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Don Murray, P.Eng. (he/him)
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Agile coach, consultant, software engineer, partner, dad
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shaneanderson.bsky.social
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."

- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.

Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
The Onion, 23 years ago.

theonion.com/no-blood-for...
Point/Counterpoint: No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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emilynussbaum.bsky.social
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
THIS is what makes my head spin: The president is not a moral figure in any idiom, any land, any culture, any subculture. I'm not talking about the liberal enlightenment that would make him want the country to take care of the poor and sick. I mean he has no Republican values either. He has no honor among thieves, no cosa nostra loyalty, no Southern code against cheating or lying, none of the openness of New York, rectitude of Boston, expressiveness and kindness of California, no evangelical family values, no Protestant work ethic. No Catholic moral seriousness, no sense of contrition or gratitude. No Jewish moral and intellectual precision, sense of history. He doesn't care about the life of the mind OR the life of the senses. He is not mandarin, not committed to inquiry or justice, not hospitable. He is not proper. He is not a bon vivant who loves to eat, drink, laugh. There's nothing he would die for - not American values, obviously, but not the land of Russia or his wife or young son. He has some hollow success creeds from Norman Vincent Peale, but Peale was obsessed with fair-dealing and a Presbyterian pastor; Trump has no fairness or piety. He's not sentimental; no affection for dogs or babies. No love for mothers, "the common man"" veterans. He has no sense of military valor, and is openly a coward about war. He would have sorely lacked the pagan beauty and capacity to fight required in ancient Greece. He doesn't care about his wife or wives; he is a philanderer but he's not a romantic hero with great love for women and sex. He commands loyalty and labor from his children not because he loves them, even; he seems almost to hate them — and if one of them slipped it would be terrifying. He does no philanthropy. He doesn't - in a more secular key - even seem to have a sense of his enlightened self-interest enough to shake Angela Merkel's hand. Doesn't even affect a love for the arts, like most rich New Yorkers. He doesn't live and die by aesthetics and health practices like some fascists; he's very ugly and barely mammalian. Am I missing an obscure moral system to which he so much as nods? Also are there other people, living or dead, like him?
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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danhon.com
hear me out: we need to start fracking for ideas
vox.com Vox @vox.com · 5d
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“No, WE didn’t forget the mother in this situation. YOU did. You voted for this… it was ok until it happened to YOU.” #ForcedBirthNation
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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charlesrusnell.bsky.social
Here is a transcript of what the premier said.
When I came in, I thought, why is $40 billion of our budget in an Alberta Health Services agency we have no oversight over and then when you look at schools, we have $10 billion of our budget that we've delegated authority to 61 school authorities that we have no oversight over. We have another huge chunk that we give to universities that we have no oversight over, and on and on and on it goes. So I think you need to have a conservative vision for what you're going to do with the government’s spending. And our conservative vision is very different than the progressive vision. Our conservative vision is to partner with private entities, whether in the private sector, whether in the nonprofit sector, or whether it's charities, to deliver on the services that people care about. When you think about historically, where did all of the supports for widows and orphans come from? Where did the supports for the vulnerable sector come from? It started with faith-based communities. And government said, ‘Wait a minute, we've got a patchwork here. Why don't we step in to help?’ But in doing so, they have often crowded out some of that incredibly important nonprofit work. And so we're restoring that. We're finding a way to create a structure in government where you do have competition and choice and funding following patients or students or clients, so that you can create an internal market. So that is what I want to do, is I want to apply principles that I know work in the private sector to how we deliver government services, and we're making great strides in a lot of different areas. I think education is probably the greatest example in Alberta of how we do that. You have a choice of sending your kids to a public school or a Catholic school or a charter school or an independent school, or even home school if you want. We have different funding models for each of those. But in Alberta, we have parents willing to pay a portion of their own money to homeschool thei…
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Smith finally said it out loud...

She doesn't believe that government should be providing any services to Albertans, she believes that private companies should be used universally to provide services.

Faith groups should take care of the vulnerable.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
December 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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jaredwesley.ca
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.

Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.

By simply being Albertan.

Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
This overlaps with a challenging mode of decision-making in orgs: validation.

I've made a decision, and invested some effort into executing it. Now I need you to validate that decision.

If you find any problems we can still fix, we'll fix them. But if you find problems we can't fix — don't.
rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 7d
Per my last re-post, twice this year I've been commissioned to write reviews of harms that can arise from the use of LLMs and then, as we surface the harms, told
it's not appropriate to be political.
But LLMs are a deeply extractive technology, they are political by design.
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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jenleepa.bsky.social
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
davidbeckler.bsky.social David Beckler @davidbeckler.bsky.social · 8d
Here he is taking the photo.
Charles Ebbets standing on a steel beam as he takes the iconic photo of construction workers having a lunch break on the beam.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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thorbenson.bsky.social
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Time person of the year cover for 2025
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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atrupar.com
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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canadianinalberta.bsky.social
I'm so tired of all this BS
The UCP are exhausting

I'm tired of the anti-science sh*t
I'm tired of the anti-vax sh*t

Every day there's a new thing for Albertans to be embarrassed about
& don't get me started on all the grifting they do for their donors

I'm just so f*cking tired of it

#ableg
jennyyeremiy.bsky.social Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · 8d
“The documents show the ministry produced an evaluation of how to grant accreditation, and, as recently as June 2025, there was even an assessment of changing the law to allow the accreditation” of Jordan Peterson’s school. #WTAF #abpoli #ableg #misleading #discrediting

thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson’s School | The Tyee
Alberta’s premier defended her quiet efforts to accredit the psychologist’s for-profit online ‘academy.’
thetyee.ca
December 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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julieslalonde.bsky.social
Do I love that Pierre Poilievre is bleeding members? Heck yes.

Do I hate that the Liberals are so conservative that it's enticing Conservatives to join them? Heck yes.
Another MP leaves Conservatives, crosses floor to Liberals | CBC News
Ontario MP Michael Ma announced Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative Caucus and joining the Liberals.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
BREAKING: Conservative MP Michael Ma is crossing the floor to sit as a Liberal.

Liberals are now just one seat short of a majority.
Liberal party press release reads: Today, the Liberal Party issued the following statement from Michael Ma, Member of Parliament for Markham-Unionville: "After listening carefully to the people of Markham-Unionville in recent weeks and reflecting with my family on the direction of our country, I have informed the Speaker and the Leader of the Opposition that I will be joining Prime Minister Mark Carney in the government caucus. "This is a time for unity and decisive action for Canada's future.
December 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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lukesteuber.com
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Robin Williams' daughter, Zelda Williams, also recently slammed people who are making Al-generated videos of her late father, calling the clips "gross." She added, "To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop pup-peteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it."
October 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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nativecalgarian.bsky.social
I think this should be far bigger news considering how many westerners are pro nuclear power.

Chernobyl shield lost confinement ability in drone strike, UN nuclear watchdog says www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chernobyl radiation shield 'lost safety function' after drone strike, UN watchdog says
The protective shield at the site of the 1986 disaster has lost its main safety function, the IAEA says.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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professajay.bsky.social
I’m of two minds about this “male loneliness crisis” or whatever. On one hand it’s pretty clear that broken social relations (community, romantic, whatever) is a social problem.

On the other hand dawg you can’t sit in the house unwashed gaming with fascists and expect to get any play from women.
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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jaredwesley.ca
I concluded this weeks ago. They didn't hide it.

The UCP didn't have to use the notwithstanding clause. They wanted to, in order to avoid an arbitration process they knew they'd lose.

edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Alberta used notwithstanding clause to avoid costly arbitration with teachers, infrastructure minister says
Alberta infrastructure minister says the province invoked the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back was due to cost.
edmontonjournal.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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watershedlab.bsky.social
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Breathe. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
I asked the machine if you had joy 💀
The California Institute of Technology is launching an AI tool this fall to look for “authenticity” in students who submit research projects with their applications, admissions director Ashley Pallie said. Students upload their research to an AI chatbot that interviews them about it on video, which is then reviewed by Caltech faculty. “It’s a gauge of authenticity. Can you claim this research intellectually? Is there a level of joy around your project? That passion is important to us,” Pallie said.
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Please compare and contrast the Critical AI Literacies framework offered by @olivia.science @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social with the OECD/Euro Commission/Code.org AILit framework.

Do you have any doubt which one will leave students better prepared for the future?
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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mikamckinnon.bsky.social
FYI as you head into the holiday season:

Shopify is a Canadian company, but its CEO Tobi Lütke is Maple MAGA in both words & monetary support (under the guise of “free speech” & “open commerce”).
skamille.themanagerswrath.com Camille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com · 18d
Really beginning to hate Shopify, they are doing a lot to make shopping shittier lately
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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jonathanstea.bsky.social
Patient-blaming rhetoric is baked into alternative medicine.

The idea is that if you could just...

“Change your mindset”
“Live naturally”
“Eliminate toxins” (with supplements)
“Resolve trauma”

...then you can avoid serious health conditions such as cancer.
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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cailynn.bsky.social
A minivan driver hits two sisters, age 18 and 10, while they're in a pedestrian crossing. The quote from police in this story seems... misplaced? "One of the issues we have is regarding people that just stepped in front of vehicles." www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti... #yyccc #yycwalk #yyc
Family of two girls hit by minivan calling for change to northwest Calgary intersection
Alejandra Graham, 18, was walking her little sister, 10-year-old Camilla Graham, to school when they were hit by a minivan in a pedestrian crossing.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM