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@ianmosby.bsky.social
Settler historian of food, health and colonialism | hapless area man | amateur squirrel theorist | against fascism | sometimes make music: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/thrums/vast-spaces-without-reprieve
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As part of my effort to make art and get off the internet, I recorded a new album of weirdo experimental ambient folk music. This one inspired by the sound of degrading cassette loops, thrift store guitars, and the work of artists like Grouper, Jim O'Rourke, Florist, Hana Stretton and Claire Rousay.
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literally always. I know you know you’d able to tell. no you wouldn’t.
Reminder that if anyone is setting you up online to do some crime, THAT PERSON IS A COP.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
literally always. I know you know you’d able to tell. no you wouldn’t.
NOT A METAPHOR
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
NOT A METAPHOR
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the OneBC staffers are letting it all hang out on the fun site
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
the OneBC staffers are letting it all hang out on the fun site
Actual paragraph written by a guy who conducted a decade of medical experiments on Indigenous peoples without their knowledge or consent. (Or, why my research makes me sad and angry all the time.)
December 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Actual paragraph written by a guy who conducted a decade of medical experiments on Indigenous peoples without their knowledge or consent. (Or, why my research makes me sad and angry all the time.)
[opens the unending grief and horror feed]
Well, fuck.
Well, fuck.
December 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
[opens the unending grief and horror feed]
Well, fuck.
Well, fuck.
Yeah, nope, fuck this guy.
Noam Chomsky’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein display none of the fawning chatter found from, say, Larry Summers. And he does not appear to have been co-opted by whatever access Epstein provided.
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yeah, nope, fuck this guy.
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In these cases, AI is being used to solder together the libertarian goal of dismantling administrative capacity with the fascist goal of ever present control and enforcement. This mediating function between contrasting desires is at least as important whether it actually works.
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In these cases, AI is being used to solder together the libertarian goal of dismantling administrative capacity with the fascist goal of ever present control and enforcement. This mediating function between contrasting desires is at least as important whether it actually works.
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This is embarrassing for everyone involved
New: When the Washington Post ran tests on its AI personalized podcasts, the paper found that between 68% and 84% (!!) of the pods had potential issues.
Still, the paper decided to release the product anyway, saying it would “iterate through the remaining issues”
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
Still, the paper decided to release the product anyway, saying it would “iterate through the remaining issues”
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is embarrassing for everyone involved
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Bob Dylan meets the drum machine circa 1985 (via Mike Campbell’s recent memoir)
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Bob Dylan meets the drum machine circa 1985 (via Mike Campbell’s recent memoir)
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Timely article by İlkay Yılmazon on the 'securitization' paths that lead to genocides. It's focused on the Armenian genocides under Ottoman rule but has broader relevance: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Timely article by İlkay Yılmazon on the 'securitization' paths that lead to genocides. It's focused on the Armenian genocides under Ottoman rule but has broader relevance: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
Went to a new East End bakery for the first time and they were charging $13+ for a loaf of bread. What are we even doing here, folks?
December 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Went to a new East End bakery for the first time and they were charging $13+ for a loaf of bread. What are we even doing here, folks?
BC politics BCing so hard right now.
December 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
BC politics BCing so hard right now.
Re-watching the movie Heat for the first time since the 90s and the final gunfight between two sad men who've failed at love is definitely the highlight. (Overall, didn't love it.)
December 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Re-watching the movie Heat for the first time since the 90s and the final gunfight between two sad men who've failed at love is definitely the highlight. (Overall, didn't love it.)
The internet was not wrong: Disco Elysium is unbelievably good.
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The internet was not wrong: Disco Elysium is unbelievably good.
Also on sale is one of my favourite books I read this year. Nomeansno: From Obscurity to Oblivion—An Oral History. A pretty much perfect book about one of the best punk bands of all time.
December 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Also on sale is one of my favourite books I read this year. Nomeansno: From Obscurity to Oblivion—An Oral History. A pretty much perfect book about one of the best punk bands of all time.
A magazine that no longer exists and is now just a clickbait website names a bunch of assholes person of the year: there are few things that matter less.
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A magazine that no longer exists and is now just a clickbait website names a bunch of assholes person of the year: there are few things that matter less.
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in case anyone was wondering wtf happened to @thelouvreof.bsky.social/Louvre of Bluesky: the creator got doxxed, bsky did nothing, and they decided to go out in a blaze of glory
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
in case anyone was wondering wtf happened to @thelouvreof.bsky.social/Louvre of Bluesky: the creator got doxxed, bsky did nothing, and they decided to go out in a blaze of glory
Part of the political project of genAI is to undermine knowledge and expertise until it is meaningless. And this is not theoretical. Actually existing AI is doing precisely this.
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
The 877-page study was introduced into the legislature on Tuesday
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Part of the political project of genAI is to undermine knowledge and expertise until it is meaningless. And this is not theoretical. Actually existing AI is doing precisely this.
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Nightmare fucking timeline.
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Nightmare fucking timeline.
Got a visa to visit China in 2019 and it was 1000% less invasive than this.
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Got a visa to visit China in 2019 and it was 1000% less invasive than this.
Brunson shaping up to have an 80 point game ffs
December 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Brunson shaping up to have an 80 point game ffs
Watched the last four Raptors games and am... not feeling great about their chances right now.
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Watched the last four Raptors games and am... not feeling great about their chances right now.
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The post even acknowledges that Microsoft cannot fully guarantee continuity of service if they are ordered by another country to suspend or halt operations in Canada
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The post even acknowledges that Microsoft cannot fully guarantee continuity of service if they are ordered by another country to suspend or halt operations in Canada