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@heyitscrystal.bsky.social
Usually using these kinds of socials to check in on my community (Ottawa), country (🇨🇦) and other weird stuff.
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“There’s absolutely no investment in endometriosis clinical care as a priority anywhere right now…”
We need to prioritize women’s health.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
We need to prioritize women’s health.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
‘There is the right surgeon for you’: Ottawa teacher opens up about living with pain from endometriosis
An Ottawa Grade 1 teacher is sharing her story in hopes of supporting her surgeon’s push to make the capital a centre of excellence for patients living with endometriosis.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“There’s absolutely no investment in endometriosis clinical care as a priority anywhere right now…”
We need to prioritize women’s health.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
We need to prioritize women’s health.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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In general, AI adoption levels are a measurement of to what extent a particular reward system (a corporation, a market, academia as a whole system) has ceased to distinguish between doing a thing and pretending to do a thing
One of many things the pro-AI crowd doesn't seem to understand is the very important distinction between academic scholarship and the production of papers. Of course they can be related but they're not necessarily the same thing
December 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In general, AI adoption levels are a measurement of to what extent a particular reward system (a corporation, a market, academia as a whole system) has ceased to distinguish between doing a thing and pretending to do a thing
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This and the discussion about how academics can now just read AI summaries of things really drives home how much these guys always confuse the product for the goal. You don't do a coloring sheet because you want to have a colored sheet at the end!!! The coloring is the point!!!
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This and the discussion about how academics can now just read AI summaries of things really drives home how much these guys always confuse the product for the goal. You don't do a coloring sheet because you want to have a colored sheet at the end!!! The coloring is the point!!!
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Since a lot of people seem to be confused, this is what fascism sounds like in the American context.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Since a lot of people seem to be confused, this is what fascism sounds like in the American context.
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CBC has put together an impressive collection of clips exposing Diagolon and Second Sons in their own words. These are white nationalists and neo-Nazis who want an ethnic cleansing and believe "violence is the answer." Largest group of its kind in Canadian history. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Exposing a masked ‘nationalist’ club: ‘The race war is here’
YouTube video by CBC News
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December 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
CBC has put together an impressive collection of clips exposing Diagolon and Second Sons in their own words. These are white nationalists and neo-Nazis who want an ethnic cleansing and believe "violence is the answer." Largest group of its kind in Canadian history. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Canadian arms, owners with IDF connections, sold to ICE to terrorize immigrants.
Y'all want to pretend we're not part of things, but Canada is out there palling around with the bad guys.
Y'all want to pretend we're not part of things, but Canada is out there palling around with the bad guys.
A premium example of what the United States does in the light Canada does in the dark
CTV News reporting that Canadian company Roshel is producing armoured vehicles for ICE
CTV News reporting that Canadian company Roshel is producing armoured vehicles for ICE
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Canadian arms, owners with IDF connections, sold to ICE to terrorize immigrants.
Y'all want to pretend we're not part of things, but Canada is out there palling around with the bad guys.
Y'all want to pretend we're not part of things, but Canada is out there palling around with the bad guys.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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the good that you do persists in this world
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the good that you do persists in this world
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Any essential service that is required for safe and functional modern living should be mandated to be public only. Profit motive is incompatible with essential services, because "everyone has it" and "increase profit yearly" don't mix. Water, power, heat, safety - and I'm looking at you, Internet.
Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Any essential service that is required for safe and functional modern living should be mandated to be public only. Profit motive is incompatible with essential services, because "everyone has it" and "increase profit yearly" don't mix. Water, power, heat, safety - and I'm looking at you, Internet.
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Erica Ifill: The boost in defence spending won’t amount to much without first ensuring Inuit prosperity, which is key to Canadian authority in the Arctic.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
There’s no security without Indigenous sovereignty
The boost in defence spending won’t amount to much without first ensuring Inuit prosperity, which is key to Canadian authority in the Arctic.
www.hilltimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Erica Ifill: The boost in defence spending won’t amount to much without first ensuring Inuit prosperity, which is key to Canadian authority in the Arctic.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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NEWS: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has returned to Türkiye 41 ancient polychrome terracotta relief fragments that were looted from a 6th century B.C. Phrygian temple at Düver, in southwestern Türkiye, between 1962 and 1968.
December 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
NEWS: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has returned to Türkiye 41 ancient polychrome terracotta relief fragments that were looted from a 6th century B.C. Phrygian temple at Düver, in southwestern Türkiye, between 1962 and 1968.
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Disney spent decades extending our copyright laws just so they could throw all that precious IP they've been hoarding into a plagiarism machine.
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Disney spent decades extending our copyright laws just so they could throw all that precious IP they've been hoarding into a plagiarism machine.
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I am so sick and tired of professional athletes telling kids they have to "exercise" and "practice" and "eat right" to become world-class athletes. That sort of gate-keeping has to stop! Today I'm announcing a new non-profit that provides unlimited steroids to any kid who wants to compete.
Activist and former quarterback Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels.
Colin Kaepernick launches AI storytelling tool at Prince George's County high school
Former quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I am so sick and tired of professional athletes telling kids they have to "exercise" and "practice" and "eat right" to become world-class athletes. That sort of gate-keeping has to stop! Today I'm announcing a new non-profit that provides unlimited steroids to any kid who wants to compete.
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And here’s the kicker: Tierney’s vote, the mayor’s vote, and all the like-minded councillors always have the numbers. They win. Every time.
So if their approach is always the one implemented… how are things not improving, Tim? 17/
So if their approach is always the one implemented… how are things not improving, Tim? 17/
December 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
And here’s the kicker: Tierney’s vote, the mayor’s vote, and all the like-minded councillors always have the numbers. They win. Every time.
So if their approach is always the one implemented… how are things not improving, Tim? 17/
So if their approach is always the one implemented… how are things not improving, Tim? 17/
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“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
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Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/08/c...
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/08/c...
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Yesterday was the Canadian National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
The epidemic of intimate partner violence
It's been ten years since the Renfrew County triple femicide
chrishouston.ca
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Yesterday was the Canadian National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
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Ottawa Humane Society seeking pet food donations ahead of holidays
Ottawa Humane Society seeking pet food donations ahead of holidays
The Ottawa Humane Society is making a push to fill out its supply of cat and dog food ahead of the holiday season.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Ottawa Humane Society seeking pet food donations ahead of holidays
Please just make it anyways 🙏
NCC report indicates mixed reception for interprovincial bridge proposal
NCC report indicates mixed reception for interprovincial bridge proposal
Initial consultations on a proposal for an interprovincial bridge in Ottawa’s east end shows the community is mixed on the idea. CTV’s Josh Marano reports.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Please just make it anyways 🙏
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It is brutally cold out there. If you or anyone you know needs access to a warm place, call 311. We can arrange transportation and someone will direct you to the right place to go. The @ottawapublichealth.ca website has a list of shelters and warming spaces: www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-he...
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It is brutally cold out there. If you or anyone you know needs access to a warm place, call 311. We can arrange transportation and someone will direct you to the right place to go. The @ottawapublichealth.ca website has a list of shelters and warming spaces: www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-he...
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Newsom is saying “we don’t want to alienate billionaires” like they are normal people with normal values and desires, this guy is trying to say that billionaires deserve to be heard just as much as YOU DO
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Newsom is saying “we don’t want to alienate billionaires” like they are normal people with normal values and desires, this guy is trying to say that billionaires deserve to be heard just as much as YOU DO
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...