Derek Linders
@bosephus.bsky.social
Ethical innovation, always human in the loop. Everybody's the good guy in their own mind.
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Time to remind Canadians where Pierre Poilievre and his band of fluffers stand on this issue...
NOT on the side of protecting the health and welfare of Canadians.
The Poilievre Cons are the grifters who defend/protect other grifters.
NOT on the side of protecting the health and welfare of Canadians.
The Poilievre Cons are the grifters who defend/protect other grifters.
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Time to remind Canadians where Pierre Poilievre and his band of fluffers stand on this issue...
NOT on the side of protecting the health and welfare of Canadians.
The Poilievre Cons are the grifters who defend/protect other grifters.
NOT on the side of protecting the health and welfare of Canadians.
The Poilievre Cons are the grifters who defend/protect other grifters.
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The Louvre's iconic glass pyramids stand where there was once a parking lot. Amsterdam's streets were once clogged with cars. Those cities made hard choices to prioritize bikes, and those choices are now paying huge dividends.
#BikeLanes #onpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/22/o...
#BikeLanes #onpoli #cdnpoli
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Paris paved the parking lot, and put up the pyramids
Paris has become a cycling paradise, joining other European cities in prioritizing active transportation. But it would be a mistake to assume this is just the natural course of history — or that North...
www.nationalobserver.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Louvre's iconic glass pyramids stand where there was once a parking lot. Amsterdam's streets were once clogged with cars. Those cities made hard choices to prioritize bikes, and those choices are now paying huge dividends.
#BikeLanes #onpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/22/o...
#BikeLanes #onpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/22/o...
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We Autistic people are stable parts of the human genome. We’ve been here the whole time. We long pre-date Tylenol.
Trump and RFK Jr. are ableist and eugenicist bigots spouting debunked nonsense.
Our differences are the genius – and the conscience – of our species.
stimpunks.org/philosophy/b...
Trump and RFK Jr. are ableist and eugenicist bigots spouting debunked nonsense.
Our differences are the genius – and the conscience – of our species.
stimpunks.org/philosophy/b...
September 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We Autistic people are stable parts of the human genome. We’ve been here the whole time. We long pre-date Tylenol.
Trump and RFK Jr. are ableist and eugenicist bigots spouting debunked nonsense.
Our differences are the genius – and the conscience – of our species.
stimpunks.org/philosophy/b...
Trump and RFK Jr. are ableist and eugenicist bigots spouting debunked nonsense.
Our differences are the genius – and the conscience – of our species.
stimpunks.org/philosophy/b...
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Your reminder that Moderna’s newly updated COVID vaccine, targeting the LP.8.1 variant, has been approved by Health Canada and, for the first time, will be manufactured here in Canada. So I fully expect those of us who want it to be able to get it. When? I would think late October.
September 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Your reminder that Moderna’s newly updated COVID vaccine, targeting the LP.8.1 variant, has been approved by Health Canada and, for the first time, will be manufactured here in Canada. So I fully expect those of us who want it to be able to get it. When? I would think late October.
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British Airways are getting very snooty about what we're reading.
September 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
British Airways are getting very snooty about what we're reading.
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Dog bites man headline.
Since 2020 we have literally added a virus that most people now get once or twice per year. Add in that it also often comes with a post-viral condition.
Why is it never mentioned that **of course** people are taking more sick days? Most predictable thing ever.
Since 2020 we have literally added a virus that most people now get once or twice per year. Add in that it also often comes with a post-viral condition.
Why is it never mentioned that **of course** people are taking more sick days? Most predictable thing ever.
August 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Dog bites man headline.
Since 2020 we have literally added a virus that most people now get once or twice per year. Add in that it also often comes with a post-viral condition.
Why is it never mentioned that **of course** people are taking more sick days? Most predictable thing ever.
Since 2020 we have literally added a virus that most people now get once or twice per year. Add in that it also often comes with a post-viral condition.
Why is it never mentioned that **of course** people are taking more sick days? Most predictable thing ever.
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American political influence has crept in like a shadow. What was once a proud province is now infected by a divisive ideology. It is not just political influence. It is psychological warfare. The goal is always the same: divide the people so they never unite against the powerful.
#Alberta
#Alberta
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This is a warning. Alberta is not immune to the sickness of authoritarian capitalism, cloaked in patriotism, funded by billionaires and sold as common sense. It convinces us that we should slash the social safety net so that those who need it most are punished. #Alberta
This is a warning. Alberta is not immune to the sickness of authoritarian capitalism, cloaked in patriotism, funded by billionaires and sold as common sense. It convinces us that we should slash the social safety net so that those who need it most are punished. #Alberta
Canada, beware: Alberta is the canary in the coal mine — Calgary Herald
I was born and raised in Alberta, in the shadow of the legislature. My family was deeply rooted in this place. They were community builders — people who believed in the quiet dignity of doing the righ...
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August 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
American political influence has crept in like a shadow. What was once a proud province is now infected by a divisive ideology. It is not just political influence. It is psychological warfare. The goal is always the same: divide the people so they never unite against the powerful.
#Alberta
#Alberta
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Air Canada was so clearly banking on the government forcing the flight attendants back to work and they have no idea what to do now.
It's kinda fascinating how both AC and the government just assumed they could just rig this against the flight attendants and never expected the union to push back.
It's kinda fascinating how both AC and the government just assumed they could just rig this against the flight attendants and never expected the union to push back.
Air Canada says no deal with flight attendants until flights resume nationalnewswatch.com/2025/08/18/c...
Air Canada says no deal with flight attendants until flights resume
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Air Canada was so clearly banking on the government forcing the flight attendants back to work and they have no idea what to do now.
It's kinda fascinating how both AC and the government just assumed they could just rig this against the flight attendants and never expected the union to push back.
It's kinda fascinating how both AC and the government just assumed they could just rig this against the flight attendants and never expected the union to push back.
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They underestimated public support for flight attendants & how much people hate Air Canada. Also, the unpaid labour discussion is hitting a nerve because a lot of us are asked to do this while our pay is stagnant but executive pay & bonuses goes up. Carney & his team have bad political instincts.
August 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
They underestimated public support for flight attendants & how much people hate Air Canada. Also, the unpaid labour discussion is hitting a nerve because a lot of us are asked to do this while our pay is stagnant but executive pay & bonuses goes up. Carney & his team have bad political instincts.
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The entirety of NASA believes that the moon is made out of rock and not cheese. This kind of ideological uniformity is really hurting us.
You can't make this up: Kennedy's anti-vax goons say the old ACIP members were biased because they think vaccines are a good public health tool—something they call "ideological uniformity" but what most other people call settled truth.
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publichealthpolicyjournal.com/was-firing-a...
August 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The entirety of NASA believes that the moon is made out of rock and not cheese. This kind of ideological uniformity is really hurting us.
The drought is making August look like October - I need to rake a huge number of fallen brown leaves off my lawn!
August 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The drought is making August look like October - I need to rake a huge number of fallen brown leaves off my lawn!
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SaintJohn #NB will open 28 new tiny #homes for people living in encampments. Another site with 56 homes are to open later this year.
#12Neighbours Charity will operate the green zones which is intended as #transitionalhousing.
Public outcry speared this on
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#12Neighbours Charity will operate the green zones which is intended as #transitionalhousing.
Public outcry speared this on
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Saint John set to open homes for people who've been living in encampments | CBC News
Twenty-eight tiny homes in Saint John's first "green zone," built for people now living in encampments, will be ready to welcome residents on Friday.
www.cbc.ca
July 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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All this:
1. AI is built on theft.
2. AI creates disinformation.
3. AI is already manipulated by billionaires to purposefully do so.
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4. AI text is garbage, full of meaningless, unconnected phrases.
There may be fine uses in summarizing text and research, etc. But not in AI as it mostly exists.
1. AI is built on theft.
2. AI creates disinformation.
3. AI is already manipulated by billionaires to purposefully do so.
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4. AI text is garbage, full of meaningless, unconnected phrases.
There may be fine uses in summarizing text and research, etc. But not in AI as it mostly exists.
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
All this:
1. AI is built on theft.
2. AI creates disinformation.
3. AI is already manipulated by billionaires to purposefully do so.
+
4. AI text is garbage, full of meaningless, unconnected phrases.
There may be fine uses in summarizing text and research, etc. But not in AI as it mostly exists.
1. AI is built on theft.
2. AI creates disinformation.
3. AI is already manipulated by billionaires to purposefully do so.
+
4. AI text is garbage, full of meaningless, unconnected phrases.
There may be fine uses in summarizing text and research, etc. But not in AI as it mostly exists.
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(explainer voice) You see, authoritarian secret police wear masks to conceal their identities, whereas our glorious new ICE force members wear masks to keep people from seeing who they are
July 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
(explainer voice) You see, authoritarian secret police wear masks to conceal their identities, whereas our glorious new ICE force members wear masks to keep people from seeing who they are
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“Descending on a person in public, laying hands on them, and taking them to a distant prison is a naked expression of state power. For it to be tolerated in a democracy, it cannot be done by shadowy, masked agents,” Brandon del Pozo argues:
Show Us Your Face
The federal government should prohibit the wearing of masks by ICE agents and require them to properly identify themselves.
bit.ly
July 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Descending on a person in public, laying hands on them, and taking them to a distant prison is a naked expression of state power. For it to be tolerated in a democracy, it cannot be done by shadowy, masked agents,” Brandon del Pozo argues:
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Our choices with extra carbon are
1) keep it in the ground
2) stuff it back into the ground somehow
3) add more and more of it to the biosphere
#1 is by far the cheapest. So why do we keep doing #3?
Because the costs of #3 are not borne by the producer or the consumer but by the whole world.
1) keep it in the ground
2) stuff it back into the ground somehow
3) add more and more of it to the biosphere
#1 is by far the cheapest. So why do we keep doing #3?
Because the costs of #3 are not borne by the producer or the consumer but by the whole world.
July 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Our choices with extra carbon are
1) keep it in the ground
2) stuff it back into the ground somehow
3) add more and more of it to the biosphere
#1 is by far the cheapest. So why do we keep doing #3?
Because the costs of #3 are not borne by the producer or the consumer but by the whole world.
1) keep it in the ground
2) stuff it back into the ground somehow
3) add more and more of it to the biosphere
#1 is by far the cheapest. So why do we keep doing #3?
Because the costs of #3 are not borne by the producer or the consumer but by the whole world.
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I was also very disturbed by this photo. An NCR verdict is not justification to post a lovey-dovey photo of the victim and her murderer. Have some respect for her and her family jfc.
CTV Editors: Man murders his girlfriend? Let's make sure that she's humilated in the afterlife to illustrate the news of her killer's NCR designation.
What the fuck is this photo?
www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar...
What the fuck is this photo?
www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar...
July 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I was also very disturbed by this photo. An NCR verdict is not justification to post a lovey-dovey photo of the victim and her murderer. Have some respect for her and her family jfc.
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We have armed, masked, unidentified men causing violence on our streets, but apparently they're the ones we're meant to trust with our safety. Catch the full episode here:
Who is that Man in the Mask?!
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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June 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We have armed, masked, unidentified men causing violence on our streets, but apparently they're the ones we're meant to trust with our safety. Catch the full episode here:
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y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI
June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI
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A snow clearing audit found that HRM does not accurately monitor snow clearing contractors for compliance, does not know the cost of winter operations & therefore may not adequately allocate resources, and that public complaints about snow-clearing were closed without analyzing performance trends
HRM isn’t effectively managing its winter operations: auditor general
The Halifax Regional Municipality is not managing the winter well, according to a Management of Winter Operations Audit.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A snow clearing audit found that HRM does not accurately monitor snow clearing contractors for compliance, does not know the cost of winter operations & therefore may not adequately allocate resources, and that public complaints about snow-clearing were closed without analyzing performance trends
“You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy does not reserve a plot for weeds”
― Dag Hammarskjold
― Dag Hammarskjold
June 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy does not reserve a plot for weeds”
― Dag Hammarskjold
― Dag Hammarskjold
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🚨 New report 🚨
1/ DIAGOLON: Canada’s Homegrown White Nationalist Network
In a comprehensive report, we look at the network’s origins, rise & future as it’s changed from a loose collection of live streamers into a uniquely Canadian white nationalist network:
➡️ www.antihate.ca/diagolon_can...
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1/ DIAGOLON: Canada’s Homegrown White Nationalist Network
In a comprehensive report, we look at the network’s origins, rise & future as it’s changed from a loose collection of live streamers into a uniquely Canadian white nationalist network:
➡️ www.antihate.ca/diagolon_can...
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June 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🚨 New report 🚨
1/ DIAGOLON: Canada’s Homegrown White Nationalist Network
In a comprehensive report, we look at the network’s origins, rise & future as it’s changed from a loose collection of live streamers into a uniquely Canadian white nationalist network:
➡️ www.antihate.ca/diagolon_can...
🧵
1/ DIAGOLON: Canada’s Homegrown White Nationalist Network
In a comprehensive report, we look at the network’s origins, rise & future as it’s changed from a loose collection of live streamers into a uniquely Canadian white nationalist network:
➡️ www.antihate.ca/diagolon_can...
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The bad guys have had people's SINs for 2 months. 1 month that NS Power was clueless and 1 month that they didn't warn people.
The province needs to put this company under conservatorship until this gets settled.
The province needs to put this company under conservatorship until this gets settled.
You want to believe that there’s going to be a massive lawsuit over this. I got the letter yesterday and will be contacting lawyers.
Why is NS Power guaranteed a profit when they can’t even protect our data?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why is NS Power guaranteed a profit when they can’t even protect our data?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nova Scotia Power says ransomware hackers have published stolen data | CBC News
Nova Scotia Power has confirmed it is the victim of a ransomware attack and that the hackers who stole data have published it.
www.cbc.ca
May 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The bad guys have had people's SINs for 2 months. 1 month that NS Power was clueless and 1 month that they didn't warn people.
The province needs to put this company under conservatorship until this gets settled.
The province needs to put this company under conservatorship until this gets settled.