What would go in the Museum of Very Canadian Objects

Greg Britton@gmbritton.bsky.social · 8h ago

Discuss.

as an introvert i regret to inform you that you may need to talk to other human beings if you don't want to be lonely

John Holbein@johnholbein1.bsky.social · yesterday

"Do Personal AI Conversations Reduce Loneliness? Evidence from a Pre-Registered Experiment" www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...

This is my investment strategy

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d ago

AI is a very useful tool

lucy gave charlie brown her assurances that the football would not be snatched away at the last second

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "As to the idea it could be revived in the future, I think it's highly unlikely that could happen without the cooperation of the DOJ. And I think Mr Blanche gave us the assurances that it was dead and would not be revived and in this case we have no alternative but to take his word" 🙃

a hero has to know how to make sacrifices today for a better tomorrow, I remind myself, once again choosing deliberately to use my least favorite flavor from the variety pack of drink mixes despite having other flavors still in there so I'm not left with a whole week of these ones that are kinda meh

"when to override AI": when it suggests this weird slop image

Succession-ass market www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/l...

AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner forced to unwind all public stock positions after steep losses, sources say

Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund has sold all of its public stock holdings, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d ago

Seven-byline alert: 🚨 “.. the $20bn hedge fund founded by former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner, has sought to raise fresh capital from investors after suffering heavy losses during the recent rout in AI stocks.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/2803...

petition to retailers to chill tf out about "back to school" before it's even august, you're freaking me out

The role AI was born to play

Prof Sam Illingworth@samillingworth.com · 7d ago

🤖 AI plays the bad student A study puts GenAI in the role of the confused pupil students must explain topics to. Preservice teachers using it scored higher on comprehension and self efficacy. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/jcal.70299 #AI #EdTech #HigherEd 🧪

this storm in winnipeg has spooked one cat and deeply intrigued another

noninfluencer faceless low production value YouTubers who teach their fellow humans how stuff is put together and how to fix stuff and how to cook stuff are just about the very best humans

The Gurgling Cod (he/him)@thegurglingcod.bsky.social · last wk.

I did a little research on YouTube took the front of the dryer off, wiggled the drum a little bit and the fastener came out and the dryer seems to be working normally again. 💅🏻

i can tell you i was UNPREPARED for the reco

meta: if you're having tension with your roommates about chores, it will definitely deescalate things if you send them an AI-generated poem

How much more genuinely cool, genuinely useful stuff might be created if tech development was based on making spaces where individuals and small groups could make things they genuinely cared about (the way LaTex was), rather than giant centralized projects directed by a handful of founders and VCs?

Happy to share this co-written reflection on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Museum independence cannot be conditional in Canada | CCPA

The campaign against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Nakba exhibition shows why arm’s-length cultural institutions must be protected.

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A friendly reminder that A Fish Called Wanda anticipated most of the right-wing politics we‘re currently experiencing

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

Fascinating study of the spread of jade tools through pre-contact trade routes, from the interior Salish through the Dene to Cree communities 1500km away www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Jade across the Rockies: New research on stone celt artifacts helps map Indigenous trade routes | CBC News

New research analyzing jade artifacts, unearthed east of the Rocky Mountains, sheds light on vast Indigenous trade networks that once cut across pre-colonial Western Canada.

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if i ever meet the person who designed the multi-window/pop up approach to multitasking in Teams, it's on sight

Things like this need more attention...this new paper by David Autor, Anne B., David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson finds that not only have tariffs not only failed to raise employment, but people in tariff-exposed regions supported the tariffs because they're "confrontational" It's affect, not interests

The mistake is thinking these tariffs mainly hurt Canada. They don't. Much of the cost ends up here at home, in the prices American households and businesses pay.⁣ ⁣ https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/should-canada-answer-trumps-tariffs

FWIW, Meta was fully aware of how these glasses would primarily be used. The glasses were designed to erase consent, and that is why they exist. Anything that they do that suggests they want to ameliorate this use is an attempt to win the PR battle and manipulate public opinion.

Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI "Pervert Glasses"

Meta is vowing to crack down on creeps misusing its Ray Ban smart glasses. Whether it will be enough to regain trust remains to be seen.

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bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.

brought the cats to the cabin kiwi bravely exploring with his tail straight up waffles cowering in terror under a bed

trying to imagine Judith Butler's workload trying to police inaccurate uses of the term 'performative' since this 2019 email

Zander Furnas@alexanderfurnas.com · 2w ago

It's wastefully suboptimal to know things. AI can know them for you better.

me and my genetic clone surviving the power outage by swinging an ax at a stump and banging the body of a generator with a hammer respectively while our live-in lumberjackcore post-twunk third builds a hutch outside our cabin

Lyse@lyse.myatproto.social · 2w ago

Men? You guys okay?

just got an emergency alert that 911 is down and we should use the full 10-digit emergency services numbers instead

the US isn't going to just need an election after this. they're going to need transitional justice

Teddy Wilson@reportbywilson.bsky.social · 2w ago

ICE is arresting relatives who come forward to take custody of migrant children in federal shelters