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kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 1m

Directing?😊

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 23h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 1d

I'll have one of the striped ones, Moms.

kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 1d

You crack me up, Sir.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

President Obama endorses Prop 50 — the California redistricting effort:

"California, the whole nation is counting on you."

"Democracy is on the ballot Nov. 4. Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years."

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January
* 100s starved to death, including kids
* Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel
* US citizens murdered in the West Bank

I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 2d

You know how at the end of a funeral they throw the wreath and whoever it lands by is the next to die? You don't? My family's weird.

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kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know "best" but a long time ago I enjoyed a little werewolf movie and it was Cursed. 🐺

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kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Birthday Chris Carter. I remember when Fridays at 9PM was the best hour of the week. Closely followed by taking my little notes then checking - was it alt. x-files? - to see all the fan reactions. 👽💕

#mulder&scully
#xfiles #thexfiles

kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 4d

Synthetic text extruding machines are at it again. We have an "AI" Minister of Mathy Maths, but this is not inevitable. Taking notes from @emilymbender.bsky.social &
@alexhanna.bsky.social in learning how to spot the hype, push back, find my inner ass kicking Ripley.
#AI #TheAICon #cdnpoli #NoKings

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 4d

“It’s programmed to intrigue, flatter and to satisfy: the ultimate clickbait. But don’t for a moment believe that it has your interests at heart.” 💻

ChatGPT and Me | The Tyee

I spent a day with the popular app. It left me questioning everything I thought I knew about the benefits of AI.

thetyee.ca

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kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 4d

Mr. Wyman, thank you for the article. Yes, the mathy maths have no I nor intelligence. You've probably read Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social and The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social. If not I highly recommend. You know - in your spare time. 😊

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 5d

Going to lose my goddamn mind

blair @blairaf.com · 6d

Looks like Canada's approach to "sovereign AI" will involve creating structural dependencies on large US tech companies

Excerpt from an article that reads: Lehane met with AI Minister Evan Solomon on Monday. Solomon told The Logic in June that his mission is to “create sovereign AI.” But “sovereignty is not solitude,” Solomon said, noting that Canada still needs technology and capital from other countries.

OpenAI is participating in similar initiatives in other advanced economies. In May, the firm launched OpenAI for Countries, a new program that localizes ChatGPT and its underlying models for a nation’s particular customs and the requirements of its public sector. It is also offering to build data centres for countries that help pay for the infrastructure.

Countries are turning to OpenAI because of its “cutting-edge technology,” which can be used to build homegrown tools and applications, and because the firm can help stimulate their domestic AI ecosystems by building or buying compute capacity, Lehane said.

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kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 4d

Bullshit!

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kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 4d

No Amazon, no WF etc. I'm with Neil. 🍁🐸

#NeilYoung
#NoKings

Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 4d

TORONTO – Neil Young says he plans to pull his music off Amazon’s streaming service as he urges fans to stop supporting the corporate giant.

'Buy local': Neil Young says he will remove his music from Amazon's streaming service

TORONTO – Neil Young says he plans to pull his music off Amazon’s streaming service as he urges fans to stop supporting the corporate giant.

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kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 4d

Oh to be a fly on that lily pad. Wishing Joy To The World to Jeremiah and all his little friends.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 5d

Quite a bit more media today. There are 2 protest locations & an array of camera set ups on Beach Street & many on the 25th Ave lawn where many protesters gather. Saw local Methodist rev interviewed by NBC. Also, both buildings surrounding that lawn and driveway had multiple cops on the roofs.

A sign at Broadview ice that says show your faces if your mamas are proud of you boys

A cop on a roof near protesters at Broadview ice, including a sign that says defend democracy, defend the constitution

An NBC news team interviews a local Methodist pastor. This takes place near the Broadview ice facility.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 4d

More signs. Per 1st sign, many Illinoisans would like to know why @govpritzker.illinois.gov has not demanded access to Broadview ICE, not come here & has deployed IL state troopers all over the Chi metro area incldg Broadview. ISP are helping ICE/DHS. Where are you, JB? Why are staties helping ICE??

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6d

CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON: "We have a federal government that has not only trampled on our constitution, it has declared war on our American cities, and particularly, Chicago ... The very desires that descendants of slaves fought for post-Civil War are all under attack."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4d

Gov. Tim Walz preparing for Trump to deploy National Guard in Minnesota
https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/10/10/gov-tim-walz-preparing-for-trump-to-deploy-national-guard-in-minnesota/

Gov. Tim Walz preparing for Trump to deploy National Guard in Minnesota

During the North Star Summit on Tuesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (DFL) said he is anticipating and preparing for President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard to his state.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 5d

One month into Trump’s immigration blitz, Chicago escalates its fight back. blockclubchi.co/3Wticoe

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 5d

Ukeleles being strummed en masse. Chickens openly addressing government officials. Line dancing in a public thoroughfare. Frogs, unicorns and dinosaurs getting their interspecies groove on.

Portland is lost. May God and Donald Trump save what's left of the United States of America.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 6d

This.

Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 6d

One side, "AI 2027" is led by a bunch of privileged white people working at the companies causing the other side (AI con/Empire of AI).

One side, the "AI is gonna be so powerful if you don't let US be the AGI builders" is making money from stealing data, killing the environment & exploiting labor.

Elinor🎗️ @elinorpd.bsky.social · 6d

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kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 5d

Can confirm, eh. 🍁