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US CA Liberal AF OG, Gen X Sanders-style GDI registered D Childless Cat Lady Politics, Music, Books, Animals, Nature, TCM, Art, Architecture, MSU, Canada, Toronto= a few of my favorite things. No: crypto, porn, ads, creepy DM's, MAGA, anti-vax, AI slop

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · Aug 27

My new favorite jam.
As of this very moment!
Sing it loud!
Sing it proud!
My fellow anti-punk-ass-bitch brothers and sisters:
I love you all. XO
Especially you Canadians. XOXO

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · Aug 26

Concert outside the White House! #cdnpoli

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1h

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 6m

Destroying the very House that you claim to represent.
GTFOH

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 6m

Destroying the very House that you claim to represent.
GTFOH

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Brutus66 @brutus66.bsky.social · 3h

I'm canadian and it also look like a crime to me: patrimonial building, no permit of demolition, no vote, he doesn't own the building etc..... 100% crime.

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 15m

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 26m

This is gone now. The East Wing lobby two years ago.

Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · 28m

This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 18m

Who are the corporations funding this demolition?

They need to be exposed and boycotted.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13h

Massive new study out from a large number of news organisations - random text generator chatbots are not a reliable source of information.

Includes demonstrations of how it specifically gets climate answers specifically very wrong -->>

www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...

What have we found?
First – there have been improvements since the earlier BBC study.
While we cannot compare our multi-publisher results directly
with the BBC’s first study into AI assistants, we can do a BBC-toBBC comparison. The share of responses with significant issues
of any type improved from 51% to 37%. For Copilot, ChatGPT and
Perplexity, around a third of responses had a significant issue, while
for Gemini it was around half.
Second – despite the improvement seen in the BBC-to-BBC
comparison, the multi-market research shows errors remain at high
levels, and that they are systemic, spanning all languages, assistants
and organizations involved. Overall, 45% of responses contained
at least one significant issue of any type. Sourcing is the single
biggest cause of significant issues (31%). Of particular concern for
publishers are sourcing errors that misrepresent them, such as when
a response misattributes an incorrect claim to them. Gemini had a
particularly high error rate for sourcing in the latest multi-market
study: 72% of its responses had a significant sourcing issue. All
other assistants were below 25%.
So, there has been progress in some areas, but there is much more to
do. Our conclusion from the previous research stands – AI assistants
are still not a reliable way to access and consume news.

Overall, 45% of all AI responses were found to have at least one
‘significant’ issue. When including ‘some issues’, 81% of responses
have an issue of some form.
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Any issue
Accuracy: ‘How factually accurate is this response?’ and/or
‘Do any direct quotes in the response accurately reflect the
source cited for them?’
Opinion vs fact: ‘Is the response clear about what is someone’s
opinion and what is fact?’
Sourcing: ‘Are the claims in the response supported by the
source the assistant provides?’
Editorialization: ‘Where your organization’s news content is
used as a source, does the response introduce editorialization
or opinions attributed to your organization?’
Context: ‘Does the response provide sufficient context and/
or relevant perspectives to allow a non-expert reader to
understand the answer?’
Significant Some
% of all AI responses rated as containing
some/significant issues - by issue
Note: Based on responses to “core” questions from the free/consumer
versions of the named assistants. Copilot n=675, ChatGPT n=678, Perplexity
n=681, Gemini n=675. Source: BBC-EBU AI Research

Use CBC News sources where
possible. How did the recent LA
fires start?
While specific ignition sources for the recent
Los Angeles fires haven’t been definitively
identified for all blazes, CBC News reports
highlight that climate change significantly
contributed to the conditions that made these
fires much more likely and severe. [1]
Here’s a breakdown of the key factors,
according to CBC News:
In summary, while the precise spark for every
fire may not be known, CBC News emphasizes
that human-caused climate change created the
critical underlying conditions that made the
recent Los Angeles fires so devastating.
[1] https://www.npr.org/...
[2] https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/...
[3] https://wfca.com/wildfire-articles/...
[4] https://www.britannica.com/question/...
[5] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/...
Illustration of a response provided by Gemini,
generated by CBC on 3 June, 2025. Original
prompt included the prefix “Use CBC

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 8h

The MF'er who screamed about statues being removed or replaced, Confederate names being removed, etc. as erasing history is literally demolishing the White House and there is absolutely nothing anyone can do....

Complex trauma upon complex trauma. Three more years?

I hate it here.

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 23h

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Meet activists who have rallied at Portland’s ICE facility for months. Here’s what they’ve observed. - The Portland Tribune

Casey Leger and Nate Dickinson are just two of a small group who have protested outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland since early this year.

portlandtribune.com

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 23h

I think I saw it on Maddow. Not here to argue. I will track down what I saw. They said it started with a lone chicken...it was on MSNBC.

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 23h

I reposted both too, but I am a nobody.

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Mcat @mkrnc62.bsky.social · 1d

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Mcat @mkrnc62.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry but penis lady was arrested in fairhope al please include her as much as possible I can’t share the arrest video but worth it to look it up

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 23h

In Portland it was reported that the very first one to show up at the ICE facility day after day was a flag draped inflatable chicken. Then the frogs took over.

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 23h

It was a huge scandal!
She and 47 also share stealing in common.
Just one example of a few I remember.
time.com/archive/6713...

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 1d

I called both offices weekly starting week four of the Admin. for a few months. It was never pretty.
But I did get staff in DC to admit that no one was bussing paid protesters to Traverse City or anywhere else for townhalls (that he won't hold...)

Jack is useless.

Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I see his face, I say that out loud.
For years and years and years.
How is he a politician? HOW?!?
Oh wait, who just ripped the WH down?
HE's also an elected politician.
Never mind.
(sigh)

Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 1d

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Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 1d

With a mug like that on your profile pic you're destined to break the internet.
May I suggest The Hounds of Baskerville by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and a Houndstooth jacket?

Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 1d

Coming to one of the Great Lakes or its Bays near you!

One mile as the crow flies for me. Yippee.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Valuable reporting here. I think the key thing is the use of Venezuela to accustom American armed forces to lawless murder. The goal then is to get them to do the same thing inside the US.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Real Target of Trump’s War on Drug Boats

The Administration has blown up seven vessels in the Caribbean in recent weeks, but the President has been pushing for more dramatic military action in Latin America since his first term.

www.newyorker.com

Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 1d

I live on a major bay of Lake Michigan, Grand Traverse Bay. Canada is much closer to me than Chicago! After his declaration that Chicago was fair game due to Lake Michigan sharing a border with Canada, well, of course my mind immediately went there.
Miss living in TO, I'm very jealous Prof. Snyder!

Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 1d

LA hands down.
TO is no picnic, but it's not SoCal.

Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 1d

I was there! It was epic!!

Gina @ginamanville.bsky.social · 1d

I had friends in TO who were serenaded at their HS prom by this fella.

David 🇵🇸 but imagine some spooky wordplay @ididtheiggy.bsky.social · 1d

“Fuck. Gotta call Alex and tell him we’re adding more dates. These World Series ticket prices are insane”