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Public Health Experts Sound Alarm as Feds Keep Deploying Tear Gas Near Kids “We don’t know the long-term effects. We don’t understand their effects on children,” said a pediatrician.

Exposure to chemical irritants can cause chest tightness, coughing and shortness of breath. For kids, there’s more potential for serious side effects.

TETHER YOUR EMOTIONS & IDENTITY TO THE ARTS - THEY WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN.

Another example of words not meaning the same things: "using AI to help brainstorm" can be asking it to give you a list of ideas. So then it's brainstorming, you're not.So the question is what we want students to be thinking about and what generating ideas with a bot helps them do/learn/become.

People on Bluesky: “sPoRtS aReN’t PoLiTiCaL”

The United States men’s national hockey team: *parties in their dressing room with Kash Patel*

Last month, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin approved a proposal to establish a College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence funded by private corporations and philanthropy. Mnookin said the move was a response to the inevitable creep of artificial intelligence into all disciplines of academia. Rather than reject AI, she envisioned a university that capitalized on this change by making artificial intelligence a "hub" connecting the humanities to computer science.

On the first day of my economics elective this spring, my professor said we would be expected to use NotebookLM to pass his class. He had lengthened the coding assignments so that they would be doable only with the help of AI. The reading assignments were longer, too: ten 40-page papers per week, which he asked us to feed into AI for a summary rather than read ourselves. When it came to lectures, he told us to simply upload the slides to AI and ask it to teach us whatever he failed to explain properly in class.

BLEAK. Bleak. I’d been paying attention to Columbia selling out its governance to the Trump admin, not so much its stance on AI.
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2026...

Wayne Gretzky can now spend the next four years back home in America without the bother of pretending to still be Canadian.

Minister of Al and Digital innovation Ministre de l'IA et de l'innovation numérique The horrifying tragedy in Tumbler Ridge has left families with unthinkable losses and shaken communities across Canada. Like many Canadians, I am deeply disturbed by reports that concerning online activity from the suspect was not reported to law enforcement in a timely matter. Canadians expect online platforms, including OpenAI, to have robust safety protocols and escalation practices in place to protect online safety and ensure law enforcement are warned about potential violence. I am in contact with OpenAl and other AI platforms regarding their safety protocols. Our government is closely monitoring this situation as the RCMP investigation takes place, while reviewing a suite of measures to ensure the safety of Canadians, particularly children. All options are on the table to ensure that public safety and the protection of our children are the cornerstone of any technology built into these systems from the outset.

Evan Solomon’s useless statement on OpenAI not alerting police about the Tumbler Ridge shooter.
What an absolute waste of space at the Cabinet table.

White House: Image (probably AI) of a Bald Eagle and Canadian goose

Remember this next time this country asks us to send troops to Afghanistan or Iraq

When I tell people that Bethany children Services was the adoption agency that offered us pricing for newborns based on what color they were going to come out, they think I am being an anti-adoption monster, and a racist. But it’s true.

something abled people don't get is you can have just one day a week where you are too sick to work, and that's enough to disqualify you from nearly all full-time jobs. it doesn't take a lot

Thousands without power as snowstorm pounds Avalon Peninsula - The Weather Network Metrobus services cancelled and recreation facilities closed

Thousands of people in Newfoundland are experiencing power outages and many facilities in the metro region are closed due to the severe weather conditions. #NLwx https://ow.ly/uWvu50YjEp0

Trump got a call from his friend that he had to go through normal airport security like a common schmuck and it was the first Trump had heard about this and phoned Noem to scream at her

The kids slowly arriving back at the shinny rink, nature is healing, etc

Farmer turns down $15.7 million offer from data center developers: 'It breaks my heart … the rest of every square inch is going to get built on' | Fortune "It really wasn't so much the economic end of it. I just didn't want to see these two farms destroyed.”

fortune.com/2026/02/21/f...
His name is Mervin Radabaugh.
He is 86, farmed his 261 acres for over 6 decades
He sold for two million to a trust that guarantees his land only for farming...
Bravo Mervin and thank you
There are good people in this world. More of this PLEASE
#DataCenters

The first ad I get after turning off the game lol

THAT'S RIGHT

Just come out of the locker room 5x5 and dare the IOC to stop you

Hockey on Henri-Julien Street at Pine Ave. East, Montreal
Frederick Taylor
1948

Intense Game
Richard Brodeur
n.d.

That’s the second time the officials in this tournament have completely blown a too many men call. And this one was literally right in their faces.

Apparently the Americans can put 9 players on the ice without a call. Bold strategy.

Senate G.O.P. Faces Pressure to Force ‘Talking Filibuster’ for Voter I.D. Bill

i say let them do it. if i were a senate democrat i would relish the opportunity to let the country know that republicans don't think you should vote if you are a married woman www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/u...

If I were a airport employee and someone complained about this, I'd point to the nearest video monitor showing Kristi Noem and say, "Blame her."

Just One More Goal
Bill Brownridge
2013

Hockey fans watching the gold medal game in Toronto loudly booing Gretzky whenever he appears on screen is very pleasing to me.

Its been said a thousand times but closing the borders isn't just about keeping others out - they want you right where you are.

The moment of Wexner's attorney threatening to murder him during his deposition

"Jordan Binnington I will fucking kill you if you stickhandling the puck more than five strides out of your crease again"

Those posts just saved Canada

I asked a certain law prof last week if he did archival work, to which he mockingly responded that my question was “deeply unserious.”

One reason why you cannot database search your way through English records? Nothing is spelled the same.

Trust not someone who takes mere weeks to do this work.