Jock Rutherford
@jockr.bsky.social
An IT Professional with interests in economics, science, history and technology. Guelph, Ontario.
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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Must suck to be in the hospitality industry in the US these days.
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US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo
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US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Must suck to be in the hospitality industry in the US these days.
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US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo
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US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo
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This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/this-is-the-oldest-evidence-of-people-starting-fires/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/this-is-the-oldest-evidence-of-people-starting-fires/
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/this-is-the-oldest-evidence-of-people-starting-fires/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/this-is-the-oldest-evidence-of-people-starting-fires/
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Cryptographers Show That AI Protections Will Always Have Holes | Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/cryptographers-show-that-ai-protections-will-always-have-holes-20251210/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/cryptographers-show-that-ai-protections-will-always-have-holes-20251210/
Cryptographers Show That AI Protections Will Always Have Holes | Quanta Magazine
Large language models such as ChatGPT come with filters to keep certain info from getting out. A new mathematical argument shows that systems like this can never be completely safe.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Cryptographers Show That AI Protections Will Always Have Holes | Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/cryptographers-show-that-ai-protections-will-always-have-holes-20251210/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/cryptographers-show-that-ai-protections-will-always-have-holes-20251210/
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I hear your fonts are woke now, Father
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I hear your fonts are woke now, Father
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Did the AI boom write this?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
Why the A.I. Boom Is Unlike the Dot-Com Boom
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Did the AI boom write this?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
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So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
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Australia's social media ban for users under 16 starts now | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/au-social-ban-begins-9.7007357
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/au-social-ban-begins-9.7007357
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Australia's social media ban for users under 16 starts now | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/au-social-ban-begins-9.7007357
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/au-social-ban-begins-9.7007357
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Congress ups pressure over boat strike video with threat to Hegseth's budget
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c773de38p2go
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c773de38p2go
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Congress ups pressure over boat strike video with threat to Hegseth's budget
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c773de38p2go
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c773de38p2go
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I would love to read a study of how our use of language has changed when we talk to customer service now because we know we are talking to a machine
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I would love to read a study of how our use of language has changed when we talk to customer service now because we know we are talking to a machine
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Here's what Canadian provinces are doing with all the US liquor they pulled off shelves
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp9g7p5p9o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp9g7p5p9o
Here's what Canadian provinces are doing with all the US liquor they pulled off shelves
Provinces in Canada are figuring out what to do with their stockpiles of American liquor worth millions of dollars - some of which will soon expire.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Here's what Canadian provinces are doing with all the US liquor they pulled off shelves
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp9g7p5p9o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp9g7p5p9o
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Really interesting piece, plus the work done could be titled „imagine if Google gave a shit about its ratings”
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Really interesting piece, plus the work done could be titled „imagine if Google gave a shit about its ratings”
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Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘Serious ethical concerns’ | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/monsanto-roundup-safety-study-retracted
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/monsanto-roundup-safety-study-retracted
December 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘Serious ethical concerns’ | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/monsanto-roundup-safety-study-retracted
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/monsanto-roundup-safety-study-retracted
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[Oligarcy, Fascism, Warner Bros.]
LA Times: Paramount launches hostile $78-billion bid for Warner Bros., with backing from Trump’s son-in-law
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-08/paramount-goes-hostile-in-bid-for-warner-bros-challenging-72-billion-bid-by-netflix
LA Times: Paramount launches hostile $78-billion bid for Warner Bros., with backing from Trump’s son-in-law
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-08/paramount-goes-hostile-in-bid-for-warner-bros-challenging-72-billion-bid-by-netflix
December 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
[Oligarcy, Fascism, Warner Bros.]
LA Times: Paramount launches hostile $78-billion bid for Warner Bros., with backing from Trump’s son-in-law
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-08/paramount-goes-hostile-in-bid-for-warner-bros-challenging-72-billion-bid-by-netflix
LA Times: Paramount launches hostile $78-billion bid for Warner Bros., with backing from Trump’s son-in-law
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-08/paramount-goes-hostile-in-bid-for-warner-bros-challenging-72-billion-bid-by-netflix
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ChatGPT cannot fathom that we are living in this timeline.
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
ChatGPT cannot fathom that we are living in this timeline.
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Where does all that fentanyl come from again?
President Donald Trump said the US would allow Nvidia to sell its powerful H200 chips to China.
Trump gives Nvidia the green light to sell its H200 chips in China
President Donald Trump said the US would allow Nvidia to sell its powerful H200 chips to China.
www.businessinsider.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Where does all that fentanyl come from again?
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B.B. King biopic officially announced | Guitar World
https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bb-king-biopic-announced
https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bb-king-biopic-announced
“There is no greater story of triumph than that of B.B. King. I’m humbled to help bring it to life”: A B.B. King biopic is on the way – and it will chronicle the blues legend’s life, legacy and Lucille
The film will chart B.B. King’s rise from extreme poverty to global stardom – and his life-long partnership with his iconic ES-355 will be at the heart of it all
www.guitarworld.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
B.B. King biopic officially announced | Guitar World
https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bb-king-biopic-announced
https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bb-king-biopic-announced
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The idea of writing the entire human DNA sequence, or genome – once beloved of futurists – could vastly expand biology’s scope...
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The idea of writing the entire human DNA sequence, or genome – once beloved of futurists – could vastly expand biology’s scope...
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Cuts in foreign aid: More evidence that Republicans only care about children before they’re born.
For the first time this century, the number of children worldwide who die before their fifth birthday is projected to rise, according to a new study published by the Gates Foundation.
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Cuts in foreign aid: More evidence that Republicans only care about children before they’re born.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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www.ft.com/content/b9bf... China’s trade surplus tops $1tn for first time
I think the by trading partner chart is a lot more interesting than the headline number.
I think the by trading partner chart is a lot more interesting than the headline number.
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
www.ft.com/content/b9bf... China’s trade surplus tops $1tn for first time
I think the by trading partner chart is a lot more interesting than the headline number.
I think the by trading partner chart is a lot more interesting than the headline number.
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From @jackmjenkins
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
From @jackmjenkins
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
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On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
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So, it looks like Russia finally won the cold war.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
So, it looks like Russia finally won the cold war.
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Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/08/gartner_recommends_ai_browser_ban/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/08/gartner_recommends_ai_browser_ban/
Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner
: Analysts worry lazy users could have agents complete mandatory infosec training, and attackers could do far nastier things
www.theregister.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/08/gartner_recommends_ai_browser_ban/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/08/gartner_recommends_ai_browser_ban/