Tony Walsh
@tonywalsh.bsky.social
Expos and Blue Jays fan from the two channel universe. Born at 318 ppm. Anti-annexationist. He/him
🌈 Orion’s chief of staff
🌈 Orion’s chief of staff
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As we say in Germany: But we are not Iowa City - nor Paris, Copenhagen, Ghent...
"Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year."
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"Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year."
archive.ph/shcex#select...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As we say in Germany: But we are not Iowa City - nor Paris, Copenhagen, Ghent...
"Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year."
archive.ph/shcex#select...
"Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year."
archive.ph/shcex#select...
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Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It’s people who make a visit memorable
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It's people who make a visit memorable - Halifax Examiner
AI takes the humanity out of travel.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It’s people who make a visit memorable
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
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Imagine if there was a way of reducing daycare illness by half or more? Better for families, better for everyone. Cleaning the air would make a big difference.
For instance, shouldn’t we be requiring, by law, that all daycares and kindergartens have supplementary air cleaners?
Shouldn’t employees be, at minimum, be supplied with and encouraged to use KN95, Q100 or N95 respirators? I’m not even saying to require them to be used. Just supplied.
Shouldn’t employees be, at minimum, be supplied with and encouraged to use KN95, Q100 or N95 respirators? I’m not even saying to require them to be used. Just supplied.
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Imagine if there was a way of reducing daycare illness by half or more? Better for families, better for everyone. Cleaning the air would make a big difference.
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Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This deal isn't about "reducing the heat."
That's the whole issue about building a pipeline to burn another million barrels a day of toxic bitumen on top of the million barrels we added thanks to TMX.
This is a planet burner.
That's the whole issue about building a pipeline to burn another million barrels a day of toxic bitumen on top of the million barrels we added thanks to TMX.
This is a planet burner.
I was a big supporter of Charlie. Then along came Meidas Ca and with that came these headlines.
First -This isn’t a bad deal
Second - the leafs will win the Stanley cup before this pipeline ever gets built.
Third- It’s called reducing the heat - get to the table and let’s move on.
First -This isn’t a bad deal
Second - the leafs will win the Stanley cup before this pipeline ever gets built.
Third- It’s called reducing the heat - get to the table and let’s move on.
Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This deal isn't about "reducing the heat."
That's the whole issue about building a pipeline to burn another million barrels a day of toxic bitumen on top of the million barrels we added thanks to TMX.
This is a planet burner.
That's the whole issue about building a pipeline to burn another million barrels a day of toxic bitumen on top of the million barrels we added thanks to TMX.
This is a planet burner.
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New Point in Time count just dropped for Halifax.
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New Point in Time count just dropped for Halifax.
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This one paragraph made my whole year's subscription worth it
The new location update on X revealed what we've all kinda known all along: Republicans have been astroturfing themselves.
www.garbageday.email/p/republican...
www.garbageday.email/p/republican...
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This one paragraph made my whole year's subscription worth it
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RT @MLB: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was letting them fly at Eladio's Saucegiving Home Run Derby! 😮💨
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
RT @MLB: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was letting them fly at Eladio's Saucegiving Home Run Derby! 😮💨
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
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many things about the 2020s cause me to ask of my fellow humans "what the everloving hell is wrong with all of you? who raised you???"
one of the more bleak aspects of ai chatbots is it’s starting to blow up real marriages
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
many things about the 2020s cause me to ask of my fellow humans "what the everloving hell is wrong with all of you? who raised you???"
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“Climate change isn’t everything“ is becoming a go-to justification for delaying action.
This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
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This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
“Climate change isn’t everything“ is becoming a go-to justification for delaying action.
This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
1/
This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
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The oldest brewing school in the U.S. is leaving Chicago for Canada, citing Trump visa restrictions. blockclubchi.co/4oaLGmn
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The oldest brewing school in the U.S. is leaving Chicago for Canada, citing Trump visa restrictions. blockclubchi.co/4oaLGmn
“Oh the year was 1778” 🎶
The moment Kaitlyn Lawes has to reset her shot because at noon local time, every day, across the street, they FIRE A CANNON
Never change, Halifax
#curling #cbccurl #milanocortina2026 #olympics
Never change, Halifax
#curling #cbccurl #milanocortina2026 #olympics
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“Oh the year was 1778” 🎶
Car-dependent suburbia, and especially building more if it, is likely a net negative in your city too. See the Guelph example in the later part of this video (in the OP). #Halisky
WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Car-dependent suburbia, and especially building more if it, is likely a net negative in your city too. See the Guelph example in the later part of this video (in the OP). #Halisky
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The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Stress Break - join Gizmo for the great unboxing 😝😹🦁🦁📦
Sometimes you just catch the silliest things with the push of a button…even a Maine Coon tongue is super size!! 😹😹🦁🦁 #catboxsunday #teamfloof #CatsOfBluesky
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Stress Break - join Gizmo for the great unboxing 😝😹🦁🦁📦
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Halifax Harbour Bridges post celebrating active transportation
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Halifax Harbour Bridges post celebrating active transportation
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This is the 2nd time a major government report from Deloitte has been found to contain errors likely generated by AI.
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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In which I outline why any analysis of networked/software-enabled device must start with the software, even (especially) if it's a big, serious weapon like the F-35.
blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...
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The Department of National Defence buys a Sky Tractor
Canada’s purchase of US F-35 fighter jets will create enormous security vulnerability, for which there is no easy answer. Whether it’s an F-35 fighter jet or a John Deere tractor, if yo…
blaynehaggart.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In which I outline why any analysis of networked/software-enabled device must start with the software, even (especially) if it's a big, serious weapon like the F-35.
blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...
blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...
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Another story that encouragingly foregrounds the question of who controls the F-35’s software when considering which jet Canada should buy.
Ideally, reporters would also look beyond the F-35 to the military & government’s pervasive software dependency problem. The F-35’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Ideally, reporters would also look beyond the F-35 to the military & government’s pervasive software dependency problem. The F-35’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Opinion: Sweden offers Canada a chance to revive its near-dead defence aerospace industry
Building Saab’s Gripen fighter jet and GlobalEye surveillance plane in Canada would create thousands of jobs – and infuriate Trump
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Another story that encouragingly foregrounds the question of who controls the F-35’s software when considering which jet Canada should buy.
Ideally, reporters would also look beyond the F-35 to the military & government’s pervasive software dependency problem. The F-35’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Ideally, reporters would also look beyond the F-35 to the military & government’s pervasive software dependency problem. The F-35’s only the tip of the iceberg.