Being GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · last mo.

Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.

Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the absolute best way to exit a conversation ever.

Heartbreak in Springfield, Ohio. Please read this important reporting. It all begins with big lies and it ends with ethnic cleansing and deaths for which we must not only mourn but feel ashamed. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

A Reckoning in Springfield

A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.

theatlantic.com

“oi me beans” sent me over.

Kenny Logins@kennylogins.bsky.social · 2y ago

Possibly the darkest piece I’ve written to date. Trigger warning for multiple mentions of SA.

The Beaverton@thebeaverton.com · 2mo ago

University assigns Cornell 7 to get ChatGPT to write their essays

The iced coffee thing is born out of the same impulse as “but what was she wearing,” “he had preexisting conditions,” “well, didn’t they know [traditional clothing] is unprofessional?” Anything to shift blame from systemic failures to a group of people already conveniently scapegoated.

Like @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social said, Mamdani just pushed the button.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/o...

This guy from #BritishColumbia decided to create a way for locals to buy fresh fruit and vegetables directly from farms at wholesale prices #Canada Each family contributes $100 a month to get produce at less than half the cost of grocery stores. Credit to andyyjiang

"To understand a data center is that it’s a device for burning natural gas, the latest excuse (after Ukraine and Iran) for the fuel that Big Oil is counting on to keep its business model afloat even as the world turns away from internal combustion cars." billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-two-ho...

The Two Horsemen, Riding in Formation

Is There Suddenly an Opening for AI and Climate Sense?

billmckibben.substack.com

rip annie dillard

Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space.

Associate member of the EU? Yes please. 🇨🇦🇪🇺

« C'est comme ça », chantait-elle mais aujourd'hui on aimerait que ce soit tout sauf comme ça… Au revoir Catherine Ringer 🖤

I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.

Tech companies don't even tell you what they do anymore, they just look at you like this

My role as an older person is to remind people how far we have come…Everything we do matters—how we behave in an elevator, how we raise our children, how we treat our partners, how we participate in our government. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

‘Everything We Do Matters’

Gloria Steinem on what older people can teach America

theatlantic.com

This is exactly how I feel. Also you can go, "I don't like this one, have it back!" I have 50 books (the limit) out at all times because (belting it out like Julie Dawn Cole)🎵 I want it now!

Larisa@thelolrus.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We celebrate Dolly as the exception, but she doesn't have to be one. She invited all of us to be better, kinder, and more accepting. We don't have to embrace a culture of inhumanity, or give in to divisive rhetoric, or idolize greed. We can transform our pain into something other than cruelty.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

Another country wants to dictate to us who we can and cannot trade with and that is unacceptable. We will never become the economic 51st state. We will continue diversifying our trade, growing our economy and defending British Columbians against this economic war.

“Carney’s official statement deserves to be read in full, slowly, with a beer, because underneath the diplomatic wallpaper it’s the most quietly savage document a G7 leader’s put out in years. It reads like a bank manager foreclosing on a bloke’s entire self-image & the bank manager is enjoying it.”

KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS

Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler

ifloz.substack.com

I had no idea CBC had an app for learning French that uses real shows and stuff to help with learning it. One way to ensure Canada protects French is if we all make an effort to truly be bilingual — and we can make Quebec feel like we understand their struggle too. “Mauril” app from CBC:

We have a plan to stand on our own two feet, find new trade partners and protect this beautiful country.

#WabKinew said it best with his accurate prediction 🤷‍♂️ "You can't make a good deal with a bad person"

A corporate death penalty is a legal process that forces a corporation to dissolve or cease to exist.

Bring back the corporate death penalty

We have a mechanism to punish corporations that harm us. We should use it

salon.com

1/5 The Prime Minister was right to walk away from the negotiating table last night. I believe Canadians are united in this crucial moment, on this crucial point: no deal is better than a bad deal.

I don’t think generative ai would even exist if it weren’t for capitalism. Been thinking about that a lot. It’s an unwanted tech for taking money from artists in exchange for utter slop and it’s completely reliant on the public’s lack of art education.