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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 10h

“a new report shows teachers in Alberta are the most stressed in the world, and their workload is among the most demanding.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Alberta teachers among the world's most stressed, new report shows

ATA president Jason Schilling said the report shows his agency’s findings that teachers feel stressed out, overworked and underappreciated.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 8h

Both Inuit and non-Inuit academics say hunger in Nunavut is not a new challenge, but it's an issue that's been increasing in recent years.

APTN News web reporter Jesse Staniforth took a deep dive into hunger in the territory.

What’s behind the growing hunger crisis in Nunavut? | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 7h

At the TIME100 AI celebration last night, Natasha Lyonne stood in front of the emperors of AI and challenged them to their face. Doing that takes guts. And I’m incredibly honored that she cited my work as well.

Thank you for speaking truth to power, Natasha. 🙏

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Natasha Lyonne Asks AI Leaders: "Whatever Happened to Being Cool?"

YouTube video by TIME

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Daniel Nikpayuk @nikpayuk.bsky.social · 8h

It's sunny and warm (9C) out.

I'm going for a walk. Stretch my legs, enjoy the shine!

Daniel Nikpayuk @nikpayuk.bsky.social · 8h

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I have the { declare type, declare value, define value } methods working again for my basic number type.

The implementations can be refactored a bit, but otherwise the relationships and expressivity feel right. The real test is reimplementing these methods for my tuple type.

Tomorrow?

Daniel Nikpayuk @nikpayuk.bsky.social · 10h

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Realizing I made a bad choice in my list model.

It's fixed length, so I chose the end as the null location. The original design when it allocates it starts from the end and moves backwards. In theory it's fine, but it's a bad choice because the symmetry creates perf overhead.

Rewriting.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 15h

RIP Drew Struzan
A master.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 14h

Bottom line: all the evidence in this study points to the association between tylenol and autism arising due to unmeasured inter-family confounding, like genetics.

Not due to a true causal relationship.

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 14h

I took a whole week to read and write about this paper because I wanted to make sure that I wasn’t just rubber-stamping some results I liked. And now I can confidently say, this paper is very well-done and very well-written.

And I believe their results.
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

Finally, a well-done study about autism and Tylenol!

We have read a LOT of bad research over the past few weeks, as we explore what RFK Jr thinks about the causes of autism. Finally, we get to read some good research!

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 15h

The City and Province can fund day shelter spaces or "the other option is people are dying and people don't feel safe to use public libraries, don’t feel safe to use public transit, don't feel safe to use rec centers.”
#yegcc #ableg

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Fewer drop-in spaces mean Edmonton's homeless have nowhere to go in the morning | CBC News

Despite concerns about the impact on Edmonton's public spaces, it's a problem that "nobody seems to want to take ownership of."

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 16h

The Alberta teacher strike that has affected more than 700,000 students isn’t just another labour dispute.

It’s the latest front in a long campaign to undermine education — closely linked to the right-wing Project 2025 initiative to transform America.

@ximenaka.bsky.social writes. #abpoli #uspoli

Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

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SwedenCpp @swedencpp.bsky.social · 16h

🆕 on the #Cpp conference video radar:

🎦 from cppnorth:
📺 Braden Ganetsky - Debugger Visualizers to Make Your Code Accessible

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFQ4fLDlbFs

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Daniel Nikpayuk @nikpayuk.bsky.social · 16h

It's been like that for a while. I think I replied about it when I first noticed but there didn't seem to be any response.

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 22h

Auditing 47 Failed Startups for why they failed

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From the Entrepreneur community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Entrepreneur community

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 21h

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
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Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated

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Daniel Nikpayuk @nikpayuk.bsky.social · 1d

Rewatching Inside Out.

I saw it in theatre when that was a thing. I'm pretty sure it's a thing again, but also sorry no thanks these days. Anyway, I really needed to engage with this story again.

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Daniel Nikpayuk @nikpayuk.bsky.social · 1d

UGA

Daniel Nikpayuk @nikpayuk.bsky.social · 1d

Rewatching Oppenheimer.

I don't even know why, but somehow for some reason I needed to. Tough times in the world maybe?

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.

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Daniel Nikpayuk @nikpayuk.bsky.social · 1d

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Finally got the "declare type" method set up for my compile time type system's basic number type. I've done this many times before, but I really like the new redesign this time. I'm still getting use to it so I'm sure I'll refactor a bit later on, but otherwise it feels very natural. Glad.

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 1d

it's kinda weird that all the software i am expected to use for work are all written by distributed teams, go, python, postgres, linux, chrome, k8s etc

and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d

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Daniel Nikpayuk @nikpayuk.bsky.social · 1d

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Canada eyes putting nuclear reactors on the moon | CBC News

In order to maintain a presence on the moon, there’s going to be a need for energy. How do you maintain a colony of people in a place that has roughly 14 days of sunlight followed by 14 days of darkne...

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