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Ann @braithwaiteann.bsky.social · 7d

oh ffs

Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 7d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

Ann @braithwaiteann.bsky.social · 8d

love this :)

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 14d

You know how fascism requires a smaller and smaller ingroup as it develops?

Well so does neoliberalism.

Palestinians, trans people, disabled people...they become acceptable losses who must be sacrificed to "save democracy."

The only way to defeat fascism is to leave no one behind.

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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 18d

Ben Mulroney is blurring the lines between journalism, business, lobbying and partisan politics

The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year

Ben Mulroney is Blurring the Lines Between Journalism, Business, Lobbying and Partisan Politics

New host of Global News’ politics show works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

pressprogress.ca

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 18d

Breaking: Egyptian political activist and writer Alaa Abd El-Fattah was released from prison early Tuesday morning after being granted a pardon from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Monday.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 20d

Three days after the UN inquiry declares "genocide" in Gaza the Carney government says they are still waiting for "all the evidence" before taking a stand.
What an epic moral failure.

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Ann @braithwaiteann.bsky.social · 24d

funny but also so friggin appalling

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 24d

Report: At this point we are just trying to figure who Canadian Parliament WON'T give a standing ovation to

OTTAWA - After members of the Canadian Parliament earlier today gave a standing ovation to recently deceased far-right agitator who touted white supremacist theories, Charlie Kirk, we here at The Beaverton are stuck trying to figure out if there’s literally anyone our elected officials won’t celebrate.

www.thebeaverton.com

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Ann @braithwaiteann.bsky.social · 25d

the point being made so well... why memes are such fun :)

Doug-a-boo McCrae @dougmccrae.bsky.social · 25d

Fight in fast food restaurant meme.

People labelled as incels, nihilists, Groypers and MAGA are all fighting while a man labelled "the Left" is off to one side, uninvolved.

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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 29d

You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?

David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.

apnews.com/article/deka...

Law enforcement officers remember police officer killed in CDC shooting in Atlanta

Weeks after David Rose was killed while responding to a shooting this month at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, officers are remembering the DeKalb County police officer as a courageous leader who pri...

apnews.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29d

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?

Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Sep 10

You can condemn murder and political violence without whitewashing Charlie Kirk's shameful history of hate, racism, white nationalism and promotion of dangerous conspiracies that radicalized Trump supporters to violence.

You can do both.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · Sep 10

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Sep 8

To put this another way: you can't stop it from making things up because *literally all it does is make things up*

It just generates likely text. Sometimes what's likely is also true. Sometimes it's not.

This means it has the same relationship to truth as a magic 8-ball. Literally.

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Sep 8

How many times, in how many contexts, from how many internal and external researchers, or from how many CEO's are people going to have to receive this message before they believe it:

"Hallucinations" are an inherent part of the large language model architecture.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Can researchers stop AI making up citations?

OpenAI’s GPT-5 hallucinates less than previous models do, but cutting hallucination completely might prove impossible.

www.nature.com

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · Sep 8

Look, I don’t know why this is so complicated for people

When a man says violence against women isn’t a crime, they told you who they are, and you can believe it or you can explain it away, but then you know who you are, too

The misogyny was always a core point

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · Sep 6

Okay now this is impressive!

Sound on!

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Katra Ariello, Golden Apple Audio Narrator 🏳️‍⚧️ @katrafiy.bsky.social · Sep 7

Elon Musk is engaged in open chemical warfare and killing the people of Memphis and don't let people tell you this isn't a race thing.

a white South African dumping toxic gasses onto a majority Black city isn't something that is happening by coincidence

Harper 🔜 17th Door 🔜 HHN 🦇 @2manystripes.bsky.social · Sep 7

More reasons to be anti-AI

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Ann @braithwaiteann.bsky.social · Sep 3

can we get rid of her asap please!

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · Sep 2

this is heinous and destructive. None of these people should ever be near power again

Parents must confirm sex at birth for students in girls' sports in Edmonton Public Schools | CBC News

It comes as the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act sets new rules prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in amateur female sports divisions. The bill came into effect Sept. 1.

www.cbc.ca

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Ann @braithwaiteann.bsky.social · Sep 1

much solidarity with @dalfaculty.bsky.social ... when faculty members should be eagerly looking forward to tomorrow, to meet new and returning students, instead they're on the picket line, facing an intransigent employer and senior admin who have clearly forgotten all about the classroom

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Ann @braithwaiteann.bsky.social · Sep 1

people doing things - respect

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 1

More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.

The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know

More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.

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Ann @braithwaiteann.bsky.social · Sep 1

Canadians / those in Canada - follow this

MeidasCanada @meidascanada.ca · Aug 21

MEIDAS CANADA. COMING SOON. 🇨🇦

MEIDAS CANADA GOES LIVE LABOUR DAY

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · Aug 31

AI companies are constantly trying to deceive the public of its env & climate impacts. Each day we learn new info on how harmful AI is on ecosystems. This will only get worse as AI firms create partnerships w/ fossil fuel companies.

Keep hammering this angle (along w/ the many social & econ harms)

“These tools are designed to look like objective, all-knowing systems, and I think it’s important to get kids used to asking, ‘Who are the people who built this? Who said and wrote the original things that became the training data? Whose artwork was stolen by these companies to produce the training sets?’” said Bender.

For kids too young to connect with those questions, Bender suggests parents focus on the environmental impact. “Every time you use a chatbot, you’re helping to build the case for the company to develop the next model and build the next data center. Data centers have to be cooled with massive amounts of clean water, and clean water usually means drinking water.” Whose drinking water will be diverted?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Aug 29

A dramatic, extremely worrying moment; over 61,000 people held in ICE detention. That is the highest number ever on record in United States history; roughly 6,000 higher than the previous record set under Trump six years ago, and over 21,000 higher than when Trump took office just seven months ago.

Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · Aug 29

ICE just released updated detention statistics.

As of August 24, ICE is holding 61,226 people at authorized facilities around the United States and its Territories.

www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

Detention Management

An official website of the United States government

www.ice.gov

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · Aug 26

The new CBU med school is dependent on Dal’s Faculty of Medicine & our department for training and preparation of anatomical materials. We are locked out, but nary a mention how the lockout affects students starting at CBU. #keepdalstrong

Classes for CBU's new medical school start in a week out of temporary home | CBC News

Classes begin in a week at the Cape Breton Medical Campus, where students commit to practising medicine in rural Nova Scotia communities for five years after their studies.

www.cbc.ca

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Aug 21

Your friendly neighbourhood anti-fascist, gangster fighting team of resisters are taking the fight global.
Meidas Canada and @meidastouch.bsky.social launching on Labour Day.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Aug 21

MEIDAS CANADA. COMING SOON. 🇨🇦

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Ann @braithwaiteann.bsky.social · Aug 21

indeed...of all the ways to represent public or community service, this?!

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