AI deskilling AKA sklopification www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The most dangerous thing about AI is not that the machines might one day think. It is that we are being trained, by men with enormous financial gains riding on our acquiescence, to stop thinking for ourselves.

CBC News Canada -- Investigation The companies making big money off Trump’s immigration crackdown www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

DWatch says in article that Saskatchewan’s political donation system, which allows unlimited donations from businesses, unions and individuals “is a recipe for corruption, waste of the public's money, trading of favors and other abuses of power” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #skpoli

SpaceX IPO Final Boss

This blew my mind. Some of the largest data centers can require up to 5 million gallons of water per day, equivalent to the water use of 50,000 people. Why are we selling out the survival of our planet to enrich a handful of Big Tech CEOs?

because there's definitely some "oh we don't need a park in THAT part of town, but they deserve to deal with data center crap instead" 3 guesses as to resident demographic of that neighborhood

Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. Both are back because of this science denying administration.

Musk functionally ran the US government for 6 months last year and managed to: increase spending, slash services, kill 100,000s, and help nurture both Ebola & Screwworms. Yet somehow no one mentions this when they talk about the company he is going to take public this week.

In public health, you learn an awful lot about people willing to profit off of harms to children. But my jaw is on the floor. It never occurred to me that the sentence “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital” would ever be followed by the phrase: “But here’s the thing.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

I like Springer, but he’s not hitting and Pinango is making a lot of mistakes in the outfield. Sit George, put Straw in the outfield and make Pinango the DH. #bluejays

As I've been winding down tour, I've turned down most requests. But when @novaramedia.com asked me to return, I immediately said yes. My first conversation with @aaronjbastani.bsky.social was a favorite. Grateful we had a reunion to reflect on everything a year on. 💗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFwK...

Excerpt from Justin Ling in the Toronto Star. #cdnpoli

Why does Schneider insist on putting Hoffman in? #bluejays

Carney assures Canadians that AI the fastest way to give all our money to US billionaires

You lost me. @mark-carney.bsky.social you're destroying my daughter's future & the future of all young people, turning your back on protecting the environment & pushing big tech's agenda to force Gen AI on everyone. Canadians don't want more data centres or AI. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

“The rule is catastrophic… it means that cancer patients, including those in active treatment, could be forced to work the same number of hours as a healthy person — regardless of whether that’s physically possible, just to keep the health insurance coverage that they rely on to stay alive.”

Note: Kevin O'Leary is despised in Canada. He's a prick. He's also trying to push a data centre in Alberta. O'Leary was driving a boat in Ontario which struck a boat killing a woman. He had his wife take the fall. He's not Mr Wonderful, he's Mr Dispicable. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

As they brace to take politically charged votes on the issue, Republican lawmakers signaled their continued opposition to a proposed $1.8 billion payout fund for individuals who claim they were unfairly investigated by the government.

From Persia's mother: "I'm not shedding tears because I'm angry. Houston, I am angry. She was my daughter. She was a sister, a friend, a beloved member of her community, and a human being whose life mattered. It mattered a lot."

The @wmo-global.bsky.social warns: prepare for El Niño. A Warming Pacific Ocean is driving the development of El Niño, increasing the likelihood of higher global temperatures & extreme weather in the months ahead. Forecasts provide a window to act. Time for preparedness is now bit.ly/4o6jByf

Exclusive: The Trump administration is diverting at least $90 million from entry fees to national parks to fund a $1.6 million fireworks display and $76 million to repair fountains including the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, according to documents.

"The industry concedes the cognitive cost. It does not concede the right of the student to refuse the tool for a specific task on the grounds that the difficulty is the point. The students are right to insist on that ground." Universities must let them opt-out too. open.substack.com/pub/theslowa...

They” didn’t leak Trump’s tax returns. An IRS contractor did - along with thousands of other tax returns - during Trump’s first term. Biden’s DOJ prosecuted the contractor, who got the max: 5 years in prison. This is shameful spin from SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.

Librarians literally saved my life

Arrest pedophiles, not journalists Arrest pedophiles, not women who just miscarried Arrest pedophiles, not immigrants showing up for their court dates Arrest pedophiles

“It’s just frustrating to see them come into our community and run all over us like the citizens don’t matter, and then they’re above the law when they do break it,” resident, James Clifton said. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

This settlement violates the separation of powers under Article I and it is being contemplated in order to avoid an order from an Article III that a President cannot instruct a federal agency to give him money. I am not sure this could be more wildly unconstitutional.

Guerrero Jr. was on a tear getting hits, but then everyone started yapping about him needing to hit home runs and now he’s not hitting at all. The #bluejays need to string together hits, not focus on swinging for the fences.

- the #Hacks anti-AI episode >>>>>

For this week's Big Interview, I talked to the co-creators of Hacks as the series approaches its finale. They were hilarious, love @wired.com, and hate AI with passion. "We personally won't work with people who use it. We are completely anti-AI in the creative process in any possible way."

Four years after the hate-fueled mass shooting at Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, we continue to remember the 10 innocent lives stolen by hate. No one should fear for their life in a grocery store. Our communities deserve better, and the victims deserved better. youtu.be/sPzi2OS1iOw?...

Road Safety Experts Confident Asking Kids To Be Perfect So Adult Drivers Can Be Dangerous Is The Right Approach

"80% of Canadians think they are seeing 'misleading, false, or inaccurate' information online at least once a month" 15-34 yrs old: social media most prevalent source (78%) 61% “very” or “extremely” concerned about misinformation 1/2 find it difficult to ID bunk globalnews.ca/news/1184917...

This latest from @samillingworth.com. "The retraction is the easy part. The harder part is the system the retraction sits inside, and the role AI now plays in accelerating that system past anything human-paced oversight can hold." theslowai.substack.com/p/academia-i...

And Bruce is able to be Bruce because he has decades of being Bruce behind him! I’m not trying to take away from him, big respect and appreciation. But y’all are better than this lazy ‘the kids don’t care, it’s not like in my day’ bullshit. Admit you don’t want to bother with new music, or catch up.

I’m so! Tired! Of older folk trotting out this nonsense! Of course Taylor Swift isn’t saying shit, she’d never have been allowed to get a fraction as big as she is if she had that tendency! Look what they’re doing to Chappell Roan! A young Bruce now will not be permitted to become what Bruce is!

Folks should be aware this has been retracted: RETRACTED ARTICLE: The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@ffrf.org has called for a boycott of "corporate sponsors of the White House’s Freedom 250 initiative. This initiative is drawing on tax dollars to host a 12-hour prayer fest on the National Mall on Sunday, May 17, to rededicate America as 'one nation under God.'" ffrf.org/news/release...

Survivor of Jeffrey Epstein breaks down in tears describing the moment she learned her name was revealed while the rich and powerful remained protected by redactions Roza: I kept my identity protected as Jane Doe. I woke up one day with my name mentioned over 500 times.

Hell yeah, what an excellent class project. The students’ entire website is worth exploring. As they write, "Ultimately, we hope after looking at our website, you are more cautious about your daily AI usage, and you join the activism against data centers being built."

ONE LAST BATTLE 🏆 The road to the Walter Cup is officially down to its final chapter. Tune in as Montréal faces Ottawa in the 2026 PWHL Walter Cup Finals presented by Scotiabank! 📺 US: ION 📺 CA: TSN, RDS 📺 Outside of Canada: thepwhl.com + PWHL Youtube Channel

FINALS. MATCHUP. SET. 🗣️ The first place Montréal Victoire will face off against the fourth place Ottawa Charge in the PWHL Walter Cup Finals presented by Scotiabank!

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE VICTOIRE ARE HEADED TO THE WALTER CUP FINALS‼️

@snetcampbell.bsky.social when you just said on TV there’s “quite a hockey game going on in Montreal“ I thought for sure you were talking about the Victoire beating the Frost to go to the finals against Ottawa, but alas, again men’s teams are apparently more important. #pwhl

And while we’re at it, let’s immediately stop pushing for the integration of it in educatio.