Dr. Bast 🇨🇦

@bastsbest

I'm here! Dedicated to saving Alberta's pristine mountains. #CanadaSky. #YYC-based, for now... Dejected historian, wannabe political pundit, enduring feminist who is pressing on... Can't be tamed.

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Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· 6d

Nobody asked for this. (But Google Assistant was shite. )

Email received from Google:

"We’re writing to let you know that the Google Assistant on your mobile device is being discontinued, and Gemini—our next-generation AI-powered assistant—is now the assistant experience on Android.1
What This Means for Your Mobile Device
As we transition our mobile experience to Gemini, Google Assistant will no longer be available on your mobile device. We will begin removing access to Google Assistant starting on September 4, and expect that this process may take a few weeks to reach everyone. Once availability is removed, you will no longer be able to use or switch back
to Google Assistant on your phone, tablet, or paired devices.
If your Android device meets the minimum system requirements2 and you are in a region where Gemini is available,3 Gemini will be the Google-provided assistant on your mobile device. When you invoke your assistant, for example, by saying “Hey Google” or long-pressing your power button, Gemini will appear instead of the previous Google Assistant."

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· 19d

We are all Mary Tyler Moore right now...

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· 21d

Just about the most Canadian interaction I've seen lately. My tribe.

Speaker 1: Fuck off.

Speaker 2: I assume you are speaking to Mr Trump.

Speaker 1: Yes.

Speaker 2: Just wanted to make sure I did not offend you inadvertently.

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· 26d

Heads up Alberta - your $100 is hitting banks today. So all that palaver with the application, worth it? Unsure.

Text box: "Interac e-Transfer: You've received $100.00 from The Government of Alberta and it has been automatically deposited."

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· Jul 6

Welcome to all my mainly American (I think?) new followers! Hope you enjoy a Canadian take on your country -- and you may notice some similarities between my province, Alberta, and your current government (hint: we have a mini-Trump in power.) Also, please enjoy my tripod, toothless kitty.

Beautiful three-legged, toothless, grey tabby tux cat looking into your very soul...

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· Jul 2

Well that took far longer than it needed to.

"Your Alberta Energy Rebate application has been submitted."

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· Jul 1

Well, well now. Some companies must be designing for...robots?

Graphic showing a portable air conditioner with the tital "Humanized Design" on it. Features include" up/down manual swing; built-in handles; universal wheels."

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· Jun 9

Just saw a slightly interesting position on LinkedIn, but it's a hard pass. Can you guess why?

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Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· Jun 4

Looks an awful lot like this guy, for all the Corrie fans out there...

Photo of Coronation Street character Theo Silverton, played by James Cartwright.

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· May 25

WTAF is this now???? I didn't ask for this! Nobody asked for this!

SHows a box at the top of the MS Word screen with the words: "Describe what you'd like to draft with Copilot."

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· May 12

I just took about 10 of these to my paid-for storage unit...

"One thing no one ever talks about when it comes to being an adult, is how much time we debate keeping a cardboard box because it's, you know...a really good box."

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· Apr 29

For context - the Oval Office under Biden:

Same view of Oval Office under Biden with no gold leaf anywhere and portraits of Washington, Lincoln, FDR and two other US Presidents.

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· Apr 22

Flu B is still surging:

Wastewater graph showing high levels of Flu B in Calgary.

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· Mar 13

My regular reminder that your guy loves destruction, America.

Photp of historic East Wing of the White House being demolished by a huge digger.

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· Mar 12

Good job, BlueSky - keep it up...

BlueSky Trending topics showing Epstein and Trump at Number One.

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· Feb 27

Monty Python was prescient...just got the class wrong.

A Monty Python sketch where Terry Jones is dressed as a woman and John Cleese is dressed as a surgeon. Caption: Can we have your liver, then?

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦@bastsbest· Feb 18

Just browsing the Epstein Files in my spare time...as you do in 2026. Came across this letter from someone in the UK with interesting info: /https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00086575.pdf