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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 19h

I hope people in NS fight back against this, and win. NS Health is marketing an AI chat bot as a RELIABLE source of info to PREVENT infection. This is straight from the marketing. But it was trained on droplet dogma and claims COVID spreads by droplets predominantly. This is unacceptable. /1

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 1d

Holy F. NS health is using an AI chat bot called Nova and their recent Facebook post encourages people to ASK THE AI CHAT BOT about their SYMPTOMS. This is absolutely wild. www.yourhealthns.ca #nspoli

YourHealthNS

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Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 19h

If anyone in Toronto is renting out or subletting an apartment that meets my peculiar requirements, please message me! Not having much luck on Facebook. Budget is negotiable.

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Computer Gripe @computer.gripe · 20h

Circuit Breakers 2025 Covid Policy opens with "We care about the safety and health of our fellow workers."

It's that simple.

cyber professional @permadeath.com · 20h

NYC, Oct 18-19.

Circuit Breakers -- A Conference for Workers Organizing in Tech

Circuit Breakers is a conference for organizers and activists in the tech industry to come together and learn, build community, strategize, and recognize our collective power. It will be held October ...

techworkerscoalition.org

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Computer Gripe @computer.gripe · 21h

We all deserve better. We deserve actual care.

The people working at NS Health deserve compensation, a safe work environment, increased capacity to provide care and follow new science.

We can tell NS health such at research-study.nshealth.ca/surveys/?s=3...

research-study.nshealth.ca

Computer Gripe @computer.gripe · 21h

It's important for Nova Scotians to be aware about how AI is being used to give the government the appearance of improving "access" to our healthcare system; there are no guarantees the information "Nova" gives will be accurate or even consistent with itself as shown in this thread.

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 1d

Holy F. NS health is using an AI chat bot called Nova and their recent Facebook post encourages people to ASK THE AI CHAT BOT about their SYMPTOMS. This is absolutely wild. www.yourhealthns.ca #nspoli

YourHealthNS

www.yourhealthns.ca

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Computer Gripe @computer.gripe · 21h

I think (I'm like 90% sure) the boxes they give out now only provide two rapid tests, which is better than nothing but not adequate.

Disappointed and concerned about this AI stuff; thank you for bringing it up.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Sabina Vohra-Miller @sabivm.bsky.social · 23h

Don’t get sucked into the whataboutism. There doesn’t need to be competition between public health advances - each are important & critical in making people live long + healthy lives. Anyone in public health will tell you this. Alas, the folks doing damage only know how to rage bait for self-gain.

TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME
Sanitation and other
hygiene-related advances in public health like sewage control, waste water
filtration and treatment did absolutely significantly increase life expectancy.
But so did vaccines.
A recent study estimated that vaccines have saved 154 million lives globally since 1974, equivalent to a rate of six lives every minute.
unambiguous
SCIENCE

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 1d

Every zine fest is a miracle and a labour of love, but here are some things that I have experienced that make for a zine fair that is especially nice to table at:
sheerspite.ca/five-things-...

Five things zine fairs do that I love - sheer spite press

Hello! I’ve been thinking about zine fairs (and book fairs, small press fairs, and other places where people stand behind a table and sell you little booklets). I’ve tabled...

sheerspite.ca

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Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social · 2d

also in general people tend to like to pick on the person who brings stuff up they feel uncomfortable talking about because they don't like to talk about it, it's one of the uglier traits of humans

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Susan formerly ganndart @sggann.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity with Alberta teachers.

And also with the families of disabled students who know the labour dispute rhetoric that sets their children up as the cause of complex system failures is neither accurate nor fair.

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Computer Gripe @computer.gripe · 5d

Lots of pistachio products are being recalled in Canada right now due to salmonella.

You can check recalls-rappels.canada.ca to see if any pistachio products in your home are affected.

Find recalls, advisories and safety alerts - Canada.ca

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recalls-rappels.canada.ca

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 6d

#nbpoli #nbpooli
Please share the wwater.ca/New_Brunswic... wastewater site with friends outside of Bluesky. Link to it on your other socials. That link is directly to Sackville which is having a massive COVID surge. Read on for other observations. /1

Screenshot from the link. Image shows a graph of wastewater levels in one NB community, Sackville. The recorded levels from the most recent sample are the highest for Sackville since wastewater testing started being reported there.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 12d

Thanks to generative AI, "the only foolproof thing that works right now is to slow down and ask questions before sharing: If a piece of content seems shocking, divisive, or too good to be true, pause before spreading it."

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Computer Gripe @computer.gripe · 6d

Maybe this will reinforce bilingualism because I will have to learn French properly in order to know if what the program is saying is actually correct or not.

I'm worried all this will do is screw over end users AND provide an excuse to lay off a punch of people for Carney's gun cuts 😞

Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 6d

For the @halifaxexaminer.ca, I wrote about the federal government launching its own AI translation service, our credulous minister for AI, and how we are deskilling and undervaluing labour in the name of progress (with a nod to @techwontsave.us).

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

Here we go: federal government rolls out its first AI 'flagship project' - Halifax Examiner

AI translation is not better than human translation. But it provides an excuse for attacking labour under the guise of progress.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

Computer Gripe @computer.gripe · 6d

true, Blacksky's existence should not be seen as an endorsement of the protocol but as the Blacksky community was failed first by bluesky's "stewards" and did what they needed to for survival--build something themselves in spite of how much work that is.

It's a testament to community if anything.

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Joël™💜 - Indie Game Dev @jdeepixels.bsky.social · 6d

🔴GO GO GO

"7 Nights with Vroombi" Demo is now live on Steam and Itch!

Go forth and play, tell me I did good and inflate my EGO!

Support your maritime indie friend today!

Please share, comment, reblog, sky write a message etc!

store.steampowered.com/app/3992580/...

7 Nights with Vroombi on Steam

Play as Vroombi, a brave little robo-vacuum who needs to keep Lily's house nice and clean! Clean away dust, dirt and debris in this satisfying twist on an interactive cleaning simulator. What awaits l...

store.steampowered.com

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 7d

The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized.

First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.

www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...

Workers at ZA/UM Announce Landmark Recognition Agreement - IWGB Game Workers

Video game developers at ZA/UM Studio, represented by the IWGB (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) have today announced their formation of a union at their workplace. After a negotiation proc...

www.gameworkers.co.uk

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Computer Gripe @computer.gripe · 6d

I also want to say that credit must be given where it is due to blackskyweb.xyz for the immense amount of work that they are doing to make the most of AT proto's promises and provide a community built solution across so many services.

Build Community Online with Decentralized Tools | Blacksky

Decentralized tools to build community online. The intercommunal net where communities govern, pool funds and stay safe on their own terms.

blackskyweb.xyz

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Computer Gripe @computer.gripe · 6d

This is the best explanation I've seen so far about how AT proto works, why "there's the door bitch, it's open source" is imo out of touch at best and bad faith/an abdication of responsibility at worst, and "right to exit" will never cut it in terms of empowering people on a platform.

your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 7d

AT Proto has become a sort of ideological vaporware; a way for Jay Graber et al to run a social media platform while claiming they don't run a social media platform. This is just another iteration of the Silicon Valley monoproduct: power without accountability.

azhdarchid.com/delusions-of...

Delusions of a Protocol

On vaporware as an ideological product.

azhdarchid.com

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Rob's Game Shack @robsgameshack.bsky.social · 7d

Impress — is a complete toolkit for video game publishing, founded by award-winning developer Ashley Gwinnell (Force Of Habit, Game Jolt, Mediatonic).… — https://f.mtr.cool/ltbecbljcv — #GamePR #GameMarketing #GamePublisher #GamePublishing #IndieGame #GameDev

Impress

IMPRESS is a complete toolkit for video game publishing, founded by award-winning developer Ashley Gwinnell (Force Of Habit, Game Jolt, Mediatonic). Built to help indie teams, small publishers, and PR…

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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 7d

The Sims Was a Safe Haven For Millions. Now It Belongs to People Who Hate Them. - Slate

slate.com/technology/2...

This Video Game Was a Safe Haven for Millions. Now It Belongs to People Who Hate Them.

The Sims helped me—and countless other queer players—see ourselves. The new owners could erase that legacy.

slate.com

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Computer Gripe @computer.gripe · 7d

"We have never seen wildfire activity so late in the season" - Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources.

Double dog dare the provincial government of Nova Scotia to acknowledge climate change and enact some policy to that end...maybe a coastal protection act or something?

Government of Nova Scotia @nsgov.bsky.social · 7d

Wildfire Season Extended Provincewide news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/0...

Wildfire Season Extended Provincewide

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 7d

Let's be clear a what's happening here: the "censorship" and "bias" narrative is being extended to Wikipedia bc the far right knows that getting bullshit into LLMs is how to shape reality as "answer engines" replace search engines.

Wikipedia is core to that fight so the grievance blitz is here.

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ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join us on October 1 at @gooddogbooks.bsky.social in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia for the launch of The Witch of Willow Sound by Vanessa F. Penney!

Book Launch poster for The Witch of Willow Sound, a novel by Vanessa F. Penney at Good Dog Books on October 1st at 6:30 p.m. Location: 724 King St Bridgewater

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