rarely mentioned: "potential payoffs of AI" for individual humans
Even more rarely mentioned: the current (not potential) staggering harms of AI adoption
Even more rarely mentioned: the current (not potential) staggering harms of AI adoption
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“If this were to truly happen,” says Dr. Vincent, referring to Bill 2, “I wouldn’t want to get sick here in the next year.” thewalrus.ca/quebecs-new-...
Quebec’s New Health Care Law Sparks Province-Wide Clash with Doctors | The Walrus
Bill 2 has triggered strikes, resignations, and an unprecedented wave of physicians preparing to leave
thewalrus.ca
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“If this were to truly happen,” says Dr. Vincent, referring to Bill 2, “I wouldn’t want to get sick here in the next year.” thewalrus.ca/quebecs-new-...
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NYT is a lost cause. Please do not keep it alive with your subscriptions. The good journalists will find a better home somewhere else. The rest should not be in real journalism anyway. Let it kill itself and invest in new or different sources, like Guardian U.S. or Pro Publica or The New Republic.
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NYT is a lost cause. Please do not keep it alive with your subscriptions. The good journalists will find a better home somewhere else. The rest should not be in real journalism anyway. Let it kill itself and invest in new or different sources, like Guardian U.S. or Pro Publica or The New Republic.
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BlueSky could have shared a screenshot of my tweet showing the Oct 10 timestamp and that I was using Johnny Cash lyrics to quote-tweet about an article on Johnny Cash. Instead, they made it look like I issued a random death threat and falsely claimed I posted it this week. They should apologize.
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
BlueSky could have shared a screenshot of my tweet showing the Oct 10 timestamp and that I was using Johnny Cash lyrics to quote-tweet about an article on Johnny Cash. Instead, they made it look like I issued a random death threat and falsely claimed I posted it this week. They should apologize.
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The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.