Every one of the godfathers of AI provide us with a stark choice. Is he high on the smell of his own farts or just another amoral self promoting sleaze? Why don’t more reporters make an effort to dig a little deeper instead of regurgitating press packages? fortune.com/article/ai-g...

Fucking yikes!

I wish more politicians and policy-makers would seek out the counsel of people who have a nuanced, and well informed understanding of what is going on under the AI (klan) Hood. People like Timnit Gebru.

He could have, instead, talked about how the exploited data workers these companies don’t want you to see, the deceptive design mimicking humans, guzzling of untold amounts of resources & propaganda capturing these politicians, is what gives the illusion of “super intelligence.”

No, I’m not interested in Warren Buffett’s advice on anything. “Oh, but he’s a nice billionaire.” He still lives on a golden mountain built by institutional theft. Stop valorizing these people.

Big « Whitey’s on the moon » energy. Okay, LEO energy. You know what I mean. Only this time Whitey’s burning money in 45 gallon drums because financiers don’t understand basic physics. spacenews.com/cowboy-raise...

I am relieved that I am not the only person who reacted to the A fucking I data centre investment news with significant amounts of unenthusiasm. Robert Lepage says what has gone too unsaid, too long.

My band is making our record official at Targ tomorrow with a couple of fantastic Ottawa bands Chilopoda and NIMBY!

Slightly increase a band Mercury Zeppelin Wounded Kennedys Bigger Audio Dynamite

Desmond Cole continues to do excellent work and I am goddamn grateful. breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-...

Yes and no. It will likely create jobs, but we already manufacture the easy stuff like uniforms and rifles. IMO these are going to be higher education tech jobs. A stark employment situation is any military's best friend. The backbone of a large volunteer army is economic coercion.

The reason you don't see the KKK anymore is they don't need to wear hoods now they are the ones voting to deny black Americans voting rights & representation

Watching every suspicion I have held about Richard Dawkins for over 30 confirmed with each passing year as he disappears up his own butt is really satisfying. Falling for the bullshit machine, « Claudia » is a modern retelling of the introduction to _The Blind Watchmaker_.

Worked out why I've been so sad this week. Mothers Day this weekend. I'm going to get her a funny cat card. She loved cards with funny cats, and me adding a 3D effect to the writing on the envelope. Wish she was still here to receive it.

Great job everyone: “In four host cities—Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle—nearly 80% of hoteliers say bookings are behind a typical summer”

Same but make it UCP convention instead of Disneyland. 🫁🧠💀🍆🦴👁️🫀👅👋🤚💩

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind the hugely popular ChatGPT, collected “vast amounts” of Canadians’ personal information, a three-year probe from four Canadian privacy watchdogs has found.

the attacks on venezuela were only 4 months ago...

My buddies Les (pictured) and Robb drove way out of town to pick up their new vinyl - as in the record they made with some help from me and a lotta help from their friend from their teenage years, Aidan who recorded the whole thing while playing drums!

I am still printing a bunch of whistles (and if you need some, visit linktr.ee/3Dwhistles and we will hook you up), but I have finally started to use it for the thing I originally bought it for.

Meta is Palantir but stupider and probably even more racist, somehow. bbc.com/news/article...

People are asking if this is satire or not. The last 10 years in a nutshell.

I am north of 50 but not yet 60 and for the first time in my life, I think we may well see the end of the state of Israel in my lifetime, more or less by self immolation.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin — the third-richest man on the planet — is reportedly spending $57M to defeat California's proposed billionaire's tax. So he and his fellow oligarchs can't afford a wealth tax, but they'll spend a fortune buying elections? See the problem...

New @badandbitchy.com post! It’s on the grotesque practice of surveillance pricing open.substack.com/pub/badbitch...

ICYMI Employee Job Satisfaction Surveys are a trap for honest workers and a vanity metric for the C-suite and HR. Don’t be fooled.

My friends and I did this, I hope you like it. #punk #ottawa

Ok we announce here that we will write a deep story about palantir which is backed up by some powerful guys from the establishment. If they will close our substack no problem we will start on other platform. 😋

"The Fog of Black-Tie Presidential Dinners"

Seriously give Occam's Razor a chance. What are they even distracting you from? Kidnapping and murdering your neighbors? Billions in corruption? Genocide? An international pedophile cabal? They're doing it all in plain sight.

Hey listen to the unlikely story how @bencollins.bsky.social helped fuck up Alex Jones shit, to help the Sandyhook families defamed by Austin’s own sentient dumpster fire. For me It’s as real a mood elevator as I’ll find without involving a trusted third party. podcastaddict.com/kill-the-com...

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I’ve had the privilege of visiting bookstores in 46 states on 35 book tours, and I can tell you with confidence: Bookstores rock and booksellers rule! My deepest thanks to all of you! #independentbookstoreday

Fantastic news, throwing phones away when the battery dies is quite ridiculous. We don't need super thin phones, we need phones we can repair.

There’s a tonne of lyrics I admire, and more than a few that inspire me. It there’s precious few words by other people that I wish I’d got to them first. This verse by Guy Clarke in « Stuff That Works » is one. It lands every time.

This is almost certainly not caused by actual food shortages. Between these "reports" plus the investigation about arson in the fire on the USS Gerald Ford tells me there is a massive morale crisis in the USN.

52 is a great age to start fucking up fascists ask the ghost of Marie-Thérèse.

Scott Moe is a DUI hire

🇵🇹✊🏻 Le 25 avril 1974, la Révolution des Œillets mettait fin à plus de 40 ans de régime fasciste au Portugal. S'en suivront deux années d'effervescence autogestionnaire qui seront stoppées net par l'instauration d'une démocratie parlementaire. #25Abril #FascismoNuncaMais

I really enjoy Robert Reich’s takes. To suggest there’s any version of Capitalism or Socialism that isn’t rigged is misleading. The question is who does the rigging serve?

Remembering Amal Khalil

Elephants win Flawless victory Fatality

I keep going back to that quote I read here. America is not the way it is because Trump is president. Trump is president because America is the way it is. And I would argue all of western society is on the same trajectory.

Maybe I’m a nit picky bastard son of a nun, but WHAT FUCKIN’ EXPERTS? You mean industry insiders and shills. Experts I know are far less inclined to get high on their own supply and aren’t exactly euphoric about GenAI.

If you can’t get truck nuts for you Cybertruck, consider a gelding scar. I’d throw one in for the driver too.

Cool story Brosef Stallin. I knew Gavin McInnes when he hid from Nazi skins in the back of the health food store, and he advised me to move to Montreal and get in with the Jews, I’d be set. I never thought he was funny, punching down isn’t, and he was never left wing. www.cbc.ca/documentarie...

All solidarity and love to those who are fighting the fight. You're inspiring, brave and incredible. We don't judge you, but your neighbors who left you in the lurch.

FFS Slop is exhausting