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Opinion | When AI contributes to tragedies like Tumbler Ridge, the government should hold tech companies accountable. Too bad Carney’s not interested
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I don’t think we talk enough about how the foundational, most aspirational premise of the AI industry is “what if there was a human-level intelligence that didn’t have human rights.” Like. Exploitation is literally the whole point! Of COURSE they hold human life, intelligence and labour in contempt!
What books did Alberta schools *actually* pull off the shelves in response to a provincial order? It took a lot of work to find out. We still don't have a complete picture. And some schools are still pulling material.
Free speech advocates say it's ban unmatched in Canadian history. #AbLeg By me.
The Service95 team asked me to write about how amazing Roxane is (easy assignment) and I told them I’d do it for an autographed vinyl. www.service95.com/ashley-c-for...
Truly A+ use of the term underpants gnoming. You win the internet today!
Aerial view of five rows of graves being prepared by people and digging equipment, with vehicles on the left side.
Once you see this image as a grim American flag you cannot unsee it.
This was the best, most insightful, smartest thing I’ve consumed this week. Strongly recommend. The Mark Carney analysis was spot on. #cdnpoli
move slow and repair things
Excerpt from the new chapter in Policing Black Lives, “Against the Romance of Police Reform” out in Briarpatch: “Community Policing: Expanding the Carceral Web”. briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
Mar 4 2026 BlueSky post claiming that it explained why we bombed a school in Iran "INFORMATION THAT IS A DECADE OLD" and had A Claude chat answer as its source
Hey guys this is not a viable source. Besides the fact that any AI system being used by the government presumably has access to more updated date (I sure hope). Claude is not a person, it can't answer questions about why it did something, it confidently lies, it doesn't have access to other's state.
It’s really important that everyone on the skyline recognize that this is a Claude summary of what has been reported, and the prompt that generate this response isn’t visual. Do not treat this information as fact. #War
It's time to talk about hockey media in Canada. Actually, it has been time for awhile. My thoughts on comments from Insiders, hockey media approaches, using language correctly, and accountability - or the lack of it.
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This should be illegal, full stop. This undermines community cohesion, social trust, and democracy. @evansolomon.bsky.social this app should be banned in Canada. #cdnpoli
Alice Wong's Celebration of life March 25th, 2026 11am PST This toolkit is an invitation and a resource for individuals and communities to participate in Alice Wong's Celebration of Life. Be it from bed, your living room, local community center, classroom, or in the streets... You can join Alice's Celebration of Life through: * The livestream + virtual reception: Join the livestream and gather for the virtual reception hosted by Calling UP Justice & San Francisco Disability Cultural Center. * In-person livestream watch + your own gathering: host an in-person gathering to join the livestream and connect in person to celebrate Alice. * Detailed Toolkit with links, photos, and resources to make your gathering accessible, plus ways to honor Alice Wong's legacy: https://bit.ly/aliceislove
It's a real failure on the part of @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social and other Canadian media outlets to be myopically focusing on tourists and missing the larger story at play here. Not everything is about Canadians first. Ximena González nails it here. #cdnmedia
Nation returns to Heated Rivalry to watch Canadians get fucked in a good way
I can imagine how awful that must have felt! Thank you for sharing. We can absolutely have policies that make schools places all our kids can thrive, and we cannot lose sight of that truth.
No. The presence of police in schools in harmful to racialized and Indigenous children. The data from OCDSB and other boards are very clear about that. Police make white people feel safe, not all people feel safe. The fear that racialized children feel is real and justified. No police in school.
…food security makes schools safer. Dr. Ross Greene’s upcoming book “The Kids Who Aren’t OK” clearly outlines the negative impacts of “hardening” of schools on children.
There are policy solutions to ensure a massacre like Tumbler Ridge never happens again, and we can enact them.
#cdnpoli
Should police be in schools?
NO.
Canada must not be pulled into US propaganda about school safety. Police officers, metal detectors, and cameras don’t make schools safer. Reducing the number of guns in the community, restricting access to high capacity guns, funding mental health access, and /1
"OpenAI said it trains its models to discourage users from committing real-world harm..."
Soooo did the chatbot's actual answers discourage her from committing violence, then? Given its responses to suicidal queries, seems like a relevant question??
I hope that rural voters will appreciate the bars being open Sunday morning while their local ER remains closed.
Absolutely wild. WSJ reporting that some OpenAI staffers thought the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT raised the potential of real world violence but leadership decided not to alert RCMP. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Would this be a good place to encourage them to get the fuck off of Twitter?
Team canadas Marie Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey
WHATEVER HEATED RIVALRY WILL ALWAYS BE OURS
Spencer Lunham Jr.'s art is incredible! I've never seen baskets like the ones he is creating.
And also: it is LONG past time that we dump this Ford government. #onpoli
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Art of a fire horse running, to usher in the Year of the Fire Horse in the Lunar calendar
Welcome, Year of the Fire Horse 🔥🐎
#sygnin #lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse
Please get all levels of government off the app that propagates and produces CSAM and non-consensual abuse imagery.
From left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon hold hands during a song and prayer from First Nations leaders. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press)
Grateful to see the humanity of Canada federal leaders in this moment of immense tragedy. I don't take this for granted, and it is a reminder that this is how we should expect our elected leaders to act: with humanity and grace. Love and solidarity with the community of Tumbler Ridge. #cdnpoli
