Trish Robinson
@trishrobinson2.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Canadian 📚 Reader🪻Gardener 🌈 Non profit leader
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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.
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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 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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...
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"A.i." reproduces the biases of the source material it steals from.
It will not save us. It will drown us garbage.
It will not save us. It will drown us garbage.
'Artificial intelligence tools used by more than half of England’s councils are downplaying women’s physical and mental health issues and risk creating gender bias in care decisions, research [led by Sam Rickman, LSE] has found.' 1/2
AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds
Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
"A.i." reproduces the biases of the source material it steals from.
It will not save us. It will drown us garbage.
It will not save us. It will drown us garbage.
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This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
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🚩 HoC petition to repeal Carney’s Bill C2 in full. Bill C2 represents an assault on democracy in Canada, including sweeping new police and state surveillance powers and mass deportation. This is Canada’s version of a Patriot Act. #Canadasky
Please sign ✍️
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Please sign ✍️
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
July 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🚩 HoC petition to repeal Carney’s Bill C2 in full. Bill C2 represents an assault on democracy in Canada, including sweeping new police and state surveillance powers and mass deportation. This is Canada’s version of a Patriot Act. #Canadasky
Please sign ✍️
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Please sign ✍️
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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“Being a purist isn’t possible, but what’s important is making the effort. If we can reduce the customer base for the dominant players and show there’s a market for a different way… that could help incentivize more non-US options” Via @parismarx.com
www.disconnect.blog/p/getting-of...
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Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
“Being a purist isn’t possible, but what’s important is making the effort. If we can reduce the customer base for the dominant players and show there’s a market for a different way… that could help incentivize more non-US options” Via @parismarx.com
www.disconnect.blog/p/getting-of...
www.disconnect.blog/p/getting-of...
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Great piece from @wickdchiq.bsky.social on the Liberal government's border bill.
'Why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill?'
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'Why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill?'
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Canadians said no to Trump – so why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill? | Erica Ifill
If it goes ahead we will see the construction of a surveillance state that is in some ways worse than the US, writes political columnist Erica Ifill
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Great piece from @wickdchiq.bsky.social on the Liberal government's border bill.
'Why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill?'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'Why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill?'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Today, we’re gonna talk Peter Theil. If you think the heritage foundation is bad, you haven’t met Peter Theil.
Catch you after the video.
Catch you after the video.
June 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Today, we’re gonna talk Peter Theil. If you think the heritage foundation is bad, you haven’t met Peter Theil.
Catch you after the video.
Catch you after the video.
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“decades of conditional support, short-term funding, and paternalism from funders and donors have created a pattern of harm that has profoundly shaped the psyche of nonprofit leaders and thus the entire sector. I’m calling it Funder-Inflicted Layered Trauma and Helplessness (FILTH)”
Funder-inflicted trauma and how it affects nonprofit leaders and our sector
Hi everyone. Before we get started on today’s topic, happy Pride! To all my colleagues who are lesbian, gay, (fellow)...
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June 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“decades of conditional support, short-term funding, and paternalism from funders and donors have created a pattern of harm that has profoundly shaped the psyche of nonprofit leaders and thus the entire sector. I’m calling it Funder-Inflicted Layered Trauma and Helplessness (FILTH)”
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Unlocked | Rose LeMay: Wildfires, climate change, and will we make it through?
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Wildfires, climate change, and will we make it through?
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June 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Unlocked | Rose LeMay: Wildfires, climate change, and will we make it through?
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www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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Long and the short of it is Peter Thiel is a nerd but also an authoritarian, and he thinks Sarumon and Sauron are cooler than the Fellowship.
November 8, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Long and the short of it is Peter Thiel is a nerd but also an authoritarian, and he thinks Sarumon and Sauron are cooler than the Fellowship.
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This notion, that there always has to be a large underclass of people who aren’t well educated and just do manual work for the rest of us, is called “Mudsill Theory.”
I bristled yet again at what the Party of Lincoln has become.
marypezzulo.substack.com/p/the-mudsil...
I bristled yet again at what the Party of Lincoln has become.
marypezzulo.substack.com/p/the-mudsil...
The Mudsill Theory and Karoline Leavitt
Education and manual work aren't opposed, and Republicans ought to know it.
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May 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This notion, that there always has to be a large underclass of people who aren’t well educated and just do manual work for the rest of us, is called “Mudsill Theory.”
I bristled yet again at what the Party of Lincoln has become.
marypezzulo.substack.com/p/the-mudsil...
I bristled yet again at what the Party of Lincoln has become.
marypezzulo.substack.com/p/the-mudsil...
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To donate to the Red Cross - Manitoba wildfires and to register #Canada
The Canadian Red Cross communicates only via email, phone, or in person and would never send a link through a text message. We will never ask for your social insurance number, /1 thread
www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
The Canadian Red Cross communicates only via email, phone, or in person and would never send a link through a text message. We will never ask for your social insurance number, /1 thread
www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
Manitoba Wildfires Response 2025
www.redcross.ca
May 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
To donate to the Red Cross - Manitoba wildfires and to register #Canada
The Canadian Red Cross communicates only via email, phone, or in person and would never send a link through a text message. We will never ask for your social insurance number, /1 thread
www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
The Canadian Red Cross communicates only via email, phone, or in person and would never send a link through a text message. We will never ask for your social insurance number, /1 thread
www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
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The Manitoba government is turning to Western Canada’s oldest newspaper to teach students how to debunk misinformation and master other necessary skills for the digital age.
Free Press to lead media literacy project
Platform will help kids debunk misinformation
www.winnipegfreepress.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The Manitoba government is turning to Western Canada’s oldest newspaper to teach students how to debunk misinformation and master other necessary skills for the digital age.
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One more bookish set for good measure.
These biscuits are inspired by the weird and wonderful world of medieval illustration.
These biscuits are inspired by the weird and wonderful world of medieval illustration.
May 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
One more bookish set for good measure.
These biscuits are inspired by the weird and wonderful world of medieval illustration.
These biscuits are inspired by the weird and wonderful world of medieval illustration.
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From Arts & Crafts patterns to medieval archaeology.
These biscuits recreate stained glass fragments found a few years ago in the triforium of Westminster Abbey.
These biscuits recreate stained glass fragments found a few years ago in the triforium of Westminster Abbey.
May 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
From Arts & Crafts patterns to medieval archaeology.
These biscuits recreate stained glass fragments found a few years ago in the triforium of Westminster Abbey.
These biscuits recreate stained glass fragments found a few years ago in the triforium of Westminster Abbey.
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Almost done! I couldn’t leave out this edible assortment of medieval tiles from the British Museum.
The biscuit recipe was inspired by flavours from the same period: honey, ginger, and clove.
The biscuit recipe was inspired by flavours from the same period: honey, ginger, and clove.
May 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Almost done! I couldn’t leave out this edible assortment of medieval tiles from the British Museum.
The biscuit recipe was inspired by flavours from the same period: honey, ginger, and clove.
The biscuit recipe was inspired by flavours from the same period: honey, ginger, and clove.
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Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
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The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet - Earth’s longtime refrigerator is about to become its biggest carbon emitter
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The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet
Earth’s longtime refrigerator, is about to become its biggest carbon emitter
www.cbc.ca
May 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet - Earth’s longtime refrigerator is about to become its biggest carbon emitter
www.cbc.ca/natureofthin...
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Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 William Morris lovers together in a single online location!
May 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 William Morris lovers together in a single online location!
We need to do the same for other community based support services like family resource centres.
ECEs are getting historic raises that amount to as much as $5 more per hour.
A new wage grid for the sector — which was shared with a crowd of 900+ front-line workers at their 2025 conference on Friday — elicited cheers and tears #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
A new wage grid for the sector — which was shared with a crowd of 900+ front-line workers at their 2025 conference on Friday — elicited cheers and tears #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Big raise for early childhood educators
www.winnipegfreepress.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We need to do the same for other community based support services like family resource centres.