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Is there an organisation that makes you want to NOT watch and have to philosophically debate yourself more than #FIFA?

And I don't just mean this year.

Neat !

Concerts you've been to ?

@microsoft.com recenty updated outlook. It was already going downhill and now the contacts app is even worst than before. Rather than click the contact to see whta I want, I now need to find it, navigate to the contact, and right click EDIT to see anything. Sigh. Come on.

30 years ago I was calculating the derivative of a polynomial function and typed "3 =" to find the derrivative of 3x is equal to 3.

Today I typed "Please write that we expect ...." and Gemini responded with exactly what I told it to write.

Whistler train wreck

We bought a numbered bottle of maple syrup. It just tastes better.

Asking for a friend—how do you type an em dash on the keyboard?

Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes | CBC News An Ontario court has deemed the province's plan to remove three major Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional. A spokesperson for Ontario's transportation minister said the government will appeal.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

U.S. ambassador says Trump thinks Canadians are 'nasty' for boycotts. B.C. premier snaps back | CBC News B.C. Premier David Eby says U.S. leadership has "very little awareness" of how offensive their remarks are, like the U.S. ambassador to Canada saying President Donald Trump thinks Canadians are "nasty...

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Money talks. And bullshit walks.

With the distribution capabilities of today, am I crazy to think that @colbertlateshow.bsky.social will be just fine by doing his own thing ? The networks don't control us anymore. This isn't 1950.

OpenAI jumps gun on International Math Olympiad gold medal announcement Non-math AI model reportedly solves proofs at human speeds, but early reveal roils community.

arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/o...

The coordinator called OpenAI's actions "rude and inappropriate," noting that OpenAI "wasn't one of the AI companies that cooperated with the IMO on testing their models."

"Meet me by the Monument"

Canadian wildfire smoke ruining Americans' summer, says letter from Congress members | CBC News Canadian wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer, says a letter from six members of Congress to Canada's ambassador in Washington.

@thebeaverton.com pesky "real news" getting in the way of your writing.

www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

So everyone believes this is totally true right ?

Finance

Royal Ontario Museum

Who?

Canadian Government Caves on Digital Services Tax After Years of Dismissing the Risks of Trade Retaliation - Michael Geist After years of dismissing the warnings of likely retaliation, the Canadian government caved last night on the digital services tax. Faced with the prospect of the U.S. suspending trade negotiations, F...

An interesting take on the DST in #Canada

www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/cana...

Trump Says He’s Found Buyers for TikTok He didn’t say who was interested in buying the app, just that it was “a group of very wealthy people.” But the Chinese government needs to approve any sale.

President Trump said on Sunday that he had a buyer for the U.S. branch of TikTok, the Chinese-owned app that faces a ban over national security concerns. He didn’t say who was interested in buying the app. But the Chinese government needs to approve any sale.

Judge moves forward with Tim Hortons Roll Up to Win class action for Quebec residents The lawsuit comes after some half-million participants were falsely told that they had won a boat through the popular promotion

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

AI please draw me a picture of a clown running a courtroom with other clowns as lawyers

With a clown sending an email to half a million other clowns.

#clown

Whenever I see an ad that is obviously an AI faked celebrity that brings you to some type of scam site, I've been taking the 10 seconds and reporting it

It probably takes me longer to do that than it takes them to reject it, but I feel we need to hold the tech Giants accountable somehow.
#meta

Why do they turn the sprinklers on at half time ?
#torontofc

#torontofc

Supporting freedom of expression means that I shouldn't critique this person's right to express this view.

So I won't do that.

But I can say that this is the first time I've heard this person speak on video and I don't think I want to do that again.

Canada's DST goes live: 3%

Rev: $750M+ globally & $20M+ in Canada pay up.

UK (2%), France (3%), Spain (3%) already doing this.

How else should governments participate in the massive digital economy? Traditional businesses pay taxes on local revenue - why should tech giants be different?

Ontario takes control of 4 more school boards, including TDSB, over 'mismanagement': minister | CBC News Education Minister Paul Calandra says supervisors have been appointed to the boards after financial investigations showed growing deficits, depletion of reserves and ongoing mismanagement.

Is anyone following this ?

Please help me see both sides of this.

#onpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

How old were you when you learnt you can snail mail to your MP without postage ?

www.ourcommons.ca/en/contact-us

#cdnpoli
#onpoli

YouTube video by MrBeast Lose 100 LBs, Win $250,000!

I can't believe as a mid 40s adult I'm saying this...

You should watch this Mr beast video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe_e...

It was engaging, emotional, and had a positive health journey.

I watched while doing leg day.

#mrbeast

theonion.com/clinton-thre...

Current world politics reminds me of one of my favourite @theonion.com articles.