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Tim Runtz

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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I'll never understand how people aren't deeply offended by the idea of copilot writing end of year report cards comments
winnipegfreepress.com
Winnipeg's Louis Riel School Division embraces AI agents of change
End-of-year report cards will be drafted using a new digital assistant made by and for teachers working in St. Vital and surrounding communities in southeast Winnipeg.
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
11,000 x $3.45 = $37,950 temporary elimination of 14¢/litre MB gas tax in 2024 = $340,000,000 lost revenue (📰: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...)
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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
University administrators two years ago: we can’t allow social justice movements to change the university as we know it University administrators today: in order to accommodate the new probabilistic bullshit generator no one likes we must change everything about the university
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Gillingham is really saying the quiet part loud: so much of policing in this city is about making (affluent) people *feel* safe www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
'If people don't feel safe, that is what matters,' Winnipeg mayor says as stats show downtown crime spike | CBC News
Some Winnipeg residents say they don't feel safe downtown as the city's police service released new data showing a spike in both violent and non-violent crime along a stretch of Portage Avenue running...
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026
this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Palestinians ran in central Gaza for the 10th edition of Palestine International Marathon, which brought together some 1,900 participants, according to organizers. The marathon followed a two-year halt due to the war
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Make it make sense "Manitoba legislature Speaker Tom Lindsey on Monday banned MLAs from calling one another a “bigot,” “homophobe,” “racist,” “misogynist” or “transphobe” in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly chamber." www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
winnipegfreepress.com
Speaker bans five unparliamentary words, strikes blow for decorum in Manitoba house
Manitoba legislature Speaker Tom Lindsey on Monday banned MLAs from calling one another a “bigot,” “homophobe,” “racist,” “misogynist” or “transphobe” in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly chamber. The...
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Not signaling should be 3 demerit points. It's the easiest thing a driver can do!!!
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I've genuinely tried to be open minded and not just a hater, but I'm not exaggerating when I say that literally every time I've tried to use AI at work I end up with the same results
Chat starting with "So this entire time this chat bot had been telling me to do something that doesn't work."

Copilot responds: "short answer: yes – and you're right to be frustrated. I owe you an apology and a clear correction. What happened (plain and honest). I led you down a path that sounds valid architecturally but does not work in reality today.
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Perfect use case for both AI and provincial funding: 21 year old insurance salesman robocaller ceo who got his start on conservative political campaigns.
cbc.ca
Manitoba NDP government loans $475K to Winnipeg AI call-screening company | CBC News
Manitoba's NDP government has provided financial support to another private business, this time in the provincial tech sector. Premier Wab Kinew's cabinet authorized a $475,000 loan to JasperVOCAL, a ...
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Not a good look
winnipegfreepress.com
CEO of Siloam Mission in Winnipeg orders staff to go ‘media silent’
Siloam Mission management has directed staff to be “media silent” and has blocked access to shelter events — including its annual Easter meal — amid internal tension over the appointment of its new CE...
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I brought In the Distance by Hernan Diaz on holiday because it's a western and western are fun, right? It was Not Fun. Brilliant amd gorgeous but extremely not a beach read.
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
With apologies for the flex and to the non–meat eaters: I made very good pork chops tonight (all hail J Kenji López-Alt) with roast potatoes, butternut squash, savory apple sauce and a toronto
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
My university: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently." Microsoft: LOL
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Hunched over a grow light in my basement wearing nothing but long johns cause menswear guy said I should be comfy
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Canning like a homesteader today (transferring 4kg of Costco peanut butter into individual mason jars)
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It's really clarifying to think of AI as a tool that reduces your capacity for human thought then rents an approximation of it back to you for a fee
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Jody Houser ✒️🗯️🎲 @jodyhouser.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
So if using AI actually does erode human cognition the way studies suggest, then it's a feature instead of a bug? The world is gross enough without "take away people's ability to think so we can sell it back to them" being on the list.
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A real win for CMU tbh www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
winnipegfreepress.com
Opinion: Missed opportunity at CMU
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 23/02/2026
Altman’s comments were bad enough. But the following day to read about how OpenAI had neglected its duty when it banned a user in Canada who was using ChatGPT to play out gun violence scenarios put his comments in an even worse light. disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-...
On February 10, Canada suffered one of the worst mass shootings in its history when eight people were killed in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, including five students and a teacher at a secondary school. After the shooting, OpenAI reached out to authorities to provide information about the shooter’s use of ChatGPT and announced it had banned the shooter’s account months earlier.

However, what OpenAI didn’t say, but the Wall Street Journal discovered, was that employees pushed for the company to reach out to Canadian authorities to alert them to what the person who would later take eight people’s lives was inputing to ChatGPT. The user was flagged through an automated system for suggesting scenarios to the chatbot involving gun violence. “Internally, about a dozen staffers debated whether to take action on [the user’s] posts,” wrote the Journal. “Some employees interpreted [the user’s] writings as an indication of potential real-world violence.”
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Jess A. Goldberg 🇵🇸 @jessagoldberg.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The utterance of "A.I.'s inevitability" is one of the most stark pure performatives I've seen in my time working in higher ed. Every time it is uttered, it is clearly not reporting a fact about the world but instead actively trying to create the reality it narrates. We can and must refuse.
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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Winnipeg, MB. Just in my inbox via Councillor Duncan's office, so I thought I would post for those who've been following this issue, given timelines & delegations tomorrow.
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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The conch was blown at 5:00am. The 2026 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Yes it is, and this is a good explainer of the impact of international student caps. But it's infuriating that Benarroch is simply reconciled to the state of government funding while pushing for tuition hikes.
winnipegfreepress.com
Opinion: Canada’s university funding system is broken
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AblativMeatshld @ablativmeatshld.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
So remember kids... Bullying works.
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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Basically, your Charter right to free expression won’t apply downtown
Map of 100m charter-free zones in downtown Winnipeg showing much of downtown is covered
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
It's always the people whose offices have doors and sunlight who insist workers will be more productive in person
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blair @blairaf.com · 04/02/2026
Canada did a consultation on a new national AI strategy, formed an expert task force to write 32 reports, then used AI to analyze the responses & reports. The result is a summary that strings together 100s of vague action items & flattens nuance and policy trade-offs into false consensus
Screenshot from Government of Canada website that reads: "Over 11,300 participants provided their thoughts and ideas during the 30-day online public consultation, which ran from October 1 to 31, 2025. We captured over 64,600 responses to 26 questions on the eight AI pillars identified for the purpose of the consultation.

The responses were analyzed using SimpleSurvey, which uses natural language processing algorithms to provide insights from open-ended questions by analyzing sentiments, keywords and topics. ISED also created an internal classification pipeline for analysis, incorporating Cohere Command A, OpenAI GPT-5 nano, Anthropic Claude Haiku and Google Gemini Flash to read through the submissions and identify common themes. Responses were also classified by question, pillar and sentiment. Human reviewers validated and refined the AI-generated analyses, ensuring accuracy and comprehensive representation of all perspectives. The same approach was used to analyze the Task Force reports. This innovative approach enabled thorough, unbiased reporting in record time—months faster than traditional methods—demonstrating a balance between efficient delivery and responsible, Canadian-centred AI adoption."
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 05/02/2026
Winnipeg’s transit system upgrade was supposed to increase ridership, but the data — though not entirely reliable — suggests it may have done the opposite, @jsrutgers.bsky.social reports thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-tra...
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Data gaps obscure impacts of Winnipeg Transit overhaul | The Narwhal
There’s ‘no question’ fewer people rode Winnipeg buses after the transit overhaul, the mayor says. But gaps in the data make it hard to get a clear picture
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Roads and police and police and roads
winnipegfreepress.com
Analysis mixed on $900-million Chief Peguis extension
Supporters of a $900-million proposal to extend the Chief Peguis Trail predict it would help spark the construction of 15,000 new homes and create thousands of new jobs, while raising $59 million annu...
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
If you're open to party politics and want to vote for the next party leader, today is the last day to become a member.
leadership.ndp.ca
NDP Leadership 2026
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 20/01/2026
one of the worst things about so many canadians being glued to cnn and msnow is that they import that approach to politics, such that you can’t ever criticize the libs or carney because they’re your team even when they absolutely need to be pushed to do better.
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
That's a hard no (with alt text)
Screenshot reading Is this Carleton future? TAs are fighting for AI guardrails. We need your help. @cupe4600. Inset is a chatbot window. Bot: Hi, I'm Raven. How can I help you today? Human: I'm looking for feedback on my reflection from last week's class. Bot: I see you're looking for reflection. You can submit your reflection by clicking reflection under week 2 and then uploading your document. Human: Can I speak to a human? Bot: There are no human TAs for this course. How can I help?
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Registered for what may be my first race in almost two years post injury 🥹
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
UNICEF: a child has been killed every day in Gaza by Israel since the start of the 'ceasefire.' “These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”
“That’s roughly a girl or a boy killed here every day during a ceasefire,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters in Geneva.

“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones,” he said, speaking from Gaza City. “They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from [remote-controlled] quadcopters.”

Mr. Elder pointed out that more children have also died of hypothermia in the last few days, as harsh winter conditions expose the most vulnerable Gazans.
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Walter (🎃👻 RIP 🪦💀) @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This was the first thing I saw when I opened Instagram today
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Listen to Black Midi and text a friend today pitchfork.com/news/black-m...
pitchfork.com
Black Midi Co-Founder Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin Dies at 26
The guitarist played on the band’s debut album before leaving in 2021 for mental health reasons
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
This photo and caption combo really speaks volumes www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A piece of machinery holding pieces of an encampment in its claws with the caption "In December, the city said residents of the former Mostyn Park encampment were connected with housing supports."
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
It's great that the government of Canada portal redirects to the Salesforce landing page when it times out, because what I really want when I'm renewing my passport is to calculate my ROI on an AI powered CRM
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Disgusting statement
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
At new years it bears repeating that reading isn't an inherent moral good. Cultivate patience and curiosity with or without books in a way that works for you.
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Made myself a wallet today.
A closed vertical bifold wallet made from natural veg tan leather with brown stitching.An open wallet with four card slots plus cash pockets.
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
There really shouldn't be any story about this development that doesn't mention Gem/Marquess suing dozens of protesters in 2017 for ostensibly delaying the project by trying to prevent clearcutting.
winnipegfreepress.com
Firm involved in Parker Lands project asks for extension
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
"White Mineral Desolation, unvarying and chill." [Mason & Dixon]
"You're just not getting out enough....?" "Out! Out where?" Gesturing at the Window, "White Mineral Desolation, unvarying and chill,—" "Out of your Melancholy."
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Got some leather working tools and made the jankiest glasses case I've seen in my life.
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Remember this propaganda video next time someone tells you bodycams exist for the sake of police accountability.
m.youtube.com
Manitoba RCMP deploys 98% of body-worn cameras to officers across the province
YouTube video by RCMP Manitoba
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This was a terrible situation and I can empathize with people's fears, but I genuinely don't understand how anyone thinks SROs would have prevented this.
cbc.ca
Days after attack on student, former Winnipeg police chief calls for more officers in schools | CBC News
A few days after a registered sex offender was charged with assaulting a Winnipeg elementary school student, the city's former chief of police is adding his voice to those singing the praises of offic...
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Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The numbers in here are hilarious. Do you use AI on the job? Execs: 87% Managers: 57% Workers: 27% Planned investment by 2030: $5T "Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B Current annual revenue: $50B
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Tim Runtz @timruntz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Imagine arguing that parking is more important than housing when there's an encampment literally a few meters away.
cbc.ca
'Nowhere else to go,' says woman at encampment decried as eyesore amid Winnipeg's crackdown | CBC News
Cynthia Flett knows she'll have to move from an encampment in Winnipeg's West Broadway neighbourhood, after city workers erected signs in Mostyn Park saying camping is prohibited — but she's not sure ...
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