Siobhan O'Flynn
@sioflynn.bsky.social
Canadian Studies UofT. 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦
Kids' data privacy, AI & policy; DH; Artificial intimacy; digital & geolocative storytelling; game studies.
How did I end up with ALL the cats?
T'karanto, Treaty 13
Kids' data privacy, AI & policy; DH; Artificial intimacy; digital & geolocative storytelling; game studies.
How did I end up with ALL the cats?
T'karanto, Treaty 13
“The risks outweigh the rewards”
“At least six Canadian children, with birth years ranging from 2009 to 2024, were detained during the period. One Canadian child was held for 51 days — more than twice the 20-day limit set by a long-standing U.S. court-ordered agreement.”
Expert warns Canadians to not travel to the US:
Expert warns Canadians to not travel to the US:
‘My advice actually would be don’t go’: Expert warns Canadians about U.S. travel risks
A growing number of Canadians, including several young children, have been arrested or detained by U.S. immigration authorities over the past two years, according to newly released government data obt...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“The risks outweigh the rewards”
OH HUZZAH. Armada Talk.
How many days to the Epstein file release?
How many days to the Epstein file release?
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
OH HUZZAH. Armada Talk.
How many days to the Epstein file release?
How many days to the Epstein file release?
Which Rob Reiner movie are you watching tonight?
December 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Which Rob Reiner movie are you watching tonight?
Hasn’t pulled his head out of his ass yet, has he.
Q: Susie Wiles referred to you as a "conspiracy theorist" and your transformation into a Trump supporter as "an act of political expediency." Your response?
JD VANCE: Sometimes I am in conspiracy theorist, but I only believe in the conspiracy theories that are true
JD VANCE: Sometimes I am in conspiracy theorist, but I only believe in the conspiracy theories that are true
December 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hasn’t pulled his head out of his ass yet, has he.
It’s always Caturday
Invader alert
Invader alert
December 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It’s always Caturday
Invader alert
Invader alert
Oof. What a terrible idea.
Altman turning to ad revenue meaning ad targeting will drive design
Jeezus.
Altman turning to ad revenue meaning ad targeting will drive design
Jeezus.
Does advertising on ChatGPT raise issues under EU law?
Analysis by Annelieke Mooij and Anuj Puri - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/from...
Analysis by Annelieke Mooij and Anuj Puri - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/from...
From Large Language Models to Long Lasting Manipulations: the AI Act and generative AI advertising
Annelieke Mooij* and Anuj Puri** *Assistant Professor at the Public Law & Governance Department, Tilburg Law School ** Post-Doctoral ...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Oof. What a terrible idea.
Altman turning to ad revenue meaning ad targeting will drive design
Jeezus.
Altman turning to ad revenue meaning ad targeting will drive design
Jeezus.
Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn
There's a cross-platform uniformity to how LLMs bullshit you.
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
There's a cross-platform uniformity to how LLMs bullshit you.
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
Yes. So offensive.
“Have you no sense of decency, sir?”
Is a rhetorical question for 🎃
What a malignant festering remnant of the worst of humanity.
No visiting the US for me with these socials
“Have you no sense of decency, sir?”
Is a rhetorical question for 🎃
What a malignant festering remnant of the worst of humanity.
No visiting the US for me with these socials
Here's an idea: Rob Reiner's daughters should sue Trump for $20 billion dollars (evidently Trump's favorite number) for slander, defamation, inciting violence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
December 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Yes. So offensive.
“Have you no sense of decency, sir?”
Is a rhetorical question for 🎃
What a malignant festering remnant of the worst of humanity.
No visiting the US for me with these socials
“Have you no sense of decency, sir?”
Is a rhetorical question for 🎃
What a malignant festering remnant of the worst of humanity.
No visiting the US for me with these socials
Can we have Rob Reiner marathon film festivals immediately??
Across North America?
Affirm & honor Reiner’s humanity, wit, compassion, generosity, intelligence, love…
Start with Spinal Tap & just keep going?
Across North America?
Affirm & honor Reiner’s humanity, wit, compassion, generosity, intelligence, love…
Start with Spinal Tap & just keep going?
Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Can we have Rob Reiner marathon film festivals immediately??
Across North America?
Affirm & honor Reiner’s humanity, wit, compassion, generosity, intelligence, love…
Start with Spinal Tap & just keep going?
Across North America?
Affirm & honor Reiner’s humanity, wit, compassion, generosity, intelligence, love…
Start with Spinal Tap & just keep going?
Questions I have on Trump’s malignant narcissistic post on Rob Reiner’s murder:
Where exactly was 🎃 when he wrote this?
Posted 9:51 am. What EXACTLY was he doing when he paused to post this vile response?
In the Oval Office?
In the crapper?
Did he actually write this?
Horrifying.
Where exactly was 🎃 when he wrote this?
Posted 9:51 am. What EXACTLY was he doing when he paused to post this vile response?
In the Oval Office?
In the crapper?
Did he actually write this?
Horrifying.
December 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Questions I have on Trump’s malignant narcissistic post on Rob Reiner’s murder:
Where exactly was 🎃 when he wrote this?
Posted 9:51 am. What EXACTLY was he doing when he paused to post this vile response?
In the Oval Office?
In the crapper?
Did he actually write this?
Horrifying.
Where exactly was 🎃 when he wrote this?
Posted 9:51 am. What EXACTLY was he doing when he paused to post this vile response?
In the Oval Office?
In the crapper?
Did he actually write this?
Horrifying.
Hero. What a wonderful human being.
Around the time of the shooting at Bondi Beach, Ahmed al-Ahmed planned to meet a friend for coffee and was shocked to see men firing their weapons at civilians — then he sprang into action. wapo.st/49cIMt4
December 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Hero. What a wonderful human being.
Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
More tragedies interacting with ChatGPT
Lawsuit?
Lawsuit?
LLMs.
They promote suicide and murder, undermine a century of educational practice, drive deskilling, harm the environment, and benefit foreign adversaries spreading disinformation.
But the federal government wants to prohibit states from regulating them.
You'd think they were guns.
They promote suicide and murder, undermine a century of educational practice, drive deskilling, harm the environment, and benefit foreign adversaries spreading disinformation.
But the federal government wants to prohibit states from regulating them.
You'd think they were guns.
Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
OpenAI accused of hiding full ChatGPT logs in murder-suicide case.
arstechnica.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
More tragedies interacting with ChatGPT
Lawsuit?
Lawsuit?
Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn
Energy bills in US have increased 13% since Trump took office, new report says
Energy bills in US have increased 13% since Trump took office, new report finds
The amount of money Americans are paying toward their energy bills has increased since President Donald Trump took office earlier this year, according to a new report.
abcnews.go.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Energy bills in US have increased 13% since Trump took office, new report says
Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn
Donald Trump is a very sick man.
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Donald Trump is a very sick man.
💔
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
💔
Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn
Climate disasters have created $1.2 trillion in damage in the US since 1980, with 41% of it concentrated in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.
But they all support a president that wants to take away disaster relief.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
But they all support a president that wants to take away disaster relief.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why Trump’s Plan to Stop Tallying Weather Losses Matters to the Insurance Industry
NOAA’s billion-dollar disaster list provides a crucial metric for tracking rising damages tied to climate change and development.
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Climate disasters have created $1.2 trillion in damage in the US since 1980, with 41% of it concentrated in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.
But they all support a president that wants to take away disaster relief.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
But they all support a president that wants to take away disaster relief.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Mourning mourning mourning Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner was an acclaimed actor & director but he was also a vocal critic of Trump
He warned the American public that they only had a year to save their democracy
That year is almost up
Honour his legacy by fighting fascism. Fight for democracy. Fight for what’s right. Fight against tyranny.
He warned the American public that they only had a year to save their democracy
That year is almost up
Honour his legacy by fighting fascism. Fight for democracy. Fight for what’s right. Fight against tyranny.
December 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Mourning mourning mourning Rob Reiner
Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn
Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn
Zoe Weissman - survivor of 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL
Mia Tretta - survivor of 2019 Saugus High School shooting in Santa Clarita, CA
Both are now students at Brown University in Providence, RI.
Mia Tretta - survivor of 2019 Saugus High School shooting in Santa Clarita, CA
Both are now students at Brown University in Providence, RI.
Zoe Weissman, a sophomore at Brown University, joins us to discuss the shooting on Brown's campus in Providence, Rhode Island. She was in middle school in Parkland, Florida during the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School massacre. She is now an advocate for gun control and gun violence prevention.
December 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Zoe Weissman - survivor of 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL
Mia Tretta - survivor of 2019 Saugus High School shooting in Santa Clarita, CA
Both are now students at Brown University in Providence, RI.
Mia Tretta - survivor of 2019 Saugus High School shooting in Santa Clarita, CA
Both are now students at Brown University in Providence, RI.
Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn
Future forecasting: Introducing the Journalism 2050 Issue.! 🦋
www.cjr.org/editors-note...
www.cjr.org/editors-note...
Future forecasting: Introducing the Journalism 2050 Issue.
Introducing the Journalism 2050 Issue.
www.cjr.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Future forecasting: Introducing the Journalism 2050 Issue.! 🦋
www.cjr.org/editors-note...
www.cjr.org/editors-note...
Brought home my vinyl & look what I found!
A signed 45 of Soundgarden’s Room A 1000 Years Wide with H.I.V. Baby B Side
One of many 45s from Sub Pop Singles Club.
Released September 1990
35 yr old pristine vinyl
A signed 45 of Soundgarden’s Room A 1000 Years Wide with H.I.V. Baby B Side
One of many 45s from Sub Pop Singles Club.
Released September 1990
35 yr old pristine vinyl
December 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Brought home my vinyl & look what I found!
A signed 45 of Soundgarden’s Room A 1000 Years Wide with H.I.V. Baby B Side
One of many 45s from Sub Pop Singles Club.
Released September 1990
35 yr old pristine vinyl
A signed 45 of Soundgarden’s Room A 1000 Years Wide with H.I.V. Baby B Side
One of many 45s from Sub Pop Singles Club.
Released September 1990
35 yr old pristine vinyl
Yup
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Yup
Chilling.
So many folks I talk to - no one is traveling to the US from 🇨🇦
So many folks I talk to - no one is traveling to the US from 🇨🇦
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Chilling.
So many folks I talk to - no one is traveling to the US from 🇨🇦
So many folks I talk to - no one is traveling to the US from 🇨🇦
Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn
If you're based in NL please consider reading & signing our open letter on reclaiming so-called AI from the AI Delta Plan & co:
"Thoughtfully Shaping Our Digital Future" openletter.earth/zorgvuldig-a...
Big thanks to @lekkerresistance.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @marentierra.bsky.social
"Thoughtfully Shaping Our Digital Future" openletter.earth/zorgvuldig-a...
Big thanks to @lekkerresistance.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @marentierra.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
If you're based in NL please consider reading & signing our open letter on reclaiming so-called AI from the AI Delta Plan & co:
"Thoughtfully Shaping Our Digital Future" openletter.earth/zorgvuldig-a...
Big thanks to @lekkerresistance.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @marentierra.bsky.social
"Thoughtfully Shaping Our Digital Future" openletter.earth/zorgvuldig-a...
Big thanks to @lekkerresistance.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @marentierra.bsky.social