Canadian here: It’s not a hostage if the item held is becoming irrelevant to the purchaser. We’ve moved on. Found substitutes. The ban may be revoked and the shelf space made available, but the fact is it will never return to its previous sales, and the free market will make the loss permanent.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2mo agoCalifornia Merlots, Kentucky bourbons and Tennessee whiskeys are collecting dust in Canada as alcohol becomes a high-profile hostage of trade tensions with the U.S. on.wsj.com/4ihdwhq
This is really good - and explains a whole bunch! That may be the most “inconvenient truth” we’ve ever heard about the planetary crisis.
MC Squared@mcsquared.bsky.social · 2mo ago
I will try to find the context of the full presentation so as to react with proper evidence, but it makes sense. And it’s staggeringly frightening if that’s how they see AI’s impact. Let’s try to estimate the human and societal cost (to these vultures, simply externalities) - to the mix. JFC!
Garrison Lovely@garrisonlovely.bsky.social · 2mo agoSome people ask me: but is the AI industry really trying to render us obsolete? Well, this is the one takeaway the world's biggest venture capital firm wanted its audience to leave with. Seems bad. We should stop them. I wrote a book on how: obsoletebook.org/ x.com/a16z/status...
Very excited to announce that I am a @mozilla.org Fellow working on @blackskyweb.xyz to create community spaces on the open social web (e.g. @atproto.com) Personally proud to represent the ATmosphere as a part of this cohort and on a global platform.
Rudy Fraser
Rudy is a Mozilla Fellow who builds open-source tools that give communities more control over social media.
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Mozilla @mozilla.org · 2mo agoA good tech future won't be built by billionaires. Meet our 2026-2027 Mozilla Fellows 🥳 10 global builders making the alternatives. More on their projects coming 🔜 #MozillaFellows mzl.la/4g6d4jh
A really solid, thoughtful, and authentic conversation. 🇨🇦 here, so observing from over the border but i never hesitate to amplify sanity, competency, and compassion. Keep the faith and the fight.
Pete Buttigieg@petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe American dream is on the ropes because the American political system has broken down. I talked with Steven Bartlett of The Diary of a CEO about what needs to change in America today.
England and France are only playing for third place, but the winner does get to reclaim the North American fur trade
The US red card controversy. The ultimate own goal by the US that had finally started to show the world that while its current leadership is FIFA level corrupt, its people are some if the best hosts in the world. Wow.
Overestimate in the near term; underestimate in the long run. Every.single.time.
Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhat if the AI productivity boost has been vastly oversold? "...for each dollar that companies spend on AI coding tools, 44 cents goes towards fixing AI-generated bugs, 27 cents goes towards rewriting the code, and 11 cents is lost to other inefficiencies" www.hardresetmedia.com/p/are-we-bet...
#CANNMT was like watching a bad Leafs - Buffalo game with the Buds winning in OT. But the better team won. God help us if we play that way from here on in, though! But… super stoked and Canadian-proud
Seriously. This is not a murder. This is a flick inside the inner ear. It say, “pay attention, watch what I do here”. This is *serious* game.
Shoe-per Intelligence@shoe.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis is the inflection point for the political momentum shift in the US
Just launched at Public Spaces in Amsterdam, The European Social Stack Open Declaration! A set of common principles agreed by complementary technology leaders 🫶 Read the declaration, add your signature, and share: european.social #EUSocialStack #Europe
I just spent two days at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show (Auto China 2026), and I need to tell you something: the future of the auto industry is electric and Chinese. I’m not being dramatic. Just realistic. /1
I went to the Beijing Auto Show and it's a glimpse at the future of the auto industry
I just spent two days at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show (Auto China 2026), and I need to tell you...
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bit.ly/4twnWMU The innovation of “Ways” slowing catches up to the Innovation of “Things”
Tell Congress: Pass the Bernie Sanders - AOC AI Data Center Moratorium Act
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You win the internet today with this one. Nice
One Hot Mess AK@libbybakalar.bsky.social · 6mo agoImagine devoting your life's work to perfecting the seatbelt and then the first time there's a serious accident every occupant of the car goes flying right through the windshield. This post is about the founding fathers.
Innovation of Things versus Innovation of Ways. That’s the gap. “We have Palaeolithic emotions, god-like technology and medieval institutions…” ~ WO Wilson
philsmithcross.bsky.social@philsmithcross.bsky.social · 6mo ago
Sun doesn’t charge for photons. Fantastic, Australia!
Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺@codfather.bsky.social · 6mo agoAustralia just completed a 4,000-kilometer renewable energy transmission line — the longest clean energy highway ever built — connecting massive outback solar and wind farms directly to coastal cities that need power most.
Innovation of Things lapping Innovation of Ways. Big, wicked problem.
Derek Thompson@dkthomp.bsky.social · 7mo agoSome questions for Anthropic cofounder Jack Clark: - Can you really blame Americans for hating AI if you go around promising your product will destroy 10 million jobs? - If you compare AI to nukes, why shouldn't the govt just nationalize your firm? Private co's aren't allowed to build nukes!
Just listening. Really good stuff. Your comments on anonymity was spot on and important.
Nicholas A. Christakis@nachristakis.bsky.social · 7mo agoVery pleased to speak (again) to Sam Harris on his Making Sense podcast this week, about what technology is doing to us, and a host of other topics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbUG...