Shaun
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I read a book on making money in ancient Athens recently (by Michael Leese, it's great), and the Greeks absolutely believed that the endless pursuit of wealth was a serious moral defect and personality issue no different than being a drunk or sexual deviant.
If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
December 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I read a book on making money in ancient Athens recently (by Michael Leese, it's great), and the Greeks absolutely believed that the endless pursuit of wealth was a serious moral defect and personality issue no different than being a drunk or sexual deviant.
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Passport Canada, Canada Revenue Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada -- many of us have spent time on the phone or in offices with hardworking federal employees.
And the plan, apparently in large part, is to replace the good jobs of these human beings with AI slopbots? During a jobs crisis??
And the plan, apparently in large part, is to replace the good jobs of these human beings with AI slopbots? During a jobs crisis??
Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Passport Canada, Canada Revenue Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada -- many of us have spent time on the phone or in offices with hardworking federal employees.
And the plan, apparently in large part, is to replace the good jobs of these human beings with AI slopbots? During a jobs crisis??
And the plan, apparently in large part, is to replace the good jobs of these human beings with AI slopbots? During a jobs crisis??
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There is an actual life-changing conflict between WFH being cheaper and more efficient, an entire layer of middle managers who need to have meetings to feel alive, and the commercial real estate cabal that runs all cities. It’s going to get so fucking weird.
remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears
2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
October 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There is an actual life-changing conflict between WFH being cheaper and more efficient, an entire layer of middle managers who need to have meetings to feel alive, and the commercial real estate cabal that runs all cities. It’s going to get so fucking weird.
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This was the big mistake people made with Carney: Thinking that the need for major investments and transformational change was so clear and strong that *of course* Carney must believe this, because he's a smart money guy.
But ideology is a hell of a drug, and Carney is less than advertised.
But ideology is a hell of a drug, and Carney is less than advertised.
When Carney was elected it was clear so many areas that required major investment, in the name of national protection and nation building: military, housing (public housing specifically), tariff supports, infrastructure (towards econonmic diversification), health care, but hugely, *education*
Liberals to Canola industry (total export value: $7.7 billion): take $370 million, please!
Liberals to Post-Secondary Education (total export value $11B from tuition, more if you count foreign student spending in Canada): drop dead.
What kind of economy are we building, again?
Liberals to Post-Secondary Education (total export value $11B from tuition, more if you count foreign student spending in Canada): drop dead.
What kind of economy are we building, again?
September 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This was the big mistake people made with Carney: Thinking that the need for major investments and transformational change was so clear and strong that *of course* Carney must believe this, because he's a smart money guy.
But ideology is a hell of a drug, and Carney is less than advertised.
But ideology is a hell of a drug, and Carney is less than advertised.
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NEW: A devastating before and after montage of Rasheed Street in Gaza City.
Put together by local photojournalist, Motaz Azaiza.
Put together by local photojournalist, Motaz Azaiza.
September 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
NEW: A devastating before and after montage of Rasheed Street in Gaza City.
Put together by local photojournalist, Motaz Azaiza.
Put together by local photojournalist, Motaz Azaiza.
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If you use Firefox:
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
mozilla has a rich history of shooting themselves in the foot
thankfully most of the ml stuff can be disabled through about:config
thankfully most of the ml stuff can be disabled through about:config
Some users report Firefox scoffing CPU power
: You guessed it: looks like it's a so-called AI
www.theregister.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If you use Firefox:
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
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Respect to Matthew Good for saying what so many won’t: the US is burning art & culture to the ground to appease fear & fascism. Canada might lose a few shows, but we’re keeping our spine. #MatthewGood #GOP #ArtMatters
July 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Respect to Matthew Good for saying what so many won’t: the US is burning art & culture to the ground to appease fear & fascism. Canada might lose a few shows, but we’re keeping our spine. #MatthewGood #GOP #ArtMatters
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Sobering and powerful interview with David Suzuki by @davislegree.bsky.social .
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics
"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...
www.ipolitics.ca
July 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Sobering and powerful interview with David Suzuki by @davislegree.bsky.social .
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this list should be posted everywhere so people know who to blame for things too often they blame politicians on one side for everything without realizing what they are and are not responsible for
April 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
this list should be posted everywhere so people know who to blame for things too often they blame politicians on one side for everything without realizing what they are and are not responsible for
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I know a lot of people made it to the advance polls, but plenty more did not. Did you know a neighbour can effectively be your ID to vote?
🇨🇦 Because apparently it's not common knowledge:
You don't need a voter card, or be registered in advance to vote in a federal election. Find out where your poll is at elections.ca , come with some ID (there's options), and you can vote. It's really that easy.
You don't need a voter card, or be registered in advance to vote in a federal election. Find out where your poll is at elections.ca , come with some ID (there's options), and you can vote. It's really that easy.
Elections Canada On-line - Élections Canada en ligne
Elections Canada is the independent, non-partisan agency responsible for conducting federal elections and referendums.
elections.ca
April 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I know a lot of people made it to the advance polls, but plenty more did not. Did you know a neighbour can effectively be your ID to vote?
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An astronomy professor colleague of mine once relayed trying to explain to his students why it was important that they actually write their class reports themselves. “The point is not to teach ME about neutron stars,” he said.
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
An astronomy professor colleague of mine once relayed trying to explain to his students why it was important that they actually write their class reports themselves. “The point is not to teach ME about neutron stars,” he said.
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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Every vote counts.
NEW: The two closest races in the recent snap provincial election look to be heading for a recount after official results from Elections Ontario confirmed they were both won by fewer than 25 votes. #OnPoli #OnElxn
globalnews.ca/news/1106812...
globalnews.ca/news/1106812...
Elections Ontario applies for official recounts of 2 tightest races | Globalnews.ca
The ridings of Mississauga—Erin Mills and Mushkegowuk—James Bay were won by the Progressive Conservatives and Ontario NDP by razor-thin margins in the province's Feb. 27 election.
globalnews.ca
March 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every vote counts.
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I feel as though all this freedom and democracy has made us lazy and that's why we can't have nice things anymore.
Ontario's election by the numbers:
45.4% of registered voters bothered to vote
42.9% of those voters voted for Doug Ford's team
They won 80 of 124 seats.
📣19.5% of Ontario's eligible voters gave Doug Ford 65% of the voice of Ontario's people.📣
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
45.4% of registered voters bothered to vote
42.9% of those voters voted for Doug Ford's team
They won 80 of 124 seats.
📣19.5% of Ontario's eligible voters gave Doug Ford 65% of the voice of Ontario's people.📣
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford wins third majority after gambling on winter election
Doug Ford defied the odds in the Ontario election to become the first premier to win three consecutive majority governments since Leslie Frost in 1959.
www.thestar.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I feel as though all this freedom and democracy has made us lazy and that's why we can't have nice things anymore.
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Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice.
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
www.theregister.com
January 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice.
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
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The chart Spotify doesn't want you to see.
December 24, 2024 at 5:37 PM
The chart Spotify doesn't want you to see.
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Ontario primary care providers & pharmacists can order free rapid tests for their patients/clientele, but most are not aware. Please help spread the word:
covid-19.ontario.ca/get-free-rap...
covid-19.ontario.ca/get-free-rap...
Free rapid antigen tests
Learn about rapid antigen testing and access to free rapid antigen tests from the government.
covid-19.ontario.ca
December 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Ontario primary care providers & pharmacists can order free rapid tests for their patients/clientele, but most are not aware. Please help spread the word:
covid-19.ontario.ca/get-free-rap...
covid-19.ontario.ca/get-free-rap...
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WHICH BIKE LANE DO WE BLAME FOR THIS TRAFFIC?
Banner this morning in Toronto on the Gardiner ExpresswayThe people of Ontario have had enough Premier Ford.
📸 @martinreis.bsky.social
Banner this morning in Toronto on the Gardiner ExpresswayThe people of Ontario have had enough Premier Ford.
📸 @martinreis.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 3:07 PM
WHICH BIKE LANE DO WE BLAME FOR THIS TRAFFIC?
Banner this morning in Toronto on the Gardiner ExpresswayThe people of Ontario have had enough Premier Ford.
📸 @martinreis.bsky.social
Banner this morning in Toronto on the Gardiner ExpresswayThe people of Ontario have had enough Premier Ford.
📸 @martinreis.bsky.social
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Brilliantly illustrated; the "best case scenario" is still mind-boggling 👀
The brilliance of XKCD illustrates the dramatic and quite terrifying trends in global temperatures over the last 20,000 years. Scroll all the way down. xkcd.com/1732/
Earth Temperature Timeline
xkcd.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Brilliantly illustrated; the "best case scenario" is still mind-boggling 👀
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I'm not on twitter anymore, but this tweet from 2 years ago is sadly more accurate than ever
December 5, 2024 at 12:45 PM
I'm not on twitter anymore, but this tweet from 2 years ago is sadly more accurate than ever
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The difference between equality and equity. Excellent.
Sometimes you have to treat people differently in order to treat them equally.
Sometimes you have to treat people differently in order to treat them equally.
December 4, 2024 at 5:10 AM
The difference between equality and equity. Excellent.
Sometimes you have to treat people differently in order to treat them equally.
Sometimes you have to treat people differently in order to treat them equally.
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@dfisman.bsky.social My followers need some clarification on the role of masking in preventing the spread of respiratory viruses. Some believe viruses are either droplet or aerosol spread but not both. Therefore if aerosol it means masks don't work. But it CAN be both. Can you help explain why?
November 29, 2024 at 6:01 PM
@dfisman.bsky.social My followers need some clarification on the role of masking in preventing the spread of respiratory viruses. Some believe viruses are either droplet or aerosol spread but not both. Therefore if aerosol it means masks don't work. But it CAN be both. Can you help explain why?