Reposted by Mark CookMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 02/09/2026I am very skeptical. I mean with this error rate it makes most of this useless! 3336689
Reposted by Mark Cookghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 10/07/2026we do the ha-ha clueless thing but the truth imo is that it is culturally possible to grow up male-- and this is not intended as self-flagellation, just as descriptive-- without really internalizing that women also have sexual agency, which means you miss when they're exercising it at you 762016175
Reposted by Mark CookMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 10/07/2026THAT SAID, I hate doing the wave in stadiums to I feel for that guy 1701
Reposted by Mark CookMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 10/07/2026So… as a medievalist it was a combination 1138443
Mark Cook @capemonkey.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Saw Supergirl last night and I really liked it. Cast was excellent, especially Milly Alcock. It felt a lot more obvious that it's True Grit in space where John Wayne is a blonde woman with a cape as a movie than when it was only a comic book (Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow). 000
Reposted by Mark CookMel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026You either die recruiting Carl Reiner at a sporting event or you live long enough to become Carl Reiner at a sporting event 414646768
Reposted by Mark CookMichael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026A data-driven analysis of how the New York Times's treatment of transgender subjects shifted "from rights-based framing toward more skeptical, conflict-driven coverage" since 2014, centering trans-rights opponents over trans people themselves. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...advocate.comThe New York Times helped turn trans rights into political controversy, analysis findsA new data investigation says the paper of record increasingly framed transgender rights as a debate instead of a lived reality. 141805654
Reposted by Mark CookComics in the Spooky Age 🧛♂️🧟♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Today is the birthday of cartoonist & illustrator Rose O'Neill (June 25, 1874-April 6, 1944). She created the Kewpie in her comic strips in 1909, which would become the most popular cartoon character before Mickey Mouse. 426381
Reposted by Mark Cooksilverwuffamute @wuffaf.at · 02/06/2026Ironically, Young Jr is the oldest Young in this photo. 844395530
Reposted by Mark CookTwo Strike Noise @twostrikenoise.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I get it already, I'm old. 181589222
Reposted by Mark CookThe_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 24/05/2026A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable. 9989184351
Reposted by Mark CookParis Marx @parismarx.com · 08/05/2026OpenAI was found to have violated Canadian privacy laws. But don’t worry: it won’t face any consequences because the commissioner says the company has changed its ways. 🫠theglobeandmail.comOpenAI violated Canadian privacy laws in developing first ChatGPT model, probe findsCompany collected personal information without adequate safeguards and valid consent, but has since addressed major concerns, watchdogs say 13252102
Mark Cook @capemonkey.bsky.social · 06/05/2026WTF is "ages ever well with time"? I can't imagine a human writing that but it feels *too* clunky to be AI. Maybe the position of ScreenRant's headline writer pays so poorly they can't hire someone who's fluent in English? 000
Reposted by Mark CookMelissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 22/04/2026“When a bill, budget or otherwise, rewrites how people, journalists & elected officials can access information, it deserves full scrutiny: public hearings, clause-by-clause review & the chance to amend it." Too bad that's not how Doug Ford's government sees it. #DeclineOfDemocracybuff.lyOntario to bypass public hearings on FOI overhaul that will hide premier’s phone logs | Globalnews.caWeeks after tabling the budget, the government has decided to speed its central financial plan and two other pieces of legislation past the traditional process. 11310
Reposted by Mark CookThomas Germain @thomasgermain.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point. I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it 8748142123
Reposted by Mark CookJess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Look. I'm NOT a conspiracy theorist. I'm not. But when I look at uncomfortable realities, it's difficult to refrain from drawing conclusions that sound like a crazy conspiracy. #1) The Host of Valinor that marched on Angband supposedly consisted of a lot of elves, a lot of dwarfs, & a lot of men. 58914
Reposted by Mark CookTango! @pikeshorse.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Worf in dad jeans and a shark shirt directing DS9 is the timeline cleanse you didn’t know you needed 🖖 131164348
Reposted by Mark CookCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 05/12/2025We all know this is a lie, but can we stop valorizing this shit? Sleeping this little actually really fucks you up and you make bad decisions. It makes you irritable. It fucks up your memory. It reduces your ability to react calmly and rationally. 26576124
Reposted by Mark Cooksarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 11/11/2025how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...apmreports.orgHow a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readersFor decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno... 34767052093
Reposted by Mark CookDefector @defector.com · 03/11/2025Toronto will never get over this: defector.com/toronto-will...defector.comToronto Will Never Get Over This | DefectorBaseball makes you feel bad. I don’t mean that in a literate sense ripping off Bart Giamatti’s lede, the sense of dreading a sullen winter spent longing for the sensory pleasures of the game. I mean… 15312
Mark Cook @capemonkey.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Can anyone tell me why the Lorax was a popular costume this year? Or was it some weird local coincidence? #halloween #trickortreat #drseuss 020
Mark Cook @capemonkey.bsky.social · 05/10/2025So did Sony just give Lorne Michaels a big bag of money? #SNL 010
Reposted by Mark CookJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2025I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service. Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP. 492017993
Mark Cook @capemonkey.bsky.social · 26/09/2025@mark-carney.bsky.social please just pay for the post office. We spend many more times what Canada Post costs on the military and it doesn’t do Canadians nearly as much good on a day to day basis. 020
Reposted by Mark CookGabi 雪 @gabimccauley.bsky.social · 11/09/2025The way some people are trying to rehabilitate Charlie Kirk's image now that he's dead is fucking wild. I mean, seriously? I'm with Maj. Kirk would have cheerfully seen mixed-race folks like me rounded up and dropped off a cliff for being "impure." Not to mention all his other bullshit. Fuck him 11966107
Mark Cook @capemonkey.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Mike was a great MP, and I expect he will be again. 050
Reposted by Mark CookMike Morrice @morricemike.bsky.social · 09/09/2025An update I’m excited to share: whenever the next election is called, I will run to serve as the MP for Kitchener Centre again. This won’t be easy - but the sooner we start, the stronger we’ll be. It’s why I’m asking for your help now - as a monthly donor, volunteer and more ➡️ www.mikemorrice.ca 3239
Mark Cook @capemonkey.bsky.social · 24/08/2025An illustration of how AI does not understand what words actually mean: 020
Reposted by Mark CookCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 16/07/2025Them: you cannot hold back progress. You must accept your new computational overlords who need all your water. New tech is everything Also them: Ew not GREEN tech 324845
Mark Cook @capemonkey.bsky.social · 26/06/2025How to cool your car quickly from Professor Hannah Fry @fryrsquared.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/oKRcb...youtube.comCooling down a hot car - with scienceYouTube video by Hannah Fry 010
Reposted by Mark CookShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/05/2025motherfucker isn't even sorry, that is the face of a guy who is totally gonna do it again 943924624
Reposted by Mark Cookarisia s @arisia.work · 02/05/2025Miss Universe Philippines has a mythology theme going on this year, which is great for anyone whose interests contain both monster girls and mahou shoujo villains (like yours truly). 2428771217
Reposted by Mark CookMelissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Well, that sucks. newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/fe... 4282
Reposted by Mark CookCZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 18/04/2025(And hey, we might have to start talking about why gelatin salads were a thing, because they were a form of cold food safety. You blanched everything you wanted to go in the gelatin, so those all got clean, then the gelatin itself used boiled water. When the food’s inside the gelatin, it’s aseptic.) 512226
Reposted by Mark CookNew Scientist @newscientist.com · 08/04/2025De-extinction company Colossal Biosciences claims to have brought back the dire wolf – it hasn’t.newscientist.comNo, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinctionColossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species 36027
Reposted by Mark CookGory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6 5132441569
Reposted by Mark CookNash @radiodeadair.com · 07/04/2025I'm reminded that what got us out of the Depression was socialist policies, a 90% tax rate on the rich and killing millions of fascists. 201572535
Reposted by Mark CookBattleTech @battletech.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Explore BattleTech's first alternate universe with BattleTech: Gothic! BattleTech: Gothic takes place during The Endless War. When humanity's Golden Age collapsed, humanity entered an unending civil war. But they were not alone, for vicious Abominations of flesh and steel rose up to enter the fray! 9579
Reposted by Mark CookShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 20/03/2025this feels like a bit of a misunderstanding of human psychology though- if the mom doesn't double down then she has to admit to herself that she killed her own kid and I dunno that a lot of people are actually capable of that level of self reflection and honesty 762110231
Reposted by Mark CookJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality. ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports... 3348252025
Reposted by Mark CookTaskmaster @taskmaster.tv · 22/01/2025What has 10 legs and is coming soon? Give up? It's the cast of Series 19! #Taskmaster returns with Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey and Stevie Martin. 891476254
Mark Cook @capemonkey.bsky.social · 21/12/2024The Marauder. A #BattleTech classic, although when I opened the 3E box I thought it should have missile pods on the shoulders - at the time, my knowledge of BattleTech lore was mostly the front cover of MechWarrior 2. 2282
Reposted by Mark CookDC @dc.com · 19/12/2024On July 11, It Begins. Superman - Only in Theaters 2025 #Superman #FilmedForIMAX youtu.be/uhUht6vAsMYyoutu.beSuperman | Official Teaser TrailerYouTube video by DC 22250191501
Mark Cook @capemonkey.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Anyone out there familiar with Heavy Gear Blitz? I'm paranoid about what potential US/Canada tariffs will do to getting #BattleTech stuff, so I'm looking to learn about the game with a slightly younger universe with a web store that ships from Montreal. 000
