Sarah Dearing 🇨🇦
@sarahdearing.bsky.social
Novelist. Experience Snatcher. Birds. Gardening. Oddities.
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Wheeee! Remember to break up the doomscrolling for others.
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Anyway, I hope everyone’s Imposter Syndrome is much improved after reading the Epstein emails, lmao.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Anyway, I hope everyone’s Imposter Syndrome is much improved after reading the Epstein emails, lmao.
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"I feel much more connected to my students after having engaged with them on this book and reading their journals...I have not felt this energy in a classroom since 2022."
I love this so much 🥹
I love this so much 🥹
We're back! Today in The Important Work, Helen Choi and Vance Ricks write about assigning @karenhao.bsky.social's Empire of AI to their students in courses where they had not previously assigned books--and how it went. theimportantwork.substack.com/p/we-made-ou...
We made our students read a book!
And we'd do it again
theimportantwork.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"I feel much more connected to my students after having engaged with them on this book and reading their journals...I have not felt this energy in a classroom since 2022."
I love this so much 🥹
I love this so much 🥹
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... Catching up on the 6 new projects prioritized by the Carney gov’t and am reminded of this fascinating interview with the Deputy Premier of the NWT. We should help them build a da-n road as part of the Northwest Conservation Corridor.
Building a highway to the Arctic, with Caroline Wawzonek
Podcast Episode · The Hill Times' Hot Room · 2025-10-31 · 20m
podcasts.apple.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... Catching up on the 6 new projects prioritized by the Carney gov’t and am reminded of this fascinating interview with the Deputy Premier of the NWT. We should help them build a da-n road as part of the Northwest Conservation Corridor.
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Conifer Hill
Kurt Swinghammer
2022
Kurt Swinghammer
2022
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Conifer Hill
Kurt Swinghammer
2022
Kurt Swinghammer
2022
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i have sunk
the ship
that was in
lake superior
and which
you were probably
using
for haulage
forgive me
it was November
so laden
and so cold
the ship
that was in
lake superior
and which
you were probably
using
for haulage
forgive me
it was November
so laden
and so cold
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
i have sunk
the ship
that was in
lake superior
and which
you were probably
using
for haulage
forgive me
it was November
so laden
and so cold
the ship
that was in
lake superior
and which
you were probably
using
for haulage
forgive me
it was November
so laden
and so cold
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Chief Joseph Dreaver
Mike Holden ~ Saulteaux Cree
2010
Mike Holden ~ Saulteaux Cree
2010
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Chief Joseph Dreaver
Mike Holden ~ Saulteaux Cree
2010
Mike Holden ~ Saulteaux Cree
2010
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since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
The way words are selected and put together in these transcripts is beyond creepy; a problem that won't be solved by guardrails and parental warnings. I feel ill after reading this. Shut it down.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The way words are selected and put together in these transcripts is beyond creepy; a problem that won't be solved by guardrails and parental warnings. I feel ill after reading this. Shut it down.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
What colour pill is the AI pill?
“The history of technology is that it always creates jobs,” says Liberal MP Evan Solomon of AI apprehension on 640 Toronto.
Brother, I know you’re not a journalist anymore, but damn.
Brother, I know you’re not a journalist anymore, but damn.
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What colour pill is the AI pill?
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🔴 NEW - Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, flogged its tech to the oil industry in Brazil on the eve of the COP30 summit
📝 Great scoop by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👇🏻
📝 Great scoop by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👇🏻
Nvidia Flogged AI for Brazilian Oil and Gas on Eve of COP30
As world leaders prepared to descend on the small city of Belém in the Brazilian Amazon for the COP30 climate summit, artificial intelligence (AI) chip-manufacturer Nvidia was instead peddling its ene...
www.desmog.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🔴 NEW - Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, flogged its tech to the oil industry in Brazil on the eve of the COP30 summit
📝 Great scoop by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👇🏻
📝 Great scoop by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👇🏻
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
Duh!
Microsoft: Don't let AI agents near your credit card yet
Microsoft: Don't let AI agents near your credit card yet
Shopping bots pick first option and 'vulnerable to manipulation', Magentic Marketplace trial finds
Ready to have your agent talk to my agent and arrange a sale? Microsoft has published a simulated marketplace to put AI agents through their paces and answer a question for the new age: Would you trust AI with your credit card?…
dlvr.it
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Duh!
Canada needs to do this as well. As f’d up as the US is right now this is smart. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...
New bipartisan bill would require companies to report AI job losses
The AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act would require companies and federal agencies to submit quarterly reports of "AI-related job effects."
www.cnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Canada needs to do this as well. As f’d up as the US is right now this is smart. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...
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They can't even turn a profit stealing every thought on Earth? They need corporate welfare, too?
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
They can't even turn a profit stealing every thought on Earth? They need corporate welfare, too?
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When you got a good blurb and you want to show it off. cc @nickharkaway.com!
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
When you got a good blurb and you want to show it off. cc @nickharkaway.com!
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One of the least remarked parts of Mamdani's speech yesterday was its strong implication that he wants his army of 100k volunteers to stick around and do stuff.
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
One of the least remarked parts of Mamdani's speech yesterday was its strong implication that he wants his army of 100k volunteers to stick around and do stuff.
I look forward to the robust and transparent evaluation process that will surely be implemented across the public service before AI is introduced to improve efficiency and reduce workers. @heathermcpherson.bsky.social @ndp.ca #Budget2025
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I look forward to the robust and transparent evaluation process that will surely be implemented across the public service before AI is introduced to improve efficiency and reduce workers. @heathermcpherson.bsky.social @ndp.ca #Budget2025
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Wow.
JD Vance’s younger brother is losing in an absolute landslide in the Cincinnati mayor election after JD endorsed him.
JD Vance’s younger brother is losing in an absolute landslide in the Cincinnati mayor election after JD endorsed him.
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Wow.
JD Vance’s younger brother is losing in an absolute landslide in the Cincinnati mayor election after JD endorsed him.
JD Vance’s younger brother is losing in an absolute landslide in the Cincinnati mayor election after JD endorsed him.
Need to work this into our intervention on limitations and exceptions for archives at WIPO next month @jenniferdavidson.bsky.social. Maybe with a crystal cube prop for flair.
NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Need to work this into our intervention on limitations and exceptions for archives at WIPO next month @jenniferdavidson.bsky.social. Maybe with a crystal cube prop for flair.
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The idea that AI is a bubble is also still beyond the pale to consider, though largely due to a conscious but self-sealing awareness of how bad it would be if that were true
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The idea that AI is a bubble is also still beyond the pale to consider, though largely due to a conscious but self-sealing awareness of how bad it would be if that were true
Keep an eye on today’s budget for the slippery language favoured by the AI hawkers and consulting class. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Say Hi to Tech Bro Carney | The Tyee
As his government heedlessly embraces artificial intelligence, the threats to Canadians are clear.
thetyee.ca
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Keep an eye on today’s budget for the slippery language favoured by the AI hawkers and consulting class. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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Wake up, Dick! I want you to see droves of New Yorkers voting in a Muslim socialist as mayor!
Dick?
Dick?
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Wake up, Dick! I want you to see droves of New Yorkers voting in a Muslim socialist as mayor!
Dick?
Dick?
Taking advantage of fresh cranberry season. So good it doesn’t need the glaze. I add lemon zest. Perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas. www.texanerin.com/cranberry-al...
Cranberry Almond Cake
This cranberry almond cake is wonderfully moist, has a lovely slightly dense texture, and is topped off with a simple almond glaze. It’s surprisingly easy to make and can be made traditionally, gluten...
www.texanerin.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Taking advantage of fresh cranberry season. So good it doesn’t need the glaze. I add lemon zest. Perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas. www.texanerin.com/cranberry-al...