Bethankit Hums
@tangibullah.bsky.social
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
― Henry David Thoreau
― Henry David Thoreau
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
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Maybe another way to think of it is as the "participation line" - the income one needs to fully participate in expected aspects of US life without worrying about plunging into deprivation one way or another
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An investor called $140,000 the new poverty line. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.
Michael Green’s tally of the costs of raising a family in the U.S. today is going viral, even if some economists scoff at his math.
wapo.st
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Maybe another way to think of it is as the "participation line" - the income one needs to fully participate in expected aspects of US life without worrying about plunging into deprivation one way or another
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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I agree with great analysis by @spokemedia.bsky.social and @the-goose-media.bsky.social:
❌mostly foreign-owned and benefitting
❌cost overruns and ecological catastrophe are imminent
❌the LNG market is non-existent
Add a couple glaring omissions…
#cdnpoli
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youtu.be/QOugp3pqrZI
❌mostly foreign-owned and benefitting
❌cost overruns and ecological catastrophe are imminent
❌the LNG market is non-existent
Add a couple glaring omissions…
#cdnpoli
1/2
youtu.be/QOugp3pqrZI
Canada's Bad Bet on LNG
YouTube video by Spoke Media
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November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I agree with great analysis by @spokemedia.bsky.social and @the-goose-media.bsky.social:
❌mostly foreign-owned and benefitting
❌cost overruns and ecological catastrophe are imminent
❌the LNG market is non-existent
Add a couple glaring omissions…
#cdnpoli
1/2
youtu.be/QOugp3pqrZI
❌mostly foreign-owned and benefitting
❌cost overruns and ecological catastrophe are imminent
❌the LNG market is non-existent
Add a couple glaring omissions…
#cdnpoli
1/2
youtu.be/QOugp3pqrZI
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(Gift link) www.thestar.com/business/opi...
Here's why Canada should pass on buying U.S. F-35s and go for Sweden's Gripen fighter jet
It's been decades since Canada had a defence aerospace industry, writes David Olive, and buying a built-in-Canada Gripen fighter jet dovetails nicely with PM Mark Carney's focus on industrial developm...
www.thestar.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
(Gift link) www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Almost like the UCP is basically anti-Canada
There’s a word for that, I swear
There’s a word for that, I swear
Danielle Smith: "I hope people today feel a lot more confident that Canada works than they did a couple of days ago."
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
Danielle Smith tried to sell her federal-Alberta energy deal to the UCP convention crowd: tepid applause.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Almost like the UCP is basically anti-Canada
There’s a word for that, I swear
There’s a word for that, I swear
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THIS.
Exactly what has been bothering me the most, and I’m in Alberta.
Exactly what has been bothering me the most, and I’m in Alberta.
As a political scientist, I think the effects on unity are some of the biggest problems with the agreement. It legitimates "Alberta" as an aggrieved party, distinct from other provinces, while treating BC and its peoples to be as issues to be managed, rather than partners in the federation.
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
THIS.
Exactly what has been bothering me the most, and I’m in Alberta.
Exactly what has been bothering me the most, and I’m in Alberta.
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“Premier Danielle Smith has suggested foreign interference and organized unions could be behind the recall petitions against 14 of her caucus members.”
OR, hear me out, your government is doing a terrible job and grassroots Albertans want change.
OR, hear me out, your government is doing a terrible job and grassroots Albertans want change.
Alberta’s Smith says recall petitions distracting from government’s ‘amazing’ work
Alberta’s Smith says recall petitions distracting from government’s ‘amazing’ work
Premier Danielle Smith has suggested foreign interference and organized unions could be behind the recall petitions against 14 of her caucus members.
www.thestar.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“Premier Danielle Smith has suggested foreign interference and organized unions could be behind the recall petitions against 14 of her caucus members.”
OR, hear me out, your government is doing a terrible job and grassroots Albertans want change.
OR, hear me out, your government is doing a terrible job and grassroots Albertans want change.
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It’s #Caturday today and every day is a good day to thwart fascism, so a reminder that you can find my book at your local bookstore or online MagnaCata.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It’s #Caturday today and every day is a good day to thwart fascism, so a reminder that you can find my book at your local bookstore or online MagnaCata.com
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America, It's Not You, It's...
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
America, It's Not You, It's...
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SHAME!
Since oilsands mining operations started in 1967, 1.3 trillion litres of fluid tailings has accumulated in these open ponds on the Northern Alberta landscape. This is enough toxic waste to fill 400,000 Olympic swimming pools. www.pembina.org/blog/tailing... #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
Since oilsands mining operations started in 1967, 1.3 trillion litres of fluid tailings has accumulated in these open ponds on the Northern Alberta landscape. This is enough toxic waste to fill 400,000 Olympic swimming pools. www.pembina.org/blog/tailing... #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
SHAME!
Since oilsands mining operations started in 1967, 1.3 trillion litres of fluid tailings has accumulated in these open ponds on the Northern Alberta landscape. This is enough toxic waste to fill 400,000 Olympic swimming pools. www.pembina.org/blog/tailing... #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
Since oilsands mining operations started in 1967, 1.3 trillion litres of fluid tailings has accumulated in these open ponds on the Northern Alberta landscape. This is enough toxic waste to fill 400,000 Olympic swimming pools. www.pembina.org/blog/tailing... #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
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An exhaustive deep-dive into the rise of Sam Mraiche from bankruptcy to health care titan, with new wrinkles on his connections to the UCP and AHS dealings.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
An exhaustive deep-dive into the rise of Sam Mraiche from bankruptcy to health care titan, with new wrinkles on his connections to the UCP and AHS dealings.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The entrepreneurs who are part of the booming school safety industry face a cruel irony: they are dependent on the uniquely American epidemic of school shootings.
Inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic
Filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari examine a troubling new market.
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The entrepreneurs who are part of the booming school safety industry face a cruel irony: they are dependent on the uniquely American epidemic of school shootings.
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Wtf? We have never had to renew them ever before. This is how they will start making people pay for healthcare. You can bet they will make it difficult to renew.
Renewing health cards won't cost money, but failing to do so will cost coverage medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
Renewing health cards won't cost money, but failing to do so will cost coverage - Medicine Hat News
[email protected] The UCP government is proposing a set of changes to the Alberta health card under Bill 11, sweeping health-care legislation tabled Monday. Amendments to the Health Insurance...
medicinehatnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wtf? We have never had to renew them ever before. This is how they will start making people pay for healthcare. You can bet they will make it difficult to renew.
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joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
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Our AB govt is focusing on brush fires, while the HC system is burning down.
It’s all shiny new “fire trucks”, without the teams to keep the trucks running, help fight the fires, and do the fire prevention in the first place.
It’s all shiny new “fire trucks”, without the teams to keep the trucks running, help fight the fires, and do the fire prevention in the first place.
This is how a health system burns to the ground
Dr. Paul Parks explains how Alberta's dual-billing plan would drain hospital staff and delay lifesaving care.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Our AB govt is focusing on brush fires, while the HC system is burning down.
It’s all shiny new “fire trucks”, without the teams to keep the trucks running, help fight the fires, and do the fire prevention in the first place.
It’s all shiny new “fire trucks”, without the teams to keep the trucks running, help fight the fires, and do the fire prevention in the first place.
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How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’
How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’
At a time when distrust of big tech is high, Silicon Valley is embracing an alternative ecosystem where every CEO is a star
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’
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Don't expect much media coverage of the consumer boycott this weekend of Trump-enabling corporate retailers like Amazon, Target and Home Depot.
Media won't dig for a story that makes advertisers look bad. It's a purely transactional and nearly universal approach among the corporate media.
Media won't dig for a story that makes advertisers look bad. It's a purely transactional and nearly universal approach among the corporate media.
Amazon faces Black Friday protests from workers over several demands, including on AI
Black Friday sees Amazon workers worldwide protesting unsafe conditions, climate impact, AI growth, and ICE ties.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don't expect much media coverage of the consumer boycott this weekend of Trump-enabling corporate retailers like Amazon, Target and Home Depot.
Media won't dig for a story that makes advertisers look bad. It's a purely transactional and nearly universal approach among the corporate media.
Media won't dig for a story that makes advertisers look bad. It's a purely transactional and nearly universal approach among the corporate media.
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ALBERTA: “The oil industry has been unregulated for decades, which has allowed them to create huge lakes of toxic waste. ACFN is not planning to sit back and let them try to regulate their way out of this mess without our approval.” www.theenergymix.com/oil-sands-ta... #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
ALBERTA: “The oil industry has been unregulated for decades, which has allowed them to create huge lakes of toxic waste. ACFN is not planning to sit back and let them try to regulate their way out of this mess without our approval.” www.theenergymix.com/oil-sands-ta... #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
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November 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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They’re really going to invade Venezuela rent they?
This is wild eye’d, frothing, rabid, jackal chewing on a live power line level craziness.
This is wild eye’d, frothing, rabid, jackal chewing on a live power line level craziness.
Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety - www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
They’re really going to invade Venezuela rent they?
This is wild eye’d, frothing, rabid, jackal chewing on a live power line level craziness.
This is wild eye’d, frothing, rabid, jackal chewing on a live power line level craziness.
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Isn’t this something that should be investigated? What are the details related to this pardon? Who requested that a pardon be considered on behalf of Juan Hernandez. What documents, emails exist? Was anything of value offered? Who was involved in the process?
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Isn’t this something that should be investigated? What are the details related to this pardon? Who requested that a pardon be considered on behalf of Juan Hernandez. What documents, emails exist? Was anything of value offered? Who was involved in the process?