@samsanders Sam, you are a fantastic host and cultural presence. Into It has been my podcast-for-all-moods this year. I’m so sorry that it’s over.
I will miss your voice and your brilliant guest combinations/conversations. What a bummer. Take care! I’ll be listening for your next thing. ❤️🩹
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun's painting "Indian Residential School, Leaving the Shallow Graves and Going Home" (2022) was commissioned to mark the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to acknowledge the ongoing impact of a painful history.
“This is just killing me. I don’t sleep. I’ve lost 15 pounds.”
Nearly 46,000 Calgary households can’t afford rent over $1,400 a month. Meanwhile, rents reached a record high in August. @XiMeNaKa reports.
https://t.co/3hr5MBOVjB
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@yycARTS We had so much fun walking in the parade with you @yycARTS, thanks for having us! It was fantastic seeing so many happy faces cheering us on all along the parade route. #YYC showed UP.
The optimist in me believes that human-generated creativity will ultimately become more valuable than ever, but will we be able to find it on the AI-saturated internet?
"AI is like an ouroboros, a snake that swallows its tail."
https://t.co/Z3rH7FYs1p
How’s Truth and Reconciliation going in Canada you ask?
Well Indigenous People’s and Allies here are having to get #SearchTheLandfill trending
If you don’t know why, look into it
That should tell you enough
#MMIWGT2S
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-Writers, Lyricists, and other Professional Wordsmiths: 6000 definition lookups/day
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We honour Mitiarjuk's contributions towards education and preservation of Inuit language and culture - today, and every day #NIPD https://t.co/j4JdKtMibc
#NationalIndigenousHistoryMonth honours the perseverance and courage of trailblazers like Edith Monture, the first Indigenous registered nurse in Canada, a WWI veteran with the US Army Nurse Corps, and the first Indigenous woman to vote in a federal election.
Younger vs. Older Alberta
Likelihood to vote in #abvotes and vote choice by age (according to new @abacusdataca poll)
18 to 29: 42% (NDP 57%, UCP 32%)
30 to 44: 68% (NDP 54%, UCP 43%)
45+: 83% (UCP 57%, NDP 40%)
Older Alberta wins when younger Alberta doesn't vote.
Recently got a PR pitch that expressed admiration for a book I did not write and which does not exist. The firm had used ChatGPT. Beware of AI hallucinations, early adopters! https://t.co/inYBqZ8Gtk
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🚨 Four years after the final report on #MMIWG, the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls persists. We urgently need change. On #RedDressDay, let's stand in solidarity to honor the lives lost and demand justice.
https://t.co/zpv6HfBtt5