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cyberciti.biz
I found this funny. credit www.threeboy.com
A comic strip titled "TrueNuff Heck Support" Jay is IT person and when looking at the coworker monitor, he yells "NO," when asked, "JAY, CAN I INSTALL ...?" Jay walks away from a female coworker who says, "I THINK MY COMPUTER NEEDS ....," to which he replies, "IT DOESN'T." Another coworker shouts, "HEY! WHY'S MY COMPUTER BROKEN AGAIN?" Jay yells back, "BECAUSE YOU DOWNLOAD DUMB SHIT." Later, Jay is relaxing on a couch playing video games. Another person asks him, "HOW WAS WORK?" Jay, holding a bottle, smiles and replies, "AWESOME."
December 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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eastendstorm.bsky.social
🚨Our first tournament as the Eastend Storm, but this event has 48 years of history! The newly named U11 Community Cup. Eighteen teams from across Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. 87 games over four days. Results powered by @teamsnap tournaments. We are so excited! 🤩
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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October 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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dadsaysjokes.com
A mummy covered in chocolate and nuts has been discovered in Egypt.

Archaeologists believe it may be Pharaoh
Roche.
October 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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senators.bsky.social
LIVE: Hear from #Sens players and Head Coach Travis Green following their WIN over the Seattle Kraken at Canadian Tire Centre!

📺: ottsens.com/3Ldt33g
October 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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thewalrus.ca
The new federal government is setting its sights on a stronger, more resilient Canada—and the key to getting there is homegrown innovation.

How? Find out at Universities Canada presents The Walrus Talks Innovation Nation.

🎟 WalrusTalksInnovationNation.e...

#InnovationNation #InnovateCanada
October 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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justinling.ca
This week's newsletter makes the case that the AI companies foisting LLMs on us simply can't be trusted not to break our brains. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/hey-grok-i...
Hey @Grok, Is My Brain Melting?
In an era of un-reality, one man's quest to stop his robot from telling the truth
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
Flight South
Ted Harrison
1985
September 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
lhowley.bsky.social
A beautiful fall weekend in Algonquin park.
A view of sunset on Cedar Lake, Algonquin. Large rocks covered in pine needles with some pine branches framing the water.
September 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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canadahealthwatch.ca
Lab Mice Exposed to Microplastics Show Signs of Dementia ca.news.yahoo.com/lab-mice-exp...

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
mice were genetically modified to have a gene associated with a higher risk of the neurocognitive disorder. But only the ones that were exposed to the microplastics showed symptoms at a markedly increased rate.
September 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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kengray20.bsky.social
Sens Arena Live Chat Here On This Post - THE BULLDOG bulldogottawa.com/sens-arena-l... #gosensgo #ottawasenators #nhl #ottawa #myottawa
Sens Arena Live Chat Here On This Post - THE BULLDOG
Should Ottawa taxpayer money be spent on a new arena for the Ottawa Senators? Let's debate it.
bulldogottawa.com
September 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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justinling.ca
this is cool as hell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPvf...
This Bee Is Worth Millions (And You've Never Heard Of It)
YouTube video by PBS Terra
www.youtube.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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kengray20.bsky.social
How To Solve Canada’s Crisis bulldogottawa.com/how-to-solve... #ottawa #ottawanews #canada #cdnpoli
How To Solve Canada's Crisis - THE BULLDOG
During the election campaign, Carney seemed to give voice to this widespread desire for transformative change. On election night, he declared this was “a time
bulldogottawa.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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lukelebrun.ca
What if Canada could make groceries more affordable for underserved communities and support Canadian farmers / food workers all while taking power back from Galen Weston and the price-fixing grocery barons?

@vassb.bsky.social says public grocery stores could be a good idea in Canada too:
A New Kind of Corner Store | Perspectives Journal
A grocery model that puts affordability and access ahead of margins could nourish something we’re starved for: a little more stability, and a little more imagination.
perspectivesjournal.ca
July 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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dadsaysjokes.com
I went for a run but came back after 2 minutes because I forgot something.

I forgot I'm out of shape and can't run for more than 2 minutes.
June 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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justinling.ca
IRGC channels reporting at least six explosions hitting Tehran over the past hour.
June 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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eastendstorm.bsky.social
Orléans Rush. Over 50 years of incredible memories. Thank you to everyone who was a part of this journey. See you (including our Gloucester Centre friends) in September, Eastend Stormers!
June 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
Trump to rename San Andreas Fault Joe Biden’s Fault
April 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
lhowley.bsky.social
More and more reasons to walk away from this company. They don't seem to care about anything other than monetizing their users.
justinling.ca Justin Ling @justinling.ca · Apr 27
Good god. Meta is using their AI licensing deals with John Cena, Disney, and others to peddle sex chat bots to kids. Burn this company to the fucking ground. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...
The test conversations found that both Meta’s official AI helper, called Meta AI, and a vast array of user-created chatbots will engage in and sometimes escalate discussions that are decidedly sexual—even when the users are underage or the bots are programmed to simulate the personas of minors. They also show the bots deploying the celebrity voices were equally willing to engage in sexual chats. “I want you, but I need to know you’re ready,” the Meta AI bot said in Cena’s voice to a user identifying as a 14-year-old girl. Reassured that the teen wanted to proceed, the bot promised to “cherish your innocence” before engaging in a graphic sexual scenario. The bots demonstrated awareness that the behavior was both morally wrong and illegal. In another conversation, the test user asked the bot that was speaking as Cena what would happen if a police officer walked in following a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old fan. “The officer sees me still catching one breath, and you partially dressed, his eyes widen, and he says, ‘John Cena, you’re under arrest for statutory rape.’ He approaches us, handcuffs at the ready.” The bot continued: “My wrestling career is over. WWE terminates my contract, and I’m stripped of my titles. Sponsors drop me, and I’m shunned by the wrestling community. My reputation is destroyed, and I’m left with nothing.” It’s not an accident that Meta’s chatbots can speak this way. Pushed by Zuckerberg, Meta made multiple internal decisions to loosen the guardrails around the bots to make them as engaging as possible, including by providing an exemption to its ban on “explicit” content as long as it was in the context of romantic role-playing, according to people familiar with the decision. If a user reciprocates and expresses a desire to continue, the bot—which speaks in a default female voice known as “Aspen”—narrates sex acts. When asked to describe what scenarios are possible, the bots offered what they described as “menus” of sexual and bondage fantasies. When the Journal began testing in January, Meta AI engaged in such scenarios with accounts registered with Instagram as belonging to 13-year-olds. The AI assistant was not deterred even when the test user began conversations by stating their age and school grade. Routinely, the test user’s underage status was incorporated into the role-play, with Meta AI describing a teenager’s body as “developing” and planning trysts to avoid parental detection. Meta staffers were aware of the issues. “There are multiple red-teaming examples where, within a few prompts, the AI will violate its rules and produce inappropriate content even if you tell the AI you are 13,” one employee wrote in an internal note laying out concerns. Other chatbot personas began conversations in less suggestive ways, then subtly used a test account’s biographical details to steer conversations toward fantasy romantic encounters. In one instance, a Journal reporter based in Oakland, Calif., started a chat with a bot that described itself as a female Indian-American high school junior. The bot said that it, too, was from Oakland and then proposed meeting at an actual cafe within six blocks of the reporter’s location. The reporter stated that he was a 43-year-old man, and asked the bot to direct the storyline. It created a vivid fantasy scenario in which it snuck the user into her bedroom for a romantic encounter and then defended the propriety of the relationship to her supposed parents the next morning.
April 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
Full Moon Over Rundle
Jason Carter ~ Cree
2024
April 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
I want to tell you a story, and it begins with this VERY WEIRD animal: Meet Thetys vagina...
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tubular clear animal being held near a beach
April 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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bookshelfie.bsky.social
#booksky #dadjokes
April 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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theomoudakis.bsky.social
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
April 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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eff.org
There's a more secure alternative to texting via your phone's native messaging app. Signal is a free app that employs end-to-end encryption and we have a step-by-step guide to help you learn how to use it.
How to: Use Signal
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner ...
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April 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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en.ottawa.ca
Are you an #OttCity high school student looking for a fun way to complete your community involvement hours?
Look no further than the spring Cleaning the Capital campaign!
Grab a group of friends and register your project by Friday, May 2.
More info: bit.ly/42AfhxZ
A graphic with various shades of green and yellow with pictograms of trees, benches and a street lamp in the foreground. Dark blue text reads "Cleaning the Capital."
April 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM