exploring climate change, data visualizations of our city/country split, running, cabins and forest bathing
Toronto
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Kirsten Lee Hill is incredibly inspiring and every solo builder should listen to this podcast
halfstackdatascience.com/s4e…
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Amazon is renewing its push into household robotics
robotsbeat.com/amazon-home-r…
ALT Amazon household robot
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And if you haven't met Sprout... faunarobotics.com/product ...I hope Amazon continues this creator concept and dev platform
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@oscartrelles wrote the Human OS manual thehumanosmanual.com/ for people who want to explore ways to recharge
It makes me wonder how books and chat therapists could both credit and pay authors to help them continue to create and make an impact on society.
Could we see future bundles like buy the kindle edition and get free use to explore it further with AI?! Stealing from Farmville, could we have micro-transactions to share sections with friends?!
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I've been enjoying the elevatedspaces.ca/ newsletter about their DIY projects like building a sauna and treehouse
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can relate to John's comment...
"imagine seeing the coolest outfit ever (the actual subject) and instead immediately commenting on the model's appearance. smh. it's not even a real person 😭"
...and see it as inspiration to make it real!
Subject, blueprint and colour palette is such a nice graphic design composition too.
ca.pinterest.com/pin/1059190…
ALT subject, blueprint and colour palette
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Arkivism Is an Accessible Antidote to AI with 4 Million+ Public Domain Images...
thisiscolossal.com/2026/11/a…
...aka training data
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Voici Ecopolis! pouring over @drelabre case studies work.n-v-r.com/ each one is such an awe-inspiring gem 🔮
@WarbyParker here's a free million dollar idea: on the account screen under both home and orders, feature the user's glasses and an offer a re-order same pair easy button; turn the FAQ into a feature!
Even better your second pair is discounted. Surely, I'm not the only one who has misplaced their glasses and needs a backup?!
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Visible Brushstrokes Push on a Subtle Grid in Stelios Pupet’s Contemplative Scenes
thisiscolossal.com/2026/11/s…
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We're assembling our AI SDLC which includes top skills from @mattpocockuk and @poteto
What are other engineers using for skill telemetry to track usage across the org?
Currently we're evaluating hooks for skills like
docs.github.com/en/copilot/c… and github.com/o11y-dev/opentele…; feels like hooks are the way to go over building a logger.
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I really like when companies create & keep annual reports, and initiated a meeting to discuss their value with the team.
We just had our first meeting and pulled teeth to remember past achievements. No one had heard of a "brag document".
performreview.io/blog/what-i…
Personally, I like to create loose monthly report docs with goals, tickets, and other important notes which are perfect to keep one organized and reference when going into meetings with managers.
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While spamming our MP does feel like the least one can do... we can also take this opportunity to learn more about the issues.
On November 5, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will officially table the 2026 Canadian Federal Budget.
The responsible, sovereign use of AI and 100% renewable energy (and the broader clean energy transition) are expected to be prominent topics.
davidsuzuki.org/action/budge…
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Want to improve at chess? There's these 2 guys and then there's @DinaBelenkaya who is in the top 3 of female chess streamers! Her content is both educational and highly entertaining
streamscharts.com/top-channe…
I like the 3 min blitz games where at times its less mating, more surviving!
ALT Top chess players in the world: Magnus, Hans & Dina
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In you're in Stratford, drop by the gallery for the current exhibition featuring Powerline Films
powerlinefilms.com/
"If you lived here, you’d be home by now, is an immersive multimedia installation exploring Ontario’s housing shortage, and the growing tension between development, farmland preservation and environmental protection."
gallerystratford.on.ca/curre…
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Mocking Napoleon, the foreign press described the conscripted young recruits (who lied about their age) as being children riding on chickens 🐓 share.gemini.google/nJrHaN4l…
Hear more anecdotes like this from the Napoleon episodes on @HTTOTW
ALT A caricature of young officers riding on chickens during the napoleon wars
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A New Wildlife Crossing in Colorado Has Already Cut Vehicle Collisions by 91%
thisiscolossal.com/2026/10/c…
Instead of (or along with) our highway 400 bypass multi billion investment, I have seen enough roadkill and traffic jams to steer Deer clear on route to cottage country to warrant them in Ontario!
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working on a piece to promote the early vote spurred on by the excellent @envirodefence volunteer platform.
starting to feel like my life mission could be remixing stories and fables with social commentary in the form of short form video.
This media was once inaccessible to me and now I can participate but it's not easy; none of this is one shot and there's a lot of trial and error to make something impactful to encourage the #GetOutTheVote movement.
ALT a modern take on red riding hood showing red, the grandma and wolf actors.
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this is the final cut assembled in Divinci Resolve using Gemini, Affinity Designer 2, and MinMax Design...
youtube.com/shorts/XTsD6CYj7…
...spent $20 and took about 8 hours mostly learning how to best layer in Resolve.
I tried to time box this exercise and made final notes about what I'd improve in the future around the pacing and direction; the audio sounds a bit garbled in places so would record that separately.
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Experimenting with Gemini to create an endangered species poster after reading
davidsuzuki.org/expert-artic…
by @Rachel_Plotkin, a Wildlife campaigner at
@DavidSuzukiFDN who encourages engagement with @juliedabrusin Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature
ALT an endangered species poster featuring 5 animals from Ontario
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