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I really like this bit from the TV show Pantheon - kinda sorta talking about A1:
"Unfortunately,
I and the others like me
cannot be trusted with this power.
We are not ghosts.
We are not aliens.
We are not machines.
We are not gods.
We are you."
"Unfortunately,
I and the others like me
cannot be trusted with this power.
We are not ghosts.
We are not aliens.
We are not machines.
We are not gods.
We are you."
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NEWS: the entire staff of the Alberta Law Foundation has resigned in the wake of Bill 14, which gives the justice minister more say in how the independent org operates. This is according to a board member who says she was ousted by the law society for speaking out edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/a...
Alberta Law Foundation board members ousted, staff resign in wake of controversial justice bill
Moira Vane says she and another lawyer were told the Law Society of Alberta is removing them from the board of the Alberta Law Foundation.
edmontonjournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 PM
NEWS: the entire staff of the Alberta Law Foundation has resigned in the wake of Bill 14, which gives the justice minister more say in how the independent org operates. This is according to a board member who says she was ousted by the law society for speaking out edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/a...
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Yes. ICE service is being sold to disaffected MAGA goons as an opportunity to wage a campaign of cleansing, restorative violence against Americans as an act of patriotic national service. And most normies now see that this isn't anything akin to real law enforcement.
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 16, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Yes. ICE service is being sold to disaffected MAGA goons as an opportunity to wage a campaign of cleansing, restorative violence against Americans as an act of patriotic national service. And most normies now see that this isn't anything akin to real law enforcement.
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
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"We're seeing is this shift within the way the U.S. administration communicates to produce public enemies through their language."
Karoline Leavitt says the notorious White Zinfandel Yoga Moms gang out of Chicago is an especially menacing threat.
Karoline Leavitt says the notorious White Zinfandel Yoga Moms gang out of Chicago is an especially menacing threat.
'Wine moms' are being blamed for the ICE protests. We've heard this one before | CBC News
Fox News posted a column on Sunday singling out "organized gangs of wine moms" for Renee Good's death at the hands of ICE agents. It's part of what experts say is a bigger, concerning and familiar cha...
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM
"We're seeing is this shift within the way the U.S. administration communicates to produce public enemies through their language."
Karoline Leavitt says the notorious White Zinfandel Yoga Moms gang out of Chicago is an especially menacing threat.
Karoline Leavitt says the notorious White Zinfandel Yoga Moms gang out of Chicago is an especially menacing threat.
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This is what PM #MarkCarney wants to spend your taxpayer dollars on rather than the energy systems of the future (or NOW). #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #CarbonCapture bsky.app/profile/plat...
The UK just committed £22bn to carbon capture and storage – a tech with an 80% failure rate that lets oil & gas greenwash their emissions.
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
This is what PM #MarkCarney wants to spend your taxpayer dollars on rather than the energy systems of the future (or NOW). #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #CarbonCapture bsky.app/profile/plat...
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
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When Fascism came to America, no one crawled on their bellies and kissed the boot more willingly than those who once defiantly shouted "Don't Tread On Me!"
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
When Fascism came to America, no one crawled on their bellies and kissed the boot more willingly than those who once defiantly shouted "Don't Tread On Me!"
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This is a BIG deal. I've emailed to ask for any info pertaining to where the standards might be housed, but not holding my breath.
The standards include items such as the design of containers that pull dangerous goods on railroads, and the testing for lead in gasoline. Flammibility of mattresses..
The standards include items such as the design of containers that pull dangerous goods on railroads, and the testing for lead in gasoline. Flammibility of mattresses..
www.canada.ca/en/public-se...
The Canadian General Standards Board is also shutting down *entirely* as of April 1 with no clear plan for who takes over their work and responsibilities
The Canadian General Standards Board is also shutting down *entirely* as of April 1 with no clear plan for who takes over their work and responsibilities
Canadian General Standards Board - Canada.ca
Canadian General Standards Board, CGSB, standardization, consensus, standards development, conformity assessment, products, services, certification, qualification, acceptance, programs, quality, envir...
www.canada.ca
January 15, 2026 at 1:37 PM
This is a BIG deal. I've emailed to ask for any info pertaining to where the standards might be housed, but not holding my breath.
The standards include items such as the design of containers that pull dangerous goods on railroads, and the testing for lead in gasoline. Flammibility of mattresses..
The standards include items such as the design of containers that pull dangerous goods on railroads, and the testing for lead in gasoline. Flammibility of mattresses..
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This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthday
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
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Mike Johnson just lied that MN leaders are inciting violence. It's the exact opposite. Walz and Frey have bent so far backwards discouraging violence that Minnesotans - me included - are calling them weak.
Mike Johnson is lying to protect a pedophile.
Mike Johnson is lying to protect a pedophile.
January 16, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Mike Johnson just lied that MN leaders are inciting violence. It's the exact opposite. Walz and Frey have bent so far backwards discouraging violence that Minnesotans - me included - are calling them weak.
Mike Johnson is lying to protect a pedophile.
Mike Johnson is lying to protect a pedophile.
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Wayne Mondok (Canadian, b.1961)
"Yellow Light,"
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Yellow Light,"
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Wayne Mondok (Canadian, b.1961)
"Yellow Light,"
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Yellow Light,"
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Braver than all the troops, being willing to subject yourself to the psychic damage of reading this @michaelburns.bsky.social
I maintain the hope that all these articles pleading with the public to embrace AI are a sign that, in general, we all basically agree that it sucks.
I maintain the hope that all these articles pleading with the public to embrace AI are a sign that, in general, we all basically agree that it sucks.
AI Wants To Be Your Best Friend
YouTube video by Side Burns
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Braver than all the troops, being willing to subject yourself to the psychic damage of reading this @michaelburns.bsky.social
I maintain the hope that all these articles pleading with the public to embrace AI are a sign that, in general, we all basically agree that it sucks.
I maintain the hope that all these articles pleading with the public to embrace AI are a sign that, in general, we all basically agree that it sucks.
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Very interesting timing, with Amber Bracken in court this month telling the RCMP the same thing.
Stop Blocking Media, BC Human Rights Report Will Tell Police | The Tyee
Exclusive: The Tyee has obtained leaked, pending recommendations on press freedom.
thetyee.ca
January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Very interesting timing, with Amber Bracken in court this month telling the RCMP the same thing.
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Hang on for 5-7 years #alberta #healthcare #ucp #acutecare #politics
YouTube video by Lisab0923
youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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“for more than 90 hours − nearly four full days − her dad was confined to a stretcher in an overflow area of the emergency department waiting room”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Senior with influenza waited 90 hours in Edmonton emergency department, family says
Patients are languishing for days in makeshift waiting areas to receive care
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“for more than 90 hours − nearly four full days − her dad was confined to a stretcher in an overflow area of the emergency department waiting room”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Three facts:
- Methane has caused ~30% of the warming we have seen so far.
- Curbing methane emissions is also one of the fastest ways to bend the curve on future warming. It’s a “emergency brake”.
- And the food system emits over half of global methane emissions.
drawdown.org/insights/we-...
- Methane has caused ~30% of the warming we have seen so far.
- Curbing methane emissions is also one of the fastest ways to bend the curve on future warming. It’s a “emergency brake”.
- And the food system emits over half of global methane emissions.
drawdown.org/insights/we-...
We can’t ignore the largest source of methane
Food is the largest source of human-caused methane – we ignore it at our peril
drawdown.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Three facts:
- Methane has caused ~30% of the warming we have seen so far.
- Curbing methane emissions is also one of the fastest ways to bend the curve on future warming. It’s a “emergency brake”.
- And the food system emits over half of global methane emissions.
drawdown.org/insights/we-...
- Methane has caused ~30% of the warming we have seen so far.
- Curbing methane emissions is also one of the fastest ways to bend the curve on future warming. It’s a “emergency brake”.
- And the food system emits over half of global methane emissions.
drawdown.org/insights/we-...
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This is not a good move. If Greenland falls, Canada is next. Canada needs to stand with Europe so that if the time comes, they will stand with us.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Canadian troops won’t be joining European military force in Greenland
Small numbers of troops from European countries — including Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Britain — are being deployed to the Arctic island.
www.thestar.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
This is not a good move. If Greenland falls, Canada is next. Canada needs to stand with Europe so that if the time comes, they will stand with us.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Seriously! After this, who's going to think the "Nobel Prize" means anything?
Do NOT let the Nobel Prize be used as positive reinforcement for Trump's invasion of Venezuela – and his threatened invasion of Greenland.
Make a statement. Take a stand. Revoke Machado's Prize.
Make a statement. Take a stand. Revoke Machado's Prize.
January 16, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Seriously! After this, who's going to think the "Nobel Prize" means anything?
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Do NOT let the Nobel Prize be used as positive reinforcement for Trump's invasion of Venezuela – and his threatened invasion of Greenland.
Make a statement. Take a stand. Revoke Machado's Prize.
Make a statement. Take a stand. Revoke Machado's Prize.
January 15, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Do NOT let the Nobel Prize be used as positive reinforcement for Trump's invasion of Venezuela – and his threatened invasion of Greenland.
Make a statement. Take a stand. Revoke Machado's Prize.
Make a statement. Take a stand. Revoke Machado's Prize.
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Scientists managed to extract a high-coverage genome of an extinct woolly rhino from an undigested piece of its flesh found in the stomach of a permafrost-preserved 14kyo wolf pup. 🧪🏺
One of the last woolly rhinos to walk Earth was eaten by a wolf pup — and scientists have now sequenced its genome from the undigested meat
More than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out why it went extinct.
www.livescience.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Scientists managed to extract a high-coverage genome of an extinct woolly rhino from an undigested piece of its flesh found in the stomach of a permafrost-preserved 14kyo wolf pup. 🧪🏺
I think what it comes down to is that I'm just too lazy to use A1.
January 15, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I think what it comes down to is that I'm just too lazy to use A1.
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The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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