Eric Carroll
@ericcarroll.bsky.social
Postcards from Caledon.
But with gigabit fibre.
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But with gigabit fibre.
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Eric Carroll
@ericcarroll.bsky.social
· May 28
I've seen hype cycles you people wouldn't believe. AI in the 1980s, natural language 4GLs, ecommerce, service buses, big data, and many more. I watched CTOs quiver with the latest FOMO. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time for disillusionment.
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People in Europe get out and look at the sky 😇
January 19, 2026 at 9:25 PM
People in Europe get out and look at the sky 😇
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Maybe I had been watching too much media.
January 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Maybe I had been watching too much media.
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‘Burry cautioned that so-called hyperscalers, including Microsoft and Alphabet, are wasting huge sums on microchips and data centers that will quickly become obsolete, to power AI tools such as chatbots that will become commoditized.’ www.businessinsider.com/big-short-mi...
'Big Short' Michael Burry shared Warren Buffett story to explain AI bets
Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame relayed a Warren Buffett story to warn of wasteful tech spending, and took aim at Nvidia and Palantir again.
www.businessinsider.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM
‘Burry cautioned that so-called hyperscalers, including Microsoft and Alphabet, are wasting huge sums on microchips and data centers that will quickly become obsolete, to power AI tools such as chatbots that will become commoditized.’ www.businessinsider.com/big-short-mi...
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Or as UST/Fed discovered in 2008:
Now Is The Time For All Good Men To Come To The Aid Of The Counterparty.
Now Is The Time For All Good Men To Come To The Aid Of The Counterparty.
January 18, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Or as UST/Fed discovered in 2008:
Now Is The Time For All Good Men To Come To The Aid Of The Counterparty.
Now Is The Time For All Good Men To Come To The Aid Of The Counterparty.
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Quiet minute listening to the sea, in case anyone else needs it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Quiet minute listening to the sea, in case anyone else needs it.
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‘Oracle was sued on Wednesday by bondholders who say they suffered losses because the company led by billionaire Larry Ellison failed to disclose it needed to sell significant additional debt to build out its artificial intelligence infrastructure.’ www.reuters.com/world/oracle...
Oracle sued by bondholders over losses tied to AI buildout
Oracle was sued on Wednesday by bondholders who say they suffered losses because the company led by billionaire Larry Ellison failed to disclose it needed to sell significant additional debt to build ...
www.reuters.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM
‘Oracle was sued on Wednesday by bondholders who say they suffered losses because the company led by billionaire Larry Ellison failed to disclose it needed to sell significant additional debt to build out its artificial intelligence infrastructure.’ www.reuters.com/world/oracle...
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'An investor in CoreWeave has filed for a shareholder class action against the cloud company, alleging that CoreWeave misled investors about its ability to meet customer demand for compute.' www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/core...
CoreWeave shareholder files lawsuit alleging company mislead investors over ability to deliver compute
Cites recent reports of data center delays
www.datacenterdynamics.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
'An investor in CoreWeave has filed for a shareholder class action against the cloud company, alleging that CoreWeave misled investors about its ability to meet customer demand for compute.' www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/core...
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'Generative A.I. businesses are not like the software successes of the past generation. They are far more capital-intensive. My bet is that over the next 18 months, OpenAI runs out of money.' www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
Opinion | This Is What Convinced Me OpenAI Will Run Out of Money
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:04 PM
'Generative A.I. businesses are not like the software successes of the past generation. They are far more capital-intensive. My bet is that over the next 18 months, OpenAI runs out of money.' www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
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Just look at these ACT subject areas and SAT Math scores.
Gee golly, I wonder if there’s something going around that causes neurological malformations in fetuses, developmental delays in children, and cognitive dysfunction and brain damage in teens and adults?
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Gee golly, I wonder if there’s something going around that causes neurological malformations in fetuses, developmental delays in children, and cognitive dysfunction and brain damage in teens and adults?
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January 16, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Just look at these ACT subject areas and SAT Math scores.
Gee golly, I wonder if there’s something going around that causes neurological malformations in fetuses, developmental delays in children, and cognitive dysfunction and brain damage in teens and adults?
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Gee golly, I wonder if there’s something going around that causes neurological malformations in fetuses, developmental delays in children, and cognitive dysfunction and brain damage in teens and adults?
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97 MILLION people.
New meta-analysis: +49% risk of new-onset autoimmune disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Highest risks?
🧬 Vasculitis
🩸 Antiphospholipid syndrome
🧠 Connective tissue disease
🧫 Immune thrombocytopenia
Severe infection ↑ risk
Vaccine cuts risk~half
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/
New meta-analysis: +49% risk of new-onset autoimmune disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Highest risks?
🧬 Vasculitis
🩸 Antiphospholipid syndrome
🧠 Connective tissue disease
🧫 Immune thrombocytopenia
Severe infection ↑ risk
Vaccine cuts risk~half
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/
Association between COVID-19 and New-Onset Autoimmune Diseases: Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 97 Million Individuals - PubMed
SARS-CoV-2 infection may induce long-term immune dysregulation; however, its contribution to the development of autoimmune disease remains disputed. We aim to quantify the relative risk of new-onset autoimmune diseases following COVID-19 and its modifiers through a systematic review and meta-analysi …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM
97 MILLION people.
New meta-analysis: +49% risk of new-onset autoimmune disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Highest risks?
🧬 Vasculitis
🩸 Antiphospholipid syndrome
🧠 Connective tissue disease
🧫 Immune thrombocytopenia
Severe infection ↑ risk
Vaccine cuts risk~half
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/
New meta-analysis: +49% risk of new-onset autoimmune disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Highest risks?
🧬 Vasculitis
🩸 Antiphospholipid syndrome
🧠 Connective tissue disease
🧫 Immune thrombocytopenia
Severe infection ↑ risk
Vaccine cuts risk~half
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/
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PHAC wastewater data shows that covid is high in Ontario right now. Yet public health almost entirely silent on the levels of covid, the risks it poses, and how to protect yourself and your community.
High levels are a public health failure and a significant risk for our future.
High levels are a public health failure and a significant risk for our future.
January 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
PHAC wastewater data shows that covid is high in Ontario right now. Yet public health almost entirely silent on the levels of covid, the risks it poses, and how to protect yourself and your community.
High levels are a public health failure and a significant risk for our future.
High levels are a public health failure and a significant risk for our future.
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Among the many facilities constructed under the massive 50-150 program were the Savannah River Plant in SC—including 5 heavy-water reactors and 2 reprocessing plants; 5 new reactors at the Hanford Reservation in WA, plus a new reprocessing plant; and 2 uranium gaseous diffusion plants in KY and OH.
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Among the many facilities constructed under the massive 50-150 program were the Savannah River Plant in SC—including 5 heavy-water reactors and 2 reprocessing plants; 5 new reactors at the Hanford Reservation in WA, plus a new reprocessing plant; and 2 uranium gaseous diffusion plants in KY and OH.
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“'The extreme uncertainty in the load forecasts based on uncertainty about the addition of large data center loads is also unique and unprecedented and raises questions about the meaning of clearing a capacity auction based on those forecasts,' Monitoring Analytics said."
Data centers were 40% of PJM capacity costs in last auction: market monitor
Data center forecasts — beyond existing data centers — made up 45% of the $47.2 billion in capacity costs in PJM’s last three capacity auctions, according to a report by Monitoring Analytics.
www.utilitydive.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
“'The extreme uncertainty in the load forecasts based on uncertainty about the addition of large data center loads is also unique and unprecedented and raises questions about the meaning of clearing a capacity auction based on those forecasts,' Monitoring Analytics said."
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This is precisely why I refuse to eat in any public indoor spaces.
Unless they can prove their air quality is excellent, and the risk of airborne pathogen spread is near zero, then they are losing customers.
Takeout...maybe.
Apricot Tree Café -definitely a great model for all restaurants to follow.
Unless they can prove their air quality is excellent, and the risk of airborne pathogen spread is near zero, then they are losing customers.
Takeout...maybe.
Apricot Tree Café -definitely a great model for all restaurants to follow.
I repeatedly messaged Restaurants Canada, pointing to the Apricot Tree Cafe as a model for all restaurants to become safer with air quality monitoring and the use of HEPA filtration. They never once responded to me.
Is it possible some people aren’t keen to get sick when they eat out?
Is it possible some people aren’t keen to get sick when they eat out?
January 14, 2026 at 11:50 AM
This is precisely why I refuse to eat in any public indoor spaces.
Unless they can prove their air quality is excellent, and the risk of airborne pathogen spread is near zero, then they are losing customers.
Takeout...maybe.
Apricot Tree Café -definitely a great model for all restaurants to follow.
Unless they can prove their air quality is excellent, and the risk of airborne pathogen spread is near zero, then they are losing customers.
Takeout...maybe.
Apricot Tree Café -definitely a great model for all restaurants to follow.
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A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!
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NIOSH employees were told today that their layoff notices were “hereby revoked.”
“Life-saving research is going to be able to continue,” says union leader and industrial hygienist
"Critical public health functions remain intact and effective," says HHS
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“Life-saving research is going to be able to continue,” says union leader and industrial hygienist
"Critical public health functions remain intact and effective," says HHS
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 14, 2026 at 1:08 AM
NIOSH employees were told today that their layoff notices were “hereby revoked.”
“Life-saving research is going to be able to continue,” says union leader and industrial hygienist
"Critical public health functions remain intact and effective," says HHS
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“Life-saving research is going to be able to continue,” says union leader and industrial hygienist
"Critical public health functions remain intact and effective," says HHS
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Scoop: Trump Administration is reversing its massive cuts to NIOSH, the agency behind most US workplace safety research www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Our September @BW feature on the sweeping consequences of those cuts: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Our September @BW feature on the sweeping consequences of those cuts: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
HHS Reverses Cuts to Safety Agency NIOSH, Reinstating Hundreds
The Trump Administration is reversing its deep staffing cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, reinstating hundreds of employees.
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Scoop: Trump Administration is reversing its massive cuts to NIOSH, the agency behind most US workplace safety research www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Our September @BW feature on the sweeping consequences of those cuts: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Our September @BW feature on the sweeping consequences of those cuts: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with December 28 data
- London, Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, NB, PEI, QC, SK, YK
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- London, Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, NB, PEI, QC, SK, YK
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
January 13, 2026 at 7:13 PM
#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with December 28 data
- London, Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, NB, PEI, QC, SK, YK
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- London, Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, NB, PEI, QC, SK, YK
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
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Rubber ducks – made from rubber, right? Wrong!
On #NationalRubberDuckyDay, this infographic unmasks the rubber duck's true chemical identity: wp.me/p4aPLT-8Uo
#ChemSky 🧪
On #NationalRubberDuckyDay, this infographic unmasks the rubber duck's true chemical identity: wp.me/p4aPLT-8Uo
#ChemSky 🧪
January 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Rubber ducks – made from rubber, right? Wrong!
On #NationalRubberDuckyDay, this infographic unmasks the rubber duck's true chemical identity: wp.me/p4aPLT-8Uo
#ChemSky 🧪
On #NationalRubberDuckyDay, this infographic unmasks the rubber duck's true chemical identity: wp.me/p4aPLT-8Uo
#ChemSky 🧪
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This is an exceptionally good model to think about career evolution.
I would suggest adding a where and when axis.
Management layers are also concerned about "where are we going" and "when should we get there" , as where and when imply resource allocation: people & money.
I would suggest adding a where and when axis.
Management layers are also concerned about "where are we going" and "when should we get there" , as where and when imply resource allocation: people & money.
January 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
This is an exceptionally good model to think about career evolution.
I would suggest adding a where and when axis.
Management layers are also concerned about "where are we going" and "when should we get there" , as where and when imply resource allocation: people & money.
I would suggest adding a where and when axis.
Management layers are also concerned about "where are we going" and "when should we get there" , as where and when imply resource allocation: people & money.
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😳 Saskatchewan wastewater 1/2 (website link in 2/2):
January 11, 2026 at 6:52 PM
😳 Saskatchewan wastewater 1/2 (website link in 2/2):