Joanne McCuaig

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

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A sticker of a black bat with red eyes. Found on the sidewalks of Calgary, Canada

It’s getting spooky out there. Still need my Halloween name if anyone has suggestions

🧡 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

A day to honour the children who never came home, the survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. We stand in remembrance, reflection, and commitment to reconciliation.
🔗 Learn more: www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/16311301...

A new zine series for Calgary’s 2025 election | The Sprawl One for each of the city's 14 wards.

Check it out! We made a series of Calgary election zines. One for each of the city's 14 wards, containing all the councillor candidates for each. Plus a mayoral one—so 15 in all. They'll be going into libraries but let us know if you also want copies to share! www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-2025...

A bright pink background with small white dots and yellow star accents features a large blue award ribbon. Inside the ribbon’s circular centre, black handwritten text reads: “THERE IS NO AWARD FOR NEVER ASKING FOR HELP OR NEVER TAKING A BREAK.” Illustration by @joyfulsmolthings.

“Asking for help isn’t a weakness, it’s a strength.” Brené Brown

We don’t earn medals for not asking for help.

Resting, pausing, and reaching for support keep us human, healthy, and ready for what matters.

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#kindness #positivity #SelfCare

Picture by @joyfulsmolthings

Excited to see this out! 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' - new #openaccess book, with @elenasemino.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social @lukeccollins.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Here's why I turned off AI Overviews and why you should consider it too After being disappointed by Google's AI Overviews, I decided to figure out how to turn the feature off altogether.

I finally turned off AI overviews on Google - so much better now. Can't recall who originally shared this but thank you! www.androidauthority.com/how-to-turn-...

I've been asked a few times now about any reverse culture shock from moving back to Canada. To be honest, I don't really have any this time around. It's more about reminding myself the following:
🐿️ not 🐀 running on the streets and rooftops
👶 not 🐶 in the strollers going for afternoon walks

Samsung brings ads to US fridges Samsung’s ‘screens everywhere’ initiative is morphing into ads everywhere.

Today in luxury surveillance.

My granny starter pack just arrived: heated cat bed and grocery push cart!
I’m doing my darnedest to recreate our 15-minute neighborhood lifestyle. I’ll check back in during winter to let you know (I mean, is it worse than +42 in the heat? Time and frostbite will tell).

‘Flip a switch’: Calgarians encouraged to turn out the lights for birds Bird enthusiasts and conservationists are asking Calgarians to switch off their lights overnight this fall to protect migrating species.

‘Flip a switch’: Calgarians encouraged to turn out the lights for birds
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Oh good! Where and what?

#linguistic folks!

Come on Canada, take a stand, pick consistent units of measurement!

Have #publiclibrary card and new reading materials. Calm descends upon the household. Meet you in the kitchen when we’re all hungry.
(Satisfied sigh)

I was near Tsuut’ina Reserve today and it was great to see a stop 🛑 sign that also included the word in the local language

Ah, a brief moment of nothingness - yes, please

Congratulations!!

Canadian geese seem calmer on their home turf

Nature things we’re learning in Calgary: we’ve seen a lot more rabbits 🐇 than expected but fewer squirrels 🐿️
Magpies here have the attitude of Seoul pigeons but not the filth from dumpster diving or pollution

Passed the first “new to the building neighbor” test AKA their dog really likes me so I must be good people

At that stage of an international move where you start turning off all the old apps and begin searching for the equivalent new local ones. Can’t delete them though as you still want to do product and price comparisons.

If you know of any qualitative research roles in Calgary, Canada (or remote) I’d appreciate it!
I’m in the writing up process of my PhD so would love to get some contracts to start building my local network.
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After 18+ years in Seoul 🇰🇷 and 20+ years in Asia, it’s time to go ‘home’ 🏡 After living abroad for so long I feel more international than I do Canadian 🇨🇦. I’m looking forward to the next adventure. Learning about Calgary, Alberta again and using my international skills and experience.
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The mutagenic forces shaping the genomes of lung cancer in never smokers - Nature An analysis of data from the Sherlock-Lung study provides insight into the mutational processes that contribute to lung cancer in never smokers, and looks at the possible role of factors such as ...

New evidence just out shows definitive link between mechanisms driving cancer in smoking with those caused by pollution. Common mechanisms included mutations in the TP53 and EGFR genes 🧪

The demographic time bomb is about to detonate Attention must be paid: there are now more old people than young.

This bomb is going to blow over the next decade and will hit Calgary particularly badly due to so many single-family-zoned neighbourhoods that are poorly serviced by transit - not to mention the complete lack of winter maintenance in residential areas lloydalter.substack.com/p/the-demogr... #yyccc

As always, you’ve been a delight #Birmingham, 🇬🇧 until next time

A visitor looks at AI strategy board displayed on a stand during the ninth edition of the AI summit London,on June 11, 2025.

The world's most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviors - lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals.
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Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

Spot the tourist, Birmingham, UK edition - nervously walking without a crosswalk or without the light but in the crowd … (none of you would make it in Seoul!)