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Carrie Gillon

@carrieg.bsky.social
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linguist, cat lover, nerd

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12h
If you love words, read this.
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Wild Buffalo Make a Comeback on the Canadian Plains | The Walrus
Herds are returning to lands they haven’t roamed in generations
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Quite unusual': Man snaps photos of rare booby spotted in Vancouver
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'Quite unusual': Man snaps photos of rare booby spotted in Vancouver
The tropical bird flew much further than it usually does.
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
95% of men 18-35 were willing to lie (or worse) to get women to sleep with them in one study This isn’t even the tiniest bit surprising to me
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This was so fun! Please have a listen, especially if you’re a linguist or journalist Or hell, even if you aren’t
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is such a fucking racket and these companies are all in cahoots. The best way to protect yourself and your employees from AI is to abstain from using it.
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh. Guess I’m not watching then
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reminds me of that study that found 95% of men 18-35 used at least one coercive technique to get women to sleep with them These AI bros are using rapist’s logic in all ways
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Scary drag makeup tutorial Feel like a Good Omens demon
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026
As a former pretentious little shit who grew out of it, rationalists (et al) annoy the piss out of me because they are adults with the mentality of tweens - they are somehow still convinced they are the greatest geniuses who have ever walked the earth. It is the worldview of an arrogant baby.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 09/05/2026
hating ai is a pro-social activity
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AI data centers are coming for tribal land, but tribes are fighting back! The Hualapai Tribe just paused hyperscale data centers on its 1 million-acre reservation along the Colorado River. AI facilities would drain the water on the already low Colorado River.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 25/09/2026
Canada needs an immediate moratorium on AI-generated videos www.instagram.com/reel/Ddt78Ij...
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I lost a friend over this - he sent me a text about Tucker being right about Iran and I was like 😬 (This wasn’t the only thing, but it was part of the last straw)
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
your periodic reminder
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I did not guess correctly. Also, is it just me or does he have negative charisma
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Phoenix was already impossible to live in by 2020 IMO. My last summer there nearly killed me
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
going insane because you traveled interdimensionally or met aliens or met god is understandable. but going insane because you used a computer chat program is just embarrassing
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I can’t wait until I can cook again 😫
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IndigiNews @indiginews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Indigenous people travelled from across the Salish Sea to spend time with the woolly dog pelt at MOA before it became open to be viewed by the public. “It’s historical that the woolly dog arrived back home.” Story by Santana Dreaver, co-published with The Narwhal indiginews.com/features/sal...
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After more than a century, this Salish woolly dog pelt has returned to 'B.C.'
The Coast and Interior Salish companions were carefully bred for thousands of years, then they went extinct — the only known pelt is at MOA until next August
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New: OpenAI has thousands of contractors improving its AI, including reading ChatGPT users' prompts We've found many of those contractors have been fired for themselves using AI to train the AI. People using AI "all the time and people are let go for it all the time" www.404media.co/people-train...
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People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI
OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’ll never own an Apple Watch regardless, but this does worry me about other products. 😫
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Xero Reynolds 41/100 on Patreon @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️
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Josh Kozelj @joshkozelj27.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey Bluesky! Do you know someone doing something cool for the planet? Well, I'm all ears! I help run a business section called What Works for The Tyee and I'm taking pitches. Basically, we profile people who run businesses — non-profits and for-profits — that are green and sustainable in some way.
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Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 10/12/2025
Saw this video of Tristan Harris on Diary of a CEO sharing what AI-tech bros have shared regarding their motivations pursuing this technology. It’s horrifying. These tech ghouls have us all on a suicide mission because of their EGOS. 🫠
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026
Brent Hecht, Microsoft’s director of applied science, called the training of AI models the “largest theft of labor in human history,” according to a legal brief.
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Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show
The quote headlined an unsealed document in the New York Times’s copyright case against Microsoft and OpenAI.
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For new and aspiring academics. Do not drink the AI Kool-Aid. Do not look for shortcuts. Do not skip the scholarship part of scholarship. The struggle is part of the training. Stay human and you will have a massive advantage in the future when (not if) the AI bubble bursts.
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
the tech bros telling you LLMs are conscious don’t think women are people.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 16/09/2026
Happy Baby Safety Month.
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Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The problem is explaining it feels like this 🤷‍♂️
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Charlie Day: Always Sunny Pepe Silvia
ALT: Charlie Day: Always Sunny Pepe Silvia
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Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com · 15/09/2026
Is it unforgivable and shameful that we force people to live in such profound poverty? Absolutely—let's work together to advocate for change. But at the same time, let's get folks access to as much of this income as possible.
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Virgo's Constant Groove @ceencrumpets.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A lot of things that have paywalls actually do not if you use the library.
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reminds me of the time a dude asked me what I wanted in life and I said happiness. He was so scornful but as an often depressed person I meant it
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14/09/2026
btw Kanye did a song Heil Hitler and no one stepped in to oppose his tour(s), which is ongoing. In fact, Kanye is scheduled to perform at one of the stadiums Macklemore has been stopped from being at.
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There is no good reason to use this shit, but maybe privacy concerns will wake some people up
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 13/09/2026
As plans to expand the Port of Churchill into a four-season trade corridor gathers momentum, a University of Manitoba researcher has published a report on what ship traffic could mean for the beluga whales that gather in the Churchill River estuary each summer.
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Port of Churchill expansion could chase belugas away, U of M researcher says
As plans to expand the Port of Churchill into a four-season trade corridor gathers momentum, a University of Manitoba researcher has published a report on what ship traffic could mean for the beluga whales that gather in the Churchill River estuary each summer.
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It makes me so angry when I see democrats talk down to us. We understand the issue just fine thanks.
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hi all! It's fall, and you know what that means. Tired students and writers of all fields are going to need writing support. Please know I am available and am struggling with paying rent so every connection helps.
Editing and Writing Support
For academic, multilingual, and LGTBQ+ writers
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It's not about "fairness in women's sports" any more than it was about "ethics in gaming journalism."
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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
VANCOUVER, B.C. - “Jose Aguirre lives near Commercial Drive and East 16th Avenue and was last seen at his home at approximately 10:00 a.m. today.” vpd.ca/news/2026/09... - Vancouver Police Department #Dementia #EastVan #MissingPerson #MissingSenior #VancouverBC #YVR
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Vancouver Police searching for missing man with dementia - Vancouver Police Department
Vancouver – The Vancouver Police Department is asking for [...]
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Everyone has lost their goddamned minds
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This right here, THIS is why it's your damned-near SACRED obligation as a CITIZEN to hold your political leaders to account whether you voted for them or even super love love love them. They need your help to do the right thing. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli #MarkCarney
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Liberals remove layer of review process for energy projects, backing off bypassing at-risk species protections | CBC News
The federal government is moving ahead with changes that will exempt a number of energy projects from a layer of its environmental assessment process. At the same time, a senior government source says...
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Growing up in the 80s had its issues, but at least I didn’t have to deal with this shit I feel for these kids
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🧵CO₂ removal (CDR) is back in the news, but just because the UNEP report says we need CDR, it doesn't mean we'll have CDR. Many challenges will take decades of research and negotiation to solve. Here are some examples: Technological: We currently don't have any durable CDR method that scales.
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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I don’t remember whose insight this is, but it blew my mind when I first read that to understand American history you have to get that race law was designed to increase the number of enslavable people (one-drop rule) and decrease the number of claimants to indigenous land (blood quantum)
Jamelle Bouie writes: yeah this is a separate conversation but one of the things that hasn’t quite bubbled up from scholarship into mainstream thinking is that american slavery was a system centered principally on reproduction. forced birth for capital accumulation is what it was
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Carrie Gillon @carrieg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Shit like this is why I hate when people call me American Also, fuuuuuuck this shit
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