Befferny Anne
@beffernyanne.bsky.social
Traveller, news junkie, engineer. Curious. All good cooking starts with garlic, onions, and mushrooms. Happy places are the Fringe Festival and in a boat. 🇨🇦
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Kinda nervous about household smart devices. What if the bathroom scale tells the fridge to lock me out?
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Kinda nervous about household smart devices. What if the bathroom scale tells the fridge to lock me out?
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For months, I’ve been following a Canadian ostrich farm ordered to cull its flock after a bird flu outbreak. It was a cause célèbre for MAHA activists, a MAGA billionaire, and, of course, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The trucker convoy with birds ended last night. They lost. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches
The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost.
www.msnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
For months, I’ve been following a Canadian ostrich farm ordered to cull its flock after a bird flu outbreak. It was a cause célèbre for MAHA activists, a MAGA billionaire, and, of course, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The trucker convoy with birds ended last night. They lost. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
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The day after the City of Winnipeg proposed paint and plastic post bike lanes on Wellington Crescent, a driver crashed into Rob Jenner’s ghost bike.
Poetic? Scary? Infuriating?
Poetic? Scary? Infuriating?
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The day after the City of Winnipeg proposed paint and plastic post bike lanes on Wellington Crescent, a driver crashed into Rob Jenner’s ghost bike.
Poetic? Scary? Infuriating?
Poetic? Scary? Infuriating?
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This kid is all Blue Jay fans.
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
This kid is all Blue Jay fans.
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Given all the craziness from our southern neighbours, it's very nice to see our governments promoting vaccinations.
October 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Given all the craziness from our southern neighbours, it's very nice to see our governments promoting vaccinations.
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Definitely bought candy that I like so that when we only get 20 trick or treaters I can eat the rest
a bald man in a grey suit is making a funny face .
Alt: Dr evil laugh .
media.tenor.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Definitely bought candy that I like so that when we only get 20 trick or treaters I can eat the rest
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If you live anywhere more rural with a PO Box address you're screwed. Services that deliver using other methods won't ship to you.
October 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you live anywhere more rural with a PO Box address you're screwed. Services that deliver using other methods won't ship to you.
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I was today's year old when I realized the "pina" in pina colada meant pineapple.
#TheMoreYouKnow
#TheMoreYouKnow
October 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I was today's year old when I realized the "pina" in pina colada meant pineapple.
#TheMoreYouKnow
#TheMoreYouKnow
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A Black-led, women-run real estate developer has become the first in Canada to secure federal funding, paving the way for 30 affordable housing units within a new 72-unit development in north Winnipeg.
Black women-run non-profit developer gets federal funds for affordable housing units in north part of city
A Black-led, women-run real estate developer has become the first in Canada to secure federal funding, paving the way for 30 affordable housing units within a new 72-unit development in north Winnipeg.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A Black-led, women-run real estate developer has become the first in Canada to secure federal funding, paving the way for 30 affordable housing units within a new 72-unit development in north Winnipeg.
Oh my there aren't enough ❤️❤️❤️ in the world!!!
I’m gonna start a cooking show where I make recipes I’ve never tried. I’m gonna call it 30 Minutes My Ass.
September 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Oh my there aren't enough ❤️❤️❤️ in the world!!!
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A little Saturday column: about taking the uncommon opportunity to see one’s home with fresh eyes, finding it both more beautiful and more barren at the same time.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
Opinion: Seeing hometown anew both sobering and rousing
www.winnipegfreepress.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A little Saturday column: about taking the uncommon opportunity to see one’s home with fresh eyes, finding it both more beautiful and more barren at the same time.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
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Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.
September 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.
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This is the greatest thing I have seen all day and if you’re not seeing it right now that is OK because I will be posting it over and over and over again
Do not punish the behaviour you want to see.
September 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This is the greatest thing I have seen all day and if you’re not seeing it right now that is OK because I will be posting it over and over and over again
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Online safety is more important than ever right now, and most people give away their location online unknowingly.
I'm Eliza Orlins, a career public defender for 15 years in Manhattan. I spend a lot of time thinking about safety—both offline and online.
Here are 10 ways to keep yourself safe 👇
I'm Eliza Orlins, a career public defender for 15 years in Manhattan. I spend a lot of time thinking about safety—both offline and online.
Here are 10 ways to keep yourself safe 👇
September 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Online safety is more important than ever right now, and most people give away their location online unknowingly.
I'm Eliza Orlins, a career public defender for 15 years in Manhattan. I spend a lot of time thinking about safety—both offline and online.
Here are 10 ways to keep yourself safe 👇
I'm Eliza Orlins, a career public defender for 15 years in Manhattan. I spend a lot of time thinking about safety—both offline and online.
Here are 10 ways to keep yourself safe 👇
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Thread.
Online safety is more important than ever right now, and most people give away their location online unknowingly.
I'm Eliza Orlins, a career public defender for 15 years in Manhattan. I spend a lot of time thinking about safety—both offline and online.
Here are 10 ways to keep yourself safe 👇
I'm Eliza Orlins, a career public defender for 15 years in Manhattan. I spend a lot of time thinking about safety—both offline and online.
Here are 10 ways to keep yourself safe 👇
September 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Thread.
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August 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Some of the anti-AI stuff feels a bit like when people would say "don't use Wikipedia as a source." It's just like anything else, a piece of information that you weigh against multiple sources and your own understanding of its likely failure modes
April 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
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I wrote about the state of Canadian rage for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
The piece is a kind of capstone to all the work of Gloves Off. shows.acast.com/gloves-off
The piece is a kind of capstone to all the work of Gloves Off. shows.acast.com/gloves-off
Opinion | ‘Acute, Sustained, Profound and Abiding Rage’: Canada Finds Its Voice
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I wrote about the state of Canadian rage for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
The piece is a kind of capstone to all the work of Gloves Off. shows.acast.com/gloves-off
The piece is a kind of capstone to all the work of Gloves Off. shows.acast.com/gloves-off
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As if Palestinian parents love their children any less than the rest of us. As if Palestinian parents aren't doing every single fucking thing they can think of to keep their children safe, healthy, fed. As if Palestinian parents aren't crying themselves to sleep seeing their kids starving.
August 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
As if Palestinian parents love their children any less than the rest of us. As if Palestinian parents aren't doing every single fucking thing they can think of to keep their children safe, healthy, fed. As if Palestinian parents aren't crying themselves to sleep seeing their kids starving.
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earlier tonight, I was walking past one of the few remaining neighborhood dive bars and Carol the bartender comes outside and says hey karen did you hear about what went on in here last night?
I said No what happened tell me
she said, Just before last call, A SEAGULL WALKED INTO THE BAR
thread.
I said No what happened tell me
she said, Just before last call, A SEAGULL WALKED INTO THE BAR
thread.
August 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
earlier tonight, I was walking past one of the few remaining neighborhood dive bars and Carol the bartender comes outside and says hey karen did you hear about what went on in here last night?
I said No what happened tell me
she said, Just before last call, A SEAGULL WALKED INTO THE BAR
thread.
I said No what happened tell me
she said, Just before last call, A SEAGULL WALKED INTO THE BAR
thread.
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Canadian comedian goes after Trump 🤣 second video
August 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Canadian comedian goes after Trump 🤣 second video
All truth in this post. I remember when customer service was a thing and people knew things. And I'm only in my mid-40s.
I encountered so many societal and economic failures today that I’m tapping out.
No school buses (that one again)
A “sextortion” lesson for a bunch of 11 year olds
Flight cancellation an hour before it’s scheduled
No other flights
Two hour call wait times (even with stupid “status”)
No school buses (that one again)
A “sextortion” lesson for a bunch of 11 year olds
Flight cancellation an hour before it’s scheduled
No other flights
Two hour call wait times (even with stupid “status”)
August 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
All truth in this post. I remember when customer service was a thing and people knew things. And I'm only in my mid-40s.
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3 year old: [silently hands me a book]
me: “do you want me to read this to you?”
3 year old: “I mean. I can’t read. so.”
me: “do you want me to read this to you?”
3 year old: “I mean. I can’t read. so.”
July 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
3 year old: [silently hands me a book]
me: “do you want me to read this to you?”
3 year old: “I mean. I can’t read. so.”
me: “do you want me to read this to you?”
3 year old: “I mean. I can’t read. so.”