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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · 1d

Canada: I know you're still talking about the UCP stripping Albertans rights with the NWC, but this government is in full Trump flood-the-zone mode, you have to keep up. Today they started to create a UCP police force and they dropped heavily gerrymandered new districts. This is an emergency.

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steve-o @freerangesteve.bsky.social · 7d

My wife and I got our #COVID vaccines today, at Shoppers Drug Mart. It cost us $312.24

Fuck you Danielle Smith, fuck you UCP, and fuck you to every Albertan who voted for this.

#ableg #abpoli #abhealth

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🦇 @erikforrestjackson.com · 5d

The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟

Donald Trump appeared to describe a dementia screening he underwent at Walter Reed Medical Center as a 'very hard' IQ test while speaking with reporters inside Air Force One

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15d

If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride! ssd.eff.org/module/atte.... eff.org/rayhunter.

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular

Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators

www.eff.org

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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · 24d

Happy birthday Z, your family's bday cakes are inspiring! 😁

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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · 29d

The US is not a signatory to the ICC and has severe sanctions against several ICC judges, including a Canadian. They have no jurisdiction to enter the US or try a US citizen unless the US signs on.

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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · Oct 2

You just reposted and wrote 4 skeet's about a dictionary ad. While I understand the concern, they didn't announce an AI product, they announced the latest edition of their century-old reference book, but you're mad because they made you care? The pathos doesn't match the "crime" here...

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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · Oct 2

If AI was a child, it would have a Habsburg chin from all the incestuous corporate relationships that spawned it. Diagram credit to Anthony Restaino.

A diagram a number of large tech and AI companies with many arrows showing the circular investments and customer relationships between them

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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · Oct 1

That pony could be hiding a suicide belt bomb under there, you just NEVER KNOW!

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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · Sep 26

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Basic Apple Guy @basicappleguy.com · Sep 12

The Apple Polishing Cloth has been updated to support the iPhone 17, iPhone Air, 17 Pro models, the new Ultra 3, SE 3, and Apple Watch Series 11.

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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · Sep 12

The moral of this story is that it works both ways: documenting bad behaviours and horrible people can provide effective contemporaneous notes years later.

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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · Sep 12

I wrote a *furious* complaint about Columbia House on USENET after a manager cursed me out when I tried to cancel. He fraudulently signed me again but when collections showed up years later, I printed those posts and asked if they'd like to see if a judge believed I signed up again that week.

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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here's something that needs to be stressed: no amount of saying "political violence is never acceptable" is going to make Republicans NOT do more political violence and become more extreme. They were doing that anyway and it's literally not possible for them to do that faster than they already are.

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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · Aug 30

Yes, the template and wording for this initiative came from American right wing Christian nationalist orgs. Including making schools create the list, but accusing them of "vicious compliance", so they can say they didn't want this, even though they made it happen.

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🇨🇦 @globalcatastrophe.bsky.social · Aug 29

Surely that new federal MP in Alberta, Pierre Poilievre, will be up in arms about this obvious attack on freedom by the provincial government.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · Aug 29

/2 here is the list posted by Bridget

bsky.app/profile/brid...

Bridget Stirling @bridgetstirling.bsky.social · Aug 28

Well, the list of books being banned from EPSB is appalling. And it's very likely that an author on this list will get their other works pulled too, especially in the absence of teacher librarians.

There are books on this list that changed my life. This is what the UCP is taking away from kids.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · Aug 29

...and the hate continues in #Alberta #bannedbooks

The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools
Internally distributed list obtained by CBC shows more than 200 books slated for removal

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News

A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...

www.cbc.ca

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · Aug 28

If you're an author and Anthropic pirated your book, here's how to register for the class action lawsuit.

Richard Littler (@[email protected])

"AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry." Win win. I just registered my name & book details with the appropri...

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Aug 27

👀 ICYMI: "In authoritarian regimes, by contrast, the same instruments are deliberately entwined with political control, leaving no avenues for independent critique or contestation"

#AcademicSky #HigherEducation

How authoritarian states co-opt academic modernisation and bibliometrics for control - Impact of Social Sciences

Do bibliometric performance metrics, which underpin global higher education policies, also provide a means for authoritarian states to coerce academics?

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · Aug 22

Saw them at Lollapalooza '94, great band!❤️

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Aug 21

White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.

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I am as white as a hotel towel, and the closest thing to Mexican I am was a single all inclusive resort stay in Cancun. I put a Mexican flag sticker on my old Tacoma abd was promptly pulled over by ICE in San Antonio. I'm happy to waste their time
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This is the way

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Their big question was like, "why the sticker" I told them it was on the truck when I bought it-and they suggested I remove it. Obnoxious creatures.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · Aug 21

Sometimes the sheer idiocy of this moment overwhelms me. The idea that our convicted felon POTUS who incited an attack on DC police then pardoned the attackers & who's the most corrupt official in US history is going on an "anti-crime" ride-along in a city w/falling crime rate is...(brain explodes)

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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · Aug 20

Because the tracks won't let it Dodge.

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Jonathan Stade @acheron.com · Aug 20

I appreciate and agree with so much of your content that I followed you for: it's odd that you're carrying water for AC like this. I'm not even attacking them, just saying they should do better by their front line employees and customers, and they're at least 50% responsible for this situation.