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Kyle Brittain retweeted
Calgary, we're about to land the plane! Starting November 4, we need to come together again to save water for four weeks as we complete the Bearspaw South Feeder Main. We've come so far together. One last push, Calgary! Let's finish strong and build a more reliable water system.
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On October 22 at 3:00 p.m. (MDT), officials from the Canadian Armed Forces will provide an update on the incident that occurred at CFB Wainwright on October 17 and respond to questions from the media.
canada.ca/en/department-nati…
ALT Text on image: Media advisory
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It is with profound sadness that we confirm that a fire incident at CFB Wainwright on October 17 resulted in fatalities and injuries. Our immediate priority is supporting those affected and notifying next of kin.
canada.ca/en/department-nati…
ALT Text on image: News release
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#BREAKING: At least seven people are dead and dozens more left injured from an explosion and fire at the CFB Wainwright, according to multiple military sources.
globalnews.ca/news/12106709/…
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🔵 UPDATE 🔵
Our Traffic Section continues to investigate a multi-vehicle collision in N.E. Calgary that resulted in 3 fatalities & left 1 person with life-altering injuries.
📍 At approx. 1:10 p.m., on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, a City of Calgary transit bus was travelling northbound in the 800 block of Saddletowne Circle N.E., approaching the intersection of 80 Avenue N.E.
It is believed the bus struck a truck travelling in the same direction. The truck entered an adjacent lane, where it sideswiped a SUV before continuing forward & striking the rear of a box truck.
The bus continued northbound & struck the rear of a sedan, pushing the vehicle through the intersection.
The sedan then travelled toward Saddletowne Circle N.E., where it struck a truck. Both vehicles eventually came to rest.
The bus continued northbound & struck the rear of a 2nd City of Calgary transit bus. Both buses travelled a short distance following the collision before coming to a stop.
During the collision, the natural-gas tanks on the 2nd bus ignited. The 2nd bus continued forward before striking a sedan.
Within seconds, the fire intensified resulting in an explosion & significant fire inside the bus.
3 passengers on the 2nd bus were found deceased. 2 have since been identified & their next of kin have been notified. Efforts to identify the 3rd individual remain ongoing.
The driver of the 2nd bus was able to exit the vehicle. The driver of the 1st bus was transported to hospital with life-altering injuries.
The remaining drivers involved in the collision were either uninjured or sustained minor injuries.
As a result of the multi-vehicle collision, 16 people sustained minor injuries, including an officer who is now recovering at home.
At this time, it is too early to determine whether impairment, speed or distraction contributed to the collision. All possible factors remain under investigation.
Anyone who was affected by witnessing this incident is encouraged to connect with our Victim Assistance Support Team (VAST) by calling 403-428-8398 or toll-free at 1-888-327-7828.
VAST is a free service provided to victims of crime and tragedy. More information is available at: calgary.ca/cps/community-pro…
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.
Information?
☎️ CPS: 403-266-1234
🛑 @stopcrimeyyc
⚖ Case #: CA26474612 | 5336
🌐 newsroom.calgary.ca/three-de…
Kyle Brittain retweeted
WOW! Check out this incredible time-lapse of a #Waterspout Outbreak earlier today, seen from a Marsala, #Italy Live Cam! 🤯🌪️ @ICWR
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Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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I found a ~5 million year old camel fossil today in the Big Stone area. Out with palaeontologists from the Royal Alberta Museum. #RoyalAlbertaMuseum @RoyalAlberta brokenpoplars.ca
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Hail no: Calgary councillor seeks education, enforcement for drivers sheltering under overpasses during storms ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/h…
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Mayor of Calgary on separatists colluding with GOP operatives: "It's such disingenuous bull crap. Look, if you want to live in the United States, move to the United States."
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Mayor of Calgary: "It's really rich to see from some of these leaders in the separatist movement, they talk a lot about freedom, they talk a lot about sovereignty. And when they go down south of the border, offering our water, our land, our oil, this is not about taking back Alberta, this is about selling out Alberta."
Kyle Brittain retweeted
I struggle to imagine the next 5 years without significant unemployment.
Companies are already shrinking their workforce and hiring less, and frontier AI companies are likely to swallow up millions of SMEs through verticalization and integration over the next few years.
Hundreds of millions of people simply won't "fit" in the new AI economy.
No, there won't be hundreds of millions of jobs building data centers (and not everyone will be willing to build data centers).
It's upsetting that many in the AI industry pretend this is not a negative consequence of AI development and that "people will find other things to do."
There will likely be destructive idleness.
Many will be furious and many others depressed, and we'll see the emergence of the urban hunter-gatherer (alongside rising violence and chaos).
I hope I'll be proven wrong.
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Nobel Prize-winning MIT economist Daron Acemoglu fears unemployment could triple over the next decade if nothing is done and we stay on our current course. cbsn.ws/4zzQZlF
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IMO there are no benefits of AI that can compensate for the loss of human intellectual greatness it is bringing about.
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I don’t give a fuck what Sam Altman declares. Why are we just letting these tech bros make these decisions for us? When did we all decide we don’t have any agency?
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Children who take music lessons develop a larger corpus callosum, the bridge between the two halves of the brain, and the change is permanent. A 2005 review in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences found that early music training produces structural brain changes that persist into adulthood, even if the person stops playing.
The review was led by Gottfried Schlaug at Harvard Medical School, one of the leading researchers on music and the brain. He found that children who started instrumental training before age seven had a significantly larger anterior corpus callosum than non-musicians, and the size difference was still visible in adults who had not touched an instrument in years.
The corpus callosum carries signals between the left and right hemispheres. A larger one means faster, richer communication between the two sides, and the effect shows up in tasks that have nothing to do with music: spatial reasoning, verbal memory, and the ability to process multiple streams of information at once. The music built the highway, and the brain uses it for everything.
Schlaug also found that musicians had larger cerebellums, the region involved in timing and motor coordination, and more grey matter in the areas that process sound. The brain had physically reorganised itself around the demands of the instrument, and the reorganisation was visible on a scan.
The age window matters. Children who started before seven showed the largest changes. Children who started after ten showed smaller ones. Adults who took up an instrument for the first time showed the least structural change, though they still showed some. The brain is most willing to be rebuilt by music during the years when most parents are debating whether to sign their child up for lessons. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1659…
Kyle Brittain retweeted
Super stoked this paper which took years of writing with an amazing team is now published! I was pretty happy to be lead author
journal.chestnet.org/article…
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Wow! I just spent over an hour watching this cub and momma in Waterton Park🇨🇦
I don't photograph critters very often but these two were a blast! – at Improvement District No. 4 Waterton, Alberta
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Elon Musk: "La industria de IA de China es demasiado fuerte, no puedo ganar, esto es todo."
Incluso Elon Musk, el hombre más rico del mundo y dueño de las instalaciones de IA más grandes de América, ha declarado abiertamente que "China ganará la carrera del desarrollo de IA", enviando ondas de choque alrededor del mundo.
Para resumir de forma súper simple por qué América—supuestamente adelante en chips y financiación—está perdiendo contra China ↓
・El verdadero cuello de botella no son los chips, es la "energía": No importa cuántos chips de IA de alto rendimiento acumules, América simplemente no tiene la electricidad para ejecutarlos (como no tener enchufes donde conectar)
・La generación de energía de China está en otro nivel: Solo China ya está generando más electricidad que el total combinado de "América + Europa + India"
・América tiene una "espera de 5 años" solo para conectarse a la red: El desarrollo de infraestructura es tan lento que incluso el propio Elon se dio por vencido esperando y está forzosamente ejecutando su IA alineando sus propios generadores
・La debilidad de China (escasez de semiconductores) desaparecerá en solo unos años: Arreglar la escasez de energía de América tomará "décadas", pero la autosuficiencia de semiconductores de China estará completa "en unos años"
Mientras América ha estado estancada durante años con "restricciones de exportación de chips", China ha estado construyendo una "mega red eléctrica capaz de ejecutar IA infinitamente."
El momento en que China logre la autosuficiencia en chips de vanguardia, la batalla por la supremacía de IA podría estar completamente resuelta.