Laura Kemp 🇨🇦
@laukemp.bsky.social
Current affairs reading. Mom, mediocre data wrangler, music fan, aspiring crank.
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Worth reading in full.
This is one of the sharpest analyses of international affairs that I've heard from a Canadian leader - or any national leader - in a long time. And I suspect he wrote the main bits himself. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Worth reading in full.
My gosh, I thought this had been abandoned a while ago! From my limited experience with VR, I love it but the immersion is incredibly intense. One hour and I’m mentally exhausted! This can’t be a default way to interact with the world.
The Metaverse is a fun and recent example that when tech leaders present something as not only desirable but inevitable, they are talking out of their asses. It's our choice whether or not to go along with them.
In this case, we didn't. Now let's do "AI."
In this case, we didn't. Now let's do "AI."
The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
My gosh, I thought this had been abandoned a while ago! From my limited experience with VR, I love it but the immersion is incredibly intense. One hour and I’m mentally exhausted! This can’t be a default way to interact with the world.
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Is the “journalist” this stupid or is this a misinformation puff piece to inflame a stupid referendum in Alberta on CPP.
January 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Is the “journalist” this stupid or is this a misinformation puff piece to inflame a stupid referendum in Alberta on CPP.
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Heavenly Bodies Again #19
Gathie Falk
2015
Gathie Falk
2015
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Heavenly Bodies Again #19
Gathie Falk
2015
Gathie Falk
2015
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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
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Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
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For a man who campaigns exclusively on fear - Poilievre is out of touch with what Canadians are afraid of.
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
For a man who campaigns exclusively on fear - Poilievre is out of touch with what Canadians are afraid of.
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Boxing Day means you should ignore the ads blaring mediocre sales, and instead stay at home in your jammies reading and eating vast quantities of cheese while lightly day drinking. My annual rant (from the Sault, where by bylaw all the stores are closed): www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Get ready for those hot Boxing Day deals – and do absolutely nothing
You could hunt for deals and shop ‘til you drop, or you could stay home and make it an improved version of Christmas with none of its obligations or pressures
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Boxing Day means you should ignore the ads blaring mediocre sales, and instead stay at home in your jammies reading and eating vast quantities of cheese while lightly day drinking. My annual rant (from the Sault, where by bylaw all the stores are closed): www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Sunset with Deer
Maud Lewis
c. 1964
Maud Lewis
c. 1964
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sunset with Deer
Maud Lewis
c. 1964
Maud Lewis
c. 1964
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Home for Christmas
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
December 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Home for Christmas
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
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Christmas Mass
Clarence Gagnon
1928-1933
Clarence Gagnon
1928-1933
December 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Christmas Mass
Clarence Gagnon
1928-1933
Clarence Gagnon
1928-1933
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Odjig Family; Father, Mother, Grandfather, Stanley, Daphne, Donald, Winnie, Xmas, Dec 25th
Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe
1986
Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe
1986
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Odjig Family; Father, Mother, Grandfather, Stanley, Daphne, Donald, Winnie, Xmas, Dec 25th
Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe
1986
Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe
1986
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In the Mountains (A Northern Nativity)
William Kurelek
1975
William Kurelek
1975
December 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In the Mountains (A Northern Nativity)
William Kurelek
1975
William Kurelek
1975
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Western Grain
Robert Newton Hurley
1944
Robert Newton Hurley
1944
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Western Grain
Robert Newton Hurley
1944
Robert Newton Hurley
1944
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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and city council have done an end-run around Premier Doug Ford's anti-bike lane law. A new bylaw passed today allows the city to build a suite of new bike lanes that won't run afoul of the provincial rules.
Toronto finds path forward for bike lanes without breaking Ford government rules
City council has approved 20 kilometres of new bike lanes, which will be built without the removal of vehicle lanes, making them legal under the Ford government's Bill 60.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
19 (never had AOL)
Aren’t record players pretty popular, or is a record player technically different from a turntable? 😂
Aren’t record players pretty popular, or is a record player technically different from a turntable? 😂
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
19 (never had AOL)
Aren’t record players pretty popular, or is a record player technically different from a turntable? 😂
Aren’t record players pretty popular, or is a record player technically different from a turntable? 😂
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Metro Station with Icebergs
Peter D. Harris
2021
Peter D. Harris
2021
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Metro Station with Icebergs
Peter D. Harris
2021
Peter D. Harris
2021
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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Les enfants de la ville
Jean Paul Lemieux
1965
Jean Paul Lemieux
1965
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Les enfants de la ville
Jean Paul Lemieux
1965
Jean Paul Lemieux
1965
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Wandering Child
Alex Janvier ~ Denesuline
1981
Alex Janvier ~ Denesuline
1981
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Wandering Child
Alex Janvier ~ Denesuline
1981
Alex Janvier ~ Denesuline
1981
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Lake Wonish
Anne Savage
n.d.
Anne Savage
n.d.
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Lake Wonish
Anne Savage
n.d.
Anne Savage
n.d.
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The year is 2025, and the NSA is recruiting the nation’s top poets
This study show that using poems to jailbreak LLMs is... super effective? What the heck.
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The year is 2025, and the NSA is recruiting the nation’s top poets
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person woman man two all beef patties special sauce camera TV lettuce cheese Hannibal Lecter pickles onions Arnold Palmer's schlong shark electricity on a cofveve sesame seed bun
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
person woman man two all beef patties special sauce camera TV lettuce cheese Hannibal Lecter pickles onions Arnold Palmer's schlong shark electricity on a cofveve sesame seed bun
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Owl of the Sea
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1977
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1977
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Owl of the Sea
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1977
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1977