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Geoffrey Hinton vs. The End of the World
YouTube video by The Globe and Mail
youtu.be
Meant to watch this since it came out. It's an hour long, heavy, & sobering.
He left Google in 2023. One of the fathers of AI.
AI's not all bad. He has an interesting solution to avert disaster. But, capitalism. 😞
So even with people speaking up, & fighting back... 😢
youtu.be/OpB7IWd0l9Q
He left Google in 2023. One of the fathers of AI.
AI's not all bad. He has an interesting solution to avert disaster. But, capitalism. 😞
So even with people speaking up, & fighting back... 😢
youtu.be/OpB7IWd0l9Q
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30 years ago this week, the IPCC agreed on a historic finding: "The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate."
Benjamin Santer, a contributor to all six scientific assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, reflects on the anniversary.
Benjamin Santer, a contributor to all six scientific assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, reflects on the anniversary.
A climate scientist reflects on 30 years fighting the 'forces of unreason'
"Participating in the 1995 IPCC report had personal cost. But the anger is tempered by another emotion: gratitude."
thebulletin.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
30 years ago this week, the IPCC agreed on a historic finding: "The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate."
Benjamin Santer, a contributor to all six scientific assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, reflects on the anniversary.
Benjamin Santer, a contributor to all six scientific assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, reflects on the anniversary.
⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 30 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. openmedia.org/Competition4... @openmedia.org
Canada needs a monopoly buster!
⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 28 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. https://openmedia.org/Competition4Cana...
openmedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 30 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. openmedia.org/Competition4... @openmedia.org
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From Céline Dion to Drake, Canada has produced some music heavyweights. But between funding cuts, streaming loopholes, and pressure from the US, the future of Canadian music depends on how we show up now. Writer @touchofallright.bsky.social explores: thewalrus.ca/amid-buy-canadia...
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
From Céline Dion to Drake, Canada has produced some music heavyweights. But between funding cuts, streaming loopholes, and pressure from the US, the future of Canadian music depends on how we show up now. Writer @touchofallright.bsky.social explores: thewalrus.ca/amid-buy-canadia...
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Can we fire our transportation engineers? Asking for a city full of people justifiably concerned about kids’ safety.
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Can we fire our transportation engineers? Asking for a city full of people justifiably concerned about kids’ safety.
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“39 per cent of people they spoke to said the only reason they were experiencing homelessness was that they couldn’t afford a place to live.”
A great interview with Michael Kabalen, the executive director of the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia (AHANS).
A great interview with Michael Kabalen, the executive director of the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia (AHANS).
“The key message here is we know that people don’t disappear when the encampments are de-designated."
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Over 900 people are living in shelters in Halifax, 197 are unsheltered: point-in-time count
Deep dive into homelessness in Halifax shows sharp increases and some progress
www.saltwire.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“39 per cent of people they spoke to said the only reason they were experiencing homelessness was that they couldn’t afford a place to live.”
A great interview with Michael Kabalen, the executive director of the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia (AHANS).
A great interview with Michael Kabalen, the executive director of the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia (AHANS).
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"We" know no such thing.
“The key message here is we know that people don’t disappear when the encampments are de-designated."
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Over 900 people are living in shelters in Halifax, 197 are unsheltered: point-in-time count
Deep dive into homelessness in Halifax shows sharp increases and some progress
www.saltwire.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"We" know no such thing.
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More on that French smear campaign I was telling you about 👇
A false narrative is being pushed about GrapheneOS claiming we're ending operations in France due to the actions of 2 newspapers. That's completely wrong. If both newspapers and the overall French media had taken our side instead of extreme bias against us, we'd still be leaving.
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
More on that French smear campaign I was telling you about 👇
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“The organized white nationalist movement in Canada is the biggest it's been in modern history. A big part of that is Second Sons Canada, the Dominion Society, Diagolon, the Active Club movement.”
Growing white nationalist group behind broad daylight demonstration in London on Sunday | CBC News
An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.'s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“The organized white nationalist movement in Canada is the biggest it's been in modern history. A big part of that is Second Sons Canada, the Dominion Society, Diagolon, the Active Club movement.”
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We could live in a country where we reduce our energy bills, clean our air and water, revitalize our communities, take back our energy sovereignty, and create thousands of good-paying union jobs in the process.
The secret? Public ownership.
The secret? Public ownership.
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We could live in a country where we reduce our energy bills, clean our air and water, revitalize our communities, take back our energy sovereignty, and create thousands of good-paying union jobs in the process.
The secret? Public ownership.
The secret? Public ownership.
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Republicans have a million ideas regarding health care. Except one.
They will never acknowledge that health care is a human right — to be guaranteed to ALL.
They will never acknowledge that health care is a human right — to be guaranteed to ALL.
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Republicans have a million ideas regarding health care. Except one.
They will never acknowledge that health care is a human right — to be guaranteed to ALL.
They will never acknowledge that health care is a human right — to be guaranteed to ALL.
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The Trump administration's pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures. www.wired.com/story/europe...
Europe Is Bending the Knee to the US on Tech Policy
The Trump administration's pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Trump administration's pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures. www.wired.com/story/europe...
Indeed. Now that I'm back into Linux, I can breathe new life into my and others' old laptop and desktops too.
I already use my old phones as music phones (and emergency backup/tiny tablet on wifi).
I already use my old phones as music phones (and emergency backup/tiny tablet on wifi).
If the economy relies on us re-purchasing durable goods every two years, the economy is broken.
It didn't have to be this way.
We didn't have to let investors do this to us.
It didn't have to be this way.
We didn't have to let investors do this to us.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Indeed. Now that I'm back into Linux, I can breathe new life into my and others' old laptop and desktops too.
I already use my old phones as music phones (and emergency backup/tiny tablet on wifi).
I already use my old phones as music phones (and emergency backup/tiny tablet on wifi).
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If the economy relies on us re-purchasing durable goods every two years, the economy is broken.
It didn't have to be this way.
We didn't have to let investors do this to us.
It didn't have to be this way.
We didn't have to let investors do this to us.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If the economy relies on us re-purchasing durable goods every two years, the economy is broken.
It didn't have to be this way.
We didn't have to let investors do this to us.
It didn't have to be this way.
We didn't have to let investors do this to us.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Canadians don’t need more platitudes or private market incentives, they need real solutions.
We can't rely on the market to fix what it broke. We need a massive, wartime-level investment in affordable public housing.
Housing is a human right. Let's start acting like it.
We can't rely on the market to fix what it broke. We need a massive, wartime-level investment in affordable public housing.
Housing is a human right. Let's start acting like it.
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Canadians don’t need more platitudes or private market incentives, they need real solutions.
We can't rely on the market to fix what it broke. We need a massive, wartime-level investment in affordable public housing.
Housing is a human right. Let's start acting like it.
We can't rely on the market to fix what it broke. We need a massive, wartime-level investment in affordable public housing.
Housing is a human right. Let's start acting like it.
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Today is National Housing Day. I write this from Vancouver, one of Canada’s wealthiest cities, and where homelessness reached an all-time high this year.
It wasn’t always this way. Canada has a massive deficit of affordable public housing, ever since Liberal governments slashed funding in the 90s.
It wasn’t always this way. Canada has a massive deficit of affordable public housing, ever since Liberal governments slashed funding in the 90s.
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Today is National Housing Day. I write this from Vancouver, one of Canada’s wealthiest cities, and where homelessness reached an all-time high this year.
It wasn’t always this way. Canada has a massive deficit of affordable public housing, ever since Liberal governments slashed funding in the 90s.
It wasn’t always this way. Canada has a massive deficit of affordable public housing, ever since Liberal governments slashed funding in the 90s.
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There need to be social consequences for enacting anti-evidence policies that kill kids.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
There need to be social consequences for enacting anti-evidence policies that kill kids.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
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In a country the size of Canada, we need a public option for cell phone service.
It can be a matter of life and death.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
It can be a matter of life and death.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Why Canada’s roadways are studded with cell phone ‘dead zones’
Ottawa has not adequately pushed cellphone companies to increase coverage, experts say, preventing people in emergencies from receiving help
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In a country the size of Canada, we need a public option for cell phone service.
It can be a matter of life and death.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
It can be a matter of life and death.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Immigration is frequently scapegoated for problems actually caused by oligarchs' greed and the numbers show it. We need to keep focused on the singular truth: billionaires are the reason food and shelter are unaffordable in Canada and beyond.
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Immigration is frequently scapegoated for problems actually caused by oligarchs' greed and the numbers show it. We need to keep focused on the singular truth: billionaires are the reason food and shelter are unaffordable in Canada and beyond.
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this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
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cannot shake the feeling that if you showed me this pic one year ago today, i'd walk into the sea
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
cannot shake the feeling that if you showed me this pic one year ago today, i'd walk into the sea
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The CAQ government is moving to allow Quebecers to purchase alcohol from other provinces and have it delivered to their doors by the middle of next year.
Quebec hoping to tear down provincial trade walls for alcohol by May
The CAQ government is moving to allow Quebecers to purchase alcohol from other provinces and have it delivered to their doors by the middle of next year.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The CAQ government is moving to allow Quebecers to purchase alcohol from other provinces and have it delivered to their doors by the middle of next year.
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Whoa she said it 🤯 good for her #OntarioNDP #FordIsCorrupt
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Whoa she said it 🤯 good for her #OntarioNDP #FordIsCorrupt
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This is beyond horrific.
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is beyond horrific.
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...