MrsDrJim

Many of us grew up in the church being taught to root for Moses, Daniel, and John the Baptist in the Bible, only to grow up and have our churches question our faith for not cheering on the Pharaohs, Nebuchadnezzars, and Herods in our world today.

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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This is the kind of thing Canada needs to WORRY about, not embrace. It's a monster that can get SO much worse than it already is.

We need regulation of AI now.

#usPoli #cdnPoli

The Candidate, the Professor, and the Missing Link University of Lethbridge students recently organized a candidates’ forum in anticipation of the October 20th municipal election. Nearly every council candidate and three mayoral candidates attended…

#yql

No identification, no paper trails, no accountability

People lost and transferred all through the system.

None of these girls and women are protected from sexual violence from their policing abductors

Ever.

But especially as these men have wholly anonymized themselves.

I'm sitting here thinking about having a 15 daughter being chased down and abducted by masked men while the local police watch and let them carry her away to god-knows where w/zero accountability

we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons

Stock Bubble Dread Grips Central Bankers in Washington Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial in...

"Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial intelligence companies might burst before long."

I'm ranting now but I'm getting really irritated all this. Generative "AI" is the most obvious bubble ever that's gonna burst and wreck the economy yet Canadian "experts" who really should know better are hitting themselves in the face with every rake imaginable because OMG FOMO. It's pathetic

Alberta government to ban the number 58,008 in schools CALGARY — With the province's teachers on strike, Danielle Smith’s UCP government has tabled new legislation banning the use of the number 58,008, in order to “protect Alberta’s most precious resource...

Alberta government to ban the number 58,008 in schools

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #1
- ABs are not aware of how frequently rural EDs are closed, and the impact on the people in these communities.
- the ever-worsening stats are meaningless
- it's important to put a human face on what's happening.

Anonymized Actual Case #1:
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RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2

- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
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A woodcut of a bird beside the text "THE SEASONS MAY CHANGE, BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AN ASSHOLE"

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life' Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

The evidence is clear: National pharmacare for contraception can’t wait National pharmacare is essential for equitable access to prescription contraception.

"All Canadians, regardless of where they live, deserve access to the contraception that they need to control and plan their reproductive health futures. Now is the time to implement universal, first-payer coverage for contraception for all Canadians."

Alberta separatist lawyer reprimanded for second time in four months Jeffrey Rath represents the Alberta Prosperity Project and was reprimanded on Friday for his role in a near-decade old legal case.

“A leader of the Alberta separatist movement has been reprimanded by the Law Society of Alberta for a second time in four months, after he admitted to twice breaching professional standards.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

If his family cared about him he'd be in a nice care facility.

Instead they let him be used as a political puppet for people who are scaring him with old, edited videos and AI bullshit.

Yes, he is a liar. But I also think there's genuine confusion he has about reality.

#usPoli

Lying with numbers. Most people do NOT have thousands of dollars to send their own kids to a private school, yet we're all supposed to feel sympathy for those that do AND help them pay for it?

GTFO

If you want to send your child to their own fancy country club you alone should pay for it.

#abPoli

He's one of those P3 guys. If managed would likely end like how a lot of those projects end: cost overruns and the taxpayer stuck footing the bill anyway. When the taxpayer is also just city residents, you can see your property taxes suddenly skyrocket.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984

Quebec's new 'Constitution Bill' doubles down on the absurd idea that a province can directly amend the national constitution. It purports to directly change the text of provisions of the Constitution Act, 1867, and repeal others.

Never forget the core thing funding the sheer scale of the spending spree of AI investments is primarily due to the turborich wanting to solve the “problem” of having to pay wages.

Creators of AI-generated actress unsure if coolest part is the creepiness or the stealing PALO ALTO, CA - The inventors of Tilly Norwood, a computer generated character built using artificial intelligence, enthusiastically insist their creation is both unsettlingly lifeless and built on ou...

Creators of AI-generated actress unsure if coolest part is the creepiness or the stealing

TSB releases findings on Alberta pipeline rupture that caused explosion, wildfire | CBC News The Transportation Safety Board of Canada published its findings on the causes of the rupture of a natural gas pipeline near Edson, Alta.

“A pipeline rupture that sparked a 2024 wildfire in west-central Alberta was caused by a crack, says a report released Thursday.”

If we’re debating what can cause a wildfire still…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Go on...

#usPoli

When "blindingly obvious" facts about the energy transition are anything but Debunking Don Wright's well-meaning interventions on the subject

In which I debunk some very common (and popular) myths about renewable energy and hte energy transition.

Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.

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'A big mess': Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike EDMONTON - An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as "incoherent."

Maren Aukerman, an education professor at the University of Calgary, says the Alberta government's nearly 200-page "tool kit" hops from one topic to another without context and barely aligns with the provincial curriculum.

"It is incoherent." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

*Looks at Canadian MPs that voted for age verification for all adult websites*

#cdnPoli