Adam (he/him) 🇨🇦
@adaminhfx.bsky.social
Warning: May contain trace amounts of sarcasm.
Canadian in Kjipuktuk (Halifax)
Canadian in Kjipuktuk (Halifax)
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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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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 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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Comparing residential property tax rates across different municipalities in Canada has been enlightening.
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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They should take a page from Houston and just not ever release any information or audits and exclude everything from FOIP requests..... and call it "accountability and transparency"
The Dynalife report is out.
"The auditor general’s report into the Dynalife testing fiasco is devastating for the UCP government."
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
"The auditor general’s report into the Dynalife testing fiasco is devastating for the UCP government."
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Braid: Auditor general finds stalling, bad planning, big losses in Dynalife report
Auditor General Doug Wylie finds faulting planing, denied evidence, big losses in Dynalife scandal.
calgaryherald.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
They should take a page from Houston and just not ever release any information or audits and exclude everything from FOIP requests..... and call it "accountability and transparency"
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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New report from @policyalternatives.ca and @iris-recherche.bsky.social shows a clear link between greater privatization in health care services and higher mortality rates—just as multiple Canadian provinces work actively to privatize those services www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries - CCPA
Privatization is deadly. Canada needs to learn from other countries and focus on public health care instead.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New report from @policyalternatives.ca and @iris-recherche.bsky.social shows a clear link between greater privatization in health care services and higher mortality rates—just as multiple Canadian provinces work actively to privatize those services www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Is eastlink down for anyone else?
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Is eastlink down for anyone else?
Who do i speak to, id like to file a complaint that tomorrow isnt Friday.
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Who do i speak to, id like to file a complaint that tomorrow isnt Friday.
Another halfax driving PSA. I can't go faster than the car in front of me. 😅
Just had two cars ride my bumper, swerve to the inside lane, swerve back in front of me almost on my bumper...... and slam on the brakes because there was a car there. Lol. Idiots abound.
Just had two cars ride my bumper, swerve to the inside lane, swerve back in front of me almost on my bumper...... and slam on the brakes because there was a car there. Lol. Idiots abound.
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Another halfax driving PSA. I can't go faster than the car in front of me. 😅
Just had two cars ride my bumper, swerve to the inside lane, swerve back in front of me almost on my bumper...... and slam on the brakes because there was a car there. Lol. Idiots abound.
Just had two cars ride my bumper, swerve to the inside lane, swerve back in front of me almost on my bumper...... and slam on the brakes because there was a car there. Lol. Idiots abound.
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Hokay, so Purdy's amendment will look at capital spends in future years to see if we can save money it sounds like. This is like robbing peter just so we can then also rob peter in the future.
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hokay, so Purdy's amendment will look at capital spends in future years to see if we can save money it sounds like. This is like robbing peter just so we can then also rob peter in the future.
This is 0.1% of his wealth.
Someone making $50,000 per year would need to donate $50 to match his "generosity"
Someone making $50,000 per year would need to donate $50 to match his "generosity"
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is 0.1% of his wealth.
Someone making $50,000 per year would need to donate $50 to match his "generosity"
Someone making $50,000 per year would need to donate $50 to match his "generosity"
The lengths we will go to in support of racism and denial of supreme court orders.....
Nova Scotia to create enforcement unit to fight illegal seafood buying, processing
Nova Scotia to create enforcement unit to fight illegal seafood buying, processing - Halifax | Globalnews.ca
The province says that up to 30 per cent of the lobster caught every year in the Atlantic region goes unreported, representing about $400 million in under-the-table sales.
globalnews.ca
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The lengths we will go to in support of racism and denial of supreme court orders.....
Funny how in the US they punish *Mayors* by revoking their security clearance and in Canada the leader of the opposition refuses to apply for a security clearance.
Their MAYORS need a higher level of security clearance than Jeff does....
Their MAYORS need a higher level of security clearance than Jeff does....
Security clearance marks early test of Mamdani-Trump relationship
Security clearance marks early test of Mamdani-Trump relationship
The president has revoked security clearances as a way to punish political enemies.
dlvr.it
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Funny how in the US they punish *Mayors* by revoking their security clearance and in Canada the leader of the opposition refuses to apply for a security clearance.
Their MAYORS need a higher level of security clearance than Jeff does....
Their MAYORS need a higher level of security clearance than Jeff does....
Hey halifax. If youre driving on a 4 lane road and someone come up the merge lane BEHIND you and attempts to merger BEHIND you the correct action is NOT to come to a complete stop on the 4 lane road.
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Hey halifax. If youre driving on a 4 lane road and someone come up the merge lane BEHIND you and attempts to merger BEHIND you the correct action is NOT to come to a complete stop on the 4 lane road.
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This is what defund the police looks like and means. Its about funding programs appropriately and not stripping everyone bare to only fund the police.
One year, 4,464 calls, 92% required no police intervention. The Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) in Centretown is sending the right people to help in cases of mental health or substance use crises. It represents the de-tasking of police and it works.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Centretown crisis response team handled thousands of calls in its 1st year, report shows | CBC News
Launched in August 2024, the Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) team responded to 4,464 calls in its first year, according to numbers in a new city report. The pilot program aims to pr...
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is what defund the police looks like and means. Its about funding programs appropriately and not stripping everyone bare to only fund the police.
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US news: everyone in government is a pedo, armed men stealing kids off the street
Canadian news:
Canadian news:
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
US news: everyone in government is a pedo, armed men stealing kids off the street
Canadian news:
Canadian news:
So we've "discovered" for the 30th or 80th time that Trump is a pedophile. Nobody cared the last 80 times. Will anyone care this time????
(I know people do care, but his supporters, the politicians, the media don't care and nothing changes)
(I know people do care, but his supporters, the politicians, the media don't care and nothing changes)
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
So we've "discovered" for the 30th or 80th time that Trump is a pedophile. Nobody cared the last 80 times. Will anyone care this time????
(I know people do care, but his supporters, the politicians, the media don't care and nothing changes)
(I know people do care, but his supporters, the politicians, the media don't care and nothing changes)
The market is slowing down for the winter.... so of course my phone has been crazy all week and has been going off non stop all night. Almost 10 and it hasnt stopped.
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The market is slowing down for the winter.... so of course my phone has been crazy all week and has been going off non stop all night. Almost 10 and it hasnt stopped.
Want to bet Democrats get angrier at AOC for saying this than at Schumer and the 8 that did it?
EXCLUSIVE: AOC laid the blame for a disappointing shutdown deal at the feet of Senate Democrats as a whole — not just Schumer.
AOC blasts Senate Democrats — not just Chuck Schumer — over shutdown deal
"This problem is much bigger than Leader Schumer," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, continuing to sidestep questions about a 2028 Senate run.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Want to bet Democrats get angrier at AOC for saying this than at Schumer and the 8 that did it?
The feds increased health spending in the last decade by a HUGE %, which none of the provinces matched. The feds provided large lump sum top-ups.... which the provinces "lost". The feds offered more money as long as the provinces promised to spend it on health care - the provinces rejected it
This is your occasional reminder that provinces have the ability to raise their own revenues to fund the services in their fucking jurisdictions, but we have normalized letting them cry poor and blaming the federal government.
Budget signals lower increases to health transfers, end of funding deals
OTTAWA - The federal budget signals there is no room for the premiers to negotiate for more health-care funding in coming years, one economist says, as the Ontario government calls
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The feds increased health spending in the last decade by a HUGE %, which none of the provinces matched. The feds provided large lump sum top-ups.... which the provinces "lost". The feds offered more money as long as the provinces promised to spend it on health care - the provinces rejected it
Maybe I should winterize my camper?
One more trip this weekend....
One more trip this weekend....
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Maybe I should winterize my camper?
One more trip this weekend....
One more trip this weekend....
Nothing says "I support the troops" quite like using a poppy to create fake political drama and then using remembrance day to hide stupid decisions behind.
😂 NS govt says employees must do two jobs now in order to keep at least one salary what a silly silly province its only a matter of time before this directive affects citizen safety www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New N.S. government hiring directive says only 1 of every 2 vacancies can be filled | CBC News
The Nova Scotia government issued a directive on Monday that departments and other government entities are only allowed to fill one vacancy for every two full-time equivalent openings they have on the...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Nothing says "I support the troops" quite like using a poppy to create fake political drama and then using remembrance day to hide stupid decisions behind.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
Huh, really interesting thing about how fast you drive and why we dont need to...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Huh, really interesting thing about how fast you drive and why we dont need to...
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