Your food processor has a chute that fits your dick. Should you?

CBS News@cbsnews.com · 2w ago

ChatGPT now has a space for sharing medical records. Should you?

This account is the only thing making Biblical level downpours and the resulting plague of mosquitos kind of darkly fun. At this point, might as well cheer for cracking Edmonton's monthly precipitation record. 25 hours left in June - let's go! ⛈️ ⛈️ 🦟🦟

chris - sᴉɹɥɔ@yegwxnerdery.bsky.social · last mo.

It's pretty stormy out there right now, but the question is...is it 22.3mm worth of storm?

Canada has unveiled its long-awaited national AI strategy, but experts say key questions around regulation, privacy, and accountability remain unanswered. Can Ottawa translate its AI ambitions into public confidence? https://thewalrus.ca/canada-ai-plan/

"The funniest possible outcome of the AI mandate era is about to be HR departments discovering that 'sincerely held religious belief' under Title VII has a much lower bar than they assumed, and Pope Leo handed every Catholic employee a written excuse" www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-r...

She won an exemption from using AI at her tech job. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals.

Legal experts say employers must take AI-related religious objections seriously, as a 2023 ruling raised the bar for denying such accommodations.

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If you're in Alberta but haven't had a chance to sign the Water not Coal petition yet, find a list of signing locations by postal code here: sign.waternotcoal.ca Or hit me up as a registered canvasser 😁

Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you are in Alberta you need to sign the www.waternotcoal.ca petition. Stop Danielle Smith from strip mining the Rockies for coal. @corblund.bsky.social explains what is at stake. www.youtube.com/shorts/WepgD...

5/ There's an official petition to withdraw C-22, sponsored by NDP MP @jennykwan.bsky.social. More than 2,600 Canadians have signed. We need more. Add your name and ask others to do the same while it's still at committee: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Behold, the first flower of my springtime - a "wild" strawberry spotted in the garden on May eve.

I hate having emotions about reality; I’d much rather have them about Sanctuary Moon.

*Lewis wins* Nenshi: Even though Lewis was elected, we still like pipelines! Smith: they say they like pipelines but they don’t because Lewis is an eco-socialist And here is where I point out: automatically accepting the premise of your enemy’s argument before they even make it is a gift to them

men famously change genders to compete in women sports which is where all the money and support is

Happy Equinox! The air smells like David Francey's line "when winter finally breaks its bones". My garden plants are sprouting hopefully in the kitchen, and willows along the river are getting fluffy.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

-laughs nervously in Ukrainian- So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."

Fuck AI overviews. It’s thievery from journalists pure and simple

Casey Newton@caseynewton.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Google traffic to publishers dropped by ONE THIRD in 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

Happy winter solstice to all. Days get brighter from here. ☀️

Mayoral campaign platform idea: every municipal rec facility where kids have morning activities shall have coffee on site. 🫩☕☕

Incredible story that is a good reminder that hat we think of as generative AI usually has lots of real-life humans behind it.

The Local Magazine@thelocal.to · 9mo ago

A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor @nickhunebrown.bsky.social to investigate their past work. In the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, removed articles from their sites. thelocal.to/investigatin...

Decorative gourd season! Hoping the little ghouls are scared by the decor and not the resident porch skunk. #abed

See ya in the spring, Sandhill Cranes noisy overhead this afternoon! (Google helpfully offered to remove the cranes from this picture when I was cropping it.)

For anyone feeling back to school/end of summer/start of everything Sunday Scaries (though it's Monday), here is a picture of my cousin's dog jumping into the local outdoor pool at today's end-of-season dogs only day.

‘Berta friends: don’t forget that today’s the day you can pre-order your COVID vaccine. bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes

Hate this for us

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · last yr.

Today the UcP confirmed that they will be going ahead with their new model for Urgent Care Centers in Alberta, starting with Airdrie. This means private, for profit operators receiving taxpayer dollars to deliver emergency medical care. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Please file a complaint t if you agree that the CBC should not be hosting a show about canada becoming the 51 state jointly with American broadcast org NPR cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/ombudsman...

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Price comparisons of surgeries done at private facilities vs AHS costs, courtesy of the new documents obtained by the Globe and Mail. Given what has been going on within the public health care system, especially the ongoing closures in rural Alberta, this data is horrifying.

It's -25, so perfect time to plan camping for the summer. What have Alberta campgrounds got against potable water? Our fondest hope is a bit of shade and not to get beaver fever.

Never thought of it this way, but of course free trade changed what produce is available in Canada. We had oranges and grapefruit when I was a kid, but not avocados either. I recall encountering my first mango, in university, and trying to pop it off the pit like a big peach.

Nora Loreto@nolore.bsky.social · 2y ago

I remember the first time I had avocado and I was 17 or so and it was in my aunt's salad and I was like ..... what on earth is this?!

In the absence of family traditions for Imbolc / Bridgid's day / halfway between midwinter and the spring equinox, we did some spring cleaning. Spring feels far away in today's -20 snow, but brighter days, at least, are coming.

It’s been a real goddamned week and now my soul yearns for the simplicity of the mammoth hunt