Brendan Best (he/him)
@brendanbest.bsky.social
Cow Punk, technology, horses, dogs, cats, sustainability and super hot peppers.
Bastard son of a nun, ex-Brendan from Brandon. Living on the ancestral lands of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk), Omàmìwininìwag (Algonquin) and Anishinabewaki
Bastard son of a nun, ex-Brendan from Brandon. Living on the ancestral lands of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk), Omàmìwininìwag (Algonquin) and Anishinabewaki
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I’ve seen video of IDF bombing Nasser Hospital, where a friend of mine is on a humanitarian mission to treat patients.
My friend survived the bombing but a teen patient he treated and who was set to go home today was murdered.
Are you warmongers not tired and sick of this yet? This horror
My friend survived the bombing but a teen patient he treated and who was set to go home today was murdered.
Are you warmongers not tired and sick of this yet? This horror
March 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I’ve seen video of IDF bombing Nasser Hospital, where a friend of mine is on a humanitarian mission to treat patients.
My friend survived the bombing but a teen patient he treated and who was set to go home today was murdered.
Are you warmongers not tired and sick of this yet? This horror
My friend survived the bombing but a teen patient he treated and who was set to go home today was murdered.
Are you warmongers not tired and sick of this yet? This horror
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Librarians > Libertarians
March 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Librarians > Libertarians
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63 studies: women who assert their ideas, make direct requests, and advocate for themselves are liked less.
They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.
When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?
They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.
When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?
March 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
63 studies: women who assert their ideas, make direct requests, and advocate for themselves are liked less.
They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.
When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?
They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.
When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?
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Roller derby: The rebellion starts here. We skate at dawn.
March 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Roller derby: The rebellion starts here. We skate at dawn.
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Entire spectrum of how the major sports leagues will react to this admin re DEI:
wnba: fuck you
nba: lol not playing this game
mlb: no changes
nfl: we have changed the endzone message to CHOOSE HATE
nhl: we are resegregating
wnba: fuck you
nba: lol not playing this game
mlb: no changes
nfl: we have changed the endzone message to CHOOSE HATE
nhl: we are resegregating
March 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Entire spectrum of how the major sports leagues will react to this admin re DEI:
wnba: fuck you
nba: lol not playing this game
mlb: no changes
nfl: we have changed the endzone message to CHOOSE HATE
nhl: we are resegregating
wnba: fuck you
nba: lol not playing this game
mlb: no changes
nfl: we have changed the endzone message to CHOOSE HATE
nhl: we are resegregating
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The election has just been called for April 28.
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
Canada election live: Canadian PM Mark Carney calls snap election
Carney has asked the governor general to dissolve Parliament, launching an election campaign amid a trade war with the US.
www.bbc.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The election has just been called for April 28.
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
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"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
Why not both?
I'm calling it: Hanlon's Razor is dead.
Nail in the coffin. Done.
The coffin has been incinerated.
Why not both?
I'm calling it: Hanlon's Razor is dead.
Nail in the coffin. Done.
The coffin has been incinerated.
March 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
Why not both?
I'm calling it: Hanlon's Razor is dead.
Nail in the coffin. Done.
The coffin has been incinerated.
Why not both?
I'm calling it: Hanlon's Razor is dead.
Nail in the coffin. Done.
The coffin has been incinerated.
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So AI is just another overconfident white male but in neural form?
March 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
So AI is just another overconfident white male but in neural form?
It’s fitting that an era defined by the ascendancy of Elon Musk, always a bullshitter and con man at his core, Sam Altman, Marc Andreesen (much the same), Gen AI tools presenting false information 60% of the time, with confidence.
That’s the last quarter century in a nutshell.
That’s the last quarter century in a nutshell.
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It’s fitting that an era defined by the ascendancy of Elon Musk, always a bullshitter and con man at his core, Sam Altman, Marc Andreesen (much the same), Gen AI tools presenting false information 60% of the time, with confidence.
That’s the last quarter century in a nutshell.
That’s the last quarter century in a nutshell.
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speaking my language - I'm still convinced radio is the future: "Radio is the ultimate internet circumvention tool because it is not the internet. And it can’t be tracked." #othernetworks www.radioworld.com/columns-and-...
Why We Need “Shortwave 2.0” - Radio World
Debate about the future of shortwave broadcasting focuses on the correct observation that shortwave listening is no longer a mainstream activity in most of the world.
www.radioworld.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
speaking my language - I'm still convinced radio is the future: "Radio is the ultimate internet circumvention tool because it is not the internet. And it can’t be tracked." #othernetworks www.radioworld.com/columns-and-...
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This is one that I genuinely think will be printed in history books one day to show how insane American media culture became.
CBS News presenting ethnic cleansing as a housing policy to be compared with home construction tax incentives.
CBS News presenting ethnic cleansing as a housing policy to be compared with home construction tax incentives.
October 2, 2024 at 2:19 AM
This is one that I genuinely think will be printed in history books one day to show how insane American media culture became.
CBS News presenting ethnic cleansing as a housing policy to be compared with home construction tax incentives.
CBS News presenting ethnic cleansing as a housing policy to be compared with home construction tax incentives.
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Going to keep saying this until someone important steals it: “Vance is running a more neo-Nazi-coded campaign than David Duke did.”
Five Things to Know About J.D. Vance
GOP Vice Presidential nominee J.D.
zacharymueller.substack.com
September 28, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Going to keep saying this until someone important steals it: “Vance is running a more neo-Nazi-coded campaign than David Duke did.”
There was a grizzly bear in the room when OpenAI announced GPT o1 and no one even bothered to mention it.
The impact of LLM's energy demands on the grid, on consumer, and on the planet.
www.rocketsurgery.ca/what-will-th...
The impact of LLM's energy demands on the grid, on consumer, and on the planet.
www.rocketsurgery.ca/what-will-th...
What will the energy hungry demands of LLM’s mean for energy prices? – Rocket Surgery
www.rocketsurgery.ca
September 13, 2024 at 7:04 PM
There was a grizzly bear in the room when OpenAI announced GPT o1 and no one even bothered to mention it.
The impact of LLM's energy demands on the grid, on consumer, and on the planet.
www.rocketsurgery.ca/what-will-th...
The impact of LLM's energy demands on the grid, on consumer, and on the planet.
www.rocketsurgery.ca/what-will-th...
I think this is good news. The NTIA has released a report coming down in favour of Open Weighted Models despite Google and Microsoft/OpenAI's "concerns" that open models enable bad actors that closed. Proprietary ones that also entrench their hold are "safer"?
www.rocketsurgery.ca/us-national-...
www.rocketsurgery.ca/us-national-...
US National Telecommunications and Information Administration report supports the availability of Open AI Models – Rocket Surgery
www.rocketsurgery.ca
July 30, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I think this is good news. The NTIA has released a report coming down in favour of Open Weighted Models despite Google and Microsoft/OpenAI's "concerns" that open models enable bad actors that closed. Proprietary ones that also entrench their hold are "safer"?
www.rocketsurgery.ca/us-national-...
www.rocketsurgery.ca/us-national-...
If I had posted this a day earlier I could probably claim some special insight. This one's about the gamblers in #SiliconValley, and the what the current #GenAI #goldrush #bubble's demise might look like. Pushed just before the NASDAQ evaporated $1 Trillion US.
www.rocketsurgery.ca/airballing-ai/
www.rocketsurgery.ca/airballing-ai/
July 29, 2024 at 9:43 PM
If I had posted this a day earlier I could probably claim some special insight. This one's about the gamblers in #SiliconValley, and the what the current #GenAI #goldrush #bubble's demise might look like. Pushed just before the NASDAQ evaporated $1 Trillion US.
www.rocketsurgery.ca/airballing-ai/
www.rocketsurgery.ca/airballing-ai/
It is isn't #agile vs #waterfall and it never was. It is about how teams communicate, and engage with each other and ultimate about how decision making #power is distributed and exercised in the organization.
www.rocketsurgery.ca/it-was-never...
www.rocketsurgery.ca/it-was-never...
It was never “Agile” vs “Waterfall” – Rocket Surgery
www.rocketsurgery.ca
July 25, 2024 at 10:37 PM
It is isn't #agile vs #waterfall and it never was. It is about how teams communicate, and engage with each other and ultimate about how decision making #power is distributed and exercised in the organization.
www.rocketsurgery.ca/it-was-never...
www.rocketsurgery.ca/it-was-never...