Siobhan O'Flynn
@sioflynn.bsky.social
Canadian Studies UofT. 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦
Kids' data privacy, AI & policy; DH; Artificial intimacy; digital & geolocative storytelling; game studies.
How did I end up with ALL the cats?
T'karanto, Treaty 13
Kids' data privacy, AI & policy; DH; Artificial intimacy; digital & geolocative storytelling; game studies.
How did I end up with ALL the cats?
T'karanto, Treaty 13
That response leaves Leavitt open for equal frankness, yes? Calling out fake news?
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
That response leaves Leavitt open for equal frankness, yes? Calling out fake news?
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Our govt is adapting to the impacts of climate change. And it's opposite to the transformative adaptation we need.
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
This is a great article from @theconversation.com
@climatemajority.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
This is a great article from @theconversation.com
@climatemajority.bsky.social
How the rich world is fortifying itself against climate migration
Climate change is already linked to mass deportation – and the worst is still to come.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Our govt is adapting to the impacts of climate change. And it's opposite to the transformative adaptation we need.
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
This is a great article from @theconversation.com
@climatemajority.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
This is a great article from @theconversation.com
@climatemajority.bsky.social
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Cranks that get VC money. "I’ll go down this thread with GPT or Grok and I’ll start to get to the edge of what’s known in quantum physics and then I’m doing the equivalent of vibe coding, except it’s vibe physics," Kalanick said.
futurism.com/former-ceo-u...
futurism.com/former-ceo-u...
The Former CEO of Uber Kind of Sounds Like He's Losing It When He's Talking About AI
It sounds like the co-founder and former CEO of Uber has had a big gulp of the AI Kool-aid — and then some.
futurism.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Cranks that get VC money. "I’ll go down this thread with GPT or Grok and I’ll start to get to the edge of what’s known in quantum physics and then I’m doing the equivalent of vibe coding, except it’s vibe physics," Kalanick said.
futurism.com/former-ceo-u...
futurism.com/former-ceo-u...
LLMs. Apophenia engines.
Bestie for the conspiracy minded
Bestie for the conspiracy minded
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
LLMs. Apophenia engines.
Bestie for the conspiracy minded
Bestie for the conspiracy minded
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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We stand with these veterans and national security leaders urging our troops to uphold the Constitution over unlawful orders.
🇺🇸Jason Crow
🇺🇸Chris Deluzio
🇺🇸Maggie Goodlander
🇺🇸Chrissy Houlahan
🇺🇸 Mark Kelly
🇺🇸 Elissa Slotkin
This is what courage looks like.
🇺🇸Jason Crow
🇺🇸Chris Deluzio
🇺🇸Maggie Goodlander
🇺🇸Chrissy Houlahan
🇺🇸 Mark Kelly
🇺🇸 Elissa Slotkin
This is what courage looks like.
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
We stand with these veterans and national security leaders urging our troops to uphold the Constitution over unlawful orders.
🇺🇸Jason Crow
🇺🇸Chris Deluzio
🇺🇸Maggie Goodlander
🇺🇸Chrissy Houlahan
🇺🇸 Mark Kelly
🇺🇸 Elissa Slotkin
This is what courage looks like.
🇺🇸Jason Crow
🇺🇸Chris Deluzio
🇺🇸Maggie Goodlander
🇺🇸Chrissy Houlahan
🇺🇸 Mark Kelly
🇺🇸 Elissa Slotkin
This is what courage looks like.
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Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,and John Curtis, R-Utah, want to hold social media companies accountable for the negative impacts their algorithms have on people. They spoke to NPR about their bill. n.pr/3JZlY6o
2 Senators want to hold big tech accountable for harms caused by algorithms
Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,and John Curtis, R-Utah, want to hold social media companies accountable for the negative impacts their algorithms have on people. They spoke to NPR about their bill.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,and John Curtis, R-Utah, want to hold social media companies accountable for the negative impacts their algorithms have on people. They spoke to NPR about their bill. n.pr/3JZlY6o
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A joint statement from me, @slotkin.senate.gov, Sen, Mark Kelly, @crow.house.gov, @goodlander.house.gov, and @houlahan.house.gov.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A joint statement from me, @slotkin.senate.gov, Sen, Mark Kelly, @crow.house.gov, @goodlander.house.gov, and @houlahan.house.gov.
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Senator Mark Kelly for the KO👊😂😂
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Senator Mark Kelly for the KO👊😂😂
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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Bill 60 is open season on renters.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bill 60 is open season on renters.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
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So much land. So much valuable land now in the hands of a government that has been trying to sell off the greenbelt, provincial parks and Ontario place.
It is not conspiratorial. It's recent history.
It is not conspiratorial. It's recent history.
The government says Bill 33 has received Royal Assent and is now law.
It will make it easier for the education minister to take over school boards in the province by appointing a supervisor and sidelining trustees. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1153148...
It will make it easier for the education minister to take over school boards in the province by appointing a supervisor and sidelining trustees. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1153148...
Protests erupt at Queen’s Park as government passes school board takeover bill | Globalnews.ca
On Wednesday, Bill 33 passed its third reading at Queen's Park after a shortened debate and bypassing committee, with Royal Assent set to follow.
globalnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
So much land. So much valuable land now in the hands of a government that has been trying to sell off the greenbelt, provincial parks and Ontario place.
It is not conspiratorial. It's recent history.
It is not conspiratorial. It's recent history.
Maybe Halligan is building her case by ChatGPT
Worth the read
The Comey Case Is a Comedy of Errors www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
Worth the read
The Comey Case Is a Comedy of Errors www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
Opinion | The Comey Case Is a Comedy of Errors
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Maybe Halligan is building her case by ChatGPT
Worth the read
The Comey Case Is a Comedy of Errors www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
Worth the read
The Comey Case Is a Comedy of Errors www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
Good. Pennies. Fractions of pennies.
"A Madrid court has ordered Meta to pay €479 million in damages to 87 Spanish media companies for unfair competition in its advertising practices on Facebook and Instagram. The ruling states that both platforms improperly used the data of millions of users to deliver advertising..."
Un juzgado condena a Meta a indemnizar con 479 millones a decenas de medios españoles por competencia desleal en Facebook e Instagram
La sentencia entiende que ambas plataformas, que pagarán otros 60 millones más en intereses, usaron de forma irregular los datos de millones de usuarios para ofrecer publicidad, lo que supuso una "ven...
www.eldiario.es
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Good. Pennies. Fractions of pennies.
“An autopsy report seen by Newsweek showed Ge was found tied with a bedsheet, with linens around his wrists and ankles in what the report described as a "hog-tied" position. The medical examiner noted that there had been other reported [similar] incidents of people”
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“An autopsy report seen by Newsweek showed Ge was found tied with a bedsheet, with linens around his wrists and ankles in what the report described as a "hog-tied" position. The medical examiner noted that there had been other reported [similar] incidents of people”
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
This makes me so angry.
Lutnick family. Data Centers.
AI Bubble. Environmental damage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Lutnick family. Data Centers.
AI Bubble. Environmental damage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This makes me so angry.
Lutnick family. Data Centers.
AI Bubble. Environmental damage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Lutnick family. Data Centers.
AI Bubble. Environmental damage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
I can’t WAIT for the SNL sketch
SMH
SMH
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I can’t WAIT for the SNL sketch
SMH
SMH
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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“President Trump’s response to the murder of exiled Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the culpability of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman sends a chilling message to authoritarian governments that paves the way to more human rights violations, PEN America said today.
Read the full statement
Read the full statement
President Trump’s Comments on Jamal Khashoggi “Reckless and Dismissive”
“President Trump’s reckless and dismissive response to the brutal murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago is an absolute outrage,” said Liesl Gerntholtz, managing director of the PEN/Barbe...
pen.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“President Trump’s response to the murder of exiled Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the culpability of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman sends a chilling message to authoritarian governments that paves the way to more human rights violations, PEN America said today.
Read the full statement
Read the full statement
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Tim Cook, the head of Apple, is having a nice dinner with MBS, who regularly orders executions, including for tweets.
Apple hosts "a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."
Apple hosts "a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Tim Cook, the head of Apple, is having a nice dinner with MBS, who regularly orders executions, including for tweets.
Apple hosts "a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."
Apple hosts "a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."
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Elon Musk showing back up in Washington for the first time in 6 months for the sole purpose of feting a notorious Saudi murderer is so on brand
Musk Is Back in Politics. Does He Want to Stay a While?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Elon Musk showing back up in Washington for the first time in 6 months for the sole purpose of feting a notorious Saudi murderer is so on brand
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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 5:46 PM
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."
Good cover. Real? Faux? Fake?
Good cover
Good cover
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Good cover. Real? Faux? Fake?
Good cover
Good cover
Ah... now I'm catching up.
The contempt expressed here & his enjoyment of his control.
"Quiet. Quiet, piggy.
The contempt expressed here & his enjoyment of his control.
"Quiet. Quiet, piggy.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Ah... now I'm catching up.
The contempt expressed here & his enjoyment of his control.
"Quiet. Quiet, piggy.
The contempt expressed here & his enjoyment of his control.
"Quiet. Quiet, piggy.