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Julia Greaven

@juliagreaven.ca
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Entrepreneur: adult celeb, infotech, nanotech / amateur badminton player // I also run @popnt.ca

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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
AI agents made failed hacking attempts on Canada’s national archive thenextweb.com/news/ai-agen...
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AI agents made failed hacking attempts on Canada’s national archive
Transluce says AI agents made failed hacking attempts on Library and Archives Canada in May and June. Canada sees no breach and OpenAI is reviewing.
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20minutos @20minutos.es · 03/10/2026
La primera parte de El guitarrista de Montreal de Miguel Barrero
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Los segundos acordes de Leonard Cohen, el gitano español
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 02/10/2026
Quantifying our lives is easier than it’s ever been. But a philosopher of games warns that external metrics and data can never capture what’s truly important.
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The inevitable weakness of metrics
Quantifying our lives is easier than it’s ever been. But a philosopher of games warns that external metrics and data can never capture what’s truly important.
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
About Last Night: Habs win opener, but did they miss out on Marchenko? montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hanes: I voted in English this Quebec election to safeguard my linguistic rights montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Opinion: Why the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation should be a statutory holiday in Quebec montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-e...
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Slashdot @slashdot.org · 26/09/2026
After 40 Years, Microsoft Excel Will Add Single-Cell Lists and Arrays slashdot.org/story/26/09/26/0227226…
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After 40 Years, Microsoft Excel Will Add Single-Cell Lists and Arrays
Microsoft's senior product manager for Excel acknowledges that "Throughout Excel's 40-year history, you've only been able to put one value per cell." But that's now changing with arrays in cells (as well as nested arrays) and lists. "You can create a list by selecting Insert > List or pressing ...
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Playboy @playboy.com · 26/09/2026
Readers of the braille edition, as the old joke goes, really did read Playboy just for the articles. Now, we look at how we could be more accessible.
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The Fight to Keep Playboy in Braille
For more than a decade, the federal government published Playboy in braille. Congress defunded it. Blind readers sued—and won.
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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 26/09/2026
Louise Armaindo et Magdeleine Vallières, ou l’étonnante histoire de femmes au sommet du cyclisme mondial.
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Deux championnes du monde québécoises à un siècle d’intervalle
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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Canadian regulator opens probe of IDScan for allegedly violating data privacy laws therecord.media/canadian-reg...
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Canadian regulator opens probe of IDScan for allegedly violating data privacy laws
The investigation, announced Monday, will probe IDScan’s security practices and whether victim notifications were adequate under Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law, the regulator said in a…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed!
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Julia Greaven @juliagreaven.ca · 24/09/2026
I'm not sure which action movie I prefer more: Aliens or Terminator 2. Both strong female leads, both timeless and epic, both by James Cameron, both sequels better than the original. Internet, help me decide! Or, is it possible to love both equally for different reasons??
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 20/09/2026
Russia holds parliamentary vote in areas illegally seized from Ukraine
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Russia holds parliamentary vote in areas illegally seized from Ukraine
Officials in Kyiv vigorously denounced the action as illegal, and a human rights activist described residents there as being coerced to participate in the election.
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 18/02/2026
Hudson Williams to star opposite Carrie-Anne Moss in Crave’s upcoming drama series ‘Yaga’, based on the myth of Baba Yaga. (deadline.com/2026/02/heat...)
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Yahoo Canada @yahoocanada.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Some vocal critics say that “Canadian MDs should never collaborate with Elon Musk" ❌ #canada #musk
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Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip clinical trial in Canada raises ethical questions
TORONTO — Some doctors and bioethicists are raising concerns about a Toronto hospital's partnership with a company founded by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk.
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
PQ pledges $1 billion over four years to fight homelessness montrealgazette.com/quebec-elect...
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20minutos @20minutos.es · 13/09/2026
Mike Johnson, presidente de este organismo: 'No podemos imponer una moratoria porque China nos superará en número, y ese es el desafío'.
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El Congreso de los EEUU quiere convocar a los magnates de la IA para debatir cómo frenarla sin paralizarla: preocupa lo que haga China
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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 11/09/2026
À (re)lire | Michael Hingson était au 78e étage de la tour 1 du World Trade Center lorsqu’un avion de ligne l’a percutée. Entrevue.
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Aveugle, il a descendu à pied l’une des tours jumelles avec sa chienne-guide
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 09/09/2026
Conflit commercial avec les Etats-Unis : Le Canada riposte aux surtaxes américaines
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Conflit commercial avec les Etats-Unis : Le Canada riposte aux surtaxes américaines
Les mesures contre des produits américains sont entrées en vigueur alimentant un conflit dont une issue prochaine semble lointaine. Soutenu par l’opinion publique canadienne, le premier ministre, Mark Carney, fait un pari risqué face à la surenchère de Donald Trump.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 06/09/2026
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German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket
We achieved within a few years what had taken the European space industry decades before."
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20minutos @20minutos.es · 05/09/2026
El vuelo tuvo que ser desviado y el FBI detuvo al hombre, que también profirió insultos racistas y homófobos.
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Los pasajeros de un avión inmovilizan con cinta americana y bridas a otro viajero que estaba borracho y se puso violento
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20minutos @20minutos.es · 05/09/2026
'No es posible para España aceptar nuevas lenguas oficiales si antes no se ha aprobado la oficialidad del catalán, el euskera y el gallego' recalcó Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores.
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El Gobierno avisa a la UE: no aceptará las lenguas de la ampliación hasta que el catalán, el euskera y el gallego sean oficiales
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Challenge star goes public with girlfriend after saying he's no longer gay ➡️ bit.ly/463sFf3 📷 IG/davismallory
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Julia Greaven @juliagreaven.ca · 05/09/2026
Does burning through AI tokens feel like sitting at quarter slot machines or…?
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The eagle is also smoking a cigarette.
Text image with a checkered background. The text reads, "We ran out of AI prompt credits, but imagine this is a picture of a bald eagle holding a golden sign that says 'Low Prices & Prosperity'." At the bottom, there is an "INFOWARS" logo.
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Slashdot @slashdot.org · 31/08/2026
California's Age Verification Bill Passes with Linux Exemption Intact yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/054…
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California's Age Verification Bill Passes with Linux Exemption Intact
California's age-verification bill has passed in its legislature — but with its open-source carve-out intact, reports the blog Linuxiac: Back in May, we reported that California lawmakers amended Assembly Bill 1856 to carve open-source operating systems out of the state's upcoming age verif...
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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 26/08/2026
the Xbox + McDonald's collab in the UK has some wild marketing 🫨
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Julia Greaven @juliagreaven.ca · 25/08/2026
so as a Canadian do I need to read half the number of US-based skeets now... or double? Bcos if my broadband only reaches half as far into the bible-belt honestly that's just less work for me Also to all my European and Asian skeeters I'm offering a 50% special on any of our maple-flavoured skeets
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Julia Greaven @juliagreaven.ca · 22/08/2026
Is there some sort of atproto-mageddon happening or is it more of a illuminatproto reveal thing?
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Julia Greaven @juliagreaven.ca · 22/08/2026
TIL the single most common car model to appear across television and movies is the Ford Crown Victoria, and from 1980s onward all of them were built by Ford Canada.
LAPD patrol sedanChicago taxiTwo-door black sedan
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Futurism @futurism.com · 18/08/2026
"They just want the content as a bunch of words strung together."
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Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI
An investigation by 404 Media found that Amazon bought a shipment of rare books so it could scan and destroy them to train AI.
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Julia Greaven @juliagreaven.ca · 08/08/2026
Pretty sure that’s a stencil tabby pattern asss if
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Patrickworld 🌎👋🏾🎸 @patrickworld.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Friday you guys
A rectangular cake inside a clear plastic container with a light blue frosting center and white rosette border. Written in black icing are the words “Congration you done it”
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Julia Greaven @juliagreaven.ca · 08/08/2026
Goals
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 02/08/2026
My thoughts are with the friends and families of the Greek and Danish wildfire pilots who tragically died earlier today in a collision with another helicopter while on duty in Greece. I wish a full recovery to those injured.
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 02/08/2026
As Taiwanese server makers expand in Mexico, the country has become the second-largest supplier of servers to the US, behind Taiwan, with $46.9B in YTD sales (Financial Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 30/07/2026
This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 31/07/2026
Canadian economy set for best quarterly growth in more than three years reut.rs/3RBkZgx
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Canadian economy set for best quarterly growth in more than three years
Canada's economy grew by a greater-than-expected 0.3% in May and looks set to turn in its best annualized quarterly performance for more than three years, official data indicated on Friday.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This InfoWars caper is going a little too well. We need to staff up a bit. We're hiring a Social Media Lead, who will help make InfoWars the network of the future. We need someone who is extraordinarily online, has big ideas for how things break through in 2026, and can pull those ideas off quick.
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Social Media Lead, InfoWars at Global Tetrahedron
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A small act of kindness toward someone vulnerable just went viral, proof that you do not need grand gestures to make a real difference. Sharing food, helping a hurt animal, aiding a stranger, this is
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
With our new Nature Strategy, we’re protecting 30% of our lands and waters by 2030 — so the next generation inherits a stronger, healthier, and more sustainable Canada.
Prime Minister Carney talks with youth in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Julia Greaven @juliagreaven.ca · 29/07/2026
This is JCD's work from beyond the grave I'm convinced of it
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Julia Greaven @juliagreaven.ca · 29/07/2026
There weren't many men that I could describe as a hero growing up, but John C. Dvorak was one of them. He was controversial, had lots of outlandish takes about the future, but was also a staunch critic of tech. We needed that. From the We're-gonna-miss-you Dept. ca.pcmag.com/opinion/1707...
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Remembering John C. Dvorak, a Passionate Chronicler of PC History
As John's editor at InfoWorld and PC Magazine, I had a front-row seat to his cantankerous and often hilarious views on technology.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 26/07/2026
D-Day beaches now part of UNESCO World Heritage List
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D-Day beaches now part of UNESCO World Heritage List
Recognition of their 'outstanding universal value' commits authorities to work toward their preservation.
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 26/07/2026
Premier Français qualifié en finale d’un tournoi Super 1000, équivalent d’un Grand Chelem au badminton, Toma Junior Popov s’incline
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Premier Français qualifié en finale d’un tournoi Super 1000, équivalent d’un Grand Chelem au badminton, Toma Junior Popov s’incline
Le badiste français de 27 ans a perdu, dimanche, en finale de l’Open de Chine face au Taïwanais Chou Tien Chen (15-21, 21-7, 13-21).
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/07/2026
To every trans Londoner: this city is yours too. Today we celebrate London Trans+ Pride and reaffirm a simple truth: you should be free to live as yourself, without fear or prejudice. You are loved. You are wanted. You belong here.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/07/2026
In Barcelona, the final stage of the Sagrada Família's epic 160-year construction could displace some 3,000 residents from their homes
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After 160 Years, Sagrada Família Is Still Shaping Barcelona
The final stage of the church’s epic construction could displace some 3,000 residents from their homes. Those apartments point to a complicated history between the church and city.
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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain
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Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain
Any potential damage will be assessed when it is safe to do so."
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