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Labour bill threatens unions' freedom of association, Quebec bar says montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Labour bill threatens unions' freedom of association, Quebec bar says montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
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I like this -- they fed AITA posts where the humans voted "asshole" to LLMs and found that the bots would almost always tell you that you're not an asshole. ^^; No wonder they're so popular!
www.businessinsider.com/reddit-aita-...
www.businessinsider.com/reddit-aita-...
Am I the jerk? Redditors say yes — but ChatGPT and other bots say no.
ChatGPT and other AI bots tell posters from Reddit's "AITA" subreddit that, actually, they're not the jerks. Should we believe it?
www.businessinsider.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I like this -- they fed AITA posts where the humans voted "asshole" to LLMs and found that the bots would almost always tell you that you're not an asshole. ^^; No wonder they're so popular!
www.businessinsider.com/reddit-aita-...
www.businessinsider.com/reddit-aita-...
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Not my institution's finest hour. Pauline is the sort of teacher our military officers need and losing her will be felt, though I certainly do not blame her. Share widely.
Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Military Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest
Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.
www.theatlantic.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Not my institution's finest hour. Pauline is the sort of teacher our military officers need and losing her will be felt, though I certainly do not blame her. Share widely.
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Something that won't get much attention from today's reports from the federal auditor: The Canadian Tourism Commission is just fine. Clean as a whistle. No audit recommendations. www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Eng...
Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Tourism Commission—Special Examination—2024
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca
June 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Something that won't get much attention from today's reports from the federal auditor: The Canadian Tourism Commission is just fine. Clean as a whistle. No audit recommendations. www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Eng...
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I'm blocking people who sneer at Pence doing this. Yes, I have problems with Pence too, but why sneer at someone for doing & saying the right things, even if they haven't always said & done the right things? Doing this right now takes balls, probably more than you have, anonymous internet jockey
Pence: "To have POTUS in Saudi Arabia questioning America's global war on terror & describing is as nation building & interventionist I thought was a disservice to generations of Americans who wore the uniform..particularly giving that speech in Saudi Arabia where 15 of the 19 hijackers hailed from"
May 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm blocking people who sneer at Pence doing this. Yes, I have problems with Pence too, but why sneer at someone for doing & saying the right things, even if they haven't always said & done the right things? Doing this right now takes balls, probably more than you have, anonymous internet jockey
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As the saying goes: "Life is hard. But it's harder if you're stupid."
Upstate NY farmer shocked by Trump tariffs, mistakenly thought Canada would pay www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
Upstate NY farmer shocked by Trump tariffs, mistakenly thought Canada would pay www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
Upstate NY farmer shocked by Trump tariffs, mistakenly thought Canada would pay
Small businesses along the Canadian border are especially being hit hard.
www.syracuse.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
As the saying goes: "Life is hard. But it's harder if you're stupid."
Upstate NY farmer shocked by Trump tariffs, mistakenly thought Canada would pay www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
Upstate NY farmer shocked by Trump tariffs, mistakenly thought Canada would pay www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
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As the saying goes: "Life is hard. But it's harder if you're stupid."
Upstate NY farmer shocked by Trump tariffs, mistakenly thought Canada would pay www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
Upstate NY farmer shocked by Trump tariffs, mistakenly thought Canada would pay www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
Upstate NY farmer shocked by Trump tariffs, mistakenly thought Canada would pay
Small businesses along the Canadian border are especially being hit hard.
www.syracuse.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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About the predictive value of campaign rallies, this one took place weeks before Joe Clark s 1979 elex victory:
digitalarchiveontario.ca/objects/3004...
digitalarchiveontario.ca/objects/3004...
Pierre Trudeau speaks to the masses as 20,000 jam the Liberal rally at Maple Leaf Gardwns last night
digitalarchiveontario.ca
April 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
About the predictive value of campaign rallies, this one took place weeks before Joe Clark s 1979 elex victory:
digitalarchiveontario.ca/objects/3004...
digitalarchiveontario.ca/objects/3004...
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Poilievre pulling a Trump & Musk & making clear he will cut funding to anything he considers “woke” in federal public service & university research - like anything to do with climate science.
As Danielle Smith made clear, Poilievre is “in sync” with Trump. We can never let him win. #TeamCarney
As Danielle Smith made clear, Poilievre is “in sync” with Trump. We can never let him win. #TeamCarney
This probably deserves some attention in English Canada.
March 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Poilievre pulling a Trump & Musk & making clear he will cut funding to anything he considers “woke” in federal public service & university research - like anything to do with climate science.
As Danielle Smith made clear, Poilievre is “in sync” with Trump. We can never let him win. #TeamCarney
As Danielle Smith made clear, Poilievre is “in sync” with Trump. We can never let him win. #TeamCarney
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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Danielle Smith saying out loud that she told the Trump administration to put tariffs on hold to help Pierre Poilievre win the election. Conservatives are collaborating with an administration that wants to break 🇨🇦.
This election could not be more important. Join #TeamCarney. liberal.ca/get-involved/
This election could not be more important. Join #TeamCarney. liberal.ca/get-involved/
March 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Danielle Smith saying out loud that she told the Trump administration to put tariffs on hold to help Pierre Poilievre win the election. Conservatives are collaborating with an administration that wants to break 🇨🇦.
This election could not be more important. Join #TeamCarney. liberal.ca/get-involved/
This election could not be more important. Join #TeamCarney. liberal.ca/get-involved/
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By the way, the word in Russian and Ukrainian for a "suit" is "kostyum", in case you were wondering why Zelensky used that word. He likely meant "suit" in answering Glenn.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
March 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
By the way, the word in Russian and Ukrainian for a "suit" is "kostyum", in case you were wondering why Zelensky used that word. He likely meant "suit" in answering Glenn.
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February 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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To repeat - an allegation in that story, which I've now directly heard elsewhere:
-Canada's premiers froze out the country's ambassador from their DC meetings
-That very day she got a better meeting than they did. She was with Trump's trade point man, Lutnick
-She didn't have to pay $85K
-Canada's premiers froze out the country's ambassador from their DC meetings
-That very day she got a better meeting than they did. She was with Trump's trade point man, Lutnick
-She didn't have to pay $85K
February 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
To repeat - an allegation in that story, which I've now directly heard elsewhere:
-Canada's premiers froze out the country's ambassador from their DC meetings
-That very day she got a better meeting than they did. She was with Trump's trade point man, Lutnick
-She didn't have to pay $85K
-Canada's premiers froze out the country's ambassador from their DC meetings
-That very day she got a better meeting than they did. She was with Trump's trade point man, Lutnick
-She didn't have to pay $85K
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/ “According to this high-level source, the premiers ‘underestimate how problematic this administration is and think that it is us, the Liberal fed govt, that’s incapable … because we are progressives.’ The source says the premiers now realize that the Trump admin is ‘a threat beyond partisanship.’”
February 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
/ “According to this high-level source, the premiers ‘underestimate how problematic this administration is and think that it is us, the Liberal fed govt, that’s incapable … because we are progressives.’ The source says the premiers now realize that the Trump admin is ‘a threat beyond partisanship.’”
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this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
January 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
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You all MOCKED George Lucas and said this was boring or dumb but who’s laughing now???
November 26, 2024 at 1:00 AM
You all MOCKED George Lucas and said this was boring or dumb but who’s laughing now???