Blen

It’s such a treat. The perfect Easter movie.

ANALYSIS | Canadians are shunning U.S. travel — and reaping the rewards | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump’s divisive politics, tariffs and heightened border security have helped drive a decline in international tourism spending in the U.S. Meanwhile, polls and industry experts ...

"Polls and industry experts suggest a surge in Canadian patriotism and perceptions of Canada as a safe and friendly destination have helped drive a record-breaking summer for tourism in the country."

Contrary to what the CPC is always saying, Canada is in fact delightful.
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I think about "decorum" a lot. Stiles was kicked out for unparliamentary language aka saying something true. Similarly, at Toronto City Council every councillor, left & right, voted to censure one councillor who spoke true: called a lie "a lie". No euphemism. 1/2

The only people who benefit here are the executives of the major labels and AI startups. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act, which would pay a new streaming royalty ONLY to human musicians, not to corporations making AI slop.

‘We’ve got to release the dead hand of the past’: how Ireland created the world’s best alternative music scene Irish indie acts used to be ignored, even on Irish radio. But songs confronting the Troubles, poverty and oppression are now going global – and changing how Ireland sees itself

Good point here - Ireland's most successful music scene happens during the artists basic income scheme. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

These opinions need to go right in the trash. Crime rates are down in the city so they need to criminalize the unhoused?

Major Music Labels Strike Deals With New AI Streaming Service The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence ...

The world’s 3 biggest music companies have all licensed their works to an AI music startup.

The company, called Klay, is building a streaming service where users to remake songs using AI.

Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music have all signed on.

What if we inserted unregulated data capture & surveillance tech into every facet of software & apps that is costly to implement & disrupts the labor market with no real benefits besides given some folks life threatening psychosis while data centres guzzle gallons of water & add to emissions?

Firms reporting terrible ROI for GenAI bodes ill for PM Carney with his all-in focus on GenAI, as @bhaggart.bsky.social & I explain in this oped for @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/ai-r...

Spoiler alert: my answer is NO.

Hopefully Canada can get a good trade deal with this guy!

“while Canada’s competition watchdog may have determined it don’t have enough evidence to pursue a case, Canadians should know much more about the current use of these platforms, and the role they’ve already played in the affordability crisis.”

I couldn't donate much but even a little is huge because this entire thing is floated on good will. Blender 5.0 came out today, and I'll be testing the brand new storyboarding features soon but it's already landed me jobs and let me make films!! #b3d

With new ordinance, Santa Fe becomes first city to tie minimum wage to rental costs SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers’ rights advocates

Santa Fe is now the first city to tie the minimum wage to the cost of rent.

The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.

Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.

Iowa City made buses free in August 2023 with a goal of lowering emissions and encouraging people to take public transit.

Now ridership is up, traffic is down, and the program is extremely popular.

So popular that the City Council has voted to extend it for another year.

Florida nonprofit news reporters ask board to investigate their editor’s AI use Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.

Last week, Suncoast Searchlight's four reporters wrote a letter to their board. Their editor-in-chief had secretly been using ChatGPT and inserting hallucinated quotes into their drafts.

The next day, one of those reporters was fired. My latest for @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...

I’m no political strategist, but I think one of member of the Ontario NDP (and even the Liberals) should make a point every day of being ejected from the legislature for calling the Ford government corrupt.

🚨 Yet again Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise are trying to sneak in a moratorium on state GenAi legislation.

If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc.

We got 3 days to stop this. Call now!

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Last week, City Council voted to make changes their encampment protocol that violate human rights.

So this morning, I introduced a letter at the Housing Rights Advisory Committee (HRAC) to challenge Council's unilateral authority to revise encampment policy: secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...

Lmao

the entrance of a hospital emergency department

Expert says Alberta’s proposed two-tier model would violate the Canada Health Act www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... @alannasmith.bsky.social @danyaalraza.com

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Doug Ford Is Trying to Control How Universities Operate | The Local Ontario’s Bill 33 mandates merit-based admissions and gives the province unprecedented power over university and college operations. Is it part of a broader right-wing crackdown on campuses?

As MPPs vote on Bill 33, check out @royinori.bsky.social's analysis of what it would mean for colleges and universities thelocal.to/bill-33-onta...

Fifa agrees World Cup matches can be moved at Trump’s request The president has been warning host cities under Democratic control that he will call on Fifa’s president to switch venues if he deems there is a problem

I will not be buying any World Cup tickets or merchandise due to FIFA’s collaboration with the Trump regime.

Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.

They don’t have to let that comments like this stand. But they do.

Thought the same thing but was then shocked when she basically dug her own grave.

And yes, Cynthia really had a great look.

And after this, will press pool reporters now have each others back when he calls piggy or any other crude comment?

I still think not.

Let’s be clear on this: Danielle Smith is ripping up the Charter of Rights & Freedoms to take away rights from the most vulnerable people in Alberta. And she’s doing it to protect herself from the militant wing of her own party, nothing more. Hope it’s all she’s ever remembered for in the long run

OpenAI strikes deal with Intuit to plug personal financial data into ChatGPT Software group behind TurboTax and Credit Karma will pay AI start-up to use its technology

yes, plug all your finance and tax information into chatgpt. sounds like a genius idea.

Anne Hidalgo is one of the most courageous mayors in history. They sued her. Said she was attacking Parisian heritage. Said she would make traffic worse.

And yet she persisted. She seized an opportunity and delivered.