Trout in Plaid
@troutinplaid.bsky.social
Artist. I like living things. I block bots, AI, crypto, people here to make $$$
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My ancestors started this mess in 1635 and I'd like to make it right.
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My ancestors started this mess in 1635 and I'd like to make it right.
Insta: @indifference_to_flowers
fabrika.wordpress.com
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Fantastic!
#Ptbo Regional Health Centre introduces real-time online clock to show emergency department wait times. New tool gives patients and families a clearer picture of how long they may wait to see a physician, with updates every 30 minutes.
kawarthanow.com/2025/11/26/p...
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Peterborough Regional Health Centre introduces real-time online clock to show emergency department wait times | kawarthaNOW
By kawarthaNOW. New tool gives patients and families a clearer picture of how long they may wait to see a physician, with updates every 30 minutes.
kawarthanow.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Fantastic!
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation, claiming, without basis, that CUPE and other agencies "funnel money" to these groups. He doesn't respond well to protests to his legislation. globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca
Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines.
globalnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation, claiming, without basis, that CUPE and other agencies "funnel money" to these groups. He doesn't respond well to protests to his legislation. globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
Pay attention to Ford's rhetoric, accusing protestors of his landlord-favouring Bill 60, in which he calls them paid professional protestors. globalnews.ca/news/1154308...
Doug Ford doubles down on ‘find a job’ comment after omnibus rental bill passes | Globalnews.ca
As protestors were escorted from the chamber, Ford appeared to shout at one of them to 'find a job' from his seat within the legislature.
globalnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Pay attention to Ford's rhetoric, accusing protestors of his landlord-favouring Bill 60, in which he calls them paid professional protestors. globalnews.ca/news/1154308...
I applaud this terminology change. "Intimate partner violence" or "domestic violence" just don't communicate the impact of what is primarily a crime against women. Free article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
Italy Passes a Femicide Law, Seeking to Prevent Violence Against Women
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I applaud this terminology change. "Intimate partner violence" or "domestic violence" just don't communicate the impact of what is primarily a crime against women. Free article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
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#topoli #onpoli New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: When did we begin dismissing opioid addiction, especially among homeless encampment residents, as "delinquent" behaviour? Contrary to the claims of pundits like The Globe's Robyn Urback, there's much more to this story. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
When did we start describing opioid addiction as "delinquent" behaviour? - Spacing Toronto
In a widely read, shared and commented upon column in Saturday’s Globe and Mail, columnist Robyn Urback asked a question that, I’d say, is on a lot of people’s minds these days: how did we “normalize ...
spacing.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#topoli #onpoli New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: When did we begin dismissing opioid addiction, especially among homeless encampment residents, as "delinquent" behaviour? Contrary to the claims of pundits like The Globe's Robyn Urback, there's much more to this story. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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Not a single one of the big pro-Trump "Canadian MAGA" accounts is actually Canadian.
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Not a single one of the big pro-Trump "Canadian MAGA" accounts is actually Canadian.
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Getting caught up on this week's news & it's not okay that taxpayers will be footing the bill for an ad campaign that is about reputation management for the Ford govt because of an unpopular Ontario Place plan. (Private polling must be really bad.) They've done it before.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Getting caught up on this week's news & it's not okay that taxpayers will be footing the bill for an ad campaign that is about reputation management for the Ford govt because of an unpopular Ontario Place plan. (Private polling must be really bad.) They've done it before.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
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I don't give a rat's ass about who is to blame. I only want to know how to change it.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I don't give a rat's ass about who is to blame. I only want to know how to change it.
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"Our demand is clear and our resolve is firm: No war on Venezuela."
Leaders Across EU Deliver Unified Message to the US: 'No War on Venezuela'
European leaders demand Trump administration deescalate tensions in Venezuela as US military presence in the region escalates. Innocent lives lost in strikes on boats with no evidence of drug trafficking. #NoWarOnVenezuela
www.commondreams.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Our demand is clear and our resolve is firm: No war on Venezuela."
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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“History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost…those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students & to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write & think when others once risked their lives & died for the freedom to do so”
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
“History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost…those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students & to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write & think when others once risked their lives & died for the freedom to do so”
In broad daylight. The whole gang is corrupt.
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In broad daylight. The whole gang is corrupt.
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Your daily reminder that federal government and all our universities are all leaning heavily into this broken, corrupt technological bubble, and they're gonna take us all over the cliff.
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to dozens of current and former hospital staff. This is a cautionary tale for healthcare providers about AI and patient privacy, watchdog says, by @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says
The transcription tool recorded the meeting on behalf of a physician who no longer worked at the hospital
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Your daily reminder that federal government and all our universities are all leaning heavily into this broken, corrupt technological bubble, and they're gonna take us all over the cliff.
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Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Would you hire Palantir to help build your newsroom AI tools? …….me neither. Does make me wonder how many journalists / computational journalists they have on staff. Peter Thiel and Alex Karp don’t strike me as reliable standard bearers of the fourth estate…
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/f...
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/f...
Fox News hires Palantir to build AI newsroom tools
Fox News and Palantir have built three main tools to improve efficiency.
www.axios.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Would you hire Palantir to help build your newsroom AI tools? …….me neither. Does make me wonder how many journalists / computational journalists they have on staff. Peter Thiel and Alex Karp don’t strike me as reliable standard bearers of the fourth estate…
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/f...
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/f...
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Coun. Lachica now explains that this program makes Peterborough a home for artists in the area and makes it special. She adds that it costs the same amount to administer $25k as it does $50k for EC3, so it just makes sense. Riel says "this money here is a small token for the arts community."
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Coun. Lachica now explains that this program makes Peterborough a home for artists in the area and makes it special. She adds that it costs the same amount to administer $25k as it does $50k for EC3, so it just makes sense. Riel says "this money here is a small token for the arts community."
"Stuff happens." Meaning no one is responsible, I didn't do it, the devil made me do it, or I don't care.
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Stuff happens." Meaning no one is responsible, I didn't do it, the devil made me do it, or I don't care.
How gullible are we? Please learn to recognize untrustworthy people, institutions, technologies, businesses and especially leaders. No, we don't have to give them the benefit of the doubt. Over and over they show who they are and we keep giving them power. Don't be Charlie Brown with the football.
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
How gullible are we? Please learn to recognize untrustworthy people, institutions, technologies, businesses and especially leaders. No, we don't have to give them the benefit of the doubt. Over and over they show who they are and we keep giving them power. Don't be Charlie Brown with the football.
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ICYMI:
Buried in #Bill60
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
Privatizing Drinking Water Could Lead to Big Bills, Bad Service and Dirty Water - Environmental Defence
Statement by Rebecca Kolarich, Water Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the
environmentaldefence.ca
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
ICYMI:
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New report indicates a growing public resistance to data centers [via @wired.com]
New report indicates a growing public resistance to data centers
The facilities suck up land, water, and power—driving up prices for all—and many locals are fed up.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New report indicates a growing public resistance to data centers [via @wired.com]
Ford is at it again! Privatizing Drinking Water Could Lead to Big Bills, Bad Service and Dirty Water environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
Privatizing Drinking Water Could Lead to Big Bills, Bad Service and Dirty Water - Environmental Defence
Statement by Rebecca Kolarich, Water Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the
environmentaldefence.ca
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Ford is at it again! Privatizing Drinking Water Could Lead to Big Bills, Bad Service and Dirty Water environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
One of my fav journalists, now @thestar.com but also on his own Substack. Yay!
A little bit of 🌈💫🦣personal news🦣💫🌈
After years in the freelance game, I'm joining The Toronto Star as a full-time columnist. I'll be covering my usual beats: Security, politics, global affairs, policy, misinfo, etc, but with a new accent on Big Tech.
After years in the freelance game, I'm joining The Toronto Star as a full-time columnist. I'll be covering my usual beats: Security, politics, global affairs, policy, misinfo, etc, but with a new accent on Big Tech.
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
One of my fav journalists, now @thestar.com but also on his own Substack. Yay!