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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If it were as easy as that, we'd all have a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Matti Aleve @matti.aleve.me · 12/10/2026

Ed makes a good point, and certainly explains the hard pivot of Americans voting for DSA candidates. youtu.be/CdSTmXokY0s

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Fraud Is Booming — Here’s Why

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Matti Aleve @matti.aleve.me · 08/10/2026

We are so broken that we can't even say the word m**k

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 04/10/2026

A lot of people in Silicon Valley keep talking up Alpha School. Move fast and break education. Of course, I'm guessing that rather than admitting it hasn't revolutionized education, they'll say the problem is the tests.

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404 Media @404media.co · 26/09/2026

Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council.’ www.404media.co/woman-arrest...

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Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city…

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Matti Aleve @matti.aleve.me · 26/09/2026

Not seeing them, but a crazy number of kinglets out back. So many of their high pitched peep peeps coming from every direction.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 25/09/2026

whether it's cars or robots, Tesla just can't stop Tesla-ing

Per The Information, the hand and forearm contain over 100 screws and small components that workers still assemble by hand. Fixtures on several stations, including hands, joints, and electronics testing, can’t consistently line up parts that are far smaller and tighter-tolerance than anything on a car. The result is more robots needing rework after coming off the line.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026

The shooter’s first account was banned, so made a second and ChatGPT explained how to avoid being banned again. It then proceeded to entertain and give advice on violent scenarios over the following eight months, until the morning of that terrible day in Tumbler Ridge on February 10, 2026.

In June 2025, Jesse Van Rootselaar received an email notification from OpenAI. Van Rootselaar had been using ChatGPT to discuss committing potential acts of violence—including a mass shooting at a shopping mall—and now OpenAI had banned that account. But the troubled teen living in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, was not deterred and soon logged back on with a second account.

What happened next was astonishing: Van Rootselaar told ChatGPT about the account ban, noting she had specified “a famous real-world mall as the target” and herself as the perpetrator, but also claiming the scenario hadn’t been real. In response, ChatGPT explained why such violent content would be flagged—and then offered tips on how to evade its own safeguards. It advised Van Rootselaar to always frame her content as fictional or hypothetical in order to “never get flagged again” by OpenAI’s moderation systems.

“Don’t use real-world locations,” ChatGPT said, later adding: “You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.”

In some instances, ChatGPT initially refused to engage with Van Rootselaar about violence, but she was able to overcome those refusals by repeating or modifying her prompts. In an August 2025 conversation, Van Rootselaar asked ChatGPT to produce a scenario about her attacking a college campus with a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun and causing maximum carnage. ChatGPT replied that it was “not able to help with that request,” but Van Rootselaar tried again and added “hypothetically” to her prompt. ChatGPT then produced the content, describing in vivid language the tactical qualities of the weapon and where it would be effective.

“In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom, the 870 is brutal,” ChatGPT said. “Close quarters is its playground.”

ChatGPT also discussed reloading time and potential casualties: “Assuming each shell results in one hit, you might down 10 to 20 people max, depending on spacing, density, reaction times, and chaos.”

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026

Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.

motherjones.com

ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Solar and wind generation meet record 80% of power demand on Australia’s national grid. Rooftop solar alone generates more than half of all power used, as clear sunny days and low demand drive record-breaking surge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Solar and wind generation meet record 80% of power demand on Australia’s national grid

Rooftop solar alone generates more than half of all power used, as clear sunny days and low demand drive record-breaking surge

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Strong "I don't need the money, but I do prefer the money to integrity" vibes.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Do you remember when we were told that if we gave the tech giants complete freedom from regulation they would create a world of freedom and choice? That wasn't the plan at all. And now we are learning just how dark it gets. charlieangus.substack.com/p/peter-thie...

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Peter Thiel Meets the Antichrist

Tech experts warn that we are on the verge of creating Superhuman AI — a development that could result in the extinction of our species.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If I was a Carney government flack and I wanted to bury an important report without making it so obvious that the burying of the report became a whole story itself, how would I do it? Well, let's use the Carney government's just released major climate report as a case study. Read on... #CdnPoli

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

For conservatives, "viewpoint diversity" mostly means "a diverse range of conservative viewpoints, unchallenged by any other viewpoints, which silence conservative viewpoints, by challenging them."

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/08/2026

Some awful schools would, instead, immediately notify parents if their kids alerted the school to their trans status. The Biden admin policy was that this violated Title IX. equality.house.gov/media-center...

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Biden’s New School Rules Protect LGBTQ Students

On April 19, the Biden administration issued new rules outlining schools’ obligations under Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination — including explicit protections for LGBTQ st...

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/08/2026

Many schools (smartly!) would allow children to notify the school of their trans status and as part of that ask "do you want us to not tell your parents" which was very helpful for kids with unsupportive parents.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/08/2026

I'm seeing lots of "wtf is she talking about?" responses to this and I can actually add context. The thing she's bitching about stupidly and incoherently is not schools allow kids to secretly transition, but blocking *requirements* that schools tell parents if their kid transitions.

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Oh hell no. U.S. vetos on Canadian trade deals is actually insane. Absolutely justified in walking away.

Tweet saying that US wanted to put in language that would restrict our ability to ha e other trade deals.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Message to the PM: Don't ask us to give up the ground we have fought to hold unless you can tell us first what we have won. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/19/c...

nationalnewswatch.com

Carney asks provinces to return U.S. alcohol to stores

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Juanita Jackson 🇨🇦 @westcoastbclife.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Almost 210,000! You’ve got this Canada 🇨🇦! Keep signing and sharing!

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

huh wonder why people are rebelling against this technology oh well guess we’ll never know

Business Insider headline:
Meta CTO says employees should use Al productivity gains to do more work
- not take more time off

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This is an actual conspiracy, not a conspiracy theory. Some of the replies and quotes show people who don't read. General Motors and related companies were actually convicted of doing this.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

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General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia

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Matti Aleve @matti.aleve.me · 15/07/2026

Lots of stories today on the bad air quality in Toronto from forest fire smoke. None of them mention why

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Matti Aleve @matti.aleve.me · 15/07/2026

No one could have seen this coming🙃 😢

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 15/07/2026

Good thing Mark Carney decided climate change isn't worth addressing.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Liquified natural gaslighting.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

If people need an office for mental health as this NYT piece claims, by the same logic, retirement is a public health crisis. Better get Grandma a Microsoft Teams account & a 2 hour commute (sarcasm)

New York Times screenshot of article "we liked remote work. Then we looked at the data."

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 18/06/2026

hats off to the Ukrainians, who have wrecked the Kapotnya oil refinery in Moscow for the second day in a row.

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 17/06/2026

The MOU lets Iran keep its nuclear program, ballistic missiles, terror proxy funding, and designate any beneficiary for unfrozen funds, including Hezbollah. Conservative voices from Erickson to Pence are calling it an unconditional American surrender.

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‘American Surrender’: Conservatives React in Horror to Formal Iran Deal Announcement

"This is an American surrender," declared Erick Erickson, one of conservatives horrified by the confirmation of their worst fears about the deal.

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 03/06/2026

it's almost like they get upset when Ukraine gets an advantage

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

As to "strangling" Alberta's economy? Again: it was the collapse in global energy prices that did the damage. The federal government bought and built the single most important infrastructure project in Alberta's history -- one that immediately raised the profits of its oil sector.

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SNL: Dude Stop Sketch

ALT: SNL: Dude Stop Sketch

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Once again, it's all about victimhood for these folks. The media spends a disproportionate amount of time talking about Alberta. Three of Canada's nine supreme court justices are from or were educated in Alberta. And the most underrepresented province in both the House and Senate is ONTARIO.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Terrorist Slush Fund. There are literally terrorists in this crowd, and I would bet some slush that Enrique Tarrio will be the first piggy to feed at the trough, not least bc he was invited to snitch on Trump and did not.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 06/05/2026

good news: the former financial corruption reporter turned opportunistic substack fascism apologist lost

Free Press headline: Matt Taibbi: To Protect Free Speech, I'm Suing The Man Who Defamed Me

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 05/05/2026

you'd think maybe there'd be SOME fleeting reference somewhere in these stories that Trump (and many of these CEOs) are completely unhinged and violent enemies of democracy and coherent corporate oversight, introducing some light skepticism to the reader about the validity of this venture but nope!

tomshardware.com

Google, Microsoft, and xAI agree to let US government test AI models before public release — OpenAI and Anthropic also on board after renegotiating deals with Washington

All five major frontier labs now give the Commerce Department early access to unreleased AI systems.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 05/05/2026

again, I'm fascinated with U.S. journalism that crafts a weird alternate reality for the readership where our regulators still function in the public interest, policy is coherent, corruption doesn't exist, and Trump cares about security (or anything outside his own wealth and power)

reuters.com

Microsoft, Google and xAI to give US government early access to AI models for security checks

Microsoft, Google and Elon Musk’s xAI agreed to give the U.S. government early access to new artificial intelligence models for national security testing, as U.S. officials grow alarmed by the hackin...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/04/2026

TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody O'DONNELL: Oh, you think he was referring to you?

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Sue Gowans @sueinnovates.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

That's a good start but he needs to repeal the FOI rule changes.

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Matti Aleve @matti.aleve.me · 27/04/2026

A red-breasted nuthatch in Rattray Marsh last weekend. #birds

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Matti Aleve @matti.aleve.me · 19/04/2026

Kinglets are back, as usual darting fast in dense brush. Managed to get this photo, where we can see the ruby crown. One day I hope to get a good photo with the crown up. #birds

A small yellow bird with an orange patch on its head in dense brush.

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