Shawn Adamsson
@adamsson.ca
Passionate. Strong opinions, loosely held (trying anyway). Waking up. Nerd. Reader. Meditator. Walker. Having a mid-life love affair with classical music. #ldnont
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Yes, this (thread). The pushers of LLMs stole the term "AI" deliberately to create exactly this confusion.
Not the main problem, but increasingly thinking we need a moratorium on the term "Artificial Intelligence" (both in full and as "AI") because it's clear it means at least three seriously different things and equivocation between those helps to enable this nonsense.
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Yes, this (thread). The pushers of LLMs stole the term "AI" deliberately to create exactly this confusion.
Like reading, the joy of classical music, is partly the discovery of new artists. Today I‘m delighted to discover Rubbra.
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Like reading, the joy of classical music, is partly the discovery of new artists. Today I‘m delighted to discover Rubbra.
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He’s solved the problem of people wanting to come here
November 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
He’s solved the problem of people wanting to come here
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Our cities plan parking around peak usage and plan roads for rush hour, so they certainly believe in judging a transportation system by how well it works at its worst.
This is a post about winter sidewalk and bike lane maintenance.
This is a post about winter sidewalk and bike lane maintenance.
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our cities plan parking around peak usage and plan roads for rush hour, so they certainly believe in judging a transportation system by how well it works at its worst.
This is a post about winter sidewalk and bike lane maintenance.
This is a post about winter sidewalk and bike lane maintenance.
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This is evil. Just pure fucking evil.
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
www.pcgamer.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is evil. Just pure fucking evil.
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
“A man - a man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part - of - a - team.”
when you're the pope they let you do this
November 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“A man - a man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part - of - a - team.”
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America, It's Not You, It's...
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
America, It's Not You, It's...
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Today's federal government announcement is about so much more than a pipeline: it effectively guts climate policy in Canada.
CAPE's response here: https://loom.ly/juVJkRU
CAPE's response here: https://loom.ly/juVJkRU
Promoting climate change: CAPE response to Federal-Alberta agreement - CAPE
In response to a new MOU between the federal and Alberta governments that proposes to expand fossil fuel infrastructure and roll-back climate commitments, Dr. Samantha Green, President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, said: As physicians, we are deeply alarmed to see this thorough gutting of Canada’s climate commitments. The Federal-Alberta agreement includes an explicit commitment to expand fossil fuel production—the leading cause of climate change. It delays, w...
cape.ca
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today's federal government announcement is about so much more than a pipeline: it effectively guts climate policy in Canada.
CAPE's response here: https://loom.ly/juVJkRU
CAPE's response here: https://loom.ly/juVJkRU
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Inbred culture is dead culture.
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Inbred culture is dead culture.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Madonna (1990)
Hans Zimmer
Great Big Sea
Broken Social Scene
Peter Gabriel
Madonna (1990)
Hans Zimmer
Great Big Sea
Broken Social Scene
Peter Gabriel
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Madonna (1990)
Hans Zimmer
Great Big Sea
Broken Social Scene
Peter Gabriel
Madonna (1990)
Hans Zimmer
Great Big Sea
Broken Social Scene
Peter Gabriel
Been pleasure-delaying this for months. The first couple of stories were pretty great. Can’t wait to see what tales @premeemohamed.com @tananarivedue.bsky.social @paultremblay.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social and @chuckwendig.bsky.social weave in this messed up world of @stephenking.bsky.social.
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Been pleasure-delaying this for months. The first couple of stories were pretty great. Can’t wait to see what tales @premeemohamed.com @tananarivedue.bsky.social @paultremblay.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social and @chuckwendig.bsky.social weave in this messed up world of @stephenking.bsky.social.
We knew we were electing a scorpion, but I never thought it would be this bad.
1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We knew we were electing a scorpion, but I never thought it would be this bad.
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You've just died. The 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
Too plausible.
Too plausible.
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
You've just died. The 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
Too plausible.
Too plausible.
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
What Max said.
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
What Max said.
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I used to buy every couple of years. Now every five or six. Clearly I’m not alone. (Device hoarding? Seriously? Piss off)
you buy new phone you buy WHY You noT BUY PHONE Feed MOnEY to markets NOW buy PHONE
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I used to buy every couple of years. Now every five or six. Clearly I’m not alone. (Device hoarding? Seriously? Piss off)
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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"Our economy is now dependent on bullshit-suicide-machines, therefore we must continue to shovel billions more dollars into bullshit-suicide-machines." 🤣
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"Our economy is now dependent on bullshit-suicide-machines, therefore we must continue to shovel billions more dollars into bullshit-suicide-machines." 🤣
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post