@lorrainelowe_ @jaimestein Outside an event about antisemitism in Canada. Just a bit on the nose...
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Tommy Levi
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Tommy Levi
@tslevi
Data Scientist. Ex-Physicist. Skier. Cyclist. Surfer. These views are my own.
Vancouver, BC شامل ہوئے Ekim 2009
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@jaimestein Right outside a synagogue, people are tearing down posters of hostages—of real family members and loved ones. This is beyond horrific. The utter disrespect, right in front of a sacred place of worship is absolutely appalling.
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The deliberate removal of hostage posters in our city isn't just vandalism – it's an assault on our shared humanity. These posters – hung outside a synagogue – represent innocent people torn from their families: children, elderly, and civilians.
Those who tear them down are complicit in erasing their stories and suffering.
This calculated cruelty has no place in our community. When we normalize such acts, we chip away at the very foundations of our civil society.
We must stand united against this callousness. This is not the Vancouver I know and love – we should be better than this.
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@tslevi The prominent figures are going nuts over the war in a very biased manner (imo), especially wrt to the hospital explosion. They're free to have their beliefs and activism of course, but it doesn't instill a ton of confidence that they're unbiased arbiters of truth
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If my entire career (and institute) was based on algorithmic bias in social media, I would probably not tweet out a bunch of stuff that could easily be false, and then keep defending it after it's been shown to be false
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@EvanDunfee @richardzussman @RichmondRCMP Reminds me of the VPD video lecturing cyclists on Idaho stops... while multiple cars roll through the intersection in the background.
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As a professional pedestrian in Richmond it’s fun to know that if I am murdered by a distracted driver while in a crosswalk that the @RichmondRCMP will blame me.
Richmond RCMP@RichmondRCMP
Pedestrian safety is a two-way street. What pedestrians and drivers can do to make our roadways safer ow.ly/zRzo50PWEkq
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We're also hiring a Postdoctoral Teaching and Learning Fellow for the @UBCMDS #DataScience program with expertise in #StatisticalLearning or #MachineLearning
Join us & help grow the @UBCMDS program! 🌱🌦️🌳
- cs.ubc.ca/our-department…
- stat.ubc.ca/postdoctoral-t…
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@bhsharp True! Race Across America riders usually have some sort of aero bar setup so they can use that bike position. Without it, they often get severe neck and back pain. And they are carrying bivy gear.
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TIL I'm wrong about TT bikes and they are maybe great for extremely long distances?
Anyway, I still hope embedded Rust gains traction and firmware engineers all switch to it.
Both because then I could hire them but also because all the products in my life would have fewer bugs.
Dario Seyb@daseyb
@bhsharp I have done a 500-mile non-stop "race" (I was more in it for finishing, took me 42 hours) with about 23k feet of climbing. The supported riders were all on TT bikes and the non-supported riders (including me) all had somewhat aero road bikes and clip-on aero bars.
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I don’t know the name of the Swedish man who came to the Israeli embassy in Sweden to lay down 900 roses in memory of the slaughtered victims, but I know I love him and hold him in my heart forever.
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Vancouver is notable because of its careful approach to the environment - by ensuring only rich people have a chance to enjoy it.
Poor? Middle class? New? Struggle to live in Vancouver or leave.
“Careful” planning at its finest!
Miro Cernetig@MiroC
Vancouver is notable because of its careful approach to the urban environment — which has long included view corridors and careful density. Once you lose those, they are gone forever. You can get density while protecting the connections to views/nature. Going higher (after 20 stories) is rarely better. Take a look at Paris — not Manhattan (which I lived in and love but is an aberration) Skyscraper canyons kill livability.
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@sexandtheswiss Different muscle groups. I cycle, run and backcountry ski and no matter how much I cross train when I switch it always hurts.
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I spent 5 mins on this elliptical trainer at the gym yesterday, my calves hurt still. I cycle almost daily, how is this possible? Can someone explain?
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@davegrapes @j_mcelroy It's very future thinking. See the effects of climate change through mini-golf.
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Republicans should be forced to carry Kevin McCarthy to term, even if it endangers the life of the party.
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