Tim Bousquet

Private Bone Spurs says what?

"We don't know how AI works" is not a serious argument.

A rocky and pebbly riverbed with almost no water in it, and in the middle of the gravelly empty middle, grass is growing. Some reddish and green shrubs are visible on the left of the photo.

Nova Scotia - a province known for endless rainy days & many bountiful rivers & lakes - is into its 4th month of extreme drought. This is the French River, that provides Tatamagouche with water (or not). Climate crisis kicking in. But: let’s frack and clearcut anyway, says NS Premier Tim Houston.

I was taught that you always bring a bottle of wine, and then the host thanks you for that bottle, puts it away and brings out another bottle they were planning for the meal.

Booze. The answer is always booze.

Last we checked, they were still raising money www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

Mi’kmaw chiefs lash out at Houston government, threaten legal action, and demand immediate meeting with N.S. premier - Halifax Examiner The Chiefs concluded with a warning that while they continue to push to meet with Houston, they will “also be looking into all possible legal remedies and mechanisms that can be taken to ensure they c...

Mi’kmaw chiefs lash out at Houston government, threaten legal action, and demand immediate meeting with N.S. premier

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Obviously, this is loser shit, but I think AI has really cemented itself as the visual language of fascism. It's anti-human, flattened, uninteresting, and cheap. It's like looking at a Potemkin Village and thinking that's the same as architecture.

'Preference for profits over the environment': I come from a country most affected by climate change, and believe Canada is headed in the wrong direction - Halifax Examiner A climate catastrophe is imminent, and it's written on the wall, but money and power have a strong ability to obscure the facts.

‘Preference for profits over the environment’: I come from a country most affected by climate change, and believe Canada is headed in the wrong direction

By @mmughees.bsky.social

Frank Magazine sued over publication of intimate image - Halifax Examiner A Halifax woman has taken legal action against Frank Magazine after Frank published an article on its website on July 16; the article included a topless photo of her, which she says was given to Frank...

Frank Magazine sued over publication of intimate image

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Because it's 2025: Women are still achieving many firsts. They won't be the last - Halifax Examiner Here are the first women in their respective fields to reach goals or titles previously held by men.

Because it’s 2025: Women are still achieving many firsts. They won’t be the last

Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social

In terms of people, about 5.

The Symphony is one of those ridiculous giant playground ships that usually just goes from New York to the Bahamas, but the hurricanes have made that impossible. It was announced that it was going to Sydney, but the Marine Terminals there are too small to handle it.

The cruise ship Symphony of the Seas is in Halifax today. This is, I think, the largest cruise ship to ever call here, with something like 6,000 passengers, plus another 2500 or so crew. (It's about three times the size of the Queen Mary 2.)

1/2

Someone will

Doing away with commissaries and PXs is effectively cutting every military family's pay by something like 10% or more.

I had not seen this announcement, and you probably won’t be surprised to hear I think it’s a terrible development.

In a society with ongoing linguistic tensions, the last thing the government should be doing is pushing an AI tool that will produce translations with more errors and less context.

Here we go: federal government rolls out its first AI 'flagship project' - Halifax Examiner AI translation is not better than human translation. But it provides an excuse for attacking labour under the guise of progress.

Here we go: federal government rolls out its first AI ‘flagship project’

Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

Virginia Hinch criticizes Halifax police for not using Alert Ready during New Year's Eve shooting - Halifax Examiner Halifax Regional Police and RCMP provided updates on use of Alert Ready to police board on Wednesday.

Virginia Hinch criticizes Halifax police for not using Alert Ready during New Year’s Eve shooting

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Did you see this? I'm still laughing.

We're "investing" in AI to fill out forms.

That's even funnier.

Ahem, @gravecraver.bsky.social

Drive to my neighbourhood and park for free on the street, then take the ferry across.

I truly don't understand why anyone drives all the way downtown.

Nine Bodies Turned Up at a Green Beret Outpost. What Really Happened?

My old pal Matt Aikins has blockbuster report in today's NYT (gift link)

#Halifax Fire Chief Ken Stuebing retiring.

www.halifax.ca/home/news/fi...

AI is fascism - Halifax Examiner Eventually, fascism runs its course, just as the AI hype machine will. It's just a question of how much damage will be done before it's over.

AI is fascism

Morning File by me

I'm a citizen scientist working to protect Nova Scotia's forests. Tim Houston is threatening to put me in jail. - Halifax Examiner Jammed into a bill titled the Protecting Nova Scotians Act are amendments to the Crown Lands Act that will do just the opposite. The current law states that “No person, without lawful authority, shall...

I’m a citizen scientist working to protect Nova Scotia’s forests. Tim Houston is threatening to put me in jail.

Commentary by Nina Newington

Like a motorized wheelchair

I was just run over — knocked to the ground— by a person using a mobility scooter on a Spring Garden Road sidewalk. These things go entirely too fast.(I think I’m OK, just a little scraped up)

On Truth and Reconciliation Day, the Houston government prepares to criminalize Indigenous land protectors - Halifax Examiner "If that's what you're prepared to do, that's in effect, an act of beyond criminalization. It's an act of violence upon our people."

On Truth and Reconciliation Day, the Houston government prepares to criminalize Indigenous land protectors

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