troyliss
@troyliss.bsky.social
Troy Lissoway. Graphic Designer. Ape seeking understanding. Albertan. He/Him. Product of Canada*
(*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
(*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
In the early 2010s the Alberta govt rolled out a new slogan to replace “The Alberta Advantage.” It was either:
Freedom to Create, Spirit to Achieve
or
Spirit to Create, Freedom to Achieve
I don’t feel bad about not remembering, because govt ministers AT THE TIME were unable to keep it straight 🤣
Freedom to Create, Spirit to Achieve
or
Spirit to Create, Freedom to Achieve
I don’t feel bad about not remembering, because govt ministers AT THE TIME were unable to keep it straight 🤣
“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
In the early 2010s the Alberta govt rolled out a new slogan to replace “The Alberta Advantage.” It was either:
Freedom to Create, Spirit to Achieve
or
Spirit to Create, Freedom to Achieve
I don’t feel bad about not remembering, because govt ministers AT THE TIME were unable to keep it straight 🤣
Freedom to Create, Spirit to Achieve
or
Spirit to Create, Freedom to Achieve
I don’t feel bad about not remembering, because govt ministers AT THE TIME were unable to keep it straight 🤣
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"I'm going to tax the everloving shit out of the rich people who made your life miserable and put every masked thug who broke the law or traitor who wrecked the government for their own profit in prison" I admit is too long for a sign, but at the very least this should be the spirit of the thing.
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"I'm going to tax the everloving shit out of the rich people who made your life miserable and put every masked thug who broke the law or traitor who wrecked the government for their own profit in prison" I admit is too long for a sign, but at the very least this should be the spirit of the thing.
Thinking about why I always skip past Google’s AI summaries, and it goes kind of like this:
- the info is convenient, but it might be wrong
- to confirm the info, the summary has links to sources.
- but if I need to check the sources, why not just give me the links in the first place?
- the info is convenient, but it might be wrong
- to confirm the info, the summary has links to sources.
- but if I need to check the sources, why not just give me the links in the first place?
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Thinking about why I always skip past Google’s AI summaries, and it goes kind of like this:
- the info is convenient, but it might be wrong
- to confirm the info, the summary has links to sources.
- but if I need to check the sources, why not just give me the links in the first place?
- the info is convenient, but it might be wrong
- to confirm the info, the summary has links to sources.
- but if I need to check the sources, why not just give me the links in the first place?
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This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
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This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
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We should really retire the term "AI" it's been corrupted beyond redemption. Actual useful applications of machine learning need to be called something else.
The problem is that thanks to techbros "AI" is now the term that describes everything from perverted teddy bears and chatbots that tell you to kill yourself to actually useful ML applications. People hate the former, and by association they hate "AI"-everything.
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We should really retire the term "AI" it's been corrupted beyond redemption. Actual useful applications of machine learning need to be called something else.
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Grandeur that was Rome K2 - Martha Royer
https://macthemes.garden/themes/a164cc5b83fb-Grandeur-that-was-Rome-K2
https://macthemes.garden/themes/a164cc5b83fb-Grandeur-that-was-Rome-K2
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Grandeur that was Rome K2 - Martha Royer
https://macthemes.garden/themes/a164cc5b83fb-Grandeur-that-was-Rome-K2
https://macthemes.garden/themes/a164cc5b83fb-Grandeur-that-was-Rome-K2
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Bookmarking for the next time someone says “The government should be able to call out ‘fake news’.”
Targeting the free press is nothing new for this administration or for Trumpism but this feels like an elevation of hostiles
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Bookmarking for the next time someone says “The government should be able to call out ‘fake news’.”
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The people who tell you they want small government are again breaking their own rules because they think they know better than you and your doctor.
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The people who tell you they want small government are again breaking their own rules because they think they know better than you and your doctor.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Again, in contrast to Universal Ostrich who continued to let their birds move freely even after positive avian flu tests and multiple deaths, this sanctuary immediately limited the movement of animals and people “We complied. Fully.” They also worked with CFIA for cull exemption, call them “helpful”
November 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Again, in contrast to Universal Ostrich who continued to let their birds move freely even after positive avian flu tests and multiple deaths, this sanctuary immediately limited the movement of animals and people “We complied. Fully.” They also worked with CFIA for cull exemption, call them “helpful”
They have deprived us of the possibility of a Peacock Convoy ☹️
An animal sanctuary in the Okanagan had avian flu detected in some of their birds. In contrast to Universal Ostrich they complied with the CFIA rules, culling some of their animals and quarantining the rest. Today they have learned their flock of peacocks will not have to be culled
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
They have deprived us of the possibility of a Peacock Convoy ☹️
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An animal sanctuary in the Okanagan had avian flu detected in some of their birds. In contrast to Universal Ostrich they complied with the CFIA rules, culling some of their animals and quarantining the rest. Today they have learned their flock of peacocks will not have to be culled
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
An animal sanctuary in the Okanagan had avian flu detected in some of their birds. In contrast to Universal Ostrich they complied with the CFIA rules, culling some of their animals and quarantining the rest. Today they have learned their flock of peacocks will not have to be culled
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Gab - Ka Nguyen
https://macthemes.garden/themes/4da0db81a89e-Gab
https://macthemes.garden/themes/4da0db81a89e-Gab
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Gab - Ka Nguyen
https://macthemes.garden/themes/4da0db81a89e-Gab
https://macthemes.garden/themes/4da0db81a89e-Gab
Nothing demonstrates the danger of the Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, Calgary Sun, and Calgary Herald all having the same owner like Albertans having to depend on The Globe, the Tyee, and the IJF to fund investigative reporting in our province. 😡
The Herald and Journal nowhere to be found on this. How far they’ve fallen.
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Nothing demonstrates the danger of the Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, Calgary Sun, and Calgary Herald all having the same owner like Albertans having to depend on The Globe, the Tyee, and the IJF to fund investigative reporting in our province. 😡
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By the way: 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", the film, is on YouTube.
You should watch it. In memory of Tom Stoppard.
You should watch it. In memory of Tom Stoppard.
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
By the way: 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", the film, is on YouTube.
You should watch it. In memory of Tom Stoppard.
You should watch it. In memory of Tom Stoppard.
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Very often it's not even that, it hides arbitrary replies that some Bluesky magic 8 ball decided are unworthy. I'd pretty much like to opt out of that.
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Very often it's not even that, it hides arbitrary replies that some Bluesky magic 8 ball decided are unworthy. I'd pretty much like to opt out of that.
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OMG I finally updated my iPad a few weeks ago and the liquid glass feature is as bad as you said. The best part is if you turn it off, you lose all transparency in the OS 🙄
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
OMG I finally updated my iPad a few weeks ago and the liquid glass feature is as bad as you said. The best part is if you turn it off, you lose all transparency in the OS 🙄
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Shit flows downhill. When you're an executive, your outputs become someone else's problem. When you're doing the implementation, the gap in every half-assed idea and slipshod assumption becomes visible & it's your responsibility to fix it.
A new global study shows that AI adoption varies by seniority, with 87% of executives using it on the job, compared with 57% of managers and 27% of employees. It also finds that executives are 45% more likely to use the technology on the job than Gen Zers …
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Shit flows downhill. When you're an executive, your outputs become someone else's problem. When you're doing the implementation, the gap in every half-assed idea and slipshod assumption becomes visible & it's your responsibility to fix it.
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id invest it in apes
no not crypto, actual apes a mighty army with which i would bring woe and consternation upon my foes
no not crypto, actual apes a mighty army with which i would bring woe and consternation upon my foes
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
id invest it in apes
no not crypto, actual apes a mighty army with which i would bring woe and consternation upon my foes
no not crypto, actual apes a mighty army with which i would bring woe and consternation upon my foes
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The thing where conservatives think they should be able to go to college to teach experts instead of to learn from them shows how coddled they have been by society. We need to stop disrespecting them by shielding them with accommodation; let’s respect their beliefs by releasing them to the effects.
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The thing where conservatives think they should be able to go to college to teach experts instead of to learn from them shows how coddled they have been by society. We need to stop disrespecting them by shielding them with accommodation; let’s respect their beliefs by releasing them to the effects.
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don’t bring your little fake feds with their camo pants and their skull masks here, we don’t like it
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
don’t bring your little fake feds with their camo pants and their skull masks here, we don’t like it
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And that's why his new stuff isn't funny, and that's why his new stuff makes so much of his old stuff retroactively unfunny.
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
And that's why his new stuff isn't funny, and that's why his new stuff makes so much of his old stuff retroactively unfunny.
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CK's schtick at his height was "I share your decency, audience, but I will admit things to you that you can't admit to yourself." His schtick now is "I share your depravity, audience, and I will tell you things that flatter you."
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
CK's schtick at his height was "I share your decency, audience, but I will admit things to you that you can't admit to yourself." His schtick now is "I share your depravity, audience, and I will tell you things that flatter you."
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The big question on the horizon is how the insurance industry will respond to this. Studio films need to be insured, which involves risk assessment, and getting a company to insure a film against potential sexual harassment lawsuits could make some folks unhirable, and thus their films unmakable.
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The big question on the horizon is how the insurance industry will respond to this. Studio films need to be insured, which involves risk assessment, and getting a company to insure a film against potential sexual harassment lawsuits could make some folks unhirable, and thus their films unmakable.