a small part of the problem with AI is that even if you see good use cases for the technology, focusing on them is a little like saying radiotherapy is going to be great for treating cancer while stores still have radium toothpaste on the shelves www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

Okay I need to follow a few more #CanMNT accounts ahead of World Cup. Any recommendations? Must use alt-text.

FT Thoughts: - Much better 2nd half for #CanMNT with changes - But changes also hurt Uzbekistan - Lots of players fighting for Flores's spot (Nelson?) - Need work on defending quick transitions - Keeper battle done? Crepeau the man? - 2 assists for Oluwaseyi

Really delighted for Jayden Nelson considering he's not actually named to the World Cup team.

There's no camera angle that actually shows if Promise David was or was not onside? haha. sigh.

Apparently it's a throwback to the font used for Canada's 1986 World Cup team?

The font on the #CanMNT jerseys reminds me of something Canada-related but I don't know what it is?

Using this opportunity to read about Uzbekistan.

Luc De Fougerolles and Niko Sigur are coming into the match in the 32nd minute. Moïse Bombito comes out after looking unfit, despite a few good moments. Not the most positive showing for him. Worrying. Richie Laryea is out as well, as Marsch expected. #CanMNT

Really too bad that Edmonton didn't have last week's weather for this game. This looks... soggy.

Huh, I’ve had this on since they implemented it and it’s off now. What gives?

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

Compared to driving, commuting by bike gives you so much more time with your thoughts. But there are benefits too!

So many dead people that I know were in my dream last night. Not in a scary way, just there. This often happens with my dad, but the others not so much. Is this a bad omen?

November 4, 2026: The fight to get Graham Platner elected has ended in victory. Now begins the fight to ensure that he loses the 2032 primary.

Adult who stands outside elementary schools with weird signs about children and gender claims the new leader of the BC Conservatives privately affirmed her position on a question of public policy to him during an in-person meeting:

I really need to vacuum my sewing room. A carpeted room collects all the thread.

I went outside to plan the rest of the garden but it’s cold. Guess I’ll make another Heated Rivalry pouch.

Well at least one of us had a successful weekend 🤦‍♀️

Have you seen this ART 😍💜

I think what’s weird is that people who do not believe that listening to a book should count as reading, why can’t it be an umbrella term for consuming text content? Like a screen reader reads the screen text to you. Is using a screen reader not reading if it isn’t a book?

I’m so sorry that I forgot to post dog walk photos this week. Grizz came on Monday and Thursday! If you would like a close up photo of any of the crew, just point them out and I will reply with more photos from this week.

Wait wait wait… his first penalty ever for Arsenal?!

Hundreds chanting, "FUCK AI!" "Hundreds of people marched through downtown Vancouver over the weekend to protest a proposed cluster of AI data centers backed by Telus, voicing concerns about water use, electricity demand, and what that could mean for local communities." www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

There's a persistent fantasy that maybe some other nice countries will start mass-hiring US scientists. That's not going to happen. A few high-profile, big name researchers will get poached, sure. But most countries, including some very nice ones, are underemploying their own scientists already.

Just seen the news that Slot's gone, shame it didn't work out for him after winning the league last season, but I'm relieved we won't be going into next season with him in charge, and whoever takes over, I assume, will have a bit less pressure on them than Slot would've had #LFC

Today I’m putting more plants outside. Maybe starting on making another pair of shorts. My husband is doing a backyard ultra where he runs ~6.5km every hour. How many hours? His goal is over 15.

I do feel sympathy in that Slot inherited a situation where players like Mo and Robbo were nearing the end and someone had to be there when that transition happened. On top of this, the summer transfer window was a mess and I think Hughes deserves a lot of blame for handing Slot an unbalanced squad.

I'll say what Bluesky fails to address in v1.122 They've rolled out a new "adult content" tag applied on an entire account, hiding all their posts from users, including text posts, even if they may be SFW This update, while well-intentioned, defeats the whole purpose of the content filters system

Zip up your raincoats, and adjust your swim goggles, Calgary. it's gonna be a wet couple of days, with up to 100mm of rain expected. The Bow River is currently ~330 m3/s, which is above average for this day of the year (~130 m3/s), but nowhere near the record of 480 (although rising sharply). BUT...

A fed bear is a dead bear. A couple of years ago, we were camping at Golden Ears and the people at the next campsite over left out their food and cooler overnight. A bear got into it, and kept coming back into camp the next few days.

Time to give up on this shirt. I’ve pulled it apart and put it all back together once already and that’s enough. I think it would work on someone a bit bigger than me, a bit broader in the shoulder but maybe with less bust. It kind of works tied in the back but I’m not a cropped shirt girly.

I am losing my mind trying to figure out how to get the files from my old computer (which have been dumped onto our network drive) onto my new computer. DAYS. I have lost days trying to do this.

God I feel this in my bones.

Given all the money flowing to AI companies and their remora-like startups, it's a wonder there aren't more civil suit lawyers positioning themselves to pursue settlements in cases like this. The illegality and exploitation of it is obvious, the money would seem an easy incentive.

Update: 100K people have now read this very good Drew Magary column and Google sent just 2.5K.

Listening to today's Front Burner podcast from CBC there's a quote from Danielle Smith on Steven Guilbeault: "he's done more damage to national unity than any other politician" I audibly gasped hearing her say this. To proudly and openly say something like that, well that takes gumption.

every day i read many things that are so damn funny that it makes this moment in history significantly more bearable

Yes, it's true, the median household net worth is around $193k. But it's not a normal slope below that, there's yet more skew, just like at the top. You'd think the 33rd percentile would be around $125k. They're not, it's more like $67k. 10th percentile is around $0. Below that, it's negative.

New dystopia just dropped

the problem with the shittiest billionaires getting so directly involved in space is how much it turns off people who just want to be excited by space

It’s amazing how much are impressed by AI doing something spreadsheets did better for decades

"There will be an 'acute' energy shortage in the U.S. as AI takes off, Carney said, and Canada 'can be part of the solution.'" aka our countries are actively creating technology that sucks up water and energy like an evil vacuum, so let's cooperate to do that even more www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

One thing that is bothering me about adoption of AI is that so many of the things people use it for aren't new. For our pickleball tournament, the guide says the seeding is done by AI. But like random number generation tools have been online for decades. That's all you need.

This is a long but very good read for Liverpool supporters. I think these are very measured and nuanced responses, particularly Jordan's and Mari's. "Blame" feels like a loaded word given the tragedy and other circumstances around this Liverpool squad, and I appreciate TLO for discussing that

These work, are certified in Canada, and as a bonus they meet the new Q100 low flow-resistance standard as well. I suspect hospital IPC sticks with the old uncomfortable N95s in only a few formats because the discomfort supports their ongoing efforts to mislead staff into opposing respirator use.

WTAF Calgary?

It’s amazing how I can predict accounts that don’t use alt text on here.