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Human 🧍. Earthican 🇺🇳. Canadian 🇨🇦. Geek 🤓. Progressive ⤴️. Recovering Professional Political Operative & Public Policy Researcher. I comment on society, politics […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mstdn.ca/@evdelen, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Third spruce tree on the left @tezoatlipoca.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13h
"Awesome, thanks. And, by using the self-checkout, dramatically less efficiently I'd point out, I'm helping this store to take away the much needed part time job from high school kids like yourselves. So the only way Ill use a self-checkout is if I get a % discount commensurate to the 10 minutes […]
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Third spruce tree on the left @tezoatlipoca.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13h
In line at the grocery store, waiting for the ONE human cashier. "Sir, there's an available kiosk at the self-checkout if you'd like.." "No thank you, ill wait." She looked at me weird. "Can I ask why not the self-checkout?" "Sure. Im perfectly capable of scanning my own things. In fact making […]
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
CEO: We need to cut costs. Accountant: We paid you $50 million last year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting. CEO: Who's that in the hallway? Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards. CEO: Fire Greg.
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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2025
I never understood why so many men associate with imagery of predatory animals. My idealized version of my own masculinity is best represented by a tree. Patient. Immensely endurant. Self-sufficient. Unbothered by trivial, ephemereal affairs. Innately kind to the world around it. I don't want […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
"when [#Doug Ford] realizes and understands that it's not the right time, or maybe it's not in the best interest of the people of Ontario, that we always do the right thing" I'm sorry, what now? 1. Why is it only up to Doug Ford to determine what is in the best […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]
“We did return the jet. Yes, we are out a rough cost of about $200,000 on that purchase of said plane, but as we know — and as we heard loud and clear, and as you've seen — Premier Ford … when he realizes and understands that it's not the right time, or maybe it's not in the best interest of the people of Ontario, that we always do the right thing, and I think that's the hallmark of this government,” added Harris Jr., Ontario’s minister of natural resources, [who] appeared before a different parliamentary committee on Tuesday and faced similar questions, given it was his ministry that officially acquired the jet for the premier’s use.
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
#DougFord responded with "LMAO", that is "Laughing My Ass Off" to an #Ontario resident that texted him about his friend being killed. You can't make this up! This guy has no moral compass. He shouldn't be in charge of a tour group, let alone #Canada's largest Province! […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
RE: fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1173442177045… Psst, #Ontario... read this thread but replace Trump with #DougFord. Basically everything matches up. And don't forget that Daniel Dale cut his teeth covering Doug and his brother Rob "#CrackSmokingMayor" Ford for the Toronto Star before he […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
#DougFord is ignoring court orders. #Ontario has its own #Trump. #ONPoli #Ontario www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkyaaVsYkg
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
RE: halo.nu/@theguardian_climate_crisis… Whoops... looks like #Canada's market for fossil fuel energy products is getting smaller. Now is obviously the time to invest billions of dollars to build new infrastructure that will be obsolete in 19 years... It's time to […]
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GhostOnTheHalfShell @ghostonthehalfshell.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
I think we should overthrow AI for the simple and important reason that all of us just wanted to be able to buy a nice computer for a reasonable price. AI has to be destroyed so he can go back to our lives
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@hanse_mina/1173121… I think Canada should have veto power over the United States' ability to make foreign deals - like a Power of Attorney. 🤣 Oh oh, because they dared to make a deal with another country Canada should apply an export tariff on all the […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
I'm trying to wrap my head around this "AI will build a biological weapon" argument the tech bros are making. Is there somewhere on earth where there are a bunch of industrial scale bioreactors just sitting on the internet not being used with completely automated and fully stocked feed stock […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
RE: noc.social/@AltAltNPS/1172942951593… I fully believe that Mitch McConnell would have put into writing that Republicans could desecrate his body if it screwed Democrats in any way, shape, or form.
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chris actual @lackattack.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
@evdelen Team goose 100% has allies down south
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
RE: mstdn.ca/@evdelen/117293686118834448 Having said that, I do find it kind of amusing and endearing that #Americans are now being "#Cancelled" for insulting #Canada. Americans, 1/3 of you may be pathologically insane, but the rest of you are alright. =) #USPol #USPoli #USPolitics […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
Mr. McDaniel Jr., Thank You! May your decency to your neighbours spread among the American people. www.abc12.com/news/business/saginaw… #Michigan #Canada #US #USA
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Saginaw CEO gets push-back for 'Lake America' Facebook post
Family First Credit Union CEO Jane Smith is under scrutiny after a viral AI-generated image she posted appeared to show her family wearing “Lake America” sweatshirts before a trip to
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
Well, this is disturbing from a labour rights perspective. Mandating binding arbitration before a strike kind of intrinsically means there will be no ability to strike. The arbitrated solution is, after all, binding, meaning both sides must abide by it. How do you strike if you MUST abide with […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
Well, on first blush, the bond market seems to like The Fed's decision to hike rates in the US by 25 basis points. The question is, what will Trump do? He'd pledged to tariff the entire planet if The Fed raised rates, an action that would itself increase the inflation that The Fed is trying to […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
I really don't understand the #MarkCarney Airport sell off. Airports were already tuned into QUANGO's under the National Airports Policy in the 1990's: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airp… A #QUANGO is a Quasi-Non-Governmental Organization. In other words, Canada's major […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
I just listened to the interview in this week's On The Media podcast www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/ar… [19:54] with Julia Angwin bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:ohugifx3xou… who at the end waxes poetic about the […]
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Former Canada PM Jean Chrétien: "Never mistake our generosity for weakness. Never mistake our tolerance for lack of determination. And never, never mistake our kindness for softness. We bow to no one." #cdnpoli
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
With Stellantis/Chrysler/Dodge/Ram closing 50% of its assembly facilities in Canada, I hope that we see an at least 50% commensurate decrease in the number of their vehicles on the road. Vote with your wallets #Canada! (I'm glad that a Canadian military vehicle production company is looking to […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
One thing that bugs me: One people say "There are 4 items in the plan, including items one, two, three, and four." No. Instead you should say "...in the plan, composed of one, two, three, and four." If you say "including" you're supposed to provide an abbreviation, so: "...4 items in the […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
www.thestar.com/opinion/contributor… archive.ph/kGyR2 #ONPoli #CDNPoli #Ontario #Canada
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John Semley: When it comes to this premier, Donald Trump’s enemy is still my enemy
Trump shouldn’t be a distraction from the many reasons to be critical of Doug Ford’s track record.
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
EXPORT TARIFFS ON OIL AND ENERGY!!! www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-tari… #CDNPoli #CanPoli #USPol #USPoli #USPolitics
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
As Diesel prices hit $6.00/gal / $2.50/L I reflect on the decision by GM to cease production of their all electric BrightDrop delivery vehicles. I wonder if demand for them remains stagnant now... #ONPoli #Ontario #GM #GMC #BrightDrop #EcDev
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Even if you only watch the first 5 minutes, watch this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA #GamersNexus #ConsumerRights #ConsumerAdvocacy #Spying #Spyware
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
An Amazon Boeing 767 overran the end of the runway at Miami International Airport and ended up in a Tesla parking lot, on fire. (There are casualties, my condolences.) If you pitched this in a writers room as an allegory for what's going on in the US right now, you'd be laughed out of the room […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
For everyone that screams "25th AMENDMENT NOW!!!" all the time about #Trump, I'd like you to consider, for a moment, the consequences of that: - #JDVance was installed as the VP Candidate as a result of a deal between Trump and #PeterThiel - Peter Thiel & JD Vance are ardent followers of […]
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Gordon J Holtslander @pinhman.humanwords.party.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
@evdelen How about the American owned 'Canadian' oil industry and Canada's banks that make their profits off the industry and pipeline pay off the 1st pipeline before a 2nd is even considered humanwords.party/@pinhman/117209038… […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
For all of the focus on building another Trans Mountain pipeline or another Coastal GasLink pipeline across BC, if Canada wanted to service Europe with its "Energy" products, wouldn't it make more sense to build a pipeline to Churchill, MB? (Note, because we're quickly exiting the age of fossil […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
This is dumb. Why is the LCBO wasting money warehousing US made alcohol that they already paid for. Sell it at a discount and/or direct profits to industries impacted by the US tariffs. Typical of the #DougFord #Conservatives to not think fully through their […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]
Ahead of the talks’ collapse, the LCBO had started sending U.S. products from its warehouses to stores, in anticipation of being given the greenlight by the Ontario government to start selling them again. This week, industry sources said, the provincial liquor monopoly has begun shipping them back to its warehouses. The LCBO says it typically sells just under $1 billion worth of American products a year.
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
RE: halo.nu/@theguardian_science/117202… I wonder the value in taking a comedic approach to this. Perhaps a comic: - A bunch of US Healthcare Industry Profit Obsessed Executives around a boardroom table laughing and clapping hands at a slide which depicts lowering […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
RE: mstdn.ca/@hewer_of_code/11718524761… I had been thinking about this, particularly in the context of #NAFTA / #CUSMA / #USMCA / #MUSCA. Part of the reason for calling it the *North American* Free Trade Agreement was because in statecraft there is honour and respect, and by […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
I am not Ojibwe, so pardon me if I overstep my bounds: I propose that if #Trump can rename #LakeOntario to suit his ego, #Canada should respond in a very #Canadian way: Let us show respect for the First Nations and rename Lake Michigan to its original Ojibwe: "Michigami" #RenameTheLake […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
RE: newsie.social/@ChrisBoese/117157703… Ahhh crap! Agreed! What an amazing woman! One in a billion, to be sure! She will be missed.
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
RE: mstdn.ca/@evdelen/117151436896002219 Look at that, just one day & "#CaptainCanada", #DougFord, has already reverted to form calling for "a deal" with Donald Trump. Dougie just doesn't get it! THERE IS NO DEAL TO BE HAD! THERE NEVER WAS!THERE IS ONLY CAPITULATION! Doug Ford is a […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026
RE: flipboard.com/@ctvnews/canada-0ue5f… A reminder that this is the same guy that at various times: - Praised the election of Trump because "he's a great guy, a guy I can strike a deal with" - Declared that he hated trump - Has […]
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Indio Gringo ® @paninid.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@grimalkina/1171401… "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" ~Arthur C. Clarke Ever since I was young I accepted that, thinking "yeah, how many people <i>really</i> know how their cell phones or computers work?". Throughout […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
RE: ottawa.place/@jd/117140114677627792 "Liberal politicians like ... Doug Ford" I blurt out laughing and scared my dog. Clearly Jivani is staking out the "Canada should be the 51st state" position. #CDNPoli #Trade #ONPoli
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
Good that Carney didn't cave. But, we shouldn't match the US's tariffs dollar for dollar - that would cost Canadians. We should apply export tariffs on goods being sent to the US, with the money going to support impacted Canadian producers. Canadians shouldn't lose because of Trump's […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
On the phone with a Customer Service Rep, she gave me a postal code and I asked to confirm if it was an M or an N. Her response was "N, as in Nazi". 🤯
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
Nope! And the gall of the last two sentences: One person close to the Trump administration who met with senior officials on Thursday said the range of tariff reductions went beyond expectations. “I'm scratching my head. I cannot, for the life of me, understand why we would do this.” It's […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
Submitted for your enjoyment and fully endorsed! www.thestar.com/opinion/star-column… archive.ph/7VbWd
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
""All in all, we're moving in a good direction for our relationship with the United States, and that's positive for everyone," [Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston] said. I suppose after - let's do the math here, 45 + 47 = 92 - 92 steps back, one tentative step forward […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]
"All in all, we're moving in a good direction for our relationship with the United States, and that's positive for everyone," he said.
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
A great opinion piece from @GraphicMatt, but for one paragraph: "That the Ontario Line is eventually going to be a very useful part of the transit system does not excuse the total lack of transparency and inability to keep costs in check." It won't be a very useful part of the transit system […]
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Ev Delen @evdelen.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@markhurst/11711685… Now Google is training its LLM with the data of defunct companies. So, if you ask an LLM for a business plan, the only training data it'll have is for companies that have gone bankrupt. Seems like a recipe for more bankruptcies to me!
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