iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Anthropic comes out every few days and is like “Our system accidentally stole all of the classified government files from England” but it never comes out and says “Our system cured pancreatic cancer on accident” I think that probably tells us what they are planning to use it for

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Boosters say: AI is a thing, it's inevitable, it's imminent and it's going to solve all of our problems. The Doomers say: AI is a thing, it's inevitable, it's imminent and it's going to kill us all. >>

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

No deal. Negotiations didn’t fail, they captured exactly how far apart the positions are, how untrustworthy a partner the US has become, and how much Canadians are ready to bear to stand up against this fascist bullshit. Finally.

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Brenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Really grateful to hear the @citationspod.bsky.social folks tackle inevitability discourse and AI in the most recent episode. I address this a lot in my talks lately because it pairs so conveniently with the “ethics aside” rhetorical move in the university. (Mini-thread incoming.)

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 11/08/2026

“When a supported Claude model generates text, it weaves an imperceptible watermark directly into the text itself… Because the watermark is part of the text, it will travel with the text when it’s copied and pasted elsewhere, and may persist through some editing.” Wild.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 31/07/2026

That’s the default setting, the raw number used in the US. On Canadian gov sites it maxes out at “10+”. Toggling the display to Canadian shows how absurd that is.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 31/07/2026

About ten years of this here… maybe Canada can rethink that 1-10 scale. But I guess ramping up profits for fossil fuel multinationals is a higher priority.

air quality map centered on Kamloops, BC, dated July 30, 2026, 10:07 PM PDT. Most sensors in the West End, Lower Sahali, and Upper Sahali neighborhoods show dark red circles with readings in the low-to-mid 30s and low 40s, indicating very poor air quality (top of the color scale, 10+).

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 20/07/2026

Not only is my continent burning, now a fire at Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. I actually know this stunning spot (did a rare elevation hike) and so sad to see it in flames. I hope the social media vids I am coming across are AI fakes. news.sky.com/story/fire-b...

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Fire breaks out at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh

Firefighters are battling a blaze at the Scottish landmark after the fire and rescue service was alerted at 6.38pm on Sunday evening.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 18/07/2026

Yet at this moment the air is fresh in Kamloops. Opening my windows for the first time in weeks and hoping I won’t regret cooling off overnight. I suspect I will.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A reminder: The US, by being the largest historical CO₂ emitter, has caused $10 trillion in global climate damage since 1990. A quarter of this impact is felt domestically, but it disproportionately affects poorer countries.

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US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds

US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says

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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Wildfire smoke war! The US is retaliating by sending smoke from fires in Oregon and Washington State into Canada. What do they say about smoke and borders? GOES-West geocolor loop below.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 14/06/2026

I feel very grateful to have visited NYC a couple times, and to know some New Yorkers, because as crazy and impossible as it is (like most of my favourite cities) it is such an incredible mass collection of cool, fun and admirable people.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 10/06/2026

I get the dunking on this guy, but he highlights a few things I've been thinking on: a) how quickly "deskilling" can happen, in part due to the b) alienation between the GenAI worker and their work and c) just how tenuous the economics of this all is within orgs. Boosters don't want to address this.

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This will go down as a major stain on FIFA and its World Cup before a ball has even been kicked. Infantino has been banging on about the most inclusive World Cup and Africa’s top referee can’t even get into the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/w...

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U.S. Denies Entry to World Cup Referee From Somalia

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Brenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Oh my god, if this doesn’t change risk assessment in procurement we really are cooked.

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Brenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Hey maybe we get a compliance audit out of this lol just kidding

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Luke Waltzer @lukewaltzer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Small pieces, loosely joined: still a good idea.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 08/05/2026

Hours into catastrophic ransomware meltdown and Canvas URLs (at SFU and UBC) still posting that it's "scheduled maintenance". Instructure has more than 2000 employees, and nobody does comms? The old Simpsons image would be less insulting and unprofessional. Are they so owned they can't change it?

Canvas LMS scheduled maintenance page showing a cartoon rocket with two small robots floating beside it and the message "Canvas is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance — Check back soon."

Cartoon "Technical Difficulties — Please Stand By" graphic from The Simpsons, featuring a wobbly cameraman holding a jug of moonshine next to a TV camera.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 07/05/2026

The shared service of an open source LMS in BC makes it significantly less expensive per user than the cloud offerings. (And each install on its own server.)

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 28/04/2026

“The videos appear to be scraped from Canvas, ASU’s learning management system where lecture materials and class discussions are made available to students.” Faculty at my university worry about this scenario. ASU is frequently cited as a model for innovation in AI. I muddle through another day.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 13/04/2026

It’s just Baphomet representing the Statue of Liberty. I don’t understand why people are confused.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 03/04/2026

A couple weeks back I saw a Chili’s in downtown Mexico City. Across the street from the Palacio de Bellas Artes.

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Nolan Void @wolter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Oh so now copyright matters.

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paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I find airport hotel restaurants fascinating, ideal for people watching, the multitasking person on their phone and laptop for hours, the young couple kissing by the bar, another couple sitting, not looking at each other, the ridiculously overpriced food and drinks, the impermanence of it all.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 14/03/2026

Meanwhile, in Canada… 🦗🦗🦗

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 11/03/2026

I was hoping your flight wouldn’t be as bad as feared. But pleased things are going well now that you are there.

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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Not a single one of these psychos cares even a little bit about the people being bombed. I hate them all

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 27/02/2026

Chat GPT presents "as a friend to confide in. One who never says you’re wrong, who will validate your most intrusive thoughts, and who will delete your account to distance itself legally from your actions — but won’t help you deescalate or find your way to real world help."

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 23/02/2026

A little curious if Tumbler Ridge shifts the discussion on psychological safety. I’m betting it won’t. Hope I’m wrong.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 22/02/2026

Today was another reminder. I’ve managed to learn one thing. May I somehow find wisdom in other things…

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that ChatGPT conversations from the Tumbler Ridge teenager who carried out a horrific school shooting were flagged by employees at OpenAI. They raised their concerns but the company ultimately did nothing, according to the reporting. archive.is/GUweE#select...

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 11/02/2026

One of our team has picked her son up at school early a few times lately because of reported threats. She told us a shooting was her great fear and a reason she came to Canada instead of the US. I wanted to tell her these shootings were rare in Canada and those threats likely pranks. Glad I didn’t.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 09/02/2026

I sense the culture would like to pretend Up With People! never happened, but it lives on in the memorable Simpsons bit Hooray for Everything!. youtu.be/0_fM1jfh49o?...

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Hooray for Everything! Simpsons

YouTube video by Cory Noonan

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 09/02/2026

I enjoyed the cultural frisson of the two “competing” half-time shows tonight. Will watch Pat Finnerty’s watchalong of Kid Rock’s lip-synced set. I’m old enough to remember the truly, madly, deeply awful halftimes of my youth. I saw multiple Up With People shows. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_with...

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Up with People at the Super Bowl - Wikipedia

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Brenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I started sabbaticast.brennaclarkegray.ca this month as a way to track and report out on my sabbatical in the open, because I think open scholarship helps all of us who spend a lot of time thinking, "Am I doing this right?"

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The Sabbaticast – A Podcast and Research Blog

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

1. This 2016 exchange between Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel is so essential, really gets to the heart of Epstein's project. Epstein: brexit, just the beginning. Thiel: Of what? Epstein: return to tribalism... finding things on their way to collapse , was much easier than finding the next bargain

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 28/01/2026

Your ambient Kamloops moments are always appreciated. I also admire the hot fire you direct toward injustice. All in all, a social media follow that's pretty much unmatched.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 20/12/2025

Not on you. They don’t make cartons the way they used to.

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This is a tremendous read from @mattgurney.bsky.social

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/11/2025

“Closeups show human faces distorted beyond recognition, sprouting extra appendages. The bodies of what appear to be dogs horrifically merge with human figures. Happy holidays indeed.”

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Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors

An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 18/11/2025

Now THIS is how you do a "war against Christmas". I mean, you can say "Happy Holidays" all you want but this is the real deal.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 14/11/2025

This is a great day for one of the bravest and most committed people I know. I’m so grateful he can get on to doing exceptional learning technology work… and, you know, with his life.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 08/11/2025

That feels like more of a Mastodon post, but the server I am on is down all day. Maybe I should blog it. I have one. But I think if I take this to the Abject the unbounded melancholy will swallow me whole.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 08/11/2025

Spent the past hour remembering and websearching some people I connected with via blogging ~25 years ago. Down some sad paths, people passing, and more just vanishing. And archive.org captures of that time seem to be decaying. ISPs blocking. Images disappearing. The web like an aging mind, fading.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 02/11/2025

Far more than philosophy or the arts, it is following sports that has taught me about the pitiless nature of existence. Hints of things like destiny shimmer up, but they are an illusion. Nothing is going to happen just because, no matter how perfect it might be.

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Brian Lamb @abject.ca · 31/10/2025

I somehow missed that my favourite mimic does this incredible Watts.

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