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@fermule.bsky.social
archivist, settler on treaty one territory, former member of the earwolf forums (she/her)
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Even if this government report wasn‘t generated using AI — a big if — that it contains incorrect and made-up references should be enough to discredit it and the author. Speaking from experience, this would *never* happen in a report prepared by professional researchers.
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
The 877-page study was introduced into the legislature on Tuesday
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Even if this government report wasn‘t generated using AI — a big if — that it contains incorrect and made-up references should be enough to discredit it and the author. Speaking from experience, this would *never* happen in a report prepared by professional researchers.
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I think we need brief public service announcements on PBS and CBC teaching seniors to spot AI imagery
December 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I think we need brief public service announcements on PBS and CBC teaching seniors to spot AI imagery
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Elsevier's 'reading assistant' appeared for the first time for me today, on this of all articles. 📚
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Elsevier's 'reading assistant' appeared for the first time for me today, on this of all articles. 📚
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1/ The Carney government has fallen hard for AI hype, and it's endangering us all.
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
Ottawa hands corporate leaders 50 roles in government
Ottawa plans to embed the private sector workers after adopting a business group's proposal — even naming the program after them, a briefing note reveals.
dub.link
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
1/ The Carney government has fallen hard for AI hype, and it's endangering us all.
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
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Join the Cdn packaged bread class action lawsuit. The deadline is today- Dec 11! Just takes 2 mins. If you have bought packaged bread btwn 2001-21, ie tortilla, bagel, sliced bread etc. All those over age 18 can apply. www.canadianbreadsettlement.ca
Canadian Packaged Bread Class Actions Settlement
This website has been established to provide general information related to the proposed settlement of the case referred to as Canadian Packaged Bread Class Actions Settlement.
www.canadianbreadsettlement.ca
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Join the Cdn packaged bread class action lawsuit. The deadline is today- Dec 11! Just takes 2 mins. If you have bought packaged bread btwn 2001-21, ie tortilla, bagel, sliced bread etc. All those over age 18 can apply. www.canadianbreadsettlement.ca
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Andrew Bird - "Heretics"
December 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Andrew Bird - "Heretics"
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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THIS NIGHTMARE WILL
BE IN FULL COLOR
BE IN FULL COLOR
December 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
THIS NIGHTMARE WILL
BE IN FULL COLOR
BE IN FULL COLOR
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it’s happening in public libraries too: people are walking up to reference desks with lists of fake articles and books. 📚
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
it’s happening in public libraries too: people are walking up to reference desks with lists of fake articles and books. 📚
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Me: bud can you stop eating grass please
My dog, who has no concept of “eating,” only the constant exchange of sustenance and energy among all living things, not least of which, the unassuming blade of grass, which in its humility, communes directly with the sun: 🙂 ?
My dog, who has no concept of “eating,” only the constant exchange of sustenance and energy among all living things, not least of which, the unassuming blade of grass, which in its humility, communes directly with the sun: 🙂 ?
September 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Me: bud can you stop eating grass please
My dog, who has no concept of “eating,” only the constant exchange of sustenance and energy among all living things, not least of which, the unassuming blade of grass, which in its humility, communes directly with the sun: 🙂 ?
My dog, who has no concept of “eating,” only the constant exchange of sustenance and energy among all living things, not least of which, the unassuming blade of grass, which in its humility, communes directly with the sun: 🙂 ?
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you'll spend your entire life thinking "that's not her, not really" and pushing the thought away. you'll never truly grieve. you'll become attached to a simulacrum, something that isn't your grandmother & never was; it will eventually replace her in your memory. you will live in hell before you die
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
you'll spend your entire life thinking "that's not her, not really" and pushing the thought away. you'll never truly grieve. you'll become attached to a simulacrum, something that isn't your grandmother & never was; it will eventually replace her in your memory. you will live in hell before you die
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this is so disappointing
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
this is so disappointing
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This has me reflecting on born digital history projects. In recent weeks, I tried to access a few fantastic ones—all less than a decade old—and was met with dead links.
With the death of the open internet and humanities funding more generally, what is going to happen to these projects?
With the death of the open internet and humanities funding more generally, what is going to happen to these projects?
Talking to somebody yesterday about a Cdn oral history archive that disappeared - turns out LLMs were scraping it so much it crashed their servers so it’s offline. Vile vulture technology.
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This has me reflecting on born digital history projects. In recent weeks, I tried to access a few fantastic ones—all less than a decade old—and was met with dead links.
With the death of the open internet and humanities funding more generally, what is going to happen to these projects?
With the death of the open internet and humanities funding more generally, what is going to happen to these projects?
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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Here's the full episode of the @aptninvestigates.bsky.social special on dismantling residential school denialism. It's a hard but important watch. We have a responsibility to stand up for the truth and challenge residential school denialism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Pv...
Dismantling Denialism | APTN Investigates
YouTube video by APTN News
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Here's the full episode of the @aptninvestigates.bsky.social special on dismantling residential school denialism. It's a hard but important watch. We have a responsibility to stand up for the truth and challenge residential school denialism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Pv...
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“computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills”
tech won’t save us
tech won’t save us
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills”
tech won’t save us
tech won’t save us
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MOON
GO LOOK AT MOON
GO LOOK AT MOON
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
MOON
GO LOOK AT MOON
GO LOOK AT MOON
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Ugh hate to do this, but I'm completely out of savings and don't have a new gig until the new year. We have rent and bills covered for this month, but nothing for food AND we need some thrifted winter gear for the littles. Any sugar settlers appreciated!
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Pay Chelsea Vowel using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/apihtawikosisan and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ugh hate to do this, but I'm completely out of savings and don't have a new gig until the new year. We have rent and bills covered for this month, but nothing for food AND we need some thrifted winter gear for the littles. Any sugar settlers appreciated!
www.paypal.com/paypalme/api...
www.paypal.com/paypalme/api...
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Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
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wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this