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🇨🇦 does not pass for normal 🇯🇲
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New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.

The chatbot still produces sexualized images —

even when told the subjects don’t consent.

even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.

even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.

www.reuters.com/business/des...
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.

Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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🦇 Day 2: Bat Assessment
Dr Philliph Oelbaum and his team are at St Clair Cave, near the Polly Ground community in St. Catherine.
This cave is proving to be very interesting, and Dr Oelbaum will be sharing updates on what the team discovers.
Follow @RoostersWorldJA and ask questions to learn more
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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🦇 Day 2: Bat Assessment
Dr Philliph Oelbaum and his team are at St Clair Cave, near the Polly Ground community in St. Catherine.
This cave is proving to be very interesting, and Dr Oelbaum will be sharing updates on what the team discovers.
Follow @RoostersWorldJA and ask questions.
January 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Roberto Luongo and Brad Marchand celebrate together as Stanley Cup champions.

Imagine showing this to someone in 2011 😅
June 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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What a year for Brad Marchand 🐀

◽️ Wins 4 Nations Face-Off with Canada
◽️ Traded from the Bruins after 16 seasons
◽️ Wins Stanley Cup with the Panthers (scoring six in the Final)
June 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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14 Years Avoiding ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’ Spoilers Undone In Single Moment Of Carelessness
theonion.com/14-year...
May 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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That was then. This is now.
April 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Here’s a timeline cleanser for ya.

Anti-Trump protestors on both sides of the US/Canada border calling out to each other across the Detroit River.

Love you Canada 🇨🇦

#BuyCanadian
March 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Time for a meme.
March 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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I'm so relieved that the head of Elections Canada is satisfied by the response about election interference given by the social media site owned by a guy who recently did not one but two Nazi salutes and is part of an administration that keeps threatening to destroy us.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
March 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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/u/CopperBrook wrote up an incredible multi part post on the #history of labour rights and benefits in Britain, and just how complicated it is to assign “credit” to any one political faction.
Socialists often present their movement as the main reason for labor rights and benefits today, is this true? : r/AskHistorians
11 votes, 11 comments. 2.3M subscribers in the AskHistorians community. The Portal for Public History. Please read the rules before participating, as…
buff.ly
March 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Tally marks. Turns out people around the world count differently to five when taking notes. Source: buff.ly/jcjgrLX buff.ly/KhU4soR
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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What's going on here @RoostersWorldja?

Just two cool guys and a Jamaican crocodile chilling out at the #HollandBayCrocodileSanctuary.

I hope some local businesses can help with the funding of the operations of the Holland Bay Crocodile Sanctuary. It takes money to care.
March 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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My cousin co-owns this store, so if you're looking for Canadian games...
Shopping Canadian? *Playing* Canadian?

Every Canadian game on our site now has a maple leaf + details on how it earned its leaf.

Tags include:
🍁 Designed in Vancouver
🍁 Designed in Canada
🍁 Illustrated in Canada
🍁 Canadian publisher
🍁 Manufactured in Canada

www.raincity.games/blogs/insigh...
Industry Insights - Buying Canadian-made board games and goodies - just follow the leaves!
If you're shopping Canadian these days, we've added a fun new feature to our website.
www.raincity.games
March 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military spending without limit.

#EuropeNews
Merz secures billion-euro deal for German military and infrastructure
A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military spending without limit.
l.euronews.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Elbows up.
March 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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The Asterix comics are iconic and loved, so spend some time this #ThrowbackThursday with @jibec.bsky.social learning about their influence and the meaning behind the depiction of the indomitable Gaul’s! Getafix of some brilliant history. #Twitterstorians
Libertat's comment on ""These Romans are crazy!" Asterix may just be the most famous Frenchman internationally. How have the Asterix comics shaped or misrepresented views of Gaulish history, in France and/or abroad?"
Explore this conversation and more from the AskHistorians community
buff.ly
February 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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The Jamaican Hutia (Geocapromys brownii) aka the #Jamacian #Coney / Grazzie / Mountain rabbit. Is the only living terrestrial mammal endemic to the island of #Jamaica besides🦇. ⁠⁠

A rodent in the group #Caviomorpha which includes Capybara ,Guinea pig ,Agouti ect
📸 Jamaican Caves Organisation (JCO)
January 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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A classic 😹😹😹
Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
February 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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#OtD 9 Feb 1874 AmaHlubi Chief Langalibalele became one of the first Black activists to be banished to Robben Island for refusing to register firearms, which killed colonial troops trying to arrest him. It was deemed a rebellion and he was captured. stories.workingclasshistory.c...
February 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM