Jesse Woodward

@doctorow.pluralistic.net — I see that you're going to be on Vancouver Island in early November in the Comox Valley. I work in community media and I've been considering a story on the event/enshittification more broadly for our newsroom. Do you have any time for an interview?

An earnings briefing on Wednesday revealed ad revenue has slowed since the European Union introduced the Less Personalized Ads models at the beginning of this year.

When it comes to actually achieving better cities, here’s something we’re not talking about nearly enough— we’ve moved from eras where it’s hard to get good things done, into an era where even if we manage to get good things done, there’s a real risk it will just be reversed after the next election.

One poll in, and we have Krog in the lead for mayor in Nanaimo, followed by REAL Nanaimo Sarah Loveove with Anne Marie Dryden in third. REAL so far off the board for council. Marnie Boers, Andrea Coutu on the board for council as non incumbents at the bottom.

I have acquired the seasonal cold despite my efforts to relax this past weekend.

Meta announced that its new AI agent, Muse could call businesses for you to do things like make reservations. But in reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media @jasonkoebler.bsky.social learned. www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...

The New York Times remains laser-focused on ignoring the horrible things horrible people are doing to us. Coming Up Next: "Pol Pot's Favorite Footwear."

futurism.com/future-socie... lol

Well. Nevermind the road trip to Kamloops today for the CAJ event. Departure Bay Ferry cancelled due to mechanical issues, and the earlier Duke Point Ferry had a one sailing wait that would have resulted in a missed event. Mentally, maybe I’ll just take this day off. 🫩

Not at all surprised that ChatGPT uses this kind of language to discuss a combat shotgun because this is just how dudes post on the gun forums that the model trained on

I feel for the Green who runs against him.

Congratulations to Angine de Poitrine for their 2026 Polaris Music Prize win. Incredibly well deserved!

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The CentreBC party, which essentially agreed to let Milobar and his coalition of eight MLAs take over their party four days ago, is now big mad that all of them (with the exception of Elenore Sturko) seem to be returning to the Conservative fold Unclear what their political capital is now though

Live from YYJ, it's a Tuesday Afternoon Election call? www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV4j...

Another local elections piece by me. Get out and meet some candidates tomorrow evening and pick their brain on where they stand on environmental and climate issues.

Spare a thought for the poor municipal reporter having to deal with the possibility of two elections in a month...

Measles at a children’s hospital? Thanks, RFK Jr. trib.al/F1jAF4v

Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com

Election signs are now up Nanaimo! John Little has been working on sign crews since 1984 in Nanaimo, the region, and even in other provinces. “As you can see, I just asked people to come out, and today we had 14 people come out,” he said. “It's amazing. If you ask people to help, they will help.”

Researchers at the Tech Transparency Project (TPP) say they have discovered hundreds of new disturbing ads containing child sexual abuse material, after a previous similar incident. This time, they were able to identify images of real children.

A world of cinema is set to be a boat ride away next month. The Vancouver International Film Festival kicks off October first. The lineup was released last week and features 256 films from 76 countries, in 83 languages. We check in with Glen Grunau, president of NIFSS about the event.

Take our survey! Took me long enough to put it together, so I'd be stoked if you filled it in.

It is only 7(!!!) more seats to go for the BC Conservatives half their seats since their election high of 44 seats in 2024. I wonder if I should open a betting pool...

Incredible, another!

Gerald says hello.

I forgot how much it amuses me, just how many Saaniches there are in the Capital Regional District. That’s just too many Saaniches.

The idea that some BC Conservatives have that if only they could purge the "liberals/Liberals" out of their party—which is a coalition at its heart, a "big tent" as they say is bizarre. It's a losing strategy in this province.

I need to watch Muppet Treasure Island, and Legend this weekend it seems.

Pour one out for Tim Curry, he's now up there, in the big ol' Muppet Treasure Island in the sky.

Hah, incredible.

The Canadian nationalistic urge to learn French to spite the Americans.

If Americans don't even realize they have a trade war with Canada, I have *no* idea what cause this absolute chucklefuck thinks this is helping.

Another!

You can’t win if you don’t fight. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...