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Real human with interests that is working on sharing less IRL info in this social media go round.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 6h
To be fair, the single most publicly-accessed example of "AI" in the world can't find its ass with a flashlight and it's right on top of the search listings, where the most accurate search result used to be. Every LLM suffers from token drift over time so it's only a question of WHEN they're wrong.
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Jordan St.John @saintsgambit.bsky.social · 5h
'Doomed brand badly misunderstands its appeal, throws away money.'
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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 8h
As we approach the end of the month it's a good time for me to beg/schill/entice folks to support my Patreon.com/LardeSouza I post larger versions of new work there and loads of stuff from my Larchives every month. Also occasional NSFW pin ups and jokes.
sugar skull art of Elivrasexy bird lady cartoon: I'm too sexy for my tweetcartoon bikini cheesecake pin up with a literal wedge of cheese for a head
Hey! Gouda looking!cartoon: a pair of robots playing stringed instruments. One looks like b-9 from Lost in Space but dressed for a Ren Faire and holding a lute
The other looks like Robby from Forbidden Planet, wearing sandals, shorts and a hawaiian shirt and holding a Vulcan lyre. They are both standing on a pock marked lunar surface against a sky of stars
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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 9h
Me: [chanting] pouch, pouch- Other artists: pouch, POUCH Rico: [pounding his drawing table] POUCH, POUCH, POUCH!
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JC @jerc.bsky.social · 10h
I kind of hate that I get this joke. 😒😆
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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 27/09/2026
🌕+✈️ A Boeing 767-300 freighter (C-GHLU), Air Canada Cargo 7252, crossed last night's full Harvest Moon at 40,000 ft and 460 kts en route from Toronto (YYZ) to Miami (MIA), seen here over FL's Space Coast. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24.com
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 16h
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Ale @alepresser.com · 14h
YES, book! Very book! Chonky book! Very much made by humans book!
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Side Quested Book 1 - Side Quested Webcomic
About the Book The course of true love never did run straight…For fans of The Owl House and Critical Role comes the first volume in the lighthearted and epic adventure…
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Ben Winters @benwinters.bsky.social · 13h
that chatbot doing that unsafe/violative thing is not it 'going rogue' or an 'unfortunate incident of unintended consequences,' it’s the logical and devastating consequences of an unsafe product put out by irresponsible companies that have been conditioned to believe consequences dont exist for them
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"
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Gabriel Hardman @gabrielhardman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here’s my contribution to this years The Ed Asner Family Center auction.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re almost at 1500 sign-ups! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
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TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As you fill out the Toronto Star Vote Compass, please remember that there are many ways to pay for transit that isn’t reliant on fare increases. Presenting this as a binary between better service and higher fares is disrespectful to transit advocates who work tirelessly to push for alternatives.
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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes Spacing has obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #bikes #torontobike @cycletoronto.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On Friday night nearly 1000 people on bikes rode west to the site of Ford's first incoming bike lane removals, Bloor just east of Islington. Strength in numbers. #criticalmass
1000 bikes take up an entire road lane in defence of bike lanes in toronto
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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well, Hockey Night in Canada wasn't gone long. www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
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CBC to air PWHL games on revamped Hockey Night in Canada this fall
Public broadcaster will feature eight women’s hockey league games as centrepiece of new Saturday night sports show
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New from 404 Media: when you upload images to Copilot, they're not private. Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users' prompts/images, according to internal docs we got And they're horrified at what they're seeing. Bombarded with requests to make sexual AI images www.404media.co/humans-readi...
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
For every arrest that breaks through into public view, countless others happen quickly, before anyone can notice. Now ICE is anywhere and everywhere, embedded in all corners of everyday life.
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Rolo Belle @rolobelle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If Bradford wins, he will be mayor of Toronto for 3 years. That will be a speck of time compared to how long Toronto will regret that he was mayor.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 28/09/2026
If I’m reading this correctly, Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford’s campaign is asking volunteers to give them full access to their contact lists on their *personal* cell phones? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/i...
'You don't need to freak out about this'
Introducing Bradford's supporters to the app on the Zoom call, Punia instructed them to give the app permission to access all of their contacts.

"Do not give it partial contact ability, give it full. And what I want to say to you guys here is, you don't need to freak out about this," said Punia. He reassured them that only contacts they marked as known or potential Bradford supporters would be given to the campaign.

One attendee hesitated as she had over 2,400 contacts on her phone. She was instructed to give the app access to all of them and mark them one by one according to their level of support for Bradford.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hope whatever civil engineering firm lands this RFP is haunted at night by visions of the cyclists they'll be killing. I hope their iron ring they were given at graduation when they took an oath to the public starts to itch and weigh on their finger like an anchor.
What is certain, however, is that a vast sum of our money will be wasted, countless Torontonians will find themselves profoundly inconvenienced for extended periods, and, eventually, a cyclist will get struck by a car. But at least the congestion will be worse.
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 28/09/2026
Any time we hear "AI did this and this", it's not proof programs are becoming sentient, but that the humans deploying said AI did this (which is generally failing to deploy proper sandboxing measures to prevent an AI from going against security) It's not the AI that's rogue, it's the company
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"WHEN can I get my flu & COVID-19 vaccines?" 💉SEPT 28 for HIGH RISK groups -65+ yrs -Hospitalized patients & staff -Residents & staff in chronic care settings -Healthcare workers 💉OCT 26 for the GENERAL PUBLIC news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
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Ontario Newsroom
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nazis don't want you to remember their crimes
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Trish Paton @trishpaton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Apropos of this thread, I finished @travisbaldree.bsky.social Brigands & Breadknives and really enjoyed the story - set in the realm, but a different take (more serious/thoughtful I think) that expanded characters. (Death Omen bookmark courtesy @alepresser.com & @kbspangler.com ) #book #booksky
Travis Baldree’s Brigands & Breadknives front cover, with a Death Omen rising up like a very distressing bookmark
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James Hance @jameshance.com · 26/09/2026
“The Monster Of Cookie” 🍪 (Based on René Magritte’s “The Son Of Man”) A new original framed gouache painting on canvas panel up on jameshance.com today. Signed giclee prints are also up on the site, too! ☺️
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TheAfterwords @theafterwords.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because PLATFORM DECAY @marthawells.com is on #sale on #Kindle US for a limited time only! amzn.to/4AyFo7z #PlatformDecay #TheMurderbotDiaries #ad #amazoncom
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reminder: machines do not have intention or motivation or agency. If I leave bomb out on the street and it eventually blows up and kills people, did the bomb "go rogue" or am I a fucking criminal?
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox @einavrfox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There‘s much to appreciate in Mamdani, but his insistence that culture isn’t a privilege of the rich is one of his strengths.It is reminiscent of how unions and the government treated it in the 1930s -art for the masses - paintings, music, opera, theater - democracy for all.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My question about the disconnect between Carney’s rhetoric and his actual policies is this: If he stands by his agenda and thinks Canadians will accept what he’s doing, why does he feel the need to try to mislead us about the actual impacts of his policies?
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely deranged: Months before murdering 6 people and injuring 27 more, ChatGPT told the teen school shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC that using a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun is “brutal” in a “hallway, indoors or a crowded classroom” because “close quarters” is that gun’s “playground”
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.
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Maurizio Manzieri @manzieriart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
COVER REVEAL! An original illustration, inspired by @aliettedebodard.com's Xuya Universe, is the cover art for the brand-new anthology series "The Year's Top Science Fiction," edited by Allan Kaster (Art by Maurizio Manzieri - Publisher: @infinivoxsf.bsky.social - October, 2026).
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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Editorial cartoon: I couldn't decide which idea I preferred so I drew them both. It's incredible how some politicians don't hesitate to embarass themselves.
caricature of Tommy Tuberville speaking while Baloo and Don Karnage stand in the background
TT: Would you be comfortable with a mentally ill furry being your pilot?
DK: He is to be talking about us, yes no?
Caption: Sen. Tommy Tuberville says 'Deranged' furry culture is flight safety risk
Forbes.com Sept24/2026cartoon: Peanuts style of Tommy Tuberville standing next to Snoopy as the World War One Flying Ace with his Sopwith Camel
Caption: GOP Senator Ahead of Midterms: Furry Airline Pilots are 'Terrifying'
Rolling Stone Sept23/2026
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
👀 cupe.ca/news/cupe-wi...
"The national executive board of Canada's largest union, CUPE, has passed a unanimous resolution vowing to defy the Liberal government's Bill C-39 limiting the constitutional right to strike if it is passed unamended through Parliament."
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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ss going poof and White Labs shrinking dramatically means I guess I probably lucked out getting screwed out of my plans to open a homebrew shop. Breweries closing is one thing. This is infrastructure loss
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Colleen @cbailey6.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
People saying that the province removing speed cameras is just a sign that we should be doing more road safety measures like pedestrian bumpouts and modal filters are technically correct. But also presumably the response of someone who has never tried to get the City to do any of these things.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We, as a nation, successfully bullied a bank into firing their CEO for her stupid shirt www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9...
CEO who posted about wearing 'Lake America' sweatshirts to Halifax is no longer CEO
Jane Smith no longer working for Michigan's Family First Credit UnionA screen grab of an Instagram post by Breaking News Canada from Sept. 13 shows the since-deleted Facebook post by Jane Smith that went viral. (@breakingnews.ca/Instagram)
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 24/09/2026
Behold, the prelaunch is open for the graphic novel of The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red!
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That deeper Covid dip
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - New York sued Polymarket on Thursday, accusing the prediction markets operator of running an illegal gambling operation. @reuters.com
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On this day in 1994, The Tragically Hip released their fourth studio album Day for Night. It sold 300,000 copies within four days of its release, went 7x platinum in Canada and reached #1. It is considered one of the best Canadian albums of all-time.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How is it possible that "all of the Team USA 2026 players came back with bad vibes and fried brains" a prevailing story in both hockey AND baseball right now
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For the non Dutch speakers Roel Maalderink made an excellent satirical video about Meta’s pervert glasses and Meta has removed the film from Instagram (film in following skeet) www.ad.nl/tech/meta-ha...
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Meta haalt satirische video offline waarin Roel Maalderink kritiek uit op de videobrillen van het techbedrijf
Meta heeft een video offline gehaald van Roel Maalderink en Bits of Freedom, waarin zij op satirische wijze kritiek uiten op de videobrillen van Meta. Maalderink filmt erin Meta-personeel met een vide...
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The film Meta removed from Instagram… bsky.app/profile/roel...
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