Chestnutfez 🇨🇦 he/him
@chestnutfez.bsky.social
Winnipegger. Copy editor in sustainable development. Jets fan, much of the time. YIMBY. Musician for joy, not mastery. Just trying to find good Winnipeg/hockey/literature/language stuff on here.
All vibes positive until further notice.
All vibes positive until further notice.
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I feel bad for these people, sure, but remember when the Minnesota Democrats were literally assassinated? When the SC judge's house was burned down? When Pelosi's husband was beaten with hammers and Republicans joked about it? You can't soak the house in gasoline and think no one will light a match
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I feel bad for these people, sure, but remember when the Minnesota Democrats were literally assassinated? When the SC judge's house was burned down? When Pelosi's husband was beaten with hammers and Republicans joked about it? You can't soak the house in gasoline and think no one will light a match
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Today, like most days, is a good day for recognising how much our attention is worth.
Rich people with vile ethics spend *HUGE* $$$$$ hoovering up our attention with "free" things - because it's a terrific investment for them.
Thwart them by promoting people & things that deserve the help.
Rich people with vile ethics spend *HUGE* $$$$$ hoovering up our attention with "free" things - because it's a terrific investment for them.
Thwart them by promoting people & things that deserve the help.
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Today, like most days, is a good day for recognising how much our attention is worth.
Rich people with vile ethics spend *HUGE* $$$$$ hoovering up our attention with "free" things - because it's a terrific investment for them.
Thwart them by promoting people & things that deserve the help.
Rich people with vile ethics spend *HUGE* $$$$$ hoovering up our attention with "free" things - because it's a terrific investment for them.
Thwart them by promoting people & things that deserve the help.
Love these HD protests.
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Love these HD protests.
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Also lets keep it going #Winnipeg. We have a petition going to support the reinstatement for the 50 50 transit funding. For more information go to @5050transitwpg.bsky.social. Yes we Can. #Winnipeg #WinnipegTransit #ClimateAction
Its important the MB NDP does this to regain their base, and not further go to the right as its already done. We also have a petition up. Support it by going to @5050transitwpg.bsky.social for more information. #Winnipeg #PublicTransportation #WinnipegTransit #ClimateAction
Tomorrow we have another great episode of @nntaonumfm.bsky.social where we discuss about the need to bring back 50/50 #PublicTransit funding betwen the province and the municipalities. Show starts at 11:30 am on 101.5 UMFM. #Winnipeg #WinnipegTransit #PublicTransportation #MBNDP
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Also lets keep it going #Winnipeg. We have a petition going to support the reinstatement for the 50 50 transit funding. For more information go to @5050transitwpg.bsky.social. Yes we Can. #Winnipeg #WinnipegTransit #ClimateAction
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I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
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Yea, not going to be a pretty summer 2026. Wildfires still going on. #Winnipeg #Climateaction source. Wildinwpg
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yea, not going to be a pretty summer 2026. Wildfires still going on. #Winnipeg #Climateaction source. Wildinwpg
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Wonderful to see @maxkennerly.bsky.social speak about it.
The training/socialization of men starts instantly and goes hard. Everything you might like is too gay, too feminine. You are required to hate yourself for being insufficiently masculine, to blame others for that feeling, and to hate everyone who doesn't "respect" your manliness.
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Wonderful to see @maxkennerly.bsky.social speak about it.
Ah, how sweet that must have felt!
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ah, how sweet that must have felt!
We have heard a lot of dumb things lately, but this is one of the dumbest ideas I have heard in a long time...I thought people were soooo concerned about traffic flow in this area...
#Winnipeg
#Winnipeg
Should be grounds for dismissing the entire city council just for even considering it
A drive-thru-only McDonald’s restaurant could make its Canadian debut at a grocery store parking lot in Winnipeg, pending city council approval.
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We have heard a lot of dumb things lately, but this is one of the dumbest ideas I have heard in a long time...I thought people were soooo concerned about traffic flow in this area...
#Winnipeg
#Winnipeg
A worthy read.
People looking for signs of change often assume the change that matters most, the watershed, the rubicon, the turning point will be a dramatic event. But a case can be made that the changes that matter most happen in minds and hearts, and the events follow from that.
Revolutionary Weather (and the Baboon in the Ruins)
Everything changed in the last few weeks. The Republicans, assumed by themselves and too many others, to be unstoppable got stopped again and again. Public opinion manifested in many ways: as an elect...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A worthy read.
Yikes--be careful out there!
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Yikes--be careful out there!
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This is also how I judge the History Channel. If it’s about a topic I know, I spot at least one lie per minute watching the History Channel, so it’s horrifying to think how many lies I’d be swallowing without knowing it if I watched about a topic I don’t know.
LLM search results are even worse.
LLM search results are even worse.
Saw an interesting piece of advice recently: ask the AI search engines for an answer in a field in which you are very knowledgeable.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
Looked up “what mobile parking app do I need for <this town>” - AI summary on Google confidently gave me the wrong answer, which I ignored because **it is wrong a third of the time, about ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING** (according to the last study I read.)
The shit just doesn’t work.
The shit just doesn’t work.
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is also how I judge the History Channel. If it’s about a topic I know, I spot at least one lie per minute watching the History Channel, so it’s horrifying to think how many lies I’d be swallowing without knowing it if I watched about a topic I don’t know.
LLM search results are even worse.
LLM search results are even worse.
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Over the past two years in Winnipeg, 25 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed in motor vehicle collisions. More than one per month.
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Over the past two years in Winnipeg, 25 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed in motor vehicle collisions. More than one per month.
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
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Twitter/X's new location-revealing feature quickly exposed that many high-engagement, MAGA-branded accounts posing as patriotic Americans were actually operating overseas, in places like Eastern Europe, Thailand, Nigeria, and Bangladesh.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts
The function, which shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was create...
www.nbcnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Twitter/X's new location-revealing feature quickly exposed that many high-engagement, MAGA-branded accounts posing as patriotic Americans were actually operating overseas, in places like Eastern Europe, Thailand, Nigeria, and Bangladesh.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Murdered by Russians in Ternopil last week
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Murdered by Russians in Ternopil last week
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Nvidia’s ‘I’m Not Enron’ memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by that memo
Nvidia’s ‘I’m Not Enron’ memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by that memo
The Streisand Effect strikes again
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nvidia’s ‘I’m Not Enron’ memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by that memo
A scourge.
Consulting firms are becoming even more of a scam. Not a surprise how quickly they went from hiring new grads as analysts for partners to abuse to work 12-16 hour days to make up long papers to back up nebulous claims and exaggerated promises, in favour of AI hallucinations
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A scourge.
While the perspective is somewhat biased, this is the smartest thing I have read from the Sun in a long time...
Winnipeg’s 2026 budget is being presented as a responsible plan for a growing city. Read on
KASPER: Winnipeg can’t pave its way out of a structural deficit
Winnipeg’s 2026 budget is being presented as a responsible plan for a growing city. Read on
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
While the perspective is somewhat biased, this is the smartest thing I have read from the Sun in a long time...
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
Really great news!
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Really great news!
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Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
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New research shows that asking “how” questions can boost curiosity and reduce polarization. It’s another piece of evidence supporting what I wrote in my book about the power of “how” questions to foster more productive dialogue.
toddkashdan.substack.com/p/a-curiosit...
toddkashdan.substack.com/p/a-curiosit...
A curiosity intervention to increase open-mindedness and reduce political polarization
The Washington Post details research from our new curiosity intervention
toddkashdan.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New research shows that asking “how” questions can boost curiosity and reduce polarization. It’s another piece of evidence supporting what I wrote in my book about the power of “how” questions to foster more productive dialogue.
toddkashdan.substack.com/p/a-curiosit...
toddkashdan.substack.com/p/a-curiosit...
Useful advice!
“A dozen AI raters…who check an AI’s responses for accuracy and groundedness, told the Guardian that, after becoming aware of the way chatbots and image generators function and just how wrong their output can be, they have begun urging their friends and family not to use generative AI at all”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Useful advice!