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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 9m

People are lonely? Oh, here's a solution - Sam Altman

www.theverge.com/news/799312/...

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

www.theverge.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23m

It's tough to explain exactly how nutty this new report from fossil fuel industry consultant Wood Mackenzie is, but I'm going to try in a short thread.

As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT

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How AI can unlock an extra trillion barrels of oil
And deliver the volumes needed to meet resilient demand
15 October 2025 3 minute read
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Simon Flowers
Chairman, Chief Analyst and author of The Edge

Andrew Latham
Senior Vice President, Energy Research

Orla Marnell
Principal Data Scientist, Upstream

Josh Dixon
Senior Research Analyst, Upstream
Stronger-for-longer oil demand will heap pressure on the upstream industry to deliver new supply. I asked our subsurface experts, Dr Andrew Latham, Orla Marnell and Josh Dixon how artificial intelligence can identify opportunities to meet the challenge.
Why do we need to unlock new supply?
The slow pace of the energy transition means that oil demand is likely to be far more resilient than some thought just a few years ago. Wood Mackenzie forecasts annual consumption won’t peak until the early to mid-2030s, and cumulative demand will be almost 1,000 billion barrels through 2050.
Firm demand throws the spotlight onto where new supply can be sourced. Production from assets already onstream or justified for development will gradually decline under current investment plans from just over 100 million b/d today to 50 million b/d 2050, cumulatively 650 billion barrels. That leaves a huge supply gap of 300 million barrels.

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Quebec Writers' Federation @officialqwf.bsky.social · 56m

Announcing: The 2025 QWF Literary Awards finalists!

35 finalists have made the shortlists in seven categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, first book, translation, spoken word, and children's and young adult literature.

See the finalists and learn more about the gala. 👇

qwf.org/the-2025-qwf...

The 2025 QWF Literary Awards Finalists - Quebec Writers' Federation

The Quebec Writers’ Federation has announced the finalists for the 2025 QWF Literary Awards.

qwf.org

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 47m

Thanks!

Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 48m

Here's the website with the announcement and list of nominees in the (many) other categories. Don't think I posted it before.

qwf.org/the-2025-qwf...

Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 1h

"A Climate for Sufficiency" is a sobering update of the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle
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"A Climate for Sufficiency" is a sobering update of the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle

Six years ago, I thought we had a working model for dealing with the climate crisis. Reading the latest report from the Hot or Cool Institute, I am less hopeful.

open.substack.com

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 2h

It's more than a PR problem, though it could be seen as that, but a good first step would be to tell the people hyping AI that no one likes you and they don't want what you're selling.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2h

47% of Americans have little or no trust in the U.S. to effectively regulate the use of AI.
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

Chart showing:
Across 25 countries surveyed, a median of 55% of adults have at least some trust in their nation’s ability to regulate AI, while 32% do not.
About nine-in-ten adults in India (89%) trust their country to regulate AI – the highest share in the survey. This includes 71% who have a lot of trust.
About two-thirds or more in Indonesia, Israel, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and South Africa trust their nation to regulate AI.
Trust is lowest among Greeks: 22% trust their country to regulate AI.

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks.

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 4h

Someone liked my book at least....

Congrats to all the nominees. @officialqwf.bsky.social

List of nominees for QWF 2025 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, includes The Reeds...

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 23h

old enough to remember when these same people made a WHOLE HUGE THING about government censoring social media

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 23h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

trib.al

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 2d

I was just handed a 2006 Chateauneuf de Pape and this Thanksgiving just hit another dimension.

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 2d

Thanksgiving madness

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Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social · 22d

Many people feel overwhelmed with the number of potential climate solutions, and are not quite sure what to focus on.

@projectdrawdown.bsky.social has always been at helping people navigate the minefield.

Their new explorer is really cool, and helps to make things clearer: drawdown.org/explorer

Drawdown® Explorer

We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.

drawdown.org

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 5d

Print provides engagement and reach and loyalty and isn't noisy and doesn't live in an enshittified space. What's not to love?

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 5d

Next level enshittification

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/09/e...

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns AI models can be hacked: 'They learn how to kill someone'

"There's evidence that you can take models ... and you can hack them to remove their guardrails," ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt said.

www.cnbc.com

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 5d

what a story from the great folk at @bittersouth.bsky.social

bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...

The Heritage of American Terror — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 5d

Now that's a ball sack.

Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 5d

A new portrait of Monolophosaurus. The crest here is more voluminous than most reconstructions, exploring the idea that the underlying bone might have been anchoring a larger pneumatised casque.
#SciArt

A digital portrait of a large carnivorous dinosaur in a forest setting. The dinosaur has a large boney crest above its snout and eyes, and large folds of skin hanging around its neck and jaws. The dinosaur is mostly earthy brown, but with brighter blues and pinks around the eyes and throat.

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Pa Normandin @panormandin.bsky.social · 5d

Les données de septembre aux frontières le confirment: les Canadiens continuent à bouder massivement les États-Unis.

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 5d

No mention of use of the diplomatic term "dumb ass" in the headline....

'Not up for discussion': Brussels rejects US pressure on climate rules

In response to US demands to roll back the EU's environmental legislation, the European Commission defended its autonomous power to adopt laws.

www.euronews.com

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 5d

A food magazine without a single recipe is all vibes. Good vibes. New pod up. At the link below of we
Here we you listen to podcasts. A @magazeum.bsky.social production.

magazeum.co/content/name...

A New Recipe for Food Magazines* — Magazeum

A conversation with Famous for My Dinner Parties founders Sandra von Mayer-Myrtenhain, Yannic Moeken, and Junshen Wu.

magazeum.co

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 6d

These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

"Majorities say trump has used his office improperly; fewer say he has improved government, U.S. standing" (graphs via Pew Research)

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 6d

People are simple in the end.

Enjoying international cuisines makes people more tolerant, UK study finds

Frequent and varied eating found to reduce likelihood of perceiving immigrants as ‘cultural or economic threats’

www.theguardian.com

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 6d

Access Copyright began distribution of this year’s Payback payment to our creator affiliates today.

Payments through direct deposit have gone out. Cheque payments will be mailed once the labour disruption involving Canada Post workers is resolved.

www.accesscopyright.ca/creators/pay...

2025 Payback payment details

Access Copyright began distribution of this year’s Payback payment to our creator affiliates on October 9.

www.accesscopyright.ca

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 6d

If they didn't expect it, they are either stupid or lying.

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 7d

I sometimes believe there should be tests for people before they can fly. I just don't know what those tests would entail. And they would become politicized and racialized. But still.

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