Kathleen Sheppard 🍁
@quiddityks.bsky.social
Art, nature, environment. she/her
Settler on Blackfoot Territory.
I blog at www.thiswildcuriosity.com
Settler on Blackfoot Territory.
I blog at www.thiswildcuriosity.com
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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Canadian government survives boring crisis, leaving Americans unaware
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Canadian government survives boring crisis, leaving Americans unaware
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If you want there to be a certain kind of art in ten years, you gotta pay for that art now. You gotta make sure small time artists can survive the next ten years. If you can't afford to, then tell people about the art and artists you love. Gush about them. Help others find them.
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If you want there to be a certain kind of art in ten years, you gotta pay for that art now. You gotta make sure small time artists can survive the next ten years. If you can't afford to, then tell people about the art and artists you love. Gush about them. Help others find them.
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"To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention."
Ursula K. LeGuin
Ursula K. LeGuin
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention."
Ursula K. LeGuin
Ursula K. LeGuin
AI is like the gift shop at the end of the tour - you don't want anything, you definitely don't need anything, but you're forced into it and you end up with a bag of unnecessary plastic objects.
The amount of stupidly needless and needlessly stupid applications of this dumbass technology is legitimately impressive, like they’re TRYING to be terrible. It’s possible that sometimes something actually helpful is stumbled upon and that person gets yelled at
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
AI is like the gift shop at the end of the tour - you don't want anything, you definitely don't need anything, but you're forced into it and you end up with a bag of unnecessary plastic objects.
I wrote about some of my favourite nature books.
www.thiswildcuriosity.com/2025/11/14/6...
www.thiswildcuriosity.com/2025/11/14/6...
6 Essential Nature Reads - This Wild Curiosity
Like so many people, I have a bookshelf that is overflowing with familiar reads and yet-to-be-discovered favourites. Among the shelves, there are always those books that stay with me and that I return...
www.thiswildcuriosity.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I wrote about some of my favourite nature books.
www.thiswildcuriosity.com/2025/11/14/6...
www.thiswildcuriosity.com/2025/11/14/6...
Blondie was the sassiest diva and I miss her very much.
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Blondie was the sassiest diva and I miss her very much.
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"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
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I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
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your energy bills are rising because they're forcing you to use millions-years-old sunlight instead of today's
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
your energy bills are rising because they're forcing you to use millions-years-old sunlight instead of today's
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If there was thoughtful consideration of how AI, data science, and automation might reshape the labor force as the technologies and techniques mature, we wouldn't see "manual labor will replace desk jobs" as an inevitable and desirable outcome.
“Humans can just go get manual labor jobs if desk jobs are repaired with AI” is both not going to suffice to provide enough jobs and is also going to result in massive societal anger because manual labor jobs often *are terrible*, which is why people have worked hard to avoid them for generations.
Even if society provided the food/shelter level needs for everyone, humans also need to perform useful work just for basic fulfillment. The vast majority of people cannot sit around all day letting AI and robots do everything.
(The definition of “useful work” here is malleable but still essential)
(The definition of “useful work” here is malleable but still essential)
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If there was thoughtful consideration of how AI, data science, and automation might reshape the labor force as the technologies and techniques mature, we wouldn't see "manual labor will replace desk jobs" as an inevitable and desirable outcome.
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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Good.
It looks like UCP cabinet minister Nathan Neudorf’s plan to split the City of Lethbridge into 3-4 sprawling rural-urban ridings wasn’t adopted by the commission. The city retains the 2 urban ridings it’s had since 1971.
I broke the story on Neudorf’s plan here: daveberta.substack.com/p/ucp-mla-na...
I broke the story on Neudorf’s plan here: daveberta.substack.com/p/ucp-mla-na...
UCP MLA Nathan Neudorf wants Lethbridge carved into 3-4 big rural-urban ridings
I read all 197 submissions to Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission so you don’t have to
daveberta.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Good.
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Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
Yes please
Local woman wakes up, gets Danielle Smith a new job in Saudi Arabia, sends all the separatists to join her there, promotes Naheed Nenshi to premier, makes oatmeal.
October 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yes please
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If other unions stand up for the teachers, then every Albertan—parents with school children, university students, seniors, Forever Canadians, minorities, immigrants—should all stand up with them.
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#Canada #Alberta #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian
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#Canada #Alberta #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
If other unions stand up for the teachers, then every Albertan—parents with school children, university students, seniors, Forever Canadians, minorities, immigrants—should all stand up with them.
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#Canada #Alberta #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian
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#Canada #Alberta #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian
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I’m just a Canadian, looking at her fellow Canadians, begging them to connect the dots between rising anti immigrant sentiment and what is happening in the states.
October 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’m just a Canadian, looking at her fellow Canadians, begging them to connect the dots between rising anti immigrant sentiment and what is happening in the states.
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AI is like that time I woke up and found a U2 album I didn't ask for on my iPod.
I don't want it. I didn't ask for it. Leave me alone.
I don't want it. I didn't ask for it. Leave me alone.
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
AI is like that time I woke up and found a U2 album I didn't ask for on my iPod.
I don't want it. I didn't ask for it. Leave me alone.
I don't want it. I didn't ask for it. Leave me alone.
Remember how mad everyone got when we burned it down 200 years ago?
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Remember how mad everyone got when we burned it down 200 years ago?
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Same problem in publishing and film.
Everyone gets paid long before the writer, and then it's pennies on the dollar, if we're lucky.
People can't create like this.
We shouldn't have to create like this.
There's no product without us, yet we get told it's more important to pay everyone else.
Everyone gets paid long before the writer, and then it's pennies on the dollar, if we're lucky.
People can't create like this.
We shouldn't have to create like this.
There's no product without us, yet we get told it's more important to pay everyone else.
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Same problem in publishing and film.
Everyone gets paid long before the writer, and then it's pennies on the dollar, if we're lucky.
People can't create like this.
We shouldn't have to create like this.
There's no product without us, yet we get told it's more important to pay everyone else.
Everyone gets paid long before the writer, and then it's pennies on the dollar, if we're lucky.
People can't create like this.
We shouldn't have to create like this.
There's no product without us, yet we get told it's more important to pay everyone else.
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“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Who robbed the Louvre right answers only
October 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Who robbed the Louvre right answers only
Maybe today is the day I throw my computer into the sea.
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
www.theverge.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Maybe today is the day I throw my computer into the sea.