harold

harold, 12 days ago to random

Interesting to hear mainstream media pundits constantly complain of the toxicity of platforms like X, but they stay on them and do not attempt to build an audience on the fediverse because it's just too much effort for them

harold, 13 days ago to random

«Obediya Jones-Darrell, a filmmaker from Nova Scotia who splits his time between the United States and Canada, said the film "belittles the humanity of everybody who is watching the film [Birth of a Nation, 1916]."

...

He said even focusing on the technological prowess of the film takes away from the voices of people at the time who were against the film.»

"Trash the sh-t out of it and then turn it into a footnote," —Tara Taylor

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/birth-of-a-nation-1.6793088

harold, 18 days ago to random

So our family doctor asked us — while unmasked in their office — how long we were going to wear face masks in public places. WTF!

I am not a conspiracy theorist but I have lost confidence in our healthcare system. Still getting vaccinated BTW

#covid #PublicHealth #CdnPoli #NBPoli

harold, 18 days ago to random

"The very first canon of nursing … is this: to keep the air [the patient] breathes as pure as the external air, without chilling him.” —Florence Nightingale, c. 1850

Our #PublicHealth systems have learned nothing in 175 years

https://www.fastcompany.com/90707516/the-secret-to-hospital-design-was-solved-150-years-ago-why-did-we-ignore-it

harold, 20 days ago to Israel

The IDF keeps killing people. They have been doing this for a long time. There is no 'defence' in IDF. They are an attack organization.

I miss my friend.

https://legionmagazine.com/one-martyr-down-the-untold-story-of-a-canadian-peacekeeper-killed-at-war/

#gaza #israel

harold, 20 days ago to H5N1

«"I had lots of people say, 'Who cares about the mammary glands? Why do you care about what happens if an influenza virus infects a breast?'" recalled the virologist [Dr. Alyson Kelvin].

"Well, I have a long list of reasons. But it was really hard to get more funding to understand the answers to those questions."»

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/bird-flu-in-u-s-cows-caught-scientists-by-surprise-canadian-research-has-seen-it-coming-since-1953-1.7212587

#H5N1 #PublicHealth #pandemic

harold, 20 days ago to ai

« #AI is a marketing term, not a technical term of art. The term “artificial intelligence” was coined in 1956 by cognitive & computer scientist John McCarthy ... McCarthy is very clear about why he invented the term. First, he didn’t want to include the mathematician & philosopher Norbert Wiener in a workshop he was hosting that summer ... Wiener had already coined the term “cybernetics,” under whose umbrella the field was then organized.»

https://www.helmut-schmidt.de/aktuelles/detail/die-rede-der-zukunftspreistraegerin

harold, 20 days ago to ai

"... it’s imperative that we recognize mass surveillance – and ultimately the surveillance business model – as the root of the large-scale tech we’re currently calling #AI

—@Mer__edith

https://www.helmut-schmidt.de/aktuelles/detail/die-rede-der-zukunftspreistraegerin

harold, 21 days ago to random

Q. What do you call people who ride quiet motorcycles?

A. Not assholes

harold, 22 days ago to random

"Patriarchy is often defined as a social system that is male-identified, male-dominated, & male-centered. It depends on a heteronormative gender binary that serves to divide & outsource human traits to different halves of the population.

In patriarchal societies, human traits associated with power & control are outsourced to men: domination, assertiveness, independence, decisiveness, & ambition are called masculine, & men are expected to conform to masculine traits."

https://bikepacking.com/plog/man-or-bear-debate/

harold, 22 days ago to random

A friend and their infant child just contracted #Covid . Yes, it's still all around us

harold, 26 days ago to random

“As a sign of just how badly the university’s lawyers have fared against the encampment, the Montreal police also spoke out against the injunction request in court, arguing police discretion in the matter is essential and that the cops aren’t McGill’s private security force.

McGill’s decision to seek the injunction also put an end to a series of meetings between administrators and protesters, further cementing the divide between both parties.”

https://therover.ca/mcgill-encampment-withstands-second-legal-challenge/

#CdnPoli

harold, 1 month ago to Canada

Best obit ever 😉

https://thebeaverton.com/2024/05/rex-murphys-obituary-written-in-the-style-of-a-rex-murphy-editorial/

#CdnPoli #CBC #Canada

harold, 1 month ago to random

There is no credible evidence that outside groups are funding student pro-Palestine (anti-genocide) protests in Canada. There is very little money at play here. For example, tents cost $48 each. Donations come from the community.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.4224238

harold, 1 month ago to random

I have several weather apps and they all give sunrise & sunset but do not provide times for first light and last light, which were standard in military meteorological briefings.

Nobody wants to know when it will get light or dark?

harold, 1 month ago to random

“The enemy is the propaganda campaign that has everyone claiming, loudly and confidently, that #COVID is over, while catching it for the fifth time in four years. The enemy is the utter destruction of public health for the sake of a normal that isn’t coming back.”
https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/does-the-public-understand-that-variant

harold, 1 month ago to random

Gawd! I am now being told that the 1990s are "nostalgia". Weren't they just last year?

harold, 1 month ago to random

I never thought I would live in a time when protesting against genocide would be seen as radical behaviour. There are Nazis in my family. I know what happened. My maternal grandfather, serving in the Wehrmacht, never got a ration card for his family because he would not join the Nazi party. Stand up against genocide, no matter the price.

#democracy

harold, 1 month ago to Canada

Sadly #Democracy in #Canada will not die with a bang, or a whimper, but with a #Notwithstanding clause

harold, 1 month ago to random

Secretary of Treasury Board resigns today (Reddit)

https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadaPublicServants/comments/1cj90ym/secretary_of_tb_first_casualty_of_new_policy/

#CdnPoli #RTO

harold, 1 month ago to internet

“It’s Not the Critic Who Counts”

“Citizenship in a Republic” AKA “The Man in the Arena”

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63389/roosevelts-man-arena

#SocialMedia #democracy

harold, 1 month ago to cycling

I bought this black shopping #cycling pannier and no longer need it. It has never been used. I'd like to find it a good home. Perhaps for someone who could never afford one. Local Maritimes #Canada would be great. I would only charge shipping and pick-up would be free.

I have many Arkel products [made in Canada] and they are excellent.

https://arkel.ca/collections/bike-panniers/products/shopper-urban-pannier

harold, 1 month ago to journalism

Looking for independent #Canadian #media

Unrigged puts them all together (without the right-wing nut jobs]

https://www.unrigged.ca/

#CdnPoli

harold, 1 month ago to random

“In the video, an officer can be seen approaching protesters, expressing support for the demonstrators and telling them the direction the prime minster’s motorcade was travelling.”

https://globalnews.ca/news/10452722/ontario-police-video-officer-share-trudeau-location-protester/
#CdnPoli

harold, 1 month ago to random

“The 27-year-old journalist was arrested on April 15 while covering a sit-in at the Scotiabank on McGill College Ave. Now, in what may be a first for the city, Montreal police are pursuing a charge of criminal mischief against her. It is the same charge facing 44 protesters who staged the sit-in to protest Scotiabank’s investment in Elbit — an Israeli defence contractor that is profiting from the war on Gaza.”

https://therover.ca/police-seek-criminal-charges-against-journalist-covering-gaza-protest/