Devan Marr
@devanmarr.bsky.social
Bike Rider. Mediocre Beer Brewer. Research Lawyer at LawPRO. JDHD. He/Him.
It’s never legal advice. It’s rarely good advice.
Toronto, ON
It’s never legal advice. It’s rarely good advice.
Toronto, ON
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Devan Marr
@devanmarr.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Hello sudden influx of lawyers starting to follow me! Better get back to posting about law stuff…
Starting w/ Devan’s Rules of Professionalism:
1. Be competent
2. Don’t be incompetent
3. Don’t be a dick*
*taking a firm, principled, position based on facts or law is not (necessarily) being a dick.
Starting w/ Devan’s Rules of Professionalism:
1. Be competent
2. Don’t be incompetent
3. Don’t be a dick*
*taking a firm, principled, position based on facts or law is not (necessarily) being a dick.
I'll be attending the anti-Bill 60 rally this Thursday at Bloor & Spadina. Hope to see you there.
Thurs we ride against Ford's attack on bike lanes, bus lanes, pedestrian safety, tenants rights & more! Omnibus bills that aim to distract & divide communities w many intersecting interests we need to all fight against!
[https://www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_protest_ride](www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_prot...)
[https://www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_protest_ride](www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_prot...)
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'll be attending the anti-Bill 60 rally this Thursday at Bloor & Spadina. Hope to see you there.
Mechanical Turk has entered the chat.
Incredible stuff on LinkedIn. Cofounder of AI notetaker says they told early customers that there's an "AI that'll join a meeting.” But it was really just him and cofounder joining & manually taking notes. No AI. Comments flame him. He posts reply trying to kind of walk it back. Overall: Total bait.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Mechanical Turk has entered the chat.
There's something to be said for the language in older case law:
"14 Accordingly, Oliver is a knave in the chronicle to follow."
-Patchett v. Oliver, 1977 CanLII 2154 (BC SC), <https://canlii.ca/t/g9s7g>
"14 Accordingly, Oliver is a knave in the chronicle to follow."
-Patchett v. Oliver, 1977 CanLII 2154 (BC SC), <https://canlii.ca/t/g9s7g>
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
There's something to be said for the language in older case law:
"14 Accordingly, Oliver is a knave in the chronicle to follow."
-Patchett v. Oliver, 1977 CanLII 2154 (BC SC), <https://canlii.ca/t/g9s7g>
"14 Accordingly, Oliver is a knave in the chronicle to follow."
-Patchett v. Oliver, 1977 CanLII 2154 (BC SC), <https://canlii.ca/t/g9s7g>
In a perfect world, I'd have @timbousquet.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social and Dr. Maura Grossman on a panel called, "AI and the Law", and just let them talk for 3 hours.
The New York Times gets ‘AI in the newsroom’ completely wrong
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
The New York Times gets 'AI in the newsroom' completely wrong - Halifax Examiner
The celebration of a non-defined "AI" serves as a promotional tool for a very select group of ultra-rich tech titans who are primarily shilling generative AI tools.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In a perfect world, I'd have @timbousquet.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social and Dr. Maura Grossman on a panel called, "AI and the Law", and just let them talk for 3 hours.
So, on the one hand, fuck these people. On the other hand, can we all laugh at the fact that “Mannerbunds” just sounds like “man buns” and that’s all I can hear in my head?
"At least three attendees wore the uniform of the recently formed Second Sons Canada ... Second Sons Canada is run by Jeremy MacKenzie, the founder of Diagolon, who this year filmed himself making a Hitler salute in a video shared on Telegram"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
So, on the one hand, fuck these people. On the other hand, can we all laugh at the fact that “Mannerbunds” just sounds like “man buns” and that’s all I can hear in my head?
It’s Stampede 2.0, @clareblackwood.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It’s Stampede 2.0, @clareblackwood.bsky.social
Reposted by Devan Marr
ChatGPT should be shut down until it provides assurances that this kind of thing will never happen again
This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
ChatGPT should be shut down until it provides assurances that this kind of thing will never happen again
I know it’s small potatoes for some people, but finally hit 5,000km on my #cargobike!
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I know it’s small potatoes for some people, but finally hit 5,000km on my #cargobike!
I don't know how #ArchiveSky made it into my feed, but I'm here for it.
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I don't know how #ArchiveSky made it into my feed, but I'm here for it.
All this talk about using the notwithstanding clause re: mandatory minimums for CSAM cases.
Can't you just legislate what's essentially a mandatory minimum, but leave a carve out for "exceptional circumstances" (like the one the SCC raised)?
"Sentence shall be no less than 5 years, unless....
Can't you just legislate what's essentially a mandatory minimum, but leave a carve out for "exceptional circumstances" (like the one the SCC raised)?
"Sentence shall be no less than 5 years, unless....
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
All this talk about using the notwithstanding clause re: mandatory minimums for CSAM cases.
Can't you just legislate what's essentially a mandatory minimum, but leave a carve out for "exceptional circumstances" (like the one the SCC raised)?
"Sentence shall be no less than 5 years, unless....
Can't you just legislate what's essentially a mandatory minimum, but leave a carve out for "exceptional circumstances" (like the one the SCC raised)?
"Sentence shall be no less than 5 years, unless....
Look, AI is kind of garbage, but I would allow an exception for someone making a video of the full interview using this transcript and existing footage.
Really worth reading the entire 60 minutes interview transcript but admit this part got me laughing out loud.
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Look, AI is kind of garbage, but I would allow an exception for someone making a video of the full interview using this transcript and existing footage.
Well I was going to give a presentation on "AI and the Law" to my office in a few weeks and explain why "AI" as a general term is useless for our purposes, but I might just have them read this article instead.
What is ‘artificial intelligence,’ anyway? The confusion is the point
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
What is 'artificial intelligence,' anyway? The confusion is the point - Halifax Examiner
The confusion and misunderstanding that is purposefully built right into the term 'artificial intelligence' is a power grab.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Well I was going to give a presentation on "AI and the Law" to my office in a few weeks and explain why "AI" as a general term is useless for our purposes, but I might just have them read this article instead.
We somehow ended up next to the only dodgers can at the brewery.…
November 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We somehow ended up next to the only dodgers can at the brewery.…
This bandwagon is so stressful.
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This bandwagon is so stressful.
It does. Maybe sports do bring us all together….
Bluesky tonight feels like old-time Twitter. #GoJaysGo
November 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It does. Maybe sports do bring us all together….
“And let’s just play that Bo homer from yet another angle…”
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“And let’s just play that Bo homer from yet another angle…”
Watching from Leftfield Brewery. It’s game time!
November 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Watching from Leftfield Brewery. It’s game time!
Reposted by Devan Marr
I’m sick of sharing this link so help me bury the NIMBY opposition to cute neighbourhood shops! They just put a petition with a measly 209 signatures into the record to kill—not modify, kill—this small step towards maybe having corner stores again
Let’s tell them what we want: c.org/fYSGWfvYJv
Let’s tell them what we want: c.org/fYSGWfvYJv
Sign the Petition
Save Finch Store/Martin Cafe and Protect TO Neighbourhood Retail
c.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I’m sick of sharing this link so help me bury the NIMBY opposition to cute neighbourhood shops! They just put a petition with a measly 209 signatures into the record to kill—not modify, kill—this small step towards maybe having corner stores again
Let’s tell them what we want: c.org/fYSGWfvYJv
Let’s tell them what we want: c.org/fYSGWfvYJv
So my wife and I were wondering where the origin of the term redneck came from the other day, and now I think I have a lead I can follow!
In this moment, coal miners turned their red bandanas into a symbol of solidarity — both to distinguish themselves from the enemy and to show that, across racial lines, coal miners were united along class interests
For this reason, they were known as the "Redneck Army."
For this reason, they were known as the "Redneck Army."
October 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
So my wife and I were wondering where the origin of the term redneck came from the other day, and now I think I have a lead I can follow!
So I guess my Halloween party is becoming a Jays watch party….
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
So I guess my Halloween party is becoming a Jays watch party….
Sports! Be proud @clareblackwood.bsky.social, I’m actually out in the world watching the game.
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Sports! Be proud @clareblackwood.bsky.social, I’m actually out in the world watching the game.
@dieworkwear.bsky.social you know what to do.
here it is lmao. they’re calling it the most negative sauce ever registered
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
@dieworkwear.bsky.social you know what to do.
While people love to take shots at Toronto (sometimes deservedly), I'm proud that when similar groups tried to pull something like this recently, Toronto SHOWED UP, and ran them off. www.torontotoday.ca/local/policy...
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
While people love to take shots at Toronto (sometimes deservedly), I'm proud that when similar groups tried to pull something like this recently, Toronto SHOWED UP, and ran them off. www.torontotoday.ca/local/policy...