Absolutely thrilled this is over for you Ian. Enjoy the relief and freedom from this horrible experience!

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow share.google/25mcYoWcAJNu...

SORA: the all Ai TikTok Clone. will slop end creativity? YouTube video by CaseyNeistat

AI Slop. youtube.com/watch?v=I1dW...

Real Genius Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

This lecture hall scene from "Real Genius" depicts our new reality of Profs and teachers using AI to generate curriculum and students using AI to summarize and interpret curriculum. Its an AI to AI experience, completely eliminating any human insight or engagement. share.google/GIMjEaP0UoSt...

Caroline and Aaron posing for a selfie on Mont Royal, looking down at downtown Montreal.

Lots of blue sky over Montreal these days. Loving the last bits of summer vacation!

A public Bell Telephone booth with some graffiti.

Found a blast from the past in Montreal, Quebec.

Enjoyed some big blue sky in Toronto! Made it to the very top of the CN tower!

A shooting star night shot from Loveland Bay, Campbell Lake

Sand Castle of a mermaid sitting atop a castle made of cones.

Some beautiful sand sculptures at the Parksville Sand Castle competition. Plus lots of blue sky too!

A white rabbit sitting infront of a TV showing the Tour de France

Milo really enjoyed today's stage of the #tdf2025 great finish to an exciting day!

Cyclists lined up at the start of the tour de France 2025!

And we are off! Looking forward to another great Tour de France! #tdf2025

Tech billionaires are obsessed with this dystopian sci-fi novel. The author had no idea. Marc Benioff, Sam Altman, and Reid Hoffman are turning to a decade-old book by a Canadian programmer as they ponder the future of AI.

Really enjoyed the Bobiverse series. sfstandard.com/2025/06/27/l...

One of my most favourite moments of every school year! Congratulations to the Parkland Grad Class of 2025!

The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.

After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.

That's right! A big school group I think. We enjoy that stretch of beauty as much as possible. Hope you are able to as well!

May long Weekend at China Beach. Hiked to Jordan River at low tide and found a swing!

Getting to an age where I really enjoy seeing old nostalgic cars still in great shape!

Guest Post - Classification as Colonization: The Hidden Politics of Library Catalogs - The Scholarly Kitchen The renaming of "Mount Denali" and "Gulf of Mexico" to the politically loaded “Mount McKinley" and "Gulf of America" reveal the naked truth of what cataloging has always been: a battlefield where mean...

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Elbows up, Canada.

52 Countries in 52 Weeks, Part 31: My Goals After This Year In Which I Talk A Little About The Things I Think I Want To Be Different About Myself When I Return To “Normal” Life

Stay curious. Embrace my smallness. Create more. Stay off twitter.

After a year travelling the world, tomorrow I get on a flight to return home.

Here are some of the things I’m hoping to change about myself when I’m back.

We are Canadian. YouTube video by Average Joes

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A waterfall over a sandstone ledge onto a beach with a person walking towards a log.

Some nice March blue sky at Sandcut Beach, near Jordan River, Vancouver Island BC.

"Feed your Mind and Mind your Feed" Technology Connections video about how algorithms influence us. youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...

FINISH IT. YouTube video by Terry Fox Foundation

Terry Fox Foundation released a new powerful video youtu.be/M4lp8G0a5XY

Sidney Pier with a fish market and a small restaurant. The full moon rises behind.

Beautiful sunset in January. Sidney, BC.

A beach along the bay with some driftwood and rocks. Blue sky with a few small white clouds.

Beautiful big blue sky for Boxing Day at Chasters Beach, Gibsons BC.

Aaron and Caroline standing behind a full Christmas table of many fondue pots.

Merry Christmas from Gibsons BC. We enjoyed a delicious Fondue last night with our family. Cheese, Beef, Prawns and Chocolate! Happy Holidays!

'Astronomical' hold queues on year's top e-books frustrate readers, libraries

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EBook publishers are punishing readers and abusing copyright to claim new models and reduce access. Hurts authors and readers.

House covered in Christmas lights with a front lawn full of blow up Christmas figures, choreographed to music.

Saw some epic Christmas lights around our neighborhood. Even had its own radio station!

Milo is feeling very festive tonight.