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Carolyn Pinto 🇨🇦

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⭐️ Observations on communication, rhetoric, propaganda ⭐️ Writer/brand strategist by trade: carolynpinto.com ⭐️ Montrealer/Québécoise/Canadian with Indian roots ⭐️ Curator of ideas, music, good times, lists ⭐️ Longtime em-dash user; no fan of AI

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Carolyn Pinto 🇨🇦 @carolynpinto.com · Nov 25

Some favourite non-human things
❥puns, witticisms, clever turns of phrase
❥brain health & emotional intelligence
❥history, from prehistory to this morning
❥ologies: socio, anthro, psycho
❥art
❥Canadian spellings
❥hope, esp. as pertaining to climate & human rights

Carolyn Pinto 🇨🇦 @carolynpinto.com · 1d

As an anglo Montrealer who also proudly speaks French avec l'accent de Céline, I feel seen!! Great piece.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

it's only racial profiling if it comes from the racial profiling region of france. otherwise it's sparkling reasonable suspicion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 2d

If you're complaining about independent media asking you to pitch in as a paying subscriber, I can only assume you are happy with "free" billionaire-owned corporate media monetizing your attention, selling you to advertisers, and immersing you in oligarchs' self-serving content.

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Carolyn Pinto 🇨🇦 @carolynpinto.com · 3d

Bravo, de Montréal!!

Carolyn Pinto 🇨🇦 @carolynpinto.com · 3d

AI is theft.

Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 3d

“But your honor, how am I going to steal everybody’s stuff if stealing everybody’s stuff remains illegal? Can you see what I’m up against here? I’m just a man with a dream of owning everybody’s else’s stuff, THWARTED by facts and legalities and red tape and the owner of the stuff trying to stop me.”

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · Aug 29

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

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Carolyn Pinto 🇨🇦 @carolynpinto.com · 4d

He just... stopped speaking.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

CNN: Does the administration still plan to abide by that court ruling?

STEPHEN MILLER: The administration filed an appeal this morning ... ... ...

CNN: Stephen? Stephen? Can you hear me?

MILLER: ... ... ...

Carolyn Pinto 🇨🇦 @carolynpinto.com · 4d

Yes, so much more festive!

Carolyn Pinto 🇨🇦 @carolynpinto.com · 4d

AI too.

Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 5d

Social media is a utility that should not be owned by private, for-profit companies run by random people who routinely go insane. It should be a publicly owned service, like the post office.

Carolyn Pinto 🇨🇦 @carolynpinto.com · 5d

however, excellent musical selection

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 5d

The US is about to see waves of preventable death & disease because what started as "medical freedom" has turned into the destruction of American science & public health. I will do everything in my power to stand up for science, health, democracy, & the rule of law in Canada.