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RIP Stephen Lewis - when people say, "The world needs more Canada", he was the kind of Canada they mean. https://www.thestar.com/politics/stephen-lewis-longtime-politician-and-diplomat-dies-at-88/article_572f0bbd-bd30-427a-8b06-3e42839e258a.html

Stephen Lewis, longtime politician and diplomat, dies at 88

The Stephen Lewis Foundation announced his death on its website Tuesday. On Sunday, Lewis's son Avi was elected the leader of the federal NDP.

Toronto Star

Greg Wilson 1h ago

Joanna Bryson, blathering 1h ago

A committee led by the interior secretary known as the “God Squad” voted Tuesday to exempt oil and gas companies from complying with the Endangered Species Act when drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a move expected to threaten Rice’s whale and other species with extinction.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/03/31/trump-god-squad-rices-whales-endangered-species/

U.S. panel votes to exempt Gulf of Mexico drilling from Endangered Species Act

In its first meeting in three decades, the Endangered Species Committee voted to revoke protections for the endangered Rice’s whales and sea turtles.

The Washington Post

Greg Wilson 1h ago

Joanna Bryson, blathering 2h ago

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116325532654671149

OK, this is evil. #Anthropic specifically coding #Claude to be nontransparent / opaque. Should we stop talking about bringing them to the EU now? Fully against the spirit, intent, and law of the #AIAct. Unless those guys are REALLY convincing that they never wanted to do this and want raw money less than to be working within functioning democracies and the rule of law. #AIEthics #devops

Greg Wilson 1h ago

Wake Owl: "Wild Country" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOl-xR_laLk #music

Wake Owl - Wild Country [Official Video]

YouTube

Greg Wilson 5h ago

mhoye 8h ago

If companies were serious about openness and healthy culture they'd have a list of all their custom slack emojis linked off their careers site.

Greg Wilson 5h ago

Renata 🇨🇦🐈9h ago

Today is Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️🎉

I’m so happy you’re here and I’m so lucky to have you in my life ❤️

Greg Wilson 5h ago

Andrew Nesbitt 13h ago

At this point node_modules is just the npm equivalent of an open carry state.

Greg Wilson 21h ago

404 Media 1d ago

MLB's ABS system somehow feels extremely human. It's not human vs robot, it's human vs human as judged by a robot.

https://www.404media.co/you-cant-defeat-the-robots-baseballs-mlb-abs-ai-strike-zone-is-must-watch-television/

'You Can't Defeat the Robots!': Baseball's AI Strike Zone Is Must-Watch Television

MLB's ABS system somehow feels extremely human. It's not human vs robot, it's human vs human as judged by a robot.

404 Media

Greg Wilson 1d ago

mhoye 1d ago

We’ve reached the “innovative financial instruments” stage of how this is definitely, definitely not an unsustainable speculative bubble that’s going to crush the economy.

Sales tax on stocks when? Anything sold as a “tranche” regulated like gambling when?

https://www.quinnemanuel.com/the-firm/publications/client-alert-emerging-litigation-risks-in-financing-ai-data-centers-boom/

Client Alert: Emerging Litigation Risks in Financing AI Data Centers Boom

Quinnemanuel

Greg Wilson 1d ago

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