Thomas Trappenberg

Honored to be considered as president elect. Please become INNS member and vote.

@oizumi_jun Hakodate is such a wonderful city. Halifax is growing since COVID as people discovered they don't have to live in a busy and expensive city. I think Hokodate could grow again once people discover working remotely and enjoying great seafood, onsens, waking in nature, etc.

昨日、函館市の国際化並びに文化・スポーツ振興等に多大なご貢献をされた故 山﨑文雄先生を偲ぶ会が開かれました。私自身も市役所に入りたての頃国際交流課に勤務し、先生に温かいご支援をいただきました。先生とそのご家族は、函館市とカナダ・ハリファックス市との姉妹都市交流の礎であり、先生のご逝去は地域にとって大きな損失です。ありし日のご遺徳を偲び安らかな旅立ちを心からお祈り申し上げます。山﨑先生、本当にありがとうございました。

@oizumi_jun Dear Major Oizumi, thank you so much for coming to celebrate Fumio's life and for your kind words. You have been supportive for so long and have really learned your way through city hall. I heard that people found your speech very impressive, even remembering detailed dates.

@ant_wx Yes, that was the flight. After long hours of debate they got on an Air Canada and arrived in the afternoon.

@ttrappenberg Was it Calgary to Halifax? Same here with my aunt. Supposed to be here at 7am. She’ll now be flown to and stuck in Toronto for 7+ hours and will get here at 1:30am Boxing Day. Grandmother is the only one out of 15 who doesn’t know. Rental car screwed. Sucks.

Last year my kids were delayed for 7 days, missing Christmas at home. It happens again, 2h before their departure tonight they rebooked the flight for two days later. WestJet is a big scam.

I wish Canada would be at least half as advanced as Portugal. Guess it makes a difference to have big oil run our politics. canarymedia.com/articles/clean…

Had a nice chat with a French journalist, definitely not a chatbot as she asked passionate questions. canada-info.ca/un-professeur-…

What worries me is not the intelligence of AI but the stupidity of humans

@gordonmcdowell Great. I had so many people asking me about this over the years. I actually always wanted to change our policy more into something 'we need to consider all option'. It would say it's a pro nuclear, but that Greens are smart enough and willing to consider all options.

@ttrappenberg I'm working on altering GPC platform so that there is no longer a blanket ban on nuclear power. You'll see 2 nuclear proposals sort to the top here: wedecide.green.ca/processes/crea… Both are pro-nuclear. One is mine, another is by a fellow named Colin. My priority is climate change, and The United Nations ECE study reports that nuclear is THE lowest-carbon source of energy. unece.org/sed/documents/… (And THE lowest-impact on the environment. And among the safest, though not the 1st-place safest.) Please contact me if you have any questions. Any support is appreciated. -Gord

@WayeMason A big factor for the crisis is that young families that would usually build their own home stay in rental units as building material and mortgages increased while rents are frozen.

Had a fun little talk with a Chris Jeffries from the The Homeless Romantic Podcast. AI, the brain, and politics. youtu.be/BnYiwxZnqlw?si…

I'm no longer the leader of GPNS, but we still need an electoral reform. Indeed, I question the usefulness of parties as I find inspiration and good will across the board. youtu.be/IQ2RyLWhsL4 via @YouTube

So far, 2 flights with Air Canada were canceled for my family. Not much of a weekend anymore. Of course, always outside the control of AC. Really? What is going on?

LLMs are not more intelligent than humans. Being better at something is not the point. A calculator is much better multiplying large numbers. The brain is very different. Of course, I'm also worried it will be misused, and we need to prepare as society fortune.com/2023/05/04/god…

@MonicaHesse How can you get pictures on your phone? Do you attach them on the rotary wheel? 😀

I am in Target. I am trying to buy a photo album. I asked where they might be. Worker did not know what a photo album was. I said it was a place to keep pictures. He sent me to the tech aisle. He assumed I wanted memory to store more pictures on my phone. I am 1 billion years old

Don't book WestJet. They are really falling apart. Made booking to Japan three days ago. Finally finished all planning and hotel reservations, and WestJet already changed flights. This after my kids delayed 7 days over Christmas. Of course, nothing under their control (ha ha)

Turns out that our publicly-funded health system does not give me access to a family doctor. Luckily, I have a nurse practitioner, though you need also be clear that once you accept this then you can never switch again to a physician or to a location at work that fits better.

@PierrePoilievre The statements of how to fix it are too general. Haven't we seen enough promises without concrete analysis and researched plans?

After eight years of Justin Trudeau, our health care system feels broken, and the federal government is broke. Let's fix it: remove waste and mismanagement in the federal government, so we have money for health care people depend on.

What does this even mean. The world has a lot of problems, which include Canada, like health care, poverty, and the climate disaster. It is clear that the current forms of governments around the world are not helpful, and neither is the Canadian, including Mr. Poilievre

@stephen_taylor What does this even mean. The world has a lot of problems, which include Canada, like health care, poverty, and the climate disaster. It is clear that the current forms of governments around the world are not helpful, and neither is the Canadian, including Mr. Poilievre.

Do you agree with the overwhelming majority? Is Canada broken?