DCapTO
@dcapto.bsky.social
Mostly posting the breakdown of society, public health & the planet; some art, culture, nature, science. Since Sept 2023. Toronto/Tkaronto, Turtle Island
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DCapTO
@dcapto.bsky.social
· Apr 26
If you don’t add Alt Text to your images and I want to repost your post because it’s that good, imma just steal it and post it myself, probably with no credit and definitely with no shame. YOINK!
Same! ✊😷
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Same! ✊😷
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nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.
“…it's not making much money from its AI products. That's because no one is buying them, and that is because very few people actually find them useful…
AI agents failed to complete tasks up to 70% of the time, making them almost entirely redundant as a workforce replacement tool.”
AI agents failed to complete tasks up to 70% of the time, making them almost entirely redundant as a workforce replacement tool.”
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“…it's not making much money from its AI products. That's because no one is buying them, and that is because very few people actually find them useful…
AI agents failed to complete tasks up to 70% of the time, making them almost entirely redundant as a workforce replacement tool.”
AI agents failed to complete tasks up to 70% of the time, making them almost entirely redundant as a workforce replacement tool.”
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What if it's 100%? And the LC rate is merely the damage getting great enough to acknowledge?
And each successive infection accelerating the damage?
Would people mask then? IDK, we have normalized a lot of death/disability.
And each successive infection accelerating the damage?
Would people mask then? IDK, we have normalized a lot of death/disability.
December 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
What if it's 100%? And the LC rate is merely the damage getting great enough to acknowledge?
And each successive infection accelerating the damage?
Would people mask then? IDK, we have normalized a lot of death/disability.
And each successive infection accelerating the damage?
Would people mask then? IDK, we have normalized a lot of death/disability.
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Funny you should say that…
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
Every Covid infection causes damage, you just can’t feel it yet. One day, you do feel ill and may hear your doctor say you have diabetes, or liver damage, or cancer…
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
Every Covid infection causes damage, you just can’t feel it yet. One day, you do feel ill and may hear your doctor say you have diabetes, or liver damage, or cancer…
Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio
Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Funny you should say that…
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
Every Covid infection causes damage, you just can’t feel it yet. One day, you do feel ill and may hear your doctor say you have diabetes, or liver damage, or cancer…
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
Every Covid infection causes damage, you just can’t feel it yet. One day, you do feel ill and may hear your doctor say you have diabetes, or liver damage, or cancer…
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If AI is allowed to continue, not only will we de-skill ourselves but also an entire gen or two will never learn these skills themselves. And it won't take that long. The US gov and their fave tech billionaires want us all to be like these guys, dependent on them to drive a car and write a sentence.
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If AI is allowed to continue, not only will we de-skill ourselves but also an entire gen or two will never learn these skills themselves. And it won't take that long. The US gov and their fave tech billionaires want us all to be like these guys, dependent on them to drive a car and write a sentence.
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well, that is enough weekend for a lifetime.
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
well, that is enough weekend for a lifetime.
More evidence that Long Covid rates keep rising bc we’re doing nothing to stop spread:
36% globally
51% in South America 😱
Is wearing a mask really worse than disability to you? At least mask in hospitals, on public transit, trains & airports, it’s respiratory season! Let’s not get to 50% in 2026 😷
36% globally
51% in South America 😱
Is wearing a mask really worse than disability to you? At least mask in hospitals, on public transit, trains & airports, it’s respiratory season! Let’s not get to 50% in 2026 😷
December 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
More evidence that Long Covid rates keep rising bc we’re doing nothing to stop spread:
36% globally
51% in South America 😱
Is wearing a mask really worse than disability to you? At least mask in hospitals, on public transit, trains & airports, it’s respiratory season! Let’s not get to 50% in 2026 😷
36% globally
51% in South America 😱
Is wearing a mask really worse than disability to you? At least mask in hospitals, on public transit, trains & airports, it’s respiratory season! Let’s not get to 50% in 2026 😷
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It’s the first night of Hanukkah and the world seems like a very dark place. But we can bring light to the darkness. We can fight for each other and make goodness, love, and community shine through.
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
December 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It’s the first night of Hanukkah and the world seems like a very dark place. But we can bring light to the darkness. We can fight for each other and make goodness, love, and community shine through.
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
I’m not Jewish, the lighting of the menorah is not a custom in my home, but with all the heaviness of recent tragic events on top of all the awfulness of the last few dark years, it’s been beautiful seeing all the photos through my little window today from all of you bringing light into the world 💙🕯️
Chag sameach, y'all, from our lovely interfaith family to yours. The light matters now more than ever.
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I’m not Jewish, the lighting of the menorah is not a custom in my home, but with all the heaviness of recent tragic events on top of all the awfulness of the last few dark years, it’s been beautiful seeing all the photos through my little window today from all of you bringing light into the world 💙🕯️
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The top directors of the 80s were Meathead, Laverne, and Opie.
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The top directors of the 80s were Meathead, Laverne, and Opie.
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PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
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A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
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Since every other flu is airborne and can be borne by the wind, and we have data on this going back a century, do you think we might stop treating it as some kind of novel hypothesis and start treating it like what it is: a fact?
More than a few experts & publications reporting H5N1 Bird Flu is airborne and can spread by wind. CDC has also been warning farmers H5N1 is airborne for at least a year & to use PPE. This virus will keep spreading & evolving as the US refuses to vaccinate livestock. Might already be transmitted H2H
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Since every other flu is airborne and can be borne by the wind, and we have data on this going back a century, do you think we might stop treating it as some kind of novel hypothesis and start treating it like what it is: a fact?
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This makes me feel better about my serviceable photography and digital editing skills. My birds are still the birds they are & the pictures look the way they do because I can't/won't make them any different/"better"
December 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This makes me feel better about my serviceable photography and digital editing skills. My birds are still the birds they are & the pictures look the way they do because I can't/won't make them any different/"better"
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December 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Popping in to say I'm still here & that insurance denied my claim for the hospital admission during my 3rd revision spinal fusion this past Oct. Needed private room to reduce risk of covid/infection as I have respiratory failure. Would appreciate any help recovering costs. www.paypal.me/brainfrog95
December 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Popping in to say I'm still here & that insurance denied my claim for the hospital admission during my 3rd revision spinal fusion this past Oct. Needed private room to reduce risk of covid/infection as I have respiratory failure. Would appreciate any help recovering costs. www.paypal.me/brainfrog95
“Wired reports that the Sam Altman-led company is becoming more “guarded” about publishing research that paints an inconvenient truth: that AI could be bad for the economy.” 👀
“…at least two OpenAI employees working on its economic research team have quit the company” because of this censorship.
“…at least two OpenAI employees working on its economic research team have quit the company” because of this censorship.
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
“Wired reports that the Sam Altman-led company is becoming more “guarded” about publishing research that paints an inconvenient truth: that AI could be bad for the economy.” 👀
“…at least two OpenAI employees working on its economic research team have quit the company” because of this censorship.
“…at least two OpenAI employees working on its economic research team have quit the company” because of this censorship.
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This giant pinecone belongs to the coulter pine! It can be found in California & Mexico. Nicknamed “the widowmaker,” it produces some of the world's largest pinecones—which can weigh ~11 lbs (5 kg) & plummet to the ground with deadly force!
Photo: damontighe, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
Photo: damontighe, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
December 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This giant pinecone belongs to the coulter pine! It can be found in California & Mexico. Nicknamed “the widowmaker,” it produces some of the world's largest pinecones—which can weigh ~11 lbs (5 kg) & plummet to the ground with deadly force!
Photo: damontighe, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
Photo: damontighe, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
More than a few experts & publications reporting H5N1 Bird Flu is airborne and can spread by wind. CDC has also been warning farmers H5N1 is airborne for at least a year & to use PPE. This virus will keep spreading & evolving as the US refuses to vaccinate livestock. Might already be transmitted H2H
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
More than a few experts & publications reporting H5N1 Bird Flu is airborne and can spread by wind. CDC has also been warning farmers H5N1 is airborne for at least a year & to use PPE. This virus will keep spreading & evolving as the US refuses to vaccinate livestock. Might already be transmitted H2H
Heads up, parents of kids with ADHD and adults taking the med Biphentin. Drinking Red Bull should be avoided. Caffeine too, probably. 😥
This is horrifying as a parent #Quebec 💔
Teen’s death tied to ADHD drug and energy drink combination has family, coroner raising alarms
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Teen’s death tied to ADHD drug and energy drink combination has family, coroner raising alarms
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Teen’s death tied to ADHD drug and energy drink combination has family, coroner raising alarms
Quebec’s order of pharmacists has called the death of Zachary Miron “avoidable.” The 15-year-old from Blainville, Que., died of a cardiac arrhythmia during a ski trip after consuming an energy drink w...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Heads up, parents of kids with ADHD and adults taking the med Biphentin. Drinking Red Bull should be avoided. Caffeine too, probably. 😥
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Anyway, the principal at my kids new school is now going on medical leave....
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Anyway, the principal at my kids new school is now going on medical leave....
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The CDC is compromised and is advocating against evidence-based public health.
This is a pro-death and pro-disease recommendation.
This is a pro-death and pro-disease recommendation.
This regressive move will literally kill people. It's making kids' liver cancer great again. And it's a sign of more harm to come.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The CDC is compromised and is advocating against evidence-based public health.
This is a pro-death and pro-disease recommendation.
This is a pro-death and pro-disease recommendation.