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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.

To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil

Remember how it took like a decade to open Portage and Main? And lots of people were mad and scared about all the potential terrible consequences? And then....it has been totally fine. And no one is mad or even cares anymore. So yeah...build the damn bike lanes and let's get on with our lives.

As the dust settles on Carney’s first budget, it’s become increasingly clear which Canadians he thinks need to make “sacrifices.”

Hint: it’s not the ultra-wealthy.

In fact, it’s clear why someone who still considers himself a
conservative feels at home in this Liberal government:

This should be our slogan.

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.

Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.

They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.

Pretty gross!

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

If Mamdani and Menswear Guy teamed up I think we could finally get real data on whether it is possible to physically obliterate someone via social media post.

Every single journalist with expertise in extremism I know has been fired or their publication has folded.

Not a coincidence, of course. Grateful for their work, but unfortunately for almost all of us, this work will now have to be the side hustle.

It actually is mind blowing to check out X and see what is essentially 4chan which is also populated with politicians, media figures, "thought leaders" etc.

A dystopian horror, really. Where neo-Nazis now have equal standing with mainstream leaders. There is a reason Fuentes is now so mainstreamed.

This is true and also I think we should pay attention to the fact that he acts like a normal human being and not a robot made at the politics factory. It is *very* important that we notice the people recently gaining traction - Mamdani, Walz, etc - all have this in common.

It is important to understand that the reckoning on Covid is not about feels, it’s not about fears, and it’s not about fuzzy ideas of social justice.

It is real people being forced out of their jobs because their workplaces refuse to acknowledge the scientifically proved risks of Covid.

Imagine if Canada was investing in research and universities, instead of burning everything down.

At least we still have healthcare.

Brutal

Canada adopts "Casey Foreign Policy": No Elbows At All In doing so we prove, once again, that bullying works

I got mad enough about Carney's apology that I wrote about it here. open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...

We are on the cusp of eradicating cervical cancer, and significantly reducing penile, anal and some head and neck cancers. These are cancers that kill young adults, and it’s a tragedy. Those who spread anti-vax disinformation are killing their children.

The US didn’t just recently start down an anti-democratic path, it’s been on one for a decade.

I guess it’s nice that the New York Times editorial board has partially caught up years after the fact, but yeah, catching up all the way and improving coverage accordingly would be better.

Liberal strategy, every election since the dawn of time:

Facial recognition + bad data protection structures + "AI" that regularly gets behavioral prediction very badly wrong + glaring holes in tech regulations & privacy laws + a stunning & nakedly bigoted authoritarian regime= a threat surface, a bottleneck, & an arm of oppressive state control, all in 1

They literally ruin everything they touch

Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.

And what an exceptional time to have the courage to play the long game and invest when our neighbors are doing the opposite. It would feel wonderful for Canada not just to be welcoming to our own young scientists, but to other young scientists looking for a new home.

Defaulting to surgical masks in health care settings in 2025 is one of the most dissapointing examples of reluctance to change despite overwhelming evidence.

Even defaulting to KN95 style would significantly increase protection of the most vulnerable.

Infuriating inertia in the HC industry.

Canadians increasingly concerned over AI-generated content, survey finds Younger respondents reported the most frequent exposure to misleading and fabricated content

It's becoming increasingly clear that the only people horny for AI are billionaires and governments.

Essential reading from @antihate.ca:

There is literally no amount of Rogers marketing money that could have the effect of him reaching towards it, pausing, and saying "here in Canada, we believe the Captain accepts the trophy" and then waving over the players to accept it.

Courageous as hell.