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@rjyoung123.bsky.social
Northern lights from the other night, Ottawa Canada.
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Don’t want to pay for one, but man my lathe could use a giant bandsaw buddy.
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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The global average concentration of the CO2 surged by 3.5 parts per million to 424ppm in 2024, the largest increase since modern measurements started in 1957. We might be switching from negative to positive carbon cycle feedbacks - a horrific disaster, if so.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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What the FUCK are we doing?
What the fuck are we doing?
October 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Woodbine is such an amazing, Canadian audio drama podcast, new season is rolling out for spooky season. I love the pacing, voice acting, setting. A bit saucy at times, funny, latest season is wonderful.
woodbinepod.com @parkdalehaunts.bsky.social
Woodbine – A supernatural mystery podcast from the creators of Parkdale Haunt. Coming fall 2024.
woodbinepod.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
October 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Where are the good songs and art satirizing the ai boom and tech bros? @edzitron.com ?

Listening to commercial rock radio it’s slightly bizarre there’s nothing coming out about it. (Though I do understand how this might start out underground.)
October 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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If we cannot all be on the same page that the sitting president threatening to invade a US city is fascist dictator shit then truly I do not know what to do.
September 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Melting into an airport chair listening to Kind of Blue while your airplane is delayed, contemplating life, is a great vibe.
September 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The McCordick Mystery 👽🛸
August 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Light painting equipment testing…
August 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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That tagline
Currently reading In Formation magazine, and I’m kinda in love with its whole deal.
August 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My biking buddy
August 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.

This is how AI is killing translation work:
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Someone posted this on Reddit but great news - in another three weeks AI will be writing 90% of code

www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ce...
Anthropic's CEO says that in 3 to 6 months, AI will be writing 90% of the code software developers were in charge of
"And then in 12 months, we may be in a world where AI is writing essentially all of the code," Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said.
www.businessinsider.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
August 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Biking in the Marlborough forest.
notepad.rjyoung.ca/marlborough-...
Biking in the Marlborough Forest
Notes for the ether?
notepad.rjyoung.ca
August 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Montreal is a great place to explore.
July 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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we are literally naming our bank after the mountain lair where the dwarves became consumed by greed until they finally realized they had to move beyond it to survive

we absolutely understood the message of this book intended for children, we are very smart people. please give us all your money now
July 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Maple bowl, digging this one
June 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Dusting off my IR camera.
June 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It’s been a long spring and it’s time for a rest. 😅
June 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trying to break in my bowl gouge.
June 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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FYI, if you're at all interested in building up a physical media library for any reason, a *lot* of unsold stuff has ended up on eBay for pretty cheap

That Perry Mason box set wasn't even $60, and it's 72 DVDs.

DVDs are old-fashioned... but so am I and I'm honestly loving the simplicity and ritual
May 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM