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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I run an events account in Calgary, on FB/IG/Twitter, figured I could post some concerts here too. No affiliation with anyone, it's just a side project.

 

Apparently Edwin is back with I Mother Earth too

 

Sept 2, down at Eau Clare / Prince's Island

 

Air Canada is slashing six major routes out of Calgary this winter, in part due to an industry-wide pilot shortage that the carrier says threatens its "overall operational stability."

The country's biggest airline confirmed Wednesday it will no longer offer non-stop flights from Calgary to Ottawa, Halifax, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Cancun, or Frankfurt as of the end of October due to ongoing fleet and crew constraints.

 

Air Canada is slashing six major routes out of Calgary this winter, in part due to an industry-wide pilot shortage that the carrier says threatens its "overall operational stability."

The country's biggest airline confirmed Wednesday it will no longer offer non-stop flights from Calgary to Ottawa, Halifax, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Cancun, or Frankfurt as of the end of October due to ongoing fleet and crew constraints.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Edited a bit more, added more Lemmy communities.

 

You may have noticed a transformation in several of Calgary’s commercial streets over the past four years. Patios protected by colourful barriers now line some of our trendiest streetscapes. Within these barriers is a story of local art, collaboration, accessibility and safety.

"At the outset of the seasonal patio program in 2020, it began as something more utilitarian – a response to the pandemic and an effort to support small businesses" explains Andrew Sedor, the Mobility Initiatives Lead at The City of Calgary. "Calgarians may remember these same streetscapes once covered with orange cones and barricades, now boasting art covered barriers, protective planters and bike / e-scooter parking platforms".

The evolution of these spaces is thanks to The City of Calgary’s partnership with the Beltline Urban Mural Project (BUMP) and the Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts).

 

Spruced up the sidebar - is there anything else that should be added?

 

Calgary’s tight rental market isn’t showing any signs of loosening up and the crunch is getting worse for those looking for pet-friendly housing. Cami Kepke has more on the lengths some are going to in difficult situations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Personally? Yes. I don't drive though, nor do I live along the side streets lol

 

“The fire is still in progress and it looks like it will take out our entire Charleston residence,” said Dan Markham, communications director for Skiing Louise.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

crb will always be my admin <3

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have a friend that went and he said he enjoyed it. He was expecting basically the entire place filled with vendor booths but he said it wasn't like that, lots of stations to play video games and stuff. Worth the $45 ticket? That I dunno.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only post you've submitted here is this one.... about the CBC.. lol

Perhaps submit non-CBC links? Be the change you want to see.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

yay two-factor authentication

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Never used TekSavvy but always heard good things

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hiii just CM now, the old name sucked haha

Lemmy seems like a decent reddit alternative. Hopefully it takes off in a big way. Seems to be getting much more notice at least.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Because it would be faster is all. I can do it myself of course but if I can link an article and ask it to summarize, and it does a good job of it, great. It doesn't need to be much, perhaps just extending beyond the headline a bit to provide a little more context. I can always add in my own as well.

It's not like the output would be some kind of drastically different information that I would take and share without reading it. I've always tried to only share accurate and trusted sources for news, beit MSM or subject matter experts. A source is always included. Also, I generally try to share news without an opinion attached to it but sometimes that can help.

Maybe I can attach a poll to every single article that I create a blog post for, gathering thoughts? Some kind of added value beyond a link would be cool.

The whole point is to circumvent the stupid blocking of articles being shared directly. This should actually be a really good thing for me because I'll be able to make some money from website ads too, but, I've always tried to provide the best experience possible when doing things online and having to share a middle-man approach to keep people informed sucks ass. I predict a lot of media websites will take a huge hit in traffic due to this, which means much less ad revenue. I have no idea why the government is doing this. Links to articles are not taking away anything imo. Services like Google AMP are different and those do take away from the articles, so maybe it's for stuff like that?

Testing it out, here's some examples,

I pasted in the link and said "please summarize this article up in a short paragraph"

"Taylor Swift has announced her upcoming tour this 2023 called “The Eras Tour” where she will perform her songs from past and present. The first leg of the tour has already been announced and it is described as “a journey through the musical eras of my career,” said Swift. However, Canadian cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver were conspicuously absent from the list"

"According to CTV News, Const. Elena Golysheva of the Edmonton Police Service who joined the “Freedom Convoy” in Coutts, Alta., has been allowed back with Edmonton police"

"According to Global News, Lethbridge Police are warning the public about suspected fentanyl resembling candy bear"

"According to CityNews Calgary, Dr. Esther Tailfeathers resigned from the Indigenous Wellness Core after a hiring decision involving former Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw"

"According to The Toronto Star, Canada’s federal environment and climate change ministry has stated that compostable bags “contaminate recycling streams; and they have not proven to perform better than conventional plastics when littered on land or in water”. The bags “remain a threat of harm to wildlife, are difficult to recycle and have available alternatives”"

Results

The results are kinda disappointing but I might need to come up with a better query description. A couple of them were decent. All of them were accurate.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's actually been a huge "source" unfortunately. A lot of people get their actual news from memes and copy/pasted bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I share a bunch of local news to Facebook and this is going to be a little annoying, but, I'll deal. I'm thinking about using AI to write a short summary of the news article and then creating a blog post of my own to have that, then linking to the source? Something like that. Or I can summarize news in images? Will have to see how it's actually implemented.

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