Why Does Toronto’s Police Budget Keep Going Up? The police service and police association have been pushing comms campaigns on the city, designed to secure funding increases whether crime goes up or down, organizer and researcher Aliya Pabani…

Sounds familiar.

Why Does Toronto’s Police Budget Keep Going Up?
#onpoli #cdnpoli #yyj www.thegrindmag.ca/why-does-tor... By @aliyapabani.bsky.social

Intro to Reality Pentesting A Conceptual Field Topology for Proactive Cognitive Defense

Some interesting thoughts here on the human side of security.

Intro to Reality Pentesting: A Conceptual Field Topology for Proactive Cognitive Defense #infosec

cptkj.substack.com/p/intro-to-r...

Why Does Toronto’s Police Budget Keep Going Up? The police service and police association have been pushing comms campaigns on the city, designed to secure funding increases whether crime goes up or down, organizer and researcher Aliya Pabani…

Sounds familiar.

Why Does Toronto’s Police Budget Keep Going Up?
#onpoli #cdnpoli #yyj www.thegrindmag.ca/why-does-tor... By @aliyapabani.bsky.social

Wow, related: Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. Yikes.

#AI #science doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Fascinating story. Here's another link! archive.ph/Z3Qud

Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real #AI #preprint

doi.org/10.1038/d415...

I heard him speak once and it made an impression.

Met him a couple of times. A gracious man. The kind of conversations where you agree on some things, disagree on others and learn from each other. The kind I like.

Stephen Lewis, a life well lived - CCPA Remembering a giant of Canadian social democracy

Reading: Stephen Lewis, a life well lived

Remembering a giant of Canadian social democracy #Lewis #cdnpoli

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

"There still has never been an openly gay player in the NHL... often young gay boys and men go into individual sports and avoid team sports" - in contrast there've been out players in the women's team sports for many years now but there have only recently been out women figure skaters and gymnasts.

A recycling bank with compartments for plastics, appliances, etc.

Did the good citizen thing at London Drugs and dropped off batteries, LED bulbs, 2 small appliances, and styrofoam all in one trip!

Did YOU know London Drugs is such a great urban recycling solution in #yyj and Western Canada?

A screenshot of the part of the accessibility settings with the option of “Require alt text before posting” selected

Reminder: including alt-text on your images is helpful in many ways! It increases accessibility, can add context/detail, makes search more effective, & can improve your reach (a lot of us won’t re-share images without alt-text). If you set it as required in accessibility settings, you can’t forget!

‘Carney is at a crossroads’ with First Nations, says AFN national chief A year after prime minister took office, Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak speaks to IndigiNews about budget cuts, clean water and industry mega-projects

Reading: ‘Carney is at a crossroads’ with First Nations, says AFN national chief #cdnpoli indiginews.com/news/carney-...

The future of primary care in BC This webinar series explores a better direction for primary care in BC with not-for-profit team-based models where diverse teams of practitioners offer a broad range of health and social supports that are responsive to local community’s needs.

The #, role and impact of primary care nurses, esp Nurse Practitioners, has grown.

Learn about the leadership role of non-profit, nurse-led, team-based primary care organizations for a higher-quality, more cost-effective primary care system in BC: webinar April 8 Noon PT.

Overworked, overlooked, and underpaid: How women are addressing sexism in the philanthropic sector - The Philanthropist Journal Women working in the charitable and non-profit sector are making sacrifices and building strategies to secure leadership positions despite barriers – or leaving altogether.

Overworked, overlooked, and underpaid: How women are addressing sexism in the philanthropic sector

thephilanthropist.ca/2025/11/over...

me wearing my No Goblin hoodie

happy #TransDayOfVisibility go make a website with bimbo and wishlist Snap & Grab

iznaut.itch.io/bimbo

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Vehement. Vehemently. Sigh.

I've been mispronouncing "potable" my entire life.

I think this is the third word in the last couple of weeks.

Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her Female named Rounder surrounded by family members when about to give birth to her second calf

How's everyone doing?

Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Canada’s Richest 86 Families As Wealthy As Poorest 6.2 Million Three recent reports provide the gory details about massive and growing wealth inequality in Canada

Canada’s Richest 1% Nearly As Wealthy As Poorest 80%: Three recent reports provide the gory details about massive and growing wealth inequality in Canada

#cdnpoli www.readthemaple.com/canadas-rich...

#ableg #abpoli

Islands Trust has lost sight of its original purpose

The Islands Trust draft Trust Policy Statement has veered off course at a time when its 50-year mandate is more important than ever. #yyj #GulfIslands

www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...

Afroman found not liable in bizarre defamation case brought by Ohio cops who raided his home The verdict was the icing on the cake. Afroman did not defame Ohio cops in a satirical music video that featured footage of them fruitlessly raiding the rapper’s house, a jury found on Wednes…

Afroman's spiritual victory over the Ohio police is now total.

I saw two coyotes loping down a street in Vancouver once. Beautiful! They were so big I thought they were wolves. Maybe they were wolves.

BC should have to prove it's able to meet its obligations under the existing FOI Act (it isn't), even after watering it down, before it can further weaken it.

The US-Israeli strategy failed to defeat Iran quickly – now they are moving to plan B | Paul Rogers It’s called the Dahiya doctrine – and the IDF and US air force are using it to destroy domestic support in Iran, says emeritus professor of peace studies Paul Roger

Always read Paul Rogers: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Neither preemptive nor legal, US-Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up international law With the latest strikes on Iran, The international legal order is now in free-fall.

Neither preemptive nor legal, US‑Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up international law
#cdnpoli theconversation.com/neither-pree...

“Of course Iranians want change. The question is, what kind?” As bombs rain down, Babak Rahimi, a scholar of the Middle East, challenges the US press to convey the “messy” reality on the ground.

As bombs rain down, Babak Rahimi, a scholar of the Middle East, challenges the US press to convey the “messy” reality on the ground. #journalism #cdnmedia
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream The region sold itself as a safe harbor for the world’s data. Amazon’s burning data center in the UAE has upended that pitch.

Reading: Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream

restofworld.org/2026/amazon-...