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Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGhoul @marzgurl.com · 7h

But, let this go to show, this is now the first instance of me seeing my voice has been AI cloned, so be prepared for people to just make me say random shit I've never said.

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Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · 7h

Ooh! While I appreciate this, I stand by their strike either way.

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 14h

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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nobody @granddad.bsky.social · 1d

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Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · 10h

I have a package stalled in the mail, but I don't mind waiting if it means the union gets a fair deal.

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 11h

Local members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers rallied outside the legislature Thursday, accusing the “pro-labour NDP government” of failing to support them in their bitter, protracted dispute with Canada Post.

Striking postal workers protest lack of support from ‘pro-labour’ Manitoba government

Local members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers rallied outside the legislature Thursday, accusing the “pro-labour NDP government” of failing to support them in their bitter, protracted dispute with Canada Post.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 11h

“Putting your political opponents in jail because they are your opponents—not because of what they did—is the heart of tyranny. It is an obviously impeachable offense,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the indictment of NY AG Tish James on Trump-ordered charges.

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Vulture @vulture.com · 11h

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

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Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · 14h

Mhmmm... and what are the domestic abuse rates among cops again? Higher than average? Looking for a new target, was he?

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Qtain P. Faulkes @qtainpfaulkes.bsky.social · 1d

Filled out the survey. My response to it was:

"STOP FUCKING WASTING TAX DOLLARS ON SHINY MAGIC BEANS."

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 1d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 16h

It was a wonderful wakeup call to Canadians to keep more of our money inside the country rather than sending it to a country that routinely threatens our sovereignty.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 22h

Four in five Canadians surveyed believe boycotting U.S.-made goods or avoiding travel to the United States could help strengthen #Canada’s bargaining position with its southern neighbour

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/nan...

Most Canadians think boycotting U.S. goods or travel is helpful: Nanos

Four in five Canadians believe boycotting U.S.-made goods or avoiding travel to the United States could help strengthen Canada’s bargaining position with its southern neighbour.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 19h

It’s time we have a chat about bringing back public etiquette to movie theaters.
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Untitled Goose Name @goosname.bsky.social · 1d

The “diversity of thought” graphic labeled with “what is 2+2?”. The small blue cluster is labelled “4”, whereas the large red cluster has 7, -1, 0, pi, NaN, and a fish.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 1d

I'm getting mine tomorrow. How about you?

Kyle Minogue 🔬☀️ @kyleminogue.bsky.social · 1d

Vaccines are free and available in Winnipeg.

Updated COVID vaccines cut risk of severe illness and death across all age groups, even for those with prior infection or vaccination.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Kyle Minogue 🔬☀️ @kyleminogue.bsky.social · 1d

Vaccines are free and available in Winnipeg.

Updated COVID vaccines cut risk of severe illness and death across all age groups, even for those with prior infection or vaccination.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 1d

Went out for groceries, came home to this

Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 1d

A shower curtain that is a screenshot of Ocarina of Time where the text “Water Temple” is on the screen, hung up over a shower.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · 1d

Woo! Burn the planet for a technology that relies on stolen data to produce worse results than just paying humans.

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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 1d

This is like asking weasels about chicken coop design while not asking chickens.

Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 1d

OTTAWA – The Liberal government has given its new AI “task force” until the end of the month to fast-track changes to the national artificial intelligence strategy — a plan that critics say leans too much on the perspective of industry and the tech sector.

Experts say Ottawa’s new AI task force is skewed towards industry

OTTAWA – The Liberal government has given its new AI “task force” until the end of the month to fast-track changes to the national artificial intelligence strategy — a plan that critics say leans too much on the perspective of industry and the tech sector.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 1d

What is "plenary authority" and why is it a big deal that Miller said that Trump has it over the national guard?

4 frame comic where Miller slowly blinks. Text reads. A few hours ago, speaking on cnn about Trump's plan to send the national guard into us cities, Miller said : under title 10 of the us code, the president has plenary authority, has... He then fully stopped talking and just blinked at the camera, as if he realized that he said the quiet part out loud. "Plenary authority" means "complete power over a particular area with no limitayions". It is equivalent to ruling by decree, which us how Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler governed. Having "plenary authority" over the military would mean that Trump can just use the national guard as he pleases, no matter what the courts say. It's a power grab.

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 1d

The Manitoba Bar Association is firing back against Premier Wab Kinew, saying he undermined judicial independence by publicly criticizing a bail decision rendered by a provincial judge.

Lawyers association condemns Kinew for criticizing judge who granted bail to trucker charged in fatal crash

The Manitoba Bar Association is firing back against Premier Wab Kinew, saying he undermined judicial independence by publicly criticizing a bail decision rendered by a provincial judge.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGhoul @marzgurl.com · 2d

Wondering if anybody can help me find some video. SIGGRAPH for decades has published video compilations of companies showing off CG animation. Many are found online, but not all. Looking for SIGGRAPH Video Review: Issue 132: Animation Theater Program Part I. Issue 131 is found easily, but not 132.

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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 2d

Well, well, well...if it isn't the endlessly dismissed Left being proven 100% correct about someone for the one billionth time.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 2d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · 1d

I tried to intelligently answer the first page, but by the last question on that page I was just like; [reaction gif]

(and the pages just kept coming and the questions were all so samey... and probably written by AI... I started just pasting links to Ed Zitron stuff)

a man in a suit and tie is saying no ! god ! please ! no .

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is saying "No! God! Please! No!"

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

hey if a friend of a friend shows up in the group chat and is like 'we should charlie kirk some mfs who's in'

yeah

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. AG Ken Paxton of Texas has announced undercover operations into left leaning groups, citing "transgenderism" and "antifa."

It is the latest in a series of moves that indicates LGBTQ+ people and left-leaning orgs may be targets for domestic surveillance.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Undercover Operations Into "Antifa," Citing "Transgenderism"

The announcement comes after a flurry of reports that Trump would weaponize the FBI against groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.

www.erininthemorning.com

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