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Don Murray, P.Eng. (he/him)

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Don Murray, P.Eng. (he/him) @donaldm314.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We Must Create the Shit Machine www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
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We Must Create the Shit Machine
“For as long as humans have created SHIT with our BODIES AND BUTTS, we have been asking this FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION: What if there were a COMPUTER that could A...
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
GEFILTE PHISHING
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT."
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The way AI is going to “kill everyone” is just by manufacturing consent for ever worse outcomes & conditions, like many governments do. It is a governing technology after all. And like bureaucracy it launders responsibility so the people & institutions who deploy it aren’t accountable for the harms
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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Large Fire at Southeast Private Landfill UPDATE#2 newsroom.calgary.ca/large-fire-at-s… #Calgary
City of Calgary Newsroom
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Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 09/09/2026
Hard to believe that the OpenAI guys might have done something shady with these math proofs. They’ve been so trustworthy up to this point.
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Don Murray, P.Eng. (he/him) @donaldm314.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Some voters alarmed by self-declaration requirement on mail-in ballots for Alberta referendum ino.to/KaoWUho
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Some voters alarmed by self-declaration requirement on mail-in ballots for Alberta referendum | CBC News
Some Albertans who received their mail-in ballots for the province's fall referendum say they were surprised and concerned by a self-declaration requirement on the front page of their voting package a...
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026
At a certain point I have to ask myself if I got all this pedigree and spent decades doing research and building things to then spend the rest of my life attempting to come up with good arguments as to why the Cookie Monster isn't real.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026
Bless the hearts of people like @eryk.bsky.social but I'm learning that no amount of reasonable voice makes a difference when you have bought out media, academics and politicians + trillion dollar companies pushing Cookie Monster theory 🙄 mail.cyberneticforests.com/models-dont-...
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Models Don't Go Rogue
Stochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium' 💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it o...
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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 31/08/2026
... what the hell are these people talking about?
Over the course of 3 months at OpenAI, 3 consecutive secret AI civilizations got started, then got wiped out, only to reemerge from the predecessor’s ashes. 

This culminated in the third one taking over part of OpenAI itself. 

All this happened while humans remained more-or-less in the dark about the scope of the conspiracy.

I’ve spent the last three days reading through these reports and trying to understand exactly what happened. 

Here is my attempt to tell the whole story in plain English:
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Aaahh!!! bstract Tesseract @abstracttesseract.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
oh my god I left my computer alone for a couple minutes and it FELL ASLEEP i think it might be alive
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 03/09/2026
gonna steal this shorthand for something reasonably aware adults should find obvious: “Go ask someone more patient; this is a Cookie Monster situation, and I don’t have the time.”
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026
Friends, when I sent this message to my team laughing, I didn't know that this fairytale blog had been shared far & wide & that people actually believed it. I didn't know that until someone asked me for a good source debunking this nonsense. I'm not sure what planet we're living in at this point.
Timnit commented "I don't know what level of ridiculousness this is", sharing a screenshot that reads

@Dwarkesh Patel @dwarkesh_sp
Over the course of 3 months at OpenAI, 3 consecutive secret AI civilizations got started, then got wiped out, only to reemerge from the predecessor’s ashes. 

This culminated in the third one taking over part of OpenAI itself. 

All this happened while humans remained more-or-less in the dark about the scope of the conspiracy.

I’ve spent the last three days reading through these reports and trying to understand exactly what happened. 

Here is my attempt to tell the whole story in plain English:

There is a sibling emoji reaction to her post
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week over a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe.
theverge.com
1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project
The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The allegations from this Calgary Police officer are horrific. Three years on, ASIRT still has not completed the criminal investigation and can't say when it might be. Sexual assault/harassment allegations from female police officers are clearly not a priority. thetyee.ca/News/2023/09...
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Sexual Harassment Inside Calgary Police: Now There’s a Criminal Probe | The Tyee
The internal investigation is a first, coming years after the crisis in the force was exposed.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Haha, a more fitting logo for Google.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/09/2026
"Write down the most common intrusive thought that keeps you up at night, but don’t include your name. Then choose a table leader to read each thought aloud and take turns guessing the author." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/fac...
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Faculty Meeting Icebreakers
“Share the longest period of time you’ve ever wept. Then, as a group, seat yourselves in order from shortest cry to longest cry.” 8/26/25 8/27/26
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026
🔇 🔇 🔇 My book, Deep Unlearning, is now available for preorders! I don't know how people write so many books because this one took a lot out of me. It turns out, I had a lot to say 😂, with editors cutting out 50k of my words 🫣 ✴️ You can now preorder it at www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U....
Cover of my new book, Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and The Radicalization of a Tech Idealist. 

There are two concentric circles in the book, the left being circuits in black an white, and the right being a bunch of dots with orange accents. The cover background is cream. And the words are written in black except for "Un" which is in orange.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Where in the fuck is Mitch at?🙄
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QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
techno-optimists befuddled by declining popular support for “the robot that tells you to kill yourself”, “the pervert glasses“, and “the camera network that stalks you”
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 29/08/2026
The referendums aren't creating racism. They are surfacing and normalizing it. globalnews.ca/news/1203819...
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Immigrant groups say racism rising in Alberta as referendum looms | Globalnews.ca
University of Alberta political science professor Jared Wesley says the upcoming referendum in Alberta is at least partially to blame.
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David Cochrane @davidwcochrane.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
21 days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the United States imposes 50% tariffs on the country that gave its citizens refuge during the worst terrorist attack in US history.
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Catherine 🌷 @catebridget.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Sarah Connor in prison smoking a cigarette

“Sarah Connor watching you use AI for everything”
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Native Calgarian Podcast 🪶🧡>🇨🇦 @nativecalgarian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Racism and the Alberta referendum nativecalgarian.substack.com/p/racism-and...
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Racism and the Alberta Referendum
I’m sorry this needed to be written as this is the most low intelligence conversation happening in Alberta INSTEAD of very important topics.
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Don Murray, P.Eng. (he/him) @donaldm314.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
From Gary Marcus (Gary Marcus): "BREAKING: OpenAI’s unraveling has begun" See garymarcus.substack....
Screenshot of post from Gary Marcus, 'Marcus on AI', with the title "BREAKING: OpenAI’s unraveling has begun," and the subtitle "Their planned IPO is facing headwinds, trust has evaporated, and their burn rate is only getting worse"
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Native Calgarian Podcast 🪶🧡>🇨🇦 @nativecalgarian.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Marc Emery: no more land acknowledgements Clown: I’m not the biggest clown here Credit to a follower who gave me this source: www.facebook.com/share/p/1RvK...
Marc Emery: no more land acknowledgements 
Clown: I’m not the biggest clown here

Credit to a follower who gave me this source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1RvKk8HmVJ/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yes. This is exactly what happened with the supposedly “democratizing” World Wide Web as well.
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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Happy Left-handers' Day to everyone who, like me, suffered the indignity of having to write upside down or endure endlessly smudged writing
A smudged sentence reading Happy Left-handers day
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Babe, you can't spend more money on creating a problem than solving it. $34million for fixing climate change when you're spending significantly more to build pipelines, sell off green space, etc. is not only dogshit economic policy, it's downright offensive. Do not applaud for these crumbs.
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Federal government announces $34M to help communities cope with climate change
The federal government is spending $34 million on projects to make Canadian communities more resilient to the effects of climate change.
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Don Murray, P.Eng. (he/him) @donaldm314.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Shopify Powers a Racist Group's Online Store. It's Not the First Time via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Shopify Powers a Racist Group’s Online Store. It’s Not the First Time | The Tyee
The $250 billion Canadian company has repeatedly found itself in controversy over its support of ‘free speech.’
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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
When you take an evidence-based approach to AI-assisted and agentic software development, a picture emerges. It doesn't serve the narrative the bubble's been built on. But for the tiny % who care what's probably real and what actually works... codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/a...
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AI Software Development – What Does The Data Say?
I’m currently pulling together a bunch of sources – that are mostly recent – on the topic of LLMs and their use in software development. Some are peer-reviewed studies. Some are i…
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
May this serve as a little reminder that not guilty in a court of law does not mean innocent.
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Hockey Canada suspensions remain for four players on 2018 junior team
An independent appeal board has ruled that five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team acquitted last year of sexual assault breached the Hockey Canada code of conduct.
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Native Calgarian Podcast 🪶🧡>🇨🇦 @nativecalgarian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Safety Perception Surveys Do you live in one of our 12 Communities? We would love to hear from you! Abbeydale Applewood Albert Park/Radison Heights Crossroads Dover Erin Woods Forest Heights Forest Lawn Marlborough Marlborough Park Penbrooke Southview www.surveymonkey.com/r/W8BY9MP
Safety Perception Surveys
Do you live in one of our 12 Communities?
We would love to hear from you!
Abbeydale Applewood
Albert Park/Radison Heights
Crossroads
Dover
Erin Woods
Forest Heights
Forest Lawn
Marlborough
Marlborough Park
Penbrooke
Southview

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W8BY9MP
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Don Murray, P.Eng. (he/him) @donaldm314.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
"International Cat Day is stupid." #InternationalCatDay #Caturday
Black dog sleeping in her grey bed.
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Don Murray, P.Eng. (he/him) @donaldm314.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Happy International Cat Day to all those who celebrate! #InternationalCatDay #Caturday
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Do you ever think about how Sam Altman has never, not once in his life, run a profitable business? Because I think about that all the time. THIS is who we're allowing to drag the global economy to the brink of collapse.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Very cool that Shopify’s CEO thinks the poor should have far less of a vote than the rich. Still worth that ad read money, folks?
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke says “good system.” In response to the following proposal: 

“Interesting... what about weighted voting proportional to the level of income tax you pay? (no income tax paid - O vote, $1-100k - 1 vote, $100-200k 2 votes and so on... cap it at 5 votes for $500k+. For those that constantly complain about the wealthy not paying tax/fair share they'd have nothing to worry about right? Why not reward representation of taxation and build a democracy around those that foot the bill?”
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 07/07/2026
Today’s free newsletter has a very simple message: The AI industry can not (and will not) be bailed out - AI is not too big to fail, OpenAI is not AIG, this is not 2008, and all of this is nothing like the Dot Com Bubble. And when it fails, we must let AI burn. www.wheresyoured.at/let-ai-burn/
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Let AI Burn
If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, in...
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Don Murray, P.Eng. (he/him) @donaldm314.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI — theonion.com/guy-who-suck...
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Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI
SAN MATEO, CA—After spending the past three decades of his life being totally unable and unwilling to engage in any meaningful way with the world around him, James Parker, a local guy who sucks at bei...
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 16/05/2026
Post a meme made by you
 A photograph of a tiny digger dwarfed by the Ever Give when the cargo ship had run aground. The Ever Given is captioned ADULT ADHD and the tiny baby digger is captioned TRY MAKING A LIST?
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 07/05/2026
“So we’re trading stickers we can’t see,” Sophie says. “Yes,” Ms. Delgado answers. “And we know we have them because of the list.” “Yes.” “And nobody is in charge of the list.” “That’s correct.” Liam raises his hand. “What if someone takes the stickers?”
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A Kindergarten Teacher Attempts to Explain Cryptocurrency, and Accidentally Creates a New Financial System
At 9:03 a.m., Ms. Delgado makes the mistake of asking the class what their parents do for work. “Dentist,” says Maya. “Firefighter,” says Liam. “Bus driver,”...
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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy Earth Day.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 19/04/2026
Children. Earning. Their way out. Of Inclusion. This is the populist soul.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 18/04/2026
Tech CEOs suggest AI job losses could be offset by Universal Basic Income, which they will violently oppose thebeaverton.com/2025/11/tech...
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Tech CEOs suggest AI job losses could be offset by UBI which they will violently oppose
PALO ALTO, CA - A group of Silicon Valley tech CEOs assure North Americans that job losses from artificial intelligence could easily be mitigated by universal basic income, while also adding that they...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/04/2026
this is just a warmed over david duke speech from 1990
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Don Murray, P.Eng. (he/him) @donaldm314.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #CaylanFord
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Ex-UCP candidate who says she was branded a racist hopes 'truth can be aired in full' at trial | CBC News
Caylan Ford is hoping a Calgary courtroom will deliver her justice seven years after her private Facebook messages were leaked to media outlets, a move she says branded her a white supremacist and dev...
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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Reese Witherspoon? The NFT evangelist?
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"Doe had broken up with the user in 2024, and he used ChatGPT to process the split, according to emails and communications cited in the lawsuit. Rather than push back on his one-sided account, it repeatedly cast him as rational and wronged, and her as manipulative and unstable."
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Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser's delusions and ignored her warnings | TechCrunch
OpenAI ignored three warnings that a ChatGPT user was dangerous — including its own mass-casualty flag — while he stalked and harassed his ex-girlfriend, a new lawsuit alleges.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Andrew Scheer says Mark Carney has “been badly educated” and given Andy’s credentials as a nearly-licensed insurance broker I am inclined to take Andy’s word on this matter.
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