Nighswander
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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What does the Minister of Favours have to hide?
At a time when 800,000 Ontarians are out of work, Ford's Minister is backing the wrong horse.
At a time when 800,000 Ontarians are out of work, Ford's Minister is backing the wrong horse.
October 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What does the Minister of Favours have to hide?
At a time when 800,000 Ontarians are out of work, Ford's Minister is backing the wrong horse.
At a time when 800,000 Ontarians are out of work, Ford's Minister is backing the wrong horse.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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Dearest Martha
Deepest apologies for my delay in penning this missive. We have been very busy at the front these days. Winning Portland has proven more of a challenge than we presumed. There are battalions of baristas and craft brewers attempting to thwart our efforts to make everyone stop voting.
Deepest apologies for my delay in penning this missive. We have been very busy at the front these days. Winning Portland has proven more of a challenge than we presumed. There are battalions of baristas and craft brewers attempting to thwart our efforts to make everyone stop voting.
October 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Dearest Martha
Deepest apologies for my delay in penning this missive. We have been very busy at the front these days. Winning Portland has proven more of a challenge than we presumed. There are battalions of baristas and craft brewers attempting to thwart our efforts to make everyone stop voting.
Deepest apologies for my delay in penning this missive. We have been very busy at the front these days. Winning Portland has proven more of a challenge than we presumed. There are battalions of baristas and craft brewers attempting to thwart our efforts to make everyone stop voting.
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It feels like an insult to the notion of objective reality to invoke “experts” to weigh in on a numerical fact you can verify with a pocket calculator
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It feels like an insult to the notion of objective reality to invoke “experts” to weigh in on a numerical fact you can verify with a pocket calculator
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Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.
August 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.
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The Times, Post, CNN, and Politico all ran stories this weekend or this morning about Trump getting his base back behind him on Epstein. The most prominent source cited to justify this claim _in all four publications_ was Steve Bannon. slate.com/news-and-pol...
All These Stories About Trump Making the Epstein Files a Winning Issue Have a Funny Thing in Common
Is Trump really turning the tables on this one?
slate.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The Times, Post, CNN, and Politico all ran stories this weekend or this morning about Trump getting his base back behind him on Epstein. The most prominent source cited to justify this claim _in all four publications_ was Steve Bannon. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 11 AM - 1 PM
It's been one-year since Doug Ford's fake news that the OSC's roof was falling.
Join Save OSC at Christie Pits Park in #Toronto to rally against the closure of our made in Canada, world famous Ontario Science Centre.
savesciencecentre.com/june_22nd_rally
It's been one-year since Doug Ford's fake news that the OSC's roof was falling.
Join Save OSC at Christie Pits Park in #Toronto to rally against the closure of our made in Canada, world famous Ontario Science Centre.
savesciencecentre.com/june_22nd_rally
June 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Sunday, June 22nd, 11 AM - 1 PM
It's been one-year since Doug Ford's fake news that the OSC's roof was falling.
Join Save OSC at Christie Pits Park in #Toronto to rally against the closure of our made in Canada, world famous Ontario Science Centre.
savesciencecentre.com/june_22nd_rally
It's been one-year since Doug Ford's fake news that the OSC's roof was falling.
Join Save OSC at Christie Pits Park in #Toronto to rally against the closure of our made in Canada, world famous Ontario Science Centre.
savesciencecentre.com/june_22nd_rally
Corporate naming of transit stations is dumb.
Even more so when the corporation in question is another public entity. So the government is essentially paying itself to confuse the public.
Even more so when the corporation in question is another public entity. So the government is essentially paying itself to confuse the public.
May 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Corporate naming of transit stations is dumb.
Even more so when the corporation in question is another public entity. So the government is essentially paying itself to confuse the public.
Even more so when the corporation in question is another public entity. So the government is essentially paying itself to confuse the public.
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Canadians using Twitter/X are being bombarded by misleading right-wing posts designed to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish the reputation of Mark Carney.
The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.
The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.
Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election
FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney
www.ft.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Canadians using Twitter/X are being bombarded by misleading right-wing posts designed to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish the reputation of Mark Carney.
The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.
The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.
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Example of a Mark Carney fact check: he called car manufacturing Canada's 2nd-leading export when it's really the 3rd-leading export.
Example of a Poilievre fact check: he blatantly mischaracterizes the impact of a federal law on project approvals.
Example of a Poilievre fact check: he blatantly mischaracterizes the impact of a federal law on project approvals.
April 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Example of a Mark Carney fact check: he called car manufacturing Canada's 2nd-leading export when it's really the 3rd-leading export.
Example of a Poilievre fact check: he blatantly mischaracterizes the impact of a federal law on project approvals.
Example of a Poilievre fact check: he blatantly mischaracterizes the impact of a federal law on project approvals.
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Did Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan just drop the best Liberal ad ever?
April 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Did Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan just drop the best Liberal ad ever?
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He had us at Canada becoming a renewable energy powerhouse!
I have a rule: spend less, invest more.
That’s my plan to build a stronger Canada.
That’s my plan to build a stronger Canada.
April 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
He had us at Canada becoming a renewable energy powerhouse!
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Yeah, I would simply not give this guy keys to the notwithstanding clause.
Pierre Poilievre says he’ll end ‘woke ideology’ — he isn’t saying what that means
Canada election 2025: Poilievre isn't saying what 'woke' means
Pierre Poilievre is vowing to eliminate “woke ideology” from the public service, federal funding for university research and military culture.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Yeah, I would simply not give this guy keys to the notwithstanding clause.
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Something something Auschwitz Mengele something something
April 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Something something Auschwitz Mengele something something
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Look at how people treat a server to get a sense of who they really are.Poilievre never even looks up from his paper to acknowledge or speak to this tech support person. Every other leader looks up and engages with them.Says everything about who Poilievre is as a person
#canada #markcarney #cdnpoli
#canada #markcarney #cdnpoli
April 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Look at how people treat a server to get a sense of who they really are.Poilievre never even looks up from his paper to acknowledge or speak to this tech support person. Every other leader looks up and engages with them.Says everything about who Poilievre is as a person
#canada #markcarney #cdnpoli
#canada #markcarney #cdnpoli
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We @theglobeandmail.com have covered this in detail for years. My 2024 column summarizing the extraordinary costs of this deal, which destroys not one but two beloved public sites and sucks up $2-billion+ in public funds
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90421fe...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90421fe...
Why is Ford’s team so eager to shackle the government to Therme’s Ontario Place project?
The province could have revitalized both Ontario Place and the science centre as vibrant public places – instead we will have to pay billions
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
We @theglobeandmail.com have covered this in detail for years. My 2024 column summarizing the extraordinary costs of this deal, which destroys not one but two beloved public sites and sucks up $2-billion+ in public funds
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90421fe...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90421fe...
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"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has a playbook. Step one: Induce fear by suggesting that crime is at historic highs. Step two: Blame the Liberals. Step three: Promise solutions that ignore what the law already does."
Opinion: Separating rhetoric from reality in the Conservative crime platform
Pierre Poilievre’s tough-on-crime proposals are performative at best, and will cause greater difficulty for the prison system at worst
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has a playbook. Step one: Induce fear by suggesting that crime is at historic highs. Step two: Blame the Liberals. Step three: Promise solutions that ignore what the law already does."
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This is one version of what Poilievre wants more of if he is Prime Minister: unhinged pretend media harassing actual media. Except in Pierre’s vision, the CBC doesn’t exist.
Our podcast on the night of the English language debate. And the night that security had to sneak us out of a building our employer owns because alt media made it unsafe to leave like a normal person.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
Leaders face off in final debate as commission scrutinized
Podcast Episode · Power & Politics: Election Daily · 2025-04-17 · 1h 5m
podcasts.apple.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is one version of what Poilievre wants more of if he is Prime Minister: unhinged pretend media harassing actual media. Except in Pierre’s vision, the CBC doesn’t exist.
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More in No, Other People:
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
April 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
More in No, Other People:
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
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Why is any media outlet calling these "reciprocal tariffs"? Trump's premise that these countries apply tariffs in the first place is a product of his deranged imagination.
April 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Why is any media outlet calling these "reciprocal tariffs"? Trump's premise that these countries apply tariffs in the first place is a product of his deranged imagination.
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For those of you who just tuned in, the CEO of Shopify, suggests "bad faith" because the Government of Canada is using 'Special Warrants' during an election campaign. His many followers on X/Twitter will assume the worst.
The use of special warrants is perfectly normal. ⬇️
The use of special warrants is perfectly normal. ⬇️
Unless I am missing something here, there's nothing unusual about the use of special warrants to fund the normal operations of government when Parliament is dissolved (contra "Canada Spends," Parliament is not prorogued).
April 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
For those of you who just tuned in, the CEO of Shopify, suggests "bad faith" because the Government of Canada is using 'Special Warrants' during an election campaign. His many followers on X/Twitter will assume the worst.
The use of special warrants is perfectly normal. ⬇️
The use of special warrants is perfectly normal. ⬇️
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When you know nothing, everything is a conspiracy
April 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When you know nothing, everything is a conspiracy