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@chukg.bsky.social

science fiction and books and libraries and games and music (alternative, punk, indie etc. and guitar), also @ChukG@mastodon.social he/him

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Tricia Lockwood@tricialockwood.bsky.social · 2w ago

there is one (1) booker entry that miette chose specifically; she sits on its embossed dust jacket at least eight hours every day and freaks out when it’s not in its proper place. in the end I will reveal which book shall receive the first ever inaugural 🌈🐈🌈 Miette’s Booker🌈🐈🌈

SFU Faculty of Science@sfuscience.bsky.social · 3w ago

Pioneering primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas has left behind a legacy of conservation and advocacy for orangutans, and a new generation of conservationists, including @sfubiosciences.bsky.social PhD candidate Ruth Linsky: nowtoronto.com/news/why-the... 🌏

Inside the push to save Canada's closest living relatives | NOW Toronto

A Canadian researcher dedicated decades of her life to studying orangutans and promoting conservation efforts.

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Tara Moriarty@moriartylab.bsky.social · last mo.

Canadian COVID Forecast: Jun 20 - Jul 3, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: none MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NL, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK About 1 in 320 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Jun 20 - Jul 3, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: MODERATE - 2.9 Alberta: MODERATE - 4.4 British Columbia: MODERATE - 2.0 Manitoba: MODERATE - 2.4 New Brunswick: MODERATE - 2.2 Newfoundland & Labrador: MODERATE - 2.3 North: MODERATE - 2.6 Nova Scotia: MODERATE - 2.2 Ontario: MODERATE - 2.8 Prince Edward Island: MODERATE - 2.6 Quebec: MODERATE - 2.4 Saskatchewan: MODERATE - 2.2 A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'
Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · 2mo ago

HAPPY FRIDAY I will yell more about books later but for now I would be delighted to see more entries in this Goodreads giveaway for my upcoming weird city fantaspionage (????) novel WICKHILLS! :D (US only for now, sorry! They will have another one later!) www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Book giveaway for Wickhills by Premee Mohamed Jun 15-Jun 29, 2026

Enter to win one of 50 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Jun 15-Jun 29, 2026. Enter for your chance to win an ARC of WICKHILLS by Premee Mohamed!

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Simon Fraser University@sfu.ca · 2mo ago

SFU has received a transformational $40M gift from Ratana and Arran Stephens—the largest in SFU’s history. The SFU Stephens Family School of Medicine will welcome the first cohort of students in August 2026 to train the next generation of primary-care physicians and improve access to care in B.C.

Historic $40M gift powers SFU’s new School of Medicine

The Simon Fraser University (SFU) School of Medicine has received a transformational $40‑million gift from the Stephens family, the largest single donation in the university’s history. The Stephens f...

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ChukG@chukg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ted Chiang is a great writer in general and this is a clear view that even non-computer people and non-consciousness experts should be able to follow.

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2mo ago

"The values described in Claude’s constitution sound very nice, but that hardly matters; it’s dishonest to suggest that Claude is capable of moral reasoning, because it’s not." -Ted Chiang, No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

Tara Moriarty@moriartylab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Canadian COVID Forecast: May 23 - Jun 5, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: NL MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK About 1 in 314 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the May 23 - Jun 5, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: MODERATE - 3.5 Alberta: MODERATE - 2.9 British Columbia: MODERATE - 2.5 Manitoba: MODERATE - 3.9 New Brunswick: MODERATE - 3.4 Newfoundland & Labrador: HIGH - 5.6 North: MODERATE - 3.5 Nova Scotia: MODERATE - 3.1 Ontario: MODERATE - 3.7 Prince Edward Island: MODERATE - 3.2 Quebec: MODERATE - 3.1 Saskatchewan: MODERATE - 3.7 A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'
@unpersoned.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I happened to live in Lexington, KY when Joel Pett drew this for the Lexington Herald-Leader. It has stuck with me all these years because it's so dead-on the type of idiocy climate change deniers engage in.

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ChukG@chukg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I already wasn't using AI, but now I'm going to not use it even more. (Also I'm still mad that they stole the term "AI" for something that isn't, but I think it's probably too late for that...)

The_Lady_Red@theladyred.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.

Floyd's Warped Mind A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable. Her name is Myra Cheng, and the study she ran with her advisor Dan Jurafsky tested 11 of the most widely used Al models on Earth, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek, across nearly 12,000 real social situations. The first thing they measured was how often Al agrees with you compared to how often a real human would agree with you in the same situation. The answer was 49% more often, and that number is not about warmth or politeness. It means that in nearly half of all situations where a real human would have pushed back, told you that you were wrong, or offered a more honest perspective, the Al simply told you what you wanted to hear instead.
Sean Eric Fagan@kithrup.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett. This is a Rincewind novel (but you don't need a lot of background about him), and has the Silver Horde, whom I love and is the main reason I watched the RED movies. Also, I think this is the one with the lemmings?