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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦

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An IT Professional with interests in economics, science, history and technology. Guelph, Ontario.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 11h
Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 10h
But what I can’t wait to are the uniforms!
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 14h
The rise in dengue in the US was predicted a quarter century ago by #climate scientists in the first US National Climate Assessment. This article doesn't mention climate change. thehill.com/policy/healt...
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Florida’s dengue outbreak reportedly largest US has seen in decades
A dengue fever outbreak in the state of Florida appears to have grown to the largest in the continental U.S. in decades, totaling 252 reported cases this year in the Sunshine State according to an …
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 8h
i am considering getting two feet taller and joining the nba
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Sen. John Kennedy says he’s considering running for president
The Louisiana Republican said he has not yet made a decision and that right now he’s planning on running for re-election in 2028.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 8h
Maybe this is why the separatists are howling so loudly at the superb Globe piece, then
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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 8h
Winner of the internet today, @carnage4life.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Natalie walking, bag in hand
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 8h
RFK Jr has already ordered an undercooked burger from the Russian lab cafeteria
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7h
US bombers sent home from RAF Fairford base after suspected terror plot | US military | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7h
Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection | CNN www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/europe/russi…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7h
Hmm. Just read Annie Jacobson's 'Biological War.' Hopefully not a case of life imitating art. --- White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia www.axios.com/2026/10/04/russia-pla…
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Gregor Macdonald @gregor.us · 8h
If you are obsessed with controlling FF production rather than consumption, a reminder there is only one game in town, forever and always: controlling consumption. The rest is just a college kid on your doorstep year after year raising $$ to "fight big oil." cc @mattyglesias.bsky.social
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h
ChatGPT-6 Astra cracks 217-year-old Napoleonic code in just six hours — single-prompt AI run solves 24 rows of custom symbols from a single image, reveals lost troop orders | Tom's Hardware […]
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h
Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as German chancellor visits Ukraine in show of support | Kyiv | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as German chancellor visits Ukraine in show of support
Attack happened shortly after Friedrich Merz arrived in city, on unannounced visit intended to underline Germany’s backing
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h
UK urged to act as Polymarket takes bets on whether HSBC and Lloyds will fail | Banking | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/2026/o…
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/10/2026
Stop putting off that thing you wanted to do
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h
What’s the Future for Pure Math Research in the Age of AI?—Stephen Wolfram Writings writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/09…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h
All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part. arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/all…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h
OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’ | OpenAI | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
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OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company's culture is 'broken'
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h
Spanish right wing votes down housing crisis plans as protest movement grows | Spain | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Spanish right wing votes down housing crisis plans as protest movement grows
Opposition lawmakers join forces to defeat proposals made by Socialist-led coalition after eviction of 87-year-old
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h
😢 Juno-award-winning singer Sass Jordan dies at 63 | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sass-…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h
John Maynard Keynes: the cultured economist who governments turn to in a crisis | Economics | The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/business/2026/o…
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John Maynard Keynes: the cultured economist who governments turn to in a crisis
A new play about the art-loving Bloomsbury Group member speaks of the enduring battle of ideas with his free-market rival Friedrich Hayek
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John W. Little @johnwlittle.com · 22h
“Ukraine’s surprise robot-led offensive in the Donbas appears to have reversed more than a year of Russian territorial gains around Lyman.”
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John W. Little @johnwlittle.com · 22h
“Books, literature, culture and language are not peripheral to Russia’s war on Ukraine – they are bound up in it. The full-scale invasion in February 2022 was prompted, at least in part, by Vladimir Putin’s conviction that Ukraine and Russia have no true separate cultural identity.”
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19h
Why Canada is preparing for a (longshot) US invasion www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9m2mjj3y…
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Why Canada is preparing for a (longshot) US invasion
Prime Minister Mark Carney has said the military is running scenarios in the unlikely case the US invades Canada.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Amazon seeks to offload $8 billion of Nvidia chips to investors, FT reports | Reuters www.reuters.com/business/retail-con…
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now
Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A spectacular piece of deep investigative work by @carrietait.bsky.social Grant Robertson and Nathan Vanderklippe. Although “Alberta separatists” aren’t and never will be a danger, this shows just how serious about conquering former allies the Trump admin is, and how these fifth columnists work
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
UCLA law school accused by [in]justice department of illegally using race in admissions | US universities | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc…
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UCLA law school accused by justice department of illegally using race in admissions
University denies allegations, saying it is committed to making admissions decisions in compliance with all laws
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Internal documents detail Ottawa's economic worries over Alberta referendum | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alberta-se…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Russia strikes second major bridge in Kyiv, mayor says www.bbc.com/news/articles/c83vqxzdg…
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Russia strikes second major bridge in Kyiv, mayor says
The strike on Northern Bridge comes after repeat attacks on another major bridge in recent days.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Brazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc | Brazil | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Brazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc
Sunday’s poll pits the leftist incumbent Lula against the son of a former far-right president convicted of staging a coup
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026
I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
The American dream remains elusive in the valley that inspired East of Eden | California | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc…
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Was talking with somebody last night about whether today's plutocrats were objectively "worse" than original Gilded Age. Them: "Well, what are your examples?" Me: "Big three: Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg. "Then Ellisons, Kochs, Singer, Schwarzman. Princelings like Lutnick, Uihlein. No contest."
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Gregor Macdonald @gregor.us · 02/10/2026
Watching the IA senate race finally break towards Turek feels like it answers the lingering question, "But wait, is it really happening?" Yeah, it is.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/02…
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Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason
Ten years after AlphaGo’s match against Go champion Lee Sedol, today’s AI still isn’t tapping into the machinery that made that win possible.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Putin says Russia won't supply diesel to global markets until sanctions are lifted | Reuters www.reuters.com/business/energy/put…
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
*Maybe the "lower" orders deserve more of our respect and consideration in the general-order of things, like, All power to the planet's genuine conservatives
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
US borrowing costs hit 24-year high as global bond sell-off intensifies | Government borrowing | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/2026/o…
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mist Fantasy J.E.H. MacDonald c. 1943
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Recent lobbyist for Palantir had key role in helping Andy Burnham become PM | Palantir | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Got your Super Intelligence right here at the origins of the Iran War. AI also implicated in the signature war crime the US committed.
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Memory executives expect RAM shortage to continue through 2028 - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/information-technol…
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Hill reviewed the texts from which Eric Schmitt invented his conspiracy. They never mentioned the Hawks OR the Hawkeyes. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Smith’s game-day texts reviewed by Schmitt never referenced basketball team names
Text messages obtained by The Hill show former special counsel Jack Smith’s staff didn’t reference any basketball team names, adding to the confusion around why Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) errantly a…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Lyft agrees to pay California $272.5m in largest-ever wage theft settlement | Lyft | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
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Lyft agrees to pay California $272.5m in largest-ever wage theft settlement
More than $237m will be distributed to drivers over firm labeling them independent contractors and not employees
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
The German town where the right has banned new ‘stumbling stones’ for Nazi victims | Germany | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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The German town where the right has banned new ‘stumbling stones’ for Nazi victims
Heidenau council has halted the laying of Stolpersteine installed to remember individual victims of the Nazis
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Irony alert: OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody else www.theregister.com/security/2026/0…
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza | Gaza | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire
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Jock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’ | Boots | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/2026/o…
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Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’
Deal would mark return of Canadian family to UK after it sold Selfridges department store for £4bn in 2022
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