A Dave you know you know

When Doug Ford talks about ripping out bike lanes (and now wasting more public money appealing a court decision stopping him), remember that's somehow only his second worst idea to tackling traffic congestion.

These people made money off people dying. They are sociopaths. They legislate like sociopaths.

You have to understand that there is a whole class of people who, unlike health care professionals who treated COVID on the front line, profiteered dramatically from misinformation (Makary), contrarian blogs (Prasad) and marketing quack remedies (McCullough).

This is them with political power.

A Trans woman says "fuckin TERFs. I gotta get so many of my old tattoos removed. She points to a deathly Hallows tattoo on her arm. She points to a "Rick James Bitch" tattoo on her leg. She shows her partner her butt, which has a picture of Snagglepuss on it. She says "Man, snagglepuss was a tragedy." The other woman says "you'd think he'd be an ally."

"Asher...said he believed hunting was a vital part of preserving wildlife, and has his social media filled with photos of him next to dead mountain lions and wildfowl.

While in Argentina he boasted of killing thousands of doves in just three days with friends."

Ah, yes. Preserve by killing.

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

Calgary police "image recognition" software identifies individuals in photos & videos posted online Documents show that two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for AI software that scours photos and videos for individuals. Have pol...

SCOOP 🧵

Two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for "image recognition" software that scours photos and videos for individuals. 1/
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Elder lesson about the designs painted on tipis Oki…Hello…I’m Deliah Twig. My spouse is Pat Twig. We were born and raised here (at Kainai)... We went to school here. Today I’d like to speak about the tipi, mainly the tipi design (painted on the tip...

Have you ever visited our Buffalo Spirit pages? Here's an Elder lesson from Deliah Twig from Kainai.
#Indigenous #FirstNations #culture #tradition
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Today's Podcast News Today The hidden culprit behind your rising electricity bills

(Not listening to the podcast)

Is it AI? I feel like it’s AI

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Archival research has found 171 confirmed deaths at Kuper Island residential school, 50 more than previously thought Archival research conducted on behalf of the Penelakut Tribe has found 50 more deaths at the former residential school than previous estimates

Breaking: the team investigating the Kuper Island Residential School in BC has confirmed 171 children deaths at the institution, 50 more than previously known. As a residential school historian and someone fighting residential school denialism, here's a 🧵 www.timescolonist.com/local-news/a...

@notjustdave.bsky.social

Dear humanity,
Please Help Me – My Son May Die at Any Moment.
My son is suffering from a severe and life-threatening injury after being shot by Israeli drones.
I beg you, i kiss your feet, to help my son.
🙏 Please donate.
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The head of a watersnake poking above the surface of murky green water

A form of government I'm absolutely open to right now: snake women in ponds distributing serotonin

Alberta advocates say renters need more help Province adamant it will not return to rent controls it calls ‘disastrous’

Finally, the UCP government claims they want to address housing as an aspect of violence. However, they continue to refuse to implement rent control laws which has led to Alberta having some of the highest rent increases in the country.

BREAKING: Budget 2025’s impact on Alberta post-secondary education  - The Gateway The Government of Alberta's Budget 2025 keeps the 2025–26 base operating grant for post-secondary institutions at 2024–25 levels.

Their strategy also stresses access to post-secondary education to reduce violence, but the UCP continues to slash funding to post-secondary schools. This has led to tuition increases, erosion of services and further cuts to child care across universities.

Why some Alberta parents are paying more than $15 a day for child care | CBC News Not everyone is happy with the province's new $15-a-day child-care program. Some parents, caught off-guard by unexpected charges, say daycare is now costing them more.

Despite a central pillar of the plan being to "empower" women economically, In 2025 the UCP exited their original child care agreement with the Federal Government, raising costs for vulnerable families through the introduction of a flat-rate fee.

Opinion: Alberta's gender-based violence strategy undermined by government policies If the government is serious about ending violence, they will have to start with reversing many of their own economic and social policies

The United Conservative Party claims it has adopted Canada's most comprehensive strategy to reduce gender-based violence. In the Edmonton Journal, Dr. Wendy Aujla, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I outline the absolute hypocrisy of their plan to address violence in Alberta.

I bet you a dollar that it's not just coal.
#AbLeg #AbPoli

Analysis | Meta found a new way to violate your privacy. Here’s what you can do. Even hardened digital privacy veterans said they were surprised by Meta’s scuzzy tactics.

Comes on the heels of this:

"No one, including Android owner Google, knew that Meta’s Facebook and Instagram apps were siphoning people’s data through a digital back door for months. (After the researchers publicized their findings, Meta said it stopped.)"

Fuck Meta.

The government of Canada has a questionnaire about it's new budget. Most of the given options are conservative (because this is a conservative government) but there are some that aren't, and you can write in your own responses.
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

58 people shot and killed while trying to access food aid.

There is no justification in the world that can make this sort of thing acceptable.

there is a lot of loud talk about "cultivating ai literacy" and i would like for us to also discuss book literacy

Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these services must introduce age checks to prevent children from accessing such content. Online...

When politicians pass laws restricting "pornography," this is what they actually restrict:

video games
romantasy
drag
sex education
healthcare
LGBTQ+ sites
young adult novels
sexual assault resources
dating apps
contraception
social media
Wikipedia
wifi access

Too creepy for woody Allen is a level of creep that bends the mind

Opinion | RFK Jr. may be on the verge of dismantling U.S. preventive health care Here’s how the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force influences medical guidance.

This is DEEPLY CONCERNING

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Danielle Smith is already starting this process by appointing Adriana Lagrange as the minister of primary and preventative health services.

Why Craig Murray is lobbying UN ambassadors on Scottish 'decolonisation'

INTERVIEW: If you are trying to navigate the diplomatic morass of the United Nations, there are probably worse people to have on your side than Craig Murray

It's only the collapse of the most biodiverse marine ecosystem on earth. Yeah but how about that jeans commercial?

From The Archives: Trump Teeters On White House Ledge Weighing Pros And Cons Of Killing Self Right Now To Distract From McCain’s Funeral

From The Archives: Trump Teeters On White House Ledge Weighing Pros And Cons Of Killing Self Right Now To Distract From McCain’s Funeral