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This feels like an important message for these strange times. Unfortunately, humans will likely choose short term gain/profit over long term consequences. www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
AI must foster 'maternal instincts' or we risk extinction, warns Geoffrey Hinton | CBC Radio
Nobel Prize Winner and ‘godfather’ of artificial intelligence Geoffrey Hinton warns if AI continues to develop without appropriate guardrails, a worst-case scenario could unfold and lead to human exti...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:49 PM
This feels like an important message for these strange times. Unfortunately, humans will likely choose short term gain/profit over long term consequences. www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
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Finally got a copy of Robert McGinnis’ art book. So gorgeous.
May 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Finally got a copy of Robert McGinnis’ art book. So gorgeous.
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Sorry for what I did in aisle 3 when Return of the Mack came on
April 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Sorry for what I did in aisle 3 when Return of the Mack came on
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The old woman began a slow clap. "Bravo for once again not listening to me about the clams."
April 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The old woman began a slow clap. "Bravo for once again not listening to me about the clams."
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"Hell is here, in Boston, in the way a woman’s voice goes unnaturally high as she strangles a shriek when surrounded by six masked people in plainclothes who claim to be police. Hell inhabits the place in your heart where you feel her fear."
Meditations on Hell
“I’m coming to Boston, I’m bringing hell with me.” —Tom Homan, “border czar” and former acting director of ICE - - - Hell is not a lake of fire, no...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Hell is here, in Boston, in the way a woman’s voice goes unnaturally high as she strangles a shriek when surrounded by six masked people in plainclothes who claim to be police. Hell inhabits the place in your heart where you feel her fear."
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I don’t trust Oprah to have an accurate discussion about menopause and neither should you vajenda.substack.com/p/menopause-...
Menopause, Misinformation, and the Oprah Effect
Why Oprah Winfrey shouldn't be your menopause guide
vajenda.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I don’t trust Oprah to have an accurate discussion about menopause and neither should you vajenda.substack.com/p/menopause-...
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This helps explain some things.
This helps explain some things.
Tech-utopian, conspiracist and apartheid fan: Elon Musk’s grandpa was shaped by Canadian politics
Joshua Haldeman became politically active after losing his Saskatchewan farm during the ‘Dirty Thirties.’
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March 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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This helps explain some things.
This helps explain some things.
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We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
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Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
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February 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
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Beautiful parting words from the US Surgeon General www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
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January 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Beautiful parting words from the US Surgeon General www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
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"Just because I converse with a lot of Nazis and Nazis are retweeting and lifting me up, does NOT make me a Nazi. It just means, for whatever reason, Nazis REALLY enjoy my thoughts and the way I express them."
How Many Times Do I Have to Say I’m Not a Nazi?
I’m not a Nazi. How many times do I have to say this? Three times? Twenty-seven? Every single time someone accuses me? I’d never get anything done!...
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January 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Just because I converse with a lot of Nazis and Nazis are retweeting and lifting me up, does NOT make me a Nazi. It just means, for whatever reason, Nazis REALLY enjoy my thoughts and the way I express them."
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High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds
High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds
Even average use of nitrogen fertilisers cut flower numbers fivefold and halved pollinating insects
Using high levels of common fertilisers on grassland halves pollinator numbers and drastically reduces the number of flowers, research from the world’s…
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds
Beautiful parting words from the US Surgeon General www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
www.hhs.gov
January 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Beautiful parting words from the US Surgeon General www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
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“I wanted to run away from everything but I wanted to run towards something too."
― Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
― Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
November 16, 2024 at 2:05 PM
“I wanted to run away from everything but I wanted to run towards something too."
― Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
― Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
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Could tonight be the night?
November 16, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Could tonight be the night?
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Good news for once!
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵
Scientists discover world’s largest coral—so big it can be seen from space
Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas expedition team.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Good news for once!
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵