Barb70🇨🇦

Barb70🇨🇦

@barbee3579.bsky.social

Polarization is the beginning of the destruction of democracy and always leads to authoritarianism.

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@barbee3579.bsky.social

Americans read this, please.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...

theatlantic.comTrump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal ClearThe president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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@barbee3579.bsky.social

The same holds true for any politician: it is we, the ordinary citizens, who will pay the price for their reckless decisions. Please vote wisely! "A very bold surgeon is one who does not realize that it is the patient who takes all the risks." — Dr. Jonathan R. Hiatt

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@barbee3579.bsky.social

I read: Cory Doctorow - "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI". I asked ChatGPT: “Will AI destroy humanity?" Answers: "1. AI causing serious harm — already real. This isn’t speculative. AI can be used to: * conduct cyberattacks; * produce convincing fraud and misinformation; cont.

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'How much power are humans going to hand over to increasingly capable systems, and how good are the controls around that power?' And this actually connects very neatly to Doctorow’s argument. The AI bubble and the existential-risk argument are almost opposite sides of the same problem:

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@barbee3579.bsky.social

...one can lead people to overestimate what AI can economically accomplish, while the other can lead people to overestimate what AI will inevitably become. The sensible position is to look at actual capabilities, incentives, evidence and failure modes rather than either hype or doom."

Barb70🇨🇦
@barbee3579.bsky.social

I read: Cory Doctorow - "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI". I asked ChatGPT: “Will AI destroy humanity?" Answers: "1. AI causing serious harm — already real. This isn’t speculative. AI can be used to: * conduct cyberattacks; * produce convincing fraud and misinformation; cont.

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@barbee3579.bsky.social

*assist with biological or chemical research that could be misused *make decisions that discriminate or simply be wrong; *amplify human wrongdoing at enormous scale. 2. AI becoming difficult to control-possible, but uncertain. 3. AI causing human extinction-a hypothetical but extreme scenario- cont.

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@barbee3579.bsky.social

Albertans please vote: question 1-9 NO; question 10 YES. REMEMBER! I voted by mail 2 weeks ago. N.B. question 9 - 53 words! Ridiculous!!!!

Jason Markusoff@markusoff.bsky.social

To put 23% support for a Leave referendum in perspective… The separatist movement is now statistically closer to Zero than it is to a 50% popular majority. The referendum is 24 days from now. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caWith time running out, new poll suggests Alberta separatism support is slipping | CBC NewsWith a little more than three weeks to go until the Oct. 19 referendum, a new poll done for CBC News suggests support for separation has softened since spring.
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@barbee3579.bsky.social

Insanity continuous

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...

wsj.comThe Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across EuropeChristos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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@barbee3579.bsky.social

Genocide is not diplomacy. World leaders who enable, facilitate, or fail to prevent genocide should be held accountable under international law in The Hague. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

cbc.caIs Israel erasing evidence of alleged war crimes in Gaza? A visual investigation | CBC AccessibilityCBC’s visual investigations team uncovers satellite imagery that shows the IDF removing rubble from sites in Gaza that it bombed, which experts and human rights advocates warn risks destroying evidenc...

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

theatlantic.comEmpire of GriftFar-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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@barbee3579.bsky.social

W wywiadzie Anne Applebaum mówiła o grupie ludzi związanych z amerykańskim środowiskiem technologicznym i inwestorami, którzy rozważali stworzenie na Grenlandii specjalnego „miasta” z bardzo małą ilością regulacji. Wspomniała przy tym, że idee te łączą się z koncepcją przygotowania do Marsa.

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@barbee3579.bsky.social

Love it!!!!

Raw Story@rawstory.com

Voters in a key swing state say President Donald Trump set a pointless "three-alarm fire" when he waged a "stupid" trade war with Canada, according to a new report.

bit.lySwing state voters rail at 'stupid' Trump for setting pointless 'three-alarm fire': reportVoters in a key swing state say President Donald Trump set a pointless "three-alarm fire" when he waged a "stupid" trade war with Canada, according to a new report. Michigan auto workers are not happy with the Republican leader after he delivered what they fear will be a serious blow to their indust...
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❤️ 🇨🇦 👇 “We cannot accept what they’ve offered, and we will not give what they asked,” Carney declared in Ottawa on Saturday morning” Carney said: the United States’ “signature was written in pencil,” with negotiators still hoping to “strike a fair deal”.

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Global NEWS: Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is “walking away from a bad deal” with the United States and will match 50 per cent tariffs “dollar-for-dollar” in industries like steel and dairy.

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❤️❤️❤️

Don Comer@doncomer.bsky.social

Lived in the USA just about all of my life. Never met an American who hates Canada as Trump does. The only Canada-hating bigot in the whole nation. What explains this? Got a bad bottle of maple syrup? Canada geese shitting on his golf courses? Took a slap shot to the nuts?