Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 08/09/2026I for one am ready for Celsius ovens and 500 g packages of butter. 141
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 03/08/2026Terrific and uniquely humanizing reporting by @jasmine.bsky.social on data center politics in small town Wisconsin. There’s undoubtedly misinformation involved, but far more apparent is the clumsy and secretive approach of the big companies involved.jasmi.newsNo Data Centers In My Backyardmoney, power, and populism in the AI buildout 161
Reposted by Luke AndrewsElizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 30/07/2026some days I just feel so alive www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...theverge.comMaybe we shouldn’t give 24 year olds billions of dollars to bet on AIWe deserve a better class of AI booster. 513419
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 23/07/2026I saw The Odyssey on Monday, then a remastered version of the 1992 Spanish film Jamón Jamón last night. @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social’s insightful essay helped me realize which one more closely echoes the humour, cruelty, and misogyny of classical Greek mythology.meditationsinanemergency.comListening to Cassandra: Misogyny, Classical and ModernLast weekend, the film The Odyssey was released and the Tate brothers were arrested in Florida at the behest of the British government, which seeks to extradite them to face a long list of charges. An... 020
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 15/07/2026This semifinal is like the New England Patriots vs the Toronto Maple Leafs. Hard to cheer for anyone. But Bellingham seems like a good chap on top of his talent, and England doesn’t seem to have FIFA tilting the scales, so, uh, rule Britannia? 010
Reposted by Luke AndrewsAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year 268240043247
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 07/07/2026Great thread about progressive city council candidates worth supporting in the upcoming Toronto election. If you donate, you get a large % of the money back as a rebate. (Albeit after some paperwork and a pretty lengthy delay.) 050
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 05/07/2026In the Toronto Star, @stephenmaher.bsky.social pulls no punches drawing parallels between the USA of 1776 and of you know whothestar.comStephen Maher: Trump is closer to the vision of America’s founding fathers than Canadians thinkThe patriots who gave birth to the USA were not the heroes that US history shows us 020
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 04/07/2026Canada may have lost today’s game, but we collectively got to boo Gretzky on the screen, so it’s still a moral victory. 020
Reposted by Luke AndrewsBasketball Fan, of the Sixers and LeBron James lmao! @drewhamm5.bsky.social · 30/06/2026When it’s time for penalties 6947134
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 30/06/2026What a match between Netherlands and Morocco. Between two such evenly matched teams, Netherlands deserves the loss if only for those unforgivably heinous warmup shirts. 110
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 30/06/2026The “referee view” camera shots in the World Cup broadcasts are such a novel idea in theory and such a motion sickness nightmare in practice. 🤢 020
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 30/06/2026Nothing like watching the Mets try to field a routine single to make you feel better about the Blue Jays 010
Reposted by Luke AndrewsShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 28/06/20267 local democracy hacks to not feel totally helpless in Doug Ford (& cipher-like Liberal MP caucus) Toronto. Finished on the throne of representative democracy for the people. My weekend @thestar.com column.thestar.comShawn Micallef: Doug Ford’s attacks on Toronto got you down? Try these 7 local democracy hacks to feel less helplessThere effective ways to overcome the feeling of helplessness as a result of recent moves to take away local democracy in the province. 16429
Reposted by Luke AndrewsJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Random reminder that Toronto Council timidly suggested once that they might, might trim the police budget and in response the police implemented a decade-long refusal to enforce traffic laws. 1821689
Reposted by Luke AndrewsAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 24/06/2026World Cup game day prep.youtube.comSick of the SwissYouTube video by Cory Cooperman 1162
Reposted by Luke AndrewsAndrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Political ideology is the strongest predictor of Messi-Ronaldo preference. Authoritarians who like short-form video are more likely to think Ronaldo is the GOAT. 721567370
Reposted by Luke AndrewsMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026has anyone lived the dream more than this guy? 714711362
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 18/06/2026Hard to disagree with anything the NDP leader is saying here. 040
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 17/06/2026I too watched The Matrix with my adolescent son recently, and he asked, clearly a little spooked, “How did they know about AI in 1999?” 020
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 11/06/2026“Your Appliances Got Worse On Purpose” — including the wild stat that Americans spent 43% more on appliances in 2023 than 2013 (inflation-adjusted!), because appliances are so much less reliable.worseonpurpose.comYour Appliances Got Worse On PurposeDozens of brands, five or six owners, and a fridge built to quit just after the warranty does. 042
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 11/06/2026“What if ranch dressing really is delicious?” On the weirdness of the USA through the eyes of others. flaminghydra.com/issue-583/?g...flaminghydra.comWorld of wonders / Clip jointIan Williams on the pleasures of hosting tourists; Amy Chu takes a risky chance 2245
Reposted by Luke Andrewszzz @2120.bsky.social · 09/06/2026If it's a crock of shit you must acquit 131126
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 09/06/2026The federal government is running a public survey on Billy Bishop Airport expansion so they can say they consulted with people, but the questions are designed to elicit positive responses about the economic impact, while framing concerns around “what would make airport expansion ok with you?”tc.canada.caPublic consultation on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City AirportConsultation collecting feedback on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport 132
Reposted by Luke AndrewsJames McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 08/06/2026Smart stuff from @vassb.bsky.social about AI shopping. They promise to remove the hassle and get you deals, but the agents don't actually have to prioritize your best interests. It's very obviously a bait-and-switch, but what are we going to do about it? thewalrus.ca/ai-shopping-...thewalrus.caYour AI Shopping Assistant Is Selling You Out | The WalrusThe bots promise to get the best deals. Studies say they mostly find pricier, sponsored options 0109
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 01/06/2026The risk from AI is not that it will become super-intelligent and plot to destroy humanity. The risk is that it has no intelligence at all, and yet people will offload responsibility to it for important decisions before it’s ready, without adequate safeguards. 020
Reposted by Luke AndrewsTabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 28/05/2026The whole city breaths a huge sigh of relief. Esti has been found! (Please take down all pictures, let’s leave the kid alone.)thestar.comMissing Toronto teen found safe after nearly two-week-long search, police sayEsther first went missing from Earl Bales Park in North York on May 15. 111017
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 24/05/2026In which @shawnmicallef.bsky.social offers righteous fury about our city’s often infuriating smallmindedness 010
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 22/05/2026It’s a lovely palate cleanse to read an article about children and San Francisco that barely mentions AI. As in her great book, Uncanny Valley, Anna Wiener demonstrates her talent for evocative cultural observations. (And as a parent of similar-aged children, I found it all very relatable!)newyorker.comThe Life and Times of an American TweenIn some ways, the world is cooked. But being a twelve-year-old still kind of eats. 010
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 21/05/2026I keep waiting for a signal of the Carney Liberals pushing progressive policies of any kind. Over a year in power, I tally: income tax cuts, broad cuts to government programs, new restrictions on refugees, a massive boost in military spending, and advancement of oil pipelines. And now union busting?thestar.comCarney government eying curbs on right to strike, labour leaders warnThe Carney government is contemplating changes to Canadian labour law that several unions say aims to designate more workplaces as "essential services" and curb the right to strike while undermining 182
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 20/05/2026My first extremely literally blue sky post, repeating some photos from the bad place while trying out @flashes.blue 010
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 20/05/2026Asking for a friend — how do designers ever finish redesigning their website without accidentally spending the rest of the day browsing typefaces? 230
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 20/05/2026Each time I write the verb “flourish”, I doubt the spelling and my sanity because it looks like an adjective for “resembling milled grain” or a language spoken by the Flour People? (Part of a curious but small group of verbs borrowed from old French like finish, punish, nourish, polish, establish…)english.stackexchange.comWhy did English borrow verbs ending in -ish?Why did English borrow verbs ending in -ish, but not in anything else, from French? This seems quite obscure because it didn't import the verbs from the infinitive French forms, but through some so... 000
Reposted by Luke AndrewsLuke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 19/05/2026Continuing my slow pace of publishing about Slow Tech, post number two is about how to consume news and why we still need to.slowtech.spaceSlow news consumption in the age of micro horrorsThe news is too much. But we need the news, and we need local news most of all. 252
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 19/05/2026Continuing my slow pace of publishing about Slow Tech, post number two is about how to consume news and why we still need to.slowtech.spaceSlow news consumption in the age of micro horrorsThe news is too much. But we need the news, and we need local news most of all. 252
Reposted by Luke AndrewsLiz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Really starting to wonder what Doug Ford is so desperate to hide 🤔 2239
Reposted by Luke AndrewsIt's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit. 472105848
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 05/05/2026Sometimes I think everyone that works in Toronto Parks & Recreation hate people and hate beauty. 120
Reposted by Luke AndrewsShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Listen to @mattgalloway.bsky.social 's long interview w former Toronto police det Idsinga on force's racism, anti-semitism & corruption + terrible leadership. This kind of honesty from a cop is rare & we need more of it. Police brass are accusing him of harming trust, but he says they already did.cbc.ca© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved. 48333
Reposted by Luke AndrewsRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This paragraph/answer ended: There's a scholar of nonviolence named George Lakey who says polarization is good. That’s when you have clarity. Sometimes people have to pick sides. You do not get authoritarians to behave better by being meek and gentle and polite. You get it by being strong. 5342106
Reposted by Luke Andrewskarl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 24/04/2026If I were trying to sell AI to the public I would be saying “it’s a useful way to write code faster and automate some tedious tasks that couldn’t be automated well before” and instead they’re running with “get on board or get left behind” and “we WILL eliminate your job.” 41307138
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 22/04/2026The Carpenters’ Regional Council secretly bought a $4M house for its leader, Jason Rowe, who was parachuted in to oversee the union’s “restructuring”, and later ensured that it endorsed Doug Ford in the 2025 Ontario election. CRC has since received $27M in funding from the Ontario government. 👀 011
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 20/04/2026Via @maxread.info, a fascinating analysis of Viktor Orbán’s rise and fall in Hungary and his role as the middle man of the international far right. It has me wondering what lessons there are for pro-democracy liberals and progressives when it comes to building soft power and influence in the world.equator.orgThe Mittel Man • EQUATORWhat was Viktor Orbán’s vision for Europe? 010
Luke Andrews @attaboy.ca · 14/04/2026After a long period of inactivity, I finally updated electoralcartogram.ca, my map of federal election results in Canada. It now includes data from every election and floor crossing since 2015 (including yesterday's by-elections!), and the map reflects the latest electoral district redistribution. 2104
