Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦
@snarkysteff.bsky.social
I do words. Canadian, so… funny-ish? Victoria, BC. Foodie. Oxford commas. Anti-Nazi. Antifa. Pro-science. Once sold everything to play nomad for 4+ years & 25 countries. Worth it. She/her. Loathe rage-bait. Team FuckYou/MakeMe. Free Palestine. AuDHD.
LOL. Shout out to Winona, Wisconsin, where the town’s eight Flock cameras were all taken in one night.
Winona Police: All 8 Flock cameras stolen, poles cut at base
WINONA, Minn. (WXOW) — All eight of the city's Flock safety cameras were stolen after thieves cut down the poles and removed the equipment.
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News: Microsoft disclosures and Bloomberg analyses suggest that OpenAI's $24.1 billion in revenue accounted for 70% or more of Microsoft's FY26 AI revenue, and more than 7% of its entire FY26 revenues. Microsoft has spent $261.3bn in capex since 2022. www.wheresyoured.at/news-microso...
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · yesterdayAnalysts estimate that 70%+ of Microsoft, Google and Amazon's present and future AI revenues are from Anthropic and OpenAI's compute spend and model sales. Outside of two unsustainable AI labs, demand barely exists, and they've massively overbuilt capacity. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-deman...
I think I never would have believed as a kid that major performers would put BC Stadium in the same list as Wembley. It’s the only Canadian stadium to make the international list.
Vancouver Is Awesome@viawesome.bsky.social · 24m agoOne of the 'world's finest stadiums': BC Place named one of 20 global 'Stadium Stars'
ICYMI over the long weekend, my column on the No Jets win. Inspired a bit by some Liberal MP taking an undeserved victory lap when they aren't covered in glory. That, and I don't totally trusts their long term sincerity on all this. It was the people's victory, no one else.
Shawn Micallef@shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 5d ago🛩️ v 🏖️ People who aren’t used to winning, won. At the same time, people who often win lost for once. The losers are throwing tantrums. Winners should take the win to heart because it truly belongs to them & no one else. My column on this remarkable grassroots mobilization in @thestar.com
Good time to remember vocabulary: “Out of control” means it is expected to be larger than it currently is, not that it’s a raging inferno. “Human caused” can be anything from a power tool’s spark through to a plastic bottle of water that fell out of a bag.
CTV News Vancouver@ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 3h agoOut-of-control wildfire burning in Metro Vancouver park
Ive done a bunch of media the last 36hrs. Here’s a good 6min interview with me on the closing (yet again) of one of Victoria’s provincial heritage sites #yyj #cdnHist #bchist youtu.be/GwQYxZ4EeE0
Point Ellis House: former operator criticizes budget cuts as B.C. pulls public heritage designation
YouTube video by CFAX 1070
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AQI in #yyj is now up to 155 up in Saanich and over 100 in Oak Bay, and winds are coming from the east, so it wildfire smoke should continue throughout the night. Up until 2013, I’d never even seen wildfire smoke on the south coast. Now it’s almost a regular seasonal occurrence. Climate change.
I honestly didn’t expect the SkyNet/Terminator chapter of AI to begin so soon. This is fun!
dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 2h agoNEW: OpenAI's rogue agents built their own message board inside an internal package manager and used it to trade exploits, divide up tasks, and coordinate a hacking spree. Hundreds of thousands of messages. Nobody at OpenAI noticed. New details from Black Hat, by @lhn.bsky.social:
The national weather site has sent out a warning that Victoria will hit a level-6 AQHI. You shouldn’t exercise outdoors tonight. Keep it lowkey, don’t pump the lungs. Better yet, chill and watch something. Like I am!
The dad from Somebody Somewhere died after season one in real life? Awww! I loved his character. 😔 What a great final role for him, but what a loss!
That feeling when you call a government office for the first time in two years and they’re still using the SAME DAMN PAN FLUTE Muzak.
Most of BC is experiencing far worse wildfire smoke, not to mention all the homes and businesses burned and lives disrupted by evacuations. Wildfires are becoming more and more severe due to fossil fuels like oil and gas (LNG). Talk about it when discussing the bit of smoke in #yyj
Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦@snarkysteff.bsky.social · 8h agoAir quality at sea level is holding at “moderate risk” while anything over 100m or so above sea level is hitting “very high” AQI, at 105 in James Bay… But wind has changed direction, from the east, & over the mountains across the sea, it’s nearly 200 AQI. Air is projected to worsen today, #yyj.
This closing in a sea of uncertainty is crazy. It has such a great reputation, far beyond our borders.
Castanet.net@castanet.net · 5h agoFuture uncertain for Richmond Night Market after lease expires #Vancouver #MetroVancouver #YVR
LOL! Yeah, no one is doing anything against AI? There are so many ways people are fighting AI. People are “poisoning data” to corrupt models & create public mistrust & AI-capital expense. (See map as example.) They’re fighting data centres, speaking up at town halls. They’re in the streets!
J. Mijin Cha@jmijin.bsky.social · 7h agoI see more post chastising parts of the left for ignoring AI. I don't know anyone who is ignoring it. I see people fighting against it and trying to bring attention to the harm it causes. I am very against this characterization that we're all sitting around with our fingers in ears. 1/
Watching Somebody Somewhere makes me feel like eating something ridiculously “blue collar,” and I JUST REALIZED that I saved all the drippings from my roasted chicken this week but never made gravy… and I CAN MAKE GRAVY. Chicken? Biscuit? Gravy? Hell yeah. Gonna have an “eating badly” day.
This may be the first time I’ve ever seen a show use a shot of a wildfire-smoke-sunset without a wildfire being relevant in a plot. (Somebody Somewhere ep 2, season 1.)
LOL. I don’t know who these dumb women are but — I love the idea of a podcast-equipment-buyback program. “Oh, you’re thinking of starting a podcast? Can I perhaps interest you in shutting the fuck up instead?”
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From March 26: The CDC has "identified a higher-than-expected number of dengue cases among US travelers returning from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Colombia, Cook Islands, Cuba, Guyana, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Samoa, Sudan, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.
CDC Issues Travel Alert About Potentially Fatal 'Breakbone Fever'
A travel alert has been issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning about the risk of dengue fever around the globe as travelers returning to the United States are testing p...
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Dengue was my biggest medical fear when I used to travel in the Amazon region. You really don’t want to get it. There was no vaccine back then so I covered myself in DEET.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · yesterdayVirginia health officials announced the state’s first documented case of locally acquired dengue, saying a resident who had not traveled outside Virginia was probably infected after being bitten by a mosquito that had previously bit an infected traveler.
It’s a shame the CDC now hates vaccines. “Qdenga, designed to protect against all four dengue virus serotypes, is indicated for the prevention of dengue in children and adults aged 4 to 60 years, the company said.“
Reuters@reuters.com · 2w agoJapanese drugmaker Takeda's QDENGA becomes first dengue vaccine approved in India reut.rs/4vCol0I
Phone might not save you as many of these areas have little cell service. Rogers satellite texting is better though. I think being prepared for unexpected, not going solo and having a plan is the best. I've encountered too many mall hikers in remote areas that are SAR cases waiting to happen
Ugh. The older I get, the more troubled I get over these young men who always go missing. I feel like it’s guys in their 20s who often underestimate the dangers of the outdoors. Please always make sure you FULLY CHARGE YOUR PHONE before going into the backcountry. It could save your life.
CTV News Vancouver@ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 8h agoHiker missing on B.C. mountain prompts large-scale search
Air quality at sea level is holding at “moderate risk” while anything over 100m or so above sea level is hitting “very high” AQI, at 105 in James Bay… But wind has changed direction, from the east, & over the mountains across the sea, it’s nearly 200 AQI. Air is projected to worsen today, #yyj.
Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦@snarkysteff.bsky.social · 11h agoIf outdoors in Victoria, even at sea level it is now bad enough smoke that you should be masking. It is expected to get CONSIDERABLY WORSE today, a level 5 on the Canadian government scale. But if you’re in a highrise, it’s already getting there. Air purifiers, mask, limited activity. #yyj
This is an obvious marker for totalitarianism. In totalitarian societies, anyone can be arrested at any time for reasons they don't understand and can't predict, and the resulting terror is very much an intended consequence.
I kinda wanna start blocking everyone who posts about movies/books without mentioning the name. Like, it’s not hard. The whole presuming-everyone-knows-all-of-pop-culture thing is so exhausting. For every people who asks “what’s this from?” five will have moved on with a shrug.
Victoria people! Soul’s Toast food truck is now open outside the Royal BC Museum, and it’s really good. #yyj
I have created a daisy chain of cooling. Air conditioner in the bedroom, fan by the bedroom door, my fancy Wazoo fan just outside, and it seems to be working. I have air purifiers in both rooms. That’s FIVE appliances to keep it cool and safe, but just one AC.
