@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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Let’s go!!!
Lots of urgent issues these days it seems…but protecting Canada’s public healthcare system from coast to coast to coast is right up there!
Please sign and share:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We all benefit!
Lots of urgent issues these days it seems…but protecting Canada’s public healthcare system from coast to coast to coast is right up there!
Please sign and share:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We all benefit!
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Let’s go!!!
Lots of urgent issues these days it seems…but protecting Canada’s public healthcare system from coast to coast to coast is right up there!
Please sign and share:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We all benefit!
Lots of urgent issues these days it seems…but protecting Canada’s public healthcare system from coast to coast to coast is right up there!
Please sign and share:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We all benefit!
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Prison guards are flocking to ICE jobs and frankly this makes sense. Those of us who have been anti-prison organizers for decades have been saying that fascism already existed within prisons/jails. Our best teachers for how to survive fascism are incarcerated people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Prison guards are flocking to ICE jobs and frankly this makes sense. Those of us who have been anti-prison organizers for decades have been saying that fascism already existed within prisons/jails. Our best teachers for how to survive fascism are incarcerated people.
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Why would they leak the video from the ICE agents point of view when it didn’t exonerate him and actually made him look more guilty?
Because it shows Renee is a lesbian.
They’re hoping to incite homophobia and give their base another reason to hate her.
It’s sickening.
Because it shows Renee is a lesbian.
They’re hoping to incite homophobia and give their base another reason to hate her.
It’s sickening.
January 10, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Why would they leak the video from the ICE agents point of view when it didn’t exonerate him and actually made him look more guilty?
Because it shows Renee is a lesbian.
They’re hoping to incite homophobia and give their base another reason to hate her.
It’s sickening.
Because it shows Renee is a lesbian.
They’re hoping to incite homophobia and give their base another reason to hate her.
It’s sickening.
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X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website. www.wired.com/story/x-didn...
X Didn't Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website. www.wired.com/story/x-didn...
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A lot of people have strong feelings about what’s happening in Venezuela, but not much grounding in the history or politics. I talked to Geo Maher, who’s written two books on Venezuelan politics, to offer some context.
Geo Maher on Venezuela, Popular Power, and US Intervention
“This has absolutely nothing to do with either drug trafficking or democracy.”
organizingmythoughts.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A lot of people have strong feelings about what’s happening in Venezuela, but not much grounding in the history or politics. I talked to Geo Maher, who’s written two books on Venezuelan politics, to offer some context.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... A petition to end foreign ownership of media.
Petition e-6821 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
January 6, 2026 at 4:06 AM
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... A petition to end foreign ownership of media.
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This policy is illegal in Ontario.
Today in the New York Times:
"One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."
"One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
This policy is illegal in Ontario.
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Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
June 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
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Come on, @mark-carney.bsky.social be more like the PM of Denmark and less of a wuss.
The Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen to the United States:
“The Kingdom of Denmark, and thus Greenland, is a member of NATO and is therefore covered by the Alliance’s collective security guarantee.” I “strongly urge the United States to cease its threats.”
“The Kingdom of Denmark, and thus Greenland, is a member of NATO and is therefore covered by the Alliance’s collective security guarantee.” I “strongly urge the United States to cease its threats.”
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Come on, @mark-carney.bsky.social be more like the PM of Denmark and less of a wuss.
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Many of Canada's oligarchs and members of the kleptocracy will benefit from rolling Canada up into the US, and they are heavily backing Fortress Am-Can.
They post some socials about "elbows up" but they want the 51st state. It has the backing of #IDUPlaybook.
Carney is here to hitch us up.
They post some socials about "elbows up" but they want the 51st state. It has the backing of #IDUPlaybook.
Carney is here to hitch us up.
January 3, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Many of Canada's oligarchs and members of the kleptocracy will benefit from rolling Canada up into the US, and they are heavily backing Fortress Am-Can.
They post some socials about "elbows up" but they want the 51st state. It has the backing of #IDUPlaybook.
Carney is here to hitch us up.
They post some socials about "elbows up" but they want the 51st state. It has the backing of #IDUPlaybook.
Carney is here to hitch us up.
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Donald Trump has multiple indictments in the United States for crimes against the US government. And also pardoned top drug dealers.
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Donald Trump has multiple indictments in the United States for crimes against the US government. And also pardoned top drug dealers.
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The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
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you think this is a one-off? don’t be deluded. we are firmly in the zone of lawlessness & impunity. repression at home and aggression abroad. and a sleeping congress.
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
you think this is a one-off? don’t be deluded. we are firmly in the zone of lawlessness & impunity. repression at home and aggression abroad. and a sleeping congress.
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"A woman dressed as a pink Power Ranger hacked a dating site for far-right extremists. She deleted the entire site, but first she made users fall in love with AI bots she ran, thus obtaining information about them. Over 8,000 far-right profiles have now been mapped."
En kvinna, utklädd till rosa Power Ranger, hackade datingsida för högerextrema. Hon raderade hela sidan, men först fick hon användarna att bli kära i AI-botar som hon drev och fick på så sätt ut information om dem. Över 8000 högerextrema profiler har nu kartlagts.
cybernews.com/security/inv...
cybernews.com/security/inv...
Investigator breaches white supremacist dating sites, exposes 8,000 users
An investigative journalist infiltrated three white supremacist platforms, including the dating site WhiteDate, exfiltrating over 8,000 user profiles and 100GB of sensitive data.
cybernews.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
"A woman dressed as a pink Power Ranger hacked a dating site for far-right extremists. She deleted the entire site, but first she made users fall in love with AI bots she ran, thus obtaining information about them. Over 8,000 far-right profiles have now been mapped."
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Now that they’ve started a war I’ve completely forgotten that they’re pedophiles.
January 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Now that they’ve started a war I’ve completely forgotten that they’re pedophiles.
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it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
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Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.
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Abysmal statement from Canada on the illegal US action in Venezuela.
It doesn’t matter how much you dislike Maduro, that doesn’t justify a violation of international law and the UN Charter. You can’t call on “all parties” to respect international law and not call out US lawlessness.
It doesn’t matter how much you dislike Maduro, that doesn’t justify a violation of international law and the UN Charter. You can’t call on “all parties” to respect international law and not call out US lawlessness.
Please see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Abysmal statement from Canada on the illegal US action in Venezuela.
It doesn’t matter how much you dislike Maduro, that doesn’t justify a violation of international law and the UN Charter. You can’t call on “all parties” to respect international law and not call out US lawlessness.
It doesn’t matter how much you dislike Maduro, that doesn’t justify a violation of international law and the UN Charter. You can’t call on “all parties” to respect international law and not call out US lawlessness.
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as if the onus for improving quality and usefulness is somehow on the critics or the consumer
Microsoft's Satya Nadella wants you to stop saying AI "slop" in 2026
In closing comments of 2025, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared an update on the company's mindset for 2026 — shocker, it's all about AI.
www.windowscentral.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
as if the onus for improving quality and usefulness is somehow on the critics or the consumer
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Would love if all the folks up in arms about consent when it comes to AI images (good!) could understand issues of consent when it comes to making people around you ill because you don’t care or possibly even know that you’re sick.
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Would love if all the folks up in arms about consent when it comes to AI images (good!) could understand issues of consent when it comes to making people around you ill because you don’t care or possibly even know that you’re sick.
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There's no such thing as a serious effort to address the implosion of Canada's healthcare system that doesn't address COVID, and the incompetence of infection control leadership.
They made a very big mistake in 2020, and they'll take the system down with them before they'll admit it.
There's no such thing as a serious effort to address the implosion of Canada's healthcare system that doesn't address COVID, and the incompetence of infection control leadership.
They made a very big mistake in 2020, and they'll take the system down with them before they'll admit it.
Many doctors chiming in on how to help fix Canada's ER crisis with no mention of respirator masks or mitigating constant waves of viral illness. It's painful to witness!
December 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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There's no such thing as a serious effort to address the implosion of Canada's healthcare system that doesn't address COVID, and the incompetence of infection control leadership.
They made a very big mistake in 2020, and they'll take the system down with them before they'll admit it.
There's no such thing as a serious effort to address the implosion of Canada's healthcare system that doesn't address COVID, and the incompetence of infection control leadership.
They made a very big mistake in 2020, and they'll take the system down with them before they'll admit it.
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Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
Effective December 18, Nova Scotia Health is requiring everyone to wear a mask in their facilities. 👏👏👏
Please protect yourselves and others during this season of illness by wearing a mask, staying home when sick, getting vaccinated, and increasing ventilation & filtration.
Please protect yourselves and others during this season of illness by wearing a mask, staying home when sick, getting vaccinated, and increasing ventilation & filtration.
December 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
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Hiding from questions on Skills Development Fund scandals, development approvals given to Ford's wedding guests, slow or still unopened LRTs, pending Circular Materials recycling screwups, ongoing OSC relocation (for political reasons only), and ongoing consequences of underfunding EDU & Healthcare.
It's a good thing provinces don't have any responsibilities in Canada's system of government.
December 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hiding from questions on Skills Development Fund scandals, development approvals given to Ford's wedding guests, slow or still unopened LRTs, pending Circular Materials recycling screwups, ongoing OSC relocation (for political reasons only), and ongoing consequences of underfunding EDU & Healthcare.
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Holy CRAP.
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Holy CRAP.
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪