@fearnoarts.bsky.social
Ok this now.
Still thinking this ends up mostly
cat pictures.
I love tiger ice cream.
Still thinking this ends up mostly
cat pictures.
I love tiger ice cream.
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Class action to be filed against Nova Scotia Power following data leak affecting several hundred thousand people
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Class action to be filed against Nova Scotia Power
The premier ordered investigations into the utility's billing practices this week.
www.saltwire.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Class action to be filed against Nova Scotia Power following data leak affecting several hundred thousand people
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
(copy paste-able in the alt text)
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@hollyqueenofspayeds.com How many people have sent you this already?
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
@hollyqueenofspayeds.com How many people have sent you this already?
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Hero.
Heroic.
Heroic.
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hero.
Heroic.
Heroic.
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So… it seems to me that we should be writing our MPs to point out that the sale of these armoured vehicles to the country that continues to threaten our sovereignty is against our national interests…
Ladies and gentlemen, make sure to keep your elbows firmly up while inside the vehicles bound for a country that's going to use them to illegally kidnap innocent men, women, and children share.google/ANhrgIX5WcIm...
ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb...
share.google
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
So… it seems to me that we should be writing our MPs to point out that the sale of these armoured vehicles to the country that continues to threaten our sovereignty is against our national interests…
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Never felt more seen in a thread from a fellow educator. The proportion of my students that are unable (unwilling?) to follow written instructions is very nearly 100% in labs now. This is a dramatic, extremely concerning, change over the last few years and nothing I do to mitigate this has helped.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Never felt more seen in a thread from a fellow educator. The proportion of my students that are unable (unwilling?) to follow written instructions is very nearly 100% in labs now. This is a dramatic, extremely concerning, change over the last few years and nothing I do to mitigate this has helped.
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Halifax Water is unintentionally showing off one of the upsides of having operations and fee structures that are an arms length distance from elected officials.
Mayor: Go insane. Destroy your budget. It's what the people want!
Halifax Water: I literally can't do that. I'm not allowed.
Mayor: Go insane. Destroy your budget. It's what the people want!
Halifax Water: I literally can't do that. I'm not allowed.
Halifax Water CFO: As I just explained to you, we are legally required to be sustainable and equitable so we can't make bad political decisions that would be popular with voters.
Fillmore is now asking if Halifax Water has considered being less sustainable to save money today even if it costs more later. 🙃🙃😭😭
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Halifax Water is unintentionally showing off one of the upsides of having operations and fee structures that are an arms length distance from elected officials.
Mayor: Go insane. Destroy your budget. It's what the people want!
Halifax Water: I literally can't do that. I'm not allowed.
Mayor: Go insane. Destroy your budget. It's what the people want!
Halifax Water: I literally can't do that. I'm not allowed.
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These people voted to restrict abortion in Alberta
UCP members pass resolutions on auto insurance, abortion, clean coal calgaryherald.com/news/politic...
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
These people voted to restrict abortion in Alberta
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OTTAWA – An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.
News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to go ahead in Ontario
OTTAWA – An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
OTTAWA – An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.
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This could be Canada.
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for 3 hours per day.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...
Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom | TechCrunch
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.
techcrunch.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This could be Canada.
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Low profit, high volume. Selling imperfect products- who cares if the pie is cracked.
No ads needed. Consumers go where they get a good deal.
Buy local, support local.
No ads needed. Consumers go where they get a good deal.
Buy local, support local.
A new business model in NS grocery is hitting all the marks for consumers. 🇨🇦❤️👌
#Gateway #GroceryAffordabikity #NovaScotia #NewBusinessModel #cdnpoli #nspoli #peipoli
#Gateway #GroceryAffordabikity #NovaScotia #NewBusinessModel #cdnpoli #nspoli #peipoli
This store sells groceries for a fraction of the price. Here's how they do it
YouTube video by CBC News Nova Scotia
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Low profit, high volume. Selling imperfect products- who cares if the pie is cracked.
No ads needed. Consumers go where they get a good deal.
Buy local, support local.
No ads needed. Consumers go where they get a good deal.
Buy local, support local.
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As I have said to students nowadays, the most important thing one learns in school is how to learn, and using LLMs completely defeats that objective. The process matters.
You don't use a fork lift the gym. The immediate result—weights up in the air—is not always the key reason to do something.
You don't use a fork lift the gym. The immediate result—weights up in the air—is not always the key reason to do something.
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
As I have said to students nowadays, the most important thing one learns in school is how to learn, and using LLMs completely defeats that objective. The process matters.
You don't use a fork lift the gym. The immediate result—weights up in the air—is not always the key reason to do something.
You don't use a fork lift the gym. The immediate result—weights up in the air—is not always the key reason to do something.
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District 8 has had a rough go. Halifax explosion, "urban renewal" highways, Africville, and now suffering dilapidated community centers so suburbanites can have free parking.
According to the city's model, D8 generates something like a $45m surplus annually.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
"The project was included in the 2024/25 Capital Budget and is proposed for design work in 2026/27 and completion in 2029/30 at an estimated cost of $46.8M."
Per
Per
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
District 8 has had a rough go. Halifax explosion, "urban renewal" highways, Africville, and now suffering dilapidated community centers so suburbanites can have free parking.
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out - Malwarebytes www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out - Malwarebytes www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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So is Mark Carney going to go along with the suspension of human rights by MAGA government in Alberta?
You cant' do nation-building by allowing an autocratic government to suspend the charter rights of citizens.
Just say no Mark.
it's pretty straightforward.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
You cant' do nation-building by allowing an autocratic government to suspend the charter rights of citizens.
Just say no Mark.
it's pretty straightforward.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of transgender laws
The Alberta government has invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to protect from legal challenge a trio of laws affecting transgender youth and adults.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
So is Mark Carney going to go along with the suspension of human rights by MAGA government in Alberta?
You cant' do nation-building by allowing an autocratic government to suspend the charter rights of citizens.
Just say no Mark.
it's pretty straightforward.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
You cant' do nation-building by allowing an autocratic government to suspend the charter rights of citizens.
Just say no Mark.
it's pretty straightforward.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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Halifax I dare you to try
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Halifax I dare you to try
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“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
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Profit over planet, the graph.
Nations have begun climate negotiations at the COP30 summit in Brazil. Studies show the world is not on track to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.
Climate negotiations have started. Here's how far countries need to go
Nations have begun climate negotiations at the COP30 summit in Brazil. Studies show the world is not on track to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Profit over planet, the graph.
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Internal memo that Danielle Smith may use Notwithstanding clause to ban gender affirming care and ban trans girls from participating in school sports globalnews.ca/news/1143606...
Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its 3 transgender laws: memo | Globalnews.ca
The laws establish rules for students changing their names or pronouns in school, ban transgender girls from taking part in some sports and limit gender-affirming health care.
globalnews.ca
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Internal memo that Danielle Smith may use Notwithstanding clause to ban gender affirming care and ban trans girls from participating in school sports globalnews.ca/news/1143606...
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Did you know Makary is using 45 year old, 34 year old, and 29 year old observational studies to spread disinformation about MHT? Ignoring newer, far better quality data is misogyny open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Vintage Data, Modern Misinformation:
The FDA’s use of outdated studies and Makary’s inaccurate all-cause mortality claim, explained
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Did you know Makary is using 45 year old, 34 year old, and 29 year old observational studies to spread disinformation about MHT? Ignoring newer, far better quality data is misogyny open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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Ah the « free market ».
An investigation into « legal instruments that can block competitors from setting up stores on certain properties. »
Market shares of Sobeys and superstore from 46-70%. No need for actual collusion.
Can’t even imagine a nonprofit option or at least resurgence of co-op.
An investigation into « legal instruments that can block competitors from setting up stores on certain properties. »
Market shares of Sobeys and superstore from 46-70%. No need for actual collusion.
Can’t even imagine a nonprofit option or at least resurgence of co-op.
Federal investigation probes grocery store competition in Halifax | CBC News
Since last year, an investigation into the ability of new grocers to set up in the Halifax Regional Municipality has been quietly ticking along under Competition Bureau Canada.
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Ah the « free market ».
An investigation into « legal instruments that can block competitors from setting up stores on certain properties. »
Market shares of Sobeys and superstore from 46-70%. No need for actual collusion.
Can’t even imagine a nonprofit option or at least resurgence of co-op.
An investigation into « legal instruments that can block competitors from setting up stores on certain properties. »
Market shares of Sobeys and superstore from 46-70%. No need for actual collusion.
Can’t even imagine a nonprofit option or at least resurgence of co-op.
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It's official: Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of an outbreak that has persisted for more than 12 months. Country can regain status only if on-going spread is of measles interrupted for more than a year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It's official: Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of an outbreak that has persisted for more than 12 months. Country can regain status only if on-going spread is of measles interrupted for more than a year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca