Imbroglior
@dkfoster.bsky.social
Tweetdecker formerly known as @cityslikr or Former Tweetdecker known as @cityslikr
Creator of, curator and writer for All Fried Up in the Big Smoke afuitbs.com
Creator of, curator and writer for All Fried Up in the Big Smoke afuitbs.com
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Imbroglior
@dkfoster.bsky.social
· Aug 3
"This gloom, this surrender to the dark waters which lap us about, is a modern invention... we do not believe enough. Our fathers at any rate had something to demolish." Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
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Armistice Day, Toronto
Joseph Ernest Sampson
1918
Joseph Ernest Sampson
1918
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Armistice Day, Toronto
Joseph Ernest Sampson
1918
Joseph Ernest Sampson
1918
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The shamelessness of aping my own documentation and art (their creation on the left, my photo on the right) to exaggerate the impacts of retail… Sad. Derivative. Misleading.
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The shamelessness of aping my own documentation and art (their creation on the left, my photo on the right) to exaggerate the impacts of retail… Sad. Derivative. Misleading.
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Republicans and the gun lobby used to have to craft these nonsense stories for us, but thanks to the magic of AI, you can now terrify yourself in the comfort of your own home that you’ll soon be too scared to leave.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Republicans and the gun lobby used to have to craft these nonsense stories for us, but thanks to the magic of AI, you can now terrify yourself in the comfort of your own home that you’ll soon be too scared to leave.
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“With our new video generator, you can create realistic videos of your wildest and most-“
“Make it do a Black woman bragging about gaming the food stamp system.”
“Make it do a Black woman bragging about gaming the food stamp system.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“With our new video generator, you can create realistic videos of your wildest and most-“
“Make it do a Black woman bragging about gaming the food stamp system.”
“Make it do a Black woman bragging about gaming the food stamp system.”
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Not for nothing, but I think it’s telling that now that we’ve got all these AI technologies that you can use to visualize any sort of fake reality you want, the most eager adopters are using them to create glimpses of their own nightmares in order to reinforce their own prejudices.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Not for nothing, but I think it’s telling that now that we’ve got all these AI technologies that you can use to visualize any sort of fake reality you want, the most eager adopters are using them to create glimpses of their own nightmares in order to reinforce their own prejudices.
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Let us all take pleasure in appreciating a movie or a book or a sport or a historical fact today. Not only will we get the inherent benefits, we’ll get the added benefits of doing it for spite.
so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Let us all take pleasure in appreciating a movie or a book or a sport or a historical fact today. Not only will we get the inherent benefits, we’ll get the added benefits of doing it for spite.
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This story is silly and no one cares, but it'd be fun if the first hour of the new film is just Q meticulously sewing Bond's body back together
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This story is silly and no one cares, but it'd be fun if the first hour of the new film is just Q meticulously sewing Bond's body back together
And this one.
A whole 3 years!!
A whole 3 years!!
If it will take three years to replace Amazon Web Services, why not use to budget to GET ON WITH IT? You think that young, patriotic techies wouldn’t jump at the chance to secure Canada against the US? We needed moonshots. Instead, we got tax incentives.
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
And this one.
A whole 3 years!!
A whole 3 years!!
Another good thread here from @bhaggart.bsky.social
The first thing that jumps out at me is a lot of power of decision-making in one person's hands, an untested, rookie MP with not an entirely unblemished backstory.
The first thing that jumps out at me is a lot of power of decision-making in one person's hands, an untested, rookie MP with not an entirely unblemished backstory.
“The Liberal government plans to use its buying power to spur the development of data centres in Canada, but won’t yet commit significant sums to fund projects itself.”
Lots to unpack here, including many questions that probably should’ve been answered before Carney decided on his AI strategy.
Lots to unpack here, including many questions that probably should’ve been answered before Carney decided on his AI strategy.
Budget reveals how Ottawa plans to make data-centre deals - The Logic
The government passes on major financing for the capital expenditures of AI infrastructure projects in an attempt to protect Canada from a potential AI bubble
thelogic.co
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Another good thread here from @bhaggart.bsky.social
The first thing that jumps out at me is a lot of power of decision-making in one person's hands, an untested, rookie MP with not an entirely unblemished backstory.
The first thing that jumps out at me is a lot of power of decision-making in one person's hands, an untested, rookie MP with not an entirely unblemished backstory.
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We need more consultation so that IntegrityTO can have more time to AI more bad misinformation.
The folks at IntegrityTO have finally weighed in on neighbourhood retail with AI generated scenes of creepy faceless loiterers congregating outside a 7-11…
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We need more consultation so that IntegrityTO can have more time to AI more bad misinformation.
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“Here, check out this shitty fake video of a tiger with five legs. Case closed!”
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“Here, check out this shitty fake video of a tiger with five legs. Case closed!”
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“City Council is voting on whether to make this section of the park a ‘no leash’ area, which means that soon you’ll go to the park with your kids and there’s just going to be a bunch of lions and tigers running around.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“City Council is voting on whether to make this section of the park a ‘no leash’ area, which means that soon you’ll go to the park with your kids and there’s just going to be a bunch of lions and tigers running around.”
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There’s a lot to take issue with here, but “your next door neighbour can turn their house into a Cannabis store / bar… with no vetting or application process” is laughably false. What if I were to tell you that both of those things have very lengthy processes of their own?
The folks at IntegrityTO have finally weighed in on neighbourhood retail with AI generated scenes of creepy faceless loiterers congregating outside a 7-11…
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
There’s a lot to take issue with here, but “your next door neighbour can turn their house into a Cannabis store / bar… with no vetting or application process” is laughably false. What if I were to tell you that both of those things have very lengthy processes of their own?
"He seemed to me to think little about what impartial journalism means in this age of universal deceit."
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Tim Davie tells BBC staff ‘we have to fight for our journalism’ as Trump threatens $1bn lawsuit – UK politics live
Outgoing director general says freedom of press under pressure and that he sees ‘weaponisation’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"He seemed to me to think little about what impartial journalism means in this age of universal deceit."
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Rogers commemorates Blue Jays World Series Run with new statue of Ted Rogers
Rogers commemorates Blue Jays World Series Run with new statue of Ted Rogers
TORONTO - Rogers Communications, proud owner of the only Major League Baseball team in Canada, revealed plans to celebrate their 2025 World Series run with a second statue of company founder Ted Roger...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Rogers commemorates Blue Jays World Series Run with new statue of Ted Rogers
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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You know what maybe we deserve a male loneliness epidemic
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
You know what maybe we deserve a male loneliness epidemic
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It’s so funny, it Hertz
Tesla's latest gambit: become a rental car company. As cars pile up in showrooms and storage lots, Elon is trying to rent his way out of a crisis. Good luck, bud. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall electrek.co/2025/11/10/t...
Tesla can’t sell its cars anymore so it is renting them now
Tesla is launching a new car rental program out of its stores in the US, as sales are crashing due...
electrek.co
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It’s so funny, it Hertz
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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oh no won't someone think of the wealthiest flyers and their private jets
The impacts of the ongoing government shutdown have reached the wealthiest fliers, with 12 major US airports now closed to private jets.
Private jets are halted at 12 major airports as air traffic controllers continue to call out amid the shutdown
The impacts of the ongoing government shutdown have reached the wealthiest fliers, with 12 major US airports now closed to private jets.
www.businessinsider.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
oh no won't someone think of the wealthiest flyers and their private jets
Really.
The world over right now.
The fight for justice, fairness, environmental protection, the whole shebang, is being waged against against an oligarchical-led faux populism but... perhaps more importantly... is being undermined by self-proclaimed moderate centrists...
The world over right now.
The fight for justice, fairness, environmental protection, the whole shebang, is being waged against against an oligarchical-led faux populism but... perhaps more importantly... is being undermined by self-proclaimed moderate centrists...
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Really.
The world over right now.
The fight for justice, fairness, environmental protection, the whole shebang, is being waged against against an oligarchical-led faux populism but... perhaps more importantly... is being undermined by self-proclaimed moderate centrists...
The world over right now.
The fight for justice, fairness, environmental protection, the whole shebang, is being waged against against an oligarchical-led faux populism but... perhaps more importantly... is being undermined by self-proclaimed moderate centrists...