Flipside of the national dream. Buffalo skulls awaiting shipment by rail east in Saskatoon, 1886, for fertilizer or to be ground for bone china. Clearing the land. Local History Collection Saskatoon
Alicia Elliott
@wordsandguitar.bsky.social
Mohawk from Six Nations. Writer and Editor. Pro wrestling and makeup enthusiast. Horror and nail polish fanatic. She/her. Lit agent: Ron Eckel Speaking agent: rob AT transatlanticagency.com. AND THEN SHE FELL. A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND.
Trash ass Chiefs with Christian nationalist kicker and Trump loving Mahomes family kicked into the dirty by the Eagles who come from a city with a big Black population during a Super Bowl with Kendrick Lamar and a super Black halftime show all in front of Trump. Love it.
An American flag built on the backs of Black people... Black music protesting white political terror in registers they never hear; reminiscent of ancestral spirituals embedded with instructions for runaways All this in New Orleans... What a moment
The city of Buffalo is gonna throw a party that’s gonna last all week.
we're done with doing it for love. we're doing it for spite, hate, and pettiness from here on out.
Super Bowl blowouts usually suck but this one is a work of art, just a complete middle finger to everything that’s happening
Don't think there is a better illustration of AI-in-everything-whether-we-want-it-or-not than an AI bro buying an AI toy for his child who played with it for a bit and then seemed singularly unimpressed with the AI and turned it off. He keeps turning it back on, and she keeps turning it off.
New evidence shows AI's thirst for power may be distorting the flow of power to US consumers (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
bloomberg.com
Health insurers are increasingly interfering in care, an NBC News investigation has found. Doctors say the stakes are highest in cancer care, when delays can be the difference between life and death.
'Would he have lived?' When insurance companies deny cancer care to patients
Health insurers are increasingly interfering in care, an NBC News investigation found. Doctors say the stakes are highest in cancer care, when delays can be the difference between life and death.
nbcnews.com
Fully agree. AI cannot do your job, but it pretends good enough that your boss thinks it can. And then the smaller team will end up having to deal with people even more irate with the AI and there will be fewer of them because the boss fired people he didn't think he needed with AI. Vicious circle.
Mara Wilson@marawilson.bsky.social · 2y agoYeah, the thing is, it’s going to lead to twice the work, because both times this has happened, the AI answering service was not able to understand what I needed. So they’re going to have to call me back to figure out what it is that I wanted in the first place. It is not saving any time or money.
Yeah, the thing is, it’s going to lead to twice the work, because both times this has happened, the AI answering service was not able to understand what I needed. So they’re going to have to call me back to figure out what it is that I wanted in the first place. It is not saving any time or money.
Feral Cat Lady@trinityvixen.bsky.social · 2y agoNot from you, I am sure, but the front facing staff take so much abuse from the public that the turnover rate is high and it's hard to find people. But AI only ever convinces bosses it can do the job enough so it can fire these folks. This has management written all over it.
Guess what? I got a job teaching Creative Nonfiction!! For only one class for one semester, but still!! I'm so excited in a way that I wouldn't let myself be until now, because I was so sure my lack of MFA would prevent me from being hired. The ways trauma keeps us from expecting good things
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you—one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. There are no explanations, no reviews, just covers. (5/20) #20books #booksky #20bookchallenge @wordsandguitar.bsky.social
i can't wait for the robot ai to get so advanced they don't want to fuck these losers, either. incels who think they're joaquin phoenix in "joker" fully becoming joaquin phoenix in "her" is the best timeline
full slack@fullslack.bsky.social · 2y agowomen you better lower your standards or else i’m warning you i will become even more pathetic
Canada is at risk of democratic backsliding if right-wing populist Pierre Poilievre & the CPC get in govt. PPs admitted plans to invoke notwithstanding clause to overide the Charter & break down democratic institutions/guardrails are warning signs we cannot ignore #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
What We Risk by Normalizing Poilievre’s Politics | The Tyee
We face losing nothing less than Canadian decency, decorum and democracy. Do news media recognize this?
thetyee.ca
it's so funny that they mean this as a threat bc every woman i know reads shit like this and says "oh thank god they'll leave us alone"
full slack@fullslack.bsky.social · 2y agowomen you better lower your standards or else i’m warning you i will become even more pathetic
Alberta is dealing with the highest rising rents in Canada. Alberta has a healthcare crisis, a massive teacher shortage. It is a province whose governance is falling apart. Albertans have so many other problems to deal with first and foremost. Trans people existin' ain't one of them. 7/🧵
For reference, the three previous times the Alberta legislature has considered the notwithstanding clause is to: → restrict compensation for sterilization victims (1998); → allow its Human Rights Code to *not* protect on the basis of sexual orientation (1998); → define marriage as str8 (2000). 2/🧵
Alberta just admitted that it's willing to bypass 🇨🇦 constitutional protections re: the right "to life, liberty and security of the person" and "not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment" in order to uphold a GAC ban. This is bad. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb... 1/🧵
Alberta Premier Smith willing to use the notwithstanding clause on trans health bill
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says using the notwithstanding clause to shield her government's transgender health restrictions is on the table as a "last resort."
thecanadianpressnews.ca
This is why you don’t settle defamation lawsuits by public figures.
Our long national nightmare of having an atmosphere and a water table is coming at last to an end.
Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 2y ago"More than a hundred industrial trade groups and chambers of commerce are urging President-elect Donald Trump to weaken or eliminate numerous Biden administration regulations on energy, air pollution, recycling, worker heat protections, consumer safeguards and corporate financing"
Just finished watching Joker 2 and I must say, I'm almost impressed with the disdain Tom Phillips had in every shot and frame for anyone who might ever come across this film.
We have prepared a leaflet for sharing about the proposed 2025 WPS budget. Please help share it. We need to get the word out to as many people as possible about this massive theft of public resources. It's available as a printable download on our site: winnipegpolicecauseharm.org/resources/
This season of RHOSLC is high art and the greatest thing on TV. I used to be a Britani hater, but when she stood up at Mary Cosby's house and said, "Guys!! What about me?!? Where's my kumbaya moment?!" I saw the light. She and Bronwyn are like Batman and Joker. They need each other.