That’s crazy

Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun (Lyric Video) YouTube video by ViolentFemmesVEVO

Apparently referencing 40+ year old pop music is “not relatable”, AMA

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They believe the AI tools they’re developing will be the weapons platform for the next generation of conflict (see point 12 on the end of the atomic age), and they want everyone in on it.

What an absolutely wild time.

Whatever religious pacifism might mean in our time, it is finding new opponents. The leaders of Palantir, an AI services company, recently published a 22 point mini-manifesto.

The manifesto includes a call to universal military service (item 6). But why would an AI company call for a draft?

>unarmed pleasure vessel inexplicably capable of running a blockade

What did he know?

Ottawa campus threat hits home in fear, finally relief IT’S 4:20 p.m. last Friday and I’d just filed my column when my phone rings. It’s my colleague, Stephanie, in Ottawa. Odd, she usually texts. “Have you talked to Sarah?” she asks. I hadn’t. “There’s an active shooter at the University of Ottawa,” she says. “Find her.” It’s impossible to describe what it’s like to realize your child is in life-ordeath danger. It’s even more difficult to explain how it feels when that child is more than 2,000 kilometres away. Fortunately — perhaps, unfortunately — I am well versed in handling trauma. I know, for example, that until you know what to do, you have to turn off the heart while keeping the mind on. I dial my daughter’s phone number. After one ring, I get a vision. What if she is hiding and the shooter is nearby? I hang up and text: “Are you OK? Where are you? I’ve heard there is a shooter on campus.” Nothing. My mind races, calculating as many possibilities as I can. “Turn your phone on silent. Find a room and lock the door if you can. Barricade yourself in with whatever you can. Text me.” Nothing. I scan social media and discover Ottawa police have arrived and are setting up a blockade, stopping anyone trying to enter or exit the centre of campus — precisely where my daughter would be at this time. I wait. Ten minutes feels like 10 hours. I know she doesn’t need a distraction right now but I text anyways: “I love you. So much. Please text when you can.” I stare at the screen when suddenly, three blinking dots appear. That’s when the tears start. She says she is in a room in the basement of her building with a handful of classmates. They’ve barricaded the door using tables and a music stand to cover the window. They’re sitting in the dark, whispering and trying to stay as quiet as possible. “I’m OK,” she texts. “One of us freaked out so we sat together and talked. We don’t hear anything. We are locked in. We feel safe.” I text that I will find out wha…

When @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social spoke in Altona awhile back he proudly related how his daughter had taken her own path, her love of music, going off to Ottawa for university. I can't comprehend the fear of that day. A fear no parent, no student, no child should ever have to endure.

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I had no idea they were military surplus linked. I remember SAAN from childhood, but the one closest to me was just kind of a small discount clothing store close to the Zeller’s.

I will have to peer review and see if the results can be replicated here…

Incredible innovation!

Floodway to operate as soon as weekend to protect Winnipeg from 2nd Red River crest | CBC News The province expects to operate the Red River Floodway as soon as this weekend to protect Winnipeg properties from a second crest on the Red, expected some time next week.

Floodway to operate as soon as weekend to protect Winnipeg from 2nd Red River crest

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a man in a blue shirt says " i live my life a quarter-mile at a time " ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i live my life a quarter-mile at a time "

I reduce carbon emissions a quarter mile at a time…

Are you saying we won’t save the planet with EV hot rods, Cam? Downer attitude.

I think the mandate wasn't that well constructed in the first place and was going to have some perverse effects - although a different mandate or manufacturer incentive structure could still help drive the market in a useful direction. Super weird that you can't buy a PHEV pickup in Canada.

Like the escalating consumer carbon tax was clearly going to be effective at driving changed behaviour via pain, but nowhere near a majority of consumers or voters wanted to experience it.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting on an airplane and says sure-sure-sure . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting on an airplane and says sure-sure-sure .

Yeah, I'd broadly agree on all that. I don't think JT had the electoral support for what was nominally coming down the pipe on the consumer carbon tax, though, and *hot take* both the PCs and the NDP would have made more or less these same changes, just with different rhetoric attached.

I agree about investing in infrastructure, but the EV market is very cost sensitive. Sales of the most popular models really shift when incentives come and go, or when manufacturers offer discounts. Availability was limited at one time, but not so much an issue for a while.

I don't think that's quite right - the old EV rebate scheme ran out of money while Trudeau was still in office. EV rebates were restarted under the new system about 2 months ago now, and is supposed to be stable to 2031 this time around.

Criteria changed - my car wouldn't get an incentive now.

Image of Trump acting as Christ with his hand on a man in a hospital bed. American flag and eagles and warships in the background.

Amidst all the other obvious blasphemy here, I can’t figure out why a bearded Brian Pallister is the one receiving the President’s touch

The marketing for Colombian coffee has been much stronger for whatever reason

Don’t normally think of Vietnam as a major coffee growing country, but this 96B Thai arabica via coffee wallas was really good!

Wow - The Drama (Zendaya/Robert Pattinson) is a wild ride.

Our theater was pretty empty, but we enjoyed the show. I won’t give any spoilers, but it’s not what I expected, it was a lot to digest, and I’d guess this is one that’s more effective in the theater than streaming.

Gorgeous!

Happy #Caturday all!

They all walked from the helicopters not much later! They had wheelchairs ready to help them out, of course. Looks like they’re doing pretty well.

A helicopter hovering low over the “front porch” raft to pick up an astronaut. The propeller is making huge circular waves radiating out from the raft

An astronaut and a crew recovery person dangling over the ocean from the helicopter hoist

There are certainly good reasons for every step in the crew recovery process but at this point it feels like they’re just putting the astronauts through as many of the most dramatic methods of transportation they can think of in one day

I would 100% want to do this, and it looks awesome, but it does seem a little over the top

The funniest thing I’ve ever heard 🤣

Amazing! So glad to see they’ve splashed down safely #ArtemisII