Ryan Humphrey
@ryanhumphrey.bsky.social
Politics, video & Geekery
Linux users are the Baptists of the software world
December 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Linux users are the Baptists of the software world
It’s not that new
December 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It’s not that new
Budgeting the money is (relatively) easy. Getting the actual plans finalized and out of committee is the hard part. Lots of big projects get budgeted for and then fall apart when it comes to figuring out all the compromises and decisions necessary to actually build it
December 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Budgeting the money is (relatively) easy. Getting the actual plans finalized and out of committee is the hard part. Lots of big projects get budgeted for and then fall apart when it comes to figuring out all the compromises and decisions necessary to actually build it
The loneliness epidemic is real, and is used by bad actors to radicalize young men. Just existing in an actual community for the first time can go a long way to de-radicalizing them.
December 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The loneliness epidemic is real, and is used by bad actors to radicalize young men. Just existing in an actual community for the first time can go a long way to de-radicalizing them.
I’m intrigued by the implication that you have 3D models of your characters
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I’m intrigued by the implication that you have 3D models of your characters
Are we actually going to build it, or are we just going to talk about it? I‘ll believe it if there’s shovels in the ground before the next election
December 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Are we actually going to build it, or are we just going to talk about it? I‘ll believe it if there’s shovels in the ground before the next election
I honestly don’t understand how this clip isn’t leading every news program in the country. Even ten years ago this would be an era defining political statement
How can anyone be a journalist and not be compelled to pounce on this? It should be like an involuntary muscle spasm
How can anyone be a journalist and not be compelled to pounce on this? It should be like an involuntary muscle spasm
December 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I honestly don’t understand how this clip isn’t leading every news program in the country. Even ten years ago this would be an era defining political statement
How can anyone be a journalist and not be compelled to pounce on this? It should be like an involuntary muscle spasm
How can anyone be a journalist and not be compelled to pounce on this? It should be like an involuntary muscle spasm
How many people not following accounts like yours are even aware? The corporate news media is actively disincentivized from those sorts of stories, and even CBC isn’t exactly doing live reports outside of crowded ERs. Facebook and TikTok algorithms absolutely don‘t push the information
December 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
How many people not following accounts like yours are even aware? The corporate news media is actively disincentivized from those sorts of stories, and even CBC isn’t exactly doing live reports outside of crowded ERs. Facebook and TikTok algorithms absolutely don‘t push the information
And there’s a big trickle-down effect. Japan would never have developed their place in the cyberpunk aesthetic if they had been domestically suppressing works like Akira and Ghost in the Shell.
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
And there’s a big trickle-down effect. Japan would never have developed their place in the cyberpunk aesthetic if they had been domestically suppressing works like Akira and Ghost in the Shell.
Functionally? Because media inspired by Chinese culture tends to try and be acceptable to the Chinese market, even when it’s not directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government. And they have no chill about the idea of a fragmented Chinese state.
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Functionally? Because media inspired by Chinese culture tends to try and be acceptable to the Chinese market, even when it’s not directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government. And they have no chill about the idea of a fragmented Chinese state.
California is seeing this is a big way. They’re losing noticeable national electoral power because of population shifts largely driven by the fact they refuse to build housing
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
California is seeing this is a big way. They’re losing noticeable national electoral power because of population shifts largely driven by the fact they refuse to build housing
Does it make sense? People like the novelty of inserting pop characters into things, but that’s not quite the same as saying there’s a *market* for that
And I guarantee that their licensing deal doesn’t allow commercial use of the resulting “art”
And I guarantee that their licensing deal doesn’t allow commercial use of the resulting “art”
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Does it make sense? People like the novelty of inserting pop characters into things, but that’s not quite the same as saying there’s a *market* for that
And I guarantee that their licensing deal doesn’t allow commercial use of the resulting “art”
And I guarantee that their licensing deal doesn’t allow commercial use of the resulting “art”
Tired: Ontario ends up achieving true bilingualism due to an influx of Quebec migrants
Wired: Alberta ends up achieving true bilingualism due to an influx of Quebec migrants because they’re the only ones building housing. This does not make their provincial politics any less angry
Wired: Alberta ends up achieving true bilingualism due to an influx of Quebec migrants because they’re the only ones building housing. This does not make their provincial politics any less angry
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Tired: Ontario ends up achieving true bilingualism due to an influx of Quebec migrants
Wired: Alberta ends up achieving true bilingualism due to an influx of Quebec migrants because they’re the only ones building housing. This does not make their provincial politics any less angry
Wired: Alberta ends up achieving true bilingualism due to an influx of Quebec migrants because they’re the only ones building housing. This does not make their provincial politics any less angry
Saying “just kidding about all that stuff“ isn’t going to fly
The “Carney is a PC in a Liberal mask” stuff is overblown, but there is a core of truth to it. Not sure what the sales pitch would be for a ditch-the-extremists CPC leader that still creates a clear alternative to Carney
The “Carney is a PC in a Liberal mask” stuff is overblown, but there is a core of truth to it. Not sure what the sales pitch would be for a ditch-the-extremists CPC leader that still creates a clear alternative to Carney
December 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Saying “just kidding about all that stuff“ isn’t going to fly
The “Carney is a PC in a Liberal mask” stuff is overblown, but there is a core of truth to it. Not sure what the sales pitch would be for a ditch-the-extremists CPC leader that still creates a clear alternative to Carney
The “Carney is a PC in a Liberal mask” stuff is overblown, but there is a core of truth to it. Not sure what the sales pitch would be for a ditch-the-extremists CPC leader that still creates a clear alternative to Carney
I don’t think the extremists can be leashed. Or, more accurately, I think if you sideline the extremists there’s not a lot of party left over. There’s no core of “real” conservatives actually in charge. Besides which, they’ve worked too hard selling the right wing on their own reality
December 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I don’t think the extremists can be leashed. Or, more accurately, I think if you sideline the extremists there’s not a lot of party left over. There’s no core of “real” conservatives actually in charge. Besides which, they’ve worked too hard selling the right wing on their own reality
People keep saying Kenney, but I can’t see it. Being forced out as UCP leader was a major embarrassment, and there‘s no love lost between him and the western activist base
I think the eastern media still love him, but he’s a weaker candidate that it looks at first glance
I think the eastern media still love him, but he’s a weaker candidate that it looks at first glance
December 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
People keep saying Kenney, but I can’t see it. Being forced out as UCP leader was a major embarrassment, and there‘s no love lost between him and the western activist base
I think the eastern media still love him, but he’s a weaker candidate that it looks at first glance
I think the eastern media still love him, but he’s a weaker candidate that it looks at first glance
Generally doesn’t happen unless there’s plausible replacements waiting in the wings. Right now I’m not sure who would want his job, and also has the credibility with the party to convince them to give him the push.
December 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Generally doesn’t happen unless there’s plausible replacements waiting in the wings. Right now I’m not sure who would want his job, and also has the credibility with the party to convince them to give him the push.
Provincially they’re relevant everywhere west of Ontario
December 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Provincially they’re relevant everywhere west of Ontario
The UCP will run deficits until our rating is reduced to junk status before they’ll admit that taxes need to be raised
December 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The UCP will run deficits until our rating is reduced to junk status before they’ll admit that taxes need to be raised
Hey now. I have some great wool socks that keep my feet warm even when they’re wet. Which is to say a wet sock is more determined to actually do its job than Jeffries is
December 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Hey now. I have some great wool socks that keep my feet warm even when they’re wet. Which is to say a wet sock is more determined to actually do its job than Jeffries is
Google Docs could, conceivably, limit what subjects you write about because it’s running on their hardware. A text editor running on your own computer is, by definition, going to let you type whatever you want
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Google Docs could, conceivably, limit what subjects you write about because it’s running on their hardware. A text editor running on your own computer is, by definition, going to let you type whatever you want
Look at Stable Diffusion and its variants. They’re open source, 100% locally hosted, and 0 guard rails. There is no central authority that can limit or oversee what users are creating
When creepy AI stories come out, 9/10 is going to be locally run AI rather than the more well known corporate ones
When creepy AI stories come out, 9/10 is going to be locally run AI rather than the more well known corporate ones
December 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Look at Stable Diffusion and its variants. They’re open source, 100% locally hosted, and 0 guard rails. There is no central authority that can limit or oversee what users are creating
When creepy AI stories come out, 9/10 is going to be locally run AI rather than the more well known corporate ones
When creepy AI stories come out, 9/10 is going to be locally run AI rather than the more well known corporate ones
Functionally that’s like saying they should limit word processors so that people can’t write creepy stories. The ability is inherent in the technology
Of course, I think the whole technology should be more heavily regulated
Of course, I think the whole technology should be more heavily regulated
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Functionally that’s like saying they should limit word processors so that people can’t write creepy stories. The ability is inherent in the technology
Of course, I think the whole technology should be more heavily regulated
Of course, I think the whole technology should be more heavily regulated
An all-women panel on “how to write male characters that women readers will find believable“ would be *fascinating*
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
An all-women panel on “how to write male characters that women readers will find believable“ would be *fascinating*