Mastodawn

For those looking to migrate to a new server, whether that be from mstdn.ca or anywhere else, here's a no-fluff, step-by-step walkthrough which even includes a workaround to bring over select posts to your new account's timeline:
https://kind.social/@Texan_Reverend/110167270006123376

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handmade ghost 3h ago

I love waxwings; they always appear so lovingly sculpted, sanded, and painted by hand. Bespoke little songbirds.

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Indivisible ❌👑49m ago

🚨 Some Democrats might fully cave in the DHS funding fight and back a new "deal" struck by Trump and GOP senators to fund Border Patrol and some ICE operations — potentially without any reforms.

That means we need to flood Democratic phonelines today. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-tout-deal-end-dhs-shutdown-airport-delays-rcna264909

Republicans tout a deal to end DHS shutdown and airport delays

Senate Republicans are buzzing with optimism that they’ve found path to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end long airport delays.

NBC News

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The Intercept 2h ago

After The Intercept exposed Palantir’s deal with NYC public hospitals, the health care system didn’t renew the contract. https://theintercept.com/2026/03/24/palantir-new-york-city-hospitals-contract

Palantir Will No Longer Profit Off of New Yorkers’ Health Data

After The Intercept exposed Palantir’s deal with New York City Health + Hospitals, the public health care system didn’t renew the contract.

The Intercept

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Bastian Greshake Tzovaras Mar 13

«Artificial intelligence is an extractive technology that relies on the brutal labor of underpaid workers around the world. For years, the work of African data labelers has been more or less “ghost work,” the unseen, hidden labor that lets American tech companies build their products. “AI can never be AI without humans. It is not artificial intelligence. It’s African intelligence,” Asia said.»

For the 'but it works for me'-crowd, not that I expect they'd care…

https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/

'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back

Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

404 Media

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josh's harp 3d ago

It really bums me out that I keep seeing blog posts from technical people like "putting aside the obvious moral and ethical implications of LLMs, I'm interested in evaluating whether they can be useful for my work."

Like "putting aside the obvious moral and ethical concerns of breaking into my neighbours' houses, I'm interested in evaluating whether this can be useful for acquiring other people's valuables."

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datum (n=1)1d ago

@dmacphee Interesting

the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, which looked into the tourism markets in Banff and Jasper last year, and concluded that they operate under an “extreme monopoly.”

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“This is a company that makes over half of its revenues in our national parks,” Waterous said. “These guys salute to the Star-Spangled Banner.”

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“They had been increasing prices at close to 10 percent a year—roughly four times the rate of inflation—because of their pricing power,” Waterous said.

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Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦1d ago

“It is a travesty that the major attractions in both Banff and Jasper Parks will be owned and managed by an American company whose primary goal is to maximize profits at the expense of Canadians and locally owned attractions,”
#Canada #Banff #LakeLouise #cdnpoli #NationalParks
https://thehub.ca/2026/03/19/who-controls-banff-inside-the-decade-long-battle-over-rail-gondolas-and-the-americanization-of-canadas-national-parks/

Inside the ‘Americanization’ of Canada’s national parks: The decade-long battle over control of Banff and Jasper

The Hub

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Adrianna Tan 1d ago

I hope everyone who works on data analysis for dynamic pricing for anything gets bed bugs.

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evacide 1d ago

For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/journalist-security-checklist-preparing-devices-travel-through-us-border

A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border

We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you.

Electronic Frontier Foundation