Vincent Larouche
@vlarouche.bsky.social
Journaliste, chef des enquêtes au quotidien La Presse à Montréal.
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Here’s a gift link to the NYT story about Trump flagging energy that so annoyed him that he just called its female co-author “ugly both inside and out.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Here’s a gift link to the NYT story about Trump flagging energy that so annoyed him that he just called its female co-author “ugly both inside and out.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
😳😳😳
Covering courts via video and defendant is also online.
Judge asks him to turn on his camera.
"Uh, I'm in bed," the man says.
That's not how you'll appear before me, judge says. Orders him to get up "and get dressed."
Minutes later, clerk asks him to keep camera off until he's getting dressed.
Judge asks him to turn on his camera.
"Uh, I'm in bed," the man says.
That's not how you'll appear before me, judge says. Orders him to get up "and get dressed."
Minutes later, clerk asks him to keep camera off until he's getting dressed.
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
😳😳😳
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Are you using Gmail?
If so, you may not be aware that you've been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your private messages & attachments to train AI models. To OPT OUT you need to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations
If so, you may not be aware that you've been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your private messages & attachments to train AI models. To OPT OUT you need to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Are you using Gmail?
If so, you may not be aware that you've been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your private messages & attachments to train AI models. To OPT OUT you need to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations
If so, you may not be aware that you've been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your private messages & attachments to train AI models. To OPT OUT you need to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations
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Takeaways from #eurosky: big tech social media displaced journalism, a core pillar of democracy, and has been bad for society. EU lawmakers want European, privacy-centered tech. There are still questions of whether the internet is worth building on and what to build. But they are talking about it
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Takeaways from #eurosky: big tech social media displaced journalism, a core pillar of democracy, and has been bad for society. EU lawmakers want European, privacy-centered tech. There are still questions of whether the internet is worth building on and what to build. But they are talking about it
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La traque du Canadien Ryan Wedding, le «Pablo Escobar des temps modernes»
Écoutez Vincent Larouche, journaliste d’enquête à La Presse, et Claude Sarrazin, président-fondateur de SIRCO Enquête et protection, faire le point.
Écoutez Vincent Larouche, journaliste d’enquête à La Presse, et Claude Sarrazin, président-fondateur de SIRCO Enquête et protection, faire le point.
La traque du Canadien Ryan Wedding, le «Pablo Escobar des temps modernes»
Le FBI fait passer la prime de 10 à 15 M$
www.985fm.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
La traque du Canadien Ryan Wedding, le «Pablo Escobar des temps modernes»
Écoutez Vincent Larouche, journaliste d’enquête à La Presse, et Claude Sarrazin, président-fondateur de SIRCO Enquête et protection, faire le point.
Écoutez Vincent Larouche, journaliste d’enquête à La Presse, et Claude Sarrazin, président-fondateur de SIRCO Enquête et protection, faire le point.
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Haïti, pays déchiré par les violences des gangs, s'est qualifié pour la CdM 2026, mardi.
J'en ai parlé au Québécois Garven-Michée Metusala, joueur de la sélection 🇭🇹.
« Il souffre, le peuple haïtien. Nous, la seule façon de les remercier, c’est de gagner un match de foot. »
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J'en ai parlé au Québécois Garven-Michée Metusala, joueur de la sélection 🇭🇹.
« Il souffre, le peuple haïtien. Nous, la seule façon de les remercier, c’est de gagner un match de foot. »
lp.ca/cP4vaH?shari...
Haïti à la Coupe du monde | « C’est un sentiment de fierté pour la nation »
Les joueurs d’Haïti étaient rassemblés au centre du terrain, à Willemstad, capitale de Curaçao, leur domicile depuis que leur pays est plongé dans le chaos.
lp.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Haïti, pays déchiré par les violences des gangs, s'est qualifié pour la CdM 2026, mardi.
J'en ai parlé au Québécois Garven-Michée Metusala, joueur de la sélection 🇭🇹.
« Il souffre, le peuple haïtien. Nous, la seule façon de les remercier, c’est de gagner un match de foot. »
lp.ca/cP4vaH?shari...
J'en ai parlé au Québécois Garven-Michée Metusala, joueur de la sélection 🇭🇹.
« Il souffre, le peuple haïtien. Nous, la seule façon de les remercier, c’est de gagner un match de foot. »
lp.ca/cP4vaH?shari...
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Des soins palliatifs dans la rue: Bienvenue chez Maison Mobile : un projet novateur qui redonne de la dignité aux sans-abri en fin de vie. Un dossier de Caroline Touzin et de Martin Tremblay. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s... via @lapresse.ca
Dossier | Itinérance | Des soins palliatifs dans la rue (4 articles)
Diane vit dans un aréna transformé en refuge d’urgence. Jean-Claude, dans une maison de chambres. Michel dort dans sa voiture. Ils sont tous atteints d’un cancer en phase terminale, mais ne recevaient...
www.lapresse.ca
November 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Des soins palliatifs dans la rue: Bienvenue chez Maison Mobile : un projet novateur qui redonne de la dignité aux sans-abri en fin de vie. Un dossier de Caroline Touzin et de Martin Tremblay. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s... via @lapresse.ca
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Bingeing TikTok reels may be hazardous to your well-being.
71 studies, >98k people: The more short-form videos teens and adults watched, the more they struggled with attention, self-control, and stress and anxiety.
Read a book. Watch a movie. Long live longform.
71 studies, >98k people: The more short-form videos teens and adults watched, the more they struggled with attention, self-control, and stress and anxiety.
Read a book. Watch a movie. Long live longform.
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Bingeing TikTok reels may be hazardous to your well-being.
71 studies, >98k people: The more short-form videos teens and adults watched, the more they struggled with attention, self-control, and stress and anxiety.
Read a book. Watch a movie. Long live longform.
71 studies, >98k people: The more short-form videos teens and adults watched, the more they struggled with attention, self-control, and stress and anxiety.
Read a book. Watch a movie. Long live longform.
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If this is what they are doing with the AI, what do you think they are doing with the much simpler and easier to control algorithm that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are seen by others?
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
If this is what they are doing with the AI, what do you think they are doing with the much simpler and easier to control algorithm that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are seen by others?
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“I like to be a gentleman. It’s important to be chic.”
After the Louvre heist, a photo of a dapper man became an internet sensation. Now we know who he is, what brought him to the Louvre — and why he typically reserves his fedora for weekends and special occasions. nyti.ms/47Co8C1
After the Louvre heist, a photo of a dapper man became an internet sensation. Now we know who he is, what brought him to the Louvre — and why he typically reserves his fedora for weekends and special occasions. nyti.ms/47Co8C1
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“I like to be a gentleman. It’s important to be chic.”
After the Louvre heist, a photo of a dapper man became an internet sensation. Now we know who he is, what brought him to the Louvre — and why he typically reserves his fedora for weekends and special occasions. nyti.ms/47Co8C1
After the Louvre heist, a photo of a dapper man became an internet sensation. Now we know who he is, what brought him to the Louvre — and why he typically reserves his fedora for weekends and special occasions. nyti.ms/47Co8C1
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“What ChatGPT says about politics — or anything — is ultimately what the people who created it say it should say, or allow it to say; more specifically, human beings at OpenAI are deciding what neutral answers to those 500 prompts might look like and instructing their model to follow their lead.”
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Is a Warning
The centibillionaire’s Wikipedia clone is ridiculous. It’s also a glimpse of the future.
nymag.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“What ChatGPT says about politics — or anything — is ultimately what the people who created it say it should say, or allow it to say; more specifically, human beings at OpenAI are deciding what neutral answers to those 500 prompts might look like and instructing their model to follow their lead.”
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Les vrais amis ne laissent pas leurs amis consommer des fausses nouvelles…
Reportage ce matin par @nicholasderosa.bsky.social et moi.
Ces faux médias plagient des articles de vrais médias à l'aide de l'IA.
Puisque l'IA ne peut pas reproduire texto des citations des textes originaux, elle fait tout simplement en halluciner de nouvelles. Très cool! 🙃
Ces faux médias plagient des articles de vrais médias à l'aide de l'IA.
Puisque l'IA ne peut pas reproduire texto des citations des textes originaux, elle fait tout simplement en halluciner de nouvelles. Très cool! 🙃
De faux « médias locaux » générés par IA apparaissent sur Facebook
Des sites web propulsés par l’intelligence artificielle (IA) se présentant comme des médias locaux comblent l’absence d’actualité sur Facebook depuis le blocage des médias canadiens en 2023. Ils repre...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Les vrais amis ne laissent pas leurs amis consommer des fausses nouvelles…
L’ex-employé d’Hydro-Québec accusé d’espionnage économique au profit de la Chine a commencé à témoigner pour sa défense mardi. Il a expliqué avoir reçu peu d’instructions sur les règles à suivre au sein de la société d’État et avoir été tenu à l’écart par ses collègues.
lp.ca/oJbRJL?shari...
lp.ca/oJbRJL?shari...
Chercheur accusé d’espionnage | « J’avais l’impression que les gens ne voulaient pas vraiment me parler »
L’ex-employé d’Hydro-Québec accusé d’espionnage économique au profit de la Chine a commencé à témoigner pour sa défense mardi au palais de justice de Longueuil. Il a expliqué avoir reçu peu d’instruct...
lp.ca
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
L’ex-employé d’Hydro-Québec accusé d’espionnage économique au profit de la Chine a commencé à témoigner pour sa défense mardi. Il a expliqué avoir reçu peu d’instructions sur les règles à suivre au sein de la société d’État et avoir été tenu à l’écart par ses collègues.
lp.ca/oJbRJL?shari...
lp.ca/oJbRJL?shari...
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
« Le Seigneur a donné, le Seigneur a repris », comme on dit.
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lp.ca/1aJBBi?shari...
Saint-Basile-le-Grand | Le logo des Hells Angels sera retiré du cimetière
Le diocèse de Saint-Jean–Longueuil se dit « scandalisé » par l’érection d’un monument aux couleurs des Hells Angels dans un cimetière de Saint-Basile-le-Grand et promet que les inscriptions sur la pie...
lp.ca
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
« Le Seigneur a donné, le Seigneur a repris », comme on dit.
lp.ca/1aJBBi?shari...
lp.ca/1aJBBi?shari...
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nowadays every app wants to be a platform, and platform logic requires that they become the *only* platform.
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
nowadays every app wants to be a platform, and platform logic requires that they become the *only* platform.
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
Depuis l’apparition de l’imposante stèle des motards la semaine dernière, le diable est aux vaches dans le diocèse Saint-Jean-Longueuil. lp.ca/zXW8A2?shari...
Saint-Basile-le-Grand | Les Hells Angels érigent un monument peu catholique en plein cimetière
La hiérarchie de l’Église a autorisé l’érection d’un monument très peu catholique en l’honneur des Hells Angels au cimetière de Saint-Basile-le-Grand, malgré l’opposition de fidèles qui refusaient cet...
lp.ca
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Depuis l’apparition de l’imposante stèle des motards la semaine dernière, le diable est aux vaches dans le diocèse Saint-Jean-Longueuil. lp.ca/zXW8A2?shari...
La police a découvert plus de 2000 permis de conduire frauduleux délivrés au moyen d’un système de tricherie qui impliquait deux employés corrompus de la Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ).
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lp.ca/9OuS14?shari...
Enquête de l’UPAC | Plus de 2000 permis de conduire frauduleux grâce à un système de tricherie
La police a annoncé jeudi avoir découvert plus de 2000 permis de conduire frauduleux délivrés au moyen d’un système de tricherie qui impliquait deux employés corrompus de la Société de l’assurance aut...
lp.ca
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
La police a découvert plus de 2000 permis de conduire frauduleux délivrés au moyen d’un système de tricherie qui impliquait deux employés corrompus de la Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ).
lp.ca/9OuS14?shari...
lp.ca/9OuS14?shari...
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Gen Z organizing more real-world, screen-free events! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...
They’ve Come to Free ‘the iPad Babies’
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Gen Z organizing more real-world, screen-free events! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...
Les enquêteurs du Bureau de l’inspecteur général de Montréal (BIG) ont débarqué mardi chez un géant ontarien de la collecte de déchets, dans le cadre d’une vaste enquête sur l’emploi de travailleurs au noir comme éboueurs dans la région métropolitaine, a appris La Presse.
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Enquête sur des contrats municipaux | Des éboueurs payés au noir avec les fonds publics
Les enquêteurs du Bureau de l’inspecteur général de Montréal (BIG) ont débarqué mardi chez un géant ontarien de la collecte de déchets, dans le cadre d’une vaste enquête sur l’emploi de travailleurs a...
lp.ca
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Les enquêteurs du Bureau de l’inspecteur général de Montréal (BIG) ont débarqué mardi chez un géant ontarien de la collecte de déchets, dans le cadre d’une vaste enquête sur l’emploi de travailleurs au noir comme éboueurs dans la région métropolitaine, a appris La Presse.
lp.ca/gTWeZw?shari...
lp.ca/gTWeZw?shari...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“A.I. is increasingly becoming a dominant part of our lives, and so are the technology’s risks that threaten users’ lives,” writes Steven Adler, the former product safety head at OpenAI. “People deserve more than just a company’s word that it has addressed safety issues.”
“A.I. is increasingly becoming a dominant part of our lives, and so are the technology’s risks that threaten users’ lives,” writes Steven Adler, the former product safety head at OpenAI. “People deserve more than just a company’s word that it has addressed safety issues.”
Opinion | I Led Product Safety at OpenAI. Don’t Trust Its Claims About ‘Erotica.’
A.I. companies need to do more to show the proof behind their claims.
nyti.ms
October 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“A.I. is increasingly becoming a dominant part of our lives, and so are the technology’s risks that threaten users’ lives,” writes Steven Adler, the former product safety head at OpenAI. “People deserve more than just a company’s word that it has addressed safety issues.”
“A.I. is increasingly becoming a dominant part of our lives, and so are the technology’s risks that threaten users’ lives,” writes Steven Adler, the former product safety head at OpenAI. “People deserve more than just a company’s word that it has addressed safety issues.”
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New from me: The Ontario government’s anti-U.S. tariff ad will run multiple times during the U.S. broadcast of World Series game 1 Friday, less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump “terminated” trade talks with Canada over the commercial.
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nationalpost.com/news/politic...
Ontario anti-tariff Reagan ad will run on U.S. broadcast of World Series despite Trump anger
US President Donald Trump says he has "terminated" trade talks with Canada, taking issue with an ad featuring former president Ronald Reagan
nationalpost.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New from me: The Ontario government’s anti-U.S. tariff ad will run multiple times during the U.S. broadcast of World Series game 1 Friday, less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump “terminated” trade talks with Canada over the commercial.
nationalpost.com/news/politic...
nationalpost.com/news/politic...