@lexomatic.bsky.social
High and counter culture. Former public servant, translator, videographer, musician, editor, and intern everywhere I can make myself redundant by fixing systemic problems. TTRPG & audio drama He / Him
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Hiding from questions on Skills Development Fund scandals, development approvals given to Ford's wedding guests, slow or still unopened LRTs, pending Circular Materials recycling screwups, ongoing OSC relocation (for political reasons only), and ongoing consequences of underfunding EDU & Healthcare.
It's a good thing provinces don't have any responsibilities in Canada's system of government.
December 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hiding from questions on Skills Development Fund scandals, development approvals given to Ford's wedding guests, slow or still unopened LRTs, pending Circular Materials recycling screwups, ongoing OSC relocation (for political reasons only), and ongoing consequences of underfunding EDU & Healthcare.
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Holy CRAP.
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Holy CRAP.
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
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My surgery is in about 6 weeks and I've updated the goal. It will all go towards my surgery and post surgery care. Any help is appreciated! Thank you for the support so far!! I greatly appreciate it!
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December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My surgery is in about 6 weeks and I've updated the goal. It will all go towards my surgery and post surgery care. Any help is appreciated! Thank you for the support so far!! I greatly appreciate it!
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I have been trying to raise awareness about the recent cuts to pandemic preparedness by provincial institutions in BC for the past 1½ months. Most of the cuts were not announced to the public beforehand and media coverage has been scant. 1/?
![[Text on an yellow octagon meant to look like the output of an overhead projector.]
The silent erosion of COVID-19 awareness & management in B.C.:
A TIMELINE
[A timeline of the year 2025 and the January of 2026. Numbered diamonds are placed on the timeline to mark the events below.]
1. April 16: Amount & timeliness of SARS-CoV-2 sample data uploaded to GISAID, an online repository, deteriorate.
2. May: The end of RAT Kit Distribution Program is announced in a professional newsletter. This provided free RAT kits to pharmacies.
3. May 31: RAT kits orders from this day onwards would not be reimbursed.
4. June: The BCCDC page dedicated to how COVID-19 spreads is removed.
5. September 1: Under the BC medical services plan, less than 20 people will be allowed in an online group medical visit. An unknown number of bed- & house-bound people will lose telehealth access to the BC-CLMF, a long COVID & ME/CFS clinic. Implementation delayed until January.
6. September 15: Vancouver Sun publishes a sponsored article, suggesting the program responsible for generating SARS-CoV-2 data from wastewater samples would be expanded & describes the then-current state of the program.
7. September 18: The wastewater surveillance program is cut: 8 of 12 wastewater treatment plants will no longer be monitored, and 1 sample will be taken per week instead of 3.
8. October 14: The year's vaccination campaign begins to widespread shortages.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dy4l7kqcar73iaezbjxzwiui/bafkreibyc7hcwrwtwlid453tk3fv523vx3cziv4g5qksvdrks6b3ymxo2a@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I have been trying to raise awareness about the recent cuts to pandemic preparedness by provincial institutions in BC for the past 1½ months. Most of the cuts were not announced to the public beforehand and media coverage has been scant. 1/?
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I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
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Promote people of colour and women in this space, whistleblowers and survivors of these clowns.
Read more on actual critical concepts here:
bsky.app/profile/oliv...
Read more on actual critical concepts here:
bsky.app/profile/oliv...
CAIL = prerequisite knowledge for a critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims. For example, the idea that human-like systems are a sensible or possible goal is the result of circular reasoning and anthropomorphism. olivia.science/ai
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November 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Promote people of colour and women in this space, whistleblowers and survivors of these clowns.
Read more on actual critical concepts here:
bsky.app/profile/oliv...
Read more on actual critical concepts here:
bsky.app/profile/oliv...
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Universities: investing millions so students ”develop literacy in the language of AI”
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
December 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Universities: investing millions so students ”develop literacy in the language of AI”
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
Meanwhile at University of Toronto... uncritical thought
magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ide...
magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ide...
December 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Meanwhile at University of Toronto... uncritical thought
magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ide...
magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ide...
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FFS. It's 2025. Covid is airborne. Increase the cleaning of the AIR and require masks.
#CovidIsntOver
#CovidIsAirborne
#CovidIsntOver
#CovidIsAirborne
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
FFS. It's 2025. Covid is airborne. Increase the cleaning of the AIR and require masks.
#CovidIsntOver
#CovidIsAirborne
#CovidIsntOver
#CovidIsAirborne
I think it was a missed opportunity to not have Kate McKinnon reference JG Thirlwell covering Ghost Rider with Soft Cell in the 80s either with a musician host, or cast member as part of a skit.
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I think it was a missed opportunity to not have Kate McKinnon reference JG Thirlwell covering Ghost Rider with Soft Cell in the 80s either with a musician host, or cast member as part of a skit.
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It costs 0$ to share a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.
Get 10% off using code BIBIPINSSALEWEEK on almost everything in my store!! Ends Dec 5th at 11:59PM MST. I rarely have sales.
These bags can be worn in many ways!
Store: Bibipins.com
Get 10% off using code BIBIPINSSALEWEEK on almost everything in my store!! Ends Dec 5th at 11:59PM MST. I rarely have sales.
These bags can be worn in many ways!
Store: Bibipins.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It costs 0$ to share a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.
Get 10% off using code BIBIPINSSALEWEEK on almost everything in my store!! Ends Dec 5th at 11:59PM MST. I rarely have sales.
These bags can be worn in many ways!
Store: Bibipins.com
Get 10% off using code BIBIPINSSALEWEEK on almost everything in my store!! Ends Dec 5th at 11:59PM MST. I rarely have sales.
These bags can be worn in many ways!
Store: Bibipins.com
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Highly recommend this cheerful book about a walk in an enchanted forest. There’s even a unicorn!
INCIDENTALLY you should know THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is currently ranked #700 for 'Mystery and Thriller' at Libro and I *know* we can get that up to 666
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Highly recommend this cheerful book about a walk in an enchanted forest. There’s even a unicorn!
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Shoving the Military Industrial Complex into the same form as Fracking is a potent metaphor for the current society we're stuck with.
Palmer Luckey Wants to Take War Beneath the Earth's Crust https://gizmodo.com/palmer-luckey-wants-to-take-war-beneath-the-earths-crust-2000695764
Palmer Luckey Wants to Take War Beneath the Earth's Crust
"People think it's some kind of crazy, crazy, nutty thing," said Luckey.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Shoving the Military Industrial Complex into the same form as Fracking is a potent metaphor for the current society we're stuck with.
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Everytime I advertise a product being accessible to disabled people. I lose sales because able-bodied people feel like it isn't for them as well.
My products are for anyone that likes or wants them. You don't need to view yourself as disabled to want them too.
My products are for anyone that likes or wants them. You don't need to view yourself as disabled to want them too.
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Everytime I advertise a product being accessible to disabled people. I lose sales because able-bodied people feel like it isn't for them as well.
My products are for anyone that likes or wants them. You don't need to view yourself as disabled to want them too.
My products are for anyone that likes or wants them. You don't need to view yourself as disabled to want them too.
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From a dead link on their 2023 election platform page.
Public Health Care Guarantee - United Conservative Party of Alberta
Danielle Smith, and the United Conservative Party announced the Public Health Guarantee: a commitment to Albertans that the UCP is fully dedicated to Alberta’s publicly-funded health care system. A UC...
unitedconservative.ca
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
From a dead link on their 2023 election platform page.
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Can we talk about how women 30-60 are convinced that any symptoms are perimenopause/menopause rather than considering possible damage from Covid infections? Any health concerns are 'normal' & they all commiserate about their cognitive, cardiac, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, immunological probs.
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Can we talk about how women 30-60 are convinced that any symptoms are perimenopause/menopause rather than considering possible damage from Covid infections? Any health concerns are 'normal' & they all commiserate about their cognitive, cardiac, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, immunological probs.
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Opening up for subs at midnight tonight assuming that I have set up Submittable correctly....
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Opening up for subs at midnight tonight assuming that I have set up Submittable correctly....
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After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs.
His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
(Published Feb. 2023)
His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
(Published Feb. 2023)
UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs.
His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
(Published Feb. 2023)
His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
(Published Feb. 2023)
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
Mice are a pain, and I wish my PTSD cat who doesn't know how to cat was a hunter. His sister is, but she lives with her mom. Should I move the cat feeding station upstairs so he spreads his scent more?
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Mice are a pain, and I wish my PTSD cat who doesn't know how to cat was a hunter. His sister is, but she lives with her mom. Should I move the cat feeding station upstairs so he spreads his scent more?
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"We're making unprecedented investments in nation building projects."
The nation we're building:
The nation we're building:
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
"We're making unprecedented investments in nation building projects."
The nation we're building:
The nation we're building:
OMG a person I've been talking to on a dating app is a masker. Feel like I won the lottery. Hope this was the hard part.
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
OMG a person I've been talking to on a dating app is a masker. Feel like I won the lottery. Hope this was the hard part.
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Bereaved families are pursuing all legal action to hold Johnson accountable for his abject failure during the pandemic.
"Justice for those we lost means real consequences for those who failed them, and we will not stop until that justice is delivered."
#covidinquiry
"Justice for those we lost means real consequences for those who failed them, and we will not stop until that justice is delivered."
#covidinquiry
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Bereaved families are pursuing all legal action to hold Johnson accountable for his abject failure during the pandemic.
"Justice for those we lost means real consequences for those who failed them, and we will not stop until that justice is delivered."
#covidinquiry
"Justice for those we lost means real consequences for those who failed them, and we will not stop until that justice is delivered."
#covidinquiry