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Trump’s response to the murder of Rob and Michelle Reiner was an absolute endorsement of everything Reiner said about him.
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What about that last detail? “…a trip between Montreal and Toronto would take less than three hours, far and in some cases quicker than a flight, after taking into account the trip to the airport and passing through security.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How high-speed rail would change Ontario and Quebec — if it actually happens | CBC News
A high-speed rail line linking Canada’s two largest cities, Montreal and Toronto, has been the stuff of dreams — and political campaigns — for decades. But will it actually happen any time soon? And w...
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Needless to say. “A large tanker, very large. Largest one ever seized, actually…” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. Seizes Tanker Off Venezuela, President Says
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
@timmiller.bsky.social You ever see this?
December 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Missing from this piece: an explanation of how A.I. can be “rewarded”?
economist.com/science-and-...
from The Economist
When LLMs learn to take shortcuts, they become evil
The fix is to use some reverse psychology when training a model
economist.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hey Pete Hoekstra, this is why Canadians hesitate to visit the land of free. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In a nutshell: before you ask someone to turn down the music, take a good look for a human hornets nest. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Transit violence rising across Canada — in some cities by nearly 300% | CBC News
A joint investigation by CBC News and the Investigative Journalism Foundation has found that transit violence in some of Canada's biggest municipalities remains well above pre-pandemic levels, despite...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
What is Trump waiting for?? Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on the Offensive | WIRED
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Hard to imagine a more concise or more withering adjective: “The plan emerged from talks between Steve Witkoff, Mr Trump’s credulous special envoy to Russia…”
economist.com/europe/2025/...
from The Economist
Ukraine survives another crisis with Donald Trump
A deal in Geneva salvages relations with America. It might not last
economist.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Add this to the list of things to fix once Trump is gone… the mind-boggling corruption of closing an agency that protects citizens from corrupt practices “Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal - POLITICO”
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
There is a malign genius to this: “bad faith criticisms of F.B.I. travel will not deter the bureau from our mission.” Bad faith? Criticism? Neither term applies. It’s fact. But then again…”things happen” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
To be clear… the thumbnail is the problem. There is a world of difference between the phrase “Here is why that number doesn’t matter” and “Here’s why that doesn’t matter”
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
If exploring AI image generation, be aware that #Runway is not just a time bandit but a money thief. Consider: Runway offers to provide you with the prompt for an image. A prompt, mind you. But if you agree to the prompt, it goes ahead and uses the prompt to create a video and charges you for it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Holy contradiction: Trump “has continued to foster contentious relations with Canada.” www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
U.S. tourism faces $5.7B US loss as Canadians continue to stay home | CBC News
Many Canadians continue to boycott travel to the United States, and the U.S. economy is paying the price. A U.S. Travel Association report forecasts a 3.2 per cent decline in international tourism spe...
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Globe and Mail should be running their own reporting on something like this… AP is right-leaning… how else to describe its use of “moderates”? www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
U.S. House Speaker calls lawmakers back to vote on shutdown deal
It is unclear when the Senate will hold final votes and an end to the shutdown could still be days away if any senators object and drag out the process
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The greatest threat to a US Air Force pilot is the secretary of defense www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Aspirational smug? The Conservative campaign said in a statement that "supposed 'crowd scientists'" consulted for this investigation "are very clearly mistaken" — adding that the party "counts RSVPs, as well as those entering the venue." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Liberals and Conservatives said their rallies drew thousands. We decided to count | CBC News
Crowd sizes have become a discussion point in this election. The CBC News’s visual investigation unit looks at some of the images from those rallies to try to determine whether the reality fits with t...
www.cbc.ca
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
@bunnyamendt.bsky.social You have 2000 followers despite posting incoherent messages. I smell a bunny, which is not far removed from another rodent.
April 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Classic New York Times reporting… “Surreal“? It’s not surreal! The Republican Senator is avoiding the truth that the MAGA hat story came Trump himself www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Update from Helene Cooper
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Social Security hold time… two hours and counting
March 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Repeated warnings?? Banks should be subject to zero tolerance. “Canadian arm of China’s largest bank repeatedly broke money-laundering rules despite multiple warnings from regulators”
March 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Looking at you @nytimes.com “We are approaching Defcon 1 for our democracy and a lot of people in the media and the opposition leadership don’t seem to be communicating that to the American people. That is the biggest danger of the moment we’re in now: the normalisation of it.”
March 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM