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Settler historian of food, health and colonialism | hapless area man | amateur squirrel theorist | against fascism | sometimes make music: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/thrums/vast-spaces-without-reprieve
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As part of my effort to make art and get off the internet, I recorded a new album of weirdo experimental ambient folk music. This one inspired by the sound of degrading cassette loops, thrift store guitars, and the work of artists like Grouper, Jim O'Rourke, Florist, Hana Stretton and Claire Rousay.
Just a disaster of a province. We love failure.
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Ontario Provincial Polling:
PCPO: 51% (+8)
OLP: 23% (-7)
ONDP: 19% (-)
GPO: 3% (-2)
Others: 4%
Abacus / Nov 6, 2025 / n=1000 / Online
(% Change with 2025 Election)
Check out more ON details on @338Canada at: www.338canada.com/ontario
Ontario Provincial Polling:
PCPO: 51% (+8)
OLP: 23% (-7)
ONDP: 19% (-)
GPO: 3% (-2)
Others: 4%
Abacus / Nov 6, 2025 / n=1000 / Online
(% Change with 2025 Election)
Check out more ON details on @338Canada at: www.338canada.com/ontario
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Just a disaster of a province. We love failure.
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Musk is a mass murderer on a scale with some of the worst monsters of history, so it's not really like the scales are evened by having a moderately well known author eviscerate him on his own platform.
still, you take what you can get.
still, you take what you can get.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Musk is a mass murderer on a scale with some of the worst monsters of history, so it's not really like the scales are evened by having a moderately well known author eviscerate him on his own platform.
still, you take what you can get.
still, you take what you can get.
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After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.
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Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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When you're endorsed by the far-right National Post, it's time to change direction: you're most certainly doing something wrong. I'd be curious to know how many card-carrying Mb NDP members are happy with Mr. Kinew's lurch to the right. #MbPoli
nationalpost.com/opinion/np-v...
nationalpost.com/opinion/np-v...
NP View: The federal NDP needs Wab Kinew
Bill to detain meth addicts shows that Manitoba premier is a realist
nationalpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
When you're endorsed by the far-right National Post, it's time to change direction: you're most certainly doing something wrong. I'd be curious to know how many card-carrying Mb NDP members are happy with Mr. Kinew's lurch to the right. #MbPoli
nationalpost.com/opinion/np-v...
nationalpost.com/opinion/np-v...
For the past 5 years, my kid has been in an after school board game and role playing game club (Game Master's Table) and I'm regularly blown away by how good it is.
Check out this description on their website. The wild thing is, it's totally accurate. And the kids are 8-13 year olds.
Check out this description on their website. The wild thing is, it's totally accurate. And the kids are 8-13 year olds.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
For the past 5 years, my kid has been in an after school board game and role playing game club (Game Master's Table) and I'm regularly blown away by how good it is.
Check out this description on their website. The wild thing is, it's totally accurate. And the kids are 8-13 year olds.
Check out this description on their website. The wild thing is, it's totally accurate. And the kids are 8-13 year olds.
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wait until you see what happens after the 3rd vote
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
wait until you see what happens after the 3rd vote
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Not only that, when six people died, Tylenol knew it wasn’t the cause of the poisonings and STILL pulled 30 million bottles off the market, because it mattered to them what their customers thought.
Public trust doesn’t matter to OpenAI, because the users of ChatGPT aren’t their customers.
Public trust doesn’t matter to OpenAI, because the users of ChatGPT aren’t their customers.
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Not only that, when six people died, Tylenol knew it wasn’t the cause of the poisonings and STILL pulled 30 million bottles off the market, because it mattered to them what their customers thought.
Public trust doesn’t matter to OpenAI, because the users of ChatGPT aren’t their customers.
Public trust doesn’t matter to OpenAI, because the users of ChatGPT aren’t their customers.
This graph is peak AI bullshit discourse. The bullshit singularity, if you will.
Chart crime of the year 2025. AI could solve all problems, or extirpate all humans. 1/2
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This graph is peak AI bullshit discourse. The bullshit singularity, if you will.
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As we watch Trump & the GOP ignore the Constitution & the concept of human rights in the United States, consider what’s been happening in Canada with right-wing Premiers and Poilievre normalizing the common abuse of the Notwithstanding Clause to make Canada’s Charter of Rights & Freedoms irrelevant.
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
As we watch Trump & the GOP ignore the Constitution & the concept of human rights in the United States, consider what’s been happening in Canada with right-wing Premiers and Poilievre normalizing the common abuse of the Notwithstanding Clause to make Canada’s Charter of Rights & Freedoms irrelevant.
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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"China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. "
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. "
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
Kleptocracy
Nancy Pelosi’s trades over the years have been so good that a startup was created to allow investors to directly mirror her portfolio.
One of the Greatest Wall Street Investors of All Time Announces Retirement
Nancy Pelosi’s trades over the years have been so good that a startup was created to allow investors to directly mirror her portfolio.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Kleptocracy
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It’s almost as if the narratives we are constantly fed about the humanities and fine arts aren’t true 🤷🏻♂️
#SarcasmAlarm
#SarcasmAlarm
Arts and culture attendance in Colorado far outpaces attendance of Rockies, Broncos, Nuggets, Avalanche and Rapids events.
Colorado’s cultural sector is so successful, it attracts 3 times more attendees than pro sports teams combined
Arts and culture attendance in Colorado far outpaces attendance of Rockies, Broncos, Nuggets, Avalanche and Rapids events.
www.cpr.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It’s almost as if the narratives we are constantly fed about the humanities and fine arts aren’t true 🤷🏻♂️
#SarcasmAlarm
#SarcasmAlarm
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It always comes back to phrenology, race science and eugenics with these fucking techbros.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It always comes back to phrenology, race science and eugenics with these fucking techbros.
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
Once you learn the GenAI is basically just an unimaginably large Ponzi scheme with Nvidia at the top of the pyramid and the entire stock market at the base, it's hard to unsee it.
Nvidia backed company signs deal with Nvidia backed company
NVIDIA-BACKED VAST DATA INKS $1.17 BLN AI DEAL WITH COREWEAVE
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Once you learn the GenAI is basically just an unimaginably large Ponzi scheme with Nvidia at the top of the pyramid and the entire stock market at the base, it's hard to unsee it.
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I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
Oh my god, I love this. Probably one of my top 5 all time songs and I think it's because it's so spontaneous and raw and simple. Those kids knew what's what.
Fred Wray Jr. on the night he wrote “Rumble.”
The legendary guitarist known as Link Wray passed away 20 years ago today.
The legendary guitarist known as Link Wray passed away 20 years ago today.
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Oh my god, I love this. Probably one of my top 5 all time songs and I think it's because it's so spontaneous and raw and simple. Those kids knew what's what.
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The Liberals' budget -- it mostly helps upper income people, it mostly helps men, it mostly helps war, oil and gas.
Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...
Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...
Episode 348 – 2025 Budget; Liberal Carnage
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the 2025 Liberal budget — Mark Carney’s first — and how he blurs the line between Liberals and Tories like never before.
sandyandnora.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Liberals' budget -- it mostly helps upper income people, it mostly helps men, it mostly helps war, oil and gas.
Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...
Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...
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Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.