Kent Fellows
@gkfellows.bsky.social
Professional + Amateur + Immature Economist
MPP Grad Program Director at the University of Calgary School of Public Policy (as yet, no one has ever called me Director Fellows though).
MPP Grad Program Director at the University of Calgary School of Public Policy (as yet, no one has ever called me Director Fellows though).
Basically any vehicle with a SIM card, or something that syncs with your phone, is sending data somewhere.
You want a car that won't spy on you? You're looking for something built pre 2015.
You want a car that won't spy on you? You're looking for something built pre 2015.
Professor Stephanie Carvin on Chinese 'spy cars': "Even if you don't have a Chinese EV, if you're using a lot of apps, your data is being collected, harvested, and could easily be purchased by China ... China doesn't need EVs to spy on us."
February 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Basically any vehicle with a SIM card, or something that syncs with your phone, is sending data somewhere.
You want a car that won't spy on you? You're looking for something built pre 2015.
You want a car that won't spy on you? You're looking for something built pre 2015.
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Put your hand up if you received the ELIZA vaccine at a young age and are now immune to chatbot spiraling
February 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Put your hand up if you received the ELIZA vaccine at a young age and are now immune to chatbot spiraling
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Fahrenheit is the engineer temperature measurement in that people claim it’s amazing at things it really, really isn’t
Celsius is the scientist temperature measurement in that it’s the most conceptually coherent , Fahrenheit is the engineer temperature measurement in that it’s actually optimized to be useful for it’s main use case of communicating everyday temperatures.
February 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Fahrenheit is the engineer temperature measurement in that people claim it’s amazing at things it really, really isn’t
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This diagram was made by an American, wasn't it.
::taps the sign::
February 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This diagram was made by an American, wasn't it.
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Their "more efficient" process than having writers write:
• AI identifies possible stories
• Reporters do further reporting and produce notes
• Another person uses AI to generate a story from the notes, then rewrites/"tweaks"
• Another person fact-checks/edits
• Reporter reviews
• AI identifies possible stories
• Reporters do further reporting and produce notes
• Another person uses AI to generate a story from the notes, then rewrites/"tweaks"
• Another person fact-checks/edits
• Reporter reviews
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Their "more efficient" process than having writers write:
• AI identifies possible stories
• Reporters do further reporting and produce notes
• Another person uses AI to generate a story from the notes, then rewrites/"tweaks"
• Another person fact-checks/edits
• Reporter reviews
• AI identifies possible stories
• Reporters do further reporting and produce notes
• Another person uses AI to generate a story from the notes, then rewrites/"tweaks"
• Another person fact-checks/edits
• Reporter reviews
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“You’re gonna die for a ‘multicultural economic zone?’”
“Someone is.”
“Someone is.”
Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
February 16, 2026 at 12:06 AM
“You’re gonna die for a ‘multicultural economic zone?’”
“Someone is.”
“Someone is.”
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Does your university use ChatGPT Edu? Please send me a DM if you do. I have identified a potential data breach affecting students' data that has not yet been fixed and I'm trying to compile further examples from other universities.
Reposts appreciated!
Reposts appreciated!
February 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Does your university use ChatGPT Edu? Please send me a DM if you do. I have identified a potential data breach affecting students' data that has not yet been fixed and I'm trying to compile further examples from other universities.
Reposts appreciated!
Reposts appreciated!
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Yes, that’s why my family left Germany because they really wanted to go to Great Britain and sort of missed it by thaaat much
February 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Yes, that’s why my family left Germany because they really wanted to go to Great Britain and sort of missed it by thaaat much
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WHAT DID PEOPLE THINK IT WAS USING TO BEGIN WITH?
Doesn't anyone remember that math has to come from numbers?
Percentages and graphs have to come from data. Where's the data?
AI doesn't "show its work" because it can't!
Everyone is going to fail their audits.
Doesn't anyone remember that math has to come from numbers?
Percentages and graphs have to come from data. Where's the data?
AI doesn't "show its work" because it can't!
Everyone is going to fail their audits.
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 8:20 AM
WHAT DID PEOPLE THINK IT WAS USING TO BEGIN WITH?
Doesn't anyone remember that math has to come from numbers?
Percentages and graphs have to come from data. Where's the data?
AI doesn't "show its work" because it can't!
Everyone is going to fail their audits.
Doesn't anyone remember that math has to come from numbers?
Percentages and graphs have to come from data. Where's the data?
AI doesn't "show its work" because it can't!
Everyone is going to fail their audits.
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Staggering that in the teeth of this universities are closing history departments. Rubio is making shit up.
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Staggering that in the teeth of this universities are closing history departments. Rubio is making shit up.
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A truly magnificent sight (slightly ruined by Windsor Castle).
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
February 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
A truly magnificent sight (slightly ruined by Windsor Castle).
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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This is how every staffed oil and gas, mining, and processing facility runs btw. There's always a cat or 5 and you gotta respect them as they really run the show. Anyways, here's Stella, circa 2017, the best refinery cat I've ever known. We actually found a home for her because she was so loveable
February 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This is how every staffed oil and gas, mining, and processing facility runs btw. There's always a cat or 5 and you gotta respect them as they really run the show. Anyways, here's Stella, circa 2017, the best refinery cat I've ever known. We actually found a home for her because she was so loveable
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How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 AM
How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
it seems unfair he's allowed to compete while clearly unaffected by gravity. The IOC really ought to do something about that.
What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
February 14, 2026 at 10:08 PM
it seems unfair he's allowed to compete while clearly unaffected by gravity. The IOC really ought to do something about that.
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I am gonna go out on a limb and say that a Jersey dude so horrified that he went to his first protest and is trying not to cry on camera has a pretty good chance of staying radicalized. And that while Bluesky loves to pick apart things like this, this kinda video moves the needle for OTHER dudes.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I am gonna go out on a limb and say that a Jersey dude so horrified that he went to his first protest and is trying not to cry on camera has a pretty good chance of staying radicalized. And that while Bluesky loves to pick apart things like this, this kinda video moves the needle for OTHER dudes.
When people talk about Canadians hating Americans, I wish they could all see this.
Canadians (at least, the ones I know and love) don't hate Americans. We hate what the US has become the same way this guy does.
I'm a pretty stoic person, but this in particular hits hard.
Canadians (at least, the ones I know and love) don't hate Americans. We hate what the US has become the same way this guy does.
I'm a pretty stoic person, but this in particular hits hard.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 10:07 PM
When people talk about Canadians hating Americans, I wish they could all see this.
Canadians (at least, the ones I know and love) don't hate Americans. We hate what the US has become the same way this guy does.
I'm a pretty stoic person, but this in particular hits hard.
Canadians (at least, the ones I know and love) don't hate Americans. We hate what the US has become the same way this guy does.
I'm a pretty stoic person, but this in particular hits hard.
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NEW: Road closure in effect after wire snaps detected on Calgary’s Bearspaw feeder main
globalnews.ca/news/1166656...
globalnews.ca/news/1166656...
Road closure in effect after wire snaps detected on Calgary’s Bearspaw feeder main - Calgary | Globalnews.ca
The Bearspaw feeder main, which carries 60 per cent of the city's drinking water, has experienced two critical failures in less than two years.
globalnews.ca
February 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
NEW: Road closure in effect after wire snaps detected on Calgary’s Bearspaw feeder main
globalnews.ca/news/1166656...
globalnews.ca/news/1166656...
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Discworld QOTD, from Sourcery
February 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Sourcery
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please enjoy this breakdown of the horrors of crime-ridden culver city
February 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
please enjoy this breakdown of the horrors of crime-ridden culver city
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So, not by naturalization. But also not by birthright.
Hmmmm… if a regime just wants to handpick who does or doesn’t get to belong, based on criteria they alone decide, without clear right of recourse, with (potentially violent) enforcement, I think there’s a word for that….
Hmmmm… if a regime just wants to handpick who does or doesn’t get to belong, based on criteria they alone decide, without clear right of recourse, with (potentially violent) enforcement, I think there’s a word for that….
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 13, 2026 at 3:32 AM
So, not by naturalization. But also not by birthright.
Hmmmm… if a regime just wants to handpick who does or doesn’t get to belong, based on criteria they alone decide, without clear right of recourse, with (potentially violent) enforcement, I think there’s a word for that….
Hmmmm… if a regime just wants to handpick who does or doesn’t get to belong, based on criteria they alone decide, without clear right of recourse, with (potentially violent) enforcement, I think there’s a word for that….
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BTW I've spent my working life in nightclubs all over the world and no one needs to be snorting cocaine off toilet seats
Skill issue, Robert
Skill issue, Robert
February 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
BTW I've spent my working life in nightclubs all over the world and no one needs to be snorting cocaine off toilet seats
Skill issue, Robert
Skill issue, Robert