Steven Watt
@stevenwatt.bsky.social
Translator and editor based in St. John's Newfoundland. I like to ride my bicyle and hang out with my dog. The wife and kids are pretty OK too.
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
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L'Espagne, comme l'Allemagne, l'Italie, la France, le Chili ou l'Argentine, a déjà "essayé" l'extrême-droite, pour reprendre une expression chère aux fachos fachés.
Ci-dessous, la carte de toutes les fosses communes recensées des victimes du franquisme. L'extrême-droite, c'est ça.
Ci-dessous, la carte de toutes les fosses communes recensées des victimes du franquisme. L'extrême-droite, c'est ça.
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
L'Espagne, comme l'Allemagne, l'Italie, la France, le Chili ou l'Argentine, a déjà "essayé" l'extrême-droite, pour reprendre une expression chère aux fachos fachés.
Ci-dessous, la carte de toutes les fosses communes recensées des victimes du franquisme. L'extrême-droite, c'est ça.
Ci-dessous, la carte de toutes les fosses communes recensées des victimes du franquisme. L'extrême-droite, c'est ça.
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Canadian Premier League final, Atletico Ottawa vs Cavalry (Calgary) in very Canadian conditions.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Canadian Premier League final, Atletico Ottawa vs Cavalry (Calgary) in very Canadian conditions.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
Is it really falling behind if you're going backward on purpose?
UK falling behind EU on environmental rules amid post-Brexit rollback
Exclusive: Labour ministers choosing to weaken green protections inherited from the bloc, analysis reveals
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Is it really falling behind if you're going backward on purpose?
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92 years ago today, the Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute for Sexuality, where the first study of trans people was conducted, and burned all of its contents.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
May 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
92 years ago today, the Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute for Sexuality, where the first study of trans people was conducted, and burned all of its contents.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
What do I like about that final round of CPC ads? They make me feel really young. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Conservatives roll out ads without Poilievre in final stretch of campaign | Power & Politics
The Conservatives released two ads with no images of party leader Pierre Poilievre: an endorsement by Stephen Harper, and an ad that shows two golfers criticizing Liberal Leader Mark Carney but making...
www.cbc.ca
April 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
What do I like about that final round of CPC ads? They make me feel really young. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Is that Marc Bloch I hear spinning in his grave?
Nate Silver 🤝 Noah Smith
Knowing nothing about the past, skimming Wikipedia and not doing the reading, and assuming they’ve invented a new way of understanding human history
Knowing nothing about the past, skimming Wikipedia and not doing the reading, and assuming they’ve invented a new way of understanding human history
Mom, come pick me up, they're coming up with the silliest possible version of the Great Man Theory of History
February 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Is that Marc Bloch I hear spinning in his grave?
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um excuse me? have you considered i am both stupid and lazy? now go away so i can boil another lake out of existence instead of using a dictionary
January 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
um excuse me? have you considered i am both stupid and lazy? now go away so i can boil another lake out of existence instead of using a dictionary
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if you believe that your role as a Historian renders you uniquely special —not only above contemporary politics, simply Too Professional to express basic solidarity with other scholars or to simply identify war crimes for what they are — then, frankly, you can get fucked.
January 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
if you believe that your role as a Historian renders you uniquely special —not only above contemporary politics, simply Too Professional to express basic solidarity with other scholars or to simply identify war crimes for what they are — then, frankly, you can get fucked.
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Quite a double-standard that your competition states "Any AI-generated stories will be automatically disqualified." yet you have no qualms about using AI art to promote it. Hire/compensate/attribute real artists. #AIslop
January 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Quite a double-standard that your competition states "Any AI-generated stories will be automatically disqualified." yet you have no qualms about using AI art to promote it. Hire/compensate/attribute real artists. #AIslop
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holy crap
CAR-CRAZY FACT OF THE DAY.
Every 24 hours, US drivers run over 15 children in parking lots and driveways.
jalopnik.com/u-s-drivers-...
Every 24 hours, US drivers run over 15 children in parking lots and driveways.
jalopnik.com/u-s-drivers-...
U.S. Drivers Run Over 15 Children Every Day In Parking Lots And Driveways
Tall vehicles and long hoods contribute to increasing number of "frontover" incidents.
jalopnik.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:13 PM
holy crap