iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I’ve only biked to work twice since it got nice and already I’ve been in multiple 4-person bike chains on my route. Was rare last year. Are more Winnipeggers biking?? 🚲

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Blows my mind that people will unironically distrust anything that comes from government and trust anything that comes from billionaires.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Where are all the "fraud and waste" people now?

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It’s a brilliant tax because when they say “but the billionaires will leave” you get to say “they already don’t live there”

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It kinda boggles my mind when Christians discount social attempts to provide what the church is working towards. As if poverty relief or health/healing should only be the purview of the church.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This has massive burnout implications for direct service staff as well -- doing CPR on someone you know and love.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

If people think AI is disruptive, just wait until it moves from manipulating bits (the digital world) to atoms (the physical world). Self-driving cars are just a hint of what's to come.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

@hankgreen.bsky.social FYI some people listen to you at 2x all the time. It’s great!

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

My favourite thing about “it takes money to make money” is that the people who tout it are convinced that wealth inequality is a meritocracy issue.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

In a world of terrifying news, reminding my kid that "the news is news because it's rare" has become a mantra.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

My favourite thing about our current economic system is that everyone, even those who love it, will do everything they can to escape it.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 04/02/2026

Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported. 6 years old. She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.

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Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported

YouTube video by Ben Palmer

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Backpack ads act like they’ve redefined physics and invented an interior expansion spell.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We need to know both things to improve things -- it tells us where we are and what we've done that's worked.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Even Monopoly realizes society doesn’t work without universal basic wealth (starting cash) and universal basic income (GO money).

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The entire right-wing agreed that cars can become weapons when they justified the murder of Renee Good.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I'm at my limit, here. I think most people are. Thankful for the indoors!

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Dude's working his way through an entire bag of Cheetos. There's a three-second crinkle every thirty seconds.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

If you're going to eat incredibly loud and crunchy food in the library, at least bring enough for everyone.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Yeah, they are basically impossible to pull off the plastic without them falling apart. Almost like they're more Cheez Whiz-y. I'm guessing the thick slicks will trend towards the size of the old regulars, and there'll be a new extra thick that comes out.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Anyone else notice Kraft singles are now so thin you can see through them?

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Where are the people who decry the removal or toppling of statues? This actually *is* history.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

May we one day live in precedented times.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

There *are* reasons why we will mine for decades: - replacing 100% of current infrastructure - getting there faster than end-of-life because we want to minimize the impacts of CC - getting the entire world electrified to the standard they want - the population is still growing (but will stabilize)

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Not only do we need to mine way less for batteries and solar than we do for fossil fuels, but they also introduce the path to becoming a circular economy -- recycling is already both technically and economically feasible.

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Winnipeg Jets @winnipegjets.com · 20/01/2026

🥹 💙

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Pro tip: It's easier to win at Monopoly when you were there at the beginning. (Note: this is a post about the economy.)

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Turns out the real tyranny of the 15-minute city all along was needing to use a vehicle to get something that's a 15-minute walk away.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Agreed that they're an unfortunate necessity for most people (including me). Wishing we had more transportation freedom. Turns out the real 15-minute city all along was needing to use a vehicle to get something that's a 15-minute walk away.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Imagine if DT had been given the board game Pandemic instead of Risk as a child.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

To be fair, they've been (and still are) subsidized in Canada and the US. We're not paying anywhere near their full financial and societal cost.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I'm running home from work today (and have to carry what I wear in the morning in my backpack), so I was a wee bit chilly this morning. What weird weather we're having.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Sure seems like the "independent thinkers" all think the same thing.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The same people who support the 2A in case of government tyranny sure are quick to tell people to comply.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

At this point I've given up hope that I'll find Vanilla Coke in Winnipeg. (I heard it was here before Christmas.)

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Jails. Hospitals. Detention centres. Modern society will house people the most expensive ways it can, just so it can blame them.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Over the last 10 years I’ve completely changed perspectives on vertical video.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

You can turn off the tap to protect your mental health. Turning the tap off is privilege.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Wakeups are consistently where I lose my score -- I seem to do fine on total time and time to bed.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I think a really good mark of independent thought and rationality is being able to criticize when your own side is in the wrong. This would be a good opportunity for "independent" and "rational" thinkers to demonstrate it.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This is America. This has always been America.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Being able to care about something without *seeing* it is called empathy -- grow it.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/01/2026

NEW: MAYOR FREY: “They are already trying to spin this as an act of self defense. I’ve seen the video myself and I want to tell everybody directly; that is bullshit.”

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Is this the Freedom (TM) people wanted?

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I'm so sorry to anyone who has to learn English as an additional language...

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I'm convinced that all this posturing about oil will, in the long run and from a long-term perspective, look a lot like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Physics is dictating that shift, and politics is slowing it down.

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Paul Loewen @paulloewen.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

It's wild to me that we had ~enough~ social housing in Canada and then we just stopped that.

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