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Industry-based sociologist. UX Strategy and Research. Enterprise Software. Future of work. Foresight. A few books on research. Also photography. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ back in 6ix . https://www.samladner.com/

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'Dead as f***, old people': Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams' comments about Victoria spark online debate Comments from Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams about Victoria are drawing attention online after the Canadian actor described the city in colourful terms.

We used to say that Victoria, BC is for the newlywed or nearly dead. Hudson is totally correct here. cheknews.ca/dead-as-f-ol...

09.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is not trueβ€”driver’s licenses aren’t acceptable under the SAVE Act without additional proof of citizenship. The fact that they keep doing this sleight of hand should make clear that the SAVE Act is not something that β€œevery American gets”

09.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 3495 πŸ” 1300 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 40

The lived experience of being in a country like this? People are anxious, sure, the world is on fire. But people can feel a little more relaxed because there are serious people managing the country. Imagine!

09.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community

There’s no way to immigrate β€œcorrectly”. This is transparently obvious. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/u...

08.03.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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So despite me giving specific prompts on finding peer-reviewed, non-fabricated research, this is what Llama told me

06.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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And it gets even worse!

06.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another day, another skillfully hidden hallucination.

06.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Live Updates: U.S. Employers Cut Jobs in Sign of a Shakier Economy

Stagflation. I’ve been saying this for months. This is where we’re going. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

06.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a Canadian who recently returned from 15 years in the States, I feel this viscerally everyday. People are nice here. I’m not afraid all the time. I have pleasant interactions everyday.

06.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So here’s my movie pitch: it’s about a clueless guy who doesn’t to know everyone hates him. For the whole movie, you see other characters look at him like this.

05.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What can I say β€” I am meme worthy lol

05.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Coincidence I guess. I have been thing of Nuremberg since January.

05.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

hard fought. See you at Nuremberg!

05.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Unacceptable. Inhumane. Criminal.

03.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Georgia father Colin Gray found guilty in son's alleged deadly school shooting Gray's son, Colt Gray, is accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in 2024.

I've been following this case, watching bodycam footage of the police visit to their house before the shooting. I don't think this father was in any way prepared for this parenting. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

03.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Synthetic personas distort the structure of human belief systems Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used as synthetic survey respondents, yet it is unclear whether their belief-system structure matches that of real publics. We compare 28 LLMs to the 2024...

And here’s that one debunked sciety.org/articles/act...

03.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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two cats laying next to each other with one sleeping ALT: two cats laying next to each other with one sleeping
03.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. β€” Assigned A trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID.

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

03.03.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 3604 πŸ” 1639 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 267
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a man is crying while laying on a couch with his eyes closed . ALT: a man is crying while laying on a couch with his eyes closed .
03.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to do AI analysis you can actually trust Four prompting techniques to prevent AI’s most common mistakes

It makes me absolutely insane to read articles like this that purportedly tell you how to use LLMs for qual data analysisβ€”- without any bloody foundation in qual data analysis! open.substack.com/pub/lenny/p/...

03.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is literally our greatest soft power product

02.03.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 575 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 1

I try everyday to remember, actively remember, what it was like when I was confused by the most basic of threshold concepts. It's getting harder and harder.

02.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

DHS withheld a nebulizer from a toddler with pneumonia and RSV. Parents are forced to line up for hours, in the pouring rain, to receive medicine. Doctors sent a letter to DHS noting the science: detention hurts kids’ health.

02.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 15610 πŸ” 4746 πŸ’¬ 379 πŸ“Œ 347

Ouch. Accurate.

27.02.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just love that when Mamdani is trending, it’s for all the right reasons.

26.02.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Non-Canadians: Canadians are so left-wing!
Actual Canadians: We are a perfect histogram of centrism. digitalpublicsquare.org/insights/pol...

26.02.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Spot AI-Generated Scam Products It's harder than before to tell what’s real and what’s fake, but if you look closely there are often tell-tale signs.

I really ought to share this on Facebook but then I'd be on Facebook. Maybe someone could post it for me there, and tagg all the aunties. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

26.02.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is what Core Civic says happens inside Dilley Detention. Members of Congress should be able to go inside and verify this. Take the "virtual" tour yourself. It will probably make you sick. www.corecivic.com/dilley-immig...

26.02.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

stop calling us nazis just because we are invalidating IDs and rounding people up based on their skin color and putting them in concentration camps and sending them off to foreign gulags and using all that nazi imagery and banning books and dont forget about all the pedophilia. so just stop alright

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