Amber Yust
@aiiane.bsky.social
Director, Privacy Engineering @ Google, SREmeritus
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If you live in Vancouver, please take a moment and use this link COPE has put together to send our ABC councillors and the mayor an email opposing their budget. www.votecope.ca/stopsim
Stop Ken Sim's Cuts — COPE Vancouver
www.votecope.ca
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If you live in Vancouver, please take a moment and use this link COPE has put together to send our ABC councillors and the mayor an email opposing their budget. www.votecope.ca/stopsim
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For the airplane + red aurora + big dipper fans. 😍
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
For the airplane + red aurora + big dipper fans. 😍
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TIL the tale of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of corporate malfeasance and worker endangerment.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald had a structural defect in its keel. Sailors on that ship had complained about the ship bending and flexing during storms, especially when it was overloaded, which it usually was. They had also found old keel weld breaks due to structural fatigue, which were never repaired
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
TIL the tale of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of corporate malfeasance and worker endangerment.
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NEW: City Budget survey results are out. By a more than two-to-one margin over any other scenario, Vancouver residents wanted a tax rate that maintained public services.
Zero means zero consideration of public feedback.
ABC's cuts are as anti-democratic as they are harmful.
Zero means zero consideration of public feedback.
ABC's cuts are as anti-democratic as they are harmful.
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
NEW: City Budget survey results are out. By a more than two-to-one margin over any other scenario, Vancouver residents wanted a tax rate that maintained public services.
Zero means zero consideration of public feedback.
ABC's cuts are as anti-democratic as they are harmful.
Zero means zero consideration of public feedback.
ABC's cuts are as anti-democratic as they are harmful.
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they need a functioning city hall and local government that can assist them to make things as easy as possible so they dont waste all their fucking time in line or on hold!! why are you looking to fire 400 local government employees!! those are homes and families that need feeding too you fuckass!!
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
they need a functioning city hall and local government that can assist them to make things as easy as possible so they dont waste all their fucking time in line or on hold!! why are you looking to fire 400 local government employees!! those are homes and families that need feeding too you fuckass!!
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the struggling family who cannot afford to feed their kids do not need fifty million to the fucking corrupt overtime-abusing traffic-unenforcing homeless-endangering police force!! they need libraries and activity centres and pools and parks so their income is freed to FEED THEIR FAMILIES
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
the struggling family who cannot afford to feed their kids do not need fifty million to the fucking corrupt overtime-abusing traffic-unenforcing homeless-endangering police force!! they need libraries and activity centres and pools and parks so their income is freed to FEED THEIR FAMILIES
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"And there's a whole bunch of other people that are struggling, who didn't fill out the survey, that are literally looking to feed their families."
THOSE!! ARE THE FAMILIES!! THAT NEED PUBLIC SERVICES!! THAT YOU ARE CUTTING!!!!!!!!! I HATE THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE THEY CAN JUST SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT
THOSE!! ARE THE FAMILIES!! THAT NEED PUBLIC SERVICES!! THAT YOU ARE CUTTING!!!!!!!!! I HATE THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE THEY CAN JUST SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT
Here's my interview and podcast with Ken Sim on the 2026 Vancouver budget, a breakdown of the cuts and increases, and what he says to people who think he gives the VPD a blank cheque.
'I'm proud of this one': Mayor Ken Sim talks budget with $50 million more for police amid property tax freeze | CBC News
In his final budget before facing voters next October, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is presenting a property tax freeze, and $50 million more for police, balanced by major cuts to arts, culture, community ...
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"And there's a whole bunch of other people that are struggling, who didn't fill out the survey, that are literally looking to feed their families."
THOSE!! ARE THE FAMILIES!! THAT NEED PUBLIC SERVICES!! THAT YOU ARE CUTTING!!!!!!!!! I HATE THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE THEY CAN JUST SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT
THOSE!! ARE THE FAMILIES!! THAT NEED PUBLIC SERVICES!! THAT YOU ARE CUTTING!!!!!!!!! I HATE THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE THEY CAN JUST SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT
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right wing bigots have admitted
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
October 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
right wing bigots have admitted
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
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Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
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the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed
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"City Councillors Sean Orr and Lucy Maloney are tabling a joint motion requesting...Mayor Sim write to the premier, the prime minister, and other govt officials to express council’s support for the SkyTrain line, and to ask them to commit to a timeline and funding."
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
UBC students call on feds, province to commit to SkyTrain extension to campus
There are renewed calls for the federal and provincial governments to fund a SkyTrain extension to the University of British Columbia’s Point Grey campus.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"City Councillors Sean Orr and Lucy Maloney are tabling a joint motion requesting...Mayor Sim write to the premier, the prime minister, and other govt officials to express council’s support for the SkyTrain line, and to ask them to commit to a timeline and funding."
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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The article echoes what I’ve seen and heard from peers: AI makes it easy to produce slick but shallow work that looks plausible on the surface, yet riddled with errors or bad assumptions underneath.
Your coworkers end up having to fix or redo it.
It’s workslop, and it’s spreading fast.
Your coworkers end up having to fix or redo it.
It’s workslop, and it’s spreading fast.
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
hbr.org
September 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The article echoes what I’ve seen and heard from peers: AI makes it easy to produce slick but shallow work that looks plausible on the surface, yet riddled with errors or bad assumptions underneath.
Your coworkers end up having to fix or redo it.
It’s workslop, and it’s spreading fast.
Your coworkers end up having to fix or redo it.
It’s workslop, and it’s spreading fast.
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If you read one story about the autism announcement, make it @amymaxmen.bsky.social's.
One detail that others miss: "Fevers can harm the mother and the developing fetus, she said, adding that fevers are more strongly associated with autism than Tylenol." kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
One detail that others miss: "Fevers can harm the mother and the developing fetus, she said, adding that fevers are more strongly associated with autism than Tylenol." kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
‘Sick to My Stomach’: Trump Distorts Facts on Autism, Tylenol, and Vaccines, Scientists Say - KFF Health News
The White House’s autism announcement exaggerates links to Tylenol, misleads on vaccines, and sets back the field by ignoring decades of research, scientists say.
kffhealthnews.org
September 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If you read one story about the autism announcement, make it @amymaxmen.bsky.social's.
One detail that others miss: "Fevers can harm the mother and the developing fetus, she said, adding that fevers are more strongly associated with autism than Tylenol." kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
One detail that others miss: "Fevers can harm the mother and the developing fetus, she said, adding that fevers are more strongly associated with autism than Tylenol." kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Global News laid off 26 journalists in B.C. and Alberta today.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
September 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Global News laid off 26 journalists in B.C. and Alberta today.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
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sam altman is trying to find the guy who did this
September 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
sam altman is trying to find the guy who did this
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The most effective way to reduce homelessness is to give people homes. I'm not sure why we pretend that this is so complicated.
You end pantslessness by giving people pants.👖
You can't end pantslessness by throwing away someone's shirt too. That doesn't make sense.
You end pantslessness by giving people pants.👖
You can't end pantslessness by throwing away someone's shirt too. That doesn't make sense.
August 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The most effective way to reduce homelessness is to give people homes. I'm not sure why we pretend that this is so complicated.
You end pantslessness by giving people pants.👖
You can't end pantslessness by throwing away someone's shirt too. That doesn't make sense.
You end pantslessness by giving people pants.👖
You can't end pantslessness by throwing away someone's shirt too. That doesn't make sense.
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imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter
August 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter
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Never forgive men for treating programming as a meaningless thing your secretary did while women were inventing and developing the field, then, once they realized it was going to be important, shoving women out of it and claiming only Male Logic Brains could perform it.
Gaslight of the century that we made programming totally inaccessible to huge portions of the population and now we're told that the reason is programming can only emerge from the innate genius of the brilliant few
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Never forgive men for treating programming as a meaningless thing your secretary did while women were inventing and developing the field, then, once they realized it was going to be important, shoving women out of it and claiming only Male Logic Brains could perform it.
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one cool thing about Scandinavian countries with comprehensive public health insurance is places like Denmark can do a study on… everybody and conclude that yes COVID vaccines are safe
1.6 million people showed no statistical increase in 29 adverse events after mRNA covid vax
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #MedSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #MedSky
Safety of JN.1-Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
This cohort study investigates the association between booster vaccinations containing the JN.1 lineage and 29 serious adverse events in Denmark.
jamanetwork.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:49 AM
one cool thing about Scandinavian countries with comprehensive public health insurance is places like Denmark can do a study on… everybody and conclude that yes COVID vaccines are safe
@shawnlenore.bsky.social if you're open to suggestions for wallpaper candidates... the bottom open panel of www.howtobeawerewolf.com/comic/mal-is... would make a great one
How to Be a Werewolf
Malaya Walters was bitten by a werewolf as a child. After being raised by her human family, she faces the chance to learn what being a werewolf is really like as an adult.
www.howtobeawerewolf.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
@shawnlenore.bsky.social if you're open to suggestions for wallpaper candidates... the bottom open panel of www.howtobeawerewolf.com/comic/mal-is... would make a great one
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
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i will go into menopause, decline mentally and physically in my 30s, develop osteoporosis, and die an early death if HRT is banned
and for what reason?
none
senseless violence against me and other Americans like me
and for what reason?
none
senseless violence against me and other Americans like me
"They'll be fine without hormones!"
No, they won't. Many trans people can no longer produce their own sex hormones and will develop significant and costly health problems, up to and including premature osteoporosis.
The rest will be tortured by the resurgence of the wrong hormones in their blood.
No, they won't. Many trans people can no longer produce their own sex hormones and will develop significant and costly health problems, up to and including premature osteoporosis.
The rest will be tortured by the resurgence of the wrong hormones in their blood.
May 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
i will go into menopause, decline mentally and physically in my 30s, develop osteoporosis, and die an early death if HRT is banned
and for what reason?
none
senseless violence against me and other Americans like me
and for what reason?
none
senseless violence against me and other Americans like me
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There's a lot of talk about Canada Geese and whether they're good and my answer is Yes.
April 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
There's a lot of talk about Canada Geese and whether they're good and my answer is Yes.