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I honestly didn’t expect the SkyNet/Terminator chapter of AI to begin so soon. This is fun!

dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 37m ago

NEW: OpenAI's rogue agents built their own message board inside an internal package manager and used it to trade exploits, divide up tasks, and coordinate a hacking spree. Hundreds of thousands of messages. Nobody at OpenAI noticed. New details from Black Hat, by @lhn.bsky.social:

The national weather site has sent out a warning that Victoria will hit a level-6 AQHI. You shouldn’t exercise outdoors tonight. Keep it lowkey, don’t pump the lungs. Better yet, chill and watch something. Like I am!

The dad from Somebody Somewhere died after season one in real life? Awww! I loved his character. 😔 What a great final role for him, but what a loss!

That feeling when you call a government office for the first time in two years and they’re still using the SAME DAMN PAN FLUTE Muzak.

Most of BC is experiencing far worse wildfire smoke, not to mention all the homes and businesses burned and lives disrupted by evacuations. Wildfires are becoming more and more severe due to fossil fuels like oil and gas (LNG). Talk about it when discussing the bit of smoke in #yyj

Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦@snarkysteff.bsky.social · 7h ago

Air quality at sea level is holding at “moderate risk” while anything over 100m or so above sea level is hitting “very high” AQI, at 105 in James Bay… But wind has changed direction, from the east, & over the mountains across the sea, it’s nearly 200 AQI. Air is projected to worsen today, #yyj.

Anybody wanna see the most Maine wedding possible?

This closing in a sea of uncertainty is crazy. It has such a great reputation, far beyond our borders.

Castanet.net@castanet.net · 4h ago

Future uncertain for Richmond Night Market after lease expires #Vancouver #MetroVancouver #YVR

LOL! Yeah, no one is doing anything against AI? There are so many ways people are fighting AI. People are “poisoning data” to corrupt models & create public mistrust & AI-capital expense. (See map as example.) They’re fighting data centres, speaking up at town halls. They’re in the streets!

J. Mijin Cha@jmijin.bsky.social · 6h ago

I see more post chastising parts of the left for ignoring AI. I don't know anyone who is ignoring it. I see people fighting against it and trying to bring attention to the harm it causes. I am very against this characterization that we're all sitting around with our fingers in ears. 1/

Watching Somebody Somewhere makes me feel like eating something ridiculously “blue collar,” and I JUST REALIZED that I saved all the drippings from my roasted chicken this week but never made gravy… and I CAN MAKE GRAVY. Chicken? Biscuit? Gravy? Hell yeah. Gonna have an “eating badly” day.

This may be the first time I’ve ever seen a show use a shot of a wildfire-smoke-sunset without a wildfire being relevant in a plot. (Somebody Somewhere ep 2, season 1.)

LOL. I don’t know who these dumb women are but — I love the idea of a podcast-equipment-buyback program. “Oh, you’re thinking of starting a podcast? Can I perhaps interest you in shutting the fuck up instead?”

From March 26: The CDC has "identified a higher-than-expected number of dengue cases among US travelers returning from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Colombia, Cook Islands, Cuba, Guyana, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Samoa, Sudan, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.

CDC Issues Travel Alert About Potentially Fatal 'Breakbone Fever'

A travel alert has been issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning about the risk of dengue fever around the globe as travelers returning to the United States are testing p...

people.com

Dengue was my biggest medical fear when I used to travel in the Amazon region. You really don’t want to get it. There was no vaccine back then so I covered myself in DEET.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · yesterday

Virginia health officials announced the state’s first documented case of locally acquired dengue, saying a resident who had not traveled outside Virginia was probably infected after being bitten by a mosquito that had previously bit an infected traveler.

It’s a shame the CDC now hates vaccines. “Qdenga, designed to protect against all four dengue virus serotypes, is indicated for the prevention of dengue in children and adults aged 4 to 60 years, the company said.“

Reuters@reuters.com · 2w ago

Japanese drugmaker Takeda's QDENGA becomes first dengue vaccine approved in India reut.rs/4vCol0I

Phone might not save you as many of these areas have little cell service. Rogers satellite texting is better though. I think being prepared for unexpected, not going solo and having a plan is the best. I've encountered too many mall hikers in remote areas that are SAR cases waiting to happen

Ugh. The older I get, the more troubled I get over these young men who always go missing. I feel like it’s guys in their 20s who often underestimate the dangers of the outdoors. Please always make sure you FULLY CHARGE YOUR PHONE before going into the backcountry. It could save your life.

CTV News Vancouver@ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 7h ago

Hiker missing on B.C. mountain prompts large-scale search

Air quality at sea level is holding at “moderate risk” while anything over 100m or so above sea level is hitting “very high” AQI, at 105 in James Bay… But wind has changed direction, from the east, & over the mountains across the sea, it’s nearly 200 AQI. Air is projected to worsen today, #yyj.

Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦@snarkysteff.bsky.social · 9h ago

If outdoors in Victoria, even at sea level it is now bad enough smoke that you should be masking. It is expected to get CONSIDERABLY WORSE today, a level 5 on the Canadian government scale. But if you’re in a highrise, it’s already getting there. Air purifiers, mask, limited activity. #yyj

This is an obvious marker for totalitarianism. In totalitarian societies, anyone can be arrested at any time for reasons they don't understand and can't predict, and the resulting terror is very much an intended consequence.

I kinda wanna start blocking everyone who posts about movies/books without mentioning the name. Like, it’s not hard. The whole presuming-everyone-knows-all-of-pop-culture thing is so exhausting. For every people who asks “what’s this from?” five will have moved on with a shrug.

Victoria people! Soul’s Toast food truck is now open outside the Royal BC Museum, and it’s really good. #yyj

I have created a daisy chain of cooling. Air conditioner in the bedroom, fan by the bedroom door, my fancy Wazoo fan just outside, and it seems to be working. I have air purifiers in both rooms. That’s FIVE appliances to keep it cool and safe, but just one AC.

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Oregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arson

A public report urges the CFTC to ban prediction market contracts on destructive wildfires, raising concerns over public safety and potential arson.

kptv.com

There’s a great Subway Takes out where some guy I don’t recognize says “people who like animals more than people are a big red flag.” I could not agree more. I understand liking animals, but disliking people more — the most famous example of that is Hitler. He loved animals and was vegetarian.

Broadening public understanding of who is trans and what that looks like will help demystify transness. It would also shift the hyperfocus on trans women, who are constantly (and unnecessarily) put on the defence (sports, bathroom access, etc.), and shift the discussion to what's really at stake.

I’m surprised these numbers aren’t getting more notice. Trying to remember if anything important happened in 1929 in the economy. Hmm. Oh, right. It triggered a worldwide economic collapse and changed everything, and helped grease the wheels for a Nazi rise in Europe. Yep. 1929. Great year!

ownfeed@ownfeed.bsky.social · 2w ago

The proportion of wages & salaries in US gross domestic income (GDI) has fallen to ~43% — near the lowest level since records began in 1929.

Waiting for a day when I genuinely believe any Christian legit “loves the sinner, hates the sin” when so often the “sin” they hate is a matter of biology and biochemistry. This is not that day. And you, Bluesky user, will never convince me because words aren’t enough with such hypocrisy.

Checking out Somebody Somewhere for the first time as my smoked-in-last-day-of-vacay kicks off. It looks fun.

#NewBrunswick #Canada #Science This is a huge discovery. Moncton-based company Breathe BioMedical has developed a test that can detect signs of breast cancer by analyzing breath samples in women of all breast density types. globalnews.ca/news/1200880...

N.B. company’s new breath test could change how breast cancers are detected | Globalnews.ca

A new breath test could change the way breast cancers are detected, specifically in women with dense breasts, thanks to Moncton-based company Breathe BioMedical.

globalnews.ca

If outdoors in Victoria, even at sea level it is now bad enough smoke that you should be masking. It is expected to get CONSIDERABLY WORSE today, a level 5 on the Canadian government scale. But if you’re in a highrise, it’s already getting there. Air purifiers, mask, limited activity. #yyj