Andy Chalk
@andychalk.bsky.social
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Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
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The idea that they’re having dinner with MBS, while this administration drop bombs on boats for people whom they *haven’t even identified* under the pretense that they can summarily execute foreign nationals simply for posing a threat to Americans, is so stomach-churning. Just gruesome.
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The idea that they’re having dinner with MBS, while this administration drop bombs on boats for people whom they *haven’t even identified* under the pretense that they can summarily execute foreign nationals simply for posing a threat to Americans, is so stomach-churning. Just gruesome.
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
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Today, government introduced Bill 9 legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to override a court ruling that protects youth access to gender-affirming care. This places government between a patient and their physician, undermining clinical autonomy. www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Today, government introduced Bill 9 legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to override a court ruling that protects youth access to gender-affirming care. This places government between a patient and their physician, undermining clinical autonomy. www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
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🔴 Scolding a U.S. reporter for asking questions about MBS ordering a fellow journalist to be bonesawed to death signals to dictators everywhere that they can murder journalists with impunity.
Read our full statement below:
Read our full statement below:
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🔴 Scolding a U.S. reporter for asking questions about MBS ordering a fellow journalist to be bonesawed to death signals to dictators everywhere that they can murder journalists with impunity.
Read our full statement below:
Read our full statement below:
At a certain point, journalists of value say fuck this and leave. You don't have to be there. You're not getting anything of use out of it. When it's not insults and abuse, it's rambling nonsense. "Access journalism" is worthless when all you've got is access to a babbling pisspot.
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
At a certain point, journalists of value say fuck this and leave. You don't have to be there. You're not getting anything of use out of it. When it's not insults and abuse, it's rambling nonsense. "Access journalism" is worthless when all you've got is access to a babbling pisspot.
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This anti-trans law is opposed by:
- the Canadian Medical Association
- Alberta teachers
- Civil rights groups
- the Canadian legal system
- roughly half of the polling public in Alberta
It is supported by:
- Danielle Smith
- the "Danielle Smith can do what she wants" loophole
- the Canadian Medical Association
- Alberta teachers
- Civil rights groups
- the Canadian legal system
- roughly half of the polling public in Alberta
It is supported by:
- Danielle Smith
- the "Danielle Smith can do what she wants" loophole
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
The Alberta government has introduced legislation to use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to prevent legal challenges to three laws impacting transgender and gender-diverse youth and adults.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This anti-trans law is opposed by:
- the Canadian Medical Association
- Alberta teachers
- Civil rights groups
- the Canadian legal system
- roughly half of the polling public in Alberta
It is supported by:
- Danielle Smith
- the "Danielle Smith can do what she wants" loophole
- the Canadian Medical Association
- Alberta teachers
- Civil rights groups
- the Canadian legal system
- roughly half of the polling public in Alberta
It is supported by:
- Danielle Smith
- the "Danielle Smith can do what she wants" loophole
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Withholding any person's medical treatment is a crime.
Medical decisions should only involve the patient, their family & their healthcare team. Not a church & certainly NEVER a politician!
Get religion out of healthcare decisions!
#Cdnpoli #abpoli #Alberta #UCP #TransRights #RecallThemAll
Medical decisions should only involve the patient, their family & their healthcare team. Not a church & certainly NEVER a politician!
Get religion out of healthcare decisions!
#Cdnpoli #abpoli #Alberta #UCP #TransRights #RecallThemAll
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Withholding any person's medical treatment is a crime.
Medical decisions should only involve the patient, their family & their healthcare team. Not a church & certainly NEVER a politician!
Get religion out of healthcare decisions!
#Cdnpoli #abpoli #Alberta #UCP #TransRights #RecallThemAll
Medical decisions should only involve the patient, their family & their healthcare team. Not a church & certainly NEVER a politician!
Get religion out of healthcare decisions!
#Cdnpoli #abpoli #Alberta #UCP #TransRights #RecallThemAll
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The internet has once again gotten itself worked up over the prospect of an imminent Half-Life 3 announcement, but the reason is mostly just that it's November.
Half-Life fans are in a frenzy over the prospect of a Half-Life 3 announcement that there's (almost) no good reason to believe is happening
To be fair, I also can't think of a good reason to believe Valve won't announce Half-Life 3 today, except for that it hasn't on any previous day.
www.pcgamer.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The internet has once again gotten itself worked up over the prospect of an imminent Half-Life 3 announcement, but the reason is mostly just that it's November.
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Everyone in Caracas get in your basement
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Everyone in Caracas get in your basement
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
What do you even say at this point? Still haven't finished the first year of this. Every week is worse than the one before, and all we see is fumbling inability to stop it. And so many who don't want to stop it—they see greatness!
The American humiliation isn't over yet, but I think America is.
The American humiliation isn't over yet, but I think America is.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What do you even say at this point? Still haven't finished the first year of this. Every week is worse than the one before, and all we see is fumbling inability to stop it. And so many who don't want to stop it—they see greatness!
The American humiliation isn't over yet, but I think America is.
The American humiliation isn't over yet, but I think America is.
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Lol, so it sure sounds like the Conservatives had a plan to avoid an election but blame it on the app.
Only *after* it was clear there were sufficient abstentions to pass the budget, Scheer and Reid scurried to their seats to vote no.
They can’t have been far! The doors lock when a vote starts 🤪
Only *after* it was clear there were sufficient abstentions to pass the budget, Scheer and Reid scurried to their seats to vote no.
They can’t have been far! The doors lock when a vote starts 🤪
“Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer and the party's caucus chair, Scott Reid, flew in at the last minute, saying they couldn't vote on the app and wanted to record their “nay” votes in person.
That's a bit unusual.”
😂😂😂
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
That's a bit unusual.”
😂😂😂
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney government wins crucial confidence vote on budget | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Lol, so it sure sounds like the Conservatives had a plan to avoid an election but blame it on the app.
Only *after* it was clear there were sufficient abstentions to pass the budget, Scheer and Reid scurried to their seats to vote no.
They can’t have been far! The doors lock when a vote starts 🤪
Only *after* it was clear there were sufficient abstentions to pass the budget, Scheer and Reid scurried to their seats to vote no.
They can’t have been far! The doors lock when a vote starts 🤪
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“Before I came to the UK, my mental health was normal. Now it is not. I do not know where I can go or what I can do to be safe. The Home Office is no good for humans. They have broken me. They have finished my life”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
‘No safe place to go’: people sent back to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal tell of desperation
In Paris, a group of those returned from UK as part of the immigration scheme say they feel frightened and hopeless
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“Before I came to the UK, my mental health was normal. Now it is not. I do not know where I can go or what I can do to be safe. The Home Office is no good for humans. They have broken me. They have finished my life”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
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All joking aside, the heartbreaking thing about this story is seeing how a white “journalist” with poor prose & worst journalist ethics gets to repeatedly crash out & land plum jobs while so many poor, trans, Black, Native journalists never get in journalism’s door. Like…
How do you land Vanity Fair west coast editor at age 32 after having affairs with two presidential candidates you were covering as a journalist. That is some prime white lady shit.
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
All joking aside, the heartbreaking thing about this story is seeing how a white “journalist” with poor prose & worst journalist ethics gets to repeatedly crash out & land plum jobs while so many poor, trans, Black, Native journalists never get in journalism’s door. Like…
I genuinely hope this meets its shit show potential. I hope it's so goddamn bad FIFA is burned to the ground and we all come away with the deeply traumatizing lesson that you cannot deal with the US anymore and you try to do so at your peril.
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I genuinely hope this meets its shit show potential. I hope it's so goddamn bad FIFA is burned to the ground and we all come away with the deeply traumatizing lesson that you cannot deal with the US anymore and you try to do so at your peril.
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What Will describes is, incidentally, where the phenomenon of people calling single player games "dead" two weeks to a month after launch comes from
Remember when we played games because we enjoyed the act of playing them, not because there was a constant stream of rewards designed to stimulate the same parts of your brain that gambling does?
Battlefield 6 has standard XP levelling, like every big shooter post Modern Warfare. It also has a season pass, that can only be progressed by completing weekly season pass challenges for season pass tokens. There's now an event pass within the season, with its own set of event token challenges.
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
What Will describes is, incidentally, where the phenomenon of people calling single player games "dead" two weeks to a month after launch comes from
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I like how these guys get to have it both ways
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I like how these guys get to have it both ways
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
I wanna go to mouth heaven
BREAKING: We’re getting six (!) edible mascots at this year’s @poptartsbowl.com!
- six edible mascots, three on Team Sprinkles and three on Team Swirls
- fans get to vote on which mascot team to sacrifice to Mouth Heaven at game’s end, the biggest edible mascot sacrifice EVER
- six edible mascots, three on Team Sprinkles and three on Team Swirls
- fans get to vote on which mascot team to sacrifice to Mouth Heaven at game’s end, the biggest edible mascot sacrifice EVER
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I wanna go to mouth heaven
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
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Trump: "Skedaddle, that plane went pssh, when it drops a bomb it goes down very steeply, because that gives it a better angle and more speed for the bomb, very very heavy bombs, it goes PUM, skedaddle, that thing turned on its side, pwwh, now we have peace in the Middle East."
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Trump: "Skedaddle, that plane went pssh, when it drops a bomb it goes down very steeply, because that gives it a better angle and more speed for the bomb, very very heavy bombs, it goes PUM, skedaddle, that thing turned on its side, pwwh, now we have peace in the Middle East."
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Working in the game industry
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Working in the game industry
I basically just don't leave the house anymore
Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I basically just don't leave the house anymore