Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
OTTAWA - Mark Carney has officially given notice that his government will be designating Danielle Smith’s West Coast pipeline a project of national interest, allowing the massive oil and gas project t...
thebeaverton.com
applying to a million jobs where I’m immediately rejected for not having the exact required experience then every day multiple times a day seeing the leaders of our nation and the heads of very important departments do the stupidest shit does NOT make me feel insane why do you ask
People not in tech have been interested in what happened with the Open AI agent/Hugging Face hack. So, I "Explain it Like I'm 5"-ed it and made a cartoon in 8 panels. Apologies for some anthro-ing. 🫤 m-mitchell.com/HF-hack-cart... 1/8
I know some people are working really hard to take humans out of the software development loop, but I hope that day never comes.
New paid position at The Document Foundation, the non-profit that coordinates the LibreOffice project – We are a looking for a Marketing and Communication Professional (full-time, remote): blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
Hockey has a lot to teach soccer about the kindness that is sudden-death overtime.
Got upset and made this so hopefully people will actually listen. What the fuck are we doing here folks?
Many #AI policies now define expected and unacceptable behavior - traditionally the role of a Code of Conduct. I decided to look into how these safe participation policies are evolving(or fragmenting) safety + incident response #opensource #safety #codeofconduct sunnydeveloper.com/safety-out-o...
Safety Out of Sync: AI Policy, Codes of Conduct, and the Future of Incident Response
Sorry for some delays in writing. I have been out in nature again, but also working on a few things; One of those things is this: exploring the evolution of policy related to safe participation, and w...
sunnydeveloper.com
We are a group of experts in #opensource, software ethics, engineering, community building + looking to collaborate with anyone ~building #openmodels/#openweights ~ and interested in alignment with the OSS communities they depend on. We will also be at FOSSY! sunnydeveloper.com/be-the-first/
Be the first open model builder to demonstrate alignment with open source communities
AI models are built on the labor of open source communities in two distinct ways: as a dependency of the technology (the frameworks, libraries, and tooling models and their infrastructure run on) and ...
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I'm been wondering if it would come to this and apparently it has. huge move from cloudflare, which hosts a fifth of all websites on earth.
Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators
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Premier Eby shifts B.C. stance from ‘pipeline bad’ to ‘pipeline bad but money’
Premier Eby shifts B.C. stance from ‘pipeline bad’ to ‘pipeline bad but money’
VANCOUVER - During an announcement with Prime Minister Carney, British Columbia Premier David Eby clarified that his province's previous anti-pipeline stance has been amended to still be anti-pipeline...
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Our #bear was back today! I've picked a good spot for the camera, so many deer, rabbits, squirrels, (rats) and a racoon so far - but he is the star of the show. #wildlifecamera #vancouverisland
There had been news of a #bear in our area, so I put up a camera behind our house. Within two hours we saw him! Big, beautiful black bear - we're giving him space 😱 #VancouverIsland #wildlifecamera
A society with one trillionaire and millions of people in poverty is something to be deeply ashamed of, actually
There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.
This week: sunnydeveloper.com/the-anti-ai-... #opensource #ai
"The Anti-AI Crowd", Open Weights and 1500 applications
Three distinct things on my mind this week. Please allow me to process them, by writing here! As always, I share as thoughts and half-baked opinions. Things that made me happy this week. Hon...
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A key lesson of the last year of building open models, once it became so obvious the US is behind, is that talk is cheap. Many people say they're helping / want to help but actually don't do anything. Finding the few people who genuinely push open forward is crucial.
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Canada needs more tools for online protection, not less. Write one: www.internetsociety.org/our-work/int...
Keep Canada Protected - Internet Society
The government claims Bill C-22's lawful access powers will help stop crime, but ‘just trust us’ isn’t enough to keep Canada safe online. Send a letter to your MP and ask them to reject Bill C-22.
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My #fitbit became #GoogleHealth today, and I'm not OK. Alternatives? it's a rare piece of tech I use every day:( I was in denial until today, but now FB app is gone entirely.
🧵 We tend to think the internet is permanent, but recent events remind us that our digital record is fragile & being shaped in real time. 📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE to see why it matters 📖 Download & read: archive.org/details/vani... 🛒 Purchase in print: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta...
Canada must wake up to the threat unfolding in Alberta. With the arrival of the Russian Internet Research Agency" Danielle Smith's disinformation dumpster fire is about to burst into a four-alarm fire. It will threaten Canada. I have been tracking this group for years. substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Leningrad Hot Dog Maker and the Destruction of Canada
The smouldering dumpster fire at the Alberta legislature is about to ignite into a four alarm fire that could engulf our country.
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Yes
The Verge@theverge.com · 4mo ago"In the place of problem-solving technology, companies have jumped on successive bandwagons like NFTs, the metaverse, and LLMs. What these all have in common is that they are not built to really solve a market problem. They are built to make VCs and companies rich." Read more: buff.ly/Yu2AUFy
