2026-07-25T13:45:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦 https://nostr.ae/npub1eu4k0k8860wjxv4qm40hj2tw6me9xdgf3fcls2zggqgzl55fzg8qgxqvnz https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/292/177/376/229/482/original/be4c98afb8ddc419.png https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/292/177/376/229/482/original/be4c98afb8ddc419.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrlf2s0nzqv75xvm74ghe098ecmal03j6qa8uxwpwavzgqz5yatwszyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfqujkdeh2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx6fgq5v8jrfp9ueuyyfw8gkl28ydpc7qc76rf7gams8y3k999ffc66nf84'>nevent1q…nf84</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“If we are good AI critics, if we carefully identify the pathological aspects of AI and relentlessly target the financial basis of the Al bubble, we can make sure that all the terrible things billionaires want to do with AI never happen, and we can consign all the terrible things that are currently being done with AI to history&#39;s ash heap.”<br/><br/>Cory Doctorow’s: The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI. <br/>#AI #AIHype #AISlop #AIBubble 2026-07-11T06:10:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx6fgq5v8jrfp9ueuyyfw8gkl28ydpc7qc76rf7gams8y3k999ffczyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfqudhjjrf “That&#39;s the thing about actual, existing Al: the lucrative present-day use cases, from drone warfare to wage theft, from empiricism-washing, racist policing to ripping off shoppers, are pretty ghastly.”<br/>From Cory Doctorow’s: The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI<br/>👍👍👍<br/>Recommended…big time. <br/>Thank you <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/>#AI #Canada #AIHype #AISlop 2026-07-11T02:50:19+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2jep5595kqc7ddlklng0mmylqchgjw06ak2jttwk86n46k7wmengzyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfquw2vcyk “fraudulent studies are now appearing at a faster rate than legitimate scientific publications. The authors say the findings should serve as a warning to the scientific community to strengthen safeguards before public trust in science begins to erode”<br/>#Science #Scicomm #ScientificFraud <br/><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260306224235.htm">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260306224235.htm</a> 2026-03-08T04:33:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsra6nlnnet6esw7w0982d2t9wmn6dcr3u4atczu25v9qmexrsst8qzyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfqud9pkkz Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Windsor and Detroit. <br/><br/>Lunatic. <br/>#Canada #Cdnpoli<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/trump-gordie-howe-bridge-9.7081924">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/trump-gordie-howe-bridge-9.7081924</a> 2026-02-10T03:11:49+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdzqrva4rhxdq5wdrfqcu36787frvnsy4yx9kdlynvvnhx7dpxxmczyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfquz8xgml Canada needs to become a disenshittification nation. <br/>“Canada is in a good position to do this. We&#39;ve got motive, means and opportunity, but we&#39;re not the only ones. Most of the countries in the world are situated to take advantage of this opportunity…Their margin is our opportunity.”<br/><br/>Love this <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/>#Tech #Canada #cdnpoli #Monopolies <br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/12/s-curve/">https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/12/s-curve/</a> 2026-02-02T01:47:59+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0y6sahh8v3mee4fe9l4dkjcxwuh9hjtv22fcr5kljjs0lp25zyxczyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfqunlwkgf Finishing up Enshittification by Cory Doctorow. Just Wow. <br/><br/>If this doesn’t open your eyes to the lies, obfuscation, manipulation, surveillance, and abuse of people by Big Tech with their view of capitalism…nothing will. Highly recommended read. <br/>#Tech #Canada #Economics <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780374619329/cory-doctorow/enshittification?blnBKM=1">https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780374619329/cory-doctorow/enshittification?blnBKM=1</a> 2026-01-18T23:39:28+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx4ps4n4aj9hxvxyhzddgf52hlgupakpwwp8cvgt5j7dhecgvzqqszyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfquwwsy54 From The Vagenda <br/>“Mifepristone is very safe. It’s safer than Viagra (remember the MEN!). What’s happening now isn’t about science—it’s about controlling women’s bodies and the narrative, so the more shitty data and putrid hot takes introduced as science, the better.”<br/>#Medicine #Science #ObGyn<br/>1/2<br/><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/p/the-fda-plans-to-review-mifepristone?utm_campaign=post">https://open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/p/the-fda-plans-to-review-mifepristone?utm_campaign=post</a> 2025-09-29T23:19:59+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2pgr4d6m6gagjwcqy54tjs2vlktqgjuagwafhrgx9vuyjv2cle6szyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfquk9kwu9 Given it is currently -34 C (not incl windchill) it is safe to say that enduring #Saskatchewan winters requires flannel or fleece lined jeans. Essential part of the kit! <br/>#Canada #Winter #Saskatoon 2024-11-29T15:30:58+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspyfkrjkuegvcwsux5uhpqe7m992j9v0q67jpkuuy5gpqgl8p9dqgzyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfquyqcvxs An atlas of small non-coding RNAs in human preimplantation development (open access) <br/>#Development #HumanDevelopment #RNA #Embryology #Science<br/><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52943-w">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52943-w</a> 2024-10-09T18:07:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp95yatpnry8x5gkd2py5w4nqvpe39ugpf3xh4vl4u5tzdx5q55pqzyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfquzhkr3p Oil companies sold the public on a fake climate solution — and swindled taxpayers out of billions <br/><br/>A con-job plain and simple.<br/><br/>“in the best-case scenario, with carbon capture technology working flawlessly and deployed at large scale, it could only account for a little over 2 percent of global carbon emissions reductions by 2030.”<br/>#Environment #ClimateChange #Canada #cdnpoli #Saskatchewan #skpoli<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/08/news/oil-companies-sold-public-fake-climate-solution-and-swindled-taxpayers">https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/08/news/oil-companies-sold-public-fake-climate-solution-and-swindled-taxpayers</a> 2024-08-08T23:23:19+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqcyr635tnhfug8wwgk7net7vghsu3j9lfxnzfcqvq09ulg8442nqzyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfqueep5xy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqhuz4n0wet02dch93tkpavqw37fpqdjh0uyuk0hsjfsjdxj35ush4ekfq'>nevent1q…ekfq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“The second aspect of scientific practice worth underscoring is that, because scientists tackle complex problems, they don’t typically offer one unique, complete and perfect answer. Instead they consider multiple, partial and possibly conflicting solutions.”<br/>#Science #Scicomm<br/>2/3 2024-08-07T18:23:24+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyqhuz4n0wet02dch93tkpavqw37fpqdjh0uyuk0hsjfsjdxj35uszyr8jke7culfa6gej5rw477ffdmt0y5e4px98r7pgfpqpqt7j3yfqu45lm5u Multiple goals, multiple solutions, plenty of second-guessing and revising − here’s how science really works <br/><br/>A very nice piece in my opinion. <br/><br/>“Simplistic views represent science as solely focused on providing causal explanations for the various phenomena we observe in this world. The truth is that scientists tackle all kinds of problems, which are best solved using different strategies and approaches”<br/>Ie when, what, how, why<br/>#Science #Scicomm<br/>1/3<br/><a href="https://theconversation.com/multiple-goals-multiple-solutions-plenty-of-second-guessing-and-revising-heres-how-science-really-works-231249">https://theconversation.com/multiple-goals-multiple-solutions-plenty-of-second-guessing-and-revising-heres-how-science-really-works-231249</a> 2024-08-07T18:23:23+02:00