Nova Scotian now living in Ontario. Database application developer; installer & voicer of digital church organs; organist; amateur radio enthusiast (VA3BHO; formerly VE1BHO) Profile: Head-shot of me DMs okay, except randoms may be blocked
Man, I love to point out that these With No Regulation Business Solves Everything Republicans keep telling us only they can save us from Marxism or whatever bs are just dazzlingly incompetent after talking shit for FIFTY YEARS
moneill16Republicans scramble to rescue security agency after gutting it to appease Trump: report www.rawstory.com/trump-electi...
The vote drew a large number of speakers who overwhelmingly supported the freeze, citing concerns about data centres’ enormous demand on the electrical grid, water use, noise levels, greenhouse gas emissions and more.
Mississauga freezes new AI data centres as developer says it will ‘likely’ fight backMississauga council’s vote will prohibit building “major digital infrastructure facilities” for up to one year while staff study concerns related to data centres.www.thestar.comMississauga has become one of the first municipalities in Canada to approve a moratorium on AI data centres. The move will prohibit building “major digital infrastructure facilities” for up to one year while staff study concerns related to data centres.
Mississauga freezes new AI data centres as developer says it will ‘likely’ fight backMississauga council’s vote will prohibit building “major digital infrastructure facilities” for up to one year while staff study concerns related to data centres.www.thestar.com
“I can’t believe I read all that, and it’s all true.” 🇨🇦 CBC commentators react to Trump’s Truth Social Tantrum about Canada’s wildfires. “They’re the last people who should be lecturing people.” “Facts don’t really matter,” to Trump and his followers. #demsabroad #votefromabroad
I agree, though I didn't appreciate his repeated complaints about CDC policy during COVID. In science, and especially with a new disease, what you know and understand is a moving target. The policy is not going to be perfect, and there are going to be trade-offs. People need to understand that.
I (correctly) have to promise to not use AI to review a manuscript for a medical journal, but these clowns are using it to handle asylum claims 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggestsUpper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’www.theguardian.com
"Whenever Ford’s power looks like it might be threatened, he changes the rules of the game. It’s short-term, it’s frankly childish, and he won’t be Premier forever — but he’s laid the groundwork for whoever governs next to play on his rigged board." ricochet.media/politics/the...
The carnival trick that keeps Doug Ford in powerFord’s Conservatives keep winning majorities with the backing of only a small fraction of Ontario’s voters, in a political system increasingly shaped by wealth. The answer isn't resignation — it's reb...ricochet.media
“The system converts a minority of a minority into a majority of seats, and then the language converts a majority of seats back into “the people.” That is not a description of democracy. This is a carnival trick.”
Scott Piatkowski"Whenever Ford’s power looks like it might be threatened, he changes the rules of the game. It’s short-term, it’s frankly childish, and he won’t be Premier forever — but he’s laid the groundwork for whoever governs next to play on his rigged board." ricochet.media/politics/the...
Musk was humiliated in his interview with The Economist editor Zanny Minton Beddoes. She called him out on his bullshit, pointed out his lies and ignorance and extreme prejudice. We need more interviews like that. This is the response of the world’s thinnest-skinned man.
Exactly! The propaganda here is that the idea of Democratic Socialism is to evenly distibute resources equally among everyone, eliminating any incentive to work hard or innovate. You and I know that's not true, but the wealthy aren't satisfied and use that to stack the deck in their favor, not ours.
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Police looking to identify motorcycle driver who struck e-bike rider near Halifax bridge | CBC NewsHalifax police are asking the public for help identifying a motorcycle driver who rode onto a pedestrian path near the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge and ran into a man on an e-bike last Thursday evening.www.cbc.ca