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Peer review is for humans. Because my peers are human. What's being proposed is robot review. It is fundamentally different than peer review. Part of the goal here is to stem the tide of AI-slop submissions... so basically robots reviewing robots. It's basically an arms race between LLMs.

In newspapers around the world, the report that Donald Trump raped Béatrice Keul in an Atlantic City hotel room commands huge headlines. In US corporate media, it isn't reported. Ask yourself why that might be. Here's the front page of today's Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich.

Strikes hit a major bridge in the Ukrainian capital as leaders push for 'direct discussions' to end the war https://aje.news/5p7c4a

UPC MLA Scott Cyr confirms that the UCP riding association in Bonnyville- Cold Lake- St Paul has voted in favour of having a leadership review on Danielle Smith. Fun fact- Mitch Sylvestre is the president of this riding association.

Today is Día de los Muertos for Pets. It honours the loyalty and companionship of our pets that have crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. Today, I honour Boris, my buddy that crossed that bridge on Sept. 6, 2022.

"Government failures allowed Covid to 'spread like wildfire' in care homes, inquiry says 20 October 2026" Written in the past tense as if lessons were learned, guidance has changed, and Covid is still not spreading like wildfire.

#LongCovid #ME

When they tell us "there is no alternative," what they mean is "stop trying to think of alternatives." To imagine radically is to move beyond the helplessness of prediction: a radical imagination dares to insist that history is what we make, not what happens to us.

And of course oligarchs love prediction markets, because they're the ones who can rig the odds, say, by placing a bet on a war and then leading the country to that war.

Sf can imagine a world that debuts "AI" as a supercomputing project of the IPCC and Sandia Labs whose primary purpose is to improve the fidelity of climate models, and whose spinoffs are modest but interesting open source tools that people run on regular computers with normal energy footprints.

If some broadly useful statistical tools are delivered in the most climate-destroying, economy-wrecking, job-killing, quality-vaporizing way possible, that's just How It Is. It's not Sam Altman or Dario Amodei's fault: there is no alternative.

Surprise! Just dropped a new murder ballad into the world. 🔪 “Darlin’ Where You Been” is streaming everywhere. Full Curiosities album coming Nov 13!

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

AHOY THERE! A NICE DEEP DIVE ABOUT BC'S INLAND FERRYS - THEY'RE FREE! LINKY:

I heard somebody say that lot of the outlandish stuff that Sam Altman and Dario Amodei and other AI leaders say publicly is really just meant for an audience of Silicon Valley people. But the rest of us can hear it too, and we're reacting differently because we're not part of the tech echo chamber.

I really appreciate Max’s forthrightness in calling out how unnecessary and even inappropriate the approach journalists have taken to covering the referendum is. News media had a story they wanted to tell and they kept looking for a way to make it real.

#nationalblackcatday 🐾

... and we're gonna strip mine the hell out of it? do you have any ideas about helping Canadian industry beyond "take things from ground?"

Question. If all the oil in Alberta belongs to Alberta, don't all the critical minerals belongs to the provinces? Follow up question. If the minerals belong to provinces, why are you selling them without any consultation with those provinces? Are you planning on seizing control over them?

This needs to be done respectfully with the indigenous populations and with long term environmental impacts at the forefront to mitigate the negative impacts. These natural resources belong to all Canadians and we should see a financial reward not just large corporations

1 billion of our tax dollars to build one road, for one industry, in one province. What will be the benefits and pension plans for these jobs? What will be the pay? What impact will it have on First Nations? Will the country recoup that money by taxing the mining corporations and their CEO's?

A thousand times this. Thanks @maxfawcett.bsky.social. "We can, and should, ignore their special pleading, their endless search for victimhood and grievance, and go on with the business of living our lives and participating in our democracy." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/26/o...

I very much want to be wrong, but I think this outbreak is going to get much, much worse. Attacks on healthcare workers, active conflict zone, porous borders, sub-optimal surveillance. A very bad combination. apnews.com/article/ebol...

Analysis: Japan’s COVID-19 efforts protected Olympians, Paralympians in 2021 Very few athletes and team members tested positive for the virus during the events in Tokyo. Read more: https://bit.ly/4i9mKvZ 📷: Misty / Flickr cc

'Specialists directly attribute the lethal outbreak to the severe degradation of living and sanitary conditions imposed by the Israeli occupation.' #GazaGenocide‌ gazaherald.com/2026/10/26/c...

Here is the reality that is @mark-carney.bsky.social. So, while we appropriately praise his Canada first and international cooperation, his veiled agenda is rather un-Canadian...

“To understand what the federal government is doing today, you need only look at what the Business Council of Canada was advocating yesterday.” @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social on how Carney's Bill C-39 is fast-tracking a corporate agenda long championed by Canadian CEOs.

Anyone who depends on prediction markets to make decisions is a fool. My personal opinion is that these markets should be outlawed. They don't predict anything. They just increase the incidence of gambling.

The separatists in Alberta lost. Badly. Why we don't have to go around pretending otherwise -- and why those who keep trying to platform their voices and reason with their unreasonable grievances are doing more harm than good. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/26/o...

Oxfam finds that the world's richest are not just profiting from the causes of climate breakdown; they are also heavily invested in disaster preparedness, recovery and reconstruction #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...

October is Women's History Month. During this month, we celebrate women from Canada's history who have helped shape the country. Today, it is Margaret Laurence.

Well knock me over with a feather: Black Press has published an article in favour of proportional representation. It admits that the election results do not reflect the popular vote. That we have to keep going over this is like Groundhog Day albernivalleynews.com/2026/10/26/b... #bcpoli

Or.. put it another way… Dumped into the *Mild™️* dirty air soup with no protection at all. Well done. 🤡

Witnesses sought after deer illegally shot in Vancouver Island city

I was lucky enough to illustrate for @jmcelroy.bsky.social's new book and here they are if you'd like to see them!

It’s interesting that they can always find the money when necessary. We just have to make it necessary

Dang, we need to lower the voting age! Student vote released their results for the BC election. With almost 110K youth casting ballots, here's the outcome they produced. Sign me up! Full results (prov, by riding & by school) here: studentvote.ca/results/prov...

I’m more concerned about the megaphone in their hands, than the words out of their mouths. (Apply to all racist ignorant loud people…)

In and effort to combat our information literacy crisis, I will be handing out an individual volume of the 1990 Encyclopedia Britannica to every trick-or-treater this year

Congrats @djdynamic.ca!

B.C. man charged in alleged hate-motivated assault on mother, children

if you want to follow ANYTHING from what elected Lula here in brazil, this is the most important lesson and change of mindset that happened here just don't give them the attention they want. let them speak amongst themselves and let us win by silencing them with our voices

The Crowfoot Glacier Andrew Bellavie 2014