IF NOT THIS; THEN WHAT?
Are you tired of the overheated right versus left, political rhetoric? Are you weary of the partisan blame game? Are you concerned about the rise of misinformation and disinformation spreading…
2023
IF NOT THIS; THEN WHAT?
Are you tired of the overheated right versus left, political rhetoric? Are you weary of the partisan blame game? Are you concerned about the rise of misinformation and disinformation spreading…
IF NOT THIS; THEN WHAT?
Are you tired of the overheated right versus left, political rhetoric? Are you weary of the partisan blame game? Are you concerned about the rise of misinformation and disinformation spreading…
Ethics In Artificial Intelligence
The emergence of “large language model” chatbots like ChatGPT and others raises major philosophical and ethical questions that we need to start talking about now. Back in 1950, Alan Turing…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 13, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: More than 22,000 arrested in Iran’s protests pardoned, judiciary chief says #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3ZMtswi – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
My latest: up yours, Google
Evasive. Duplicitous. Condescending. If you were to (ironically) do a Google search to find a record of the meeting 69 of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, those would be…
My first art show!
Here's a first for me. @thrpilot_to pic.twitter.com/nrDYTC4Doy — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 13, 2023
Google has made our online lives easier, but we may all be about to become a victim of its success
Google’s headquarters for European operations in Dublin, Ireland. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Google is so successful that it may be about to become a victim of its own popularity, and…
Thought For The Day (The Week, The Month, The Year, Etc.)
This from Professor Michael E. Mann: Sagan rightly feared the “celebration of ignorance”. He didn’t quite anticipate, however, the *weaponization* of ignorance that we are now seeing. Carl Sagan predicted…
How Neighbourhoods Are Fighting Climate Change
Neighbourhoods in Canada are trying to change the world by focussing on their own street. Across the country there are streets of houses proving that a transition from using fossil…
Signs Of Hope
Democracy has been under persistent attack around the world. The man who began the trend — Donald Trump — is still leading the attack. Michael Harris writes: Trump . .…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of March 13, 2023
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of March 13, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 13, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: B.C. set to introduce legislation targeting revenge porn Ontario’s top court strikes…
Dougie and Bibi: L’État c’est moi?
What have the Province of Ontario and the State of Israel in common? They have political leaders who want to rewrite the law. They want to be the law. Neither…
Can more for-profit health care be stopped?
Photo by Hamza Butt/Flickr The new health accord between Ottawa and the provinces provides more money, but it could also easily bring an even faster rollout of for-profit provision of…
A special day
Some folks think social media is a toxic cesspool and avoid it. Other search for valuable content and find it. Many have found Zachery Dereniowski, creator of this video, which…
Growing consensus that Alberta NDP’s communications strategy is failing prompts calls for tougher approach
Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley gave a rip-roaring speech to the party faithful in Edmonton Saturday, but a consensus is emerging among the commentariat and many voters that the Opposition…
Joltin’ Judge Brown lasts one round
There was a mystery haunting our Supreme Court throughout February. Justice Russell Brown wasn’t showing up for work. Last week the mystery was solved. The judge has been suspended with…
The Reno
Ms Soapbox is on week six of an eight week renovation. The sad little room in the photo is what is left of her writing room. She’s taken to working…
More Venery
A Repugnance of Republicans. A Sycophancy of Saundersonites. A Conspiracy of Conservatives. A Misanthropy of MAGA-Hatters. A Cowardice of Councillors. A Laziness of Reporters. A Slyness of Staff. A Corruption…