Ryan Campbell
@campbellr.ca
Software developer in the Great White North.
Currently kicking the tires on this bluesky thing.
Still mostly on https://mstdn.ca/@campbellr
🌎 Edmonton AB
Currently kicking the tires on this bluesky thing.
Still mostly on https://mstdn.ca/@campbellr
🌎 Edmonton AB
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you want to know one reason people are losing trust in the media? it’s the total inability to call things what they are
some guy on YouTube: “wow this is the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen”
the Times: “critics say it raises appearance of impropriety”
who are people going to take seriously?
some guy on YouTube: “wow this is the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen”
the Times: “critics say it raises appearance of impropriety”
who are people going to take seriously?
May 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
you want to know one reason people are losing trust in the media? it’s the total inability to call things what they are
some guy on YouTube: “wow this is the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen”
the Times: “critics say it raises appearance of impropriety”
who are people going to take seriously?
some guy on YouTube: “wow this is the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen”
the Times: “critics say it raises appearance of impropriety”
who are people going to take seriously?
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Unbelievably short-sighted. Growing urban populations need the kinds of infrastructure appropriate to big cities: restricted pubic transit rights-of-way, safe pedestrian routes, and bike lanes. More people, fewer cars.
Also: cars don’t pay taxes, people do - including people who don’t drive.
Also: cars don’t pay taxes, people do - including people who don’t drive.
Talk about a news cycle...
Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen is asking the City of Edmonton to stop any new bike lanes that could impact driving lanes.
Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen is asking the City of Edmonton to stop any new bike lanes that could impact driving lanes.
April 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Unbelievably short-sighted. Growing urban populations need the kinds of infrastructure appropriate to big cities: restricted pubic transit rights-of-way, safe pedestrian routes, and bike lanes. More people, fewer cars.
Also: cars don’t pay taxes, people do - including people who don’t drive.
Also: cars don’t pay taxes, people do - including people who don’t drive.
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Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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A leaked email from Senior ADM Leann Wagner reveals that the UCP instructed employees to direct any inquiries from the Auditor General to a lawyer, aiming to control responses.
This is a gag order on public servants and yet another step in the UCP coverup of #CorruptCare.
This is a gag order on public servants and yet another step in the UCP coverup of #CorruptCare.
April 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A leaked email from Senior ADM Leann Wagner reveals that the UCP instructed employees to direct any inquiries from the Auditor General to a lawyer, aiming to control responses.
This is a gag order on public servants and yet another step in the UCP coverup of #CorruptCare.
This is a gag order on public servants and yet another step in the UCP coverup of #CorruptCare.
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Many of us are working hard to get liberals in seats in Alberta, but if you are in Edmonton Griesbach, there are reasons to vote for and support the NDP incumbent (no shade to the Lib candidate):
- Blake Desjarlais is an excellent human and representative
- the NDP needs him to rebuild the party
- Blake Desjarlais is an excellent human and representative
- the NDP needs him to rebuild the party
Come on folks… the LPC candidate has been invisible and they are losing what momentum they had in this riding…
Tell everyone you know Blake has to be the guy or we lose to Diotte
smartvoting.ca/ridings/fede...
#cdnpoli #Federalelection25 #greisbach
Tell everyone you know Blake has to be the guy or we lose to Diotte
smartvoting.ca/ridings/fede...
#cdnpoli #Federalelection25 #greisbach
SmartVoting
smartvoting.ca
April 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Many of us are working hard to get liberals in seats in Alberta, but if you are in Edmonton Griesbach, there are reasons to vote for and support the NDP incumbent (no shade to the Lib candidate):
- Blake Desjarlais is an excellent human and representative
- the NDP needs him to rebuild the party
- Blake Desjarlais is an excellent human and representative
- the NDP needs him to rebuild the party
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They girlboss yassified Gilded Age space tourism.
It's not a "crew." These people are not astronauts, they are passengers. This is not feminism. This is not anywhere in the neighborhood of feminism.
This is the glossy capitalist influencer ripoff known as "empowerment" and it's just gross!
It's not a "crew." These people are not astronauts, they are passengers. This is not feminism. This is not anywhere in the neighborhood of feminism.
This is the glossy capitalist influencer ripoff known as "empowerment" and it's just gross!
How Katy Perry and Blue Origin's all-female crew are preparing for space
Katy Perry and an all-female crew will launch on the New Shepard rocket on April 14.
abcnews.go.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
They girlboss yassified Gilded Age space tourism.
It's not a "crew." These people are not astronauts, they are passengers. This is not feminism. This is not anywhere in the neighborhood of feminism.
This is the glossy capitalist influencer ripoff known as "empowerment" and it's just gross!
It's not a "crew." These people are not astronauts, they are passengers. This is not feminism. This is not anywhere in the neighborhood of feminism.
This is the glossy capitalist influencer ripoff known as "empowerment" and it's just gross!
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NEW: Conservative candidate used a secret Signal group chat with Freedom Convoy leaders, right-wing media and far-right influencers
Andrew Lawton was a member of the “clandestine” group chat used to coordinate convoy messaging on social media
Andrew Lawton was a member of the “clandestine” group chat used to coordinate convoy messaging on social media
Conservative Candidate Used a Secret Signal Group Chat With Freedom Convoy Leaders, Right-Wing Media and Far-Right Influencers
Andrew Lawton was a member of a “clandestine” group chat used to coordinate convoy messaging on social media
pressprogress.ca
April 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
NEW: Conservative candidate used a secret Signal group chat with Freedom Convoy leaders, right-wing media and far-right influencers
Andrew Lawton was a member of the “clandestine” group chat used to coordinate convoy messaging on social media
Andrew Lawton was a member of the “clandestine” group chat used to coordinate convoy messaging on social media
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OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
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A University of Alberta Parkland Institute report concluded last week that the UCP’s surgical initiative has not increased surgical capacity or reduced wait times, instead bleeding funding and a finite pool of critical staff from the public system.
Charles Rusnell reports. #abpoli
Charles Rusnell reports. #abpoli
Bleeding Money: Alberta’s Private Health Shift | The Tyee
The UCP’s surgical initiative has crimped care and raised costs, concludes a report. It’s not a new pattern.
thetyee.ca
April 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A University of Alberta Parkland Institute report concluded last week that the UCP’s surgical initiative has not increased surgical capacity or reduced wait times, instead bleeding funding and a finite pool of critical staff from the public system.
Charles Rusnell reports. #abpoli
Charles Rusnell reports. #abpoli
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americans need to realize how extraordinary a feat it is to make doug ford look good
March 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
americans need to realize how extraordinary a feat it is to make doug ford look good
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For *years* now, like every few months I have to write a variation on the same post about how Elon is not about free speech, and that he's deeply censorial.
And days later I always see yet another media person or politician refer to what he's doing as "free speech absolutism."
It's so stupid.
And days later I always see yet another media person or politician refer to what he's doing as "free speech absolutism."
It's so stupid.
The lure of Elon’s alternate reality for his followers is so powerful that he will tell them that pulling books off shelves, deleting words from government websites, and banning programs for their kids based on words they used is all part of fighting back against censorship. And they just let him
February 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
For *years* now, like every few months I have to write a variation on the same post about how Elon is not about free speech, and that he's deeply censorial.
And days later I always see yet another media person or politician refer to what he's doing as "free speech absolutism."
It's so stupid.
And days later I always see yet another media person or politician refer to what he's doing as "free speech absolutism."
It's so stupid.
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Any countries whose scientific research funding bodies are NOT currently under siege by their own national leadership would do very well announcing investments in bringing in foreign research talent right now
February 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Any countries whose scientific research funding bodies are NOT currently under siege by their own national leadership would do very well announcing investments in bringing in foreign research talent right now
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the GoFundMes make me uncomfortable because they overemphasize personal effort and the awareness of stories of suffering by different families and individuals which should be receiving well-organized support and relief efforts from government organizations and established non-profits
January 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
the GoFundMes make me uncomfortable because they overemphasize personal effort and the awareness of stories of suffering by different families and individuals which should be receiving well-organized support and relief efforts from government organizations and established non-profits
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Fact checking is not censorship.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
January 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fact checking is not censorship.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
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Some rough notes on how I program with LLMs and on how tooling can make it better. crawshaw.io/blog/program...
crawshaw - 2025-01-06
crawshaw.io
January 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some rough notes on how I program with LLMs and on how tooling can make it better. crawshaw.io/blog/program...
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🎊 Go 1.24 Release Candidate 1 is released!
🏃♀️ Run it in dev! Run it in prod! File bugs! go.dev/issue/new
🔈 Announcement: groups.google.com/g/golang-ann...
📦 Download: go.dev/dl/#go1.24rc1
🏃♀️ Run it in dev! Run it in prod! File bugs! go.dev/issue/new
🔈 Announcement: groups.google.com/g/golang-ann...
📦 Download: go.dev/dl/#go1.24rc1
December 13, 2024 at 5:09 PM
🎊 Go 1.24 Release Candidate 1 is released!
🏃♀️ Run it in dev! Run it in prod! File bugs! go.dev/issue/new
🔈 Announcement: groups.google.com/g/golang-ann...
📦 Download: go.dev/dl/#go1.24rc1
🏃♀️ Run it in dev! Run it in prod! File bugs! go.dev/issue/new
🔈 Announcement: groups.google.com/g/golang-ann...
📦 Download: go.dev/dl/#go1.24rc1
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ACTUALLY all my Tor books are DRM-free, so you should in fact own them, and also in a larger sense, once you've legally purchased a book of mine in any format I don't give a shit if you jailbreak them from whatever ecosystem you've acquired them, that between you and your tech gods, I got paid
I own..err..license..dammit, they're all on my iPad. thbtbt
December 13, 2024 at 10:36 PM
ACTUALLY all my Tor books are DRM-free, so you should in fact own them, and also in a larger sense, once you've legally purchased a book of mine in any format I don't give a shit if you jailbreak them from whatever ecosystem you've acquired them, that between you and your tech gods, I got paid
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I battled for three years to get this data released. Now we know the names of the 16 companies that allegedly broke rules requiring them to pay for independent environmental monitoring by scientists.
Alberta kept fines for 16 oilsands companies secret for three years | The Narwhal
Environment Ministry ordered to release data after keeping names of 16 oilsands companies secret
thenarwhal.ca
December 12, 2024 at 3:39 PM
I battled for three years to get this data released. Now we know the names of the 16 companies that allegedly broke rules requiring them to pay for independent environmental monitoring by scientists.
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If I’m ever a professor again, I want to give a graduate seminar, topics to include:
- how not to say stupid shit about fields outside your expertise
- what is your expertise, anyway?
- how not to be an insufferable bore
- your PhD doesn’t make you a better person: coping with that
Other ideas?
- how not to say stupid shit about fields outside your expertise
- what is your expertise, anyway?
- how not to be an insufferable bore
- your PhD doesn’t make you a better person: coping with that
Other ideas?
December 12, 2024 at 8:30 PM
If I’m ever a professor again, I want to give a graduate seminar, topics to include:
- how not to say stupid shit about fields outside your expertise
- what is your expertise, anyway?
- how not to be an insufferable bore
- your PhD doesn’t make you a better person: coping with that
Other ideas?
- how not to say stupid shit about fields outside your expertise
- what is your expertise, anyway?
- how not to be an insufferable bore
- your PhD doesn’t make you a better person: coping with that
Other ideas?
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the seoul tourism board is feeling so tired lmao
December 11, 2024 at 12:22 PM
the seoul tourism board is feeling so tired lmao
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At @spritelyinst.bsky.social we're building the future of decentralized networking tech (social networks and otherwise)! We just launched a supporter campaign and could really use your help! spritely.institute/donate/
I'm also going to talk about why Spritely is important & deserves your support! 🧵
I'm also going to talk about why Spritely is important & deserves your support! 🧵
December 3, 2024 at 5:42 PM
At @spritelyinst.bsky.social we're building the future of decentralized networking tech (social networks and otherwise)! We just launched a supporter campaign and could really use your help! spritely.institute/donate/
I'm also going to talk about why Spritely is important & deserves your support! 🧵
I'm also going to talk about why Spritely is important & deserves your support! 🧵
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How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵
A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵
How decentralized is Bluesky really? -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
dustycloud.org
November 22, 2024 at 4:06 PM
How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵
A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵
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Ready for a kindof wacky #yegwx stat?
In an entire winter Edmonton averages around 30 days with Highs below -10°C.
So November 21st's High of -11.1°C will be colder than 80% of the days between here and March.
public.tableau.com/shared/FM2WH...
In an entire winter Edmonton averages around 30 days with Highs below -10°C.
So November 21st's High of -11.1°C will be colder than 80% of the days between here and March.
public.tableau.com/shared/FM2WH...
November 22, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Ready for a kindof wacky #yegwx stat?
In an entire winter Edmonton averages around 30 days with Highs below -10°C.
So November 21st's High of -11.1°C will be colder than 80% of the days between here and March.
public.tableau.com/shared/FM2WH...
In an entire winter Edmonton averages around 30 days with Highs below -10°C.
So November 21st's High of -11.1°C will be colder than 80% of the days between here and March.
public.tableau.com/shared/FM2WH...
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"The province's reports showed that Alberta could bring consumers the biggest savings by adopting a fully public insurance system like Saskatchewan, British Columbia and others."
But, let's try lifting rate caps and see what happens.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
But, let's try lifting rate caps and see what happens.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta to lift auto insurance rate cap, axe right to sue in crashes: Sources | CBC News
One major reform the UCP will announce soon could slash drivers' premiums in future. But next year, companies will be allowed to charge much more, CBC News has learned.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2024 at 2:35 AM
"The province's reports showed that Alberta could bring consumers the biggest savings by adopting a fully public insurance system like Saskatchewan, British Columbia and others."
But, let's try lifting rate caps and see what happens.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
But, let's try lifting rate caps and see what happens.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The last thing Twitter really had going for it above alternatives for me was breaking news and commentary on the fly.
But that seems to be shifting, with more journalists,
Experts, and outlets migrating to Bluesky.
Great stuff.
But that seems to be shifting, with more journalists,
Experts, and outlets migrating to Bluesky.
Great stuff.
November 15, 2024 at 3:39 PM
The last thing Twitter really had going for it above alternatives for me was breaking news and commentary on the fly.
But that seems to be shifting, with more journalists,
Experts, and outlets migrating to Bluesky.
Great stuff.
But that seems to be shifting, with more journalists,
Experts, and outlets migrating to Bluesky.
Great stuff.