As someone who was doing that human review of images before even PhotoDNA existed, I can testify that the amount of human suffering automated image classification prevents is MASSIVE. Like, I am the best case scenario of the human cost of that work and I still have lifelong consequences from it.

Perfect.

Insanity. Allowing mediocre politicians with no understanding of how immunization works to decide the fate of millions. Health Canada has abdicated its responsibility to Canadians. Denying the nature of COVID-19 will not make it go away. It remains an existential threat. Remember:

Canadian COVID Forecast: Aug 30 - Sep 12 2025 Severe: Very high: AB BC NL High: CAN MB North NS ON PEI QC SK Moderate: About 1 in 65 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Ontario Covid estimated cases are HIGH for the start of school:

"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."

A mere month of expected output at 2030 production targets would more than satisfy the entire global hydrogen energy demand many times over—one of the greatest revolutions in green energy since the mass production of the photovoltaic cell. www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australias-r...

“If he’s a terrorist then he’s the worst terrorist imaginable; he’s a bullshit terrorist. He’s very bad at his job then,” says Rev. Elizabeth Diop. “Every word that you’ve read about him from people who know him is a true word. He would do anything for you. Even in fucking detention…

Reality hits: "a stunning reversal of Berlin’s previous call for a “quick and simple” deal with Washington." Now: "the right time has come from the perspective of the German government for the Commission to consider the use of this anti-coercion instrument (ACI)” www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

it’s less that people slip through the cracks & more than they get too exhausted not to fall into a chasm. we are surrounded by chasms

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I usually don't swear or post folks who do. I'll make an exception. 👀👇🏾

Liz fuckin Cheney has a plan, let’s go Democrats! @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

This story leaves me feeling both sad and heart-warmed. THIS: “She decided to do this in her own terms. She has no criminal record. A hardworking taxpayer who’s been working 12-hour shifts since she was 15, six days out of the week. She never asked for a handout. She didn’t get food stamps…”

Someone pointed out to me that the original slogan for #AlienVsPredator was: "Whoever wins, we lose."

This man sure has a way with words while getting his message across! 👏 We are so fortunate to have Mark Carney as our Prime Minister! Little PP would have been a total embarrassment cowtailing down to Trump! Canada is United except for Alberta Maple MAGA! #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp #USDemocracy

Just some cool guys hanging out at the Walmart; as you do.

I just want to say how much I appreciate lawyer @pauldoroshenko.com who is warning people about what these extra checkpoints at Canadian borders from the Americans, are intended for: restricting American women’s access to healthcare. #Canadasky

staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org

It's great to see content creators being able to report the news the correct way. We know that the legacy news is pretty biased lately. #USDemocracy

Now THAT was incredible! Fuck you Dani and the UCP

🔴 WOW... PM Mark Carney’s brilliant post-election BBC interview yesterday, demonstrates so clearly that the PM is more than ready to lead... 🎞️👌🏼 Not just resisting Trump. Not just leading Canada. But also leading the imminent ‘GLOBAL trade and diversification’ restructuring. Exciting times! 🇨🇦 🚀 ✅

This BANG ON!! The propaganda arms of the extractive resource companies are fucking over W. Canada & then encouraging citizens to blame their own government (not provincial, who go along with the propaganda, but federal). It’s time the Feds stop using our tax $ to subsidize these divisive fuckers

A fun fact is that Hitler had his final freakout after hearing a radio broadcast detailing how joyful Italians spent a day spitting on Mussolini's body in a gutter.

This beautiful woman is spitting FACTS. Poor folks aren’t lazy. Like she preaches: “there is nothing lazy about surviving a system that is built to crush you…it’s the lady billionaires sitting on yachts calling you and me the lazy ones…” We’re worth more than we know. #MomSky

They will tell you that this virus is a dangerous bioweapon that escaped from a laboratory, but if they see you taking any steps to protect yourself from this virus they will tell you that this virus is really just a cold.

This is incredible. Good on Rosemary Barton and @davidwcochrane.bsky.social for speaking clearly about what happened tonight and calling out the “for profit rage-baiting in the last decade.”

The CPC and 3rd parties have put BIG money on trying to elect a Poilievre Gov't, going back more than 2 years now. They will want/need results and won't play nice in order to try to get them. #CDNpoli

For your Fox/Sun friends;

Remember when Mark Carney increased Canada’s holdings of U.S. Treasury Bonds while the world braced for Trump’s trade wars and annexation talk? A coordinated, calm off-loading of U.S. Treasury Bonds. Not a panic. A precision strike. The kind of move that makes the markets listen. #cdnpoli

Laura Loomer stepping off Air Force One like an absolute icon

In a positive sign that 🇨🇦 is starting to discuss such issues more seriously, the Green Party platform proposes to build a 120,000-person civil defence corps and expand the reserves, part of a "whole-of-society effort to build resilience, defend our democracy and strengthen our communities." 23/x

This thread, slightly expanded, in article form:

"The only people on earth who will be able to have President Trump change course are the Americans themselves." Joly will be PM some day, and I will vote for her. 🍁🍁 #CdnPoli

“Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Pierre Poilievre — none of these men became household names on merit, they simply cried the loudest. The entire conservative movement is composed of insufferable cry babies aided and abetted by spineless corporate media.”

Oh, hell. Ron Vara (AKA Peter Navarro) is back in the news — for the absolute dumbest reason imaginable.

NEW: Conservative candidate used a secret Signal group chat with Freedom Convoy leaders, right-wing media and far-right influencers Andrew Lawton was a member of the “clandestine” group chat used to coordinate convoy messaging on social media

And note that the reason CTV cites for ending the segment is the 'distraction'/not having the bandwidth to deal with the attacks. That's not a legitimate reason to ditch a segment if you're concerned about media ethics. That's a surrender to trolls.

What happened to @rachelgilmore.bsky.social is not just about CTV caving to Conservative pressures. There’s a larger issue: #cdnmedia are pushing out any female voices, voices of colour and Indigenous voices that aren’t centre-right or right. Even then there is very little representation

Dear candidates, The politics of division only works during peace time If you're still guttersniping when Canada is under attack, you don't deserve anyone's vote 🇨🇦💪❤️

She has a particular set of skills, and zero fucks.

I remember how controversial NAFTA was. John Turner predicted the predicament we are now in. #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli

🔵⚪️🟡 For no particular reason, here’s some reference info on Argentina’s “Dirty War,”during which “enemies of the state” were disappeared. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War

Love this. She’s right.

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory and UConn Health have successfully discovered a molecular switch that can actually SHUT DOWN cancer growth signals and STOP tumor growth at the RNA LEVEL. The discovery could pave the way for a groundbreaking RNA-based multi-cancer treatment. 🧪🧵⬇️

Counterpoint: this quirk is as culturally united as Canada gets.

Trump was looking forward to working with Poilievre because their "views would be more aligned" on the 1/6/2025 Hugh Hewitt Show. Since Poilievre's polls have fallen, Trump has scrambled to make space between them, endorsing Carney. Poilievre's platform is still "Trumpism."

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks… “The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government. 🧵