Twitter’s Trump ban is permanent, even if he runs for office again This is nice and all, but I do have a question. Let’s say he does run again and wins. Is Twitter coming out and proclaiming that they won’t hand the official POTUS account over to him because he’s Trump and he’s banned? If …
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You Can Now Find Wheelchair Accessibility Info For Businesses Using Google Maps
Google will make wheelchair accessibility info more prominent in Maps This is probably old news to some of you, but I just found out about it and it seems like it could be a useful enough thing for now to be a good time to go with the if I didn’t know, you didn’t either …
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The Border Isn’t Closed. Just Run Through The Loophole
Doug Ford may be an incompetent premier, but he’s not illegitimate Martin Regg Cohn is making a few different points in this column, but I want to focus on one in particular. It actually has little to do with anything that Doug Ford may have done right or wrong. It’s more about what the federal …
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Just Implement Paid Sick Days Already, You Dufuses
I haven’t been as on top of the Doug Ford stuff lately as I usually am (no reason, really), but this seems like a good time to make a comeback. Can we all agree that this criticism of yesterday’s Liberal budget is pretty fucking rich coming from these clowns, who have done everything in their …
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Hey Robot Might End UP Being My New Favourite Party Game
This sounds pretty fun, and I’ll bet it’s surprisingly difficult. Everybody House Games has come up with an idea they’re calling Hey Robot. It’s a game where you’re given a word, and then you have to try to get your digital assistant (Google, Alexa, etc) to say it in a set number of turns. There’s …
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I’m Not Making You A Memorial Page Until You Stop Talking
Maybe Microsoft has good intentions with this. It’s possible. But if they do, I’m struggling to figure out what those could be. It seems to me like making chatbots that try to impersonate your dead friends and family based on everything they’ve ever communicated electronically could only make things worse. How are we ever supposed …
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Swingin’
Please, everyone. Do me a small favour. The next time you find yourself needing to describe a fight in which you were involved, ask yourself a few questions before you get going. Am I playground equipment? Am I gym equipment (ropes, rings, etc)? Am I a tree? If your answers to the above are no, …
Gotta Go. Bone’s Dead
Never lie to your doctor. If you’ve somehow managed to lose a phone cable up your dong, just say so. Any embarrassment you may suffer will almost certainly pale in comparison to the week of unnecessary pain you’ll go through while they try to figure out why they can’t find the headphones you said you …
There’s No Good Answer To This Question, So That’s A Strike
I like Cash Cab as much as anyone. It’s fun to play along with. But why in the name of god are they showing it on the Sci-Fi channel? Yes, they ask some science questions, but it’s still almost as ridiculous a stretch as CSI and Big Bang Theory being on Discovery because they’re shows …
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Tuned Out
I don’t understand why anyone would need this Tuned app that Facebook made for couples, and I’m pretty sure it’s not just because I’m a crusty old arsehole this time. I, a normal person, just can’t grasp much of the appeal. A space for your love story A private space where you and your significant …