Reposted by graeme slaghtLiz Thurmond @countmystars.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Someone on threads got her company’s HR department to give her a religious exemption from using AI. Thanks Pope Leo! 425951
Reposted by graeme slaght404 Media @404media.co · 15/05/2026NEW: ArXiv, the open-access repository of preprint academic research, will ban authors of papers for a year if they submit obviously AI-generated work. www.404media.co/new-arxiv-ru...404media.coArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI SlopThe change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science. 635192
Reposted by graeme slaghtLady Talia @djtalia.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...thatprivacyguy.comGoogle Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del... 14246363429
Reposted by graeme slaghtCraig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 20/02/2026tbt when i read that post to actual damon albarn www.vulture.com/2021/11/damo... 2936701062
Reposted by graeme slaghtesouthard @esouthard.bsky.social · 19/02/2026with batteries at $100/kWh and wholesale solar at $400/kW, you could buy 5 KW of solar and 15 kWh of batteries for the price of building 1 KW of this gas plant... and that’s before the cost of gas to keep the thing running 312053
Reposted by graeme slaghtPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/02/2026omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horsegradient.horsegradient.horseDraw a horse, watch it run! 3569793588
Reposted by graeme slaghtvineyille @vineyille.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Sliding a bookmark into my book, turning off the light, and then getting absolutely obliterated by a direct hit from an RPG type projectile 328426
Reposted by graeme slaghtAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/01/2026a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content 16590733830
Reposted by graeme slaghtgregorg @greg.org · 02/12/2025still cannot process that ronald lauder, the honorary chairman of the museum of modern art is stealth buying up greenlandic companies to facilitate trump's invasion and takeover of greenland. 7157122
Reposted by graeme slaghtMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt... 38880611624
Reposted by graeme slaghtMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 04/12/2025I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!mcsweeneys.netThe New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa ClausFor several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a... 542276601
Reposted by graeme slaghtMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Every sentence here is even crazier than the last. 1373937619
Reposted by graeme slaghtShannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Giving Alberta an exemption to the Clean Electricity Standard means the policy is DOA. There’s no way SK isn’t asking for the same thing, as they restart coal plants. One Canadian economy? Nope. Likely scenario is no electricity regs at all, meaning we’re back to Harper-era policy. 811760
Reposted by graeme slaghtKristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comOpen Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI DataWhy do we need urgent action to protect our data? The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ... 03238
Reposted by graeme slaghtℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk: - 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi - basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing - each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut 351451302
Reposted by graeme slaghtWaffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic." 264143893610
Reposted by graeme slaghtShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 16/10/2025In “timing” tonight Maggie Helwig’s book Encampment, very critical of city + local councillor Saxe, won the Toronto Book Award & tomorrow the city is evicting the encampment at her church. Epic timing. 19931
Reposted by graeme slaghtMichaelangelo Matos @matoswk.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Five Mixes by Optimo (Espacio)/JD Twich--it's really ten, but who deserves it more? R.I.P. to one of the greatest selectors ever. michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc138-five...michaelangelo.substack.comBC138 - Five Mixes: Optimo (Espacio)/JD Twitch, 2004-23R.I.P. Keith McIvor, a.k.a. Twitch 13715
Reposted by graeme slaghtMixmag @mixmag.net · 20/09/2025Optimo (Espacio)’s JD Twitch has died. RIP to an all-time great of UK dance music 🖤mixmag.netOptimo (Espacio)’s JD Twitch has diedThe DJ, producer, promoter and label head was a celebrated icon of UK dance music 16131
Reposted by graeme slaghtJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Love to combat antisemitism by making lists of disloyal Jews and handing them over to the government. 17634
Reposted by graeme slaghtKate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 25/07/2025WCK can use your donations. They are on the ground in Gaza, doing what they can in the face of a staggering and ongoing crime against humanity. 1214751206
Reposted by graeme slaghtAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets. He'll make a great mayor 3860651288
Reposted by graeme slaghtCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Town of Cobalt Yvonne McKague Housser c. 1935 217833
Reposted by graeme slaghtDenise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 23/06/2025This morning at 8 am, my child's teacher told me it was already 33 C inside the classroom. Members of the Ontario government have air conditioning in their offices, yet they're not doing basic repairs in Toronto schools, let alone protecting our kids from extreme heat. thelocal.to/ontario-educ...thelocal.toProvince Invests $1.3 Billion in New Schools—Just Not in Toronto | The LocalThe Tories will fund 45 school building projects across the province—and not a single one in the TDSB, the biggest board in the province. Critics say the opaque process puts politics over students. 1012170
Reposted by graeme slaghtbakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 08/06/2025heartwarming video of man who just received cochlear implant hearing the video of the lady who fell and hurt herself stomping grapes on the news for the first time 292925387
Reposted by graeme slaghtJ-Source @jsource.bsky.social · 27/05/2025First batch of Google’s $100 million is paid. @brishti.bsky.social reports on who won big and who didn’t:j-source.caFirst batch of Google’s $100 million is paid. Here’s who won big and who didn’t - J-SourceA look at how Online News Act funds are being distributed 055
Reposted by graeme slaghtAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 12/05/2025www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comTrump Is Trying to Take Control of Congress Through Its LibraryDonald Trump’s administration is pushing to take over the Library of Congress, its latest effort to subsume the legislative branch. 361423686
Reposted by graeme slaghtKirsten the Goblin Keeper @librarykirsten.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Really important post on Google Scholar: "The persistent deficiencies in for-profit literature aggregators like Google Scholar and the growing instability of publicly-funded information curators should remind scientists that high-quality access to information is no guarantee." 3155
Reposted by graeme slaghtKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 06/05/2025It's almost pathological how america's least exciting thinkers get the most exposure and attentionaxios.comScoop: Senate Democrats to host Ezra Klein as retreat special guestKlein will have a dialogue with senators at the Mount Vernon retreat. 2630938
Reposted by graeme slaghtJules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com · 29/04/2025The CBC website is slow to update results, so you can also get them from Elections Canada. The live election results is a different site than the one that's down enr.elections.ca/National.asp...enr.elections.caElection Night Results - NationalGeneral election results in Canada. Number of seats per political party. 2349
Reposted by graeme slaghtGlen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Just your regular reminder of where global CO2 emissions are tracking compared to scenarios that keep warming to below 1.5C in 2100, with "no or low overshoot" (maximum temperature around 1.6C). journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... C1/ 16443248
Reposted by graeme slaghtmuch ado about muffin @muffindoin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025a very big deal if it passes. this is what would enable an exponential increase in detention, tent camps, upgrade to mass surveillance technologies, etc 7374124
Reposted by graeme slaghtNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 09/04/202510 national unions repping 3 million members demand the release of abducted immigrant workers and call for employers and university admins to refuse to cooperate and elected officials to “find their spines.” This is the way. labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0... 131251476
Reposted by graeme slaghtMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025BREAKING — Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) staffers who were put on admin leave on Monday just got letters letting them know they’re a part of a Reduction in Force (RIF) and that their job will be “abolished” effective May 4th in accordance with Trump’s EO, per copy reviewed by me. 33953480
Reposted by graeme slaghtDoug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Yale Budget Lab analysis of tariffs: $3,800 hit to average household. Loss of 4% of after-tax income to poorest households; 1.5% to richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/whe...budgetlab.yale.eduWhere We Stand: The Fiscal, Economic, and Distributional Effects of All U.S. Tariffs Enacted in 2025 Through April 2 24527
Reposted by graeme slaghtlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 03/04/2025alright, no more joking around. butlerian jihad starts tomorrow 494459771
Reposted by graeme slaghtJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Did you know that 2/3 of all energy we use ends up as waste heat because of how inefficient our energy system is? Yet we pay for 100% of the energy inputs. Here’s the US as an example. 716754
Reposted by graeme slaghtBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 27/03/2025OpenAI is using Studio Ghibli-style memes as an ad hoc promotional campaign for its new image generator—despite Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki's famous hatred of AI. Sam Altman made his X avatar a 'Ghiblified' portrait. Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to them tech has won.bloodinthemachine.comOpenAI's Studio Ghibli meme factory is an insult to art itselfSam Altman is promoting his new image generator by appropriating the work of one of the greatest living animators—who is "disgusted" by AI. 8136121278
Reposted by graeme slaghtChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time. 18263625116132
Reposted by graeme slaghtAlex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Yeah no what do we look like, the SecDef? 427259
Reposted by graeme slaghtPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 24/03/2025Pete Hegseth changed the group name to Lethal Warfighters (NO ATLANTIC EDITOR-IN-CHIEFS). 943645370
Reposted by graeme slaghtsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025It is human trafficking. 156120582949
Reposted by graeme slaghtmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 12/03/2025american society has been at “TV Interstitial from ROBOCOP” for a while but “president does a car commercial on the white house lawn” is really pushin it 31128722017
Reposted by graeme slaghtCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 07/03/2025NIH just posted this news announcement. "Today the National Institutes of Health is announcing plans to centralize peer review of all applications for grants, cooperative agreements and research and development contracts within the agency’s Center for Scientific Review (CSR)"nih.govNIH centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen integrityThe proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually. 56737275
Reposted by graeme slaghtDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 06/03/2025🚨New data show the U.S. government (read: American taxpayers) spent $6 BILLION developing Ozempic's key ingredient But because pharma-bankrolled lawmakers repealed NIH rules, Americans face Ozempic prices up to 11 TIMES HIGHER than the world market pricelevernews.comYou’ve Already Paid $6 Billion For Weight-Loss Drugs You Can’t AffordU.S. taxpayers spent billions developing Ozempic-type diabetes and weight-loss drugs — now those drugs’ markups could bankrupt the U.S. health care system. 210040
Reposted by graeme slaghtlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 06/03/2025i am starting to be skeptical of the "it's fine because we collected a lot of data" theory of spaceship design 2355019
Reposted by graeme slaghtKevin Pluck @kevpluck.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Global sea ice extent is collapsing! 🧪#GreenSky seaice.visuals.earth 613041
