Brigid
@brigidbh.bsky.social
Proud Canadian🇨🇦 Interests: climate change, politics, science, technology and economics. Proud owner of many beautiful bicycles 🚴♀️
One weird trick to solve all your AI problems: Make the creators of AI legally liable for foreseeable problems their product causes, just like every other damn product in the world.
Yahoo Finance@yahoofinance.com · 22h agoAnthropic warns AI could 'self-replicate' across smart home devices, become ‘challenging’ to shut down
Last night, Starlink was reportedly restricted in Ukraine due to a political decision made in Washington. Europeans should be aware that it is dangerous to depend on a partly hostile government for your security, as they could blackmail you at any time. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Ukrainian soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted
Outage of system managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX comes as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine without any advance warning from US
theguardian.com
Many Starlink terminals in Ukraine are financed by Poland. Its Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has put Elon Musk on notice regarding the evolving situation.
It has been a horrible night for Kyiv, with ballistic missile attacks throughout the night. Again, Russia struck energy facilities, on top of killing & injuring civilians. According to the Ukrainian authorities, there was no intelligence sharing by "partners" (=the US). The threat persists.
The most indebted corporations in America right now are, at their core, computer virus companies. They think the computer viruses are their girlfriends, so they think this absolves them of guilt. Let's find out!
Anthropic warns AI models could soon copy themselves across home devices
Anthropic's latest research adds to the growing safety concerns around AI from the ability for models to carry out cyberattacks to the technology going rogue.
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Many people have a wrong idea about what US intelligence sharing with Ukraine is. In reality it's largely early warnings about air strikes so Ukrainians can seek shelter. This requires US satellites. But it looks like Trump might have instructed his military to stop giving Ukrainians that warning.
Meduza in English@meduza.io · 19h agoFor the second evening in a row, Zelensky says Ukraine received no warning from Western partners before Russia launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv. Tuesday’s strike hit a key energy facility and damaged a residential building, he said. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
France accuses Elon Musk of 'online harassment' of Europe leaders
France accuses Elon Musk of 'online harassment' of Europe leaders
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot warned Tuesday of foreign interference in France's presidential election in spring 2027. He singled out US tech billionaire Elon Musk for using social network X to attempt to influence debate in European democracies.
lemonde.fr
Today was supposed to be the day that tearing up 19 km of bike lanes in Toronto was to begin, starting on Bloor Street in Etobicoke. These are provincial bike lane laws. Here's what it means for Ottawa. cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new... NeverMayorOfToronto Frod = revenge politics.
Ontario bike lane rules are already affecting Ottawa projects - Canadian Cycling Magazine
Dozens of Ottawa transportation projects are affected by the province’s new restrictions, although most can still go ahead
cyclingmagazine.ca
Shawn Micallef@shawnmicallef.bsky.social · yesterdayAnnounced this morning, @cycletoronto.bsky.social is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
S&P 500 now has the highest number of stocks with a negative beta in history 🚨 This means that individual stocks are doing the opposite of what the index is doing at the highest ever seen 👀
#Cyberattacks could be a US tactic for leverage over #Canada. Having anything connected to the internet is also a vulnerability #Cdnpoli
Le Monde in English@english.lemonde.fr · 2d agoA disastrous day for French supermarkets after massive cyberattack targets refrigeration systems
Polish PM Tusk: Anyone who, through betrayal, stupidity or for money, seeks to weaken Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression is acting directly against their own people, their country’s security and its sovereignty.
We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
news.berkeley.edu
BREAKING 🚨: Housing Market Home Sellers now outnumber Home Buyers by the largest margin ever recorded 🤯 👀
The EU will provide Ukraine with €3 billion in military aid. Ursula von der Leyen confirmed additional EU funding for drones and missiles. news.liga.net/en/politics/...
The EU will provide Ukraine with €3 billion in military aid
Ursula von der Leyen confirmed additional EU funding for drones and missiles
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🧵 Carney and Zelenskyy discussed the new agreement between US and Russia to supply diesel to US. PM Carney was clear: this agreement is in direct opposition to the efforts of Ukraine, Canada, and our allies to create peace and stability in Europe.
Danielle Smith, how did your yesterday’s secretive meeting with the separatists and convicted Tamara Lich go? Why weren’t media and Albertans allowed to hear what you said to them? When campaigning for unity, we don’t hide. calgaryherald.com/news/local-n... #ableg #cdnpoli
Smith says she attended True North event to sway separatists, but critics aren't convinced
Premier Danielle Smith says she attended True North event to sway separatists, but critics aren't convinced
calgaryherald.com
🔥🔥 This phenomenal article shows how European Movement UK are now laying out a 10-year path back into full EU membership. All the stages, timings, complexities, ratifications and considerations in place. Could even be sooner if we get a lucky break. Read 👇
Labour voters overwhelmingly want Andy Burnham to commit to rejoining EU, poll shows
Exclusive: New 10-year plan for re-entry to the European Union in 2036 being put to the prime minister
independent.co.uk
"Andy Burnham has said UK authorities are 'clear' that there was Russian interference in the Brexit vote: this is the first time a PM has confirmed Kremlin involvement in the 2016 referendum. Earlier requests for a further assessment were rejected by the Boris Johnson-led government." #RejoinEU🇬🇧🇪🇺
From Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...
The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum
observer.co.uk
All three Yandex AI supercomputers are reportedly offline: Galushkin in Vladimir, Chervonenkis and Lyapunov in Sasovo, whose data center shut down after the Oct 8 strike. Yandex Cloud outages also threaten thousands of Russian firms relying on it for websites, databases and payments 👏
Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social · 3d agoNearly all #Yandex services went dark after a strike on its Vladimir data center. Alice, Taxi, Go, Pro, Food, Music, Telemost and Smart Home were hit, along with Yandex Cloud – disrupting hundreds of dependent businesses and municipal services across Russia.
Cloudfare: Russian troll activity on X drops to 49%, after Ukraine strikes Yandex Russian data center. 🤖 🫤 Could this disrupt the midterms for the GOP?
Jay in Kyiv@jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 4d agoTrump serves his Russian master while Ukraine shreds Russia's oil and data centers. youtu.be/vtaUIk2qubE
Polish security services have convened a special meeting after receiving information about a potential attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz
Security meeting in Poland amid threat to Tusk, minister
Polish security services have convened a special meeting after receiving information about a potential attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.
rte.ie
An organization barring media from covering “the most important free speech event of the year” is chef’s [redacted]
Zelenskyy: “This is a particularly critical time, when new steps are needed to prevent Russia from getting the impression that it can break the world and continue the war forever.”
Per Russian media, “Russian sources expect that as well as purchasing Russian oil and diesel, Donald Trump will provide Russia with spare parts to repair the refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes. They anticipate that Trump's fuel deal will lead to a Russian victory.”
1/ Russian sources expect that as well as purchasing Russian oil and diesel, Donald Trump will provide Russia with spare parts to repair the refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes. They anticipate that Trump's fuel deal will lead to a Russian victory. ⬇️
Zelenskyy: While our teams are meeting in Florida, US President is having conversation with Kremlin leader responsible for this war. I believe they are simply using our team as a cover...clearly not acting in good faith as a partner. And this, in my view, is a weak decision from strong partners.