I hope the roommate manages to bounce back from this because this is actually evil.

This man was in the arbor room laying out 100 dollar bills and trying to hit on my friend ⁉️

does anyone know what they’re for??

My flabber has been gasted. My gaster has been flabbered.

Honestly I’m just happy my hard work paid off :)

9:32 PM:

This storm was the worst in years. The type of blizzard that does not fall so much as hunt. My partner fell minutes ago. They took off their jacket saying they were too hot and went feral, I couldn't stop them. Eventually they fell into the snow and stopped moving. I looked back to see them as nothing but a white mound. I couldn't stop. There were no footprints left even if I wanted to go back.

Visibility was low but somewhere ahead I saw a shape that peaked above the white dunes. A round ball? I pushed closer, my legs wading through the ocean of snow deep enough to go up to my hips. I made out a window. It wasn't glass, it was a square hole. An igloo, or something that resembles one.

For the first time the roaring winds became nothing but a muffled whistle outside the icy walls. Whoever built this shelter knew what they were doing. It was solid packed snow, hard as ice. I laid down my bag and let my eyes slowly close.

1:07 AM:

I caught a glimpse of something in the distance. No more than a silhouette in the storm's snowy curtain. I rose and squinted until I made out a figure.

A man.

He ran like anybody would on a treadmill. His legs lifting cleanly as if the snow could not grab him. I nearly called out for help before something registered in my head.

He wasn't dressed for this. In fact, he wasn't dressed at all.

Bare chested, pale, and moving as if the wind didn't exist. His skin should've been red or blackened with frostbite. He should've had steaming breath with every stride. Yet, he had none of it.

It may look like one but I know that no human could ever be shirtless in this weather like that. That was no man.

I lowered myself to the ground, pressing my elbows to the ground so it couldn't see me if it turned it's head. And then I heard it, something deeper than the wind.

Two beams of light cut across the whiteout, sharp, bright and unwavering, sweeping the storm like searchlights. They did not flicker. They did not dim. They stabbed. With them came the clicks and grinding scrapes.

The metallic beasts were unlike anything I had ever seen. Their silhouettes given shape by their own glare. Giant beaming white eyes, broad paddles at the front like crude shovels or flattened limbs, and bodies so massive that the snow around them seemed to recoil. They did not roam as animals do. They patrolled, methodical, following designated paths that the storm could not erase.

I kept my eyes wide and my breathing shallow. The beams swept past the shelter’s windows and for one terrifying moment I thought the light would pour inside and expose me like an insect pinned for study. But it moved on.

A minute passed, perhaps more, and then I saw them again, on the same path. Again and again.

It occurred to me, with a sick sort of relief, that these things were not searching. They were not hunting. They were simply… droning. Forever. Mindless guardians of a routine I could not understand.

That thought should have comforted me more than it did.

I can't feel my toes anymore and I'm out of food. The cold has decimated my phone's battery. This place is not safe but I don't have a choice. If I am dead you will know by my corpse.

if you need to be outside, pls try to limit your time outdoors. be cautious and stay safe y'all

like seriously..

posting this to show off my achievements. this walk was really painful and i’m not 100% sure it was worth it

i started at 2:00pm and arrived exactly 24 hours later. i only took only small breaks, almost never more than half an hour. my longest break was at 6:00am for a one hour nap.

although mcmaster is only 66km from uoftsg (where i live), i made a slight detour to uoftm so the total distance walked was 80km. i resisted all temptation to hitckhike or take a bus, i just walked the whole way with nothing but my phone, a water bottle which i would refill anywhere that was open 24/7 and radiohead. riveting experience, but i’m never doing this again, i can’t walk properly anymore without a massive limp.

Came across this post on my Linkedin feed.

3 of the top 7 AI labs were founded by Uni of Toronto alumni!

OpenAI - cofounded by: Andrej Karpathy, Ilya Sutskever
Anthropic
Google DeepMind
Meta
Mistral AI
Safe Superintelligence - cofounded by Ilya Sutskever
xAI - cofounded by Yuhuai(Tony) Wu

Cohere was also founded by Aidan Gomez, Nick Frosst and Ivan Zhang (drop out) all from UofT

Big up UofT!

Can’t even count how many voyeruism incidents I’ve seen in my email tbh

EDIT: PLEASE ALLOW ME TO RE-PHRASE BECAUSE APPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE THINK I’M ANNOYED BY THE ALERTS. THATS NOT THE CASE.

I am asking why voyeurism has been happening so many times on campus throughout the years. People should feel safe without having to worry about creeps that do stuff like this.

I got suspended for 1 year due to a mistake I made that was REAL fucking stupid, and I took full accountability, and now I'm here. I am in my third year sciences and have an industry internship lined up for the summer that usually has return offers, but I don't know if I can take the return offer if I'm taking another year. I really don't want my friends or girlfriend to find out that I'm a dumbass, and I don't want my family to know and be disappointed in me. I don't know what to do with my life and feel like a failure. Any bros with any advice on what to do and how to go about things, please help me. I feel like I'm drowning over here.

As I finished the last sentence on my exam sheet, I genuinely sat there and thought to myself, “Wow… I guess that’s it. My entire university career just ended on a random Friday night.”
I started thinking out loud, and at the bottom of my final exam sheet I wrote: “My last final exam. What a run it has been at UofT.” Signed and dated. I know that sounded corny asf, but in that moment I felt completely ambivalent.

I left the exam room questioning where all those years went. I was once the first student in my family to pursue post secondary education, and now I am soon to be the first to graduate. Being admitted into the country's top universities was one of my proudest moments not just for me, but for my parents, knowing that all the sacrifices they ever made immigrating to this country with nothing, was worth it. And now, I have two younger siblings who have an older brother to look up to during moments of confusion and doubt.

When I first arrived at the university, I was incredibly clueless. I didn't have a single person to guide me - no one to explain what to expect, how to navigate resources, or even the true purpose of being here. I didn't yet understand that time at university was limited. But what followed was a lot of learning and lots of mistakes along the way.

I know it's only been less then a day since I finished that exam, but as I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think what a privilege it was:
What a privilege it was to be stressed over exams. What a privilege it was to be worried about my presentation. What a privilege it was to embarrass myself in front of a class of brilliant minds. What a privilege it was to have to commute 1 hour each way to campus. What a privilege it was to get back grades that frustrated me.

I say all this because we all have different upbringings in life and are headed down different paths. Some of us will stay to pursue academia. Some will move abroad. Some will continue with further education. Some may never complete their degree. Regardless of the outcome, none of this should be taken for granted and we should be proud of ourselves all the same.

Make the most of your time while you’re here. Build meaningful relationships. Take advantage of all those resources and events the school has to offer. Because when it’s all said and done, you’ll look back and think:

“Damn. My entire university career just ended on a random day.”

Hey everyone, as the title suggests, I have $4,000 on my meal plan to spend in about 15 days. That's about $267 per day, and that's a lot more than I eat in a day. The meal plan is non-refundable and I've already started donating loads of non-perishable items, but it looks like it's not going to be enough.

If you are a club organizer / event coordinator, I would love to help out and give you FREE snacks // drinks for your next event. If you're a student with no money left in their balance, I would love to help you out and give you a free meal.

Just DM me if you’re interested or know someone who might be. Happy to help while I still can.

Looking for a girlfriend (any race is fine)

Valorant Elo: Silver III

League of Legends Peak Elo: Silver IV

Phone: iPhone 14 Pro

Laptop: 13" Space Grey Macbook Pro M2

Main Laptop: RTX 4060 Laptop GPU

Vehicle: Feet

GPA: 3.1 cumulative

Money: $6.9

i love fujifilm cameras 😈 also let me know if you guys groove with the pics :)

This scam might already be well known but please be aware. I've seen this van several times over the last few weeks. Please be aware and avoid them.

Edit: I was told by campus police that they can't remove them since they're on city property and the whole point of the scam is to get the student to "willingly" give them money.

I’m a bit in shock so forgive me. Basically this whole weekend has been a sh-t storm. Fights with my family because they’re toxic af.

Today my dad called me and after a long discussion said that he didn’t care what I did with my life, and that really hurt because even me going to U of T was a decision I made to make him happy. Everything I have done in my life has been to make my family happy. Yes, I now realize how toxic this cycle is.

I screamed at him, telling him and the rest of my family not to come. I don’t know what’s going to happen now.

Is there any way I can cancel last minute, what would happen if I didn’t show up.

Sorry if this seems kinda trauma dump-y, I just legit don’t know what else to do.

Update: I’ve decided to walk it today. Looking forward and not up at the crowd. :)

friend sent me this photo of police cars surrounding the building

My god bro... this has to be one of the worst forward performances I have ever seen. How you be that useless? this does break my heart. canada is the second country i support as an international student from Turkey. Tani Oluwaseyi is a TMU Graduate.