Reposted by J…LeppDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Read the article belowtheatlantic.comI Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is BrokenThe industry’s approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes. 0144
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 30/09/2026Ouch. “He [the AI generated avatar] said he could only communicate via email because of recent emergency dental surgery.” 001
Reposted by J…LeppCity of Ottawa @en.ottawa.ca · 27/09/2026Frontier League champions! Join the Ottawa Titans at Marion Dewar Plaza outside Ottawa City Hall on Monday, September 28 at 4 pm, as #OttCity celebrates the team's championship victory. Bring your Titans pride and help recognize this memorable moment for baseball in our city. 0194
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 27/09/2026Free banana and butter tarts after the @ottawaalliance.bsky.social 10K this morning. Fun well-organized event. Looking forward to 2027. 111
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 25/09/2026Wow. 🇨🇦 CIRA board election results just came out and both the members slate and the NomCom slate were decided by a single vote. That’s intense!!! 🌶️ 000
Reposted by J…Leppalexcullen.bsky.social @alexcullen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sutcliffe is pushing a string here as the City is not the builder of homes. And affordable homes require federal & provincial assistance as the City is not able to subsidize these. Currently the feds & province have no plans here. #emptypromise #ottcity 001
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 24/09/2026The thing about 2027 is it’s when a lot of OG smartphone patents start to expire. 001
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 23/09/2026At the annual CIRA AGM. Comment during the appointment of the auditor motion about their website being .com and not .ca. Today’s Internet points go to that guy. 000
Reposted by J…LeppCIRA @cira.ca · 09/07/2026We're investing $1.25M in 15 community-led projects through our 2026 Net Good Grants. These initiatives will support 130,000+ people across Canada by strengthening connectivity, online safety, cybersecurity skills, AI literacy and digital sovereignty. Learn more: www.cira.ca/en/resources...cira.caCIRA funds 15 initiatives strengthening connectivity, safety and digital sovereignty through Net Good Grants – CIRAAnnual $1.25 million investment helps communities go beyond internet access to plan, build and govern their digital futures 041
Reposted by J…LeppMozilla @mozilla.org · 23/09/2026A good tech future won't be built by a billionaire 🤑 For over a decade, we've backed 200+ technologists, researchers, and advocates who believe a better tech future is well within our reach. Meet the Mozilla Fellows🤝 bit.ly/4zXFXY7 07112
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 22/09/2026And folks in Ottawa think having another party involved in the O-Train will be a positive move… 010
Reposted by J…LeppDavid Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 21/09/2026I think it's ill-advised and anti-democratic to introduce an omnibus bill, cite a crisis, and rush major changes to labour and environmental law. It's going to provoke aggressive resistance and risks, ironically, slowing down the projects the government is so keen on. It's going to be a huge mess. 36609224
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 19/09/2026The race to the bottom never ends well. But at least we’re in the race I guess. 001
Reposted by J…LeppDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Google researchers have joined the party, AI panic is spreading across frontier AI labs like measles. Unfortunately there are no adults in the room in either the government or at these companies who can act responsibly and address everyone’s fears. 44212
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 14/09/2026Still think Ottawa should buy the old one and put it up at Lansdowne 2.1.0 000
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 12/09/2026Been waiting for the point where they spend less compute training the next generation and focus on inference. It will be a very profitable move for both OpenAi and Anthropic for the next year or two. But cost them long term. 000
Reposted by J…LeppBartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Artisan SakeMaker on Granville Island didn’t even ship its product out of Vancouver, last time I checked. That leaves YK3 in Richmond, B.C. and Ontario Spring Water Sake in Toronto’s Distillery District. I may be wrong, but I think all three have trouble meeting local demand. 2303
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 06/09/2026I’d bet it’s almost entirely due to that new “Tragically Chip” ice cream flavour from Kawartha Dairy. One scoop of that magic will make anyone happier. 000
Reposted by J…LeppRaphael Satter @raphae.li · 05/09/2026So more than 24 hours after we scooped the news that OpenAI’s agents had hijacked a small German wiki site and commandeered it as a comms platform, OpenAI acknowledges what it calls a “wiki incident.” www.reuters.com/business/med...reuters.comOpenAI acknowledges 'wiki incident' and need for more transparency around unintended AI behaviorOpenAI said incidents including a swarm of its agents hijacking a German site and using it as a springboard for cheating and other rogue behavior require more transparency. 56037
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 05/09/2026Do love how 70mm IMAX is all the rage right now and Ottawa/Gatineau’s theatre is just sitting there shuttered inside the incompetent museum of history. 110
Reposted by J…LeppDavid TS Fraser @privacylawyer.ca · 03/09/2026Anybody interested in the Canadian government's proposed social media ban for young people (which should be everybody) should pay attention to this. 33225
Reposted by J…LeppTechmeme @techmeme.com · 31/08/2026MapQuest becomes the top free iPhone app on the App Store in Canada and fourth on the US App Store after refusing to change Lake Ontario to Lake America (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink 0275
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 31/08/2026Their stock is $SST if you gamble like that. App Store installs up 330% 100
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 31/08/2026If you needed motivation to become a little less reliant on American internet cos. 000
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 31/08/2026Looking at local classifieds, kijiji.ca is no longer part of eBay, and has a Norwegian parent company and Toronto operations. 000
Reposted by J…LeppJustin Ling @justinling.ca · 31/08/2026Quitting Twitter and Facebook has to become an imparative for Canada. (and, obviously, everyone else.) www.thestar.com/opinion/star... Gift link: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...thestar.comJustin Ling: It’s time Canada logged out of tech platforms owned by Donald Trump toadiesIf our institutions acted, they could hasten the ongoing exodus from services peddled by allies of the Trump administration. 62935324
Reposted by J…LeppBrigitte Pellerin @brigittepellerin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ottawa peeps! Rogers TV will be running debates between ward candidates and they are soliciting questions from the public. You have until Sunday. Add yours here: tally.so/r/eqWVEktally.soAll Candidates Debate 021
Reposted by J…LeppKilled by Google @killedbygoogle.com · 30/08/2026Zero integrity over at Google. 148211
Reposted by J…LeppJames McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 30/08/2026Google is not acting cowardly. They are not capitulating. Sundar Pichai was sitting in the front row at Donald Trump's inauguration. Google knows that digital imperialism is a joint project of the US government and Silicon Valley. Google benefits enormously, so you give a bit to get a bit. 46623
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 30/08/2026Maybe in or around the 2042 Winter Olympics. But definitely not this year. 000
Reposted by J…LeppAnil Dash @anildash.com · 23/08/2026I can never guess what things I post will get shared a lot; I’m glad people found this a useful summary of the grim reality of the tech tycoons. I said the other day that people usually think I’m crazy for about ~7 years, then they understand what I meant and get very sad and/or angry. 317515
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 23/08/2026Gord’s out for a third encore and CBC gem doesn’t look like potato vision any more. Did they upgrade the servers in an act digital sovereignty? 000
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 21/08/2026Fun night out with The Wallflowers which are apparently 60% a Tom Petty cover band these days. 000
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 21/08/2026If they could remake some of the Ultima games like Nintendo does with old Zelda games that would be so much fun. 👾🎮 000
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 14/08/2026As always on the internet users /= people. For the non mathies that’s “not equal”. 010
Reposted by J…LeppCTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Caring and Sharing Exchange seeking donationsbit.lyCaring and Sharing Exchange seeking donationsAn Ottawa organization is making a plea for donations to help kids in need get the supplies they need before school starts in September. CTV’s Katie Griffin rep 021
Reposted by J…LeppDave @allcaps.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Good morning Ottawa. Bonjour Ottawa. Live. Laugh. Mayor is live - can you guess where Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has been? Test your knowledge and help prove how much he loves the NCC. livelaughmayor.com 13416
Reposted by J…LeppSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West 763697839
J…Lepp @j.lepp.ca · 04/08/2026They’re just going to go off-grid. If the economics of solar+batteries doesn’t work they shouldn’t be built anyways. 010
