Kevin Gould
@kevingould.bsky.social
News Producer for CTV Montreal. Motorcycle rider. Chef. Better in print.
Not everyone who complains is acting in good faith.
Seeking perfection isn't just stupid, it's boring. Perfection is dull.
Not everyone who complains is acting in good faith.
Seeking perfection isn't just stupid, it's boring. Perfection is dull.
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A very good piece. “The fact that many men believe they no longer even have to pretend to respect women in order to participate in public life makes it unlikely that anything will change anytime soon.”
President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A very good piece. “The fact that many men believe they no longer even have to pretend to respect women in order to participate in public life makes it unlikely that anything will change anytime soon.”
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why have reporters, politicians, influencers, etc. all of a sudden seem to have started holding lapel mics to talk into them? it’s a lapel mic, it’s specifically designed to go on your shirt or lapel, you look ridiculous holding it, stop it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
why have reporters, politicians, influencers, etc. all of a sudden seem to have started holding lapel mics to talk into them? it’s a lapel mic, it’s specifically designed to go on your shirt or lapel, you look ridiculous holding it, stop it.
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Are you using Gmail?
If so, you may not be aware that you've been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your private messages & attachments to train AI models. To OPT OUT you need to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations
If so, you may not be aware that you've been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your private messages & attachments to train AI models. To OPT OUT you need to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Are you using Gmail?
If so, you may not be aware that you've been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your private messages & attachments to train AI models. To OPT OUT you need to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations
If so, you may not be aware that you've been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your private messages & attachments to train AI models. To OPT OUT you need to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations
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So, if your students need an external signal about the value of doing the reading, developing curiosity, critical thinking, and talking about it all, that’s one.
ChatGPT can write a cover letter that tricks me into giving them an interview. But then they’re cooked.
5/5
ChatGPT can write a cover letter that tricks me into giving them an interview. But then they’re cooked.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
So, if your students need an external signal about the value of doing the reading, developing curiosity, critical thinking, and talking about it all, that’s one.
ChatGPT can write a cover letter that tricks me into giving them an interview. But then they’re cooked.
5/5
ChatGPT can write a cover letter that tricks me into giving them an interview. But then they’re cooked.
5/5
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Some needed context on the Tanya Fir swearing scandal via Doug Firby. Turns out, it's about the abuse that women MLAs are subjected to.
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I'm Not Mad via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I'm Not Mad via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I’m Not Mad | The Tyee
How I went from anger to understanding after a voicemail mishap.
thetyee.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some needed context on the Tanya Fir swearing scandal via Doug Firby. Turns out, it's about the abuse that women MLAs are subjected to.
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I'm Not Mad via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I'm Not Mad via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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I think about how big tech openly and frictionlessly scrapes/steals everything to train AI models every time I have to work through a multi-part, multi-month research ethics review process to interview a half dozen people who actually want to talk to me about their work.
In the Globe and Mail, @vassb.bsky.social asks the basic question: Should we just let big tech companies insist that consent to use data for AI training is part and parcel of using their service?
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: With AI, you are now the product: The hidden costs of staying online
More platforms are tying data surveillance for AI training as a condition to use services. Canada needs to reject this
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I think about how big tech openly and frictionlessly scrapes/steals everything to train AI models every time I have to work through a multi-part, multi-month research ethics review process to interview a half dozen people who actually want to talk to me about their work.
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Un piéton dans un état critique après avoir été happé à Dollard-des-Ormeaux
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Un piéton dans un état critique après avoir été happé à Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Un jeune homme âgé de 21 ans se trouvait dans un état critique mercredi soir alors qu'il a été happé par un conducteur à Dollard-des-Ormeaux
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November 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Un piéton dans un état critique après avoir été happé à Dollard-des-Ormeaux
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Language and culture should not be a barrier to diversity, but the trunk of a tree to which we graft our future -- Paraphrasing Francine Pelletier
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The Generation That Outgrew Quebec Nationalism | The Walrus
A province obsessed with preserving its culture faces a reckoning with young people who no longer see borders
thewalrus.ca
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Language and culture should not be a barrier to diversity, but the trunk of a tree to which we graft our future -- Paraphrasing Francine Pelletier
thewalrus.ca/the-generati...
thewalrus.ca/the-generati...
One of the hallmarks of a pseudoscience is its fervent anger at criticism.
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www.mcgill.ca
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
One of the hallmarks of a pseudoscience is its fervent anger at criticism.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
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The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Comment est-ce-qu'on dit "Into the Sea"? Avec toutes les connotations que cela implique de partir pour toujours.
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Comment est-ce-qu'on dit "Into the Sea"? Avec toutes les connotations que cela implique de partir pour toujours.
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BREAKING: Bus drivers and metro operators in Montreal will no longer go on strike this weekend after a last-minute tentative deal has been reached between the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and the union.
Weekend bus, metro strike called off after tentative deal reached
The bus drivers and metro operators in Montreal will no longer go on strike this weekend after a last-minute tentative deal has been reached between the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and the union.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
BREAKING: Bus drivers and metro operators in Montreal will no longer go on strike this weekend after a last-minute tentative deal has been reached between the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and the union.
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La demande de recomptage judiciaire d'Andrée Laforest est rejetée et Luc Boivin devient officiellement maire de Saguenay.
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Recomptage judiciaire rejeté; Luc Boivin confirmé à la mairie de Saguenay
La demande de recomptage judiciaire d’Andrée Laforest concernant l’élection municipale à Saguenay a été rejetée vendredi et Luc Boivin fera donc officiellement son entrée à la mairie.
www.noovo.info
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
La demande de recomptage judiciaire d'Andrée Laforest est rejetée et Luc Boivin devient officiellement maire de Saguenay.
www.noovo.info/nouvelle/rec...
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NEVER RIDING INTO A PUDDLE AGAIN www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Montreal cyclist swallowed by construction pit, needs facial reconstruction
A Montreal woman thought she was cycling through a puddle, but it turned out to be much worse.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
NEVER RIDING INTO A PUDDLE AGAIN www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
If you're a publisher, you are a moderator. There is no way around that.
You can't just set up a system that allows people to talk and then walk away and pretend you're not responsible.
And if you think making decisions about what you're going to allow on your site is hard, don't get into the biz
You can't just set up a system that allows people to talk and then walk away and pretend you're not responsible.
And if you think making decisions about what you're going to allow on your site is hard, don't get into the biz
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If you're a publisher, you are a moderator. There is no way around that.
You can't just set up a system that allows people to talk and then walk away and pretend you're not responsible.
And if you think making decisions about what you're going to allow on your site is hard, don't get into the biz
You can't just set up a system that allows people to talk and then walk away and pretend you're not responsible.
And if you think making decisions about what you're going to allow on your site is hard, don't get into the biz
Les penalités pour conduire sans permis devrait être beaucoup plus severes www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...
Dossier | Camionneurs | Au volant à répétition avec un permis suspendu (2 articles)
Une analyse de 672 décisions rendues par la Commission des transports du Québec met la lumière sur une des infractions les plus fréquentes commises par les camionneurs : conduire avec un permis suspen...
www.lapresse.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Les penalités pour conduire sans permis devrait être beaucoup plus severes www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...
133,000 households in Quebec without power because of snow
C’est la première bordée de neige lourde de l’année. Comme plusieurs arbres avaient encore leurs feuilles, le poids des feuilles mouillées et de la neige casse certaines branches plus fragiles, qui entrent en contact avec le réseau électrique.
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
133,000 households in Quebec without power because of snow
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Rick Roaned.
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Pink Pony Club (Chappell Roan Cover)
YouTube video by Rick Astley
youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Rick Roaned.
youtube.com/watch?v=2vF2...
youtube.com/watch?v=2vF2...
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why killing mRNA vaccine research is dangerous
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
why killing mRNA vaccine research is dangerous
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The inside story of COVAX, started in January 2020, and led to 2 billion doses of Covid vaccines given in 146 countries, with 2.7 million lives saved. FAIR DOSES, by
@drsethberkley.bsky.social
A clip from our Ground Truths conversation today
Link to full: erictopol.substack.com/p/seth-berkl...
@drsethberkley.bsky.social
A clip from our Ground Truths conversation today
Link to full: erictopol.substack.com/p/seth-berkl...
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The inside story of COVAX, started in January 2020, and led to 2 billion doses of Covid vaccines given in 146 countries, with 2.7 million lives saved. FAIR DOSES, by
@drsethberkley.bsky.social
A clip from our Ground Truths conversation today
Link to full: erictopol.substack.com/p/seth-berkl...
@drsethberkley.bsky.social
A clip from our Ground Truths conversation today
Link to full: erictopol.substack.com/p/seth-berkl...
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Infants younger than six months old get hit the hardest with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, making up almost half of all patients hospitalized for the illness in Canada, according to a new study. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports.
Infants Bear the Brunt of RSV Hospitalizations, UBC Study Finds | The Tyee
Researchers say the province should do more to protect the very small and vulnerable.
thetyee.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Infants younger than six months old get hit the hardest with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, making up almost half of all patients hospitalized for the illness in Canada, according to a new study. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports.
le ministre Dubé détienne maintenant, en une seule loi, le Record Guinness du refus du respect des droits fondamentaux
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Frédéric Bérard | Autoritarisme caquiste
Je vous parlais, lors d’une récente chronique, de l’inquiétante dérive contenue à même le projet de constitution québécoise.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
le ministre Dubé détienne maintenant, en une seule loi, le Record Guinness du refus du respect des droits fondamentaux
www.noovo.info/chronique/au...
www.noovo.info/chronique/au...
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My annual plea to leave the damn clocks alone, and why morning people are the worst:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Overthrow the Tyranny of Morning People
Leave the clocks alone.
www.theatlantic.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My annual plea to leave the damn clocks alone, and why morning people are the worst:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...