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Pre-emptive IDGAF about your genocide music app habits, keep it to yourself
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Pre-emptive IDGAF about your genocide music app habits, keep it to yourself
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It was six years ago today that a man in Wuhan, China began feeling ill.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It was six years ago today that a man in Wuhan, China began feeling ill.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
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Every time you see that the government is trying to raise our military spending to 5% of GDP, think about the fact that our total elementary and secondary school spending is 3.9% of GDP.
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Every time you see that the government is trying to raise our military spending to 5% of GDP, think about the fact that our total elementary and secondary school spending is 3.9% of GDP.
Sloan
Weakerthans
KRS-One
Juliana Hatfield
Tanya Tagaq
Weakerthans
KRS-One
Juliana Hatfield
Tanya Tagaq
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Mötley Crüe
Sloan
Tool
Zakir Hussain
Tanya Tagaq
Mötley Crüe
Sloan
Tool
Zakir Hussain
Tanya Tagaq
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Rolling Stones
AC/DC
ZZ Top
Kiss
The Flaming Lips
(does it count that 3 of these acts were actually the same concert?)
Rolling Stones
AC/DC
ZZ Top
Kiss
The Flaming Lips
(does it count that 3 of these acts were actually the same concert?)
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Sloan
Weakerthans
KRS-One
Juliana Hatfield
Tanya Tagaq
Weakerthans
KRS-One
Juliana Hatfield
Tanya Tagaq
What’s it like to be so self-absorbed but still lacking in self-awareness? Must be bliss.
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
What’s it like to be so self-absorbed but still lacking in self-awareness? Must be bliss.
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I wrote about Oura's security and privacy practices earlier this year for this.weekinsecurity.com, and found:
• Oura rings *don't* end-to-end encrypt users' health data;
• Oura *can* access its users' data;
• Oura told me that the company *has* received U.S. government demands for users' data.
• Oura rings *don't* end-to-end encrypt users' health data;
• Oura *can* access its users' data;
• Oura told me that the company *has* received U.S. government demands for users' data.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I wrote about Oura's security and privacy practices earlier this year for this.weekinsecurity.com, and found:
• Oura rings *don't* end-to-end encrypt users' health data;
• Oura *can* access its users' data;
• Oura told me that the company *has* received U.S. government demands for users' data.
• Oura rings *don't* end-to-end encrypt users' health data;
• Oura *can* access its users' data;
• Oura told me that the company *has* received U.S. government demands for users' data.
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If reconciliation actually meant something, this would be the final word
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the memorandum of understanding that Canada and Alberta Thursday morning.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
‘The answer is no and always will be’: UBCIC on Alberta-Canada MOU
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the MOU signed Thursday morning to build a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If reconciliation actually meant something, this would be the final word
Coolest person 🖤
39 years ago
Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth with band mate Lee Ranaldo at CBGB, November 1986
Photo by Ebet Roberts
#punk #punks #punkrock #sonicyouth #leeranaldo #kimgordon #cbgb #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory
Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth with band mate Lee Ranaldo at CBGB, November 1986
Photo by Ebet Roberts
#punk #punks #punkrock #sonicyouth #leeranaldo #kimgordon #cbgb #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Coolest person 🖤
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Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.
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The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.
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People "opposed to the data center shared concerns about transparency, asked board members if they had signed non-disclosure agreements, and decried 'tech billionaires' coming into their rural community. Many are worried about potential impacts to the environment, groundwater and electricity rates."
Facebook owner’s $1B data center project prompts Michigan town to enact 6-month pause
A controversial proposal for a hyperscale data center, reportedly backed by tech giant Meta, has faced pushback in an historically rural Michigan community.
www.mlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
People "opposed to the data center shared concerns about transparency, asked board members if they had signed non-disclosure agreements, and decried 'tech billionaires' coming into their rural community. Many are worried about potential impacts to the environment, groundwater and electricity rates."
AI should never have become available at the consumer level 🔥
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
AI should never have become available at the consumer level 🔥
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“It’s a given Canadian value”
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“It’s a given Canadian value”
This is effed up—Tehran is thousands of years old. Water insecurity is a problem that’s only going to get worse, buckle up folks.
”If it doesn’t rain in Tehran by late November, we’ll have to [formally] ration water. And if it still doesn’t rain, we’ll have to evacuate Tehran.”
Tehran is running out of water. The situation is so dire that Iran's president is insisting that the capital city must relocate.
Tehran is running out of water. The situation is so dire that Iran's president is insisting that the capital city must relocate.
Iran's capital must relocate due to dire water situation, president insists
Tehran's troubles are a red flag for thirsty cities around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is effed up—Tehran is thousands of years old. Water insecurity is a problem that’s only going to get worse, buckle up folks.
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11 years ago today, 12 year old Tamir Rice was gunned down by police officers on Cleveland’s west side.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
11 years ago today, 12 year old Tamir Rice was gunned down by police officers on Cleveland’s west side.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
Yessss, having just returned from a 1200 person conference where I saw maybe three people besides myself wearing a mask, I would love to see more of this.
Make sure you catch my latest for @wired.com -- with comment from @defcon.bsky.social and @blackhatevents.bsky.social founder Jeff Moss, and @adafruit.com founder + engineer Limor Fried: www.wired.com/story/this-h...
This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System
At New Zealand's Kawaiicon cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Yessss, having just returned from a 1200 person conference where I saw maybe three people besides myself wearing a mask, I would love to see more of this.
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Falk is a prominent human rights expert who turned 95 on the day he was detained.
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Falk is a prominent human rights expert who turned 95 on the day he was detained.
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is who Canada sees as a potential threat to national security?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Oh and this www.cnbc.com/2025/11/16/b...
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Oh and this www.cnbc.com/2025/11/16/b...
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Boooo, who wants a bunch of data centres scattered all over the neighbourhood? Also, if anyone is hosting one, I don’t understand why they would have to pay ANY heating costs—let the rich billionaires they’re supporting pay.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'I heat my Essex home with a data centre in the shed'
"It's fantastic because it's eco-friendly...We're not burning any gases," says Terrence Bridges.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Boooo, who wants a bunch of data centres scattered all over the neighbourhood? Also, if anyone is hosting one, I don’t understand why they would have to pay ANY heating costs—let the rich billionaires they’re supporting pay.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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We can have a sober national conversation about how much immigration is suitable to meet our social and economic goals. But scapegoating immigrants for the state of housing and health care obscures the real causes of these crises and stokes resentment against vulnerable members of our communities.
The myth of the immigrant threat
Anti-immigrant sentiment is surging in Canada, with politicians and pundits blaming newcomers for crises like housing, health care, and unemployment. But these problems stem from policy failure and in...
canadiandimension.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We can have a sober national conversation about how much immigration is suitable to meet our social and economic goals. But scapegoating immigrants for the state of housing and health care obscures the real causes of these crises and stokes resentment against vulnerable members of our communities.
One of the best books I’ve read in a while. Highly recommend.
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
One of the best books I’ve read in a while. Highly recommend.
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How about helping your fellow humans here on planet Earth?
Now Tech Moguls Want to Build Data Centers in Outer Space
www.wsj.com/tech/now-tec...
Now Tech Moguls Want to Build Data Centers in Outer Space
www.wsj.com/tech/now-tec...
Now Tech Moguls Want to Build Data Centers in Outer Space
Energy constraints in the artificial-intelligence race are causing tech companies to think out of this world.
www.wsj.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
How about helping your fellow humans here on planet Earth?
Now Tech Moguls Want to Build Data Centers in Outer Space
www.wsj.com/tech/now-tec...
Now Tech Moguls Want to Build Data Centers in Outer Space
www.wsj.com/tech/now-tec...
Went to Toronto for a conference and was literally the only person at the conference wearing a mask. Saw one or two people walking around downtown with masks, but didn’t see anybody on my train wearing one. I don’t get it. It’s winter, we can keep ourselves from getting sick—why don’t we do it?
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Went to Toronto for a conference and was literally the only person at the conference wearing a mask. Saw one or two people walking around downtown with masks, but didn’t see anybody on my train wearing one. I don’t get it. It’s winter, we can keep ourselves from getting sick—why don’t we do it?