Uh, and Nunavut...
I acknowledge that I am in Chief Drygeese territory. From time immemorial, it has been the traditional land of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. Jack of all trades, master of none. Elder Millennial, book reader, human. AuDHD. He/him.
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Uh, and Nunavut...
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What's your take on Michael Geist's approach to digital policy?
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
Where there's a Woll, there's a way.
Artist: Genildo Ronchi
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
Ride the zeitgeist and make suggestions.
Note to self: hosting karaoke nights influences your internal soundtrack.
What an odd weekend it's been. youtu.be/uAOR6ib95kQ?...
I did find this though: www.journal-psychoanalysis.eu/articles/the...
I'm not sure if this is ironic or something else...
Has Zizek said anything on the subject?
Ugh, I just discovered that I had "Ultra HDR" enabled on my phone camera and it's probably been on ever since I got it. I just thought the camera sucked. I mentioned it to one of my photography buddies and he said "You mean you like having some detail under your color?"
The story of our times. Venture capitalists and private equity will burn the world down and extract every once of joy, convenience, functionality of those things you love and rely on just to replace them with enshittified subscription tiers that charge you more for less.
I remember being at the Monkey Tree in Yellowknife that day when the news came in. The staff knew some of the crew that was on the flight. Things turned somber very quickly that night.
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Forgot to include the finished product. It works really well! The LED doesn't light up, but everything else works great! It sounds like it's from the 70s and I love it!
This past weekend was one for the books.
Amazing show last night.
Fiddles & Stix. Since their announcement that they'll be closing, they've pushed the local music community to strengthen and become more resilient. Sometimes a crisis becomes an opportunity for unplanned growth.
He's out of line, but he's right.
New music discovery: music.youtube.com/channel/UCAa...
Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."
Poignant
I love this. I hope it has a good uptake
My parents are both sinister: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...
Rewatching Violet Evergarden with English dubs, and damn... It almost hits harder this time around. What an incredible anime.
Whatever your pleasure, whatever engages you, the principle is the same. Reading for pleasure is a good thing to do.
What if your pleasure reading is philosophy and psychology? I have a hard time engaging with fiction. But when I read "academic" material, I become enthralled. I'm currently reading The Great Good Place by Roy Oldenburg, and I have a hard time putting it down.
Interesting article about AI and education: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I love my dog.
AI cannot laugh.
It can't laugh.
Bring up any issues to town council meetings, or write letters to political representatives in government. Establish a resident community association, include EVERYONE in the community. All because you are going to a Third Place within walking distance of your home.
It's an opportunity to observe reality as it is. Come across some litter, so you pick it up and put in a garbage can that's a few steps away. Get to know the faces of people living on the streets. Learn their names, learn their stories. Empathize and show them compassion. This can feed into action.
This allows you to see who's in the neighborhood, see storefronts, view/monitor public spaces, etc. This feeds into an observation of communal spaces. Maybe there's a pothole, damaged stop sign, graffiti, newly planted flowers, etc. Stopping to smell the roses isn't just to appreciate beauty (cont)
Another interesting thing to think about is the method of transportation to the third place. Third Places should be reachable by universal transport (walking, biking, public transportation, etc), in doing so, one is able to see others in transit, and be seen in transit.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
Full moon
Thinking about how Third Places that aren't necessarily Arts focused (music, visual, performance, etc) but are "places where art is expressed and enjoyed" provide a healing quality to community structure
I have made lists of different profiles based around interests that I switch between to keep up to date with. Much better than any algorithm in my opinion.
Mine said "May you find what you are looking for."
I've always wanted to visit Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
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Antidisestablishmentarianism
Finally cracking into The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg. Hopefully a good follow up to Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition.
It's important to remember this. And it's also important to give yourself the grace and kindness you give others. We're all human, we're all capable of beautiful and ugly things. Hold yourself and others accountable, but also grant them the opportunity to grow and heal. We're all in this together.
Thank you so much! I have been humming and hawing over whether to subscribe to DBI's patreon. Now I get to try it before I buy
Jeez, about time...
Oh hell yeah!
Dude! You rock! This is amazing!
What the actual fuck?
Fuckin good Tuesday. Had a delicious breakfast, hung out with the dog, set up a soldering station to build a guitar pedal, built a guitar pedal, played with said guitar pedal, had a late lunch, hung out with the dog, then went to my regular bar. That's how to do staycations.
Save our festival!
Starting my first attempt at building a guitar pedal
Damning. A new report is exposing hundreds of Canadian arms shipments to Israel. I’ll be covering this today. The press conference should be starting any minute now. armsembargonow.ca/report/
Adult Legos.
This. Just this. How social media has damaged art.
Good luck modders, I hear the documentation in "A.I." generated code either sucks or is non-existent...
So they want to use "A.I." to create A.I. in video games. Cool cool cool...
I just saw two Canadian Geese flying overhead. That's weird right? End of July?
I mean, it's empathetic. I'm agreeing that it's fucked up. And I'm biting my tongue from problem solving because I'm AuDHD...
@peachpit17.bsky.social
He's perfect!
Sometimes the algorithm gives you pure gold: youtu.be/ICNtZKmQGMw?... Peach Pit - Alrighty Aphrodite
This is disturbing.
Pleasant surprise to see a full rainbow while taking the dog for a walk
#BookSky
I need to watch Clue again.
I love live music
Such a solid album. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Ugh, I gotta go to bed: youtu.be/BLyaExuXIWU?...
Life is beautiful if you look for beauty
What I'm listening to: youtu.be/-2nNgcwXCRI?...
3:51am
I hosted/MC'd a Karaoke night tonight, and an Acoustic Open Mic night last night. Things I haven't done in... I don't even remember if I've done that before. Maybe in Michigan in my 20's? Either way, it's fun to be part of the show production
Kakisa is the smallest community in the Northwest Territories. The original settlement was moved to its current location because of wildfires about 60 years ago. Over the past decade fires have come close to burning the tiny community, triggering memories of forced relocation due to climate.
The CRTC says it will issue a decision regarding Cabin Radio’s application for a Yellowknife FM licence in the next week. The station first applied in 2019.
That's just unsettling
Oh. My. God.
WTF?
That Canadian feeling when everyone that works at Tim Hortons knows your order before you get to the till. Dark Roast Double-Double.
Ok, this is actually incredible: youtu.be/oJZmO5mByVY?...
I wonder how different our world would be if Canadian media could muster the same outrage over the government’s inaction on the forced starvation in Gaza as we do for foreign interference and government debt levels… Breaks my heart, truly. These are choices.
RIP Ozzy. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Beautiful day today!
I just bought a 256GB USB thumb drive for $37. Wild.
Support our local summer music festival! Here's the link to the raffle: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
Amazing
Also major thanks to Lewis Mayhem in Edmonton for the stitch work!
