Lesley Turner (she/her)

Canada's Parliament overwhelming voted to end weapons shipments to Israel. Prime Minister Carney must follow through on this promise. We cannot be complicit in the genocide of a people.

A new story from you ‼️🤩‼️ Hooray 🥳

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Machine learning algorithms essentially analyze historical data looking for patterns. So, when you train an AI on data that is skewed by centuries of systemic racism, you just get a racist AI. And trying to bias the AI to not be racist often comes full circle back to just being racist.

Sex-repulsed aroace here, I don't engage with a lot of NSFW media because it's just Not For Me, Thank You but that's the key thing here, it isn't for me and it's for someone else. That's what tags/labels are for, so people can FREELY CHOOSE what they access, not payment processors on their behalf 👍

We have done this experiment one billion times and it has worked great all one billion times.

Palestine: As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and communities we work with are wasting away | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ... Over 100 humanitarian groups, including MSF, urge governments to act as starvation spreads in Gaza.

Doctors Without Borders joins more than 100 organizations to sounding the alarm that lifesaving aid must enter #Gaza.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-as...

In light of the wave of cancelations facing Sean Feucht through the east coast and Quebec, it felt right to share our anti-hate guide for venues:

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 73 reported killed while waiting for food Pontiff also speaks of anguish over Israeli strike on territory’s only Catholic church, which killed three people

73 people were murdered as they desperately waited for food.
It's just another day under the IDF genocide of a people.
The Pope is calling on international leaders to end this barbarism
And yet our leaders continue to go along with these crimes against humanity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Zuck thread of posts (on Thread) bragging about building "several multi-gigawatt" data center clusters in the pursuit of "superintelligence"

Zuck's talking about diverting entire major cities' worth of power generation - something that will be serviced by more fossil fuels - to his and his friends' pet project while our energy grids are already experiencing rate hikes and rolling blackouts and climate disasters are escalating

For context, she was a 6 year old they trapped in a car after this man murdered her family, then used her desperate pleas to murder ambulance crews and brave people who tried to rescue her, before this man shot her in the head.

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Email it to friends and family and co-workers.

Let them know that this is Smith's change.*

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Ai should have to show you a disclaimer like cigarette boxes in some countries do. "You killed 50 trees because you desperately needed to know the name of some dumb movie you watched as a kid. You could have just looked it up, but you killed 50 trees instead."

The point of education is not just knowing facts. It is also about learning the skills to function as part of a society. Removing contact with fellow humans to automate just the facts part does the opposite of that.

Le premier ministre Mark Carney parle avec un dirigeant autochtone lors du G7 à Kananaskis, en Alberta.

En cette #JournéeDesPeuplesAutochtones, nous rendons hommage à l’histoire, à la culture et aux contributions des Premières Nations, des Inuits et des Métis, et nous réaffirmons notre partenariat en faveur de la réconciliation.

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with an Indigenous leader at the G7 in Kananaskis, Alberta.

On National #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we honour the enduring histories, cultures, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis, and we reaffirm our partnership in reconciliation.

Elon saying he’s going to reprogram his chatbot’s view of history is a perfect example of why these kinds of AI products aren’t the neutral “tools” people always defend them as. They’re little political projects reflecting the ideologies of their creators

sensational

Alex Himelfarb and Craig Scott: A bad bill, and a goodbye With support from the opposition Conservatives, the Liberal government is steamrolling Bill C-5, a bill of enormous consequence that will not get the serious scrutiny it deserves.

More on Carney's C-5 being pushed through Parliament this week with little oversight. There are elements of the bill that easily could be separated and fast-tracked.
The attack on Indigenous rights is not acceptable and will damage the PM.
engagementcanadapledge.substack.com/p/trusting-d...

Hi everyone

I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests

I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

If you don’t get your child vaccinated against measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death. Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.

If you don’t get your child vaccinated against #measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death.

Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.

Reporter: How did the Israelis treat you, we saw them giving sandwiches? Greta Thunberg: They probably have posted lots of PR stunts, they did an illegal act by kidnapping us in international waters but that’s not the real story here. The real story is the genocide in Gaza and systematic starvation. Reporter: Are you worried about the others? Greta: Yes…I’m calling for everyone who can to mobilize to demand their immediate release and, of course, to demand not only humanitarian aid being let into Gaza but also a ceasefire and most importantly an end to the occupation, an end to the systemic oppression and violence that Palestinians are facing on an everyday basis. Reporter: “Why do you think so many countries and governments around the world are just ignoring what’s happening in Gaza?” Greta Thunberg: “Because of racism.”

This is how.

Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

Waking is only the first part, learning humbly and with deep understanding, the next step. Healing is many steps away still, as is true Reconciliation. 🪶

Blue sky in the background mountains on the left and trees in front of the mountains

#SFU #BurnabyCampus its setting is gorgeous 🌲 too bad about the buildings 😹

Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social
These young people are going to Gaza to try and stop the murder of children.
That they have to put their live on the line reflects the absolute failure of the west, the G7, Canada.
Call the Israeli embassy and warn them not to harm these children.
The world watches.

A rainbow tortoise hides inside a grey shell. The words "It's OK if you're not ready yet" are printed above.

I know Pride is all about visibility and joy, but I want to take a moment to also acknowledge those who aren't out. For some it's not safe. For some it's not certain. For some it's not time.

We'll be here when you are. ❤

Meme with rainbow hearts and text: WISHING ALL THE HOMOPHOBES A SUPER UNCOMFORTABLE MONTH

🌈 HAPPY PRIDE!!! 🌈

Folks see "copyright" and only think it means Disney and Warner Brothers, not authors and artists who rely on sales to pay their electrical bill.

Happy Pride Month, y'all!!

:waves support flag: This cishet mom wants you to know that she's proud of ALL of you.

I would also like to remind you to wear your sunscreen & take cold water to the parades. Do you have a hat? You should wear that. And sensible shoes.