Nick Heer
@nickheer.com
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The cowards running this province are sending out this doozy of a pamphlet on the referendum questions. For most, it advocates a strong position, but when it comes to the separation question, the government refuses to stand by its official stance we should remain in Canada.
September 30, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The cowards running this province are sending out this doozy of a pamphlet on the referendum questions. For most, it advocates a strong position, but when it comes to the separation question, the government refuses to stand by its official stance we should remain in Canada.
I think if Shame got the same people who mixed their 2026 KEXP session to work on their next record, I'd like it a lot more than most of their discography.
September 25, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I think if Shame got the same people who mixed their 2026 KEXP session to work on their next record, I'd like it a lot more than most of their discography.
The actual story here is that conservative parties are populated by enough conspiracy theorists that leadership caters to the dumbest ideas, and that conservatives have spent decades complaining about media bias. This leads to the CBC giving cranks a platform.
FIRST PERSON | I was pushed to be self-sufficient. I want Alberta to stand on its own, too | CBC News
As a young mom, Vicky Bayford was denied social assistance in an Alberta that valued small government and self-sufficiency. That experience shaped her view of the debate on separatism and her hopes for an independent Alberta.
www.cbc.ca
September 24, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The actual story here is that conservative parties are populated by enough conspiracy theorists that leadership caters to the dumbest ideas, and that conservatives have spent decades complaining about media bias. This leads to the CBC giving cranks a platform.
Wild to have seen Gouge Away in this small room last year () and then they played B.C. Place last night. www.instagram.com/p/DdjoTgmIMZw/
Totally deserved. Great band, great tunes.
Totally deserved. Great band, great tunes.
Gouge Away - Full Set
March 1, 2025 - Calgary, AB
@gougeawayfl
0:44 Maybe Blue
4:10 Only Friend
6:00 Deep Sage
9:20 Idealized
14:25 Consider
18:22 Stuck In A Dream
21:00 Newtau
25:32 A Welcome Change
30:40 Uproar
32:27 Hey Mercy
34:00 Ghost
37:48 The Sharpening
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September 22, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Wild to have seen Gouge Away in this small room last year () and then they played B.C. Place last night. www.instagram.com/p/DdjoTgmIMZw/
Totally deserved. Great band, great tunes.
Totally deserved. Great band, great tunes.
This is probably just confirmation bias, but the thing I noticed about drivers that made me uncomfortable in places like Vancouver and Montreal is that they are fast and aggressive, whereas the bad drivers in Calgary seem more likely to be sloppy and inattentive.
September 21, 2026 at 10:58 PM
This is probably just confirmation bias, but the thing I noticed about drivers that made me uncomfortable in places like Vancouver and Montreal is that they are fast and aggressive, whereas the bad drivers in Calgary seem more likely to be sloppy and inattentive.
Feel free to dupe this bug.
September 21, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Feel free to dupe this bug.
Whomever at Frigidaire is responsible for the design of the wobbly-ass potentiometer used in their ovens' temperature control should be required to personally apologize to every owner for inevitably ruining something they were baking.
September 21, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Whomever at Frigidaire is responsible for the design of the wobbly-ass potentiometer used in their ovens' temperature control should be required to personally apologize to every owner for inevitably ruining something they were baking.
Gonna be tricky for Volkswagen if it wants to promote its ninetieth birthday next year.
September 20, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Gonna be tricky for Volkswagen if it wants to promote its ninetieth birthday next year.
Reposted by Nick Heer
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
www.bloomberg.com
September 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Airline subreddits are a fascinating place because people with legitimate questions and complaints get ragged on by bootlickers. A lot of angry people shouting at each other without the power to do anything.
September 18, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Airline subreddits are a fascinating place because people with legitimate questions and complaints get ragged on by bootlickers. A lot of angry people shouting at each other without the power to do anything.
I've been used to 64 GB of RAM on an Intel iMac and, with the current pricing nuttiness, I'm tempted to save $600 by speccing a Mac Studio with 48 GB. Do we think I'll regret this?
September 18, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I've been used to 64 GB of RAM on an Intel iMac and, with the current pricing nuttiness, I'm tempted to save $600 by speccing a Mac Studio with 48 GB. Do we think I'll regret this?
I'm trying to track down some polling and you can't make this stuff up.
September 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I'm trying to track down some polling and you can't make this stuff up.
Using OneDrive makes me want to jump out a window, but my office is on the ground floor. @microsoft.com is this normal.
September 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Using OneDrive makes me want to jump out a window, but my office is on the ground floor. @microsoft.com is this normal.
Cannot imagine any drug giving me a greater high than I had today when I needed 85 grams of butter and, in a single cut, made a block weighing 85.1 grams.
September 17, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Cannot imagine any drug giving me a greater high than I had today when I needed 85 grams of butter and, in a single cut, made a block weighing 85.1 grams.
I have other stuff I'm working on, but I got distracted.
Is Data Centre Criticism Sustainable?
Last month, within a day of each other, two writers published contrasting takes regarding the backlash to artificial intelligence and its infrastructure. I do not think they were knowingly writing in opposition to each other — the second does not reference the first — but they set up the titular question I find intriguing: will […]
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September 16, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I have other stuff I'm working on, but I got distracted.
Albertans, here is a quick guide to the ten-question referendum:
Question 1: do you want to somehow restrict movement within Canada?
Questions 2–5: do you want more bureaucracy?
Questions 6–9: do you want to shout at Ottawa?
Question 10: do you want to do the dumbest possible thing we could do?
Question 1: do you want to somehow restrict movement within Canada?
Questions 2–5: do you want more bureaucracy?
Questions 6–9: do you want to shout at Ottawa?
Question 10: do you want to do the dumbest possible thing we could do?
September 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Albertans, here is a quick guide to the ten-question referendum:
Question 1: do you want to somehow restrict movement within Canada?
Questions 2–5: do you want more bureaucracy?
Questions 6–9: do you want to shout at Ottawa?
Question 10: do you want to do the dumbest possible thing we could do?
Question 1: do you want to somehow restrict movement within Canada?
Questions 2–5: do you want more bureaucracy?
Questions 6–9: do you want to shout at Ottawa?
Question 10: do you want to do the dumbest possible thing we could do?
Reposted by Nick Heer
People who continue to pursue a technology under these circumstances are either massive liars or truly believe this and are persisting anyway, and either way they are rotten people who should be removed from all forms of power and access.
Meanwhile on X, from Evan Hubinger, who leads the Alignment Science team at Anthropic.
September 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
People who continue to pursue a technology under these circumstances are either massive liars or truly believe this and are persisting anyway, and either way they are rotten people who should be removed from all forms of power and access.
Is there a non-stupid reason for 10.5 pt to be in the list of font sizes in Microsoft Word?
September 10, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Is there a non-stupid reason for 10.5 pt to be in the list of font sizes in Microsoft Word?
Now to take a sip of water and check Canadian pricing.
September 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Now to take a sip of water and check Canadian pricing.
If the first two episodes of a podcast are interviews with Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg, it is going to be yet another cozy place for executive marketing babble, not "reporting".
Sources with Alex Heath | Alex Heath | Substack
Sources features candid conversations with the leaders shaping what’s next in AI and the broader tech industry. Host Alex Heath has covered Silicon Valley as a journalist for more than a decade. He talks with founders, CEOs, and technologists about the news of the moment, the bets they’re making, and what they see coming next.
sources.news
September 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
If the first two episodes of a podcast are interviews with Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg, it is going to be yet another cozy place for executive marketing babble, not "reporting".
Since today's theme appears to be hugely expensive products with unique hinging characteristics that, nevertheless, share much of their underpinnings with much more affordable versions, let me remind you of this absurd but interesting sedan.
2019 Lincoln Continental 80th Anniversary Coach Door Edition
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September 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Since today's theme appears to be hugely expensive products with unique hinging characteristics that, nevertheless, share much of their underpinnings with much more affordable versions, let me remind you of this absurd but interesting sedan.
It's so damn good. Three for three.
September 9, 2026 at 4:54 AM
It's so damn good. Three for three.
Warming to this new Interpol record the more I listen to it. Middle chunk seems to lose a little momentum but maybe that will grow on me, too.
September 9, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Warming to this new Interpol record the more I listen to it. Middle chunk seems to lose a little momentum but maybe that will grow on me, too.
Siri, now with Apple Intelligence.
September 8, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Siri, now with Apple Intelligence.