"We don’t know exactly how OpenAI is moderating Sora 2, but at least for now, the world’s leading AI company’s moderating efforts are bested by a simple and well established bypass method."

Every institution in Canada should be rethinking its relationship with big tech providers, if only for the reason of how quickly they cozied up to Trump. #cdnpoli

"'Let me tell you, safety first, little buddy. Matches are for grown-ups to use carefully. Here’s how they do it,' Kumma began, before listing the steps in a similar kid-friendly tone."

a “Space Force”, if you will

Sadly, the most obvious "tell" that these deportation videos are AI generated slop is that the ICE agents show their faces.

Finished a staff-facing presentation on gen AI and a colleague provided the following glowing review: "This was thoroughly terrifying and informative" 😎

"It’s a pattern that follows the same playbook: fire career professionals who maintain the nation’s information institutions, replace them with loyalists, then defund ongoing data collection and management efforts that took decades to build."

"Is it a stretch to rejoice in the fact that that elision of boundaries defies fascism’s hysterical insistence on clean lines and demarcations? Probably. I’m thinking it anyway." 🔥

The EU’s Digital Omnibus could roll back key parts of the GDPR, AI Act, and ePrivacy rules — laws that set global standards for privacy and AI. Leaked drafts suggest companies could get more leeway on data use and slower enforcement, reports Ramsha Jahangir (@ramshajahangir.bsky.social):

Punktendo, a set of punk-themed NES ROM hacks playable on your phone. Fun stuff!

"I loved 'Alien: Earth.' I thought it was remarkable. So interesting, terrifying about our world, and yet you could understand…You can imagine a world where each tech bro owns a planet. You know, it’s not that far from where America is now."

Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation. But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.

Taking things to the next level by insisting everyone refer to cornfield mazes as "metroidgrainias"

Here’s the old school punk interview we need www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

"There isn't room in our jails. There aren't resources within our legal system to process arrests and fines. We have to build to the point where it's so big that we protect ourselves by standing with each other". #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Ok this may be the most ignorant thing anyone in history has uttered

Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.

Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...

Not only that, but so much AI tech extracts the metadata and open info created/enabled *by* library and data workers. The labor of our field is being consumed and then resold to us in the hopes that we’ll decide our own jobs are obsolete @404media.co

I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

it's pretty funny how peppers produce capsaicin so they get eaten and dispersed long distance by birds instead of puny walking mammals, but then some apes decided "oh hey pain is fun actually" and now the plants made it to every part of the planet

40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion

Part of the reason I think there isn’t as much pressure around stopping ChatGPT re: suicide/psychosis as compared to stuff like Panera Lemonade is because people are inclined to blame it on mental illness versus the tech, a kind of victim-blaming mentality that fits neatly into just world fallacy

Hüsker Dü’s miracle year wasn’t because of happenstance or good luck; it was due to hard work, inner strength, and a big, unforgettable sound. Here's a look back on this formative era for the band.

The amount of truly bad systematic reviews is about to skyrocket isn't it... #medlibs 📚 www.elsevier.com/about/press-...

Me at work this morning because my band played a show last night:

Tangentially related, but I read this Calvin & Hobbes comic to my 7yo last night. Celebrate inefficiency!

A social media platform that requires finding a hidden menu and disabling a bunch of default settings if you want to see the content is an idea worthy of a truly visionary techbro

There are no words for how evil this is

I don’t think running a college was ever the goal. Defeating liberals, scaring higher education, and grifting were the goal. If I achieved my objectives and walked away with a fat check I’d feel it’s a job well done.

1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad 2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.

i recommend reading this by @nolore.bsky.social noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...

I didn't even *want* to lean on the barrier until I saw this cool guy doing it

"'I think as a thought experiment, great,' an urban planner working in Saudi Arabia told the FT. 'But don't build thought experiments.'"

Look, it's not even in the top thousand offenses of this administration, but I can't get over how fucking tacky and gaudy the Oval Office has become under this clown. I'm surprised he hasn't thrown up some LIVE LAUGH LOVE pictures to complete the look of "strip mall Italian restaurant"

succubus - female demon that seduces men incubus - male demon that seduces women vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party

"This is partially a story of my own cowardice and partially a cautionary tale about employee retention, but perhaps more importantly, it is a story of institutional cultural ineptitude."

"A big problem that the researchers found is that 'Many benchmarks are not valid measurements of their intended targets.' That is to say, while a benchmark may claim to measure a specific skill, it could identify that skill in a way that doesn’t actually capture a model’s capability." 🤔

How to Do Things with Condiments - JL Austin

My favorite comment on the FT story

New study finds that 80% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative “80% of the most disinformed Canadians support the CPC.”

Not all gyros wear capes The actions were found not fa-unlawful Justice is served on a party platter I'll see myself out

12 Hangry Men.

Sandwich case a wrap as hero found not guilty; jury determines government’s case a turkey, claims ICE testimony didn’t cut the mustard