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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 3h

All technologies need to go through their porn phase.

Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 3h

Giv’em what they really want.

Reuters @reuters.com · 8h

OpenAI to allow mature content on ChatGPT for adult verified users starting December reut.rs/3J8NTAi

OpenAI to allow mature content on ChatGPT for adult verified users starting December

OpenAI will allow mature content for ChatGPT users who verify their age on the platform starting in December, CEO Sam Altman said, after the chatbot was made restrictive for users in mental distress.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 4h

"People often ask me what journalism I trust. So today I’m handing out letter grades to some major players." —Mark Jacob. www.stopthepresses.news/p/im-handing...

I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media

The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F

www.stopthepresses.news

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 5h

Warning bells were ringing about these “investor class” condos for years. So here they are, waiting to be bailed out from their stupid leveraged gamble. vancouversun.com/business/rea...

Metro Vancouver's glut of empty condos: What's unsold and why?

No amount of incentives seems to be able to reverse the glut. How did we get here? And how bad could it get? Read more.

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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 5h

No amount of incentives* will get these condos sold.

*except giving up on a government bailout and just reducing the prices to the market's level.

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve been seeing reports by certain institutions that declare the US a “flawed democracy”. It’s actually not a democracy at all.

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 8h

You pay taxes so he can illegally weaponize that money against you and your community

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 9h

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms.

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15h

Netanyahu committed a genocide, Trump and Biden, Starmer and Trudeau, Macron and Merz - they're all complicit. Very few Western nations did not openly support a brutal and undeniable genocide here, and I still think that it signals the end of Western power on Earth for a long, long time.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15h

Israeli ceasefire means it will massacre the emaciated maimed shell of a body they left you in for entering your own home, then claim Israeli terrorists were feeling unsafe near your house while they were destroying what was left of your life and family.

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire, saying a group had approached its soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 2d

Explain to me why “conversion therapy” is banned in 28 countries and ABA is not, when they have the same creator (O. Ivar Lovaas) and utilize similar if not identical principles, techniques, and goals (forced assimilation).

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 2d

Autism $peaks is the largest and most popular Autism organization (among allistics), who continues to be 100% in support of ABA. They have lobbyists who push ABA as the “gold standard Autism treatment.” It utilizes same practices as “conversion therapy,” which is currently banned in 28 countries.

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 2d

ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) is the “gold standard” of “treatment” for Autism, and was created by the person as “Conversion therapy” (see Lovaas) with similar techniques and goals. It’s torture that continues to have widespread support and acceptance.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 16h

Harry Potter didn't, in the end, encourage people to read, it just encouraged them to read Harry Potter.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @www.thefinancenewsletter.com · 1d

Hiring is at the lowest level since 2009, when the U.S. economy was still in the middle of the financial crisis, per CNBC.

This is what an AI-era adjustment looks like.

Businesses are now rethinking how many jobs are really needed now that AI is cheaper than hiring actual people.

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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 1d

#FreePalestine

english.almayadeen.net/news/politic...

New report details extensive Israeli arson in Gaza after ceasefire

A new DropSite investigation reveals that Israeli forces conducted a large-scale arson campaign across Gaza City, torching homes and key infrastructure, including a major sewage plant, just hours afte...

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 1d

Vancouver doesn't deserve much but we can certainly do better than this

why was he suddenly talking about bitcoin right before the vote on the (recklessly irresponsible and unlawful) Zero means Zero motion

anyone...

The mayor, who is a chartered accountant and former investment banker, said that no matter what staff recommends in the report that he will ensure that more work will be done on crypto.

“if they miss the mark, if they come up with recommendations that are factually incorrect or based on the wrong data, i will be personally filing an amendment to correct those discrepancies, and then we'll vote on that as well, and then it will pass,“ he told the crowd.

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 1d

Does the data contain passenger count?

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 1d

The problem with BlueSky is that it seems to be uninteresting.

Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 1d

Getting high on his own supply.

Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 1d

The CEO said that he copied his investor's questions into Perplexity and asked the AI tool to answer it like he would.

Perplexity's CEO turns to AI for investor pitches instead of building decks

The CEO said that he copied his investor's questions into Perplexity and asked the AI tool to answer it like he would.

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 2d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNHRC_C...

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Chris Larsen @chrislarsen.bsky.social · 2d

Canada has the same problem with the NDP.

And yes, I blame this on the late Jack Layton. He moved the party to the right, and now it's worthless.

Eddy St Clair @eddystcclair.bsky.social · 2d

The Democratic Party hates progressives, and actively works and schemes to keep them from winning elections, and blocks them from leadership when they do. This is why they lose!

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 2d

ken sim accepting the endorsement of the Vancouver police union on October 5 2022

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Bloody Mary (mirror entity, not cocktail) @marygillis.bsky.social · 2d

The way everyone in a position of power in the government and at Canada Post refuses to entertain any of the proven methods that have saved other post offices and made them profitable is pathological.

How would they be behaving any differently if they were actively trying to make Canada Post fail?

Would you go to Canada Post for your mortgage? Why advocates think postal banking could be a lifeline for the Crown corp.

Amidst the labour dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, a debate concerning the future of post offices across the country has once again taken the stage: Should Canada ...

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 2d

I missed all this.

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 2d

Blue Jays’ playoff run inspires fans across Canada

Blue Jays fever has spread to parts of the country where enthusiasm for the team – and Toronto in general – isn’t always a given

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Also, using “thought police” to describe the *critics* of someone who literally launched her career by trying to police the thoughts of her pro-Palestinian professors at Columbia is AMAZING

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2d

I know it's basically just bait so whatever but if you use "thought police" unironically you should be forced to sit in a corner without your phone for a full hour

Sally Jenkins post with a link to whatever awful Atlantic piece about Bari Weiss reading "Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of
@theatlantic.com
is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. "

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 2d

Great wide ranging interview with economist and commentator Kathryn Anne Edwards. Much of the discussion can be applied to the Canadian context. Worthy of a listen.

youtube.com/watch?v=qSnO...

How Policy is Failing the American Workforce — ft. Kathryn Anne Edwards | Prof G Markets

YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

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