「MAGAボットを運営する24歳のオタワのソフトウェアエンジニアに会う 」： #OTTAWACITIZEN

「最近、ソーシャルメディアサイトXにアクセスして、ニューヨーク市長候補のゾーラン・マムダニ氏をめぐる討論に参加していたのなら、CityDeskNYC に出会ったことがあるかもしれない。
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人工知能 ボットによって運営されているこのアカウントは 、民主党の市長候補への言及に反応し、1日に1,000件以上の投稿を吐き出している。投稿内容は、マムダニ氏とその政策を批判する一方で、一部の政敵を称賛するものとなっている。

しかし、このボットの背後にいる人物はニューヨーク市どころか、アメリカ国内にすらいません。オタワに住んでいるのです。

サイハジプリート・シン氏は2年前にカールトン大学 を卒業した24歳のソフトウェアエンジニア で、CityDeskNYCは政治広報の改革を目指す同氏のAIボットの1つに過ぎない。 」

こんなのが居ると増々𝕏（旧Twitter)は意味ないプラットホームに。

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-man-ai-bot-maga

#prattohome

we got a mention at least

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/vintage-clothing-stores-ottawa

#OttawaCitizen #vintage

Regarding #CanadianElection and voting…

#OttawaCitizen headline says "Frustrated voters have posted complaints on social media of long lineups and delays at the advance polling sites."

Mostly I've seen people describing queues but nobody really expressing "frustration" or complaining.

Of course we'll note the differences relative to prev years. And those who've managed complex processes can't help but ponder causes, but people seem only very good-natured and eager to participate so far.

The Ottawa Citizen newspaper reports:

“Wastewater testing for the H5N1 bird flu virus is set to begin in the coming weeks in Ontario communities considered at high risk, said Rob Delatolla, whose University of Ottawa lab will lead the wastewater surveillance as part of a research program based at the University of Guelph. That will likely mean testing wastewater in communities in agricultural regions of the province. It is unclear whether there will also be testing in larger cities. . .

There is currently no widespread wastewater testing program for H5N1 avian influenza in Canada, as there is in the U.S.”

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/wastewater-testing-avian-influenza-ontario-communities

#PublicHealth #Ontario #ONPoli #AvianFlu #H5N1 #WastewaterSurveillance #OttawaCitizen

Via #CTV News @ 5:18pm ET on Nov 07, 2024

A veteran #OttawaCitizen #journalist who was accused of being a #Russian asset by a former cabinet minister says it is the "height of irony" that a committee studying #disinformation has fallen for it.

#DavidPugliese told the #HouseOfCommons security committee today he found it astonishing that none of the MPs on the committee challenged the allegations when they were made last month.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/reporter-accused-of-being-russian-spy-tells-mps-they-fell-for-disinformation-1.7102292

I see #Alberta is spending their taxpayer's money on expensive ad buys again. The front and inside pages in today's #OttawaCitizen was filled with their pitch for #Ottawa to drop its production cap so they can keep pumping their dirty crude. Can't have been cheap.
No doubt it will give #PierrePoilievre's #AxeTheTax campaign a boost as well.

#cdnpoli #ClimateChange #abpoli #PostMedia

A letter to the editor of the #OttawaCitizen inspired by today's op-ed cartoon and the #pandemic that still isn't over:

https://dewline.dreamwidth.org/2021754.html