N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka)
@nroshak.bsky.social
Canadian, author & reader, nerd, parent. She/they. SFWA, SCBWI, Codexian. Invisibly bi/pan 🏳️🌈 Proud member of 🇺🇦 diaspora in 🇨🇦. https://nrmroshak.com and https://rdbms-insight.com
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Escape Routes: Top Options for Leaving the U.S. in 2025
Expert advice from veteran expat and travel writer Tim Leffel
itishappening.substack.com
This blog post left Canada out.
Americans, if you are in one of the following 60 professions (threading) and you would like to live and work in Canada, all you have to do is get a job up here. 🧵
itishappening.substack.com/p/escape-rou...
Americans, if you are in one of the following 60 professions (threading) and you would like to live and work in Canada, all you have to do is get a job up here. 🧵
itishappening.substack.com/p/escape-rou...
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OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
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Hi all! I have a question for people smart with the law. Do the restrictions in Utah's House Bill 261 (can’t say the word/discuss the concept of oppression or intersectionality or bias etc) apply to private individuals who are invited to speak at public universities?
November 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Hi all! I have a question for people smart with the law. Do the restrictions in Utah's House Bill 261 (can’t say the word/discuss the concept of oppression or intersectionality or bias etc) apply to private individuals who are invited to speak at public universities?
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It’s cool when you can get stuff for cheap. Even better when it’s fun stuff, like the adventures of a Druid and his wolfhound who’s got a thing for sausages. HOUNDED is on sale in Ebook for $1.99 this week. Let your peeps know or take a gander yourself!
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s cool when you can get stuff for cheap. Even better when it’s fun stuff, like the adventures of a Druid and his wolfhound who’s got a thing for sausages. HOUNDED is on sale in Ebook for $1.99 this week. Let your peeps know or take a gander yourself!
Show me something you made without AI
My 2019 novelette "The Auditor and the Exorcist" (CC-licensed) features a win for a social credit auditor doing the underpaid, unrecognized human labour that underpins "AI"
nrmroshak.com/free-reads/t...
My 2019 novelette "The Auditor and the Exorcist" (CC-licensed) features a win for a social credit auditor doing the underpaid, unrecognized human labour that underpins "AI"
nrmroshak.com/free-reads/t...
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Show me something you made without AI
My 2019 novelette "The Auditor and the Exorcist" (CC-licensed) features a win for a social credit auditor doing the underpaid, unrecognized human labour that underpins "AI"
nrmroshak.com/free-reads/t...
My 2019 novelette "The Auditor and the Exorcist" (CC-licensed) features a win for a social credit auditor doing the underpaid, unrecognized human labour that underpins "AI"
nrmroshak.com/free-reads/t...
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When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
www.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Canadian authors, take note!
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 11:33 PM
Canadian authors, take note!
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Newest LLM tell/quirk in coding assignments this semester: instead of generating code based on the CSVs that I provide, LLMs have been inventing datasets with rnorm() and sample() (and an obligatory set.seed(42)) and then making plots with the fake data.
I'm so tired.
I'm so tired.
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Newest LLM tell/quirk in coding assignments this semester: instead of generating code based on the CSVs that I provide, LLMs have been inventing datasets with rnorm() and sample() (and an obligatory set.seed(42)) and then making plots with the fake data.
I'm so tired.
I'm so tired.
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This is encouraging!
A vaccine given to breast cancer patients 20 y ago has kept them alive. The 5 yr relative survival rate of women w/ metastatic cancer is 32%.
This vaccine elicited long term immune responses.
It is too expensive to be antivax.
🧪 corporate.dukehealth.org/news/could-c...
A vaccine given to breast cancer patients 20 y ago has kept them alive. The 5 yr relative survival rate of women w/ metastatic cancer is 32%.
This vaccine elicited long term immune responses.
It is too expensive to be antivax.
🧪 corporate.dukehealth.org/news/could-c...
Could a Cancer Vaccine Developed Long Ago Hold the Key to Long-Term Survival?
DURHAM, N.C. – A small group of women with advanced breast cancer received a vaccine via a clinical trial more than 20 years ago. Today, they’re all still alive. Scientists say that kind of long-term ...
corporate.dukehealth.org
November 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is encouraging!
A vaccine given to breast cancer patients 20 y ago has kept them alive. The 5 yr relative survival rate of women w/ metastatic cancer is 32%.
This vaccine elicited long term immune responses.
It is too expensive to be antivax.
🧪 corporate.dukehealth.org/news/could-c...
A vaccine given to breast cancer patients 20 y ago has kept them alive. The 5 yr relative survival rate of women w/ metastatic cancer is 32%.
This vaccine elicited long term immune responses.
It is too expensive to be antivax.
🧪 corporate.dukehealth.org/news/could-c...
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Russia has officially integrated occupied Ukrainian territories into its Southern Military District and plans to begin mobilizing 50,000 to 100,000 residents for the war effort, according to Ukraine’s National Resistance Center. Men aged 18–55, including conscripts, will be recruited by force.
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Russia has officially integrated occupied Ukrainian territories into its Southern Military District and plans to begin mobilizing 50,000 to 100,000 residents for the war effort, according to Ukraine’s National Resistance Center. Men aged 18–55, including conscripts, will be recruited by force.
You could make this pic in 5 minutes in Photoshop or with AI.
But the fact that the Sun ACTUALLY did this in October (of 2014) is what makes this image AWESOME.
Happy almost-Hallowe'en!
#scicomm 🧪
But the fact that the Sun ACTUALLY did this in October (of 2014) is what makes this image AWESOME.
Happy almost-Hallowe'en!
#scicomm 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
You could make this pic in 5 minutes in Photoshop or with AI.
But the fact that the Sun ACTUALLY did this in October (of 2014) is what makes this image AWESOME.
Happy almost-Hallowe'en!
#scicomm 🧪
But the fact that the Sun ACTUALLY did this in October (of 2014) is what makes this image AWESOME.
Happy almost-Hallowe'en!
#scicomm 🧪
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Cat running for office: But we're going to get rid of the humans because they've been treating us very badly. And our bowls will be full in the morning- perhaps fuller than ever before
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Cat running for office: But we're going to get rid of the humans because they've been treating us very badly. And our bowls will be full in the morning- perhaps fuller than ever before
My grandfather had polio as a child. My mom didn't, I didn't, and my son didn't. Thanks, Dr. Salk.
Dr. Salk was brought to us by free public education. He went to public school. Tuition for his B. Sc. at CCNY was free.
Top-quality free public education saves lives.
Dr. Salk was brought to us by free public education. He went to public school. Tuition for his B. Sc. at CCNY was free.
Top-quality free public education saves lives.
Dr. Jonas Salk, born on this day in 1914, developed
the first safe and effective polio vaccine. His
breakthrough reshaped the fields of virology and
immunology, paving the way for modern vaccine
science.
If you could thank one scientist from history, who
would it be, and why? 🧪🥼
the first safe and effective polio vaccine. His
breakthrough reshaped the fields of virology and
immunology, paving the way for modern vaccine
science.
If you could thank one scientist from history, who
would it be, and why? 🧪🥼
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My grandfather had polio as a child. My mom didn't, I didn't, and my son didn't. Thanks, Dr. Salk.
Dr. Salk was brought to us by free public education. He went to public school. Tuition for his B. Sc. at CCNY was free.
Top-quality free public education saves lives.
Dr. Salk was brought to us by free public education. He went to public school. Tuition for his B. Sc. at CCNY was free.
Top-quality free public education saves lives.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Bill 2, the Back to School Act, is set to be introduced later Monday afternoon by Finance Minister Nate Horner, according to the legislative order paper.
#abed #ableg #abpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
#abed #ableg #abpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta to introduce back to work legislation Monday to end teachers strike
Bill 2, the Back to School Act, will be introduced Monday by Finance Minister Nate Horner inside the Alberta legislature in Edmonton.
edmontonjournal.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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excited to see my story out in the world! um...this one sure is a Sui story. enjoy! and i'm sorry!
FF#26 features work by Nkereuwem Albert, @thesuiway.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta!
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
excited to see my story out in the world! um...this one sure is a Sui story. enjoy! and i'm sorry!
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Doug Ford’s office has already received over ten thousand emails in the last 24 hours, saying no Bill 60, which would enable landlords to renegotiate leases every year, and refuse to renew without cause.
Acorn Ontario is calling this proposal “Ford’s most dangerous act” and they’re right #onpoli
Acorn Ontario is calling this proposal “Ford’s most dangerous act” and they’re right #onpoli
October 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Doug Ford’s office has already received over ten thousand emails in the last 24 hours, saying no Bill 60, which would enable landlords to renegotiate leases every year, and refuse to renew without cause.
Acorn Ontario is calling this proposal “Ford’s most dangerous act” and they’re right #onpoli
Acorn Ontario is calling this proposal “Ford’s most dangerous act” and they’re right #onpoli
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CBC is apparently out of fucks to give writing headlines this morning.
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
CBC is apparently out of fucks to give writing headlines this morning.
Poynter, a nonprofit org that trains journalists & runs PolitiFact, has a new AI literacy course & toolkit. I was impressed
www.poynter.org/tech-tools/a...
www.poynter.org/tech-tools/a...
Poynter’s MediaWise launches new AI literacy initiative in collaboration with the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation - Poynter
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car...
www.poynter.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Poynter, a nonprofit org that trains journalists & runs PolitiFact, has a new AI literacy course & toolkit. I was impressed
www.poynter.org/tech-tools/a...
www.poynter.org/tech-tools/a...
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The #GovShutdown is on day 23.
How many passengers and freight are transported by air?
We are not paying the air traffic controllers.
It is insane that businesses support the GOP
How many passengers and freight are transported by air?
We are not paying the air traffic controllers.
It is insane that businesses support the GOP
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The #GovShutdown is on day 23.
How many passengers and freight are transported by air?
We are not paying the air traffic controllers.
It is insane that businesses support the GOP
How many passengers and freight are transported by air?
We are not paying the air traffic controllers.
It is insane that businesses support the GOP
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when Putin demands that Ukraine give him the territory of Donetsk region - this is what awaits the people there
murders at the hands of the Russian military
Russia claims that they "are Russians" and Russia "is saving" them from "evil nazi Ukraine"
saving by murder
suspilne.media/donbas/11462...
murders at the hands of the Russian military
Russia claims that they "are Russians" and Russia "is saving" them from "evil nazi Ukraine"
saving by murder
suspilne.media/donbas/11462...
Військові РФ розстріляли п'ятьох цивільних у селі на Донеччині
У селі Званівка на Донеччині війська РФ розстріляли щонайменше п'ятьох цивільних осіб. Про це правоохоронцям повідомила жінка, яка вижила після кульового поранення — Суспільне Донбас
suspilne.media
October 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
when Putin demands that Ukraine give him the territory of Donetsk region - this is what awaits the people there
murders at the hands of the Russian military
Russia claims that they "are Russians" and Russia "is saving" them from "evil nazi Ukraine"
saving by murder
suspilne.media/donbas/11462...
murders at the hands of the Russian military
Russia claims that they "are Russians" and Russia "is saving" them from "evil nazi Ukraine"
saving by murder
suspilne.media/donbas/11462...
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Your PI/mom/bestie/doctor would love this 👇🐡 🧪
It's been a long, long, LONG wait, but the Portrait in Cells scarf - based on this artwork - is back in stock in two weights of silk, yayyyyy! #sciart www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Your PI/mom/bestie/doctor would love this 👇🐡 🧪
