@karenatsharon.bsky.social
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Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright…
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright…
Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright infringement in the model and in the outputs, granted injunctive relief, ordered disclosure, and paved the way for damages to be decided at a later date.
www.technollama.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright…
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright…
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Twice in my Toronto life I have lived in apts built during that mid century boom, thankfully. The decision to slow it was correct *at that moment & context* but it led to a disastrous political climate & Toronto’s critical problem today.
Charting number of rental units in apartment buildings in Toronto by year of construction
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Twice in my Toronto life I have lived in apts built during that mid century boom, thankfully. The decision to slow it was correct *at that moment & context* but it led to a disastrous political climate & Toronto’s critical problem today.
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“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
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“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
Thursday's letters: UCP hiding from accountability
Edmonton Journal readers speak out on on Alberta invoking the notwithstanding clause and CFL rule changes.
edmontonjournal.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
An unhappy booze industry asks...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines... So if industry wanted this for years which provincial goverment or federal ministry didn't want this to happen? Who lobbied for this not to happen? #onpoli #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/busines... So if industry wanted this for years which provincial goverment or federal ministry didn't want this to happen? Who lobbied for this not to happen? #onpoli #cdnpoli
Alcohol industry disappointed to be left out of interprovincial trade agreement | CBC News
Some in the alcohol industry say they’re perplexed and disappointed that booze was left out of a recent agreement between provinces to drop interprovincial trade barriers.
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
An unhappy booze industry asks...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines... So if industry wanted this for years which provincial goverment or federal ministry didn't want this to happen? Who lobbied for this not to happen? #onpoli #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/busines... So if industry wanted this for years which provincial goverment or federal ministry didn't want this to happen? Who lobbied for this not to happen? #onpoli #cdnpoli
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"Manifest expansionist ambitions of the three most powerful countries in the world — China, the United States, and Russia — are undermining the current world order,” writes Andreas Umland, an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS), in this op-ed.
When superpowers break the rules
Manifest expansionist ambitions of the three most powerful countries in the world — China, the United States, and Russia — are undermining the current world order.
Since its founding, the People's Re...
kyivindependent.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Manifest expansionist ambitions of the three most powerful countries in the world — China, the United States, and Russia — are undermining the current world order,” writes Andreas Umland, an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS), in this op-ed.
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With RTO, the knowledge that companies don't care about our wellbeing or the planet depresses me to no end.
"When remote work is seen as a viable norm, employees begin to ask hard questions: Why do I need to be in the office 4 days a week for a job that I did perfectly well from home for 2 years?"
"When remote work is seen as a viable norm, employees begin to ask hard questions: Why do I need to be in the office 4 days a week for a job that I did perfectly well from home for 2 years?"
How did working from home become just another perk to be negotiated for? https://macleans.ca/society/return-to-office-mandates-are-about-control/
Return-to-Office Mandates Are About Control - Macleans.ca
Companies are trying to kill remote work. It has nothing to do with productivity.
macleans.ca
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
With RTO, the knowledge that companies don't care about our wellbeing or the planet depresses me to no end.
"When remote work is seen as a viable norm, employees begin to ask hard questions: Why do I need to be in the office 4 days a week for a job that I did perfectly well from home for 2 years?"
"When remote work is seen as a viable norm, employees begin to ask hard questions: Why do I need to be in the office 4 days a week for a job that I did perfectly well from home for 2 years?"
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Solar capacity is expected to triple based on new projects in the pipeline.
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Solar capacity is expected to triple based on new projects in the pipeline.
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
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This is when Elizabeth May is at her best.
Ahahahaha 🤣 Elizabeth May explaining the tanker ban “especially to the attention of slow learners; Andrew Sheer, Danielle Smith, take note.”
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is when Elizabeth May is at her best.
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Are you paying attention Albertans ?
"The issue was interference & corruption & a government that cared more about moving privatization & being American-style in how they deliver health care than actually cared about patient well-being or the taxpayer."
Burning taxpayer $$$ & putting citizens at risk is what the UCP govt does best.
Burning taxpayer $$$ & putting citizens at risk is what the UCP govt does best.
Alberta's auditor general says taxpayers lost $109M in lab testing debacle
EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general estimates the government's failed effort to privatize community lab testing services left taxpayers on the hook for about $109 million.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Are you paying attention Albertans ?
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
JD Vance blames immigration fo...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Not interested in anything this ignorant man has to say. #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Not interested in anything this ignorant man has to say. #cdnpoli
JD Vance blames immigration for Canada's 'stagnating' living standards | CBC News
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance made a series of posts criticizing Canada’s political leadership, public broadcaster and immigration system, saying our living standards are “stagnating” because of all th...
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
JD Vance blames immigration fo...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Not interested in anything this ignorant man has to say. #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Not interested in anything this ignorant man has to say. #cdnpoli
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🇵🇸 🇨🇦 🧑🎓 Over 130 Gazan students who have been offered places at Canadian universities remain stranded in #Gaza, some waiting over 18 months for visas.
Two students have already lost their lives.
FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier and Joanne Profeta report ⤵️
Two students have already lost their lives.
FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier and Joanne Profeta report ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🇵🇸 🇨🇦 🧑🎓 Over 130 Gazan students who have been offered places at Canadian universities remain stranded in #Gaza, some waiting over 18 months for visas.
Two students have already lost their lives.
FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier and Joanne Profeta report ⤵️
Two students have already lost their lives.
FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier and Joanne Profeta report ⤵️
Fossil fuel phaseout plan drop...
www.cbc.ca/news/climate... We need to phase out fossil fuels. How is this contentious? Why has Canada become a weak voice for climate change @liberalca.bsky.social ? We can move beyond fossil fuels as a nation. #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/climate... We need to phase out fossil fuels. How is this contentious? Why has Canada become a weak voice for climate change @liberalca.bsky.social ? We can move beyond fossil fuels as a nation. #cdnpoli
UN climate summit sees showdown over deal on fossil fuels | CBC
The UN climate summit was headed for a showdown on Friday over the future of fossil fuels, after host Brazil dropped
efforts to develop a global plan to shift away from oil, gas and coal from its pro...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Fossil fuel phaseout plan drop...
www.cbc.ca/news/climate... We need to phase out fossil fuels. How is this contentious? Why has Canada become a weak voice for climate change @liberalca.bsky.social ? We can move beyond fossil fuels as a nation. #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/climate... We need to phase out fossil fuels. How is this contentious? Why has Canada become a weak voice for climate change @liberalca.bsky.social ? We can move beyond fossil fuels as a nation. #cdnpoli
Children's advocates want new ...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Yes please. Right now. #cdnpoli @liberalca.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Yes please. Right now. #cdnpoli @liberalca.bsky.social
Children's advocates want new online harms legislation before the end of the year | CBC News
A national coalition of advocacy groups, health-care organizations and a telecommunications company have come together to demand the federal government reintroduce legislation to protect children from...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Children's advocates want new ...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Yes please. Right now. #cdnpoli @liberalca.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Yes please. Right now. #cdnpoli @liberalca.bsky.social
Rising cost of food is changin...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Shopping local is the way to go. #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Shopping local is the way to go. #cdnpoli
Rising cost of food is changing how Canadians eat, survey shows | CBC News
According to the latest edition of the Canadian Food Sentiment Index, four out of every five people surveyed said food is their top expense pressure.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Rising cost of food is changin...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Shopping local is the way to go. #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Shopping local is the way to go. #cdnpoli
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- 92% support oil and gas companies being responsible for the final clean-up of wells
- 87% support the gov’t requiring industry to cover unpaid property taxes to municipalities
- 84% support the gov’t requiring industry to cover unpaid rents to landowners
I guess we don’t ❤️ O&G unconditionally.
- 87% support the gov’t requiring industry to cover unpaid property taxes to municipalities
- 84% support the gov’t requiring industry to cover unpaid rents to landowners
I guess we don’t ❤️ O&G unconditionally.
“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” says pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.” drillanddash.substack.com/p/new-poll-s... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #CleanUpYourMess #YYC #YEG
New Poll: supermajority of Albertans want O&G companies to cover well cleanup, unpaid municipal taxes and landowner rents
“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” says pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.”
drillanddash.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
- 92% support oil and gas companies being responsible for the final clean-up of wells
- 87% support the gov’t requiring industry to cover unpaid property taxes to municipalities
- 84% support the gov’t requiring industry to cover unpaid rents to landowners
I guess we don’t ❤️ O&G unconditionally.
- 87% support the gov’t requiring industry to cover unpaid property taxes to municipalities
- 84% support the gov’t requiring industry to cover unpaid rents to landowners
I guess we don’t ❤️ O&G unconditionally.
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“The Legault government’s authoritarian overreach has only increased as the CAQ finds itself battling rising unpopularity. As the state of healthcare, education and homelessness worsens, the CAQ has chosen to focus on polarizing and divisive legislation instead.”
#polqc
#polqc
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“The Legault government’s authoritarian overreach has only increased as the CAQ finds itself battling rising unpopularity. As the state of healthcare, education and homelessness worsens, the CAQ has chosen to focus on polarizing and divisive legislation instead.”
#polqc
#polqc
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Contest puts AI-ready teaching to the test | Penn State University
The Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence invites faculty to compete for cash prizes in "Teach-a-thon," an event celebrating innovative teaching practices in response to AI technolog...
www.psu.edu
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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“Canada should cancel all military contracts with American firms. There are cheaper alternatives that involve a greater degree of domestic production. Canada can be a stronger, better, fairer country once we close our door to the United States.” @taylornoakes.com
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
cultmtl.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“Canada should cancel all military contracts with American firms. There are cheaper alternatives that involve a greater degree of domestic production. Canada can be a stronger, better, fairer country once we close our door to the United States.” @taylornoakes.com
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seems like a big deal
Opinion: New northwest pipeline risks hazard of landslide tsunamis
Major Projects Office needs to be wary in its planning for pipeline projects to tidewater
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
seems like a big deal
This moss survived 9 months ou...
www.cbc.ca/news/science... Cool!
www.cbc.ca/news/science... Cool!
This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station in the harshness of space | CBC News
Space is a harsh environment: it's a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, almost no oxygen. But Japanese researchers have found a type of moss that doesn...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This moss survived 9 months ou...
www.cbc.ca/news/science... Cool!
www.cbc.ca/news/science... Cool!
What would it take for Canadia...
www.cbc.ca/news/health/... Year round access to Canadian grown fresh food is a must. Cooking classes a yes too! #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/health/... Year round access to Canadian grown fresh food is a must. Cooking classes a yes too! #cdnpoli
Experts call ultra-processed foods a threat to public health. Why can't Canadians stop eating them? | CBC News
Researchers have linked ultra-processed foods to chronic diseases like obesity, Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. But helping Canadians make healthier choices comes with obstacles, experts ...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
What would it take for Canadia...
www.cbc.ca/news/health/... Year round access to Canadian grown fresh food is a must. Cooking classes a yes too! #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/health/... Year round access to Canadian grown fresh food is a must. Cooking classes a yes too! #cdnpoli