Dr Chris McKillop
@chrismckillop.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Human. Cat lover. Nature lover. Responsible & ethical AI. Yes, I have a degree in AI. Lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 🇨🇦
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It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year.
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
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merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year.
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
Tis the season for mice to move into your house and wake you up at 2am. Little cute furry bastards.
a hamster is standing on its hind legs and looking at the camera .
Alt: A mouse staring at you and waving. Caption is - hello there.
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Tis the season for mice to move into your house and wake you up at 2am. Little cute furry bastards.
The damage was caused by removing the eyes. They shouldn’t have removed them.
I'm sorry but she made the sculpture 100% better
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Australian teen charged with sticking googly eyes on artwork
A local council said the repairs to the bright blue sculpture would be 'significant'.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The damage was caused by removing the eyes. They shouldn’t have removed them.
The tech bros just want data for their models. Us humans are expendable.
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The tech bros just want data for their models. Us humans are expendable.
Oh FFS - not again 🤦♀️
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oh FFS - not again 🤦♀️
Opinionated prick who stalks people and films them without consent for his own gratification.
Surveillance culture makes literally everything worse.
The ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette
He films people breaking his self-created ‘laws’ of street decorum and posts the videos online – with many viewers expressing their gratitude. So watch out if you’re rushing along on your phone or whe...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Opinionated prick who stalks people and films them without consent for his own gratification.
There are many other drinks out there. Time to boycott all AI slop companies.
Coca-Cola's annual Christmas commercial is AI-generated again
The company used even fewer people to make it this year
“We need to keep moving forward and pushing the envelope … The genie is out of the bottle, and you’re not going to put it back in"
(via THR)
The company used even fewer people to make it this year
“We need to keep moving forward and pushing the envelope … The genie is out of the bottle, and you’re not going to put it back in"
(via THR)
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
There are many other drinks out there. Time to boycott all AI slop companies.
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I hadn’t considered this particular flavor of AI hell and now I’m mad all over again
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I hadn’t considered this particular flavor of AI hell and now I’m mad all over again
This witch awaits the snotty-nosed little children who dare to come to her coven wanting sweeties.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This witch awaits the snotty-nosed little children who dare to come to her coven wanting sweeties.
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One of the best malapropisms I have ever heard was a reference to a "data suppository" instead of "data repository".
"Hey David could you check out the code?"
"Sure, let me fetch some latex gloves."
"Hey David could you check out the code?"
"Sure, let me fetch some latex gloves."
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
One of the best malapropisms I have ever heard was a reference to a "data suppository" instead of "data repository".
"Hey David could you check out the code?"
"Sure, let me fetch some latex gloves."
"Hey David could you check out the code?"
"Sure, let me fetch some latex gloves."
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Because of its history in aviation pioneering, Gander airport was given the honour to have its name assigned to a 39 Km crater on Mars by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) . View of crater on Mars by NASA
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Because of its history in aviation pioneering, Gander airport was given the honour to have its name assigned to a 39 Km crater on Mars by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) . View of crater on Mars by NASA
Yup - that’s exactly how I feel.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Yup - that’s exactly how I feel.
Goodbye internet.
Google AI doing terribly here. It appears to claim the osprey is actually a wader, because it eats fish. Not a raptor at all. For some reason the kestrel is too. The nuthatch is also wrong.
Ospreys with a long pointed beak. lol. 🤣
Ospreys with a long pointed beak. lol. 🤣
October 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Goodbye internet.
A very sad article.
This sounds like a Black Mirror episode I have already seen: people.com/alan-hamel-s...
Alan Hamel Creates AI Clone of Late Wife Suzanne Somers 2 Years After Her Death: 'You Can't Tell the Difference' (Exclusive)
Alan Hamel and Suzanne Somers enjoyed 55 years together before the actress' death at 76 in 2023. Hamel, 89, tells PEOPLE working hard on several projects that will keep Somers' legacy alive, including...
people.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A very sad article.
The pterodactyl returns to Nova Scotia after a very long absence.
October 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The pterodactyl returns to Nova Scotia after a very long absence.
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Silicon Valley startup admits its balloon may have struck United jet, forcing emergency landing www.sfchronicle.com/travel/artic...
Silicon Valley startup admits its balloon may have struck United jet, forcing emergency landing
A Silicon Valley company says one of its “smart” weather balloons may have struck a United Airlines flight, cracking the cockpit windshield and injuring a pilot.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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This woman is in a nursing program & the entire textbook for her anatomy class is wrong because it was written by a professor who used chatgpt to generate the images & possibly the text. She complained to the prof, then the university— they’ve done NOTHING about it.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5T3CxW/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5T3CxW/
PROFESSORS RESPONSE @lia #anatomy #ai #fyp #chatgpt #anatomyandphysiology
TikTok video by lia
www.tiktok.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Proposal: instead of giving ChatGPT tens of billions of dollars to fail to create artificial intelligence, give me, an Actual Intelligence, a mere $10 million and I will gladly do a spreadsheet wrong for you from time to time for a modest fee.
October 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Proposal: instead of giving ChatGPT tens of billions of dollars to fail to create artificial intelligence, give me, an Actual Intelligence, a mere $10 million and I will gladly do a spreadsheet wrong for you from time to time for a modest fee.
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Historians are gonna have such a weird time talking about this moment in history
October 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Historians are gonna have such a weird time talking about this moment in history
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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California to make and sell its own low cost insulin…a 5 pack will cost around $55
No one should have to ration meds
No one should fear financial ruin because they need meds
When Frederick Banting sold the patent for insulin, he made it $1
A Canadian, he said life saving meds were for everyone
No one should have to ration meds
No one should fear financial ruin because they need meds
When Frederick Banting sold the patent for insulin, he made it $1
A Canadian, he said life saving meds were for everyone
In shot across Big Pharma's bow, California will sell its own insulin
Delivery of the state-branded drug makes good on a longstanding promise by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.politico.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
California to make and sell its own low cost insulin…a 5 pack will cost around $55
No one should have to ration meds
No one should fear financial ruin because they need meds
When Frederick Banting sold the patent for insulin, he made it $1
A Canadian, he said life saving meds were for everyone
No one should have to ration meds
No one should fear financial ruin because they need meds
When Frederick Banting sold the patent for insulin, he made it $1
A Canadian, he said life saving meds were for everyone
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All set. Presenting 𝘌𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘙𝘛.
Enjoy, #Metrolinx.
#EglintonCrosstown #Halloween #Toronto #TOpoli #ONpoli @tabathasouthey.bsky.social
Enjoy, #Metrolinx.
#EglintonCrosstown #Halloween #Toronto #TOpoli #ONpoli @tabathasouthey.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
All set. Presenting 𝘌𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘙𝘛.
Enjoy, #Metrolinx.
#EglintonCrosstown #Halloween #Toronto #TOpoli #ONpoli @tabathasouthey.bsky.social
Enjoy, #Metrolinx.
#EglintonCrosstown #Halloween #Toronto #TOpoli #ONpoli @tabathasouthey.bsky.social
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894) Krakenbot. An enormous Octobot variant that loves to give passing ships a friendly cuddle. #SmallRobotsRemonstered #Halloween
October 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
894) Krakenbot. An enormous Octobot variant that loves to give passing ships a friendly cuddle. #SmallRobotsRemonstered #Halloween