Steven Woods
@stevenwoods.com
Canadian. Tech. Nature. Democracy. UWaterloo M.Math & PhD (CS). Inventor. Xoogler. Investor. Rational. “Science is a candle in the dark”. I miss Carl Sagan. 🇨🇦🦫
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Steven Woods
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Former PM Jean Chrétien gave an amazing speech today in Gander, Newfoundland.
If you haven’t watched it, you should.
This man has aged like a fine wine.
Here is a snippet 👇
If you haven’t watched it, you should.
This man has aged like a fine wine.
Here is a snippet 👇
Beautifully put
this is infuriating @aircanada.bsky.social
These were identical trips, loaded via identical referrer URLs. The difference was that in the browser where Air Canada knew that I was an extremely loyal and prolific customer, they had whacked me with a *44.8% premium* to punish me for my loyalty!
October 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
this is infuriating @aircanada.bsky.social
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These were identical trips, loaded via identical referrer URLs. The difference was that in the browser where Air Canada knew that I was an extremely loyal and prolific customer, they had whacked me with a *44.8% premium* to punish me for my loyalty!
October 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
These were identical trips, loaded via identical referrer URLs. The difference was that in the browser where Air Canada knew that I was an extremely loyal and prolific customer, they had whacked me with a *44.8% premium* to punish me for my loyalty!
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
www.ms.now
October 8, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
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Haha wow is this comically corrupt.
/he didn't end up paying her the money because he said he'd get in trouble with his wife.
/he didn't end up paying her the money because he said he'd get in trouble with his wife.
October 7, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Haha wow is this comically corrupt.
/he didn't end up paying her the money because he said he'd get in trouble with his wife.
/he didn't end up paying her the money because he said he'd get in trouble with his wife.
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Why are so many Canadians on a platform owned by a man intent on breaking up Canada? I will never understand this level of apathy and denial.
"Good. Quebec should separate," Musk wrote in a post on X. "They would be better off. Alberta and Saskatchewan should separate too."
Musk says Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec should separate
The celebrity investor's support for separatism follows revelations of deep ties between Republican operatives and Alberta separatists. Musk was a critical supporter of Donald Trump in the 2024 electi...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 7, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Why are so many Canadians on a platform owned by a man intent on breaking up Canada? I will never understand this level of apathy and denial.
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Waiting for the WHO tweet “FACT: plague is not airborne; keep washing hands”.
(Plague is airborne)
(Plague is airborne)
October 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Waiting for the WHO tweet “FACT: plague is not airborne; keep washing hands”.
(Plague is airborne)
(Plague is airborne)
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The reckoning is here…
October 5, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The reckoning is here…
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so sad - all the ruined lives - and all because of abject racism
remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status.
He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted.
“Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted.
“Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
October 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
so sad - all the ruined lives - and all because of abject racism
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Forget the speech, the optics are speaking louder.
October 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Forget the speech, the optics are speaking louder.
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John Kennedy is a literal Rhodes Scholar
who then ran for office as a Republican
& now talks like a man named Earl who steals chickens.
who then ran for office as a Republican
& now talks like a man named Earl who steals chickens.
John Kennedy keeps asking Jack Smith questions about his wife. Smith repeatedly tells him he's not going to talk about his family.
October 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
John Kennedy is a literal Rhodes Scholar
who then ran for office as a Republican
& now talks like a man named Earl who steals chickens.
who then ran for office as a Republican
& now talks like a man named Earl who steals chickens.
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I hope everyone involved ends up in cages at the Hague
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
www.gadgetreview.com
October 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I hope everyone involved ends up in cages at the Hague
And in our affairs too. 🇨🇦
Brazil, good luck out there; save your democracy
Brazilian intelligence says it confirmed interference from both the US and Russia ahead of Sunday’s presidential election, rated the risk of US influence on the vote “critical.” Brazil is now investigating foreign interference.
October 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
And in our affairs too. 🇨🇦
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Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk:
How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
Yet again, the Game UI Database is being scraped to the point that it's getting knocked offline. Even Cloudflare's "I'm under attack" mode isn't working.
I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.
I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.
October 4, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk:
How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
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Governors and Mayors begging for Canadians to come back need to give their heads a shake.
#Cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...
#Cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...
Florida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill | CBC News
Florida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state's governor has a solution to that potentially huge revenue loss: tax Canadians more.
www.cbc.ca
October 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Governors and Mayors begging for Canadians to come back need to give their heads a shake.
#Cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...
#Cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...
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Canada is not actually 'battling for survival' in the context of secession, because in both Alberta and Quebec secession has relatively small amounts of public support. What we're battling is dipshit far-right populist politicians enabling/pushing for this destructive bullshit.
Leaving Canada is effectively on the ballot in not one but two provinces: Alberta and Quebec.
It can seem like Canada is battling for survival on multiple fronts, apparently out of nowhere. But there is more to the story.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
It can seem like Canada is battling for survival on multiple fronts, apparently out of nowhere. But there is more to the story.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
October 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Canada is not actually 'battling for survival' in the context of secession, because in both Alberta and Quebec secession has relatively small amounts of public support. What we're battling is dipshit far-right populist politicians enabling/pushing for this destructive bullshit.
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A whiff of treason in the air
PQ sought meeting with U.S. officials in Washington, State Department says montrealgazette.com/quebec-elect...
October 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
A whiff of treason in the air
I’m always surprised he is a) not in prison, b) alive, c) deemed relevant (not) and d) publishable (?!) archive.is/2026.10.03-1...
archive.is
October 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I’m always surprised he is a) not in prison, b) alive, c) deemed relevant (not) and d) publishable (?!) archive.is/2026.10.03-1...
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Oh wow
In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra
@theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders:
pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra
@theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders:
pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
October 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Oh wow
In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra
@theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders:
pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra
@theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders:
pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
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“Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province.”
Modry and Rath, again.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Modry and Rath, again.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
“Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province.”
Modry and Rath, again.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Modry and Rath, again.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Joined The Tech Report to talk about Anthropic's leaked S-1, the deterioration of the tech industry, and the growing debt pile underneath every major hyperscaler.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLXn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLXn...
Anthropic IPO: "This is a dog of a company" | Ed Zitron
YouTube video by The Tech Report
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Joined The Tech Report to talk about Anthropic's leaked S-1, the deterioration of the tech industry, and the growing debt pile underneath every major hyperscaler.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLXn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLXn...
i suppose things can always get worse
This sounds scary as hell.
I missed this in the Constitution.
October 2, 2026 at 6:47 AM
i suppose things can always get worse
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This sounds scary as hell.
October 2, 2026 at 5:55 AM
This sounds scary as hell.
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
October 1, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.