Brook Smith
@brkdev.com
🍌🍄 #teambatemans | Lover of creative profanity.
New route: #bangbangroute Don to Durham - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33631578
Old account: https://www.instagram.com/brklyn__
New route: #bangbangroute Don to Durham - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33631578
Old account: https://www.instagram.com/brklyn__
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Brook Smith
@brkdev.com
· Jan 26
Bang Bang: Don to Durham (v3.10)
Bang Bang: Don to Durham
The Bang Bang is a burly adventure ride from the Toronto Don Valley to Durham Forest. This route can be a multi-day ride ... - 152.6 mi, +6793 ft. Bike ride in Toronto, Ontar...
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Bang Bang: Don to Durham
GPS & Details: ridewithgps.com/routes/33631...
Images: bikepackingontario.com/bang-bang.html
Mini Doc by my friend Ben: youtube.com/watch?v=F7w1FjfEhiQ
Grams: instagram.com/bangbangroute
#bikepacking #ultracycling #bikepacking #bikepackRacing
GPS & Details: ridewithgps.com/routes/33631...
Images: bikepackingontario.com/bang-bang.html
Mini Doc by my friend Ben: youtube.com/watch?v=F7w1FjfEhiQ
Grams: instagram.com/bangbangroute
#bikepacking #ultracycling #bikepacking #bikepackRacing
I was promised an apocalypse. Why hasn’t AI taken my job yet?
June 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I was promised an apocalypse. Why hasn’t AI taken my job yet?
We want muscle cars with alien level technology.
June 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
We want muscle cars with alien level technology.
Whats it called when you social media feeds brainwash you? Why don't we have a word for that?
May 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Whats it called when you social media feeds brainwash you? Why don't we have a word for that?
For those who don't know, the reason digital wallets are more secure is because they don't use your actual card information. They generate a new virtual card for each transaction, so if those virtual card details get skimmed, they are useless.
May 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For those who don't know, the reason digital wallets are more secure is because they don't use your actual card information. They generate a new virtual card for each transaction, so if those virtual card details get skimmed, they are useless.
Really great video about our current struggle with the possible #Trumprecession. youtu.be/RTMTXtYaQX4?...
Market Outlook for April 6, 2025 - The Orange Recession
YouTube video by Mark Meldrum
youtu.be
April 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Really great video about our current struggle with the possible #Trumprecession. youtu.be/RTMTXtYaQX4?...
Even the stock market is protesting trump.
March 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Even the stock market is protesting trump.
Before Moxie Marlinspike created Signal, the app at the centre of the Pete Hegeth & Tulsi Gabbard leaks, he created this gem that enthralled me as a young sailor. vimeo.com/15351476
Hold Fast
Hold Fast: Stories of maniac sailors, anarchist castaways, and the voyage of the S/V Pestilence...
vimeo.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Before Moxie Marlinspike created Signal, the app at the centre of the Pete Hegeth & Tulsi Gabbard leaks, he created this gem that enthralled me as a young sailor. vimeo.com/15351476
March 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Buy Canadian is pretty easy when you avoid the Walmarts of the world. Local bike shops, butchers, bakeries & independent grocers. Avoiding made-in-America products is especially easy.
March 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Buy Canadian is pretty easy when you avoid the Walmarts of the world. Local bike shops, butchers, bakeries & independent grocers. Avoiding made-in-America products is especially easy.
Canadians need to start rejecting big American tech. Too much power is concentrated in a country that can turn on a dime every 4 years. We can no longer trust them to do the right thing. Related reading: share.libbyapp.com/title/11526902
Careless People
Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she also delivers the goods. -Jennifer Szalai,...
share.libbyapp.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Canadians need to start rejecting big American tech. Too much power is concentrated in a country that can turn on a dime every 4 years. We can no longer trust them to do the right thing. Related reading: share.libbyapp.com/title/11526902
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American hedge funds should be banned from owning Canadian newspapers. Democracy is at stake.
We now urgently need those newspapers to be owned by loyal Canadians committed to Canada’s independence. #Opinion
We now urgently need those newspapers to be owned by loyal Canadians committed to Canada’s independence. #Opinion
Linda McQuaig: American hedge funds should be banned from owning Canadian newspapers. Democracy is at stake
Prime Minister Mark Carney should protect Canadian democracy by enforcing Canadian laws to ensure our newspapers are Canadian owned.
www.thestar.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
American hedge funds should be banned from owning Canadian newspapers. Democracy is at stake.
We now urgently need those newspapers to be owned by loyal Canadians committed to Canada’s independence. #Opinion
We now urgently need those newspapers to be owned by loyal Canadians committed to Canada’s independence. #Opinion
Has "technology-induced schizophrenia" made it into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders yet?
March 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Has "technology-induced schizophrenia" made it into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders yet?
The engagement-maximization model is backfiring. Cheap AI slop is flooding algorithmically optimized feeds to get engagement, but it kills the user experience. Instagram feels like temu(.)com for content, and Facebook is AI bait. www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a...
AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control Reality
Generative AI spammers are brute forcing the internet, and it is working.
www.404media.co
March 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The engagement-maximization model is backfiring. Cheap AI slop is flooding algorithmically optimized feeds to get engagement, but it kills the user experience. Instagram feels like temu(.)com for content, and Facebook is AI bait. www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a...
Reposted by Brook Smith
Health Canada suggests limiting alcohol to 2 drinks per day unless you’ve already had 3 in which case fuck it
Health Canada suggests limiting alcohol to 2 drinks per day unless you’ve already had 3 in which case fuck it
"If you have a buzz on, then you might as well keep it going.”
www.thebeaverton.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Health Canada suggests limiting alcohol to 2 drinks per day unless you’ve already had 3 in which case fuck it
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Freeland: "If these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt Americans ... your grocery prices are gonna go up, bc you know what you need to grow food in the US? You need fertilizer. 80% of it comes from Canada and you're gonna be a 25% tax on it? ... the WSJ is right. This is dumb."
March 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Freeland: "If these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt Americans ... your grocery prices are gonna go up, bc you know what you need to grow food in the US? You need fertilizer. 80% of it comes from Canada and you're gonna be a 25% tax on it? ... the WSJ is right. This is dumb."
Reposted by Brook Smith
Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada
Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada
WASHINGTON, D.C. - With US President Donald Trump declaring 25% tariffs on most Canadian goods, American citizens have officially chosen the most circuitous and economically painful method possible to...
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March 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada
230,000 people have signed this petition to the Prime Minister to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian passport immediately. Wild times.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#canada
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#canada
Petition e-5353 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
230,000 people have signed this petition to the Prime Minister to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian passport immediately. Wild times.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#canada
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#canada
Americans want Ukraine to lose to Russia. I used to think George W. Bush was an evil liar (he was). But America has fallen so much further in my lifetime.
February 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Americans want Ukraine to lose to Russia. I used to think George W. Bush was an evil liar (he was). But America has fallen so much further in my lifetime.
Reposted by Brook Smith
A group of autonomous activists projected a large and saintly illustration of accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione on a Lower Manhattan building ahead of his court appearance on Friday, February 21.
Massive “Free Luigi” Image Projected on Manhattan Building
The projection took place the night before the accused United Healthcare CEO shooter’s court February 21 appearance.
hyperallergic.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A group of autonomous activists projected a large and saintly illustration of accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione on a Lower Manhattan building ahead of his court appearance on Friday, February 21.
Tired of supporting American billionaires with your data? Try this chat/video call app with end-to-end encryption. signal.org
Signal Messenger: Speak Freely
Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.
signal.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Tired of supporting American billionaires with your data? Try this chat/video call app with end-to-end encryption. signal.org
Life is too short to be fucking miserable all the time.
February 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Life is too short to be fucking miserable all the time.
RSS might be an old standard, but it's a good way to reduce your reliance on algorithmic feeds.
February 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
RSS might be an old standard, but it's a good way to reduce your reliance on algorithmic feeds.