Reposted by Doug SartoriTheo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star 722469720
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Who told the Republicans how every legislature works in Canada? 000
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I genuinely think LLMs are an interesting technology with a ton of potential but so far the main achievement is exposing the foolishness and limited critical thinking skills of a lot of elite people in business and government. 040
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Tiny car people obviously think they should be afforded the maximal privilege and license due to a motor vehicle in our society while Saskatchewan and the city of Moose Jaw see them as filthy pedestrians to be suppressed. 010
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I just started listening to a podcast from 2013 and I’m somewhat blown away by the cultural distance from there to here. Non-ironic Facebook organizing, for one thing. 030
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Excited to discover what the lowest bidder has in store for fans! www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...bbc.co.ukUpdate on plans for the future of Doctor WhoDoctor Who remains an important part of the BBC 010
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 03/06/2026No special treatment for the comfort of bigots, please. Cambridge Mayor should apologize to the kid. 040
Reposted by Doug SartoriArub M, MBA @arubamas.bsky.social · 17/05/2026We [sometimes] ditched the kool-aid up until a little over a decade ago. We've sent Dem senators to D.C. in the past. I'm crossing my fingers hoping we can do so again come Nov. Letlow is a maga disgrace. This state doesn't need more of that. 0101
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Happy birthday to the second-best song about the boys. 210
Reposted by Doug SartoriThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 11/04/2026Floor-crosser Marilyn Gladu “accidentally” leaves conversion therapy pamphlets around Liberal Conventionthebeaverton.comFloor-crosser Marilyn Gladu "accidentally" leaves conversion therapy pamphlets around Liberal ConventionMONTREAL - Attendees at the 2026 Liberal Party Convention have reported finding conspicuously-left pamphlets for a "Shock Away The Gay" conversion therapy camp, apparently distributed by newly-Liberal MP Marilyn Gladu. 838570
Reposted by Doug SartoriEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 08/04/2026I guess Carney has zero standards. A list of Gladu's greatest hits: 1) opposing cannabis legalization, she read a poem in the House urging MPs to "keep our great country safe from all the weed." 2) in 2020, she suggested using the military to end pipeline protests... bsky.app/profile/thes... 34323138
Reposted by Doug Sartoriconputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026should I write the rest of the post or is this the whole thing 48211
Reposted by Doug SartoriSpaceTessContinuum @eigenvalue.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Nonprogrammers 5 years ago: "I have no idea or interest in how software is developed, deployed or tested." Nonprogrammers today: "I HAVE STRONG OPINIONS OVER THE DESECRATION OF THE JIRA WORKFLOW CAUSED BY VIBE CODING" 1951147
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Precisely the reason we are in the shit. Having standards and imposing consequences on people who violate them is so twentieth century. 040
Reposted by Doug SartoriMelinda Munro 🇨🇦 @tildymunro.bsky.social · 31/03/2026📣 New Podcast! "WOW Leadership Wen Teoh" on @Spreaker #business #essex #politics #windsor #womenspreaker.comWOW Leadership Wen TeohWen Teoh has been helping entrepreneurs make their ideas real in Windsor for over a decade. She joins Jessica and Melinda to talk about her path to leadership and her newest project: Sisters in Business. 001
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Why does the federal government gain by having one giant payroll system? We've seen that this is a risky thing to try to build so why do it if you don't have to?theglobeandmail.comReplacing Phoenix pay system will cost at least $4.2-billion, Auditor-General estimatesReport finds federal efforts to eliminate backlog of pay complains are falling short 031
Reposted by Doug SartoriMcBoo-lie @mcjulie.bsky.social · 22/03/2026“The wealthy cultural elite who run the media really, really wanted Trump to win” was a much better way to explain what happened in 2024. And the things we’re learning from the Epstein Files give some pretty solid evidence as to both how and why. The anti MeToo backlash was EXTREMELY important. 31416283
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 21/03/2026There are still brave good people in this debased and cynical age. Too bad none of them are in charge of anything. 022
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 20/03/2026This is a fun and accurate cartoon. My comment is that cynical and feckless MPs are downstream of the electorate taking zero interest in the quality of local candidates. The average contested nomination is decided by someone who could put forty people in a room. It’s harder to get a job than a nom. 031
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Tubi rules because it is an aggressively uncurated jumble of content. Like a fantasy version of the best kind of grungy ‘80s video store. 120
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Finally getting around to Primal season 3. Great stuff. I can’t think of a better example of sword and sorcery on television. 021
Reposted by Doug SartoriMelinda Munro 🇨🇦 @tildymunro.bsky.social · 17/03/2026📣 New Podcast! "Women Invading Space" on @Spreakerspreaker.comWomen Invading SpaceThe panel welcomed a new correspondent, Evelina Bacewska to talk about Trump, women and invading spaces traditionally reserved for men. Pat Papadeas, Leslie McCurdy and Evelina joined Jessica and Melinda for a fun and funny reflection on how Trump's comments about women athletes is a symptom of something much bigger when it comes to women in politics. 033
Reposted by Doug Sartoridax @thdxr.com · 11/03/2026us: we are struggling to figure out the best way to use coding agents, we don't have clarity yet everyone else: our team is moving at speeds unheard of, all our PRs are ai generated, we've cleared 6 years of backlog man we must really suck huh 8948
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Curious what American media is making of this, if anything. 100
Reposted by Doug Sartoriae @aelkus.bsky.social · 13/03/2026the technology itself will endure. OpenAI doesn’t have to 0437
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Me: “Why are people so hostile to this interesting but unproven emerging technology?” Me, after scrolling LinkedIn for ten minutes: “Oh.” 043
Reposted by Doug SartoriDaniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 12/03/2026“Too often dismissed as a consumer protection issue, data governance is a core condition of economic competitiveness and national security. Data sovereignty is ultimately about self-respect, and it’s way overdue.” Good stuff from @vassb.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: As U.S. state and Big Tech become one, we become digital serfs, and it sucksWithout stronger privacy rules and public AI infrastructure, the value of our data will continue to flow abroad 12211
Reposted by Doug SartoriJason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026no actually im a tough guy clomping around in shoes three sizes too big you must respect me 498461
Reposted by Doug SartoriJ. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 09/03/2026enormously hot take: the reason a bunch of midwit software dev people are in their feels about agentic tooling is that it proves that good requirements specification and technical project management were the hard problem it's important for a human to be able to solve all along, not Coding™ 1532139
Reposted by Doug SartoriDr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦 @indo1908.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Canada can start by making all politicians and government offices stop using X. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...ctvnews.caSocial media ban for kids under consideration in online harms bill: CarneyWhile there should be “debate” in Canada about a social media ban for children, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has not made up his own mind on the issue yet. 24116
Reposted by Doug SartoriLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 06/03/2026"Mainline conservatism is dying. In the US and UK at least, it is dead.This has been destabilizing to be sure, but let us not waste too much sympathy on it. It caused many harms and ignored many more. We should not fight for a creed that could not fight for itself."liberalcurrents.comIt Wasn't Fascism All AlongConservatism was a distinct ideology but it is dead and it is not coming back. 1017744
Reposted by Doug SartoriGrace @gracekind.net · 03/03/2026I like how in 2026 a common security paradigm is writing a strongly worded letter to the guy in your computer 1744164
Reposted by Doug SartoriCatherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 02/03/2026“We invoke international law and the “rules based international order” when adversaries engage in unlawful actions, but abandon those same rules entirely when it’s the Americans…For a country that depends on law more than force for its own security, that is not realism; it is recklessness.”thestar.comLloyd Axworthy: Canada once rejected America’s aggressive, unlawful foreign policy. Today Mark Carney embraced itBy endorsing preventive strikes on Iran during ongoing diplomacy, and after Washington itself shredded the previous agreement, we are embracing the very doctrine we used to reject, writes Lloyd Axwort... 010735
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Here’s a moment where a robust NDP would be useful to Canada. 041
Reposted by Doug SartoriTabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 28/02/2026So the war that does not have congressional approval, already has Canadian approval? Are we just going to knock over liquor stores with Trump next? 1418149
Reposted by Doug SartoriKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 26/02/2026It really is either you support trans rights or you support Hitler 2.0 4464031737
Reposted by Doug SartoriShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Nothing. I truly believe the establishment in this country is weak, spineless & feckless. It feels a bit lonely to do it -- especially as a low paid freelancer w zero security. So why take the personal risk if none of the bigger players in civil society will even say a word? It's depressing. 3/3 924827
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Still using Twitter? You are materially supporting this. 001
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 22/02/2026One of the disorienting things about working with LLMs is the amount of garbage in the information space. There’s often frothy hype when a new technology arrives. You serve your users by assessing the tech without buying the bullshit, but it’s never been harder: all this nonsense is unprecedented. 020
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The synergy between the rudimentary 3D and the dawn of flight era is what makes this one stand out beyond its peers. The glossy remake had zero charm by comparison. Missed a few classes playing this one. 000
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 18/02/2026My kid’s amazing clown-based 1-page RPG had its first playtest last night! Check out the game here: globalgamejam.org/games/2024/s... 010
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Check out this nifty piece of work celebrating Telidon, Canada’s failed Videotex product. The site has contemporary and modern examples plus a Telidon art generator. remembertomorrow.ca/en-caremembertomorrow.caRemember Tomorrow: A Telidon StoryHome page for the online exhibition Remember Tomorrow: The Telidon Story. Curated by Shauna Jean Doherty for InterAccess with the support of Digital Museums Canada. 000
Doug Sartori @dsartori.bsky.social · 17/02/2026A fun thing to do with AI takes, pro and con, is imagining people saying the same stuff about relational databases in 1972. It’s clarifying. 110
Reposted by Doug SartoriDan Flanery @danflanery.bsky.social · 17/02/2026By the way, in case you want to be alerted if you come across one of these MORONS here on Bsky: bsky.app/profile/harp...bsky.app 101
Reposted by Doug Sartorijgerardi.bsky.social @jgerardi.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Harper had a slow growth US, which is similar to now. Looked for more deals. Their institutions are broken, been this way for a long time. It's only gotten worse. Winning only masks their core issues. 🇺🇸, isn't alone. EU is too slow, why MC said smaller coalitions on issue basis. 211
Reposted by Doug SartoriAdelle Loiselle @adelleloiselle.bsky.social · 16/02/2026This is big. Very big 021
![Here’s the thing: all the code, good or bad, that ever existed until a couple of years ago was written by non-deterministic meat sacks of widely varying reliability, knowledge, skill, intelligence, skill, and interest.[^1] These human coding systems (HCSs) were, as a rule, very poorly understood by the people employing them to make software. They were instructed in highly ambiguous natural language. They were given oblique incentives only vaguely related to their proximate goals and even less related to the firm’s overall goals. And if one of these coders is complex and unpredictable, imagine how complex entire teams of them would be. Ensembles of teams! Thousands of these coders working in parallel.
Did anyone ever say, “the problem with this software team is that it’s non-deterministic!” That would be very strange.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ctphcgyhnllfluywokibtrgb/bafkreie4q7suoyqnw5kl65vp6ctejxtsrydldederw5m64xadkpfhazcky)
