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Ian Brooks

@ibrooks.bsky.social

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Forest dweller, father, grandfather, pet servant and chicken wrangler.

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Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · 1d

Check out NS.

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Nova Scotia removes public’s ability to file complaints about municipal politicians | CBC News

Nova Scotia residents can no longer file complaints about their municipal elected officials, a move one advocate calls “dangerously undemocratic.”

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · 3d

Thad got turned down. Even a fawning, cloying chatbot said no.😂

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · 4d

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Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge | Aeon Essays

Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, generative AI is shockingly ignorant too

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · 7d

“We have to pay top dollar to attract the best.”
“How do you know they’re the best?”
“Look at what we pay them!”
Circular logic 😆

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · 7d

Wouldn’t fighting for democracy and being an ally of trump be antithetical?

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · 15d

There’s plenty of empty space in Danielle’s head for her to both flout and embrace confederation. Cognitive distortions are nothing new to her.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · 15d

Yes, from Brookings harbor to Astoria, many a pleasant memory. The travel advisory is woefully lacking for all Canadian citizens. The U.S. is not a safe destination.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · 15d

The article is in Richard’s thread.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · 20d

Cowardly

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · 23d

Stochastic terrorism

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 16

Try this one 😆

A picture of Ronald Dahl’s book, switched bitch.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 16

Just can’t find humour in parliament lauding stochastic terrorism.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 16

Wikipedia entry for Ernst vom Rath.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 15

Abdication of responsibility is widespread across various levels of government. Squatting is a problem across B.C. Enforcement is virtually nonexistent with jurisdictional and staffing excuses yet B.C. considers the following.

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U.S. outdoor group's application to use B.C. land sparks debate amid 51st state talk | CBC News

People on Vancouver Island have been hotly debating an application from a U.S.-based organization that runs wilderness trips for a licence to camp on 77 parcels of Crown land on Vancouver Island and t...

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 14

Stochastic terrorism seems fitting.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 13

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237: The Gen Z Assassin

A National Celebration of Political Assassination

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Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 12

Stochastic terrorist dies of gunshot wound.
Apropos of nothing in particular…..

Screenshot of Ernst vom Rath Wikipedia page.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 11

Screenshot of Ernst vom Rath Wikipedia page.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 11

Only here for the juvenile humour.😆

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 11

A Denis Diderot quote.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 11

Time for this again.

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Catastrophic Dehumanization: A formal model

A formal model drawing on a variety of insights to explain the mechanisms that produce dehumanization in situations of conflict.

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Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 10

Wikipedia entry for Ernst vom Rath, screenshot.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 10

🤷🏻‍♂️

Screenshot of Wikipedia article, Ernst vom Rath.

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Even Lawerence Welk got it.

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One Toke Over The Line - Lawrence Welk - WTF! (1971)

YouTube video by clotho98

Ian Brooks @ibrooks.bsky.social · Sep 6

Enjoy your birthday to the fullest.

Small snake attempting to swallow a deer mouse.