Nobody should just own things for a living. If you won't build anything, fix anything, or take care of anybody, why should anyone give the money to you?
🇨🇦 should hold platforms accountable, mandate #safety by design, and drop the invasive age checks. A properly independent Digital Safety Commission could work alongside the Privacy Commissioner to safeguard Canadians' rights: www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/thec...
The Commission: How Bill C-34 Creates an Internet Super-Regulator That Will Touch the Lives of Millions of Canadians - Michael Geist
The proposed kids’ social media ban is capturing the headlines, but lost in the debate over Bill C-34 is that its most consequential element may be the creation and powers of the government agency the...
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💥New Action! Tell your MP: Fix online platforms, don't ban or surveil users! Amend #BillC34 today! The "Safe Social Media Act," bundles healthy platform accountability through a 'duty of care,' and a wide #socialmedia ban enforced by #privacy invasive age verification: openmedia.org/BillC34-bsky
Fix Bill C-34: No Ban. No Surveillance!
Ban illegal harms, not young Canadians! 🇨🇦 #BillC34 should be amended to hold platforms accountable, protect privacy and free expression, and keep young people connected. Tell your MP to fix the bill:...
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Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3w agoA quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — George Orwell, 1984
I never liked zombie films until the pandemic. Then I realised what an allegory they have been. Adults acting like toddlers, hiding their bite wounds, then turning at the worst time, endangering everyone else. After the pandemic, I HATED zombie films.
Matt Blair@mjmbca.bsky.social · 3d agoI don’t know why the “COVID was no big deal and we went too far” people are up in arms again, but since they are, let’s share this one more time. youtu.be/4xe01e-Mayc?...
If you want members of this regime to be held legally accountable, you have to add four seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. Otherwise, they'll protect their fellow oligarchs like they did in 2023. 1. Win the senate 2. Block nominees 3. Elect a dem POTUS 4. Congress adds 4 seats 5. Have nice things
I agree with @drsandman11.medsky.social: If you didn't look like this & doing everything you can to prevent people from dying during the pandemic, maybe think twice before judging Dr. Fauci.
Two methods reduced multimodal AI hallucinations: one improved interpretation of thermal, depth, and X-ray images, and a training-free control suppressed false sound claims triggered by video. doi.org/hcdbgw
AI reduces sensory hallucinations, even at night or in smoke
Multimodal large language models (MLLMs), which process multiple types of sensory information, such as text, images and audio, at the same time, are rapidly expanding the range of applications for artificial intelligence (AI).
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While gender critical activists play politics with people’s health, organisations like TransActual will continue to campaign for a healthcare system that truly recognises and respects the individual needs of everyone. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/07...
The FCC is banning a huge range of foreign-made robots from sale in the US: vacuums, mowers, delivery bots, anything with a camera and wireless connection. Existing Roombas are safe.
FCC bans imported Roombas, robot mowers, and delivery bots
If you've been thinking about snagging a robot to vacuum your house, suck up crap in your swimming pool or cut your grass, you might want to hustle your buns:…
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NEW: EFF’s @doctorow.pluralistic.net joins Jon Stewart’s @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social to examine how the AI industry relies on inflated expectations, question what AI can genuinely do, and explore how AI supercharges problems like surveillance, labor exploitation, and corporate consolidation.
AI and the Enshittification Era w/ Cory Doctorow | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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How heartening, in polarized times, that people are coming together in opposition to pricey energy facilities. @theonion.com
Just spotted this. It's misleading and unnecessary, who eats 5/6th of a bag?
Josh Johnson investigates the real reason behind America's war with Iran: an underground stargate
An Etobicoke ride-share driver has been charged with two counts of sexual assault following an investigation in Burlington, and police say there could be more victims.
Etobicoke Uber driver charged with sexual assault in Burlington
An Etobicoke ride-share driver has been charged with two counts of sexual assault following an investigation in Burlington, and police say there could be more victims.
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Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise. Love to see this banner as the backdrop for new bike day. 📸 @ldnontbikecafe.bsky.social
When you are too stupid to know that truth is an absolute defense in any defamation or slander case.
A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.
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