@lexomatic.bsky.social
High and counter culture. Former public servant, translator, videographer, musician, editor, and intern everywhere I can make myself redundant by fixing systemic problems. TTRPG & audio drama He / Him
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Here’s an incredible stat: The energy wasted from inefficient fossil-fuel combustion represents a cost of $4.6 trillion every year, globally.
leahy.substack.com/p/we-could-h...
leahy.substack.com/p/we-could-h...
We could have healthier, more affordable lives through renewables and electrification
Vested interests are spending $billions to prevent this
leahy.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Here’s an incredible stat: The energy wasted from inefficient fossil-fuel combustion represents a cost of $4.6 trillion every year, globally.
leahy.substack.com/p/we-could-h...
leahy.substack.com/p/we-could-h...
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Congratulations! We'll see an LLM triggered Chernobyl. 🙃
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Congratulations! We'll see an LLM triggered Chernobyl. 🙃
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Perks asks the City Solicitor if she sees any issues with Bradford's motion. She does! She says the motion may run afoul of rules preventing council from directing enforcement, and could be inconsistent with a court's ruling in Waterloo Region re: encampments.
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Perks asks the City Solicitor if she sees any issues with Bradford's motion. She does! She says the motion may run afoul of rules preventing council from directing enforcement, and could be inconsistent with a court's ruling in Waterloo Region re: encampments.
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Mark Carney is about to announce more of his “elbows up” major projects.
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Mark Carney is about to announce more of his “elbows up” major projects.
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
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The one thing I've learned from the 21st century is that it very rarely comes down to incompetence OR malice. It is almost always both.
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The one thing I've learned from the 21st century is that it very rarely comes down to incompetence OR malice. It is almost always both.
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The UK govt: "Hmm, we might have to ban VPNs & a whole range of otehr basic privacy safeguards, to Protect The Children, y'know."
Also the UK govt: "It's perfectly fine to let Nazi billionaire & friend of Epstein Peter Thiel trawl through the entire corpus of NHS personal data on your children."
Also the UK govt: "It's perfectly fine to let Nazi billionaire & friend of Epstein Peter Thiel trawl through the entire corpus of NHS personal data on your children."
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The UK govt: "Hmm, we might have to ban VPNs & a whole range of otehr basic privacy safeguards, to Protect The Children, y'know."
Also the UK govt: "It's perfectly fine to let Nazi billionaire & friend of Epstein Peter Thiel trawl through the entire corpus of NHS personal data on your children."
Also the UK govt: "It's perfectly fine to let Nazi billionaire & friend of Epstein Peter Thiel trawl through the entire corpus of NHS personal data on your children."
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Plus d’un établissement provincial sur deux n’a pas de psychiatre, malgré des besoins criants.
Le «trou noir de la santé mentale» dans les prisons québécoises
www.ledevoir.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Plus d’un établissement provincial sur deux n’a pas de psychiatre, malgré des besoins criants.
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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For all you misinformed doctors, nurses, pharmacists, cancer technicians, politicians, bosses, teachers, caregivers, and average people on the street:
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For all you misinformed doctors, nurses, pharmacists, cancer technicians, politicians, bosses, teachers, caregivers, and average people on the street:
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
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🔬🧠Brain‑training games for LC cognitive dysfunction? The RECOVER‑NEURO trial shows they don’t address the underlying pathology. Games can’t fix inflammation, microvascular issues, or neuro‑immune dysfunction - we need interventions that understand the biology not candy crush 🍭
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🔬🧠Brain‑training games for LC cognitive dysfunction? The RECOVER‑NEURO trial shows they don’t address the underlying pathology. Games can’t fix inflammation, microvascular issues, or neuro‑immune dysfunction - we need interventions that understand the biology not candy crush 🍭
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November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
[Public Television Voice]
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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This was my first year not in a budget lock-up since 2013 - but I went through it last night with CUPE researchers, and we wrote up our initial thoughts here: cupe.ca/budget-2025-...
Budget 2025 Analysis
Carney promised transformative change, but he gave us tweaks and half measures instead. The Liberals expect our members, friends and neighbours to swallow austerity while they give handouts to the ric...
cupe.ca
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This was my first year not in a budget lock-up since 2013 - but I went through it last night with CUPE researchers, and we wrote up our initial thoughts here: cupe.ca/budget-2025-...
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Because the huge Anthropic class action settlement limits eligibility to works registered w/ US Copyright Office, non-US writers are mostly locked out. But there's a similar proposed class action covering Canadian authors (click Documents link, then Amended Notice) www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Anthropic PBC AI Copyright - CFM Lawyers
www.cfmlawyers.ca
November 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Because the huge Anthropic class action settlement limits eligibility to works registered w/ US Copyright Office, non-US writers are mostly locked out. But there's a similar proposed class action covering Canadian authors (click Documents link, then Amended Notice) www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
This is a big deal. Canadian govts throwing themselves at AI and doing nothing. My mom's work was part of the data set, including an obituary for one of her best friends, and an essay on ethics (!!!!!!). Fuck AI forever
attention canadian authors!
Because the huge Anthropic class action settlement limits eligibility to works registered w/ US Copyright Office, non-US writers are mostly locked out. But there's a similar proposed class action covering Canadian authors (click Documents link, then Amended Notice) www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is a big deal. Canadian govts throwing themselves at AI and doing nothing. My mom's work was part of the data set, including an obituary for one of her best friends, and an essay on ethics (!!!!!!). Fuck AI forever
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attention canadian authors!
Because the huge Anthropic class action settlement limits eligibility to works registered w/ US Copyright Office, non-US writers are mostly locked out. But there's a similar proposed class action covering Canadian authors (click Documents link, then Amended Notice) www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Anthropic PBC AI Copyright - CFM Lawyers
www.cfmlawyers.ca
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
attention canadian authors!
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Cover reveal for Carnalis, my lesbian cannibal novella, which is out in MARCH from @nictitatingbooks.bsky.social!!
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Cover reveal for Carnalis, my lesbian cannibal novella, which is out in MARCH from @nictitatingbooks.bsky.social!!
A free & just society doesn't let a government elected by 15% of residents under false pretenses while under criminal corruption investigation get away with the BS Ford does. Soooo many rights infringed right out in the open. PRESUMED electoral consent. Beyond absurd #onpoli
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A free & just society doesn't let a government elected by 15% of residents under false pretenses while under criminal corruption investigation get away with the BS Ford does. Soooo many rights infringed right out in the open. PRESUMED electoral consent. Beyond absurd #onpoli
Toronto Council keeps making CHOICES and uses those to justify not spending on services, in this case making accessibility a priority. Seems like they have things backward.
Toronto could make snow clearing better, report finds. But the city says it can’t afford to
Toronto could make snow clearing better, report finds. But the city says it can’t afford to
The snow removal report goes to executive committee on Tuesday for debate.
www.thestar.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Toronto Council keeps making CHOICES and uses those to justify not spending on services, in this case making accessibility a priority. Seems like they have things backward.
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There is no evidence to support that federal research funding is being unfairly allocated to "woke" or "leftist" research.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There is no evidence to support that federal research funding is being unfairly allocated to "woke" or "leftist" research.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
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And now #RichardsLanding #Ontario will be closed tomorrow.
And still 🦗🦗 from Sylvia
We all matter or none of us do
And still 🦗🦗 from Sylvia
We all matter or none of us do
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
And now #RichardsLanding #Ontario will be closed tomorrow.
And still 🦗🦗 from Sylvia
We all matter or none of us do
And still 🦗🦗 from Sylvia
We all matter or none of us do
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“We may be living through a slow-moving immune decline crisis" -
(* Good to see the @thetyee.ca taking the #OngoingPandemic seriously again).
(* Good to see the @thetyee.ca taking the #OngoingPandemic seriously again).
October 31, 2025 at 4:57 AM
“We may be living through a slow-moving immune decline crisis" -
(* Good to see the @thetyee.ca taking the #OngoingPandemic seriously again).
(* Good to see the @thetyee.ca taking the #OngoingPandemic seriously again).
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
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"Canadians are not embracing any talk of "austerity," and if needed, a majority — nearly 60 per cent — says Ottawa should hike taxes on wealthier Canadians if new spending is needed"
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Mark Carney is pitching ‘austerity’ but Canadians want something else, poll suggests
The future of the Carney minority government turns on how Carney strikes the right balance Tuesday.
www.thestar.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 AM
"Canadians are not embracing any talk of "austerity," and if needed, a majority — nearly 60 per cent — says Ottawa should hike taxes on wealthier Canadians if new spending is needed"
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
@emmettmacfarlane.com Anything equivalent for Canada? How about recent?
Carpini has a book literally titled “what Americans know about politics” and it’s been around since the mid 1990s
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
@emmettmacfarlane.com Anything equivalent for Canada? How about recent?