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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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Kids will have very tough questions for the adults in their lives when they grow up and realize they were subjected to repeat Covid infections so we could rush “back to normal”.
These kids will live with chronic illness the rest of their lives because society refused to adapt.
These kids will live with chronic illness the rest of their lives because society refused to adapt.
December 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Kids will have very tough questions for the adults in their lives when they grow up and realize they were subjected to repeat Covid infections so we could rush “back to normal”.
These kids will live with chronic illness the rest of their lives because society refused to adapt.
These kids will live with chronic illness the rest of their lives because society refused to adapt.
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We have long-established technologies for getting a quick glimpse - abstracts for articles, tables of contents and intros for books. This is a solved problem.
Moreover LLM summaries routinely get it wrong! They take a title etc. and backfill from CW thereby missing whatever is new.
Moreover LLM summaries routinely get it wrong! They take a title etc. and backfill from CW thereby missing whatever is new.
December 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
We have long-established technologies for getting a quick glimpse - abstracts for articles, tables of contents and intros for books. This is a solved problem.
Moreover LLM summaries routinely get it wrong! They take a title etc. and backfill from CW thereby missing whatever is new.
Moreover LLM summaries routinely get it wrong! They take a title etc. and backfill from CW thereby missing whatever is new.
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I am not sorry. This is simply true. Academics should be able to write fluently and express themselves clearly and academics should do their own work. It’s literally our job. It’s what we trained until 22nd grade to do. This is a simple observation that should require no explanation or defense.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I am not sorry. This is simply true. Academics should be able to write fluently and express themselves clearly and academics should do their own work. It’s literally our job. It’s what we trained until 22nd grade to do. This is a simple observation that should require no explanation or defense.
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If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
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when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
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NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
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“Architects are cooked, AI is coming for your job” and it’s the most ass floor plan you have ever seen with rooms like a Master Roisn and a Coat Bath.
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“Architects are cooked, AI is coming for your job” and it’s the most ass floor plan you have ever seen with rooms like a Master Roisn and a Coat Bath.
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Their relationship with the president is not personal; their job is to report on who he really is, and provoking him to reveal himself lets them do their job even better. An insult is a confession in this context, and they might as well be field biologists documenting baboons doing baboon things.
An Insult Is a Confession: Notes on Journalism in the Time of Trump
There's been a lot of fuss about Trump recently calling female journalists "stupid" and "piggy" though there's nothing really new about his misogyny toward that sub-population (I am so old I remember ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Their relationship with the president is not personal; their job is to report on who he really is, and provoking him to reveal himself lets them do their job even better. An insult is a confession in this context, and they might as well be field biologists documenting baboons doing baboon things.
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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Goose says they don’t know these new people so they’re just going to follow the local customs 😂
When Goose (the foster dog) sleeps next to Maisy, she flops out of the bed like Maisy does. When she sleeps next to Sally, she tucks her head in like Sally does. Then Maisy returns, head flops out again.
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Goose says they don’t know these new people so they’re just going to follow the local customs 😂
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Glad I got to become disabled in a world that already had Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social in it. I learned so much from her incredible writing & activism. May her memory be a blessing, & may we all continue her work.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Glad I got to become disabled in a world that already had Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social in it. I learned so much from her incredible writing & activism. May her memory be a blessing, & may we all continue her work.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
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ultimate = last in a series
penultimate = second-to-last in a series
antepenultimate = third-to-last in a series
preantepenultimate = fourth-to-last in a series
propreantepenultimate = fifth-to-last in a series
penultimate = second-to-last in a series
antepenultimate = third-to-last in a series
preantepenultimate = fourth-to-last in a series
propreantepenultimate = fifth-to-last in a series
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ultimate = last in a series
penultimate = second-to-last in a series
antepenultimate = third-to-last in a series
preantepenultimate = fourth-to-last in a series
propreantepenultimate = fifth-to-last in a series
penultimate = second-to-last in a series
antepenultimate = third-to-last in a series
preantepenultimate = fourth-to-last in a series
propreantepenultimate = fifth-to-last in a series
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Here’s an archive for UK people blocked with the Internet Online Safety message.
archive.ph/2025.11.08-2...
archive.ph/2025.11.08-2...
archive.ph
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Here’s an archive for UK people blocked with the Internet Online Safety message.
archive.ph/2025.11.08-2...
archive.ph/2025.11.08-2...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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“On a budget of just twenty-four dollars per American—out of the fifteen thousand dollars in taxes paid per person last year—they had saved lives at an almost unimaginable scale.”
$24 dollars per tax payer was saving hundreds of thousands of lives.
Musk cut USAID & killed more than 600,000 people
$24 dollars per tax payer was saving hundreds of thousands of lives.
Musk cut USAID & killed more than 600,000 people
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
“On a budget of just twenty-four dollars per American—out of the fifteen thousand dollars in taxes paid per person last year—they had saved lives at an almost unimaginable scale.”
$24 dollars per tax payer was saving hundreds of thousands of lives.
Musk cut USAID & killed more than 600,000 people
$24 dollars per tax payer was saving hundreds of thousands of lives.
Musk cut USAID & killed more than 600,000 people
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People often push the disabled to take risks with our health.
They think if it’s already “that bad” who cares if it gets worse
We care.
Our baselines mean everything to us.
Whatever limited function we have left is always worth protecting.
You don’t get it until you get it.
They think if it’s already “that bad” who cares if it gets worse
We care.
Our baselines mean everything to us.
Whatever limited function we have left is always worth protecting.
You don’t get it until you get it.
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
People often push the disabled to take risks with our health.
They think if it’s already “that bad” who cares if it gets worse
We care.
Our baselines mean everything to us.
Whatever limited function we have left is always worth protecting.
You don’t get it until you get it.
They think if it’s already “that bad” who cares if it gets worse
We care.
Our baselines mean everything to us.
Whatever limited function we have left is always worth protecting.
You don’t get it until you get it.
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I hope someday we defeat fascism and in the far future, No Kings Day is celebrated as a federal holiday, and little children leave out dance mixtapes and cookies for the Resistance Frog, who leaves pocket Constitutions in their shoes.
October 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I hope someday we defeat fascism and in the far future, No Kings Day is celebrated as a federal holiday, and little children leave out dance mixtapes and cookies for the Resistance Frog, who leaves pocket Constitutions in their shoes.
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To say people make a rational assessment of the threat environment around Covid… is just not true.
Most people refuse to talk about or read anything about Covid.
Long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common childhood illness, and it’s rarely spoken of.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Most people refuse to talk about or read anything about Covid.
Long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common childhood illness, and it’s rarely spoken of.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)
October 15, 2025 at 5:54 AM
To say people make a rational assessment of the threat environment around Covid… is just not true.
Most people refuse to talk about or read anything about Covid.
Long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common childhood illness, and it’s rarely spoken of.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Most people refuse to talk about or read anything about Covid.
Long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common childhood illness, and it’s rarely spoken of.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵
September 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵
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Robin Williams daughter Zelda is pleading with people to stop creating AI videos of her Dad.
I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI.
It’s destructive to the environment.
It’s destructive to artists.
It’s destructive to humanity.
It steals from us and churns out slop.
Just stop.
I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI.
It’s destructive to the environment.
It’s destructive to artists.
It’s destructive to humanity.
It steals from us and churns out slop.
Just stop.
October 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Robin Williams daughter Zelda is pleading with people to stop creating AI videos of her Dad.
I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI.
It’s destructive to the environment.
It’s destructive to artists.
It’s destructive to humanity.
It steals from us and churns out slop.
Just stop.
I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI.
It’s destructive to the environment.
It’s destructive to artists.
It’s destructive to humanity.
It steals from us and churns out slop.
Just stop.
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You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
October 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
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I hope every health-related profession that does this is sued into oblivion and that therapists, in particular, are walked into a public square to have hard socks thrown at them.
technologyreview.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?...
technologyreview.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT. Clients are triggered.
Some therapists are using AI during therapy sessions. They’re risking their clients’ trust and privacy in the process.
technologyreview.us11.list-manage.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I hope every health-related profession that does this is sued into oblivion and that therapists, in particular, are walked into a public square to have hard socks thrown at them.
technologyreview.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?...
technologyreview.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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If you wait long enough to cook dinner, everyone will eat cereal.
Follow me for more recipes.
Follow me for more recipes.
August 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you wait long enough to cook dinner, everyone will eat cereal.
Follow me for more recipes.
Follow me for more recipes.
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Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
August 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,