T. Ryan Gregory πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

T. Ryan Gregory πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

@tryangregory.bsky.social

Back off man, I'm a scientist. Genome size, junk DNA, applied evolution, sci comm, SARS-CoV-2 evolution. Also political stuff. And jokes. Onions have 5x more DNA than you do. He/him.

26,189 Followers 589 Following 12,574 Posts Joined Jun 2023
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Former NATO chief says he doesn't think allies will be pulled further into Middle East conflict | CBC News The former secretary general of NATO says he doesn't think allies will be pulled further into the conflict in the Middle East, but he's concerned the ongoing war with Iran will benefit Russia's econom...

Not because of NATO, no. Only Carney rationalizers thought that might be the reason he was waffling. (It'd be because of Carney's trade partnerships with human rights abusing authoritarian regimes.)

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country. Here at home, 68,000 Americans die a year because they don't have health insurance. So, if we're going to spend billions of dollars on something…

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BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.

Can't AI replace their readers?

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futurism.com/artificial-i...

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Israel said planning β€˜massive’ ground invasion of southern Lebanon to uproot Hezbollah Officials tell Axios that Israel wants to flatten southern Lebanon 'like Gaza' to destroy Hezbollah weapons sites; Ron Dermer said tasked with talks with Beirut

Gaza 2.0 coming as the ethnic cleansing expands. Already 800,000 civilians have been driven from their homes in Lebanon.

www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-...

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Womp womp.

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Ford targets Ontario law that exposed his government's worst scandals The Greenbelt scandal, the Skills Development controversy and more were all revealed through freedom of information requests.

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/13/n...

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Trump Admin Drops the Olive Branch from U.S. Seal on New Dime Coins, Keeps the Arrows A new dime coin entering circulation in 2026 is sparking conversation after eagle-eyed Americans noticed a small but significant detail in its design

USA fully embracing their warmongering nature.

people.com/new-dime-coi...

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One useful thing about AI is that arguments about it often reveal douchebros to block.

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Vibe-ocracy.

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Ford government to end funding for supervised consumption sites β€” including two in Toronto In Toronto, Moss Park Overdose Prevention Site and the location at Fred Victor will lose their funding, according to letters sent to the site directors.

Ford government to stop funding all supervised consumption sites β€” including two in Toronto

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He has the best words. The bigliest, best words.

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Hegseth ignored military officials when he slashed offices that limit risk to civilians The Defense secretary’s decision to cut offices that mitigate civilian harm faces renewed attention as the Pentagon investigates a strike that killed hundreds of Iranian children.

EXCLUSIVE: Military leaders warned Hegseth not to gut the offices that limit risk to civilians. He ignored them.

The decision faces renewed attention as the Pentagon investigates a strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed hundreds of children.

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"We could be doing even bigger war crimes. The biggest war crimes you've ever seen. People say to me: Sir, you're being so nice only doing some smaller war crimes."

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You know what they say. If the shoe is comically large and looks absurd and is probably difficult to walk in but Trump gave it to you and you have zero self-respect, wear it.

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Fine. They should *at least* have to sit as independents. Better to have to run for the new party in a byelection.

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More war crimes.

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Ok but see eg Gorilla vs. Gorilla gorilla gorilla.

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I agree with a proposal posted on here recently to have Iran play their games in one of the Canadian venues instead.

Also, how is the US still hosting any games?

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one page rpg:

winston churchill vs one otter

you are winston churchill at 90 years of age, and you have been confronted by a single otter. you have four moves: alcohol, genocide by starvation, speeches, and being mean to guests at dinner. the otter has one move, which is to bite you in the ass

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Access to information is being undermined by the Progressive Conservatives in Ontario and the Liberal Conservatives federally.

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Actually, artificial intelligence and genuine stupidity seem very compatible. The antidote to AI is authentic human original thought.

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I'm not saying there are no good uses for AI.

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Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.

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The Emperor has no clothes and the courtiers have shoes several sizes too large.

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Pentagon Sends Marine Expeditionary Unit to Middle East The Pentagon is moving a Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East, as Iran steps up its attacks on the Strait of Hormuz, according to two U.S. officials. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approve...

Here goes.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

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As usual, "modernize" = "enshittify".

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Outstanding juxtaposition.

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There is a race to the bottom going in with Freedom of Information laws across the country, at every level of government.

A couple of years ago, British Columbia tripled processing fees, justifying it by saying that Alberta charged the same fee.

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a video game with a smiley face on the top left Alt: The old video game Minesweeper.

Trump touts "phenomenal, really amazingly sofishticated" computer program to detect mines in Strait of Hormuz. He continued, "It's incredible what they can do with computers these days. Smart robots. Very smart."

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