This shows that Canada was never serious about stopping the flow of weapons to israel.
globalnews.ca/news/1172654...
#canada #palestine
Opening of the extension to Toyosu, which turns 20 later this month:
Tokyo's Yurikamome transit line recently turned 30 and the company has been posting some fantastic old promotional videos to Youtube:
"This is not a victimless crime – generative AI competes with the people whose work it is trained on, robbing them of their livelihoods. The government must protect the UK’s creatives, and refuse to legalise the theft of creative work by AI companies."
achievement unlocked: i have made it into canadian survey data
(not totally raw as profanity has been replaced with the phrase "XXX" which appears at least 649 times)
I was wrong. The Canadian government actually has released the raw results from their survey on AI. Scroll through the 11,400 public responses here:
Not hard to guess whether renters, possessing no ownership stake in this place, are included in the mayor's definition of an HRM "shareholder".
The less Nova Scotians know about their past & feel connected to place, the easier it is for a government to redefine conservation areas & penalize people for not aligning use of land with exploitation.
History is dangerous, writers in schools are dangerous, artistic critique of power is dangerous.
I wanted to view the real survey results. They denied the request on the grounds that the information was planned for release within 90 days. That turned out to be the above AI-generated summary, released after the Information Commissioner's 60-day complaint window had passed.
I generally don't recommend consuming AI slop, but here is the document if anyone is curious.
"Many expressed strong skepticism toward generative AI, demanding strict regulation, penalties for non-compliance and frameworks that uphold Canadian values." Oh yeah, how many?
It is an awful read, boring, devoid of sharp edges and written in LinkedIn voice (which maybe is just AI voice).
This was basically the premise of the Canadian government's excruciating public survey on AI. They released a "summary" of that exercise last month which itself was more AI-generated boosterism.
"While soaring valuations appear to be a windfall for homeowners, the systemic fallout tells a different story...when young middle-class families get priced out of housing, the entire foundation cracks — stalling the economy, shrinking the workforce and fuelling a new era of political polarization."
If you have any kind of disability and take the bus (even if just a few times a year!) please fill this out Halifax folks :)
to be fair the Burnside expansion is paid from the reserve fund that is funded by the sale of industrial land
I waded into the comments and everyone there sucks
Right now the Akerley Boulevard MUP sort of connects to the painted bike lane on Wilkinson, while the new section of the Burnside Drive MUP dead-ends next to the Don Bayer Sports Field.
I think it's the same deal as Suzie Lake Cres/Julius Boulevard in Bayers Lake. The Red Book calls for sidewalks and/or MUPs on industrial streets, but in this case they aren't connected to anything like the COLT in Bayers Lake. The Burnside Greenway is supposed to be extended further up Burnside Dr.
This tree-clearing is for the twinning of Highway 107 between Burnside and Lake Loon, which requires two new bridges over Highway 118 and the Shubenacadie Canal/Waverley Road. This is one of those big, costly highway projects that sails along attracting little public attention.
This adjacent section of Highway 107 opened in December 2024. The new bridges and roads in the area have multi-use paths that reach as far south as the new Akerley Blvd/Burnside Drive roundabout. They aren't yet connected to the older section of the Burnside Greenway that ends at Commodore Drive.
I went to take photos of a couple of big projects in outer Dartmouth. This is phase 13-1 of Burnside Industrial Park, developed by the municipality, where 120 acres of serviced land is being prepared for development.
The best thing about Halifax is its people.
This thread of folks speaking at budget committee this week is a beautiful demonstration of people who care for each other and this city.
I'll take a look next time! I've been buying "Cabbage Patch Kimchi" at the Windsor St Sobeys which is local.
I live in the West End. Since all the Asian groceries on Quinpool (Taishan, M&Y, Ocomart) closed in the past 1-2 years I've tried to divert my spending to Heiwa (Chebucto Road) which is nice (but small).
I will miss their expansive sauce aisle
Union Foodmart in Bayers Lake closed for good this week. The store in Dartmouth (Wyse Road) remains open.
Yeah, cool, so a short 🧵 about Halifax's finances.
Right now, after 14 or so year of taxes Halifax is at the precipice of a debt crisis which has the genuine potential to be destabilizing to our government. Most likely reforms instead of revolution but destabilizing none the less.
Why now?
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Nova Scotia estimates are also less certain this week, because the province has not reported waste water data to PHAC since mid-January.
