Gordon who is Grumpy
@grumpygordon.bsky.social
I do my best not to be grumpy, but the stupid in the world isn't helping
Gordon is my middle name ;)
Profile pic: a dailia in the garden
Header pic: close up of Pluto
#halifax #novascotia #bluenoser #selfhosting #ProfessionalEngineer
Gordon is my middle name ;)
Profile pic: a dailia in the garden
Header pic: close up of Pluto
#halifax #novascotia #bluenoser #selfhosting #ProfessionalEngineer
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Embarrassing day for the Coast Guard and our nation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Embarrassing day for the Coast Guard and our nation.
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Fun fact: Halifax is not allowed to set a speed limit below 50 km/h without permission from the province.
And the province only considers reductions to 40, not to 30, in most cases.
And the criteria includes a study of whether drivers are already driving close to 40 km/h!
And the province only considers reductions to 40, not to 30, in most cases.
And the criteria includes a study of whether drivers are already driving close to 40 km/h!
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Fun fact: Halifax is not allowed to set a speed limit below 50 km/h without permission from the province.
And the province only considers reductions to 40, not to 30, in most cases.
And the criteria includes a study of whether drivers are already driving close to 40 km/h!
And the province only considers reductions to 40, not to 30, in most cases.
And the criteria includes a study of whether drivers are already driving close to 40 km/h!
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I was busy all day, so I almost missed my annual snark!
But today is International Men's Day and if you did not know that, then please shut the fuck up with your angst on March 8th ✌🏻
But today is International Men's Day and if you did not know that, then please shut the fuck up with your angst on March 8th ✌🏻
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I was busy all day, so I almost missed my annual snark!
But today is International Men's Day and if you did not know that, then please shut the fuck up with your angst on March 8th ✌🏻
But today is International Men's Day and if you did not know that, then please shut the fuck up with your angst on March 8th ✌🏻
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First off, my suspension has ended. Got a little harsh with a post a few days ago but I didn’t have my feet on the ground and I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Will try to be more chipper. Knock on wood!
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
First off, my suspension has ended. Got a little harsh with a post a few days ago but I didn’t have my feet on the ground and I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Will try to be more chipper. Knock on wood!
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Technologies are not neutral, and AI is no different
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Technologies are not neutral, and AI is no different - Halifax Examiner
"We have not yet learned to think of technology as having ideology incorporated into its very form."
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Technologies are not neutral, and AI is no different
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
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Thinking about how Summers and Epstein both frequently manipulated the media into giving or withholding coverage when they wanted and how the same media mysteriously decided to wage a scorched earth jihad against Harvard's President Claudine Gay. It's a strange coincidence to ponder!
Faculty discipline committees should really normalize de-tenuring/dismissal investigations for the sort of behavior described in the Summers case
A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thinking about how Summers and Epstein both frequently manipulated the media into giving or withholding coverage when they wanted and how the same media mysteriously decided to wage a scorched earth jihad against Harvard's President Claudine Gay. It's a strange coincidence to ponder!
I for one really don’t want a Christmas election, but if we go that way I already know who I’m voting for.
Will the government FALL today? Are we headed for a Christmas ELECTION?
Well, we're going to find out at 6:45pmET tonight. That's when the vote is taking place, as I've confirmed with the lovely folks behind the scenes at the House of Commons.
Big day for nerds!!!!
Well, we're going to find out at 6:45pmET tonight. That's when the vote is taking place, as I've confirmed with the lovely folks behind the scenes at the House of Commons.
Big day for nerds!!!!
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I for one really don’t want a Christmas election, but if we go that way I already know who I’m voting for.
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Funny, how MAGA is *outraged* over someone who is simply a Muslim in the New York City mayor's mansion, but has no comment about a Muslim who is an actual murderer in the White House.
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Funny, how MAGA is *outraged* over someone who is simply a Muslim in the New York City mayor's mansion, but has no comment about a Muslim who is an actual murderer in the White House.
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The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
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Hum. Y'all are still making jokes about Epstein and sex trafficking with the newly added homophobic content. So, like. Congrats on being rape culture's foot soldiers, I guess.
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hum. Y'all are still making jokes about Epstein and sex trafficking with the newly added homophobic content. So, like. Congrats on being rape culture's foot soldiers, I guess.
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Robert Strang, still hasn't told Nova Scotians that covid is primarily airborne going into year 5 of the pandemic. Our journalists and political opposition won't even ask. 🐘🤫
So judge the character and competence of public health and infection control leaders based on their actions. Yes, some require resources and buy-in. But others, such as information-sharing, are low-hanging fruit - failure there is a *choice*.
Check if yours shared the information in this thread:
Check if yours shared the information in this thread:
From populists on the right, but also from establishment figures desperate to bury their responsibility, there's an ongoing push to bury the harms of COVID.
Long COVID alone costs 7M life-years (QALYs) and on the order of a trillion dollars a year in the OECD.
www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issue...
Long COVID alone costs 7M life-years (QALYs) and on the order of a trillion dollars a year in the OECD.
www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issue...
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Robert Strang, still hasn't told Nova Scotians that covid is primarily airborne going into year 5 of the pandemic. Our journalists and political opposition won't even ask. 🐘🤫
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the internet used to be comminism since all the information on webbed sites used to be free but now the internet is capitalism because its worse and costs money
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
the internet used to be comminism since all the information on webbed sites used to be free but now the internet is capitalism because its worse and costs money
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Last night, I witnessed someone nearly get run over in the Market. I used a couple bystander intervention techniques to de-escalate the situation, scold the driver and support the poor pedestrian.
I was able to do this safely and effectively because I'm trained!
I can teach you - it's free! ⬇️
I was able to do this safely and effectively because I'm trained!
I can teach you - it's free! ⬇️
Nov 25 is the UN's Int'l Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Dec 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women in commemoration of the Montreal Massacre.
Want to do something tangible to mark the dates? Let me teach you bystander intervention!
Dec 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women in commemoration of the Montreal Massacre.
Want to do something tangible to mark the dates? Let me teach you bystander intervention!
@julieslalonde | Linktree
Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
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November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Last night, I witnessed someone nearly get run over in the Market. I used a couple bystander intervention techniques to de-escalate the situation, scold the driver and support the poor pedestrian.
I was able to do this safely and effectively because I'm trained!
I can teach you - it's free! ⬇️
I was able to do this safely and effectively because I'm trained!
I can teach you - it's free! ⬇️
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John Schneider, Vlad Guerrero Jr., Alejandro Kirk, and Ernie Clement,
Trying to up their game so they too can win awards next year,
Will be calling,
*checks notes*
Ty France.
#BlueJays
Trying to up their game so they too can win awards next year,
Will be calling,
*checks notes*
Ty France.
#BlueJays
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
John Schneider, Vlad Guerrero Jr., Alejandro Kirk, and Ernie Clement,
Trying to up their game so they too can win awards next year,
Will be calling,
*checks notes*
Ty France.
#BlueJays
Trying to up their game so they too can win awards next year,
Will be calling,
*checks notes*
Ty France.
#BlueJays
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A staggering statistic: "North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year." What are we doing?
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A staggering statistic: "North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year." What are we doing?
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Nova Scotians gathered at Grand Parade for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony. The Lieutenant Governor laid a wreath in remembrance of the thousands of Canadians who have sacrificed their lives or dedicated themselves to service on behalf of the province and country.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Nova Scotians gathered at Grand Parade for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony. The Lieutenant Governor laid a wreath in remembrance of the thousands of Canadians who have sacrificed their lives or dedicated themselves to service on behalf of the province and country.
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Cabot’s golf project planned inside Nova Scotia’s West Mabou Beach Prov Park has a fancy website. Looks like an awfully advanced backroom deal with Premier Houston’s govt. Cabot boasts it made $80,000 in monetary donations in 2024-25. Didn’t mention the many millions of public $$$$ it’s received. 🤔
U.S. billionaire financier of Cabot Links golf resort in Cape Breton is Trumpian climate denier, Mike Keiser. Now the Cabot Group wants to take West Mabou Beach provincial park for a 3rd luxury golf course in Inverness, Nova Scotia. Keiser originally got his hands on the Cabot Links land for $1. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Cabot’s golf project planned inside Nova Scotia’s West Mabou Beach Prov Park has a fancy website. Looks like an awfully advanced backroom deal with Premier Houston’s govt. Cabot boasts it made $80,000 in monetary donations in 2024-25. Didn’t mention the many millions of public $$$$ it’s received. 🤔
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Checking out Halifax Transit—same buses as in Boston!
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Checking out Halifax Transit—same buses as in Boston!
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CBC once again called the Ksi Lisims LNG project “Indigenous-led” on the National last night, despite the fact that it’s 100% American-owned by a Texas shell company, Western LNG.
Yikes!!!!!
Anyway, here’s a very funny video that breaks this down: youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
Yikes!!!!!
Anyway, here’s a very funny video that breaks this down: youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
CBC once again called the Ksi Lisims LNG project “Indigenous-led” on the National last night, despite the fact that it’s 100% American-owned by a Texas shell company, Western LNG.
Yikes!!!!!
Anyway, here’s a very funny video that breaks this down: youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
Yikes!!!!!
Anyway, here’s a very funny video that breaks this down: youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
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Hello! This is an important one, so it won’t be the last time I post it. The Land Defenders on Hunters Mountain are gearing up for winter. They are resolute. But they need supplies, they are winterizing the cabins they built, there is food and firewood and gas for generators needed.
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hello! This is an important one, so it won’t be the last time I post it. The Land Defenders on Hunters Mountain are gearing up for winter. They are resolute. But they need supplies, they are winterizing the cabins they built, there is food and firewood and gas for generators needed.
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Hard to imagine what more he could have done. Last place to game 7 of the WS with a team of rejects and never was'es. Just the Gold Gloves.
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Hard to imagine what more he could have done. Last place to game 7 of the WS with a team of rejects and never was'es. Just the Gold Gloves.