Jordyn Marcellus

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bandcamp friday and i finally found time to buy all my carted items

maybe it's because i'm inherently suspicious of a guy who got his doctorate at ucalgary's political science department (we convocated at the same time, him his PhD and me my BA) but...

i have always felt coletto's polling firm is a bit off.

Predator Handshake meme. Left Text: SCARCITY Right Text: SCARY CITY Handshake: MANUFACTURED RIGHT WING ISSUES

it's a good start!!!

see this is what i'm talking about

can we at least have the cool independent cinema scene of the 70s if we're getting the stagflation and energy shocks.

... jesus christ we live in such an age of miracles

A ton of it is heavily incentivized wishful thinking, because we don't want to admit how much work, especially infrastructural and maintenance work, is involved in building even new things.

Noting for clarity that a lot of people working in software, including software engineers and designers, have a bad understanding of the software design process.

a tweet. "I went to McDonald's for lunch cause today they dropped the Gundam themed burgers and there's a couple sitting next to me where the girlfriend is explaining the entire timeline of Char's character to a seemingly uninterested boyfriend LMAO"

(slamming hands on the table) duty-free japanese fashion! duty-free japanese fashion!!!

In a surprise to nobody paying attention, Slay the Spire 2 has cemented itself as *the* rebuttal when people suggest there are no successful games made in Godot. Nearing half a million concurrent players and 97% approval rating; it's a certified hit by a known hitmaker.

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic. Witness the change brought by …

her doc, Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, is streaming for free via the NFB. it struck me as a really thoughtful look at how the overdose crisis is affecting people in the Kainai First Nation, and acts as an argument for harm reduction as a practice of care.

www.nfb.ca/film/kimmapi...

every day i'm glad i took all those comms/culture studies classes because it definitely prepared me for this moment in time bsky.app/profile/jord...

david cronenberg - crash (1996)

i don't think it's a distraction tactic, it's a tic. he knows he's starting to struggle and lose the plot so he goes back to what makes him comfortable -- bizarro waterfront developments.

he's going back to ferris wheel ford.

a learned co-conspirator just perfectly phrased it thus: "the horrors of giving the angry vibrating crystals agency in an adversarial environment"

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"sure john tory had a problematic age gap relationship with a staffer half his age that was legit younger than a majority of his children... but they're still together!"

is not exculpatory!!!

yes, those are both grown-ass adult ages. he was twice her age. it's grimy.

"Incidentally, some critics should look in the mirror today and ask themselves whether they judged the former mayor too harshly when revelations about his relationship with someone on his staff became public. This was not a tawdry fling with some junior staffer. "

john tory was 68 and she was 31.

the vancouver podium tower is busted and ugly, all hail the slab! the people yearn for large boxy apartments!!!

Mitski review – pop meets performance art in a masterful spectacle The Shed, New York CityAt a six-night residency, the singer creates an immersive world filled with wry humor and big emotions

i know people on here don't rly care about culture coverage but sharing because I'm proud I did it: reviewed Mitski's new residency at NYC's The Shed @us.theguardian.com

seeing her perform for the ninth time in 9 years (!), I feel confident saying that Mitski is in her triumphant era.

vanillite, an ice cream cone pokemon. he's got a cute little cone body with arms sticking out, big blue eyes with diamonds that look kinda like cheeks. you just know he tastes good as hell on a sweaty warm summer's evening.

this is an impossible question but the answer is vanillite

i cannot say what i want to say because it is a one-way ticket to a visit from the cops.

so I'll say every day i fantasize about taking a pressure washer full of soda to the data center racks.

anyway may have been a good time to dip because now Everyone Is A Manager (derogatory)

"wow look at what the ai can do, it took a figma and made a react component in over an hour!"

me, a ui developer: okay but I can do that in 15 minutes?

If you need some reassurance that good things can unfold in the housing world, you need look no further than what the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw is doing with this project. One of the only large net-zero communities in the world. 60% public green space. Huge set aside for affordable units.

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totally fair there; I'm just talking about some studies that AI folks have shared where they show that performance (nebulously defined, may in fact just be output!). it's why i think it's seductive for many people.

These tools just raise low-performers to baseline high performance, which is why you see so many linkedin weirdos losing their mind about these tools.

yeah, he's completely captured by a radical flank of right wingers who are scaring the normies.

and i think poilievre knows it but he can't help himself because he's ensconced himself in an info/social environment of far-right goofballs. which hey thank god