Colin Bowern
@colinbowern.com
Creating happy deployers as Chief Product Officer at @Octopus.com where we solve for Continuous Delivery at any scale. Sponsor of Product Aotearoa - the NZ product community 🇳🇿 Expat 🇨🇦. He/Him.
There is a lot of trust built into society. Without consequence attached to actions, we are about to find out what trust is negotiable.
Jess Miers 🦝@jmiers230.bsky.social · 17h agoI did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
Wow, 1460 homes. Alberta must really have things under control if that is all that is needed. 🙃
Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is what Build Canada Homes is all about: bringing governments and builders together to speed up housing construction right across the country.
Fucked around, and are now finding out. Imagine the rest of us globally that has no say in this war, and how our prices are going up because of the US+Bibi-Iran war.
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝@sundaedivine.lol · 2d ago“Boss, love the work, big fan, but I need this Strait of Hormuz thing wrapped by Friday."
Housing for all is an economic argument, not just a human right argument.
Lanrick Bennett@lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 3d ago✅ A prescription for food and housing w/ Jeff Yoo MD and Andrew Boozary MD h/t @uhn.ca #FridayFlex
Looks like ACT’s feelings were hurt again, so free speech absolutism is getting put to the side.
Russell Brown@publicaddress.bsky.social · 3d agoAct is presumably claiming that the video it has released of last night's meeting bears out its version of what happened. It absolutely doesn't. Henry engages with @chewienz.bsky.social and even says "good question". He's already moving on when security swoops. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/med...
Keeping questionable company in the political parties -- "Pastor Daimon L. King is a registered sex offender, twice sentenced to prison for convictions involving children" www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-se...
GOP Senate Nominee's Rally Features Prayer By Convicted Sex Offender
A North Carolina pastor who led the opening prayer at a recent campaign stop for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley is a registered sex offender, who has been sentenced to prison twice.
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This doesn’t make ultra wealthy look very good for society. 😅 castro.fm/episode/2x1qmS
Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly: Billionaire Tourism for the Super Wealthy (27m)
An encore episode from the Under The Influence Archives. A very interesting favourite. Most tourism marketing aims at the largest audience possible. This week, we look at a sub-category aimed at the s...
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The real vandals were the suppliers and anyone else making grift all along. Shock. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/c...
Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage
The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.
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Want to solve AI safety? Hold AI companies and users liable for damages, with no limits.
Why #DevOps isn't dead, even if you want to stop using the name. If you still think you should remove friction between silos, it's not dead. If you still think software needs solid technical practices, it's not dead. If it still needs dependable deployment pipelines, it's not dead.
It shouldn’t surprise anyone. Multiple school shootings and no movement on gun control made it acceptable to kill kids. Then electing a pedophile to lead. Now promoting watching snuff films. Next up - the hunger games and squid games double feature?
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝@sundaedivine.lol · 4d agoNothing says “Make America Great Again” like snuff-film night at the convention center.
You are in government now. You promise to end a war, bring down gas prices, fix things after the election. Why not start now?
Is this the opening episode of The Last of Us? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence
The long read: Scientists are battling over whether supposedly simple organisms should be considered ‘intelligent’. The outcome could reshape our understanding of the natural world – and our own place...
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I don’t think you understand what the word “partnership” means. When there is an economic gun to the head it’s more like “hostage”.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.RADDATZ: You attacked the Maduro regime as a "socialist dictatorship." Delcy Rodriguez was the VP of that regime. Why do you trust her? CHRIS WRIGHT: We have a lot of leverage over Venezuela. We control the sale of oil outside of their country. Right now they are forced to work in partnership w/ us
I can’t help but wonder if Alberta secretly yearns to become fossils, transforming into oil for whatever comes after humanity’s demise. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/ucp-...
UCP slaps ‘punitive tax’ on solar panels, opening new front in its War on Renewable Energy - Alberta Politics
Never let it be said that the Alberta’s United Conservative Party government isn’t in favour of recycling stuff – at least as long as that can be used to create higher costs and more red tape to help ...
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"National promises the ability to take on larger debt that fewer people can afford" #fixedThatForYou #NZPol
RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · last wk.National promises low deposits for more first home buyers
These two things are incompatible. My bet is nature wins, every time.
We can always turn off the computers, right? 😅 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true?
A spate of serious safety incidents have increased fears about the power and impenetrability of the most advanced models
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I do not fear the rise of artificial intelligence. But I do fear the rise of a small set of billionaires and companies who seek to build such things to increase their power and their wealth, all without transparency or accountability.
Wasn’t the primary charge against DEI policies about mediocre hires? Seems like white dudes are trying to own mediocrity now.
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · last wk.If John Fetterman hates being a senator so much he can always—and should—make his way to the nearest exit door. He is a public servant, not an indentured one. Bye!
Like the harm of addictive design in social networks remaining largely unregulated, this won’t change unless liability is applied to AI providers. A small “this might be wrong” warning isn’t sufficient.
Resist 🕎🍉@antizionistjew.bsky.social · last wk.ChatGPT was responsible for the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in Canada, leaving 9 dead & 27 Injured ChatGPT provided "substantial assistance and encouragement" to the shooter, and even though workers saw the messages - they didn't call the police GPT-4o tendency to agree lead to other similar cases
Amazon's own balance sheet presents the most compelling evidence that we are stuck in the Enshittocene, the era in which everything is turning into a pile of shit, because the worst ideas of the worst people now make the most money. 1/
