west end girl (in a dead end world)

What will the AI data centre boom mean for Canada? | The Narwhal Sprawling AI data centres — hungry for land, water and power — are coming. Plans the world’s largest, called Wonder Valley, are underway in Alberta

Water-hungry data centres are planned for drought-stricken regions across Canada. What will the AI data centre boom mean for communities? By @savannahridley.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/ai-data-cent...

Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

As Canada blows way past its international GHG commitments, Carney offers up a massive new pipeline for the tar sands to Trump.
This is the - Let's not fight, we can burn the planet together approach to international relations.
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飯能

My dad grew up on a farm and told me about the time he was messing around near their workhorse Mabel. She grabbed his shoulder in her jaws, held him firmly til he chilled out, then released him. He realized she had the cognizance for restraint, to not hurt him. He had respect for horses after that.

Carney is a spineless coward like every damn liberal. Dude can’t even stand up for his trans kid.

Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus): This brilliantly coloured 21cm (8.3in) woodpecker species is native to forested areas with oaks from south west USA to Colombia. Remarkable photo by Jay Spring taken in Orange, California, USA. For more of Jay's shots see: www.springphotos.net #woodpecker

Close-up portrait in profile of a metallic blue-bronze-purple bird with a bright yellow eye and large, pointy downward curved beak. The background is soft focus green leaves against a blue wall.

Common grackle presents a gorgeous profile
#birds 🌿

There have been no substantive changes to Bill C2 what there has been is political theatre to make you think our concerns were heard. It must not pass.

The boy band's lyrics are mostly about consumption. I'm hoping "Your Idol" helps girls recognize & avoid narcissistic users.

There's some fun videos on youtube about the cultural references in KPDH. The creators put a LOT of thought into the story & visuals. Really looking forward to the followups!

This thread is interesting because from the very beginning it was thought that men becoming less manly was the other side of the coin of women becoming liberated and independent. It's almost like many men completely base their sense of masculinity on the subjugation of women.

Reminded me of this

I'm sensing a theme here

She's still going to pay for groceries, almost immediately, bc there'll be many things he'll decide she doesn't 'need.'

So expect to hear a lot of "I'm not paying for that, get it yourself if you really want it" or whining bc she ate "too much" (like half) of the food he bought with "his" money.

#tidesouttuesday #coloraday #bluetue #eastcoastkin #photography #seascape
#seasponge #coral

I do not have another social media transition in me. I’ll just start stopping people in the street and showing them my mushroom photos on my phone.

Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa): 108cm (43in). This is a medium-sized wild cat occurring from the Himalayan foothills through mainland Southeast Asia into southern China. Total population is suspected to be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals. #cloudedleopard #leopard #wildlife #nature #bluesky

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Joe Coffey
2022

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis - the colour of the feet and slightly faded appearance suggest that this is a juvenile bird, as does the partially orange lower mandible. The bill has not yet been blunted by contact with stones during dives. Taken yesterday in a small London park #birds.

Yes, people with asthma are causing climate change. You’re off the hook, oil tycoons!

A landscape scene looking over a river with full moon in the sky.

'Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple' from the series 'Eight Views of Omi' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857.
#FullMoon #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt

This week's Sandy and Nora episode talks about how Canadian media is already so Americanized that the fascist swing of their media will be felt directly here too. CTV has already, for months, aired US news as if its in Saskatchewan.

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

"The plan includes a $2-billion infrastructure proposal submitted to Canada’s Privy Council aimed at developing core projects such as a cross-border trade portal, renewable energy corridors and smart transportation networks."

Fingers crossed!

painting of an alien in pajamas lying down, with pizza and soda, watching a series on his laptop about a capybara petting its cat

alien watching a series with his cat

It’s past a joke at this point: EVERY trial into UBI has shown that it’s a net benefit to society, every one has been a success. But, the response is usually “one more trial, bro, just one more trial”.

This is just the plastic straw hysteria all over again, and it's ableism at its finest: Blame disabled people instead of the corporations that are actually wrecking our environment, that way to poor widdle CEOs won't have to deal with people telling them to fucking STOP KILLING THE PLANET.

They blame another group. Maybe the Irish. Or Italians. Maybe eventually it’s everyone with brown eyes. You blame and persecute to avoid responsibility. The logical conclusion of Fascism is one angry bigot, alone on the planet Earth, screaming at the dirt to grow something.

"A free education is incompatible with fascism. Education is likely to be one of the great battlegrounds upon which is waged an intense and desperate struggle for power."

—John Dewey and Goodwin Watson, “The Forward View”

the folks at bluesky are having a real normal one, i see. keeping us safe from alt text that didn’t happen and [checks notes] learning about [checks notes again] the antisemitism of christian zionists?

sure. sure. gotta keep *that* knowledge from spreading.

"You are taking in the Human Centipede of content" is one of, if not THE best ways I've heard this whole AI shituation described. Bravo.

The mental gymnastics of GenAI users is genuinely insane, you use more water than the meat produce industry tenfold, don’t pretend you don’t know.
Furthermore you are accelerating how brutal summers can be.
You’re not beating the fucking allegations with this one.