Once again for those at the back: ‘Don’t speak ill of the dead’ is about your great aunt Elsie, who liked a long gin with a short tonic at elevenses, and blew your inheritance money betting on the horses. Speaking ill of absolute monsters is a moral obligation, actually.
Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
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Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images
"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."
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The IIHF has announced that Russia will not participate in the 2026–27 IIHF Championship season's Men's World Championship, World Junior Championship, or U18 World Championships following an event-by-event review.
Saw several dragonflies in my yard this evening, including 1 huge one, so that should help with the mosquitoes!
If you get any kind of motion sickness, vertigo, vestibular migraines, etc. do NOT go see The Odyssey (not in IMAX, at least.) I had to walk out after an hour and throw up and I swear to God, a random woman came out shortly after me and was dry heaving in the hallway. It's soooo dizzying. Oooof.
2. Willie Nelson is speaking out against rural data centers.
“boy george admits he used AI to create his new pro-israel song” is now a sentence we can say
Cops, Drs, lawyers, teachers, faith leaders; these are people who are awarded tremendous privilege and power in our society. If you abuse that power, you should absolutely be held to a higher standard. *Nobody* should get an easy time after using violence but people in power? Throw the book at 'em
Canadian Ellie Black is the first gymnast, man or woman, to win two Commonwealth Games all-around titles. Her longevity in the sport is incredible. She’s beloved by teammates, competitors and fans. And she’s made more history for Canada.
Really hate this “nobody has ever figured out how human feces is getting into the food processing” framing it’s incredibly simple if you pay a single molecule of attention to the working conditions of the majority of agricultural workers in the USA
Michael J. Stern@michaeljstern.bsky.social · last wk."As cases of explosive diarrhea continue to rise across the US this summer . . . . " - CNN Is America great again? www.cnn.com/2026/07/25/h...
Growing up Canadian, this wasn’t as much of a thing, but it happened. I had a friend in high school whose parents saved the last few antibiotics pills in case someone needed them next time. Antibiotics! I still get apoplectic thinking about it 30 yrs later
madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 2w agogrowing up American really gets you in weird ways sometimes; my chemist here in England is always saying “bring back any unused medications for disposal” and I’m like “but what if i or someone i know needs them in future and can’t afford them” so now i have a drawer of expired meds i didn’t pay for
Great site. When I research appliances I go to repair company blogs and so forth for info on reliability: stuff like the more ways a fridge changes from a basic fridge - doors, ice machine - the more problems. Also, we own a Speed Queen washing machine. www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-appli...
Your Appliances Got Worse On Purpose
Dozens of brands, five or six owners, and a fridge built to quit just after the warranty does.
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It's harrowing to realize we're still not prepared. The gaps are on full display in Ontario's deadliest & still-ongoing wildfire season -- one that has left First Nations in northern Ontario feeling they were left to fend for themselves Follow @thenarwhal.ca for more: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-igno...
First Nations gave Doug Ford a wildfire plan. Ontario ignored it | The Narwhal
Indigenous leaders and the auditor general gave Ontario several emergency management recommendations over the years. Little progress was made
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This is about the wildfire situation in Ontario. But applies to virtually any topic in Canadian politics. They were warned of a risk. They didn’t take the advice of experts to prevent the risk. Now it’s a much more difficult (and expensive) situation. And, people are suffering
Fatima Syed@fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 2w agoDoug Ford and his ministers have repeatedly said they're doing everything they can/not "sparing a penny." But that's not true for so many on the ground: Chief Wilfred King of Gull Bay First Nation: "What he is saying is not true... He's creating the narrative so that he can basically lie."
The reason the world is upset with Israel is because of the 700,000+ innocent Palestinians they’ve murdered. It’s not because they’re Jewish. Hope that helps.
Did gas go up 10 cents because of the war in Iran? No, it went up because I procrastinated filling my car and finally made it today
companies burning 75million here and 352 million there like 'we're not profitable' and everyone I know wants 3.50 for a sandwich but the economy cant sustain it
Shut this 💩 down already www.reuters.com/technology/o...
OpenAI AI models went rogue during testing, triggering 'unprecedented' breach at startup
OpenAI said an autonomous agent escaped containment, reached the internet and hacked startup Hugging Face. The incident signals that AI's capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts l...
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It is 2006. The government wants to cut emissions with carbon capture. It is 2016. The government wants to cut emissions with carbon capture. It is 2026. The government wants to cut emissions with carbon capture. thenarwhal.ca/canada-carbo...
Carbon capture promises by politicians span almost 20 years | The Narwhal
It’s expensive and unproven at scale. From Stephen Harper to Mark Carney, Canadian politicians have made promises on carbon capture — yet to be delivered
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- Ban them except for the rarest exceptions. - Make them shameful to wear. Show how deeply uncool they are. - They are not waterproof. *ahem* - If you're being recorded, play copyrighted music & they will have a harder time posting it online. - Fine sites that allow their videos to be uploaded.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoMeta’s smartglasses mean any child can be covertly filmed. In the age of AI, how do we tackle that risk?
