Workshop designer/facilitator, keynote speaker, gardener, dog lover, choral singer, and (recovering) software test/quality consultant. Still interested, engaged, and sometimes enraged with tech.
Fiona Charles
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“When courts defer to technology rather than interrogate it, and when the burden of proof rests on those harmed rather than those who designed and deployed the system, algorithmic injustice will not only appear, but can go on for years.”
In case we thought Canadian politicians weren’t capable of being every bit as thoroughly awful as Trump.
“After analyzing crash data over a 13-year period in areas with separated bike lanes on city streets, researchers estimated that having a protected bike facility in a city would result in 44% fewer deaths and 50% fewer serous injuries than an average city.”
Safer for ALL.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
Fantastic work from @anotherglassbox.bsky.social.
This rightwing Astroturf group is pathetic.
None of you on this platform need to be convinced, but:
This is a wild story, and everyone in Toronto should read it. A major American bank is behind the push to expand Billy Bishop airport. It has nothing to do with what people in the city want. This should be a HUGE election issue
One of the things I love about polyglot Toronto.
open.substack.com/pub/thewalru...
“…seasoned professionals are more likely to resist using AI as a shortcut, engaging it, instead, to deepen their thinking in a way that augments cognition. In other words, they understand not only how to prompt GenAI but when not to use it.”
(Possibly) the last remnant of the sleazy Yonge Street strip of my youth. In the late 1960’s there were more like it, plus grubby movie theatres blazoned with horrid posters for titles like Throne of Blood.
Oddly, despite decades of cleanup, downtown Yonge St remains as seedy-looking as ever.
Valerie Johnston tells The National about the moment she watched drivers save a baby moose by helping it cross Highway 16 near Prince George, B.C.
www.cbc.ca
Access denied: Billy Bishop expansion records shielded from public view
Fiona Charles
Who’s behind the massive lobbying campaign to expand the island airport?
Toronto Star opinion writer @rwarnica.bsky.social dug into lobbying records and found one company that stands to gain "significantly" if the federal and provincial governments go forward with an airport expansion plan.
“Building a new oil pipeline to the west coast of Canada is consistent with the teachings of Jesus, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a gathering of Christian leaders and organizations from across the province last week.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.desmog.com/2026/05/13/o...
"It is time to demand that our courts open the black boxes of algorithmic decision-making. We need to shift the burden of proof to the party that actually has access to the algorithm, and design procedural rules for effective systematic redress."
#AIEthics #AIAct #AILaw #digitalGovernance #RuleOfLaw
Building a new oil pipeline to the west coast of Canada is consistent with the teachings of Jesus, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a gathering of Christian leaders and organizations from across th...
www.desmog.com
Someone is Trying to Bamboozle Ya Volume 2: Bike Lane Boogaloo
A short video essay on bike lanes, misinfo, and touching grass.
Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code. The resulting chaos showed how unaccountable systems are ruining lives, says Charlotta Kronblad of the University of Gothenburg
