Robert Rice
Robert Rice
@robertbrice.bsky.social
He/Him, expatriate Montrealer who shifts time between reading, gaming, TV and when I can, watching Les Habitants.
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Well I guess @linecomposition.bsky.social is going to have to wipe their handprints off the ceiling again.
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Communication. If people moved away last century, you lost touch easily. Long distance calls were expensive and rare. My best friend and I have lived in different cities for over 15 years. We text, chat and play games every week. Don't know how I'd be w/o connections like that.
Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?
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AI firms want you to believe their fraud bot is alive so they won’t be held responsible for the fraud bot’s crimes. But there is no gray area here, they hold the on/off switches in their very human, very prosecutable hands.
Major American banks have reported unauthorized artificial intelligence bots inside consumer accounts, sources told Axios Thursday. trib.al/mmFWL8c
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As Bradford and Chow discuss how many more cops to hire, they've avoided the subject of police performance and accountability: "the fundamental question of how to address the apparent state of dysfunction within the Toronto Police Service." - @wencyleung.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 thelocal.to/toronto-poli...
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"Prediction markets" are what happens when someone thinks an off-track betting parlor isn't morally bankrupt and depressing *enough* "Hey, could we make a casino that not only ruins the lives of inveterate gamblers but also amplifies the worst elements of society outside?"
Polymarket allowed users to bet on whether any one of the 7 defendants in the Cornell rape case will be charged with a felony sex crime and the market did almost HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN VOLUME
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If politicians cared and if politics worked, there would be a fire alarm response to stopping these kinds of horrific state-coordinated abuse.
This story by Jacques Gallant contains, without exaggeration, the single most crushing thing I've read about Canadian justice. In 2004, an 18-year-old got a de facto sentence of Life 25 for non-violent trespassing — and we've kept him in solitary. Genuine tears in my eyes thinking about his life.
Imagine donning a suit, and then thinking a cowboy hat completes the outfit. Cowboy cosplay alive and well in Alberta.
On eve of Alberta referendum vote, separatist leader alleges ‘cover up’ in deadly CFB Wainwright tragedy Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath makes unsubstantiated claims that ‘DEI programs’ and ‘gender fluid’ soldiers may be to blame in CFB Wainwright tragedy
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A friend once described it to me as being addicted to losing and terrified of winning.
Preach more of this. Whoever the NDP advisors across this country are, they are losers and goofs. How can they make no inroads on Ford? Who told Eby this was a good idea? who thought Nenshi was an NDPer? How can they be irrelevant in the poorest jurisdiction, the Maritimes?
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Replying to @shawnmicallef.bsky.social
Something I mind amusing, and even more ironic, is how much safety wear the guys removing the bike lanes need to be in proximity to traffic. High viz, steel toes, hard hats, training, police traffic control creating buffer space for them, while removing the same hard won buffer for so many more.
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Cyclists are lecturered they need to hold the hand of drivers to get them inside. That’s been tried for years. In response is removal + these smug “silent majority smiling” opinions. So it’s on to other tactics. Like taking the entire lane. Group rides. Endless protest & fighting. “War”
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Guy lost the mayoral election on bike lane removal and here argues it’ll be a pivotal part of this election. Are there any conservatives who will talk down the bike lanes culture warriors? Is this the main thrust of the conservative project? Is this embarrassing? nationalpost.com/opinion/ford...
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The generation that got to buy cheap houses thanks to a postwar construction boom, then blocked new housing construction to juice their asset values is now whining that they have to pay taxes on their unearned wealth. Just breathtaking selfishness.
a tax revolt fueled by stupid people who don’t understand escrow payments www.politico.com/news/magazin...
If you haven't read Rick Westhead's We Breed Lions, now would be a good time. An utterly damning indictment of Canada's hockey culture.
From the #Cornell7 to Canadian Hockey: How men learn to dehumanize women. Elite fraternities, hockey teams are cultures of male entitlement that teach men to treat women as objects—while powerful institutions avoid consequences. New from @erinblondeau.bsky.social: ricochet.media/justice/from...
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From the #Cornell7 to Canadian Hockey: How men learn to dehumanize women. Elite fraternities, hockey teams are cultures of male entitlement that teach men to treat women as objects—while powerful institutions avoid consequences. New from @erinblondeau.bsky.social: ricochet.media/justice/from...
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Two major electoral campaigns in Canada are being run by former Airbnb and real estate lobbyists. A revolving door of election campaign staff and political lobbyists is not in the public interest, experts say. NEW from Isaac Peltz and Aedan Burnett: ricochet.media/politics/two...
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"Not every dickpuncher is a problem," reports Dickpuncher Times, a publication of particular interest to dickpunchers and people devoted to dickpunching, financed largely by dickpunch ads. Finally, a nuanced take on everyone's dicks being ruined forever by all the punching. What a blessing.
Not every billionaire is a policy failure ft.trib.al/BkWsesj
Habs are still not doing enough to clear Fowler's sightlines. I can only imagine the vein popping on @grosmatchcesoir.com's forehead.
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Never been a clearer grift www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... bsky.app/profile/atru...
Ted Cruz: "Right now, if you are left-wing transgender witch, you hate Donald Trump"
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How much of the $300m CRA paid out in fraudulent sovereign citizen claims was then used to fund Alberta separatist campaigns? Cause it's not zero www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The same government that does this has destroyed people’s lives over CERB repayments.
Anyone who's ever had a tax agency clawback disability or child benefit, or been challenged on a business parking expense stares in disbelief Some delulu conspiracy theorist claims CRA owes him $40m because he's a sovereign citizen, and CRA dutifully coughs up said $40m www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...