Chris Andersen
@bodhidrop.bsky.social
Music (Punk, Jazz, Garage, Funk n Soul, Psych, Folk, Blues). Dad. Husband. Commie. History (Paleo, European, Revolutionary movements). Optimistic Curmudgeon. Fumbling Buddhist. Living in Hamilton, Canada.
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Excellent interruption of Cory Booker's event at the National Cathedral 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Excellent interruption of Cory Booker's event at the National Cathedral 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
Another Yay Hamilton moment @mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social
Now on my Instagram
Full Audio of Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath (@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social) answering a question regarding London's decision to purchase high-quality tiny homes made right here in Stoney Creek. #yhmcc
www.instagram.com/p/DRahYdgjsas/
Full Audio of Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath (@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social) answering a question regarding London's decision to purchase high-quality tiny homes made right here in Stoney Creek. #yhmcc
www.instagram.com/p/DRahYdgjsas/
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Another Yay Hamilton moment @mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social
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@drpopcultureusa.bsky.social: Worst score ever on American Bandstand's Rate-a-record segment.
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@drpopcultureusa.bsky.social: Worst score ever on American Bandstand's Rate-a-record segment.
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You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
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Leftist opposition to Israel is about justice, equality, anticolonialism, antiracism, anti-imperialism, antiwar & anti-apartheid activism—& has nothing whatsoever to do with hating Jews
Rightist opposition to Israel is more about nationalism, anti-interventionism, and in many cases a hatred of Jews
Rightist opposition to Israel is more about nationalism, anti-interventionism, and in many cases a hatred of Jews
Israel Moved Gaza's Yellow Line And Then Shelled Palestinians For Being On The Wrong Side
Notes from The Edge of the Narrative Matrix
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Leftist opposition to Israel is about justice, equality, anticolonialism, antiracism, anti-imperialism, antiwar & anti-apartheid activism—& has nothing whatsoever to do with hating Jews
Rightist opposition to Israel is more about nationalism, anti-interventionism, and in many cases a hatred of Jews
Rightist opposition to Israel is more about nationalism, anti-interventionism, and in many cases a hatred of Jews
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A champion of genocide (and an Obama speechwriter) reluctantly acknowledges that many Jewish students may not share her readiness to dehumanize the #Palestinians. The only option, in her view, is to insulate them from the horror that is being inflicted on #Gaza.
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A champion of genocide (and an Obama speechwriter) reluctantly acknowledges that many Jewish students may not share her readiness to dehumanize the #Palestinians. The only option, in her view, is to insulate them from the horror that is being inflicted on #Gaza.
49% of opioid related emergency calls in Ward 2 Hamilton ON arise from HPL Hamilton central library, and open use there has caused so much of a problem, here's 1 of many solutions proposed. Please follow @joeycoleman.ca 's substack for great reporting and insight. thepublicrecord.ca/2025/04/peti...
Petition Calls for Hamilton to Designate Libraries 'Safe Drug Consumption Sites'
Petition organizer will delegate to Council's Public Health Committee on Monday
thepublicrecord.ca
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
49% of opioid related emergency calls in Ward 2 Hamilton ON arise from HPL Hamilton central library, and open use there has caused so much of a problem, here's 1 of many solutions proposed. Please follow @joeycoleman.ca 's substack for great reporting and insight. thepublicrecord.ca/2025/04/peti...
Hamilton ON opioid statistics. Why are most more than ever putting so much energy into turning a blind eye? www.hamilton.ca/people-progr...
Hamilton Opioid Information System | City of Hamilton
www.hamilton.ca
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Hamilton ON opioid statistics. Why are most more than ever putting so much energy into turning a blind eye? www.hamilton.ca/people-progr...
Yay Hamilton! Viva TD Bank !
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Yay Hamilton! Viva TD Bank !
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Japanese #anime like the film "Demon Slayer" blends thrilling action with deep spiritual themes, drawing on Buddhist, Shinto, and samurai traditions to explore fate, sacrifice, and moral struggles. A philosophy and religious studies professor explains: buff.ly/2oK5vbM #religion #philosophy
How Japanese anime draws on religious traditions to explore themes of destiny, sacrifice and the struggle between desire and duty
‘Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.
buff.ly
March 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Japanese #anime like the film "Demon Slayer" blends thrilling action with deep spiritual themes, drawing on Buddhist, Shinto, and samurai traditions to explore fate, sacrifice, and moral struggles. A philosophy and religious studies professor explains: buff.ly/2oK5vbM #religion #philosophy
Glass Beams - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Mystery Lights, always a treat. Thanks for the reminder @levin.bsky.social
youtu.be/b1hvm-12UnQ?...
youtu.be/b1hvm-12UnQ?...
The Mystery Lights - Memories (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The Mystery Lights, always a treat. Thanks for the reminder @levin.bsky.social
youtu.be/b1hvm-12UnQ?...
youtu.be/b1hvm-12UnQ?...
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King's 1982 novel was set in the year 2025, in a world with widespread poverty, mass surveillance, and giant corporations. The newest film version loses some of its critique.
It's 2025, and the future has finally caught up with Stephen King's 'Running Man'
King's 1982 novel was set in the year 2025, in a world with widespread poverty, mass surveillance, and giant corporations. The newest film version loses some of its critique.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
King's 1982 novel was set in the year 2025, in a world with widespread poverty, mass surveillance, and giant corporations. The newest film version loses some of its critique.
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Trying to imagine Elmer the Safety Elephant walking on rail trails to remind hikers of their “shared safety responsibility”, like our mayor, and more than one #HamOnt councillors, seem to think is the solution to the problem.
This story also includes a paragraph about 2 other hit-and-runs this week.
"A woman was also hit by an impaired driver that mistakenly drove on the rail trail in west #HamOnt."
"A woman was also hit by an impaired driver that mistakenly drove on the rail trail in west #HamOnt."
Hamilton man, 83, killed while walking dog; third pedestrian death in a week
Man struck in a crosswalk Thursday highlights ongoing concerns about high-risk intersections and speeding
www.thespec.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Trying to imagine Elmer the Safety Elephant walking on rail trails to remind hikers of their “shared safety responsibility”, like our mayor, and more than one #HamOnt councillors, seem to think is the solution to the problem.
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"[G]rowing number of First Nations are alleging Ontario's Bill 5 legislation is unconstitutional."
"[O]ngoing disrespect for Indigenous rights and treaty rights."
"Canada and Ontario are failing in their duty to have meaningful dialogue with our communities."
#Ontario #Canada #Climate #Mining
"[O]ngoing disrespect for Indigenous rights and treaty rights."
"Canada and Ontario are failing in their duty to have meaningful dialogue with our communities."
#Ontario #Canada #Climate #Mining
Ottawa won't back down on Ring of Fire environmental assessment
Doug Ford wants to fast-track critical mineral development, but First Nations say both governments are stripping away environmental safeguards and treaty rights.
ricochet.media
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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How to Succeed and Prosper as a CEO in Ontario:
1. Donate to Doug Ford’s election campaign
2. Apply for a Skills Development Fund grant
3. Receive millions (with very few questions asked)
4. Give yourself a raise for donating to Doug Ford’s election campaign
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
1. Donate to Doug Ford’s election campaign
2. Apply for a Skills Development Fund grant
3. Receive millions (with very few questions asked)
4. Give yourself a raise for donating to Doug Ford’s election campaign
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Exec pay rises for Skills Development Fund recipients, including one tied to ‘adult entertainment club’
Executive pay jumped for many recipients of an Ontario job training grant, according to salary disclosure viewed by CTV News, including at one numbered company that partnered with an agency that later...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
How to Succeed and Prosper as a CEO in Ontario:
1. Donate to Doug Ford’s election campaign
2. Apply for a Skills Development Fund grant
3. Receive millions (with very few questions asked)
4. Give yourself a raise for donating to Doug Ford’s election campaign
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
1. Donate to Doug Ford’s election campaign
2. Apply for a Skills Development Fund grant
3. Receive millions (with very few questions asked)
4. Give yourself a raise for donating to Doug Ford’s election campaign
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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"I am a prisoner because you won and we lost. Not because you are morally superior". Hermann Göring in _Nuremberg_.
"Curtis LeMay said that if we lost the war we'd all be prosecuted as war criminals" Robert McNamara in _The Fog of War_
youtu.be/PENIsZ-6vAQ?... (:06:16)
"Curtis LeMay said that if we lost the war we'd all be prosecuted as war criminals" Robert McNamara in _The Fog of War_
youtu.be/PENIsZ-6vAQ?... (:06:16)
The Fog of War - McNamara on Lemay
YouTube video by Mordecai
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"I am a prisoner because you won and we lost. Not because you are morally superior". Hermann Göring in _Nuremberg_.
"Curtis LeMay said that if we lost the war we'd all be prosecuted as war criminals" Robert McNamara in _The Fog of War_
youtu.be/PENIsZ-6vAQ?... (:06:16)
"Curtis LeMay said that if we lost the war we'd all be prosecuted as war criminals" Robert McNamara in _The Fog of War_
youtu.be/PENIsZ-6vAQ?... (:06:16)
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let gaza live
🚨Urgent🚨
We are in Gaza Our tents are flooded from the rain, and our suffering continues
We can't sleep at night because of the cold & strong winds.
My family is pleading with you to donate us so we can buy blankets & mattresses
Pls donate⬇️😭
shorturl.at/lA4Hz
Verified
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
We are in Gaza Our tents are flooded from the rain, and our suffering continues
We can't sleep at night because of the cold & strong winds.
My family is pleading with you to donate us so we can buy blankets & mattresses
Pls donate⬇️😭
shorturl.at/lA4Hz
Verified
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
let gaza live
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Yeah, to spell it out, this is about generative AI trying to brute force licensing!
Not cool machine learning tools that help you design a better reactor or something.
No, *generative AI* - the category that includes large language models and other content-spewing algos.
Not cool machine learning tools that help you design a better reactor or something.
No, *generative AI* - the category that includes large language models and other content-spewing algos.
Problem: AI needs massive amounts of power to thrive. Nuclear makes lots of power. Nuclear takes a long long time to do safely.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Yeah, to spell it out, this is about generative AI trying to brute force licensing!
Not cool machine learning tools that help you design a better reactor or something.
No, *generative AI* - the category that includes large language models and other content-spewing algos.
Not cool machine learning tools that help you design a better reactor or something.
No, *generative AI* - the category that includes large language models and other content-spewing algos.
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$1 billion data centre to maybe create 100 jobs. That's likely an overstatement.
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
Meta plans $1 billion data center in Beaver Dam
The facility is expected to be completed in 2027 and will support 100 jobs, according to state officials.
www.wisn.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
$1 billion data centre to maybe create 100 jobs. That's likely an overstatement.
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
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Keukegen (毛羽毛現) are hairy, dirty, and dubious thing. Looking like a sentient beard, it lives in seemingly abandoned, unclean places, which is fine except they bring disease and bad luck. Keep your home clean, or one might visit you. #MythologyMonday
🖼: M. Meyer
🖼: M. Meyer
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Keukegen (毛羽毛現) are hairy, dirty, and dubious thing. Looking like a sentient beard, it lives in seemingly abandoned, unclean places, which is fine except they bring disease and bad luck. Keep your home clean, or one might visit you. #MythologyMonday
🖼: M. Meyer
🖼: M. Meyer