PJ Perri

@PJPerri
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A phenomenon I've noticed recently is people trying to occupy some untenable middleground wrt to the use of systems sold as "AI" -- this is a position where people try to recognize the harms of this tech but also hold space for "responsible" or "ethical" use.

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"Bank of England data suggests the U.K. economy is roughly six per cent smaller than it would have been had it remained inside the EU."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/10-years-after-brexit-9.7245611

And they aren't even a landlocked province like #Alberta.

ANALYSIS | What a regret-fuelled British town can teach Canada about referendums | CBC News

A decade after Britain voted to leave Europe, neither side is happy, offering a cautionary tale for Canadians about the risks of referendums.

CBC

Great news: in the 5 years 2020-2024, know how many 20-24 year olds died of cervical cancer in England?

ZERO.

That's the first cohort of folks that age who were offered the HPV vaccine when they were 12 or 13.

Before the vaccine was used, on average about 20 people in that age range died of cervical cancer in a 5 year span.

We're looking forward to more dramatic results as that group enters their 30s & 40s.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c621z28z138o

#HPV #Gardasil #vaccines

HPV vaccine means young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

I am really disturbed at the way the Senate is being “pressured” to pass complex, important and deeply flawed legislation without proper study and debate. Bill C-16 is just the latest example. Under the cover of protecting victims, the government is rolling back important constitutional protections. Few people have noticed. So I’m telling you. https://youtu.be/vhfJqlJdc3A?si=EWWI9vtR6zJD8zjd #BillC16 #cdnpoli #SenCa #femicide #coercivecontrol #Jordan
Bill C-16 - In the name of protecting victims, we are rushing laws that may backfire

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When a performative law comes back to bite politicians - you #bribe #Alberta with #DaniDollars

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-energy-rebate-9.7239145

#UCP have no integrity, no plan.

I plan to donate my $100 to the #ABNDP

Alberta will pay $100 energy rebate to about 3.4 million residents | CBC News

Twenty years after then-premier Ralph Klein gave every Albertan a $400 cheque, the current Alberta government is giving each eligible resident a one-time payment of $100.

CBC
Pro-separation sign campaign grows from 1 to 3 amid standoff in Alberta town | CBC News

The controversy over a town billboard urging Alberta leave Canada is growing. After the Town of Taber ordered the removal of a pro-separatism sign, there are now three billboards up in the town.

CBC

If reviewing code is harder than writing it, and you use AI to generate code you couldn't write yourself, you're neither the programmer nor the reviewer.

You're a rubber duck with merge permissions.