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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 10h

While I'm delighted the CAQ no longer exists, time to buckle up for a bumpy austerity ride. I just hope PSPP doesn't ban English CEGEPs ... and that if he does Chucky Billions doesn't pull an Anglade and get him to defund English Universties, too. #qcpol #quebec

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 21h

Soirée électorale au Québec. Bienvenue au cirque. #qcpol

i la Politique est ridicule, le ridicule, c'est politique
Frechette CAQ, Milliard PLC ,Ghazal QS, PSPP PQ, Duhaime PCQ ...
tous, sans exception, des clowns

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

RE: wandering.shop/@cstross/11736802090… ...and every single one of them is just as bad. The big AI companies are a Ponzi scheme circle jerk, not one of them can deliver on the goods or the profits.

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

We already had "Render Lighting Effects" but it got deprecated in what, 2024? Bring that back instead. It was actually useful. Adobe, cramming dating app slop features into the suite. Is this what our bloated subscriptions are being invested in? #Adobe #Slop […]

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Slop doesn't sell. "... if the generated imagery simply "doesn't look like the food," it won't work to pull customers in. "I think that restaurateurs are better off taking pictures with their iPhone" #AISlop www.cbc.ca/news/business/ai-generat…

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

In the three primary languages of my neighbourhood in Montreal Mohn (מאָן) Pavot Poppy #bloomscrolling #photography #eck

Red poppy in shallow focus
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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Carney went "elbows up" over US trade, but now the other shoe has dropped - and he's elbows deep in a neoliberal sell-off of everything Canada owns that he can figure out how to put on the table for his investment banker friends. 1 trillion dollars worth of infrastructure and assets, up for […]

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Voila: Elbows-deep neoliberalism sold to the public as elbows-up patriotism - selling off our ports of entry and infrastructure. Carney's neoliberal agenda is to identify & extract all value like a good little international banker - it's no wonder Harper thinks he's the bee's knees. #canpol […]

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@FluentInFinance/11… Late-stage capitalism in a nutshell: it's all expressions of simulacra, but somehow your groceries cost twice as much as 3 years ago.

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

I said this was likely the case after Oct. 7 and was accused of being a 'truther', of being anti-semitic, etc. ...no surprises here. Bibi would sacrifice anything to maintain power. www.cbc.ca/news/world/united-arab-e…

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Suicides, school shootings, & ensloppification aside, I feel like maybe actual AI engineers understand what is at risk more than vibe coders who insist AI is the future & that those of us who want it curtailed are doomers and luddites. Just maybe. #FuckAI #AISlop […]

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

As a Canadian, I say let us engage with the world; the Canadian fascination with the USA has been a lazy fallback for far too long. it's all simulacra and tedious nonsense from these American fools.

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

This is the ultimate truth of creatives using AI: they are completely lacking in original thought, or even the desire to engage with the creative process. AI is the ultimate surrender, admitting that you have nothing to add; even a simulacrum of creativity is more than you are capable of.

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

The Canadian Labour Movement in many ways first gained traction with the Toronto Printer's strike of 1872. They were fighting for a shorter work week. Unions were illegal at the time. Every right that workers have today was fought for, and without organized labour, we will lose those rights […]

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Ok there's an apple tree in my neighbour's yard so there's apples all over the street this time of year. There is for the first time ever a groundhog that VERY BRAVELY sits in the street, hiding under parked cars, eating apples all day. I love her so much. #Montreal #urban #wildlife

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

(Via MeFi) Check this fantastic blog post about Tuscan letters (1 of 2) It really opened my eyes to the history, evolution, breadth of motif variation, the relation to more traditional typography... Saving this for my lettring & typography class next term […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

The Victorian fervor for decorative lettering, and Tuscan lettering in particular, spread to colonized territories, including the far West. Nowadays’s ticket office at the circus museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Photo courtesy of Darla Dee Hagensick.

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Okay so the trees in my neighbourhood are already changing colour and I saw a bunch of gees practicing flying in a V last week but I'm still in denial. This late summer. Shut up shut up shut up. There are still summer vibes to be had.

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Another very interesting data visualization - I think the best visualizations are where emergent properties become clear - even though this only shows data across one vector, the comparison of national debt vs global share is a very interesting one showing which […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Via "The visual capitalist"
The World’s $160 Trillion Debt Market in One Chart

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

#FotoVorschlag 'Objekte die mit "P" beginnen oder so aussehen ... ' Poster mit Halbtonpunkten Poster with halftone dots Affiche de points de demi-teintes #photography #Montreal

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

MUSIC NERD ALERT Henry Rollins talked Poison Ivy into letting him check out the Cramps reel to reels she had in her garage (!) There was an unreleased album (!!) My pre-order (on mustard vinyl) arrived at my local record shop, and I couldn't be happier (!!!) […]

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Dashboard wahine ascending bodily to heaven on a windshield crack (it's where the light gets in) #reflection #photography

Circular windshield chip and reflections, with a dashboard hula girl missing its skirt still partially visible through the clouds

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

I find it interesting that the Canadian mainstream news like CBC, CTV, etc. keep reporting on the petition to remove Pete Hoekstra as US Ambassador to Canada & declare him 'persona non grata' but do not link to the actual petition - which is still open for […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Tens of thousands of Canadians have signed a petition calling for U.S. President Donald Trump's representative in Ottawa to be kicked out of the country.

The online petition, which is set to be presented in the House of Commons in the fall, says Pete Hoekstra should be declared persona non grata and the Canadian government should request his removal as U.S. ambassador to Canada.

Nearly 60,000 people had signed the petition as of Wednesday morning, almost double the number of signatures 24 hours earlier.

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

It is my headcanon that the 1970s Schneider's 'Dutch Girl' (Kitchener Ontario) and the 1976 Kentucky Fried Chicken Colonel Sanders (Mississauga Ontario) are a ship. I am holding out for "original recipe" Kentucky Fried Knackwurst. #branding #design #logo

Vintage Schneider's Meats packaging featuring their mascot, "the Dutch Girl"

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

Times are tough, may you be as resilient and unbothered as this Montreal pigeon #bird #eck #pigeon #urban

Pigeon standing on an old exposed girder, wet but not particularly bothered

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

RE: mstdn.ca/@avilewis/1169653390714100… Surveillance pricing should be not only banned, but illegal. That this predatory rent-seeking behaviour has even spread to grocery shopping is an indictment of our society's willingness to tolerate corporate greed.

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

Wildfires in Canada's Boreal Forest: the science '...next time someone tells you Canada’s fires can be solved by raking the forests, you can point out that the thing filling their sky with smoke is a lightning-struck, drought-primed boreal forest doing what a warming climate is making it do […]

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

Another reason you can't always trust auto-translate: This headline from Radio-Canada about local archaeology should translate as "pipes by the bucketload" but some translators give "blowjobs galore" ... which is to be fair is also idiomatically correct #translation #french

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Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ @ianrogers.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

[eldritch horror] Look what I met today! 3 feet long, in my yard! It spoke with a pleasing human voice! Just kidding, it's a pupal cicada that fell off of a tree onto the sidewalk in front of my house, about 2 inches long. Pretty cthulthonic looking anyways, I […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Awful pupal cicada with nasty little hairs all over its translucent, glistening body

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