Navneet Alang
@navneetalang.com
Editor @ Toronto Star Opinion. Pitch me op-eds, essays at [email protected].
Writer and former columnist with bylines all over. PhD. https://navneetalang.com/categories/blogposts/
Writer and former columnist with bylines all over. PhD. https://navneetalang.com/categories/blogposts/
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Navneet Alang
@navneetalang.com
· Jan 9
My goal for 2025 is just to become hotter and more lethal
Alas, I think that might be 2025's goal too
I like how everything makes sense and is nice and normal and predictable. Everything is good. It’s all fine
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I like how everything makes sense and is nice and normal and predictable. Everything is good. It’s all fine
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But the landed gentry of Toronto, “progressive” & conservative, have said they are bad, filled with artless, child-rejecting people who don’t understand ideas of neighbourliness & grace.
For the Star, I make the case for the condo/apartment as aspirational -- that the Canadian dream can also be an apartment in a dense neighbourhood and not, as is so often the case in this country, be taken to only ever mean a detached house. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Navneet Alang: Condos get a bad rap. Here’s why they should be part of the Canadian dream
My parents bought their first home for 11,000 pounds (approximately $20,000) in 1974. It was an ordinary small row house on a dour street in East London. Now, more than
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November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
But the landed gentry of Toronto, “progressive” & conservative, have said they are bad, filled with artless, child-rejecting people who don’t understand ideas of neighbourliness & grace.
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100% not AI.
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
100% not AI.
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Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
For the Star, I make the case for the condo/apartment as aspirational -- that the Canadian dream can also be an apartment in a dense neighbourhood and not, as is so often the case in this country, be taken to only ever mean a detached house. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Navneet Alang: Condos get a bad rap. Here’s why they should be part of the Canadian dream
My parents bought their first home for 11,000 pounds (approximately $20,000) in 1974. It was an ordinary small row house on a dour street in East London. Now, more than
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
For the Star, I make the case for the condo/apartment as aspirational -- that the Canadian dream can also be an apartment in a dense neighbourhood and not, as is so often the case in this country, be taken to only ever mean a detached house. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Psst here's a gift link www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Psst here's a gift link www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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The Trump family has been bragging that Trump's energy policy has enabled their Bitcoin-mining bonanza.
Turns out they're running part of their mining operations in Canada. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Turns out they're running part of their mining operations in Canada. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: The Trumps’ latest money-making scheme has a little-known Canadian connection. Can we do anything about it?
It's a refuge for criminals and a cash cow for the man who wants to annex us, yet bitcoin is still being mined in Canada.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Trump family has been bragging that Trump's energy policy has enabled their Bitcoin-mining bonanza.
Turns out they're running part of their mining operations in Canada. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Turns out they're running part of their mining operations in Canada. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
Went to go see Alison Roman talk tonight. She’s entertaining.
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Went to go see Alison Roman talk tonight. She’s entertaining.
Just saw a YouTube video on how to make dashi using instant dashi powder. It showed someone emptying a sachet of instant dashi into a saucepan of water and heating it up. 35k views. Good stuff. Everything’s fine.
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just saw a YouTube video on how to make dashi using instant dashi powder. It showed someone emptying a sachet of instant dashi into a saucepan of water and heating it up. 35k views. Good stuff. Everything’s fine.
Actually, this is Blueskyism (derogatory)
Breaking News: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is going to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals.
The madrasa indoctrination is starting very early.
(This post is a test.)
The madrasa indoctrination is starting very early.
(This post is a test.)
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Actually, this is Blueskyism (derogatory)
I’m guessing I’m not the first person to make this joke
Google's shareholders: Sundar, Pitch AI
Sundar: Done and done
Sundar: Done and done
November 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I’m guessing I’m not the first person to make this joke
Google's shareholders: Sundar, Pitch AI
Sundar: Done and done
Sundar: Done and done
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Google's shareholders: Sundar, Pitch AI
Sundar: Done and done
Sundar: Done and done
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this thread. yeesh.
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
this thread. yeesh.
That's what I assumed it would be. The *idea* of an "agentic" OS is great; tell your computer to do repetitive or generic stuff; but far from certain that we're close to that
Right now, talking to Copilot in Windows 11 is an exercise in pure frustration — a stark reminder that the reality of AI is nowhere close to the hype.
Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82244...
Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82244...
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
That's what I assumed it would be. The *idea* of an "agentic" OS is great; tell your computer to do repetitive or generic stuff; but far from certain that we're close to that
A Canadian AI startup called Eh-I... is that anything?
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Canadian AI startup called Eh-I... is that anything?
think that's a good question to ask!
a good question to ask when someone says that ai can do some particular task is, "are the artifacts produced by that task what I desire, or are they just the evidence that the task has been performed?"
today, most genai solutions faithfully generate plausible artifacts without the invisible work.
today, most genai solutions faithfully generate plausible artifacts without the invisible work.
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
think that's a good question to ask!
There's a "Catch up" feed and a "Popular with friends" feed but what I really need is a "tl;dr so you don't have to read that nonsense" feed
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
There's a "Catch up" feed and a "Popular with friends" feed but what I really need is a "tl;dr so you don't have to read that nonsense" feed
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I'm very happy to say that I'll I soon start writing a weekly column for @thestar.com, where I began my journalism career [redacted] years ago as a winter intern. I was on the copy desk, and my first headline was "Christmas trees find new life as wood chips."
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm very happy to say that I'll I soon start writing a weekly column for @thestar.com, where I began my journalism career [redacted] years ago as a winter intern. I was on the copy desk, and my first headline was "Christmas trees find new life as wood chips."
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A little bit of 🌈💫🦣personal news🦣💫🌈
After years in the freelance game, I'm joining The Toronto Star as a full-time columnist. I'll be covering my usual beats: Security, politics, global affairs, policy, misinfo, etc, but with a new accent on Big Tech.
After years in the freelance game, I'm joining The Toronto Star as a full-time columnist. I'll be covering my usual beats: Security, politics, global affairs, policy, misinfo, etc, but with a new accent on Big Tech.
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A little bit of 🌈💫🦣personal news🦣💫🌈
After years in the freelance game, I'm joining The Toronto Star as a full-time columnist. I'll be covering my usual beats: Security, politics, global affairs, policy, misinfo, etc, but with a new accent on Big Tech.
After years in the freelance game, I'm joining The Toronto Star as a full-time columnist. I'll be covering my usual beats: Security, politics, global affairs, policy, misinfo, etc, but with a new accent on Big Tech.
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#Opinion Ignorance. Cruelty. Disease: I travelled to the epicentre of Trump’s new America. This is what I found
Richard Warnica: Ignorance. Cruelty. Disease: I travelled to the epicentre of Trump’s new America. This is what I found
Trump has radically changed the U.S. But everywhere, there are signs of resistance.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#Opinion Ignorance. Cruelty. Disease: I travelled to the epicentre of Trump’s new America. This is what I found
Something I find pretty unsettling is when you come across what once seemed like a fringe-ish idea -- full on white supremacism, inceldom, unabashed fascism etc. -- and not only are there communities for them online, but there are clearly smart ("smart"), well-read folks within those communities
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Something I find pretty unsettling is when you come across what once seemed like a fringe-ish idea -- full on white supremacism, inceldom, unabashed fascism etc. -- and not only are there communities for them online, but there are clearly smart ("smart"), well-read folks within those communities
Bluesky, settle a dispute -- I pronounce the word "Rinse" with a sort of z/s sound. Others yesterday insisted it is purely with an s sound. I think the "z" version is common in the UK and "s" is N. American English. Am I wrong?
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Bluesky, settle a dispute -- I pronounce the word "Rinse" with a sort of z/s sound. Others yesterday insisted it is purely with an s sound. I think the "z" version is common in the UK and "s" is N. American English. Am I wrong?
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People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
"Hot people get away with, like, a lot" -Navneet Singh Alang, once a week
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Hot people get away with, like, a lot" -Navneet Singh Alang, once a week