Insulting and disrespectful. Hmm, imagine that.

Hail a ride on the Halifax Harbour: Water taxi service launching this summer All electric, made-in-Nova Scotia boats will shuttle locals, commuters and tourists (and their pets) across the harbour

Hail a ride on the Halifax Harbour: Water taxi service launching this summer www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Album cover, with Joan Jett

Today's breakfast #vinyl
I Love Rock and Roll, by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

ICC judges reject bid to release former Philippine president Duterte Appeals judges ruled on Wednesday the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over ​former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, dismissing a bid to throw ‌out his trial over his alleged pivotal...

Relevant: www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Lucky you. You can sometimes infer what's probably happening, but you can't know. Yesterday the car ahead of me just stayed still when the light turned green. So I honked. They didn't move, and it turns out that's because they were waiting to turn left, but didn't have their signal on.

Hey, other Halifax drivers: I wouldn't have to honk at you so much if you used your signal lights and didn't rely on fucking *telepathy* to let me know when you're planning to turn your vehicle.

A cruise ship in the distance, extending above a fence and a parking lot full of cars.

The MSC Meraviglia is in port in Halifax today. I don't recall seeing it here before.

Can confirm

Album cover, young Neil's face

Today's breakfast #vinyl
Double Gold by Neil Diamond

Album cover, a very 80s pic of Sheena's head

Today's breakfast #vinyl
You Could Have Been With Me by Sheena Easton

Youtube comment: @ScotClose • 3 hours ago I'm disappointed that you blocked me on Bluesky for trying to bring some real skepticism to this topic after you strongly implied that Platner is a Nazi and ridiculed people for asking for evidence. If you're only a skeptic about topics you disagree with, are you really a skeptic? Reply 0 replies ^ Graham Platner is an Embarrassing Liar WE @RebeccaWatson • O seconds ago I'm not shocked that a man who openly defends an obvious liar with a Nazi tattoo is also apoplectic that the woman he was yelling at opted out of a conversation with him. This is psychotic behavior and you should see a therapist.

PSA: never in the history of humanity has a woman cut a man out of her life for being insane and then changed her opinion of him after he found other methods to contact her.

This is fantastic.

These were hickory smoked, and turned out nicely. The rub was the rib & chicken seasoning from The Keg. Too salty for me, probably won't use it again.

Smoked chicken thighs.

Movie poster for the film

Project Hail Mary was a really good sci-fi movie. Lots of science, lots of emotions, the stakes are high, the SFX are great, and Ryan Gosling is always charming.

I dunno. We're just a rec group, not pros. The gym doesn't require them. It's the first time I've seen it happen, right in the eye.

I might not be invited back to badminton anymore. 😆

Tonight I smashed the shuttle into an opponent's eye (accidentally). She was, eventually, ok.

Next game, different players, we were laughing that people needed to watch out for me. And then I smashed the shuttle into someone else's forehead. ☹️

So we need a campaign to tell businesses not to buy into their nonsense. 😄

Mark Carney leads Pierre Poilievre in net favourability by 50 points Prime Minister Mark Carney leads Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre in net favourability by 50 points.

PM Mark Carney leads Pierre Poilievre in net favourability by 50 points #Canada

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Front cover of a Yellow Pages book for Halifax NS

Side view showing a Yellow Pages book for Halifax that's about an inch thick

Ok, this is dumb. Why are we still doing this? #deadtrees

Do it!

Could be.

The book outlines well how the Philippines, because of its heavy social media use, was a test case/example for what has happened in the broader world since. And how governments and media and the (sometimes hoodwinked) public interact in that now-confusing online space.

A picture of the book's front cover

I just finished @mariaressa.bsky.social 's book, "How To Stand Up To A Dictator". It was an excellent look at why she fights against the tech machinery of authoritarian power, and how we can too. It was a good follow-up to @naomiaklein.bsky.social 's "Doppelganger" which I read last year.

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This is fantastic.

I heard that! I was impressed.

Why Anthropic’s new model has cybersecurity experts rattled The company says it has built its most dangerous model yet. Can its coalition of internet companies fix the internet before others catch up?

My theory is that Anthropic is way, way, way more like OpenAI than its legion of fans would like to admit. They're already in the "OH MY GOD THIS IS SO POWEFUL WE CAN'T SHARE IT WITH YOU" (and subsequent write-ups) phase of marketing tactics and I reckon it's going to get worse for them

1. My new VP at work said good things about my ability and attitude.
2. Bought a bunch of half-price, seasoned, small portions of meat that will be great for my lunches (I work from home).
3. My son enjoyed his first session of a new basketball academy, despite being one of the younger kids there.

It's a small one, but cruise ship season in Halifax has begun.

Rick and Morty | Season 9 Official Trailer | adult swim YouTube video by Adult Swim

And awaaaaay we go! #RickAndMorty

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