Me yelling at the Canada Geese this morning: fucking theives! Living up to your name are ya? You didn't even build that nest, and your babies will die if they fall out from there. Fuck off on out of there and give it back to the Osprey!
They actually flew away!!
ICYMI: See link below to watch the most recent @policyalternatives.ca webinar: How Alberta is bringing in U.S.-style health care and putting Canada’s universal public health care system at risk—by opening the doors to private, for-profit health care.
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The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access • Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.
A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.
Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.
This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
The federal government’s Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) Rural Development Action Plan survey is accepting survey submissions until Feb 20th.
Residents of rural communities—add your voice!
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Feb 10. Somewhere in Sorrento. Who's the sponsor?
Interesting to see who is in the audience...
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Wait, did Carney just grow a spine?
Must find full recording, please post if you have a link.
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When the bank holds your mortgage, you don't own anything. They do.
Which is also why Land Back isn't complicated - just pay your mortgage to the rightful title holders and you get to stay. Not that we can pry all those mortgages out of the hands of the banks...
When the bank holds your mortgage, you don't own anything. They do.
Which is also why Land Back isn't complicated - just pay your mortgage to the rightful title holders and you get to stay. Not that we can pry all those mortgages out of the hands of the banks but one can dream.
ICE vs. Everyone www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
This is how people mobilize. Take notes, and take heart.
Kelowna textile studio reshaping fashion one stitch at a time #Kelowna
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Posting this as we come to/have just passed the turning of the year, and I am thinking more about how to further the work of building a better world. I have been finding a huge amount of thoughtfulness and value in this podcast, I hope you do too.
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Never
US has bombed Iran
And taking his walker FFS
Yup. We are ready for this. And they are good and honourable people who will take good care of the beer.
What time of year is it?
It's about time. Speculation and flipping, and using houses as investment rather than living spaces have made housing totally unaffordable. Hurray for a loss of profits!
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jesse Wells, beinf brilliant again.
I'm guessing you've also read the Pratchett/Gaiman collab?
Huh, never heard of this author. Shall find. Have you read any Jasper Fford? Satirical dystopian silliness.
His whole thing was "we need to wrap our bread in plastic, just think how fast it would go stale if you didn't ". Like that was what's going on! What a complete knob.
Dog standing
Dog on her back
Brian and Fionnlagh
Dog sleeping
Fionnlagh is the best. In the 5 weeks we've had her, she's dug a giant hole in our hearts full of cuddles, shark attacks, bouncing and naps. Irish Wolfhounds rule! Many thanks to Windseeker Kennels!
Good for you. Have the hard conversations!
I'm outside Right Now! It's lovely!
She's incredibly sweet, but also morning shark attacks.
So in love with Fionnlagh!
