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Some personal thoughts on the meaning of Trump’s depraved bill. @karaswisher.bsky.social @pivotpod.bsky.social

Because I feel the need to repeat this since so many people don’t seem to get it

He did not simply do a “hand gesture” twice he did it then immediately referenced the 14 words. He TRIPLED down to make sure the “dog whistle” landed, denial of this is Nazi apologia

The challenges are complete with focus, constraints, subjects and a goal for the images.

July is "Three Frames, One Story" focusing on three frame narrative sequences in life moments. Colour images made with a 35mm prime.

To break the insidious hold of my fascination on new #photography gear announcements I spent some time with ChatGPT asking it to help me build a set of monthly photography challenges to help me focus on composition and storytelling and you know what - it did really well.

Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17

In this age where it feels like everything is built to be disposable it’s awesome to see things that were designed and built to last as long as possible.

We will never forgot this

Elon Musk's Grok AI Can't Stop Talking About 'White Genocide' In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide” in South Africa.

Over on X, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is glitching out and inserting information about “white genocide” in South Africa in response to hundreds of completely unrelated user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts.

They are talking like it will be a natural progression from LLMs and such to artificial general intelligence but that is equivalent to saying "based on current trends in HVAC technology we predict that faster-than-light travel will be commonplace by 2037"

This is wild

Imagine saying this without hearing what you’re saying

I feel like the crowd is getting to the “I thought this speech was going to be a lot shorter I’m not sure I have much woooooo left” moment

Merçi, Québec

CTV has a good primer: www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...

CBC's page is here: newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...

BBC (!) has a page here: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Election day here in Canada! If you haven't taken the time to read through all the party platforms, there are a few summary pages to read. Don't vote like it's a team sport, review the platforms! There are some genuine surprises in this election.

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Education at a Glance 2024 Education at a Glance is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems across OE...

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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.

Ballot cast - it was about a 10 minute wait here. Feels good.

The head of a loon and its neck is small in the midst of a body of water. The water is rippled and wavy, spackled with small and large ripples throughout the frame. The surface of the water where smooth is a light white eggshell kind of colour, and there are browns and very light cyans throughout the frame. The loon's head is tiny in the frame, but the white pattern on its neck and top of its chest is visible.

A red-winged blackbird sits amidst a field of cattails. The tops of the cattails are ragged and many of the stalks are bent from a long winter. The setting sun paints the stalks with a yellow-gold colour but the late light of a late spring day adds a shade of blue through the shadows. The bird is tiny in the middle of the frame.

A sunnier day, but fewer birds tonight

Especially in Canada, where the rule of law is still a thing and as far as I can tell we make every effort to ensure polls are accessible and it's simple to identify yourself as eligible and vote. Don't sit it out - get to the polls and vote!

The "X Party didn't give me a reason to vote" line is absolute bullshit. You have one job as a citizen in a democracy. Hint: it's not sit on the couch and doomscrolling. The hard work of our job as citizens is reading platforms, listening to debates and making the best choice based on we see.

I'm often intrigued by questions from strangers. Yesterday on the train, for example, someone recognized me as "that economist" and asked why "America, as the most powerful economy, doesn't run balanced trade or surpluses with all other countries?"
"Good question," I replied, continuing ...
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First time out looking for birds in awhile! Flat grey light but some nice poses from this feathered friends.

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

History doesn’t always repeat but gosh it sure does rhyme if you’re paying attention.

Elections Canada - Home page for the 2025 Federal Election Find all the information you need to know to vote in the 2025 federal election. You will learn whether you are registered to vote, where to vote, what your riding is, who the candidates in your ridin...

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Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

A cup of espresso is the focus of this picture, the cup sits on a table with rich brown wood grain. The cup takes up 3/4 of the frame and the crema is a yellow brown that matches the lightest parts of the table. A population of bubbles of various sizes have migrated to the left and right sides of the cup with the largest bubbles in the centre of each mass. The right side of the coffee has more bubbles than the left, each cluster of bubbles tapers towards the top and bottom. Next to the cup on an angle is the top corner of a magazine. The magazine has a white stripe with writing along the edge and while the entire cover is not visible there is a textured green colour with a bright red logo at the top of the magazine, offset from the top of the magazine and white stripe. The letters LF are showing inside the red, in the same white as the bordered edge. It is a fraction of the LFI logo - the magazine is Leica Fotographie International. Only viewers that subscribe would know. Now you do too!

Sunday? #lfi

Any #photography nerds that care - 📷 Nikon Zf /w Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH