keith.js
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Working on discerning the difference between a "description" and a "bio"
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spend a lot of time thinking about @stephenkb.bsky.social's point that "reading comprehension", as a skill, is apparently something that a lot of people have just given up on online - eg it's hard to believe here that so many people can't see this is so obviously tongue in cheek, but alas,
June 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
spend a lot of time thinking about @stephenkb.bsky.social's point that "reading comprehension", as a skill, is apparently something that a lot of people have just given up on online - eg it's hard to believe here that so many people can't see this is so obviously tongue in cheek, but alas,
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Some thoughts on the Menswear Guy, ICE protests, and our inability to be normal
www.infinitescroll.us/p/can-anyone...
www.infinitescroll.us/p/can-anyone...
Can Anyone Be Normal For One Goddamn Minute?
Politics in the age of zero chill
www.infinitescroll.us
June 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Some thoughts on the Menswear Guy, ICE protests, and our inability to be normal
www.infinitescroll.us/p/can-anyone...
www.infinitescroll.us/p/can-anyone...
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With 868 measles cases so far this year, Alberta has now exceeded its previous high mark set in 1986.
2025 now has the most cases since 1979.
So I've had to expand this chart to include years prior to the modern-vaccine-program era:
2025 now has the most cases since 1979.
So I've had to expand this chart to include years prior to the modern-vaccine-program era:
June 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
With 868 measles cases so far this year, Alberta has now exceeded its previous high mark set in 1986.
2025 now has the most cases since 1979.
So I've had to expand this chart to include years prior to the modern-vaccine-program era:
2025 now has the most cases since 1979.
So I've had to expand this chart to include years prior to the modern-vaccine-program era:
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The divide between the NDP's historic strength west of Ontario and their performance as a federal party in the same regions has always been something really dislike digging into.
And so the cycle continues.
And so the cycle continues.
April 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The divide between the NDP's historic strength west of Ontario and their performance as a federal party in the same regions has always been something really dislike digging into.
And so the cycle continues.
And so the cycle continues.
Possibly unpopular (and biased) take: One thing left and progressive parties can do to get better electoral results in Canada is listen more to and include more voices from the western provinces. Without that you miss out on important insights that seem obvious in hindsight. 1/4 🧵
April 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Possibly unpopular (and biased) take: One thing left and progressive parties can do to get better electoral results in Canada is listen more to and include more voices from the western provinces. Without that you miss out on important insights that seem obvious in hindsight. 1/4 🧵
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April 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
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In a move I find quite surprising, studios like Warner Bros are getting a revenue share of fan-made AI trailers of movies like Superman instead of issuing DMCA takedown notices.
It’s fan-friendly, sure, but also risky, since fake trailers can easily mislead the public into thinking they’re real.
It’s fan-friendly, sure, but also risky, since fake trailers can easily mislead the public into thinking they’re real.
Inside YouTube’s Weird World Of Fake Movie Trailers — And How Studios Are Secretly Cashing In On The AI-Fueled Videos
YouTube is flooded with fake movie trailers following AI's rise — and studios are making money out of bogus videos for 'Superman' and 'Gladiator.'
deadline.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In a move I find quite surprising, studios like Warner Bros are getting a revenue share of fan-made AI trailers of movies like Superman instead of issuing DMCA takedown notices.
It’s fan-friendly, sure, but also risky, since fake trailers can easily mislead the public into thinking they’re real.
It’s fan-friendly, sure, but also risky, since fake trailers can easily mislead the public into thinking they’re real.
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My latest: "Truly this is an election for the ages, a historic choice between dull but unprincipled and nasty but opportunistic."
Canada’s existential election has very quickly become unserious
Canada’s existential election has very quickly become unserious
Opinion: Canada’s existential election has very quickly become unserious
Both Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney have chosen to play base and boring political games at a time when Canadians need bold ideas and vision
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My latest: "Truly this is an election for the ages, a historic choice between dull but unprincipled and nasty but opportunistic."
Canada’s existential election has very quickly become unserious
Canada’s existential election has very quickly become unserious
It’s early and the parties don’t have platforms out yet but is there any announced (i.e. with citation) significant economic policy difference between LPC and CPC? Not just of degree as with the tax cuts but opposite directions? Industrial carbon tax backstop is one. What else?
March 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s early and the parties don’t have platforms out yet but is there any announced (i.e. with citation) significant economic policy difference between LPC and CPC? Not just of degree as with the tax cuts but opposite directions? Industrial carbon tax backstop is one. What else?
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The Bloc Québécois launches “Buy Canadian” pitch.
Up is down. Left is right. Everyone is a federalist in a foxnewshole
Up is down. Left is right. Everyone is a federalist in a foxnewshole
March 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Bloc Québécois launches “Buy Canadian” pitch.
Up is down. Left is right. Everyone is a federalist in a foxnewshole
Up is down. Left is right. Everyone is a federalist in a foxnewshole
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please don’t text me war plans, because I’m actually at capacity right now and I don’t think I can hold appropriate space for you. do you have someone else you could reach out to?
March 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
please don’t text me war plans, because I’m actually at capacity right now and I don’t think I can hold appropriate space for you. do you have someone else you could reach out to?
Federal Conservative campaign calling Premier Smith’s office regarding her American media appearances.
March 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Federal Conservative campaign calling Premier Smith’s office regarding her American media appearances.
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Spoiler for an upcoming piece. How the population grows matters for demographic-based housing demand. For example, 1000 net new non-permanent residents require fewer homes than from other migration-forms of population growth, as they skew younger.
March 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Spoiler for an upcoming piece. How the population grows matters for demographic-based housing demand. For example, 1000 net new non-permanent residents require fewer homes than from other migration-forms of population growth, as they skew younger.
We’ve got a competitive race. It’s the first election for both leaders of the front running parties. And the electorate is energized by important issues.
Canadian elections are volatile so who knows what train wreck we’ll get. But on day 1, these are about optimal conditions.
Canadian elections are volatile so who knows what train wreck we’ll get. But on day 1, these are about optimal conditions.
March 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We’ve got a competitive race. It’s the first election for both leaders of the front running parties. And the electorate is energized by important issues.
Canadian elections are volatile so who knows what train wreck we’ll get. But on day 1, these are about optimal conditions.
Canadian elections are volatile so who knows what train wreck we’ll get. But on day 1, these are about optimal conditions.
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If Canada doesn’t use this as a way to boost Telsat….
Any country that isn't making plans to rapidly ditch Starlink is making a big mistake
Sikorski is the Foreign Minister of Poland, for those who don’t know.
March 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If Canada doesn’t use this as a way to boost Telsat….
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What happens next?
Carney will be invited to form a govt by the GG.
Carney will be the Prime Minister-designate during a transition period (could be really fast or a few days).
Once the transition is over, Trudeau formally resigns as Prime Minister, and Carney is appointed PM.
Carney will be invited to form a govt by the GG.
Carney will be the Prime Minister-designate during a transition period (could be really fast or a few days).
Once the transition is over, Trudeau formally resigns as Prime Minister, and Carney is appointed PM.
March 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What happens next?
Carney will be invited to form a govt by the GG.
Carney will be the Prime Minister-designate during a transition period (could be really fast or a few days).
Once the transition is over, Trudeau formally resigns as Prime Minister, and Carney is appointed PM.
Carney will be invited to form a govt by the GG.
Carney will be the Prime Minister-designate during a transition period (could be really fast or a few days).
Once the transition is over, Trudeau formally resigns as Prime Minister, and Carney is appointed PM.
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Price comparisons of surgeries done at private facilities vs AHS costs, courtesy of the new documents obtained by the Globe and Mail.
Given what has been going on within the public health care system, especially the ongoing closures in rural Alberta, this data is horrifying.
Given what has been going on within the public health care system, especially the ongoing closures in rural Alberta, this data is horrifying.
February 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Price comparisons of surgeries done at private facilities vs AHS costs, courtesy of the new documents obtained by the Globe and Mail.
Given what has been going on within the public health care system, especially the ongoing closures in rural Alberta, this data is horrifying.
Given what has been going on within the public health care system, especially the ongoing closures in rural Alberta, this data is horrifying.
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In about 7 days there’s a good chance the NDP will have more seats in the Alberta Legislature than the Liberals and NDP combined in the Ontario Legislature. 🤠
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
February 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
In about 7 days there’s a good chance the NDP will have more seats in the Alberta Legislature than the Liberals and NDP combined in the Ontario Legislature. 🤠
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Not good news, but needs to be said: Hamas claimed that Israel killed the Bibas children and their mother in an airstrike. Forensic examination of the corpses reveals the kids were murdered and that Hamas didn't even send back the mother, but a random body. Depravity piled upon lies.
February 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Not good news, but needs to be said: Hamas claimed that Israel killed the Bibas children and their mother in an airstrike. Forensic examination of the corpses reveals the kids were murdered and that Hamas didn't even send back the mother, but a random body. Depravity piled upon lies.
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The next shoe drops. Grade-A investigative reporting by @carrietait.bsky.social and @alannasmith.bsky.social. ⭐️
SCOOP: AHS in December asked MHCare to prove it was working to fulfill its contract tied to importing medicine, accusing it of doing very little work after receiving millions of dollars.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social
Alberta’s health authority demanded medical supplier prove it was fulfilling contract, documents show
MHCare Medical Corp. is a key figure in allegations from a former chief executive officer of Alberta Health Services that government officials interfered in contract negotiations
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The next shoe drops. Grade-A investigative reporting by @carrietait.bsky.social and @alannasmith.bsky.social. ⭐️