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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 10h

It's like. How highschool is this

Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 14h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 14h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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James 🎃 Harbeck @sesquiotic.bsky.social · 10h

One film photo of a sign each day, all month.

14. Leica IIIf, Canon 50mm f/1.4 LTM (I think), Kodak Gold 200. Queen Street near Jones, Toronto.

A wire-link metal fence with a mid-century brick building out of focs behind, and some branches and minor greenery; on the metal top bar of the fence is a rectangular white plastic sign with a basic left-pointing arrow made with red lines and, inside it, in red letters of a tropical kind of style, the words Tango Patio

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 11h

Ah. Right. Fair point

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 12h

I'm not a bioscience person at all, but shouldn't measles be pretty high up the list since it's already killing people?

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 13h

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 12h

I couldn't possibly comment.

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 12h

depends on the person but yes?

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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 13h

Just one insightful post in a very insightful thread

deb te kawa nō aotearoa @debtekawa-ao.bsky.social · 14h

This fascination with "Māori" parliamentary politics reveals how limited mainstream analysis is. Te Pāti Māori is one tactical engagement with one part of the Crown's apparatus, not the centre of Māori political life.

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 13h

I think I've started to figure out hte fashion stuff for this story I'm working on

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 14h

version I have is from the Criterion collection, which I beleve is available thruough several streaming services

Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 14h

no, i somehow acquired an .mp4 some years ago. (It may be on youtube but I wasn't watching it there)

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 14h

heh.

Have you seen the extra clip where they show the second verse of A Wandering Minstrel?

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 16h

we’ve gone so far past “sex workers are the canaries in the coal mine” re: internet freedom, to an internet that’s run off and robbed from all the sex workers in order to replace them with planet-destroying simulations of sex workers

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 19h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 15h

so much respect for JG Hertzler and Robert O'Reilly.

Martok is absolutely my favourite Klingon ever

Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 15h

you know that thing where you're not supposed to take work home with you? I'm at home, sick, sitting down to write up a draft evacuation plan for one of the ferries because I hate being the person who flags an issue without providing a solution

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 16h

Solidarność

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 16h

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... this should be grounds for resignation, right?

Premier Ford says he told Home Depot shoplifter, 'I'm going to kick your ass' | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he threatened to beat up a Home Depot shoplifter over the summer.

www.cbc.ca

Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 16h

Maybe I'll make a very small one just for me

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 16h

I would really love for the Blue Jays two win 2 of the next 3 games

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 16h

What is with the Spartans logo I'm suddenly seeing everywhere on Instagram?

Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 17h

Doing an 11 out of 10 subtle is very difficult.

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 17h

I need to decide in the next week if I'm doing Christmas cakes this year. I'm kinda leaning towards no

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 17h

I absolutely agree.

Have you seen the SNW episode where the command crew get turned into Vulcans from this season?

Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 17h

Which do you think is more difficult, playing a Vulcan, Romulan or Klingon?

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Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 17h

Why do people insist on forgetting the rest of the quote? It's important

Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus christ yes

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

few ideas have damaged the average psyche more than ‘the customer is always right.’ it should be a little bit humiliating, being a customer. you should walk into any service transaction knowing that the other person, and not you, is in control over whether you get your treats

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