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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
HAMILTON, ON - Local residents this morning report driving past an excitingly long lineup and assuming it was for a blowout Black Friday sale, before realizing that it was just a regular queue for a b...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
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British Columbians must unite to oppose Carney’s pipeline and the tankers in the North Coast that threaten our environment, tourism and the economy. #SayNoToTankers Say no to Carney’s pipeline project, and tell your MP to stop the pipeline and protect our coast now.
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
British Columbians must unite to oppose Carney’s pipeline and the tankers in the North Coast that threaten our environment, tourism and the economy. #SayNoToTankers Say no to Carney’s pipeline project, and tell your MP to stop the pipeline and protect our coast now.
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On the POD: tiny.cc/esnv001 We bring you excerpts from an evening with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars podcast, joined by city councillor Lucy Maloney and designer Tom Flood. @visionzerovancouver.ca @tomflood.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social #vanpoli
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
On the POD: tiny.cc/esnv001 We bring you excerpts from an evening with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars podcast, joined by city councillor Lucy Maloney and designer Tom Flood. @visionzerovancouver.ca @tomflood.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social #vanpoli
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ICYMI here's our Expert Webinar Series event from November 25, 2025 with Avalanche Canada 🇨🇦
#snowsafety #avysavvy #knowbeforeyouSNOW
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#snowsafety #avysavvy #knowbeforeyouSNOW
youtu.be/6HOuvquhdNY?...
How do you know if you're in Avalanche Terrain?
YouTube video by BC Search and Rescue Association
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November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
ICYMI here's our Expert Webinar Series event from November 25, 2025 with Avalanche Canada 🇨🇦
#snowsafety #avysavvy #knowbeforeyouSNOW
youtu.be/6HOuvquhdNY?...
#snowsafety #avysavvy #knowbeforeyouSNOW
youtu.be/6HOuvquhdNY?...
One year old article but I just read it, and it puts the word on what I'm thinking (but did not know how to say it)
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
Economics is all about living together well and forming a healty society | Daily Maverick
A healthy society needs a strong economy and a strong economy needs a healthy society. It is both high-level and strategic on the one hand and pragmatic and practical on the other.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
One year old article but I just read it, and it puts the word on what I'm thinking (but did not know how to say it)
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
Going to a meet & greet ....🐶🐕
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Going to a meet & greet ....🐶🐕
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Ahahahaha 🤣 Elizabeth May explaining the tanker ban “especially to the attention of slow learners; Andrew Sheer, Danielle Smith, take note.”
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ahahahaha 🤣 Elizabeth May explaining the tanker ban “especially to the attention of slow learners; Andrew Sheer, Danielle Smith, take note.”
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Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week is on now. Check out the shows and marketplace this weekend at the QE Theatre
Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week 2025
Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week (VIFW) is November 19-22, 2025, with four nights of events celebrating creativity, culture, and resilience.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week is on now. Check out the shows and marketplace this weekend at the QE Theatre
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Beautiful Fall colours in #Vancouver 🍂
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Beautiful Fall colours in #Vancouver 🍂
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This is Scotty. He is not chasing his own tail's shadow. If you'll notice, he actually has it cornered. 13/10 (TT: lifewithscotty)
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is Scotty. He is not chasing his own tail's shadow. If you'll notice, he actually has it cornered. 13/10 (TT: lifewithscotty)
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An emotional day in Burnaby
‘Our actions made life harder’: Burnaby apologizes for past anti-Chinese racism - Freshet News
Formal apology made by Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley to a packed ballroom at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown
www.freshetnews.ca
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
An emotional day in Burnaby
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Researchers observe wild wolves using tools on B.C. coast
Researchers observe wild wolves using tools on B.C. coast
A female wolf learned to pull fully submerged crab traps out of the water and eat the bait inside in what could be the first known potential tool use in wild wolves.
dlvr.it
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Researchers observe wild wolves using tools on B.C. coast
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Researchers at the Citizen Lab and director @rondeibert.bsky.social sign open letter to the Canadian Minister of AI and Minister of Industry rejecting the “National Sprint” on AI strategy.
Read it here: bccla.org/policy-submi...
Read it here: bccla.org/policy-submi...
OPEN LETTER to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation from civil society organizations and individuals opposing "National Sprint" consultation on AI strategy - BC Civil Liberti...
The Honourable Mélanie JolyMinister of IndustryHouse of CommonsOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A6 The Honourable Evan SolomonMinister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital InnovationHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontar...
bccla.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Researchers at the Citizen Lab and director @rondeibert.bsky.social sign open letter to the Canadian Minister of AI and Minister of Industry rejecting the “National Sprint” on AI strategy.
Read it here: bccla.org/policy-submi...
Read it here: bccla.org/policy-submi...
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#Toronto #jazz #musician Ale Avery Nunez is making her Metro Vancouver debut, appearing with the Nightcrawlers at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in #Burnaby on Friday, Nov. 28 and with the Cory Weeds Quartet at the Inlet Theatre in #PortMoody on Saturday, Nov. 29.
Link in bio
Link in bio
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
#Toronto #jazz #musician Ale Avery Nunez is making her Metro Vancouver debut, appearing with the Nightcrawlers at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in #Burnaby on Friday, Nov. 28 and with the Cory Weeds Quartet at the Inlet Theatre in #PortMoody on Saturday, Nov. 29.
Link in bio
Link in bio
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Top 10 Dog Halloween Costumes!
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Top 10 Dog Halloween Costumes!
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I won the 2025 Townsie Award for editorial cartooning.
2025 Townsie Awards
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2025 Townsie Awards
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October 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I won the 2025 Townsie Award for editorial cartooning.
2025 Townsie Awards
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2025 Townsie Awards
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Today we join @internetsociety.bsky.social and peers around world to celebrate #GlobalEncryptionDay.
The right to private conversation is foundational to freedom and democracy, and MUST be protected.
Here in🇨🇦, that means we must STOP #BillC2 and FIX #BillC8!
action.openmedia.org/page/177914/...
The right to private conversation is foundational to freedom and democracy, and MUST be protected.
Here in🇨🇦, that means we must STOP #BillC2 and FIX #BillC8!
action.openmedia.org/page/177914/...
Fix Bill C-8: Stop the Fast-Track of a Flawed Cybersecurity Bill
Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let it fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 https://openmedia.org/FixBillC8
action.openmedia.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Today we join @internetsociety.bsky.social and peers around world to celebrate #GlobalEncryptionDay.
The right to private conversation is foundational to freedom and democracy, and MUST be protected.
Here in🇨🇦, that means we must STOP #BillC2 and FIX #BillC8!
action.openmedia.org/page/177914/...
The right to private conversation is foundational to freedom and democracy, and MUST be protected.
Here in🇨🇦, that means we must STOP #BillC2 and FIX #BillC8!
action.openmedia.org/page/177914/...
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The Contrarian
contrarian.substack.com/p/un-american
contrarian.substack.com/p/un-american
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Contrarian
contrarian.substack.com/p/un-american
contrarian.substack.com/p/un-american
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A very big day for the street dogs
October 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A very big day for the street dogs