Reposted by RWVJ. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 14hStory updated with comment from Carson: Asked by The Globe and Mail for a response to winning the prestigious prize, she e-mailed back a one-word reaction in all-caps: “YIKES!!” 1347
Reposted by RWVBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 17hI think LLMs are cool but nothing can just be cool. It has to Revolutionize and Transform and make me and my friends trillionaires. So you get this frantic shoehorning into everything 41823
Reposted by RWVRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18hThe rhetoric of tech in a nutshell: I value convenience, efficiency, ease first and also have no capacity to recognize humanity, my own or others, but feel qualified to run the world. Someone send an army of divorce lawyers; after all this guy already wants to disconnect. 511044222
Reposted by RWVPeter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 19h“Slow Down. Let Our Children Live.” Generations before us fought for walkable streets. They set for us the example we need today. Cleveland 1961: Along a road with no sidewalk, a human wall of volunteers protected children walking to and from school. 1215
Reposted by RWVDanny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Like we don’t have political disagreements, we have disagreements on the nature of reality  131658197
Reposted by RWVone dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 31/10/2025[GENTRIFIER WHO MOVED TO TRANSYLVANIA] “Amanda, call the cops, they’re out there doing the Mash again.” 6739192
Reposted by RWVTVO @wearetvo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026September 30 marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to remember the children who never returned home and to honour Survivors and generations affected by residential schools. Watch Remembering the Children, a national commemorative broadcast on TVO at 7 p.m. Every Child Matters. 112568
Reposted by RWVCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026Today, we published a second investigation looking at a separate aspect of this app and its implications for privacy. That story is now out from behind the paywall.nationalobserver.comToronto mayoral candidate Bradford’s campaign appears to have breached its own privacy policyIts campaign tool, called the Victory App, was the subject of a CNO investigation last week for its use of AI to locate online discussions about Bradford. But another aspect of the app also raises que... 310526
Reposted by RWVlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026current state of the fix social media playbook: *nationalize facebook and hold it to rigorous privacy and content moderation standards *break up google and make youtube robustly fund a streaming PBS *turn off x the everything app *keep linkedin the same. that'd be a good bit *begin The Tribunals 321891321
Reposted by RWVLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359802001
Reposted by RWVBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend 121107782040
Reposted by RWVBryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm convinced this is what's eventually going to kill LLMs. They take all the fun, creative, and expressive stuff away from us and leave us with nothing to do but laundry and dishes. 411415
Reposted by RWVEmmaaAAHH! 👻 ArkHell 💀 @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This "significant labour legislation" could very likely end the right to strike for thousands of workers through expanding whose work is "essential," lengthening bargaining timelines or introducing US style laws. pressprogress.ca/mark-carneys...pressprogress.caMark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed.Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list' 8153107
Reposted by RWVRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Cool, another big pro-corporate, anti-worker move from our Conservative prime minister! I am becoming The Joker Source: www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art... 2233498
Reposted by RWVJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...404media.co‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." 401523708
Reposted by RWVJoseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to “craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."bu.eduNew Learning Outcomes Announced | English 402368471
Reposted by RWVJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 16/09/2026STAR TREK, "A Taste of Armageddon" (1967) 4141
Reposted by RWVjenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026welcome to 2020s tech. we got - pervert glasses - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - the button that does nothing - we outta ram - we outta hard drives - we outta graphics cards - ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses - wiretap 9678943171
Reposted by RWVrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 08/09/2026hello im the CEO and i can’t do anything without the support of the simpering vizier that lives in the computer. in order to keep collecting an offensively meager paycheck you too must consult the vizier regularly. don’t worry he has lots of uses other than just hopefully putting you out of a job 81682262
Reposted by RWVJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"The requests were flatly denied... 'There won’t be anything coming in email,' the director wrote" globalnews.ca/news/1204843...globalnews.caInside the Ford government’s pause on all freedom of information requests | Globalnews.caThe Ford government made the unprecedented decision to pause all transparency requests for more than a week. Here's what happened behind the scenes. 23631
Reposted by RWVAnna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Canada's freedom-of-information systems govern your right to know. They are under attack by governments who'd rather you didn't. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/reflect...ijb.utoronto.caBehind the reporting: What's at stake in Canadian transparency tussles - Investigative Journalism BureauOne of the best ways to lose friends at a party is to bring up freedom-of-information legislation. Try it the next time you want to escape an awkward social interaction. “Oh, that is so interesting. ... 1299
Reposted by RWVJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 04/09/2026One of the things that I've said before on the podcast and will say again is that aside from everything else, there are things that ought to be beneath the notice of the provincial government. You make law for 16 million people and you're whining about bike lanes! www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...thestar.comDoug Ford’s government rejected Toronto’s proposals to restore traffic lanes and keep bike lanes: sourcesToronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the province walked away from compromises to restore traffic lanes while keeping bike lanes on major streets. 1825471
Reposted by RWVShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I think people, if they feel secure enough, should pressure their employers to speak up. Banks etc. What about the unions themselves? CUPE OPSEU etc. Maybe a pension plan could say something. Or is civil society that weak? 35113
Reposted by RWVceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on 193218924413
Reposted by RWVHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/09/2026Yesterday Doug Ford did three things that will make congestion around Toronto much, much worse. First, Ford has made made massive cuts to GO Train service on the Lakeshore West, Lakeshore East, Barrie and Stouffville lines. In some cases, GO Train frequency will drop from 15 trains a day to 4 -> 1015179
Reposted by RWVaugust 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 02/09/2026this is the biggest step backward toronto has ever taken on mobility in my lifetime. many years of work undone because of some grumblings over a piece of bike lane on bloor west 25910
Reposted by RWVBlayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This is a good example of what @ntusikov.bsky.social and I have been warning about for years: US tech companies are uniquely susceptible to extra-legal US government pressure (Google isn’t compelled to change Lake Ontario’s name.) Because of this, they represent a direct threat to Canadian autonomy. 12355137
Reposted by RWVTVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Legendary actor, William Shatner, shares his personal insight on the success of Star Trek and how its syndication changed TV forever. As Star Trek turns 60, we explore how one bold TV series became a global phenomenon. Watch "For the Love of Star Trek" Sept 7th on the TVO Docs Youtube channel. 0103
Reposted by RWVThe ɅɅeech @diedfrombeing.labeledrude.online · 28/08/2026it took a while for the novelty to burn through the population but we're finally getting people who understand that they're intended to be the product and its only through strict quality control and restraint that this monstrous beast is chained and forced to do your bidding (press releases) 092
Reposted by RWVMurphNturf @murphnturf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut 10830106
Reposted by RWVLane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 26/08/2026Where are the Defenders of Academic Freedom signing open letters here? Or is that only for discredited "race realists" who parrot false statistics? 46117
Reposted by RWVJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 26/08/2026ATTENTION TORONTO-AREA NERDS: If you're going to be at FanExpo on Sunday, TVO is premiering a new documentary, "For the Love of Star Trek", featuring interviews from our archives with Trek personalities. Airing Monday Sep 7/Tues Sep 8 for the rest of us. 13912
Reposted by RWVNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Two of Miss Piggy's most iconic co-stars gone, this world is trash. 2455781500
Reposted by RWVMichael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 26/08/2026RIP Tim Curry, who had the range to star in the two greatest movies about a mutiny in the middle of a transatlantic sea voyage, and also the crew occasionally breaks into song 152044551
Reposted by RWVlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 25/08/2026i think wikipedia is the only organization i'm at peace with sending me endless fundraising spam emails. not a perfect org by any means of course but unlike most groups begging for money, they give me access to wikipedia 292517194
Reposted by RWVGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 21/08/2026All of the LLMs stole from me. Most of the big "A.i." billionaires are horrifying right wingers. Consumer-facing generative "A.i." "writing" and "art" tools deskill people, cheat kids out of real education, spread falsehoods and disinfo, and violate privacy. So no, I ain't using that shit. 133491854
Reposted by RWVlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 20/08/2026let's all take a moment to thank the EU for being the only slightly serious governing body in the west 405065689
Reposted by RWVKanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Also not a lawyer. But I am an engineer. This decision contradicted itself multiple times, incl the responsibilities of engineers. It ignored data & tells us to design dangerous infrastructure, yet it doesn't assign responsibility for the consequences. It contradicts the obligations of our license. 49030
Reposted by RWVThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 16/08/2026Doug Ford celebrates bike lane court victory with public execution of local cycling groupthebeaverton.comDoug Ford celebrates bike lane court victory with public execution of local cycling groupQUEEN’S PARK - After the Ontario Court of Appeals overruled a lower court decision stopping Doug Ford from ripping out 19 kilometres of bike lanes in Toronto today, the Ontario premier celebrated by a... 17399109
Reposted by RWVCycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Friday: Courts rule Doug Ford can rip out bike lanes Saturday: Bike Share Toronto sets daily ridership record 06429
Reposted by RWVDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/08/2026I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required. 205101672136
Reposted by RWVℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The judge's ruling cites "common sense" as the reason that adding more lanes eases congestion IT DOESN'T!! THERE'S AN ENTIRE FIELD OF STUDY AROUND THIS VERY TOPIC!! WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS SINCE, LIKE, THE 1960s!! 1216343
Reposted by RWVCredentials, Dan @dancredentials.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Me, nodding knowingly: The beaks. 10293111568
Reposted by RWVThe Verge @theverge.com · 15/08/2026"Is the point of life merely to stockpile accomplishments? If that is what Silicon Valley believes, no wonder all the billionaires seem so unhappy all the time! They have traded experience for accomplishment, and cheated themselves out of their own lives in the process."theverge.comMark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to liveAn AI future of sleek, streamlined, and totally empty relationships. 87718179
Reposted by RWVJohnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS. 11187813444
Reposted by RWVThe Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"The Ford government can do this, if they really want to. But the court’s permission doesn’t make it wise or guarantee that it will be politically profitable for the Premier and his party." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.socialtvo.orgANALYSIS: The Ford government has won its bike lane legal battle. So, back to politics | TVO TodayThe Tories can rip up their preferred bike lanes — but now it's an election year. 1148
Reposted by RWVRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11/08/2026literally 100% of the bad things about "woke 1" are just shit that sucks about social media. if you're complaining about "Woke" and not Gamergate, it's because you're a disingenuous prick. 474699750
![[59] The question, then, is this: is there a rational connection between the purpose of reducing traffic congestion and the decision to increase the number of lanes for motor vehicles by removing bicycle lanes? The respondents were required to establish that there was no such connection. The appellants were not required to establish that the legislation will prove effective in reducing traffic congestion.
[60] Common sense provides the answer here: increasing the number of lanes available for motor vehicles must, at least to some extent, and for some period of time, be capable of contributing to reducing traffic congestion. The legislation is therefore rational. Assumptions grounded in everyday experience and common sense need not be established empirically: Gosselin v. Québec (Attorney General), 2002 SCC 84, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 429, at para. 56.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bumu6s332o24fppobse7j3ms/bafkreienb36anol5lhe5bysgujtctbbldmjjth6jc4cybrowrmllarjrea)
