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🩸 BLOOD FOR THE BLOODMOON 🩸 the Bloodmoon demands a sacrifice & we want to reward you 🫵 📅 show up to give blood between Sept 2nd - Sept 30th ✅ submit proof 🎁 get a key for Vampire Survivors + Legacy of the Bloodmoon, while supplies last #BloodForTheBloodmoon

If you too would like to stop using increasingly shitty software made by bad people who make the world worse, I wrote a guide for how to lessen/end your small team's dependence on US-based tech services: nelsanderson.zone/a-guide-to-d...

A Guide to Ditching US Tech (for Game Developers)

This post is based on a guide from Paris Marx, host of Tech Won't Save Us, author of one excellent book and upcoming (likely also excellent) book last updated September 2nd, 2026 At this point, it's...

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Good morning from Lake Ontario. ☀️

Huzzah! First new model since November 2024! Should catch Instagram and Discord a bit better, and also yield fewer false positives! Please give feedback if you think it's working better/worse! 💚

This is why we are married.

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Leaving a little surprise for the next people to open up this wall.

How to win at most all things:

Overconfident Carney vows to win 3 more U.S. midterm races after Liberal by-election sweep

Overconfident Carney vows to win 3 more U.S. midterm races after Liberal by-election sweep

OTTAWA - Following a clean sweep of last night's 3 by-elections, Prime Minister Mark Carney immediately declared that his Liberal party would also pick up 3 additional seats in this Novembers U.S. mid...

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This is some absolute nonsense impacting one of my favourite sandwich places in Belfast

I wrote an essay about why I'm done using AI for coding, even if it costs me my job and career: brettcodes.com/im-done-usin... The basic gist is: AI made me a worse, apathetic programmer. I think it's bad for humanity, the planet, and the craft of software engineering. And I'm done using it.

I'm done using AI

Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.

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“Lost media” no longer! I finally got permission to upload “AL’S BRAIN,” an 11-minute educational 3-D film attraction which ran at the Orange County and Western Washington fairs, and hasn’t been seen publicly since 2009. You can watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/2xujU87ZHt4

I’m sure most of you aren’t watching the US Open right now which means you missed this instantly iconic moment, now available in gif form

Hey y'all, My buddy at WIRED Middle East is looking to comission a games journalist familiar with the Middle East for a particular story and I was wondering if any of y'all would be open to covering this or know someone who would? If so, DM me and I can tell you more about this.

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

If you're in Canada and want to tell Tim Hortons that their Harry Potter marketing campaign is shit, you can contact them here: www.timhortons.ca/support

There are only two stories that won a Hugo whose screen adaptation also won a Hugo. “All Systems Red” is the second one. The other is “Dune” Congratulations @marthawells.com.

Damning.

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 4d ago

I think what I find really depressing about AI in higher education is how so many people didn't even wait for the evidence/research before we decided on telling students "how to use AI responsibly" which often includes things like checking grammar, and obviously, we shouldn't have been

Remember when we asked for your favorite Desert Bus for Hope moments? We got a lot of delightful responses, and we figured why not make them "fight"? Head to the blog and vote! We'll be updating the link at the top of our post every 48 hours:

The Most Memorable Desert Bus for Hope "Moment" Tournament

[Currently Open for Voting] Meta Group, Round of 16 - https://forms.gle/pUad9bNhSL2U5tL16 A couple weeks back, we asked the community for their favorite Desert Bus for Hope moments, and then PJ spen...

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🎶Down in the middle of Lake Ontario The same snow is falling On the deep silent water The great dark wonder Into the waves of my heart🎶 🇨🇦

Blue Rodeo@bluerodeo.bsky.social · 5d ago

We're proud Canadians, folks!

Star Wars, Zero Company? buddy that's me every friday

A tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that doesn’t need a fridge has passed its first human trial. UK scientists reformulated a licensed shot using trehalose, the sugar that lets desert plants survive without water, keeping it stable for up to two years at 30°C. Gavi buff.ly/1kNIUHB #ShareGoodNewsToo

Fridge-free vaccine passes first human trial, raising hopes for the hardest-to-reach

Unreliable electricity makes it hard to keep vaccines at the right temperature – this development could change that.

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Confrontée aux tarifs douaniers, l’entreprise ontarienne de crème glacée Chapman’s compte remplacer plus de 70 % de ses ingrédients américains et affirme qu’elle n’augmentera pas ses prix pendant deux ans. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/fr/nouve...

Chapman’s misera moins sur les ingrédients américains | RCI

Le fabricant de crème glacée basé à Markdale, en Ontario, assure néanmoins qu’il n’augmentera pas ses prix prochainement. Il utilisera des cornets canadiens.

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A quick edit of tonight's beautiful lunar #eclipse.

My personal opinion is that it’s bad for us all that it’s so difficult to both use social media and also avoid involuntarily seeing videos of people dying.

Be the trade war you want to see in the world. This is how you can represent Canada at Eurovision! 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🎶🎤💃 www.cbc.ca/music/eurovi...

Want to represent Canada at Eurovision? Here's everything to know | CBC Music

Submissions for contestants competing for Canada open Aug. 31.

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it is wednesday my dudes! please enjoy another page ft. the idiots #pipandgunko #webcomic #comic

Stargazers 6 - Pip and Gunko

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Katherine Johnson passed away in 2020, at the age of 101. Editorial cartoonist Steve Breen’s lovely tribute perfectly captured the importance of Johnson’s contributions to the US space program. Credit: Steve Breen Source: @sandiegouniontribune.com

Happy first anniversary to @somethingclassic.bsky.social's Quartet! To celebrate, you all should go buy the game AND go watch my Let's Play of it. Quartet on Steam (also on Switch): store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/... My Let's Play: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_k...

Quartet on Steam

A series of unlikely train robberies. A mysterious deck of cards. A fleet of deadly airships. An accidental mage. Choose from four stories, in any order, and discover how they intertwine in this turn-...

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The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.

Getting off US tech: a guide

I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

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Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.