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Carrie Gillon
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linguist, cat lover, nerd
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · May 5
AI is a con. Listen to @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social explain why:

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carrieg.bsky.social
I’m lucky to have extended healthcare benefits through work, because yeah, my regular doctor completely dismissed me re perimenopause. I’m also lucky I had already found a non-kooky naturopath. Shouldn’t have needed to though
Private menopause clinics are growing in Canada. Here’s why | CBC Radio
Some Canadians are paying for menopause care from a host of private practitioners opening clinics outside the public health-care system.
www.cbc.ca
February 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
carrieg.bsky.social
Too angry to post anything aside from crow rush hour photos
Crows flying from downtown to Burnaby
February 3, 2026 at 1:35 AM
carrieg.bsky.social
People really like to defend shitty men. I will never understand it
disabilitystor1.bsky.social Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d
I promise you, even if someone is your mentor and friend, you should have the ability to say they made a mistake in FUCKING COMMUNICATING CASUALLY AND ALL FRIENDLY WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN NOT WRITE AN EIGHT POST THREAD ON HOW WE SHOULDNT JUDGE
markpachucki ‪@markpachucki.bsky.social‬ Follow I feel like someone’s gotta say something, so I guess it’s going to be me. I’m 100% certain that I either know, have met, or have sought meetings with people who have done horrible things in their lives, too. How about y’all? Association is not causation, and it's not guilt — of anything. (1/8) 4:02 PM · Jan 31, 2026 1 quote 3 1 Write your reply ‪Monica Carmean‬ ‪@monicacarmean.com‬ · 11m I’ve never knowingly sought a favor from a sex offender, no. ‪markpachucki‬ ‪@markpachucki.bsky.social‬ · 1h I've known @nachristakis.bsky.social , a scientist and humanist, virtually my entire professional career in the context of being a strong educator, devoted spouse and parent. He’s always struck me as a kind, thoughtful, curious, and humane person. (2/8) ‪markpachucki‬ ‪@markpachucki.bsky.social‬ · 1h He's always (very) aggressively fundraised for his lab's research program, students, fellows, and staff. I benefitted from such support as an advisee, so would be a hypocrite to generically fault any scientist for seeking funding, as I (and many of us) do to support those we advise. (3/8) 1 ‪markpachucki‬ ‪@markpachucki.bsky.social‬ · 1h But yes, the devil is in the details, so going beyond generic acts to specifics: would I have sought meetings with that particular "philanthropist"? Unambiguously: no, that’s not a choice I, nor perhaps many of us, would have made.🤮 (4/8) 1 ‪markpachucki‬ ‪@markpachucki.bsky.social‬ · 1h I haven’t walked a mile in @nachristakis.bsky.social 's shoes, and live a different life, with surely different constraints, so I can't judge. As it looks now, this thread and these comments look pretty consistently like an online piling-on, and we know that can escalate pretty quickly. (5/8) ‪markpachucki‬ ‪@markpachucki.bsky.social‬ · 1h Who knows what the best-available defense to this sort of thing is, @kjhealy.co ? I sure don’t. I'll offer (preaching to choir, I know) that many of us who study networks are perpetually vexed by the concept of homophily and why we end up connected with people like ourselves. (6/8) 1 ‪markpachucki‬ ‪@markpachucki.bsky.social‬ · 1h Fewer focus on its inverse, heterophily, and even fewer are willing to actively reach across some real or perceived divide to understand someone’s behaviors, especially when those behaviors might differ from their own. (7/8) 1 ‪markpachucki‬ ‪@markpachucki.bsky.social‬ · 1h I admire folks who do so, and admire even more those who can do so with a spirit of curiosity. Instead of subtweeting displeasure, has anyone here tried engaging in dialogue? (8/end)
January 31, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
we’re right about ai too
January 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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avilewis.ca
Join us:
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January 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
I guess we're back to this: www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made...
The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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joolia.bsky.social
top three patterns on Ravelry rn are variations of the red “Melt the ICE” hat and a free crochet pattern for 5yo Liam’s bunny hat just went up
Ravelry’s Hot Right Now feed shows three patterns for red knit or crochet “Melt the ICE” hats with tassels A Ravelry page for Liam’s Bunny Hat, a blue crochet hat with floppy white bunny ears, a bunny face, and strings with paw bobbles, in the style of the hat worn by 5yo Liam when he was taken by ICE agents in Minnesota
January 25, 2026 at 8:18 PM
carrieg.bsky.social
noai.school/vsb-petition...

No AI in VSB
Redirecting…
noai.school
January 25, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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ccanonne.github.io
What is wild to me is the defense, BY THE NEURIPS BOARD, that fabricated citations do not mean "the content of the papers themselves [is] necessarily invalidated"

It does. It very much does. What do you think citing other work is for? What do you think writing a paper is for? What do you *think*?
January 21, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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marygillis.bsky.social
It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.
Vancouver firm Hootsuite provides services to ICE
U.S. procurement records show that Vancouver tech firm Hootsuite is providing social media services to the Department of Homeland Security.
vancouver.citynews.ca
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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parismarx.com
When Elon Musk rolled back Grok safeguards, he enabled millions of people to be victimized. Shamefully, governments did little to protect their citizens.

The X deepfake scandal shows why we need far stricter social media regulation as a stepping stone to new platforms — not just higher age limits.
X shows why stricter tech regulation is necessary
We need comprehensive rules on social media far more than age limits
disconnect.blog
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM
carrieg.bsky.social
Crow rush hour
Crows flying to Burnaby
January 24, 2026 at 1:22 AM
carrieg.bsky.social
I feel like I’m losing my mind
disabilitystor1.bsky.social Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 11d
YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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elusiveapricity.bsky.social
👇👇👇
January 21, 2026 at 11:43 PM
carrieg.bsky.social
Doing my semi-regular rewatch of Buffy and oh no. The Body is next. I don’t know if I can watch that rn
January 19, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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igasu.bsky.social
Nemik's manifesto from Andor: And remember this--the imperial need for control is so desperate because it's so unnatural irony requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle oppression is the mask of fear
January 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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annaghughes.bsky.social
I love them unconditionally
Big, barking, bellowing sea lions back in B.C.'s Howe Sound | CBC News
"It's almost like a biker gang convention. They just arrive out of nowhere, they cause havoc, they’re barking and belching,” said UBC fisheries professor Andrew Trites.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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goodtrailcams.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
carrieg.bsky.social
I don’t remember the skytrain saying “mind the gap” before
January 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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fatapollo.bsky.social
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I do understand: you want permission. There's a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don't look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn't notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don't need me to believe it's useful, you just want me to be polite about it. But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself. I became a hater by doing precisely those things Al cannot do: reading and understanding human language; thinking and reasoning about ideas; considering the meaning of my words and their context; loving people, making art, living in my body with its flaws and feelings and life. Al cannot be a hater, because Al does not feel, or know, or care. Only humans can be haters. I celebrate my humanity.
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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faziarizvi.bsky.social
“The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.”

“…leaders of Minneapolis’ American Indian community say their people are being stopped and harassed, profiled for the color of their skin.”

sahanjournal.com/news-partner...
Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians
Homeless people who have been trying to survive the winter in tents said that ICE apparently detained four Oglala Sioux men without looking for credentials.
sahanjournal.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:14 AM
carrieg.bsky.social
Kelowna being the Canadian equivalent of Jersey is … apt. How did I never make this connection
January 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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deadder.bsky.social
The Globe and Mail
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
carrieg.bsky.social
Rainy Sunday
Save on meats storefront in the rain
January 12, 2026 at 3:44 AM