Zac Trolley
@zactrolley.com
Engineer, Luddite, part time community builder.
Calgary Alberta. 🇨🇦
Calgary Alberta. 🇨🇦
If we could put serious people in positions of power, that would be great.
Of course we are prioritizing our own safety over your industries!
Of course we are prioritizing our own safety over your industries!
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau today slammed European NATO allies for prioritizing their own defense industry over American arms suppliers, according to three NATO diplomats.
Top US official berates Europe over cutting American industry out of defense buildup
Washington is unhappy that some European arms programs limit U.S. participation.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If we could put serious people in positions of power, that would be great.
Of course we are prioritizing our own safety over your industries!
Of course we are prioritizing our own safety over your industries!
They want to profit from war crimes.
WTF are we doing??
WTF are we doing??
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
They want to profit from war crimes.
WTF are we doing??
WTF are we doing??
This is a big deal.
A really big deal.
A really big deal.
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
Another blow to PC gaming.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is a big deal.
A really big deal.
A really big deal.
This doesn't do anything.
At all.
At all.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This doesn't do anything.
At all.
At all.
This technology is not ready for the mainstream.
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This technology is not ready for the mainstream.
I had a boss who told me "you can make the numbers tell any story you want"
And it's true.
You can defend any position by choosing what to show.
And here they are showing you "let them eat cake" and have made the economic reports to prove it.
And it's true.
You can defend any position by choosing what to show.
And here they are showing you "let them eat cake" and have made the economic reports to prove it.
Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post are at it again.
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I had a boss who told me "you can make the numbers tell any story you want"
And it's true.
You can defend any position by choosing what to show.
And here they are showing you "let them eat cake" and have made the economic reports to prove it.
And it's true.
You can defend any position by choosing what to show.
And here they are showing you "let them eat cake" and have made the economic reports to prove it.
This is all illegal.
They are hoping you get lost in the details and don't realize how bad everything is.
They are hoping you get lost in the details and don't realize how bad everything is.
While everyone is debating whether the second strike was legal, let me point out that none of the first strikes were legal. If a foreign government started blowing up US boats, killing Americans, in international waters, that would be illegal. The US would consider that an act of war.
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is all illegal.
They are hoping you get lost in the details and don't realize how bad everything is.
They are hoping you get lost in the details and don't realize how bad everything is.
“Every time we reach the summit of bullshit mountain, we discover there’s worse to come.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
‘It’s going much too fast’: the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI
In Silicon Valley, rival companies are spending trillions of dollars to reach a goal that could change humanity – or potentially destroy it
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“Every time we reach the summit of bullshit mountain, we discover there’s worse to come.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
AI is a tool.
The way it's being sold to us isn't to make us better, it's to make companies more money. They are using this tool to dumb us down instead of empowering us.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
The way it's being sold to us isn't to make us better, it's to make companies more money. They are using this tool to dumb us down instead of empowering us.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
ANALYSIS | ChatGPT may help you find information faster, but you learn less | CBC Radio
Bob McDonald’s Blog: Recent studies show that using chatbots like ChatGPT may get us information faster than ever before, but we’re not gaining much knowledge by using it.
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
AI is a tool.
The way it's being sold to us isn't to make us better, it's to make companies more money. They are using this tool to dumb us down instead of empowering us.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
The way it's being sold to us isn't to make us better, it's to make companies more money. They are using this tool to dumb us down instead of empowering us.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
On this episode of "tech companies hate their users"
OpenAI says a suicidal teenager should have read their fine print
OpenAI says a suicidal teenager should have read their fine print
OpenAI says a suicidal teenager should have read their fine print
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
On this episode of "tech companies hate their users"
A reminder that the police do not protect you, they protect the status quo.
SCOOP
Calgary Police Service suppressed evidence of brutality by officers deployed to the UofC anti-genocide protest on May 9, 2024.
Among the evidence was camera footage from senior officers that should have been examined during an internal investigation.
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Calgary Police Service suppressed evidence of brutality by officers deployed to the UofC anti-genocide protest on May 9, 2024.
Among the evidence was camera footage from senior officers that should have been examined during an internal investigation.
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Calgary police withhold evidence of brutality as final UofC protest charges fall
New documents reveal Calgary Police Service suppressed evidence of brutality by officers at the University of Calgary on May 9, 2024. Among this was camera footage from senior officers that should hav...
drugdatadecoded.ca
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A reminder that the police do not protect you, they protect the status quo.
Your consumer electronics are going up in price because Silicon Valley has convinced investors to jump on their data center Ponzi scheme
Cheaper 1 GB Raspberry Pi 5 lands as memory costs go through the roof
Cheaper 1 GB Raspberry Pi 5 lands as memory costs go through the roof
Budget model slips in at $45 while other boards climb amid AI-driven component crunch
Raspberry Pi has raised prices across much of its latest lineup while launching a new $45 Raspberry Pi 5 with 1GB of RAM, it's first sub-$50 model in the series.…
dlvr.it
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Your consumer electronics are going up in price because Silicon Valley has convinced investors to jump on their data center Ponzi scheme
Tech companies hate their users
Netflix kills casting from phones
Netflix kills casting from phones
Unless you’re an ad-free user with legacy casting tech.
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Tech companies hate their users
They are trying to re-wire our brains and adjust how our entire society works so they can profit.
They are vile.
We must reject their future
They are vile.
We must reject their future
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
They are trying to re-wire our brains and adjust how our entire society works so they can profit.
They are vile.
We must reject their future
They are vile.
We must reject their future
The media will not do better.
We are in the post-truth era and need to adjust our lives to this fact. Forget the mainstream and build a local community.
Build trust in those around you.
We are in the post-truth era and need to adjust our lives to this fact. Forget the mainstream and build a local community.
Build trust in those around you.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The media will not do better.
We are in the post-truth era and need to adjust our lives to this fact. Forget the mainstream and build a local community.
Build trust in those around you.
We are in the post-truth era and need to adjust our lives to this fact. Forget the mainstream and build a local community.
Build trust in those around you.
Turns out investors are morons.
Let's bring back public focused spending and leave VC culture behind us.
Let's bring back public focused spending and leave VC culture behind us.
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Turns out investors are morons.
Let's bring back public focused spending and leave VC culture behind us.
Let's bring back public focused spending and leave VC culture behind us.
Learn to use local models on your own computer.
Silicon Valley wants to kill you for profit.
Silicon Valley wants to kill you for profit.
An OpenAI safety research leader who helped shape ChatGPT’s responses to users experiencing mental health crises announced her departure from the company internally last month, WIRED has learned.
A Research Leader Behind ChatGPT’s Mental Health Work Is Leaving OpenAI
The model policy team leads core parts of AI safety research, including how ChatGPT responds to users in crisis.
wrd.cm
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Learn to use local models on your own computer.
Silicon Valley wants to kill you for profit.
Silicon Valley wants to kill you for profit.
The US is making the world unsafe, and doing so in broad daylight.
The MAGA Admin is so dumb, they don't understand what they are doing.
The MAGA Admin is so dumb, they don't understand what they are doing.
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The US is making the world unsafe, and doing so in broad daylight.
The MAGA Admin is so dumb, they don't understand what they are doing.
The MAGA Admin is so dumb, they don't understand what they are doing.
Imagine being Charlie Kirk's ghost.
Everyone has moved on and the VP is fucking your wife, and she's taking your spot on the podcasting circuit.
Everyone has moved on and the VP is fucking your wife, and she's taking your spot on the podcasting circuit.
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Imagine being Charlie Kirk's ghost.
Everyone has moved on and the VP is fucking your wife, and she's taking your spot on the podcasting circuit.
Everyone has moved on and the VP is fucking your wife, and she's taking your spot on the podcasting circuit.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Rattlesnake
Puffin
Black Bear
Howler Monkey
Wrasse fish.
Rattlesnake
Puffin
Black Bear
Howler Monkey
Wrasse fish.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Orca
Dolphin
Snake
Hedgehog
Rosella
Orca
Dolphin
Snake
Hedgehog
Rosella
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
pukeko
tui
orca
horse (They were in the ureweras so they count as wild)
fruit bat
pukeko
tui
orca
horse (They were in the ureweras so they count as wild)
fruit bat
November 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Rattlesnake
Puffin
Black Bear
Howler Monkey
Wrasse fish.
Rattlesnake
Puffin
Black Bear
Howler Monkey
Wrasse fish.
I'm still processing the fact that the UCP is promoting the fact that they are using AI to write their laws.
It's such a monumentally bad idea - and that's saying a fucking lot with everything that's going on.
It's such a monumentally bad idea - and that's saying a fucking lot with everything that's going on.
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I'm still processing the fact that the UCP is promoting the fact that they are using AI to write their laws.
It's such a monumentally bad idea - and that's saying a fucking lot with everything that's going on.
It's such a monumentally bad idea - and that's saying a fucking lot with everything that's going on.
This is beyond the pale.
What the fuck are we doing here??
We are letting the machines write our laws??
@parismarx.com
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
What the fuck are we doing here??
We are letting the machines write our laws??
@parismarx.com
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government eyes AI to write legislation for 1st time | CBC News
The Alberta government is considering using AI technology to write a law for the first time, eyeing a forthcoming piece of whisky legislation as its test case.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This is beyond the pale.
What the fuck are we doing here??
We are letting the machines write our laws??
@parismarx.com
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
What the fuck are we doing here??
We are letting the machines write our laws??
@parismarx.com
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Fucking Hell.
Just turn on the radio.
Just turn on the radio.
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Fucking Hell.
Just turn on the radio.
Just turn on the radio.