This blind squirrel found a nut today.

The $200 million (public dollars) - or $10 million a year for 10 years from National Defence - was retroactive to 2025, so MLS gets to use the first $20 million to pour a little more concrete and call it a “spaceport,” which Canadians will then “lease” from MLS. You can’t even make this shit up.

Some of the best solutions for Nova Scotia's health care woes are the simplest and most human - Halifax Examiner There's nothing artificial about these processes.

Some of the best solutions for Nova Scotia’s health care woes are the simplest and most human

Morning File by Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social

I'd like to hear from Nova Scotian provincial and Canadian federal employees who have been directed to use AI in their workplace. I want to know specifics, and how that's working out. DM me.

This is a story I’d expect to read about Uzbekistan or something, not Nova Scotia. Just bald faced thievery of the public

People keep misspelling the name of the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge - Halifax Examiner It's the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge — small 'd' in Macdonald. Not a capital D.

Great essay from @timbousquet.bsky.social - honestly, I wasn't aware of the achievements of Premier Macdonald.

People keep misspelling the name of the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

People keep misspelling the name of the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge - Halifax Examiner It's the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge — small 'd' in Macdonald. Not a capital D.

People keep misspelling the name of the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge

Morning File by me

First public consultation on N.S. onshore methane drilling draws protest - Halifax Examiner About 100 people squeezed into a meeting room in Windsor to tell the province and a team of Dalhousie University researchers they remain adamantly opposed to onshore drilling for methane.

I love this photo.

First public consultation on N.S. onshore methane drilling draws protest

reported by Jennifer Henderson

This patch of concrete with zero infrastructure is set to receive $200 million of federal financing. This is subsidiary farming at its worse. It should be a scandal.

There's a war on for your mind.

theonion.info

Can I borrow 600 bucks?

Everything you need to know about the 'spaceport' in Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner You see, almost none of the government and corporate propaganda is true.

Everything you need to know about the ‘spaceport’ in Nova Scotia

by Marie Lumsden

Why inconvenience matters, and 'mostly accurate' reporting won't save local news - Halifax Examiner Old tech isn't just about nostalgia. Sometimes the process is the point.

Why inconvenience matters, and ‘mostly accurate’ reporting won’t save local news

Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

It's all bullshit. AI is not going to cause mass unemployment.

Has someone started a database of all these absurd claims?

Everyone in Nova Scotia knows what the Avon River aboiteau is.

Indigenous people and supporters protest Avon River aboiteau, treaty violations - Halifax Examiner On Saturday, dozens gathered at the Treaty Truckhouse in Falmouth for the demonstration.

Indigenous people and supporters protest Avon River aboiteau, treaty violations

reported by Madiha Mughees @mmughees.bsky.social

Besides the more important concerns about perv glasses, as a person who wears non-perv glasses I'm worried perv glasses tech is going to get to the point that people won't be able to tell the difference between perv and non-perv glasses and so I'll have to start sticking contact lens into my eyes

I've always used them, as I did even in the post about them.

What's the over/under for the number of World Cup tourists who get kidnapped by ICE?

Most of the things that are supposedly "AI tells" — em dashes, over capitalization, curly quotation marks, that offbeat (to North American English speakers) 'sound' of the prose, etc. — are really just a reflection of the Kenyan English used by the actual people who trained the AI.

A green circle. Beneath it is a blue box with the words "Crypto Promoters" on it and a yellow box with the words "AI Promoters" on it.

I made a Venn diagram

Directional sign uses a capital D for the name of the bridge.

New sign on bike path leading to the Macdonald Bridge misspells Macdonald.

If you don't buy my product you will lose your job. Also if you don't promote my product.

I was blessed to be interviewed by Suzanne of @halifaxexaminer.ca fame! While the province seems adamant to let libraries wither on the vine, I've been working to make sure we can at the very least keep operating as the great institutions we are.
By unionizing!!! ^.^

Either on the causeway or the ferry

Cumberland Public Libraries staff vote to unionize as Nova Scotia fails to fund branches - Halifax Examiner Library staff to start organizing bargaining committee on Monday, April 20.

Cumberland Public Libraries staff vote to unionize as Nova Scotia fails to fund branches

reported by Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social

The Houston government doesn't take climate change seriously - Halifax Examiner It's just not possible to burn more methane and reduce GHG emissions.

The Houston government doesn’t take climate change seriously

Morning File by me

Auditor general finds Halifax Water hasn't followed its own hiring practices - Halifax Examiner Andrew Atherton said documents weren't included in hiring files and no rationale was given for some hiring decisions.

Auditor general finds Halifax Water hasn’t followed its own hiring practices

reported by Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social

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