I had a sneaking suspicion she was condescending, but not this condescending. yeesh
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2d ago“Vancouver, grow up.” Video by Bob Mackin of Colleen Hardwick last night insulting the intelligence of anyone who voted for Ken Sim four years ago or Pete Fry now. I wonder if her base will ever change their opinions on whether this rhetoric has been an effective way of expanding her support.
hey, i migrated to northsky, and it went pretty smoothly
narrator: UNFORCED ERROR OF A ONE-TERM MAYOR
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2w agoFor the last 18 months, Ken Sim has focused on Sean Orr in a way we've rarely seen a mayor focus on an opposition councillor who isn't running for the top job And in 10 days, we'll know if it was a smart move of a two-term mayor, or an unforced error of a one-term mayor www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Another amazing guest on the show. Two episodes that play well together (we’ll put both out in November)
Omg please vote if you haven’t yet. And please for the love of all things holy: not for sim
Mary Gillis@marygillis.bsky.social · 3d agoTwo hours left to vote if you haven't yet.
Yeah no shit. I’m now in the lung slightly hurting/fear of bronchitis phase thankyousomuch
Patrick Healy is so condescending but probably thinks he’s being respectful
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 3d agoPlease indulge me while I post this once more for folks who may be too busy during the week and only peek at Bluesky on the weekend. The NY Times invited me to explain why I think they're failing in their duty to warn the public about the danger of a dictatorship. And they posted the video online.
Early voted again (provincial this time) and the sticker is much smaller Also I’m finally feeling human again
Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks. Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said. https://wapo.st/4yt6dHY
As my sickness* seems to be worsening, this is no fun to read *yes I know I don’t have bird flu
Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 5d agoBird flu is back. CDC just updated its human case count to 72 cases today. The patient is in Yakima County, WA. Not severely sick and isolating at home 🤞🏽 www.yakimacounty.us/2417/Media-R...
They're keeping the woman who says gay people are pedophiles and the one who hates Muslims though
Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.
(via @rds773.myatproto.social) Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27 The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27
The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
arstechnica.com
No To AI is a guide to removing intrusive AI from your favorite/most used software. Put together by my old friend (and genius) @librarian.bsky.social notoai.org
New: AI data centers’ indirect water use - water consumed by power plants to generate electricity for power-hungry server farms - is magnitudes larger than the facilities’ onsite water consumption and is largely undisclosed. Free link. With @mchediak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI's Water Strain Includes Surging Demand From Electricity Use
It takes a lot of water to generate the power consumed by server farms.
bloomberg.com
I did the interviews for this story back in February and March, but it has been A YEAR. I finally got around to writing it, and, shockingly, in time for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. www.wired.com/story/how-ap...
How Apple Puts Indigenous Languages on the iPhone Keyboard
To save endangered languages, tech companies like Apple are working with Indigenous communities to meet the next generation where they type.
wired.com
It's advance voting today for the Vancouver civic election! Find your nearest polling place here (take the voter info thing you received in the mail if you can). vancouver.ca/election/202... #vanpoli
Voting place map and hours | Where to vote | City of Vancouver
Find which voting places are close to your home, work, or where you're running errands.
vancouver.ca
i need authors and agents to be much louder with their publishers how much they hate gen ai and make it embarrassing/financially harmful for publishers to be associated with it at every level (incl marketing, publicity, and sales)
Just recorded an episode of the @vocalfriespod.bsky.social I can’t wait to release. We get the best guests, it’s such a gift
if your agents are going to commit crimes, you are legally responsible if you cannot figure out how to prevent your agents from doing crimes, you’re going to have to choose between releasing them and protecting yourself from criminal liability imo this would do more for “ai safety” than a sex cult
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
I forget who posted it but the idea that Americans live inside a “casino run by murderers” has not left my brain since I saw it