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Philip Moscovitch

@philmoscovitch.bsky.social

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I live by the ocean near Halifax, NS, and am a journalist and audio producer who also publishes crime fiction, poetry, and essays. Author of a book on fermentation. Roots in Montreal and Greece. Editor of Write magazine. All opinions my own.

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · Dec 17

Gift suggestion thread plugging my stuff, for those in Halifax and beyond.

Into fermentation? My book Adventures in Bubbles and Brine has fascinating history, fun interviews, and recipes to get started. Available where you get books. Here's an indie link: kingsbookstore.ca/item/PQoWAFz...

Adventures in Bubbles and Brine

What I learned from Nova Scotia's masters of fermented foods ? craft beer, cider, cheese, sauerkraut and more.

kingsbookstore.ca

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 23m

Uh, ok.

Spotify screenshot of an album by The Beatle, with the songs Here Come the Suns, Yesterdays, Twisting and Shouting, Blackbirds, and I Want to Hold Your Hands.

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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 23h

When the company that advertised using your friends’s digital likeness in videos pivots their business strategy to porn bots in less than one month, it tells you a lot about their risk and ethics committee.

Specifically, that they don’t have one.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 1d

Dear Toronto: We will stop scoring runs this game if Doug Ford agrees to stop tearing out bike lanes. Until then, the runs will continue.

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 1d

Love something the way John Schneider loves prematurely pulling his starters.

Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing that it does not actually define AI.

Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 5d

In the @halifaxexaminer.ca today I look at propagandistic names for legislation (The Protecting Nova Scotians Act), challenges of having a dug well during drought, the federal government's latest AI consultation & more. Thank you to Iris for the illustration.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

Let's pass the HELLNo Act - Halifax Examiner

Enough with using the names of laws for sloganeering.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 5d

It was though. Here is Maclean's, 13 years ago.
macleans.ca/politics/str...

The fall of Evan Solomon

The unbelievable true story of the billionaire, the banker, the art maven and the CBC star.

macleans.ca

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 5d

They declared war on the Soviet Union?

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 5d

I'm going to be on my deathbed, trying to clear the voice of Mike Piazza talking about hitting a go-ahead home run in the 8th inning of the Mets first home game after 9/11, out of my mind.

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 6d

It is between 40% and 50%.

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KTanPot @ktanpot.bsky.social · 6d

Here it is in all it's glory

Jordan @jordanmackinnon.bsky.social · 6d

The Vladdy-David Ortiz interaction on Fox in front of Jeter & A-Rod is the stuff of legends.

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Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 6d

Halifax friends—don’t miss seeing Zilla Jones when she visits your town on Friday, October 24th!

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 8d

I am sorry that I overlooked crediting you as the writer of the piece.

Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 8d

I got into him just a few years before you, and the first LP I bought was Empire Burlesque. Oh Mercy was mind blowing. I've got to say I have soft spot for a few of the songs on Under the Red Sky though.

Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 8d

I like the Vladdy "Bring the Noise" look.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr, a young baseball player, walking in a stadium concourse and waving, while wearing a Public Enemy jersey.

Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 8d

Go crazy folks, go crazy!

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 8d

Dennis Trudeau was a fine journalist, a guy who cared about his work and the world, and also fun to play hockey with on Sunday mornings. RIP.

montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

Former CBC Montreal newscaster Dennis Trudeau has died

“He was someone who always strove for accuracy and fairness ... a wonderful storyteller who continued to tell stories after he retired from the CBC."

montrealgazette.com

Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 10d

I wrote about this too.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

Dangerous crossing: When construction pushes vulnerable road users into the street - Halifax Examiner

"When I was going to the Salvation Army, I almost got hit by cars over and over again, because there was no alternative place to cross."

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Fat Apollo, baby! @fatapollo.bsky.social · 10d

Have you ever seen wrestling in person?

Why?

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 13d

For the @halifaxexaminer.ca, I wrote about the federal government launching its own AI translation service, our credulous minister for AI, and how we are deskilling and undervaluing labour in the name of progress (with a nod to @techwontsave.us).

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

Here we go: federal government rolls out its first AI 'flagship project' - Halifax Examiner

AI translation is not better than human translation. But it provides an excuse for attacking labour under the guise of progress.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 13d

Interesting. You used to be able to access it only from library computers, but it's good that has changed.

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 14d

I don't get that NLDS one. Instead it's Ozzie Smith's walk-off homer in Game 5 of the 1985 NLCS. "Go crazy, folks! Go crazy!"

Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 14d

Especially given how Piazza fumbles his way through that clip.

Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 14d

"If you're not watching this show, you're the problem."

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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 14d

I wrote about this a few months ago. You have to scroll down a bit to get to the part about the MLB app. I think it is a righteous rant.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

'The hell site' is everything now - Halifax Examiner

"It's like they want you to turn it off."

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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