Kim Moir
@kmoir.bsky.social
Cat herder, mentor, cyclist, team 🍍 🍕
Moir rhymes with lawyer
she/her
Moir rhymes with lawyer
she/her
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Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.
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The coming years are going to reveal a lot more waste on 'AI' like this by our governments, to the tune of 10s of billions squandered on appalling nonsense, all to make rich Tech Bros richer.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The coming years are going to reveal a lot more waste on 'AI' like this by our governments, to the tune of 10s of billions squandered on appalling nonsense, all to make rich Tech Bros richer.
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Appalling. But then add this to the list of consultants paid hundreds of millions for P3 and other advice that is consistently proven wrong #Deloitte #KMPG etc; we need to get to back to reality and spend money smartly, in the public interest.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Really looking forward to reading Pick a Colour. How to pronounce knife is an extraordinary collection of short stories.
Souvankham Thammavongsa is a woman wholly uninterested in shrinking.
The Walrus associate editor Ariella Garmaise sits down with the two-time Giller Prize winner to talk about ambition, self-possession, and why she refuses to perform humility for anyone: thewalrus.ca/souvankham-thamm...
The Walrus associate editor Ariella Garmaise sits down with the two-time Giller Prize winner to talk about ambition, self-possession, and why she refuses to perform humility for anyone: thewalrus.ca/souvankham-thamm...
December 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Really looking forward to reading Pick a Colour. How to pronounce knife is an extraordinary collection of short stories.
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Do I love that Pierre Poilievre is bleeding members? Heck yes.
Do I hate that the Liberals are so conservative that it's enticing Conservatives to join them? Heck yes.
Do I hate that the Liberals are so conservative that it's enticing Conservatives to join them? Heck yes.
Another MP leaves Conservatives, crosses floor to Liberals | CBC News
Ontario MP Michael Ma announced Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative Caucus and joining the Liberals.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Do I love that Pierre Poilievre is bleeding members? Heck yes.
Do I hate that the Liberals are so conservative that it's enticing Conservatives to join them? Heck yes.
Do I hate that the Liberals are so conservative that it's enticing Conservatives to join them? Heck yes.
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What were Ford’s thoughts about work from home etc?
It's a good thing provinces don't have any responsibilities in Canada's system of government.
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What were Ford’s thoughts about work from home etc?
I love this - a transit club for kids!
This is cool as hell--if you have kids, let them know. epicenter-nyc.com/meet-the-tee...
Meet the teen behind the NYC Transit Club: A group bringing young train lovers together across the city - Epicenter NYC
Many kids get a kick out of trains. Now, one young man has decided to create a space for those fellow train lovers. The NYC Transit Club (NTC) will launch […]
epicenter-nyc.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I love this - a transit club for kids!
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Original photograph was a depiction of construction workers—blue collar people who built New York City but were rarely acknowledged & were certainly underpaid—while this one is a depiction of well-known billionaires whose AI empires are built on stealing the intellectual property of everyone else.
This...looks terrible? Is the magazine making some point about what AI still can't do, because otherwise, I don't get why you'd go out with something that looks like it was put together with safety scissors and Elmer's Glue.
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Original photograph was a depiction of construction workers—blue collar people who built New York City but were rarely acknowledged & were certainly underpaid—while this one is a depiction of well-known billionaires whose AI empires are built on stealing the intellectual property of everyone else.
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Today is Human Rights Day. What a cruel and ghoulish thing to do.
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to pass bill affecting transgender citizens
Laws include policing names and pronouns in school and banning transgender girls from participating in amateur female sports
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Today is Human Rights Day. What a cruel and ghoulish thing to do.
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Exactly- use your library!
"There are no more free public spaces!"
Your library is right there.
"I can't afford to subscribe to every media outlet!"
Your library is right there.
"I have to subscribe to corporate streaming or else I can't watch movies or play video games!"
Your library is right there.
Your library is right there.
"I can't afford to subscribe to every media outlet!"
Your library is right there.
"I have to subscribe to corporate streaming or else I can't watch movies or play video games!"
Your library is right there.
And! Your public library most likely offers access to the major newspapers. You can just login & check out the day's stories (or past ones) for free.
December 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Exactly- use your library!
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Say it louder for the people in the back: “Cops are not social workers. We can’t arrest our way out of this crisis.”
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Say it louder for the people in the back: “Cops are not social workers. We can’t arrest our way out of this crisis.”
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Grateful to Catherine Boucher (@bearswim.bsky.social) and the Dalhousie Community Association for standing up for evidence-based policy when it comes to addiction, homelessness and crime rates — in Chinatown and across Ottawa.
December 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Grateful to Catherine Boucher (@bearswim.bsky.social) and the Dalhousie Community Association for standing up for evidence-based policy when it comes to addiction, homelessness and crime rates — in Chinatown and across Ottawa.
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Got a lil fired up 🤪
Rachel Gilmore on the anti-DEI movement: "I think that to attack these notions is a dog whistle to the worst elements of society that are seeing a slide towards a more fascistic world. And every politician who engages in that should be ashamed of themselves."
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Got a lil fired up 🤪
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Terribly stupid idea that will satisfy faux-populist urges to dunk on public servants while simultaneously making the lives of public servants and the service itself so much worse.
Goofy stuff.
Goofy stuff.
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/08/c...
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Terribly stupid idea that will satisfy faux-populist urges to dunk on public servants while simultaneously making the lives of public servants and the service itself so much worse.
Goofy stuff.
Goofy stuff.
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Remember, tech employees, we just have to do more with less.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Remember, tech employees, we just have to do more with less.
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How is it we can add private security guards to the market without a big staff report or even council debate on their impact but not “just do” other things like banning right on red in downtown intersections?
We can just try more things if we wanted to.
We can just try more things if we wanted to.
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How is it we can add private security guards to the market without a big staff report or even council debate on their impact but not “just do” other things like banning right on red in downtown intersections?
We can just try more things if we wanted to.
We can just try more things if we wanted to.
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Here is what I wrote in 2020, once again exhausted at people's refusal to name the problem for what it is - misogyny.
From The Montreal Massacre To The Van Attack: Here We Are, Again - Chatelaine
We can resign ourselves to accepting the violence or we can commit to fighting like hell to ensure it never happens again.
chatelaine.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Here is what I wrote in 2020, once again exhausted at people's refusal to name the problem for what it is - misogyny.
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Is your councillor a chronic no-voter on city budgets? | Opinion - Ottawa Citizen
Or is he a ‘Yes Man’?
No mention of housing emergency, mental health crisis & poison drug epidemic.
This Councillor should know better after almost 20 yrs on Council that his ward differs from inner urban areas
Or is he a ‘Yes Man’?
No mention of housing emergency, mental health crisis & poison drug epidemic.
This Councillor should know better after almost 20 yrs on Council that his ward differs from inner urban areas
December 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Is your councillor a chronic no-voter on city budgets? | Opinion - Ottawa Citizen
Or is he a ‘Yes Man’?
No mention of housing emergency, mental health crisis & poison drug epidemic.
This Councillor should know better after almost 20 yrs on Council that his ward differs from inner urban areas
Or is he a ‘Yes Man’?
No mention of housing emergency, mental health crisis & poison drug epidemic.
This Councillor should know better after almost 20 yrs on Council that his ward differs from inner urban areas
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This day is an opportunity to reflect on violence against women in our society and to remember those who have died as a result of gender-based violence, including intimate partner violence; and to come together, speak out, and take action to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This day is an opportunity to reflect on violence against women in our society and to remember those who have died as a result of gender-based violence, including intimate partner violence; and to come together, speak out, and take action to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.
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Today we remember Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault and Annie Turcotte.
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today we remember Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault and Annie Turcotte.
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December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada, to mark the anniversary of the murders of 14 female engineering students at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989 in an act of gender-based violence and to remember those women.
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada, to mark the anniversary of the murders of 14 female engineering students at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989 in an act of gender-based violence and to remember those women.
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If a large portion of households went down from two cars to one car, it would be transformative for walking, biking, and transit in the city
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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This was funnier than I had any right to expect, considering it came from the Ottawa Citizen.
Deachman: Is the goal to make Ottawa's public servants quit? ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This was funnier than I had any right to expect, considering it came from the Ottawa Citizen.