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Nicolas (They/Them)
@nicolasnbmtl.bsky.social
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Activist 💚💜 Into authenticity, reciprocity and meaningful connections. Full-time organizer, student in environmental science (ecology) 🌿 Queer - Sober - Vaccinated - Decolonial - Restorative Justice  - Liberation - Solidarity - Anarchism
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spavel.bsky.social
"Hid mistakes and made up data" used to be called by the cozy term "hallucination" up until it became vitally important for the IPO that AI is now evil
stevemullis.net Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 19d
OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes, made up data and moved files onto the open internet without permission, amid an ongoing industrywide debate about A.I. safety.
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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komaniecki.bsky.social
We are all dogs locked in god’s hot car
August 21, 2026 at 12:12 AM
nicolasnbmtl.bsky.social
Amazing
rvbdrm.com Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · Jul 22
Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot.
July 23, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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meyer.bsky.social
It is 2006. The government wants to cut emissions with carbon capture.

It is 2016. The government wants to cut emissions with carbon capture.

It is 2026. The government wants to cut emissions with carbon capture. thenarwhal.ca/canada-carbo...
Carbon capture promises by politicians span almost 20 years | The Narwhal
It’s expensive and unproven at scale. From Stephen Harper to Mark Carney, Canadian politicians have made promises on carbon capture — yet to be delivered
thenarwhal.ca
July 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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melhogan.bsky.social
New episode: pca.st/episode/2ae7...
Monstrosities, with Rania Masri, Simon Enoch, Adam Wilkins, Lauren Stephens Smith, Sophie Toupin, Vijay Kolinjivadi, and Christiane Bailey
This episode is a recording of an event that took place at Concordia Univeristy: So an AI Data Centre is coming to your community? Don't panic! A roundtable on strategies for building community…
pca.st
June 29, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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charlottegarden.bsky.social
Irony is dead.
Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world - cancelled Date: 24 June 2026, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm Venue: LSE Shaw Library, Houghton St, Old Building, London, WC2A 2AE We regret that this event has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office.
June 22, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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edzitron.com
"So you're a software company"
"That's right Dave"
"and you spent $500 million on AI tokens in a month?"
"Yep"
"and you're using AI to...replace employees?"
"that's right"
"that's more than your entire annual SG&A, isn't it?"
"uhuh."
Dave Ramsey frowning and folding his arms talking to a caller
May 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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parismarx.com
Mark Carney quoting Marc Andreessen to push data centre projects. This country is in for a rough few years.
mark-carney.bsky.social Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · May 12
It’s time to build.
Screenshot of an article from BetaKit. The headline reads: "Steel, concrete, and code": Feds and Telus announce three Al data centres in BC.
May 12, 2026 at 6:12 AM
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climatejusticemtl.bsky.social
Rejoignez Justice Climatique Montréal pour un atelier expliquant pourquoi le transport en commun gratuit, étendu et accessible est une solution climatique nécessaire. Nous démystifierons la faisabilité, les impacts et les avantages du transport gratuit.
#montréal #stm #transportencommun #gratuit
Dépasser les titres Exiger un transport en commun gratuit, étendu et accessible 5 mars 18h30 CSA L'achoppe 1800 Av. Letourneux Montréal Bouffe Gratuite Organisé par Justice Climatique Montréal
March 2, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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clashmtl.bsky.social
Beautify your neighborhood with these brand new posters warning of the menace of AI surveillance. PDFs available for printing on mtlcounterinfo.org. #camover
Tear Them Down. Ring camera in background. Love your neighbors, not your cameras. Poster with 6 arguments for resisting surveillance. Plus une seule. Une sonnette Ring en toile de fond. Aimez vos voisins, pas vos caméras. Affiche présentant six arguments pour la résistance à la surveillance.
February 21, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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self.agency
we are at the "big tech having you arrested for saying no to them" phase
ali-alkhatib.com ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · Feb 19
in america, if you go over your 3 minute allotment to speak, men with guns come to take you away.
tweet from @cliftonhowze on twitter Last night at the #DataCenters meeting in Claremore, Darren Blanchard, who has attended most of these meetings around NE Oklahoma & has some pretty impressive FOIA/ORA skills, was arrested after going over his 3 min. allotted speaking time. First arrest I've seen at one of these.
February 19, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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climatejusticemtl.bsky.social
Join us for the Montreal premiere of UNCLICKABLE, followed by a Q&A

ABOUT THE FILM

UNCLICKABLE
Babis Makridis / Cyprus, Greece / 2024 / 74’

For more information: www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/un...

#montreal #cinema #technology
February 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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climatejusticemtl.bsky.social
Join us to learn about the environmental impacts of AI at the SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation.

With the rise in popularity in Generative Artificial Intelligence over the past few years, it is increasingly important to consider what effects this technology is having on us.
February 4, 2026 at 8:07 PM
nicolasnbmtl.bsky.social
A Short Systemic and Historic Reading of the Hampstead/Cote-St-Luc Power Outages

Over the course of the weekend of January 24th to the 26th, a polar vortex was announced to descend onto Montreal and surrounding areas.

Link to full text with citations: drive.proton.me/urls/1HCV4XQ...
February 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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climatejusticemtl.bsky.social
CJM Statement on STM workers strike:

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And perhaps not even labour unions–not alone, anyway. The pressure from an authoritarian-leaning government and a coalition of Montreal business associations worked, and it shouldn’t have. The unions gave away their leverage. In a vacuum of bold leadership, it’s up to us to step up. If transit is as essential a public service as we say it is, then it should therefore be free. We should demand more, and we will. The strike has ended, but the struggle is far from over. If we want a future that is decolonial, abolitionist, and just–we need you.
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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climatejusticemtl.bsky.social
CJM Statement on STM workers strike:

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We stand against the anti-loitering law. We oppose this trend of increased surveillance and police oppression. We can and must do better, and here’s how: Instead of relying on a new mayor that only got 9% of the population of Montreal’s support, join us in building a people-powered movement. Instead of continuing to react to the impacts of widespread privatization, take the offensive with us through our demands for free, expanded, and accessible public transit, which naturally includes good working conditions for those who keep the buses and metros running. Instead of settling for the status quo (or worse), organize for something better with us. Instead of being reactive, be proactive. We stand in solidarity with the striking workers, but their demands are not radical, and they do not address the roots–such as capitalism and colonialism–of the issues we face today. A better world doesn’t just happen, it has to be built. We have to build it–not a business-friendly mayor, not a state-sanctioned militia posing as security officers, not a provincial government bent on defunding public transit, and not a power-hungry car industry.
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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climatejusticemtl.bsky.social
CJM Statement on STM workers strike:

Link in bio
CJM Statement on STM workers strike: In the last two weeks, 2400 maintenance workers, as well as 4500 bus drivers and metro operators, went on strike to get new collective agreements negotiated with the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). Throughout, we have maintained our position on this issue: we support the workers’ demands for a halt on subcontracting and privatization, for improved work-life balance, and for measures to attract and retain staff. Subcontracting in particular should concern us, because not only is it an unjust circumvention around union organizing, it means a steep decline in preventative maintenance of transit infrastructure. Subcontracting worsens both work conditions and the daily services on which we rely. More than ever, though, we must be clear: our solidarity will never extend to the transit police, as their actions are fundamentally at odds with what we see as public safety and security. Policing does not make us safer, and shows a dangerous lack of imagination regarding how we structure our systems and care for each other. We believe it is possible to be in solidarity with the transit workers as they face the consequences of austerity–consequences which reverberate down to those who use and rely on public transport–while rejecting the segments of its labour force that work to oppress the most vulnerable among us.
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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tedrutland.bsky.social
If we needed more evidence that Projet Montréal isn't a left-wing party, this tweet captures it. Mamdani has never emphasized equity or inclusion (liberal concepts), but the redistribution of wealth and power from the wealthy to the working class (in all its diversity).
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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michaelwi.bsky.social
Relevant cartoon by @pinkwug.bsky.social
there's clearly a trend here well now that you mention it mass shooting by gender status 2018-2023 2826 cis 3 trans come find my comics here! pinkwug.live
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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arstechnica.com
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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climatejusticemtl.bsky.social
Join us on August 28th at 6:30pm for a discussion/workshop on false solutions, how they are being pushed through in the current moment and what the real solutions are for these times #climatejustice #quebec #montreal #hydroelectricity #carboncapture #naturalgás #falsesolutions
August 28th- 6:30pm ShiftCentre for Social Transformation RoomLB-145 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Montreal,QC H3G1M8 RESISTING FALSE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE HYDRO CARBONPRICING CARBONCAPTURE NATURALGAS
August 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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clashmtl.bsky.social
Attacking Rad Pride to prevent it from marching in the Village tonight, the SPVM pepper-sprayed a salsa show in Emilie-Gamelin Square, causing it to end early (😢). They also evacuated Berri metro station after pepper spray got inside (😆).
August 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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ccpa-tirp.bsky.social
It would be nothing for Canada to cancel its free trade deal w/ Israel. In new @policyalternatives.ca article, @whosestreets.bsky.social + Stuart Trew consider this + other, more aggressive ways to pressure the Netanyahu gov to end its genocide.

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
To stop Gaza genocide, Canada must escalate pressure on Israel - CCPA
Canadian companies, with the approval of the Canadian government, are supplying military equipment for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
www.policyalternatives.ca
July 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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breachmedia.ca
Canada’s new fast-track laws are sidelining Indigenous consent and gutting environmental protections—then calling it “reconciliation.”

@janellelapointe.bsky.social breaks down why Indigenous communities—and everyone else in Canada—must reject this false promise.

breachmedia.ca/canadas-new-...
Canada’s new fast-track laws double down on false promise of ‘economic reconciliation’ ⋆ The Breach
A swathe of new legislation across Canada threatens to weaken Indigenous rights and environmental protections
breachmedia.ca
July 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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climatejusticemtl.bsky.social
Pour la fin de ce monde: la justice climatique contre le capitalisme racial colonial
Panel 14:00 à 15:30 Salle A-2405 (Pavillon Hubert-Aquin (A))

Avec Imany Bégin-Paul, Kaniasta Annoual, Akira de Carlos, Youssef Baati. Animée par Nicolas Chevalier
May 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM