troyliss
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Troy Lissoway. Graphic Designer. Ape seeking understanding. Albertan. He/Him. Product of Canada*
(*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
(*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
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Those who were sent to Japanese Internment camps during WWII lost their land/houses/any personal possessions left behind to their white neighbors.
DHS literally posted "Want cheaper housing?" with a number to report your neighbors.
We did this in the Trail of Tears. We used weak people's desire for free land to get them turn on the Natives. That was the "Destiny" our nation made manifest.
We did this in the Trail of Tears. We used weak people's desire for free land to get them turn on the Natives. That was the "Destiny" our nation made manifest.
February 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Those who were sent to Japanese Internment camps during WWII lost their land/houses/any personal possessions left behind to their white neighbors.
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My latest for Canadian Dimension -- rejecting Bianca Muguenyi's candidacy shows that the party isn't about to fix it's deep democratic problems, and only one candidate has anything about changing the vetting process in their platform.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
By barring Bianca Mugyenyi, NDP shows it’s not interested in renewal
After the NDP barred Bianca Mugyenyi from its leadership race, the party’s claims of renewal ring hollow. As Nora Loreto writes, her disqualification exposes how ideological gatekeeping and internal b...
canadiandimension.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM
My latest for Canadian Dimension -- rejecting Bianca Muguenyi's candidacy shows that the party isn't about to fix it's deep democratic problems, and only one candidate has anything about changing the vetting process in their platform.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports.
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Le voyagement est aussi affecté → www.danslescoulisses.com/ice-le-canad...
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
Ashley Padilla is this season’s MVP. Her characters are note-perfect. Last week’s incompetent career coach was a highlight for me, but she’s nailing every sketch. It feels like the show is really leaning on her, to the point that it seems like the other feature players are being short-changed.
February 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Ashley Padilla is this season’s MVP. Her characters are note-perfect. Last week’s incompetent career coach was a highlight for me, but she’s nailing every sketch. It feels like the show is really leaning on her, to the point that it seems like the other feature players are being short-changed.
In a year or so I would love to see a behind the scenes doc about the security team that’s going to be rolling into the Superbowl with Bad Bunny…
February 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
In a year or so I would love to see a behind the scenes doc about the security team that’s going to be rolling into the Superbowl with Bad Bunny…
I know one of those names
Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show:
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
February 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I know one of those names
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ICYMI, Gai*man is slinking out of the shadows and posting again, trying to scuttle his way back into the public's good graces.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
February 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
ICYMI, Gai*man is slinking out of the shadows and posting again, trying to scuttle his way back into the public's good graces.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
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Fielding hater comments about how solar panels dont last, meanwhile this array in Switzerland has been grid tied and working flawlessly since 1982…
For the “maths” disinclined: that’s a long damn time.
For the “maths” disinclined: that’s a long damn time.
February 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Fielding hater comments about how solar panels dont last, meanwhile this array in Switzerland has been grid tied and working flawlessly since 1982…
For the “maths” disinclined: that’s a long damn time.
For the “maths” disinclined: that’s a long damn time.
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So far this year billionaires have taught me:
If you drop any billionaire into a third-world country with $100 to their name, they will rebuild their fortune within a few years
AND ALSO
If you tax them at normal human rates they will immediately give up on trying to start a business and run away
If you drop any billionaire into a third-world country with $100 to their name, they will rebuild their fortune within a few years
AND ALSO
If you tax them at normal human rates they will immediately give up on trying to start a business and run away
February 2, 2026 at 7:14 PM
So far this year billionaires have taught me:
If you drop any billionaire into a third-world country with $100 to their name, they will rebuild their fortune within a few years
AND ALSO
If you tax them at normal human rates they will immediately give up on trying to start a business and run away
If you drop any billionaire into a third-world country with $100 to their name, they will rebuild their fortune within a few years
AND ALSO
If you tax them at normal human rates they will immediately give up on trying to start a business and run away
This is a fan film, and a friend of mine is doing one of the voices, and they REALLY needed someone to review this poster before they put it up on Instagram 🤣🤣🤣
(Unless this is a guerrilla marketing technique)
(Seems like a route to a quick cease-and-desist, tho)
(Unless this is a guerrilla marketing technique)
(Seems like a route to a quick cease-and-desist, tho)
Good lord this isn't what I thought the poster was about when I first saw it scrolling...
February 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This is a fan film, and a friend of mine is doing one of the voices, and they REALLY needed someone to review this poster before they put it up on Instagram 🤣🤣🤣
(Unless this is a guerrilla marketing technique)
(Seems like a route to a quick cease-and-desist, tho)
(Unless this is a guerrilla marketing technique)
(Seems like a route to a quick cease-and-desist, tho)
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It's pretty amazing to me the amount of shit that apparently you can Just Do as an NYC mayor. It makes basically every other American politician look like an incompetent loser.
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
Incredible contrast between this and Keir Starmer running a delivery driver over
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
It's pretty amazing to me the amount of shit that apparently you can Just Do as an NYC mayor. It makes basically every other American politician look like an incompetent loser.
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
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I'm not generally a football person but I absolutely can't wait for Bad Bunny and Green Day to eviscerate the president to the largest audience on earth.
February 2, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I'm not generally a football person but I absolutely can't wait for Bad Bunny and Green Day to eviscerate the president to the largest audience on earth.
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Mayor Mamdani enforcing a judgement that materially helps people while building his administration out of people so good at their policy, regulatory, organizing, and public communications work that industry heads Stay shit-scared of stepping wrong is the energy i want from every dem pol forevermore.
lmao he’s got billion dollar corporations please-sir-may-i-have-anothering fines and he’s been there like three days
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Mayor Mamdani enforcing a judgement that materially helps people while building his administration out of people so good at their policy, regulatory, organizing, and public communications work that industry heads Stay shit-scared of stepping wrong is the energy i want from every dem pol forevermore.
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xAI is valued at $200 billion and burns through $1 billion/month in cash. The primary product development has been a chatbot that self-identified as "MechaHitler" then pivoted to production of nonconsensual porn, including of minors.
I do not consider this an optimal use of society's resources.
I do not consider this an optimal use of society's resources.
WaPo reports xAI deliberately loosened Grok's guardrails to boost popularity, sparking internal alarm. Employees had to pledge to work with "profane content." Even more disturbing, employees were listening to lurid audio conversations Tesla drivers had with Grok. Musk prioritized growth over safety.
Inside Musk’s bet to hook users that turned Grok into a porn generator
Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk’s xAI loosened guardrails and relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
xAI is valued at $200 billion and burns through $1 billion/month in cash. The primary product development has been a chatbot that self-identified as "MechaHitler" then pivoted to production of nonconsensual porn, including of minors.
I do not consider this an optimal use of society's resources.
I do not consider this an optimal use of society's resources.
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My guess about the something else: that ads tracking doesn’t materially increase sales for customers over context-based advertising. That would be the whole ball game for Google because having people believe in the power of tracking is their entire competitive advantage.
February 2, 2026 at 2:20 PM
My guess about the something else: that ads tracking doesn’t materially increase sales for customers over context-based advertising. That would be the whole ball game for Google because having people believe in the power of tracking is their entire competitive advantage.
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For Google, $68 million is a small enough number that feels big that it signals to me that there was something else in the materials they would have had to hand over that they didn’t want to get out, combined with a pain in the ass factor.
February 2, 2026 at 2:20 PM
For Google, $68 million is a small enough number that feels big that it signals to me that there was something else in the materials they would have had to hand over that they didn’t want to get out, combined with a pain in the ass factor.
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The Trumpists claim that multiracial pluralism is a dangerous lie, it is weak, it lacks cohesion, it stands no chance against the strength of the autocratic ethno-state. But what they are encountering on the ground is a population mobilizing in defense of their non-white neighbors.
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The Trumpists claim that multiracial pluralism is a dangerous lie, it is weak, it lacks cohesion, it stands no chance against the strength of the autocratic ethno-state. But what they are encountering on the ground is a population mobilizing in defense of their non-white neighbors.
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*sigh* here we go again. Your phone is not listening to everything around you 24/7 for advertising purposes. *If* you have voice activation on for the assistant, the mic is listening for the activation phrase: the processing power for listening for a single specific phrase is much lower.
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:07 AM
*sigh* here we go again. Your phone is not listening to everything around you 24/7 for advertising purposes. *If* you have voice activation on for the assistant, the mic is listening for the activation phrase: the processing power for listening for a single specific phrase is much lower.
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Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
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So disappointing to read this headline and then look down and see a sculpture.
Watch: Giant rat leads floating parade to kick off Venice Carnival 2026
Watch: Giant rat leads floating parade to kick off Venice Carnival 2026
The grand opening took place on Sunday, with a variety of boats and floats making their way through the city's canals.
www.bbc.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:52 AM
So disappointing to read this headline and then look down and see a sculpture.
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leftists sharing ai memes are doing everything wrong
February 1, 2026 at 10:47 PM
leftists sharing ai memes are doing everything wrong
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reposting with alt text for accessibility:
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
February 2, 2026 at 1:56 AM
reposting with alt text for accessibility:
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
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Isaac Chotiner is like a living thought experiment of What If A Mean Girl Chose to Use Their Powers For Good?
![So is that because you don't believe the accusations, or because you think that it's time to move on?
I don't know. I'm not informed about the accusations. I wasn't there. I wasn't present, but I know his personality. I know his character. I can't tell because I wasn't there, and he might've made some mistakes, but he's a very good guy at heart. He's a very generous and human kind of person.
You told the Times that Brett "made some mistakes." Has he told you that he made mistakes?
No. No. No. Isaac, no. All I'm saying is that I worked with him twelve hours, fifteen hours, a day, and then everybody went their own way. Our age difference is wide. I could be his father.
I read that Roman Polanski is a father figure to him. So that role might already be filled. There are a lot of people who feel affection for Brett.
Yeah, yeah. Because he's a good kid. [In 2007's Paris-based "Rush Hour 3," Ratner gave a cameo to Polanski, who had fled to France after being accused of anally and vaginally raping a thirteen-year-old. He was later accused of sexually assaulting other teen-agers, which he denies. In the cameo, Polanski bas a comic scene where be prepares to do an anal-cavity search of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oqtcrlljm4r6b6ybt6phx25u/bafkreidobkri2jaja6tf5ehldxl7dwsleem4ln72eyqsv75ux6msrxp44i@jpeg)
February 2, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Isaac Chotiner is like a living thought experiment of What If A Mean Girl Chose to Use Their Powers For Good?