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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦

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writer/blogger, formerly journalist at WSJ, Dow Jones, Reuters, others. #economics #markets, #music, #philosophy, #books, #technology, #photos, etc. (ie hopelessly eclectic) Toronto. May not respond to DMs. Blog at: doncurren.blogspot.com

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 2h
The Moon over the #GulfofStLawrence, #Gaspesie, #Quebec, #Canada, 9:08 pm, Sept 30/26 #moonlight #MoonSky
The Moon peeks through the clouds and shines brightly over a large body of water, which reflects the moonlight in a brilliant, narrow band.
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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 4h
If you love the Gaspésie, my #WaroftheRoses adversary , Don, is now in the VERY FAR east end.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 5h
#Trail, #Parc national de la #Gaspésie, #Gaspe, #Quebec, #Canada #TrailSky #Fallcolours #FallSky #CanadaSky #fall
A treed trail with autumnal colours.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 6h
Chute Sainte-Anne - Parc national de la #Gaspésie #2 #waterfalls #WaterfallSky #Gaspe #Quebec #Canada #CanadaSky
Another shoot of a waterfalls in the Gaspe, probably better than the first.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 6h
Chute Sainte-Anne - Parc national de la #Gaspésie #waterfalls #WaterfallSky #Gaspe #Quebec #Canada #CanadaSky
A medium-small waterfall in an autumnal wooded setting.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 6h
#Crepuscular view of the #GulfofStLawrence, from the north shore of #Gaspesie, #Quebec, #Canada #sunset #Sunsets #SunsetSky #CanadaSky
An orange and yellow sunset stretches over a large, placid body of water with grass, a wood fence and a picnic table in the foreground.
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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 11h
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BP bpNichol was born on Sep. 30, 1944. A founding member of The Four Horsemen, bp was recognized as a majoravant-garde writer of his time. Besides his small press and editorial activities, he often collaborated in writing, sound poetry performance, and linguistic research.
bpNichol's smiling wooden cut-out inside the Coach House.An illustration of bp from within the Martyrology.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 15h
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Marylin Delgado @philosophypills.bsky.social · 8h
Seeing that/seeing as
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Dani Elwell @danielwell.bsky.social · 12h
The music has been provided by yourself & me. The illustration was created by Robert Westall. Your suggestions were overwhelming in the amount & in the passion with which they were shared. This mixtape is over 3 hours long, just music, no talking. Thank you David. www.mixcloud.com/DaniElwell/t...
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Thank you David Marsden ... by Dani Elwell
Music suggested by you and me, illustration by Robert Westall...
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 7h
#Parc national de la #Gaspésie, #Gaspe, #Quebec #parks #mountains #fallcolours #FallSky #MountainSky
Photo of forested mountains with autumnal colours.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 8h
“OpenAI says no one intended any of this but the #DOJ would be a laughingstock if it took this at face value: subpoena #OpenAI and find out who knew what when. There is already evidence of corporate knowledge of unauthorized access.” garymarcus.substack.com/p/can-compan...
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Can companies like OpenAI keep getting away with what they are doing? An interview with Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout
“The most powerful tool is the power to dissolve corporations that engage in repeat lawbreaking.”
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 8h
“The primary distinction of the #artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being #alone.” - #JamesBaldwin
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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 16h
«Before his 2nd inauguration, Trump said “many in Cda LOVE being 51st State. If Cda merged with US there'd be no Tariffs, taxes would go way down & they'd be SECURE from threat of Russian &Chinese Ships» Never mind that US-Cdn trade has functioned well for decades, there aren't Russ. & Chin. ships»
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More #sculpture from the Cimetière Sainte-Cécile in #LeBic, #Quebec
A statute of Jesus surmounts a tombstone in an autumnal cemetery.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Countryside near #LeBic, #Quebec
A country meadow on a foggy day with autumnal inflections.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1 Ile au Massacre looms mysteriously in the fog just outside #LeBic in #Quebec. The legend is that a group of Mi'gmaq and Abenaki people hid from pursuing Iroqouis in a sea cave on the island. 🧵
A wooded island looms in the fog. In the foreground is a meadow and a wooden fence.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Sculptural detail, tombstone, #cemetery, from #LaBic, #Quebec
A sculpture of a man with a beard and a woman with long flowing hair in a loving embrace.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Roses at an #auberge, #LaBic, #Quebec for the #Toronto #WaroftheRoses #roses #RoseSky #flowers #FlowerSky #bloomscrolling @brainchain.ca @heathermoandco.bsky.social
Red rises in front of a red auberge.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Une rose is a #rose is une rose … Here’s one from #LaBic, #Quebec for the #Toronto #WaroftheRoses #roses #RoseSky #flowers #FlowerSky #bloomscrolling @brainchain.ca @heathermoandco.bsky.social
A red rose bedecked with droplets.
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Catherine Beaulieu @c4tb.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Phoque commun / Harbor Seal Havre du Bic, Mai 2025 #Phoque #Seal #HarborSeal #Wildlife #LeBic #Rimouski #Sea #RiverStLawrence #FleuveSaintLaurent
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Spotted in #LeBic, #Quebec. Gemini: In English, "gougoune ta vie" translates conceptually to "live your best life in #flip-flops" or "chill out and enjoy life." #GougiuneTaVie #FolkArt
A photo of an anthropomorphic folk art figure figure hanging on a wooden pole with the French phrase Gougoune Ta Vie on its chest. Its head is made out of an old pair of flip-flops.
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RobinK @templeofhate.com · 29/09/2026
Bomb Moscow. »A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.« 🎁 link (no paywall)
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Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center (Gift Article)
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“”Caveats aside, I just love a #museum dedicated to any fascination. Photography was encouraged, so here are my best snaps.” #Xfiles iverson.substack.com/p/i-want-to-...
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I Want To Believe
The Mill and The X-Files Preservation Collection
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“how are we supposed to respond to the now almost daily news that roving bands of #A.I.agents are up to mayhem, or that the onrushing #ElNiño will take temperatures to heights no human has ever experienced?” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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RobinM62 @robinm62.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Don’t know much about Bill McKibbon, but he seems to know my heart very well. I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o....
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. (Gift Article)
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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Michel Bestaat @michelbestaat.thereforeiam.eu · 29/09/2026
Share someone who looks stylish posing with or next to a car.
Grace Kelly in car
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Hubbub🕊️ 🇪🇺 @hubbubbub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Share someone who looks stylish posing with or next to a car. #CoolSky
A coloured photo of Steve McQueen (1930~1980), standing next to his British Racing Green 1956 Jaguar XKSS—affectionately nicknamed the "Green Rat", June 1966 at his home on Oakmont Drive in Brentwood, Los Angeles U.S.A.
Photographer: 
James Drake.
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Carrie 🇨🇦 of Stamford Green @carriewhet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Share someone who looks stylish posing with or next to a car.
Mustang convertible on California desert road. Stylish?moi
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bmantx @bmantx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nature's Way - Spirit - 1970 Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - Epic #musicsky #70's #rock #music Spirit was an American rock band founded in 1967 and based in Los Angeles. youtu.be/qvQa04JP73o?...
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Nature's Way
YouTube video by Spirit - Topic
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Share someone who looks stylish posing with or next to a car.
Patrick McGoohan drives the sports car his character drove in The Prisoner.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“If you had asked me in the ’70s, there’s no way I thought I’d still be doing it at 81. But I’m thankful for my blessings every day, so that’s it. You try to make the most of it.” www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/r... #RobinTrower #guitarists #guitar #GuitarSky #music #MusicSky
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Robin Trower on still making music at 81. “I’m thankful for my blessings every day. You try to make the most of it”
With Shine, his ninth album in the past decade, the guitar legend reflects on his prolific run — and why he’s still looking ahead
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“History is made by the encounter of #individuals with great #historicalforces. But what I argue in my #book is that the first half of the 20th century was the era in all of #history when individuals could have maximal impact.” #books #BookSky fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
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The Best Biographies of 20th Century Leaders
The first half of the 20th century was an era when individuals could have a huge impact on the course of history—whether for good or bad, argues political scientist Michael Mandelbaum. He recommends t...
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For the #Toronto #WaroftheRoses, a single red #rose in the rain at a halte routiere in #Levis, #Quebec, freshly reclaimed by the East End. #RoseSky #roses #FlowerSky #flowers #bloomscrolling @brainchain.ca @heathermoandco.bsky.social
A single red rose with many raindrops on it.
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Anne Denoon @annedenoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Share someone who looks stylish posing with or next to a car.
Françoise Sagan in an leopard coat, posing with her Jaguar, Paris, 1963; 📷Thomas D. McAVOY (1905-1966)
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#Room with a view, in an #auberge, somewhere in #Quebec.
A large window opens on to a view of a body of water enveloped on both sides by autumnal forests in the province of Quebec. In the foreground is a circular table with a small vase of flowers.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It is illegal to break into another company’s #website. And to be clear, it was done on purpose, since they designed #AI systems which they did not understand. They don’t have to do this; they did it for #profit.”
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It’s too early to know whether we have yet seen the Bear Stearns moment of the #AIbubble, but we should be on guard against another bad moment of the housing bubble: the #bankbailouts.” deanbaker22.substack.com/p/if-ai-is-c...
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If AI Is Crashing, the Story Should be Jail In, Not Bail Out
We shouldn’t get fooled again
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“He is the #apotheosis of a culture where greed, exploitation and self-interest, the core tenets of #neoliberalism, are held up as the defining forces of human existence.” #Trump chrishedges.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump and the Age of Evil
By any standard of morality, Trump is depraved. But adorned with the power of the state, he descends to another level — the level of evil.
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mombatticus.bsky.social @mombatticus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/a...
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The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91 (Gift Article)
He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Fellow #journalists: We need fewer ‘ #thinkpieces’ and more ‘this man cannot think’ articles.” #Trump
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It’s not the first time that a vision of #journalistic #objectivity that was forged in a very different mid-20th century #America has failed the public.” www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jackie Jackson died two days ago. His death did not get the fanfare that the big celebrities get but I assure you he was no less than any of them: a titan astride the earth. In this thread, a few of the songs he played bass on. You know these songs. You know their bass parts. youtu.be/DKVB_CtU8XQ
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Pressure Drop
YouTube video by Toots & The Maytals - Topic
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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
virgin mary punching the devil, england, 13th century
a medieval illustration of the virgin mary punching a horned, claw-footed, bestial devil
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Yes, I use dashes. Yes, I use the Oxford comma. Yes, I sometimes say: “Not… but.” Fuck anyone who thinks those things belong to AI. Who did you think they were stolen from in the first place?
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P Maroney @patrickmaroney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@quiz.baby here is a post from @dbcurren.bsky.social that aligns more with your experiences. Imho it in important to get multiple pts of view and data pts when debating a subject. I also think ai tech is here to stay, so we need to get the guardrails rights… bsky.app/profile/dbcu...
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“It’s the same overconfidence that seems to have led to the failures of many #Trump-branded products — steaks, mortgages, casinos, vodka, a for-profit university and an airline.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...
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Opinion | The Mean Girls Presidency
Our government is being run by a clique of middle-aged guys.
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Viola Tricolor @kaffeehaus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I always find something to add to my own reading list when I read the replies to this weekly question: 📚
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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thinking Asimov’s Laws of Robotics needs a new Zeroth Law: “Thou shalt not hack”
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OpenAI Agents Used Aggressive Techniques to Access U.N. Website
Autonomous bots hit the public data site more than 16,000 times and circumvented a filter.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#What the #Ukrainians did was use #UAVs ( #drones) to drop #UGVs (think small, cheap, robotic vehicles) behind #Russian lines to cause chaos. Third Corps disclosed that the operation took place on September 20, and that it was a remarkable success.” phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/second-try...
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Second Try At: Weekend Update #204: An Army Of Robots
Russia’s Most Effective Campaign; The Trump Rehabilitation Campaign Continues
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