CBS meetings now

The main thing that will kill the “new Industrial Revolution” is that no one is going to insure this shit.

happy pride, shoutout as always to the 1978 gilbert baker pride flag which had pink and turquoise stripes for SEX AND MAGIC AND ART, and in this house we support gay sex and gay magic and gay art

We’re living through Karl Kraus’ aphorism: “In war, one first hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that the enemy is suffering along with us; then, in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.”

A large family reunion separates you from the Ice Age. A village separates you from modern humans leaving Africa. A small town separates you from the first people like us. A town separates you from the first people at all. (This is true even if you halve the lifespan.)

The last Ice Age ended about 140 people ago. Modern humans left Africa about 900 people ago. There have only been people like us since about 4400 people ago. So far as we can tell there have only been people at all since about 25,000 people ago.

this stays relevant thebaffler.com/salvos/teena...

Love this. #cdnpoli #ElbowsUp #Canada

Just going to join with the many others saying: this is simple courage & humanity & whatever else you think about the race, Steyer deserves enormous credit for it.

It’s spring. And it’s garden time. #Caturday

I would worry about their attention to detail.

“A prominent American church leader with ties to members of the Donald Trump administration has declared strong support for the Alberta independence movement, which he calls a step toward establishing a government ruled by Christian principles.” #abpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

If you're a DOJ lawyer and your reaction to "okay, your job is to open a criminal investigation into the lady our boss sexually assaulted 30 years ago" is anything other than resigning on the spot, your choice to continue working there should haunt you for the rest of your life

I refuse to get used to this. That all Republican elected officials have done so should never, ever be forgotten or forgiven. At the very least, they must never be allowed to opine about decorum in any context again.

Moonlight sonata. I took one of my favorite photos last night. While looking for a scissortail, this eastern meadowlark perched itself atop a nearby tree and sang a beautiful song just long enough for me to position it directly in front of the nearly-full Moon. #Photography #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

Years ago I was on an educational trip. The plans for the day had to be revised and the options were listen to a lecture or go on a rainy walk. Friends, the rainy walk won. Because beautiful views are for everyone and the lecture was very niche.

You have to admit, "Be stupid" is an easier motto to follow than "Don't be evil."

Good news from Dr. Katherine Hayhoe: A UK-sized stretch of ocean in the Bismarck Sea that will be fully protected from fishing and other destructive activities. Papua New Guinea moving toward its goal of protecting 30% of its waters by 2030. More actions & less talk

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

I fucking warned people about this shit. The AI is picking up stylistic conventions in writing, the literal patterns that disciplines conform to, and not the content of the work. This is not dissimilar from AI flagging my own writing as AI generated.

Rewatching shows now provokes grief for me. I see a world where the idea that hating people for being… is wrong. Facism and racism are wrong. Inclusion and equity are goals. And the conversation is interesting and hopeful. And then I check the news 😥😱😡

I highly recommend The Tyee in all its forms. Also this sounds like a very thoughtful exhibition.

“study of around 8,000 respondents concludes that women’s lower uptake of generative AI tools has little to do w/ skills or access. Instead, it is driven largely by how women perceive the broader societal risks associated w/ the new technology.”🧪 @josiecox.bsky.social

I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1

Let's prioritize installing solar panels on structures like car parks and building rooftops instead of agricultural land, as this approach embodies sustainable development.

All dogs are therapy dogs. Most are just freelancing.

Both of our former environment & climate ministers are speaking up strongly and critically regarding the direction of the current federal government on climate—even though it is their party. That to me shows integrity and leadership. Thank u @cathmckenna.bsky.social & @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social

People on the right went wild over James Talarico saying that God is beyond gender, saying god is nonbinary or w/e. It reminded me of the time Charlie Kirk got backed into a corner by this college kid.

Preach! Glad to see that the pope is speaking our language ... @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/1231...

Researchers gave three commercial AI models an exercise typically used to train human military strategists. Each system played the leader of a nuclear-armed country in a standoff. Across 21 simulations, the models chose to use nuclear weapons in all but one game. Read more from Hiranya Peiris.

It's good that universities are making six-figure payouts to people who got fired for their comments about Charlie Kirk, but now the universities need to do some new firing, of administrators who carried out those illegal actions. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...

Solidarity with E. Jean Carroll and all survivors who face legal retaliation and criminal prosecution for speaking the truth. This is both remarkable and utterly unsurprising. Survivors have been jailed, retraumatized, harassed, and sued into silence for far too long.

Watching the oligarchs steal in plain sight is heart stopping. What are they doing behind closed doors?

Interesting thread/article about the impact of the press approach to politics

An aspect of this story is that removing federal employees rights makes them less able to resist illegal actions. Its illegal to put living people on currency. But the Trump administration just pushed out the public employee. This is what they mean by "The Deep State."

“"We have some distributions where people are sitting in a 2-to-3-mile line the night before a distribution starts," Breitmann says. "They're sleeping in their cars."”

I think about this a lot.

“'Ten years from now,' said one of the mothers, Kristina Jackson, 'I can’t imagine us looking back with any other reaction than: How could we have been so naive that we just handed these devices to our kids.'"

I'm not a California voter but the contrast here would absolutely decide me.

They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.

Finished "For Blood and Soil" by @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social. A good one-day read into RW extremism in Canada, covering history and the current state of these groups. Looking forward to a Secure Line ep on the nexus between RW groups and the AB separatists (hint)

They also have been claiming that outsiders to the movement are child abusing and cannibal demons.

Canada is literally handing over refugees rejected at border to ICE in the US. Haitian refugee Markens Appolon, for eg, sought refuge but Canada handed him to ICE agents. He is still in ICE detention. There is a seamless connection between Canada's new anti-migrant laws, like C12, and ICE terror.

"The path Canada is taking is to just continue going on exactly as we have. We don't make the necessary changes, in fact we're doubling down, looking at building more of the infrastructure that's causing the problem. There should be a fulsome conversation at the national level about the real costs."

Clarence B. Jones, Who Helped Shape ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech, Dies at 95 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/u... - this generation lived to see their labor come to fruition and to see the inevitable retrenchment.

LLMs in a nutshell.

need to spoil the kicker on this Kavitha Surana story, because it's that good. "Each run-in brings it all pouring back. The ultrasounds. The “risk management.” The blood, so much blood. But also, the state line. The relief she felt crossing it." www.propublica.org/article/arka...

Canada is using borders to police Palestine solidarity, with pro-Pal advocates increasingly facing interrogations, visa revocations, and denials of entry. The weaponisation of immigration law, surveillance powers and institutional pressure is becoming normalised.