Nice scoop by @benlopezsteven.bsky.social & @katemckenna.bsky.social. Look forward to hearing details around how the gov’t plans to solve the intellectual property theft involved in training LLMs, what the #AI jobs will be for young people, and how AI literacy is defined.

The U.S. couldn’t handle Canada as the 51st state.

Everyone is (rightly) clowning on the Book of Life guy for getting in bed with the AI crowd, but there's a danger that the dopamine hit of outrage overwhelms good news. Like, I've seen dozens of posts about Gutierrez and only one or two about this. We need to be as loud about the good as the bad.

We need to loudly oppose AI for sure, but the danger is that without also elevating human-made art with the same frequency and volume, it still makes AI the centre of the conversation. Anyway, Iron Boy looks gorgeous. Sony has picked it up for NA, LATAM, and some of Asia. That's fantastic news.

Pest control guy looking under roof: Yep, I think I see a squirrel eye. Red squirrel:

TFW you cut your hair because it’s a carrier for black flies and mosquitoes.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/artists you’ve seen live: Bob Seger Bruce Springsteen U2 Sinead O’Connor Nick Cave Peter Gabriel Joe Strummer The Waterboys Primal Scream World Party

You're not excited about technology anymore because what we're calling "technology" these days isn't even considering your desires when it's being developed. What's not disinterested in you is outright exploitative and hostile, even fundamentally anti-human.

Send tech co’s the bill. Why should citizens pay the costs of these societal harms?

On Reddit, Orange County residents are very justifiably angry that local authorities are posting vital evacuation information on X and Instagram…which both require accounts if you want to be able to view videos easily and completely. How many people use neither? This has got to stop.

Very much enjoyed *Margo’s got Money Troubles* on AppleTV. Particularly Michelle Pfeiffer’s performance. They’re on a roll with book adaptations and stellar (older) female characters.

It’s not “tripling the cost of doing business in Canada”: it’s tripling the amount of required investment in Canadian production *partnerships* in which they will have a role. I wonder what the math is after deducting production tax credits.

AI is the lynchpin of the whole political project. It’s the container for the parallel governance they have promised each other. I truly think that they are surprised that people don’t like it…and that they can’t yet wholesale punish everyone for not liking them.

Important story here. "The Ukrainian drones were hundreds of kilometres away from the humans who launched them when they changed direction and struck an empty fuel depot in the city of Rezekne." #GiftLink 🎁 www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90e3098...

If you want to feel empowered this morning, here's a gift link of @tressiemcphd.bsky.social banger article on women seeing through influencer attempts to convince us that we should fear the AI www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/o...

Happy long weekend to all who have one.

Few governments are more pro-AI than the one in the UK, and that’s causing them to ignore a load of risks that come with being dependent on the technology. It was great to chat with @willdunn.bsky.social to learn all about it!

How are the Chinese officials pronouncing Marco’s sanction workaround name , ‘cause Lu can mean many things, including crass, stupid or rude, depending.

Fledgeling Robin getting lessons in hopping, flying, and … camouflage today. Mama kept watch from a tree above. 🦉

I just published Why a Judge Just Killed Alberta’s Separation Petition medium.com/p/why-a-judg...

May Day Alex Colville 1970

Hope they get it done faster than their investigation into Kenney's leadership race. It's not just the privacy breach. Tactic is to use the database of names of eligible voters to populate a petition except these voters don't know they've signed a petition.

Study finds that students using chatGPT learned and remembered less than students who did not use it. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Has there ever been a technology so widely integrated before use cases are developed and harms researched?

Can’t think of a more sure fire way to get kids to find an alternative source/teach them about lack of privacy when using chats. Hope they all do it.

If you’re in Kingston (Ontario) and want to see Ghost in the Machine, a critical takedown of AI because of its origins in eugenics (etc), please get your tickets here: www.screeningroomkingston.com/movie/ghost-... @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

This #MayDay #May1 wouldn’t it be great to collectively down AI tools at work, school, home, and on social networks. Don’t use it? Don’t repost it.

Our goal is AI out of schools in BC. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pa...

I feel sad for the Pakistani officials who were so proud of their mediation role and Islamabad as the site of historic talks.

Iran could score big PR points if they allow ships to leave for the sake of the sailors. Or evacuate them at least. Horrific conditions.

Extremely annoyed at the amount of AI pics of the astronauts landing when we have actual real cool pictures of it that we should be sharing

Instead of cuts, if Carney was smart he'd invest $500 million in mRNA research in Canada, propelling us into a leading position in medical research.

Maybe “I will raise electricity prices to build machines that ensure your family’s unemployment and brain rot, help target schoolgirls, and lock your country into neofeudalism under techbros” isn’t good politics. It would be great to see more Dems demonstrate some understanding of this.

Does announcing talks won’t start until the assault on Lebanon stops count as “playing us”?

Sharing this thread with the afternoon shift mostly because I really enjoyed writing the last post in it lol

In the course of reporting this story on censorship over the Iran war, I actually had an experience with using AI that I thought I'd share because I think it illustrates the ongoing promise and problems with the technology. Short 🧵 www.npr.org/2026/04/10/n...

“The E Street band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock and roll in dangerous times.” There’s the Bruce that influenced my youth.

The best way to make women-dominated jobs attractive to men is to pay more for them. Not stupid gimmicks like telling men that care work is actually macho Men join sectors where pay and status are increasing. And pay and status increase when men join those sectors www.npr.org/2026/04/10/n...

One of the most brazenly corrupt events in history will take place tomorrow when Jared Kushner represents the U.S. in critical negotiations with Iran to end the war while he accepts millions in fees (and billions in investments) from the Saudi gov’t which has been lobbying Trump to continue the war

Desperate attempt to blackmail the UK into sacrificing its cultural industries or just an excuse to scale back?

So the outcome of this war will be higher consumer prices around the world as shippers pass on the extra costs. Awesome.

APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military official says the country is still attacking #Iran, after White House said Israel agreed to ceasefire.

Make Ayatollbooth Great Again

Transport Canada is seeking feedback on experience of road users with headlight glare. Worth putting your comments in if you have strong feelings about being blinded at night. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

Slightly pursing my lips as I applaud President Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner so everyone knows I'm not really supporting him

For folks who like to roll up their sleeves and do their own research, we have a curated list of Deepfake Detection Tools for you to try. (If we are missing one, let us know. 🙏) deepfakestracker.org/digital-fore...

Mumbai hotel has a bunny garden. There, I learned the word “binkying”. It’s like dog zooming, but with air twirling. #HappyEaster

may this define her for the rest of her life. she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired. girl, bye.