John George McCracken
@BigJMcC
Labour Communicator, CUPE Comms Rep. for 27 years - 10 in ON, 17 in NS & NL. Worked in radio news for 10 years prior to that. #nspoli #cdnpoli #canlab #unions
Hello from @Stanfest! Our 3rd yr in a row coming to this legendary festival on the edge of the continent. Rain held off last night til midnight, although it was crazy windy. Clear skies & low 20’s for the wknd. Camper on the right is our 1993 GMC Rally Van, named ‘Satchmo’.
StanFest continues in Canso, N.S. ctvnews.ca/atlantic/video…
What men think is acceptable and safe sexual behaviour needs to change. We know hockey culture breeds this behaviour. Young players are conditioned to think this shit is normal and consensual. We need an overhaul of the cultural norms. cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…
I encourage anyone to go right through and get to her full article. This outcome was heartbreakingly predictable, and this is why women often don't report. I wish this young woman peace and healing with time.
"What happened to E.M. in the hotel room follows a pattern (almost to the letter) of group sexual assault, perpetrated by Canadian junior hockey players, that goes back to 1989," Dr. Heather Hollis. #HockeyCanada #RapeCulture #SexualAssaultLaws facebook.com/heather.hollis…
PHIL MOSCOVITCH: What if we called large language models, just that? LLMs? “I’m going to ask an LLM” has a different feel than “I’m going to ask AI.” We talk about AI “agents” but there is no agent there. #WestWorld halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/9…
Who knew @realDonaldTrump watched South Park? Story by @mmmbutters. #WhiteHouse #POTUS #GOP #MAGA #Colbert #JoyBehar globalnews.ca/news/11302878/…