David Han

This speaks volumes:

Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.

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Facebook post from a FB group called New York Yankees Club Official featuring a picture of Don Mattingly when he was manager of the Marlins and the word "breaking" on all caps. The caption reads: "BREAKING: Don Mattingly Reunites with Yankees as Defensive Coach." The post is dated Feb 24/25

Really wish this were true. Is he the biggest problem with the Jays? No. But I just get a sense that he's not *not* a problem.

Wow. I'm curious if the FO leaks the deal they had on the table. It would potentially poison the relationship, but would also set the floor for any team that would be considering signing him in as a FA.

your eyes ask to lift my chin as they trace above my lip's indention I whisper philtrum with questioned end you sigh in reply my cupid's bow was your intention a vermillion border of limitation answered with flick of my tongue around fingers of your words to clarify the want is not for conversation

Jarret Jack, PG for the Toronto Raptors during the 2009-2010 NBA season, is standing at the free throw line during the warm ups before a game against New Jersey Nets. Demar DeRozan, SG for the Toronto Raptors, can be seen walking behind Jack. Andrea Bargnani, PF for the Toronto Raptors, can be seen at the edge of the frame on the left. The Toronto Raptors players are wearing blue warm up suits to honour the Toronto Huskies, the name of the first professional BAA basketball club in Toronto. The photo itself is a screenshot from a Facebook memory post from David Han's profile taken from Dec. 18, 2009.

Remember when the Raptors had a Huskies uniform and awesome blue warm up suits? Remember when I had a job that I could stand on the court under the basket during the warm ups before the game and snap a picture like this? Man, I miss that job sometimes.

YouTube video by NASA NASA Rocket Engine Fireplace - 8 Hours in 4K

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Getting into the festive mood.

I think you're right about him. He's probably better than a 3C given how he played last year and NSH just doesn't have the horses at C to trade him away.

Also, thanks for the music recos you posted yesterday! Always looking for new music to check out.

I was under the impression that one of the reasons he didn't want to come back is because he disagreed with Keefe playing him as 3C. Pretty sure one of the Leafs Report guys said that.

Visitors were asked to participate in a form of sacrament by plugging in their phones and engaging with their devices.

Snacks were also provided.

I'm super proud of the final project that my visual studies students created this year. IG: @theprogressum is an online social media performance culminating in an interactive media installation that took the form of a summoning ritual.

IG: @theprogressum

Live stream of interactive visuals: www.youtube.com/live/ho9fGRH...

6 people sitting around an illuminated sphere, surrounded by white fabric which has projections on it from all sides.

For the past 4 weeks, my students have been performing on social media as a tech cult known as The Progressum. This was all in the lead up to an interactive installation presented today, where their god was being summoned by encouraging visitors to sit and browse their phones while they charge them.

This is not to say that many post-secondary institutions in Ontario suffer from managerial & administrative bloat.

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The provincial government is failing higher ed in Ontario.

YouTube video by politizane Wealth Inequality in America

Wow.

This video is truly eye-opening.

Take a couple minutes to watch this.

A mind-boggling visual representation of wealth inequality in America.

This sh*t ain’t workin’, folks. #TaxBillionaires #UnionsForAll

An image that provides recommendations for how to write alt text with the title centred at the top written as: "Writing Alt Text". Below the title, there are words that are in coloured bubbles. They say "Identify Who" on a light green, "Expression"on a pink background, "Description" on a teal background, "Colour" on a yellow background, and "Interesting Features" on an orange background. Below, there is a photo of a capybara in water with a yellow fruit on its head and next to the photo is text in coloured bubbles that correspond to the coloured bubbles above. The text reads "A capybara" (on a light green background), "looking relaxed" (on a pink background), "in a hot spa." (on a teal background), "Yellow yuzu fruits" (on a yellow background), "are floating in the water," (on a teal background), "and one is balanced on the top of the capybara's head." (on an orange background). The image has a citation written at the bottom as "Source: veroniiiica.com" and along the bottom is the word "puzzle" written in all capital letters with the two Zs intertwined in the middle.

Just found this image and it seems like a succinct way to think about how to write alt text for images.

Also, writing the alt text for an image about writing alt text is a very meta-activity which I quite enjoyed.

Re: “echo chambers”
Thank you Mina

I dunno, seems sort of relevant given recent events. It certainly seems like I'm more likely to run into poets here rather than politicians.

...of the politician, who is above all concerned to deny that which 'differs', so as to conserve or prolong an established historical order, or to establish a historical order which already calls forth in the world the forms of its representation."

Gilles Deleuze, Difference & Repetition

Back at the dissertation grindstone, I re-read this quote today:

"The poet, who speaks in the name of a creative power, capable of overturning all orders and representations in order to affirm difference in the state of permanent revolution which characterizes eternal return; and that...

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I'm an immersive media artist who makes experimental XR work under the name Friend Generator. I'm also currently a PhD candidate writing, thinking, and exploring the poetics of VR.

I'm very torn about this because alt text is one of the most common methods employed by AI models to grab images and contextualize them. I understand the great benefit that comes with using alt text, but the cost of doing so also makes me a bit squeamish. Do you have any thoughts on this?

He's a fairweather pup. As soon as it drops below 10°C, it's sweater weather as far as he's concerned.

Money is the only thing that will matter in the end.

My oldest daughter wasn't yet born when construction on the Crosstown started. We thought she'd be able to take it to high school when the time came. Now she is in Gr. 6 and 🤷

This is Teddy. He's a rescue from the DR, so he's obviously a Jays fan, as is the rest of his family.

The NYT bean and cheese burritos are easy to make a lot of and freeze. Serve with some salsa and sour cream and a simple salad and you're good to go.

I think the reality is that the economy is doing well according to traditional metrics, but those metrics don't actually measure the quality of life for the vast majority of people.

Great list! I'd love to be included on it!

if you didn't watch that fight you missed the most recent fight of all time