@maidenofrohan.bsky.social
Politically progressive • gardening gives me hope 🌿 • music makes me cope 🎶
All this to say I'm not a bot beep-boop 🤖
📌 Montréal
All this to say I'm not a bot beep-boop 🤖
📌 Montréal
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Noticing another wave of Canadians joining Bluesky
For new arrivals, here are some starter packs listing hundreds of Canadian journalists you can follow on Bluesky right now
🧵 1/3 Please share and follow:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
For new arrivals, here are some starter packs listing hundreds of Canadian journalists you can follow on Bluesky right now
🧵 1/3 Please share and follow:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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There should be so much more noise about Lina Khan being a co-chair of the Mamdani transition team
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM
There should be so much more noise about Lina Khan being a co-chair of the Mamdani transition team
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
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I’m old enough to remember when they said this about MOOCs and then it turns out without a teacher and classmates to talk to, hardly anyone finishes their MOOC classes. Bc learning is social.
We should absolutely kill the lecture and test model in most cases though. Small, active classes forever!
We should absolutely kill the lecture and test model in most cases though. Small, active classes forever!
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I’m old enough to remember when they said this about MOOCs and then it turns out without a teacher and classmates to talk to, hardly anyone finishes their MOOC classes. Bc learning is social.
We should absolutely kill the lecture and test model in most cases though. Small, active classes forever!
We should absolutely kill the lecture and test model in most cases though. Small, active classes forever!
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“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
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queen shit, rest in peace
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
queen shit, rest in peace
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I keep thinking about this scene when people talk about being mean to AI youtu.be/z906aLyP5fg?...
Community - A Pencil Named Steve
YouTube video by Neil Collins
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I keep thinking about this scene when people talk about being mean to AI youtu.be/z906aLyP5fg?...
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feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak
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SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.
September 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.
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The H1-B visa thing is, like everything else in the Trump administration, set up to carve up exceptions for friends and punish enemies. It’s the authoritarian thru-line that stitches everything together.
September 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The H1-B visa thing is, like everything else in the Trump administration, set up to carve up exceptions for friends and punish enemies. It’s the authoritarian thru-line that stitches everything together.
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This is absolutely outrageous. I can tell you that *many* Canadians were outraged that I was denied entry to the US… on exactly the same specious grounds.
Canada is choosing genocide denialism as immigration policy. This country has no moral authority whatsoever.
Canada is choosing genocide denialism as immigration policy. This country has no moral authority whatsoever.
September 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is absolutely outrageous. I can tell you that *many* Canadians were outraged that I was denied entry to the US… on exactly the same specious grounds.
Canada is choosing genocide denialism as immigration policy. This country has no moral authority whatsoever.
Canada is choosing genocide denialism as immigration policy. This country has no moral authority whatsoever.
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This is ofc a far greater attack on free speech than Kimmel going off the air
Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria
“It is no surprise that the Trump administration continues to retaliate against me for my exercise of free speech," Khalil, a former Columbia University grad student, said in a statement.
www.nbcnews.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is ofc a far greater attack on free speech than Kimmel going off the air
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Kanopy eats. Free access with library card.
September 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Kanopy eats. Free access with library card.
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There has got to be legal consequences for conduct in this administration
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
There has got to be legal consequences for conduct in this administration
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"Charlie Kirk gave me the courage to be more transphobic" is a wild thing to put in a both-sides hagiography
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
September 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"Charlie Kirk gave me the courage to be more transphobic" is a wild thing to put in a both-sides hagiography
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
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Memecoiners are a problem
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Memecoiners are a problem
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Dear @ezraklein.bsky.social: Charlie Kirk advocated for forcing 12-year olds to watch the public execution of Trump's governmental opponents, maybe by guillotine www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Dear @ezraklein.bsky.social: Charlie Kirk advocated for forcing 12-year olds to watch the public execution of Trump's governmental opponents, maybe by guillotine www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
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This + increasingly, I think it's important to note who doesn't want these spaces (public schools, universities, parades, etc) to exist and who benefits from them feeling unsafe.
I think it's terrible that Gen Z and Gen Alpha continue to live in a world where K-12 and college campus shootings are a normal part of life and that's all they've ever known and I think we should arrange things so that any kind of school or university shooting is impossible
September 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This + increasingly, I think it's important to note who doesn't want these spaces (public schools, universities, parades, etc) to exist and who benefits from them feeling unsafe.
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The labor market is deteriorating!
For the first time in four years, the economy lost jobs.
Our economy is in the toilet right now and everything in the grocery store is higher priced than it was during the pandemic.
This is what losing looks like! Trump’s economy sucks!
For the first time in four years, the economy lost jobs.
Our economy is in the toilet right now and everything in the grocery store is higher priced than it was during the pandemic.
This is what losing looks like! Trump’s economy sucks!
September 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The labor market is deteriorating!
For the first time in four years, the economy lost jobs.
Our economy is in the toilet right now and everything in the grocery store is higher priced than it was during the pandemic.
This is what losing looks like! Trump’s economy sucks!
For the first time in four years, the economy lost jobs.
Our economy is in the toilet right now and everything in the grocery store is higher priced than it was during the pandemic.
This is what losing looks like! Trump’s economy sucks!
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Ok we have this job already. It’s called editor. You would be forgiven for having forgotten this since places that produce content spent the last decade firing them all.
The AI boom has created a new type of work: fixing botched AI. Designers are being hired to remake wonky AI art. Writers are asked to make ChatGPT’s writing sound more human. Even software developers are tasked with fixing buggy vibe coding.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy
In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong.
www.nbcnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Ok we have this job already. It’s called editor. You would be forgiven for having forgotten this since places that produce content spent the last decade firing them all.
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BREAKING:
This week marks 5 years of RNC.
To celebrate the end of another successful vinyl campaign, I’m playing the entire Songs on the Computer saga live on my new Twitch channel tomorrow night.
This week marks 5 years of RNC.
To celebrate the end of another successful vinyl campaign, I’m playing the entire Songs on the Computer saga live on my new Twitch channel tomorrow night.
August 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
BREAKING:
This week marks 5 years of RNC.
To celebrate the end of another successful vinyl campaign, I’m playing the entire Songs on the Computer saga live on my new Twitch channel tomorrow night.
This week marks 5 years of RNC.
To celebrate the end of another successful vinyl campaign, I’m playing the entire Songs on the Computer saga live on my new Twitch channel tomorrow night.
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The balkanized "future" of the internet has long been here--for decades the internet in Spain has looked very different from the internet in Canada.
But I think this is one of the first times we're seeing a platform geo-blocking by *US State* and this way lies madness.
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
But I think this is one of the first times we're seeing a platform geo-blocking by *US State* and this way lies madness.
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Our Response to Mississippi’s Age Assurance Law - Bluesky
A new Mississippi law requires us to block full access to Bluesky unless all users complete age checks. We have concerns about this law’s implementation.
bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The balkanized "future" of the internet has long been here--for decades the internet in Spain has looked very different from the internet in Canada.
But I think this is one of the first times we're seeing a platform geo-blocking by *US State* and this way lies madness.
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
But I think this is one of the first times we're seeing a platform geo-blocking by *US State* and this way lies madness.
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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Americans are about to discover VPNs.
NEW: People in Mississippi can no longer use the social media platform Bluesky due to age verification laws.
In response, Bluesky has chosen to block access in the state rather than risk potential fines of up to $10,000 per user.
In response, Bluesky has chosen to block access in the state rather than risk potential fines of up to $10,000 per user.
Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi Over Age Verification Law
Bluesky has chosen to block access in the state rather than risk potential fines of up to $10,000 per violation.
www.wired.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Americans are about to discover VPNs.