Ed Sadowski

Life is too short to repeat hackneyed clichés. New West based, incurably curious, frequently irreverent, skeptic.

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

Interesting: on my BMO account statements, I apparently have a “relationship manager” however not only is her name incorrect (she apparently no longer works at BMO) & her telephone number is disconnected ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@BMO

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

Why has @BMO iOS app and internet banking been so flakey the last few months? (Can’t log in, can log in but “certain functions not available,” can log in but none of my accounts are showing)?

Perhaps @bigballs needs to come to the rescue?

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

“ChatGPT: calculate the odds of nuclear annihilation occurring in the next 20 years.”

[Slashdot @slashdot]

A Revolutionary Quantum Compass Could Soon Make GPS-Free Navigation a Reality https://t.co/n2EtcCBhBM

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

As well-informed Rudyard Griffiths is, his constant mispronunciation of @KamalaHarris’s first name on @munkdebate and on Friday Focus must be intentional and can be interpreted as a political dog-whistle

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

@icbc That’s where I had been (London Drugs)

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

Sheesh! I’ve been spending over 2 hours to add 2 drivers to my @icbc policy. Still waiting

And don’t get me started on their Unlisted Driver Protection policy. Website specifically does not mention what consequences are for renewals (eg how much/how many years)

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

.@TropicanaJuices (#Drisey Canada) shrinkflates grapefruit juice yet again from 1.54 litres to 1.36 litres - a 11.7% smaller amount corresponding to a 13.2% price increase
#shrinkflation

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

It’s bad enough that we are inconvenienced by frequent & trivial updates for @Office365 (need to justify subscription price with updates 99.9% of users don’t need/care about) but why the frequent updates of the MacOS Office updater itself?

@Microsoft

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

.@BrendaL34282657: “a shortsighted decision to replace a 4-lane bridge with a 4-lane bridge”

The replacement could be 10 lanes and it wouldn’t make a difference. All #NewWest bridge feeder roads already past capacity

[CityNews Vancouver @CityNewsVAN]

Mayor Brenda Locke says delays to the new bridge connecting Surrey and New Westminster show that the province isn't supporting her city. https://t.co/0g0maVLVls

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

@nytimes @nytopinion “dozens of small-&-large-scale studies showing the inevitable results of inbreeding with dogs: […] decreasing life spans”

On the other hand: “purebreds had a greater life expectancy than crossbreeds”: https://t.co/dZYl2beUpJ

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

Wish we’d get this support for @TransLink compasscard

[iPhone in Canada @iPhoneinCanada]

PRESTO Confirms iPhone, Apple Watch Support Coming https://t.co/NuacaXCSSv

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

@DonMartinCTV I think Brian Mulroney had something to say about this:

https://t.co/pBLWZ3HmFd

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

“Swat off the press: Meta v Canada’s news ploy”

What Canutian hubris.

Logic ultimately prevails.

Meta acted: “OK, if we are ‘stealing’ your content by linking to it we won’t link to it anymore”

@JustinTrudeau:“Wait! What?”

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Canada rushed to copy Australia’s “news bargaining media code”. The outcome has been disastrous.

Other countries thinking of doing the same should spike their draft proposals https://t.co/twUlbhyjz1 👇

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

What Canutian hubris.

Logic ultimately prevails.

Meta acted: “OK, if we are ‘stealing’ your content by linking to it we won’t link to it anymore”

@JustinTrudeau:“Wait! What?”

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Today on “The Intelligence” podcast: Canada’s doomed news face-off with Meta, where American workers are putting in their hours of work, and remembering Shirley Conran https://t.co/7yHme5TsKl 🎧

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

“Swat off the press: Meta v Canada’s news ploy”

What Canutian hubris.

Logic ultimately prevails.

Meta acted: “OK, if we are ‘stealing’ your content by linking to it we won’t link to it anymore”

@JustinTrudeau:“Wait! What?”

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Americans work more hours than Europeans, @S_Rabinovitch tells “The Intelligence”—but the interesting part is where they do so https://t.co/msDpBkJHtL

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

.@PierrPoilievre: “Trudeau’s policies are causing inflation to rise around the world. He must be voted out!”

#justinflation

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Breaking: Inflation rose to 3.5% last month, while underlying pricing pressures remained strong https://t.co/Bi5iT9wvvw https://t.co/Bi5iT9wvvw

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

.@PierrePoilievre: “we don’t need elite gatekeepers arrogantly trying to refute common sense”

[The Narwhal @thenarwhalca]

You might’ve seen ads from the Pathways Alliance saying the oilsands industry was on a path to net-zero emissions by 2050. Those claims are “misleading” the public with “greenwashing,” a new peer-reviewed paper has found: https://t.co/d9Vpja74BK

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

.@TheEconomist doing its utmost to single-handedly keep #inflation rates high by straight-facedly announcing a 25+% subscription price increase for a second year in a row

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

@netanyahu: “I apologize for the IDF’s mistakenly killing the wrong innocent people”

[ABC News @ABC]

Pres. Biden said in a statement Tuesday he is "outraged" that a strike by Israel Defense Forces killed seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen who were on the ground in Gaza to provide relief to civilians caught in the conflict. https://t.co/vWdjy5flVm

[Ed Sadowski @EdjoSadowski]

Yet more proof that Canadian citizens & their politicians are world leaders in dilettantism: every poll indicates support for #axethetax

Share of people who support policies to tackle climate change, 2023 https://t.co/SqveIeeoGH