James Bow
@bowjamesbow.ca
Father, Author, #sff, #yalit, #canlit, Transit Enthusiast, Communications Officer (he/him)
Learn more about me at https://bowjamesbow.ca/
Learn more about me at https://bowjamesbow.ca/
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1. Obviously the thing to do is equip ourselves for the journey! Where are we going to get food?
2. How far away is Ithaca, anyway? Is this going to be smooth sailing?
3. Wait, we're not done with the whole Trojan war recount, are we? I need to be sad about Achilles!
1. Obviously the thing to do is equip ourselves for the journey! Where are we going to get food?
2. How far away is Ithaca, anyway? Is this going to be smooth sailing?
3. Wait, we're not done with the whole Trojan war recount, are we? I need to be sad about Achilles!
The AI has agreed to help Odysseus get back to Ithaca! Let's break this project down a l... - StrawPoll
What is your opinion? Vote now!
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July 27, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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1. Obviously the thing to do is equip ourselves for the journey! Where are we going to get food?
2. How far away is Ithaca, anyway? Is this going to be smooth sailing?
3. Wait, we're not done with the whole Trojan war recount, are we? I need to be sad about Achilles!
1. Obviously the thing to do is equip ourselves for the journey! Where are we going to get food?
2. How far away is Ithaca, anyway? Is this going to be smooth sailing?
3. Wait, we're not done with the whole Trojan war recount, are we? I need to be sad about Achilles!
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It really showcases your qualities as a leader: innovation, lateral thinking, and strategic use of resources. These are things that will serve you well on your journey home.
#aiodyssey
#aiodyssey
July 26, 2026 at 6:32 PM
It really showcases your qualities as a leader: innovation, lateral thinking, and strategic use of resources. These are things that will serve you well on your journey home.
#aiodyssey
#aiodyssey
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Thank you for sharing the details of your last adventure with me. I especially liked all the twists and turns of the part I think of as “The Giant Horse Trick”!
#aiodyssey
#aiodyssey
July 26, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Thank you for sharing the details of your last adventure with me. I especially liked all the twists and turns of the part I think of as “The Giant Horse Trick”!
#aiodyssey
#aiodyssey
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I’ve got one Odyssey adaptation coming out in September, I was thinking I should write that AI one everyone is clamouring for.
How hard can it be?
“Hi, Odysseus! I’m excited to be working with you on this “return to Ithaca” project! It sounds challenging — but ultimately very rewarding.”
How hard can it be?
“Hi, Odysseus! I’m excited to be working with you on this “return to Ithaca” project! It sounds challenging — but ultimately very rewarding.”
July 26, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I’ve got one Odyssey adaptation coming out in September, I was thinking I should write that AI one everyone is clamouring for.
How hard can it be?
“Hi, Odysseus! I’m excited to be working with you on this “return to Ithaca” project! It sounds challenging — but ultimately very rewarding.”
How hard can it be?
“Hi, Odysseus! I’m excited to be working with you on this “return to Ithaca” project! It sounds challenging — but ultimately very rewarding.”
Fuck FIFA
You agree with me? Say it with me.
You agree with me? Say it with me.
July 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Fuck FIFA
You agree with me? Say it with me.
You agree with me? Say it with me.
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15 Years of Great Interviews!
House of Mystery Radio Show on NBC
James Bow
The Sun Runners
Listen to the Interview!
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House of Mystery Radio Show on NBC
James Bow
The Sun Runners
Listen to the Interview!
shows.acast.com/houseofmyste...
Get the Book!
bowjamesbow.ca
April 29, 2026 at 2:18 PM
15 Years of Great Interviews!
House of Mystery Radio Show on NBC
James Bow
The Sun Runners
Listen to the Interview!
shows.acast.com/houseofmyste...
Get the Book!
bowjamesbow.ca
House of Mystery Radio Show on NBC
James Bow
The Sun Runners
Listen to the Interview!
shows.acast.com/houseofmyste...
Get the Book!
bowjamesbow.ca
Folks: some of you may receive an email relating to me asking for an endorsement from a company called Gainrep. Shove it into your spam. This company appears to be legit enough to accept Google sign ons, but it tricks you into sending these emails to your contacts.
I’m clearing my data out of them.
I’m clearing my data out of them.
June 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Folks: some of you may receive an email relating to me asking for an endorsement from a company called Gainrep. Shove it into your spam. This company appears to be legit enough to accept Google sign ons, but it tricks you into sending these emails to your contacts.
I’m clearing my data out of them.
I’m clearing my data out of them.
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.....the *men's* world cup scoring record. marta is still up by one.
Messi dazzles to equal World Cup scoring record as Argentina breeze past Algeria
Messi dazzles to equal World Cup scoring record as Argentina breeze past Algeria
Those in attendance at Argentina’s opening match against Algeria could be forgiven, for a moment, for thinking they were at one of the great Argentinian cathedrals of football – La Bombonera, or maybe the national stadium, El Monumental. Kansas City Stadium, awash in the colors of the Albiceleste roared with the sound of nearly 70,000 Argentine supporters serenading their team, and their hero, in rapturous song on Tuesday night.
They had plenty to sing about. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2026 at 11:16 AM
.....the *men's* world cup scoring record. marta is still up by one.
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Russia is, and has been, at war with Europe for years. Do they need to succeed in killing a national leader in order to be taken as a serious threat?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals
Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.
www.bbc.com
June 16, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Russia is, and has been, at war with Europe for years. Do they need to succeed in killing a national leader in order to be taken as a serious threat?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Thanks to the late World Cup game tonight, the MBTA will effectively be running a 24-hour service for the first time in our lives! We’re going to be riding the T ALL NIGHT tonight - from 7 PM to 7 AM!
June 13, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Thanks to the late World Cup game tonight, the MBTA will effectively be running a 24-hour service for the first time in our lives! We’re going to be riding the T ALL NIGHT tonight - from 7 PM to 7 AM!
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I am honestly not sure I believe the story that they didn’t know what they were doing english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
June 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I am honestly not sure I believe the story that they didn’t know what they were doing english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
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I feel like blaming this entirely on AI lets some humans off the hook who really shouldn’t be…
(BTW, that LinkedIn post was written by AI)
(BTW, that LinkedIn post was written by AI)
Starbucks done EFFED up in Korea. Bad.
May 18th just passed, Democratic Movement Day, when rose up after the military dictatorship sent tanks to mass-murder citizens. Some inappropriately call it "Tank Day."
Starbucks commemorated Tank Day with a sale on tank tumblers.
It gets much worse...
May 18th just passed, Democratic Movement Day, when rose up after the military dictatorship sent tanks to mass-murder citizens. Some inappropriately call it "Tank Day."
Starbucks commemorated Tank Day with a sale on tank tumblers.
It gets much worse...
June 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I feel like blaming this entirely on AI lets some humans off the hook who really shouldn’t be…
(BTW, that LinkedIn post was written by AI)
(BTW, that LinkedIn post was written by AI)
Wow. Would you like to see a spectacular corporate collapse caused by the use of marketing AI?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-n...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-n...
From National Gift to National Insult: How Starbucks Korea Destroyed a Legacy in a Single Day
When a Cup of Coffee Becomes a National Insult Imagine if a beloved global coffee brand launched a "911 Promotion" on the exact anniversary of the Twin Towers attack. That is essentially what just hap...
www.linkedin.com
June 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Wow. Would you like to see a spectacular corporate collapse caused by the use of marketing AI?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-n...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-n...
Hey, KW, if you ever wondered what petrichor smells like, go outside right now and take a big sniff.
June 6, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Hey, KW, if you ever wondered what petrichor smells like, go outside right now and take a big sniff.
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If you really want to demolish a Republican stronghold, just tell them its walls may protect a million of them, but they also protect one Black woman. They'll pull it down themselves that day.
NEW: A few MAGA figures are using Candace Owens' appearance in Russia to declare themselves suddenly very concerned about propaganda. "I’m just wondering how long some of these people I’ve known for years have been activated as foreign agents.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Only Candace Owens could prompt MAGA to acknowledge Russian disinformation
A trip to Russia fuels attacks from her enemies across conservative media.
www.motherjones.com
June 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
If you really want to demolish a Republican stronghold, just tell them its walls may protect a million of them, but they also protect one Black woman. They'll pull it down themselves that day.
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authors getting paid a living wage
Who do people consider literary fantasy?
May 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
authors getting paid a living wage
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It's been four years. How much public housing could we have built in four years? If the will was there?
www.cp24.com/politics/que...
www.cp24.com/politics/que...
Premier Doug Ford slams judge’s ruling on Ontario encampment
An Ontario judge’s recent decision barring the Region of Waterloo from removing people living in a homeless encampment is “cockamamie,” Premier Doug Ford said on Friday.
www.cp24.com
May 22, 2026 at 11:52 PM
It's been four years. How much public housing could we have built in four years? If the will was there?
www.cp24.com/politics/que...
www.cp24.com/politics/que...
Stay safe out there, and get under cover.
6:14 PM ET - TORNADO WARNING in effect for Woodstock - Tillsonburg - Oxford County, St. Thomas - Aylmer - Eastern Elgin County, London - Parkhill - Eastern Middlesex County.
FIRST TORNADO LOCATION: OVER DORCHESTER
SECOND TORNADO LOCATION: OVER BELMONT
FIRST TORNADO LOCATION: OVER DORCHESTER
SECOND TORNADO LOCATION: OVER BELMONT
May 19, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Stay safe out there, and get under cover.
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Strong evidence that the shooters at the mosque in San Diego yesterday held both Islamophobic and antisemitic beliefs.
Our safety is bound up together, no matter how much politicians may try to divide us.
Our safety is bound up together, no matter how much politicians may try to divide us.
May 19, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Strong evidence that the shooters at the mosque in San Diego yesterday held both Islamophobic and antisemitic beliefs.
Our safety is bound up together, no matter how much politicians may try to divide us.
Our safety is bound up together, no matter how much politicians may try to divide us.
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There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it.
Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
www.motherjones.com
May 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it.
Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
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Really fucking sick of programmers telling me to be nuanced about A.I. because "you can't deny that it actually works"
Look, codehead, it *might* be helping you with your job, but it's wrecking *my* profession, as well as most others, so shut the fuck up maybe?
Look, codehead, it *might* be helping you with your job, but it's wrecking *my* profession, as well as most others, so shut the fuck up maybe?
May 10, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Really fucking sick of programmers telling me to be nuanced about A.I. because "you can't deny that it actually works"
Look, codehead, it *might* be helping you with your job, but it's wrecking *my* profession, as well as most others, so shut the fuck up maybe?
Look, codehead, it *might* be helping you with your job, but it's wrecking *my* profession, as well as most others, so shut the fuck up maybe?
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I honestly don't know whether it would be worse if the human beings behind this statement believed it or if they just thought it was savvy marketing.
Anthropic on X: "We started by investigating why Claude chose to blackmail. We believe the original source of the behavior was internet text that portrays AI as evil and interested in self-preservation."
So we wrote that AI might be evil and then they trained the AI on that text, so it was evil.
So we wrote that AI might be evil and then they trained the AI on that text, so it was evil.
May 10, 2026 at 10:58 AM
I honestly don't know whether it would be worse if the human beings behind this statement believed it or if they just thought it was savvy marketing.
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