Kevin Arthur
@kevinarthur.bsky.social
Books, technology & society, UX, journalism, ethics, progress, privacy, cats, vegan food, synthesizers. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 in Austin.
If I have to scan through your list of 27 substack newsletters and still can’t figure out which one is emailing me, I’m unsubscribing from all. Looking at you pod save America and bulwark. Also don’t use substack.
December 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If I have to scan through your list of 27 substack newsletters and still can’t figure out which one is emailing me, I’m unsubscribing from all. Looking at you pod save America and bulwark. Also don’t use substack.
“Canadian English is a source of immense pride for the nation’s pedants.“ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Mark Carney criticised for using British spellings in Canadian documents
Linguists say the prime minister’s use of ‘s’ instead of ‘z’ breaks national English conventions
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“Canadian English is a source of immense pride for the nation’s pedants.“ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Thank god they’re saving us from woke fonts 🙄 “Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri” - www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...
Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri ...
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Thank god they’re saving us from woke fonts 🙄 “Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri” - www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...
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If you don't trust Google then you probably shouldn't use Gmail, but the claim it's training AI on your emails and attachments has *no real source that i have been able to find whatsoever*
And they said on the record that it doesn't matter whether you have the smart settings on or not, they don't.
And they said on the record that it doesn't matter whether you have the smart settings on or not, they don't.
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If you don't trust Google then you probably shouldn't use Gmail, but the claim it's training AI on your emails and attachments has *no real source that i have been able to find whatsoever*
And they said on the record that it doesn't matter whether you have the smart settings on or not, they don't.
And they said on the record that it doesn't matter whether you have the smart settings on or not, they don't.
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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But I imagine this is a huge relief to our fishing boats.
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
But I imagine this is a huge relief to our fishing boats.
I love a doomscroll but live sports Bluesky really brings into relief the continuously exhausting doomer/whiner accounts you follow
November 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I love a doomscroll but live sports Bluesky really brings into relief the continuously exhausting doomer/whiner accounts you follow
“What do you say to <opposition smear>?” seems like a legitimate journalist question, no? Outrage at this seems overdone.
In the 1st question of his brief interview with Mamdani. Anderson Cooper reports Trump’s strongman threats to punish NYC if the Mayoral candidate is elected, as if he gets to select where funding goes according to his whims, & then asks whether voters will find it “worth the hassle” to vote for him.
November 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“What do you say to <opposition smear>?” seems like a legitimate journalist question, no? Outrage at this seems overdone.
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omg FUCK waymo sfist.com/2025/10/29/b...
Beloved Bodega Cat Allegedly Killed By Waymo In Mission District
KitKat, a bodega cat who patrolled and slept alot in Randa's Market on 16th Street, was allegedly run over by a Waymo vehicle, inciting what could be a fresh wave of anti-robot sentiment in San Franci...
sfist.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
omg FUCK waymo sfist.com/2025/10/29/b...
Hey, whales! -Canada
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Hey, whales! -Canada
🧐 Watch live: Demolition crews tear down White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom project - www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...
www.reuters.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🧐 Watch live: Demolition crews tear down White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom project - www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...
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Trump has functionally killed America's international broadcasting apparatus.
Russia and China are making up the difference.
if we still care about democracy and liberalism abroad, countries like Canada need to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Russia and China are making up the difference.
if we still care about democracy and liberalism abroad, countries like Canada need to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: Canada needs to make its voice heard around the world. Here’s one clear way to do that.
To create stronger connections internationally, Canada can’t rely on the United States. We need to use our own soft diplomacy tools
www.thestar.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Trump has functionally killed America's international broadcasting apparatus.
Russia and China are making up the difference.
if we still care about democracy and liberalism abroad, countries like Canada need to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Russia and China are making up the difference.
if we still care about democracy and liberalism abroad, countries like Canada need to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
TLDR chatgpt makes you dumb www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
TLDR chatgpt makes you dumb www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Leavitt says “the president likes to have fun every now and then”’
US government shutdown: Senate rejects Democrats’ funding bill again; White House threatens Portland aid cuts – live www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
US government shutdown: Senate rejects Democrats’ funding bill again; White House threatens Portland aid cuts – live www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
US government shutdown: Senate rejects both funding bills again; White House threatens Portland aid cuts – live
Both Democrat and Republican stopgap bills fail; Karoline Leavitt suggests state supports anarchy as White House continues to blame Democrats for shutdown
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
‘Leavitt says “the president likes to have fun every now and then”’
US government shutdown: Senate rejects Democrats’ funding bill again; White House threatens Portland aid cuts – live www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
US government shutdown: Senate rejects Democrats’ funding bill again; White House threatens Portland aid cuts – live www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Everyone should listen to Chris Murphy's extraordinary warning about Trump on our pod. First, he says the logic must be that the more lawless he gets, the stiffer the resistance.
"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
October 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Everyone should listen to Chris Murphy's extraordinary warning about Trump on our pod. First, he says the logic must be that the more lawless he gets, the stiffer the resistance.
"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Let’s cut headline writers some slack. They seem stressed.
September 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Let’s cut headline writers some slack. They seem stressed.
Updated (or at least I’m seeing a different headline). Reuters is usually pretty good. I don’t think we need to freak out over every headline.
September 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Updated (or at least I’m seeing a different headline). Reuters is usually pretty good. I don’t think we need to freak out over every headline.
This is a great, informative discussion
American democracy is under attack, and the courts are at the center of the fight. Rep. Jamie Raskin, Mary McCord, and Nicholas Bowie expose how Trump’s legal tactics and a partisan Supreme Court are undermining the Constitution, and what Congress, the courts, and citizens must do to defend it.
Can We Fix Our Broken Constitution? | Rep. Jamie Raskin & Experts
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is a great, informative discussion
Wallace Shawn interviews Richard Ayoade www.thebeliever.net/the-process-...
The Process: Richard Ayoade, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes, 2024 - Believer Magazine
I met Richard Ayoade, the brilliant British author of The Unfinished Harauld Hughes, which is out in paperback this September from Faber, because (possibly through some misunderstanding) he asked me t...
www.thebeliever.net
September 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Wallace Shawn interviews Richard Ayoade www.thebeliever.net/the-process-...
CBC: New data shows how much Canadians are avoiding the U.S. youtu.be/-AUBG-GF9hI?...
New data shows how much Canadians are avoiding the U.S. | Power & Politics
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
CBC: New data shows how much Canadians are avoiding the U.S. youtu.be/-AUBG-GF9hI?...
This is kind of rich in subtext: USCIS Unveils First Changes to Naturalization Test in Multi-Step Overhaul of American Citizenship Standards www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
USCIS Unveils First Changes to Naturalization Test in Multi-Step Overhaul of American Citizenship Standards
Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted a Federal Register notice announcing implementation of the 2025 naturalization civics test.
www.uscis.gov
September 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is kind of rich in subtext: USCIS Unveils First Changes to Naturalization Test in Multi-Step Overhaul of American Citizenship Standards www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
Today I learned the actor Peter Weller has a PhD in art history and really cares about his coffee youtu.be/K9kKXQ81RsQ?...
How to Make a Latte Macchiato - CORRECTLY! With Dr. Peter Weller
YouTube video by Weller World
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Today I learned the actor Peter Weller has a PhD in art history and really cares about his coffee youtu.be/K9kKXQ81RsQ?...
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Computer scientists believe that soon every home will be able to have their own artificial intelligence machine on their own desktops (Source.)
September 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Computer scientists believe that soon every home will be able to have their own artificial intelligence machine on their own desktops (Source.)