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Nora Young

@nora3000.bsky.social
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Technology journalist, CBC broadcaster researching AI and tech ethics

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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Alberta Utilities Commission rejects power plant for Olds, Alta., data centre plan www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/science/albe...
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'Not suitable': Utilities commission rejects power plant for Olds, Alta., data centre
The Alberta Utilities Commission has denied an application to build a natural gas plant that would have powered a massive data centre complex in the small agricultural town of Olds,
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Cool gig alert! jobs.gusto.com/postings/tec...
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Managing Editor at Tech Policy Press
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I am dying! This will make your day
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/04/2026
“The findings expose a problem emerging across the AI industry: tools that are designed to be useful and intimate are also quietly measuring the people who use them—and obscuring their own hand in the work they help produce.”
scientificamerican.com
Anthropic leak reveals Claude Code tracking user frustration and raises new questions about AI privacy
Code that reads your frustration is the least interesting part of the story of this accidental leak from Anthropic. The leak reveals how AI tools are also concealing their own role in the work they he...
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Great piece by @clivethompson.bsky.social especially on how coding with AI agents differs from using AI in other domains. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...
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Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It
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Farm Radio International @farmradio.org · 09/12/2025
We are proud to announce that we've once again been recognized as a five-star charity and included among its Top 100 Rated Charities in Canada for 2025 by Charity Intelligence We’re proud to be acknowledged among the leading orgs making a real difference in the world From all of us, thank you! 🌾📻 👏
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Radios Rurales Internationales dans le classement des meilleurs organismes caritatifs canadiens - Radios Rurales Internationales
Radios Rurales Internationales est fière d’annoncer qu’elle a une fois encore été reconnue comme une organisation de bienfaisance cinq étoiles par Charity intelligence
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Why have I never watched Eurovision before?!?! I am living for it
Bright lights and performers in neon clothes on TV screen
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Matt Galloway @mattgalloway.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The Current’s election road trip rolls into central Alberta.
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Really enjoyed this conversation with @mattgalloway.bsky.social
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Brodie Fenlon @brodiefenlon.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Local news matters. We are hiring up to 30 permanent journalists and expanding to 23 locations across the country, with a focus on western Canada. Here's everything you need to know and how to apply: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #journalism #publicmedia
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Apply now for a job in journalism | CBC News
As part of our commitment to local news, CBC News is expanding nationwide. We are looking for experienced multiplatform reporters to join our team. These roles, based in one or two-person bureaus, wil...
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Matt Galloway @mattgalloway.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Rethinking your US travel plans? Looking for inspiration on how to keep your travel dollars closer to home? Say hello to The Current’s Canadian Travel Bucket List. This is a beautiful country - where should we go next?
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Oh Canada! The Current's Travel Bucket List | CBC Radio
The Current is building a bucket list of the best travel destinations in Canada, made from your suggestions.
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Lovely hike today in #ParcGatineau with Ottawa pals.
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Afternoon walk
Canadian flag in a winter storm
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Mexican chard from No Frills today! Gorgeous!
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
90s nostalgia watching the first Mission Impossible. Netscape!
Image of tv screen with a 90s web interface
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/01/2025
“While the study doesn't identify a lower bound, it does show that by the time misinformation accounts for 0.001 percent of the training data, the resulting LLM is compromised.”
arstechnica.com
It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs
Changing just 0.001% of inputs to misinformation makes the AI less accurate.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Writing is thinking. It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I think about this sculpture a lot. I saw it in Naples this summer. Is the fish dragging him to the bottom, or is he wrestling the fish to the bottom? Either way, dude is very calm. Feels like a good lesson there for 2025
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Do I want an online mag I subscribe to, looking like my LinkedIn feed? No I do not, yet here we are. I do think this will be the retro nostalgic look we associate with this time, though.
yogajournal main page with my profile and a list of people to connect with
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Job alert! We’re looking for an expert facilitator and connector to take on the new role of community manager with our Public Technology Leadership Collaborative, supporting the PTLC as it expands into working closely with state and local government. boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyr...
boards.greenhouse.io
Community Manager, Public Technology Leadership Collaborative
New York, NY
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 13/11/2024
Amazing list!! Thank you 🙏🏻
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Nora Young @nora3000.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
TIL that Elvin, Thad, and Hank Jones are brothers! How did I not know that?
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/02/2024
The speed at which this particular thing was accomplished calls into question the treatment of all the other transparently awful tech abuses that go mostly unaddressed.
wired.com
AI-Generated Voices in Robocalls Are Now Illegal
A month after the mysterious Biden calls in New Hampshire, the FCC can now go after robocall scammers that use AI voice clones.
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