rom comrade
@savasavasava.myatproto.social
academic. filmmaker. straight-presenting-bi. nyc asshole in toronto. she/her/auntiefa. acab.
www.screeningsurveillance.com
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www.screeningsurveillance.com
amuse|muse|use|us|u
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banner: jealous gf meme with Marx, & Rom & Quark from ds9
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Canada doesn’t have a failing healthcare system. It has 10 provincial and 3 territorial healthcare systems and at least 8 of them are being maliciously dismantled by corrupt premiers.
Alberta’s (welcome) healthcare heresy. The province has floated proposals on private care that could finally unfreeze the debate over how to reform Canada’s failing healthcare system. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit... via @theglobeandmail.com
Globe editorial: Alberta’s (welcome) healthcare heresy
The province has floated proposals on private care that could finally unfreeze the debate over how to reform Canada’s failing healthcare system
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada doesn’t have a failing healthcare system. It has 10 provincial and 3 territorial healthcare systems and at least 8 of them are being maliciously dismantled by corrupt premiers.
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Goran Gligovic is a much loved and respected asset to the comics and art community. A ban of any sort (I assume for his unwavering support for struggling Palestinians) is a disgrace.
Reverse this immediately, @bsky.app, this is shameful.
Reverse this immediately, @bsky.app, this is shameful.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Goran Gligovic is a much loved and respected asset to the comics and art community. A ban of any sort (I assume for his unwavering support for struggling Palestinians) is a disgrace.
Reverse this immediately, @bsky.app, this is shameful.
Reverse this immediately, @bsky.app, this is shameful.
I genuinely thought this was about
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I genuinely thought this was about
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36 dead, 279 missing in Hong Kong highrise complex fire | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“assess applicants based on merit” is just another way of saying “be racist”
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“assess applicants based on merit” is just another way of saying “be racist”
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Ontario feels seen.
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Ontario feels seen.
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there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
Happy World Linguistics Day from Toronto, Canada!
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Toronto, Canada!
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Is AJ still banned?
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Is AJ still banned?
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those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
I’m done teaching for the semester! I love my students and am going to miss them a lot!! they have been genuinely wonderful and a lot of fun to learn with and from :) and also now I will have some time to catch up on soooo many things oof
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I’m done teaching for the semester! I love my students and am going to miss them a lot!! they have been genuinely wonderful and a lot of fun to learn with and from :) and also now I will have some time to catch up on soooo many things oof
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Folks, we're on newsprint. I have achieved a childhood dream. I am Hagar the Horrible. I am Beetle Bailey.
Comics from @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social and @hausofdecline.bsky.social in the new edition of @thegrindto.bsky.social, rolling out across the city today!
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Folks, we're on newsprint. I have achieved a childhood dream. I am Hagar the Horrible. I am Beetle Bailey.
yessss Ruhaaaaa!
Sooo many folks I’m excited to work with on Mamdani’s technology transition committee. All hands on deck to bring the Affordability Agenda to life: childcare, housing, transportation.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
yessss Ruhaaaaa!
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they're gonna give the robots human rights and healthcare before they give it to you
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
they're gonna give the robots human rights and healthcare before they give it to you
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Tapping the sign again
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tapping the sign again
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Okay, I hestitate to even share this link, because while I like NYMag I do not want to send this journalist in particular clicks, b ut:
If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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Is ChatGPT Conscious?
Many users feel they’re talking to a real person. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something.
nymag.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Okay, I hestitate to even share this link, because while I like NYMag I do not want to send this journalist in particular clicks, b ut:
If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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yes! wow
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
yes! wow
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I will never forget the violence of the White mob when we left our home. I still see Black men being shot, Black bodies lying in the street. I still smell smoke and see fire. I still see Black businesses being burned. I still hear airplanes flying overhead.I hear the screams. #Maddow wapo.st/49IWchj
Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 111
A century after a White mob destroyed her prosperous Black community in 1921, she became a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I will never forget the violence of the White mob when we left our home. I still see Black men being shot, Black bodies lying in the street. I still smell smoke and see fire. I still see Black businesses being burned. I still hear airplanes flying overhead.I hear the screams. #Maddow wapo.st/49IWchj
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May this legend rest in peace, and my condolences to his family and friends.
Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a German actor who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning. He was 81.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
May this legend rest in peace, and my condolences to his family and friends.
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I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
also please please please include links to vetted sources when you post a headline or some breaking news or some fact like I see so many posts that make me go omg and then I have to verify the info. I see big accounts doing this all the time and frankly it’s irresponsible. sorry for the gmail shit 😔
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
also please please please include links to vetted sources when you post a headline or some breaking news or some fact like I see so many posts that make me go omg and then I have to verify the info. I see big accounts doing this all the time and frankly it’s irresponsible. sorry for the gmail shit 😔
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THIS
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
THIS