Reposted by bastage42Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 20hThe chart explains AI hype more than any chart that's ever been charted. 201151272
Reposted by bastage42Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 20hToday, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 19888802785
Reposted by bastage42Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm old enough to remember smoking on airplanes as a child. I hated it but they made you do it. 343115346
Reposted by bastage42MotherBuc’n Chuck @motherluvinchuck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Vote. Or people like these ladies will get the elected officials they want in office. If you can’t vote against this, I don’t know what else to tell you. 062
Reposted by bastage42Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comGOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegalThe request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials. 23419571163
Reposted by bastage42Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 01/10/2026This is a cool photo of Venus! Photographed through the rings of Saturn. 1054593
Reposted by bastage42Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states 124721143
bastage42 @bastage42.bsky.social · 01/10/202653-year old Evgeni Malkin is currently on pace for an 82-goal NHL season 010
Reposted by bastage42Jay @jaynine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026static.klipy.comSidney Crosby: I Don't Like ThemALT: Sidney Crosby: I Don't Like Them 1132
Reposted by bastage42Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It should alarm us that the civilian head of the military gathers together troops to give them a political speech in which he calls the free press treasonous. He should be removed from office for doing so. 441783393
Reposted by bastage42Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14726651203
Reposted by bastage42Froggles 🇨🇦 @froggles42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🚨🚨🚨 Alberta Peeps, this is important. If you applied for a mail-in ballot & find a declaration saying you will be fined $50K or sent to prison for two years if you lie about not being able to vote in person, Elections Alberta is instructing everyone to cross it out & ignore it. 325
Reposted by bastage42Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Seriously just enforce normal liability for AI on the owners and so much of this shit goes away AI companies want to be treated like the hired expert when it comes to pocketing any financial flows, but like a cursory Google Search whenever it comes to liability 635096
Reposted by bastage42Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44767211842
Reposted by bastage42The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 26/09/2026Embarrassed scientists reveal alien radio signal was actually meant for a planet behind usthebeaverton.comEmbarrassed scientists reveal alien radio signal was actually meant for a planet behind usMountain View, CA—Astronomers at the SETI Institute have confirmed that a radio signal originated from an advanced alien civilization, but was intended for a different planet behind Earth. 401050213
Reposted by bastage42Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college. 542016632
Reposted by bastage42Tao of Stieb @taoofstieb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Leafs fans: This team is pure misery and ruining my life but I believe one day it will be worth it. Habs fans: We are the greatest franchise in sports history, even though it mostly happened before I was born. Yankees fans: We are the greatest franchise in sports history, and it is pure misery. 6359
Reposted by bastage42Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 30/09/2026📣Funded PhD Position exploring the social and political implications of the consolidation, death—and even rebirth—of local newspapers in rural communities in Canada and the United States. Supervisor: Clark Banack at the University of Alberta www.ualberta.ca/en/alberta-c...ualberta.caFunded PhD Position 01617
Reposted by bastage42Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes" 451887384
Reposted by bastage42Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is a good time to remind everyone that we have some excellent fresh (and safe) fruit right here in Niagara region (and other places in Canada). 1355
Reposted by bastage42Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I previously warned about the lowered standards for US food safety under Trump. Perhaps it's time for our government to take a closer look at what imported US food products remain safe for Canadians. We don't like being poisoned. In the meantime, ban Driscoll products from Canada. 2408
Reposted by bastage42Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026US sending pesticide-laden berries to Canada?? "the excess chemical levels were due to over-spraying and the removal of food safety compliance parameters for berries sent to Canada" Half of the company's exports to Canada had pesticide levels exceeding CFIA standards. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...cbc.caWhat to know about chemical levels on Driscoll's berries | CBC NewsYou may be having second thoughts about eating the berries in your fridge after CBC News spoke with a whistleblower who made a startling claim about the amount of chemicals on fruit that a U.S. compan... 610858
Reposted by bastage42Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump and Co. conducted a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States out of its presidential election — ie attempted an autogolpe, or "self-coup" — was in the public record. The facts and the law were never in question. Only if America would follow them. 4322120
Reposted by bastage42Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is getting super interesting. While I'm not certain yet what exactly is going on, at the moment, it seems like Canada was used to establish the bona fides of an AI "journalist" who subsequently went on to engage in foreign interference in Morocco..... www.turkiyetoday.com/world/exclus...turkiyetoday.comExclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman' - Türkiye TodayThe phantom writer communicated exclusively via email and rarely phoned Canadian publications, who were oblivious until Türkiye Today unraveled the matter 12717
Reposted by bastage42Jenny Kwan @jennykwan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Liberal MP Sean Casey was demoted by Mark Carney last week after voting in favour of Jenny Kwan’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. When will the Liberals stop punishing MPs for doing their job—and finally act to close this loophole? 8300109
Reposted by bastage42ACLU @aclu.org · 28/09/2026BREAKING: The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow essential health care to be withheld from transgender people in federal prisons. Denying medically-necessary care to any incarcerated person is cruel and unusual punishment — period. 11595192
Reposted by bastage42Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“We have to call this what it is, a white genocide,” said Lily LeBlanc, spokesperson for white hunters. “When you inconvenience a white person, they literally die.” 07810
Reposted by bastage42Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026BREAKING: Scores of white hunters die after being told they can’t hunt in one spot 111529
Reposted by bastage42Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Article II (d) of the Genocide Convention: "Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part." 02313
Reposted by bastage42Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026I haven't seen a single story explain that the lawsuit filed by Tierra Walker's family is part of a broader legal argument that women and pregnant people have a right to life. There are at least four state cases like this. Subscribe to @autonomynews.co for context you're not getting anywhere else 11191446
Reposted by bastage42jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comYou Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine MaxwellIdeapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. 181227537
Reposted by bastage42404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images.404media.coHumans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're HorrifiedHuman contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual... 1220979
Reposted by bastage42The Bearded Halfling @thebeardedhalfling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Schools shouldn't be about training workers. Education is good. Not because it makes better workers (even though it does), but because education is itself good. Let companies train the workers. Let them fork the bill for their exploitation. Let kids be kids. Teach the arts, the humanities Inspire 2264
Reposted by bastage42Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An AI-enhanced version of a grainy image that appears to be authentic and shows several men being arrested in relation to the ongoing incident at RAF Fairford is currently being shared on multiple platforms. A SynthID check reveals that the enhanced image was generated with OpenAI. 15331126
Reposted by bastage42Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 28/09/2026The behaviour of the Trump administration in Europe has been summed up in one quote from a Wall Street Journal article. My take:davekeating.substack.com“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here.”Explosive revelations about Trump’s ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle in the Wall Street Journal show the extent of the White House’s mafia-like extortion racket in Europe. 03430
Reposted by bastage42Smörhuvud (he/surprise me) @guncelawits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It boggles my mind that there are still people who don’t understand that cigarettes were always ADHD meds with shittier side-effects. 1024422
Reposted by bastage42Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Evidence keeps mounting that the Trump regime is attempting to break up Canada by whatever means possible short of military action. It is one thing to impose illegal tariffs, it is another thing entirely to try and split Canada up by striking secret deals with individual provinces. 67123
Reposted by bastage42Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026True. “There was an approach in the spring to attempt to have an agreement with us, Quebec,” Ms. Fréchette told reporters Friday." - Globe & Mail It appears the US has been attempting to break up Canada with separate trade deals. Makes me wonder if secret deal(s) have been discussed with Alberta. 1414481
Reposted by bastage42Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026"Americans might elect a normal Dem in '28 who will try to repair relations. But what if they opt for another insane Canadian-hating demagogue? From Canada's perspective, what’s the point of signing a contract with Dr. Jekyll when Mr. Hyde might emerge later, betray you, & tear up the whole thing?"publicnotice.coThe view from Canada: Make America Think AgainRebuilding trust will take generations. 1071539317
