Chad Zahara

Chad Zahara

@chadzahara.com

Literary wastrel from the mountains of southern British Columbia. Occasional video producer. Husband to @phaezahara.com. Links at chadzahara.com.

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“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” Dune (1965) Frank Herbert

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Sincerely… NASA couldn’t have chosen a better team of people for this mission. They have been a bright light in the shadowy time here. It’s been a joy to watch. #nasa #artemisii

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This is what social media is meant to be about.

CosmoQuest@cosmoquest.org

There are now 10 toilets in Space International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Artemis II on way around Moon: 1 This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit!

Watching the Artemis II launch with my wife, and her sister over video chat. Oh, and our cat. Best wishes to the American and Canadian crew!

I had a great time. I'm just busy catching up on things and energy but I hope to write about this little trip to the coast and the memorable, fantastic concert; not sure if I'll share it or if it will remain in my journal but I will probably share some thoughts and photos.

Chad Zahara@chadzahara.com

Hittin' the road for the coast to see Jesse Welles at the Commodore Ballroom tonight. Should be fun! — with @phaezahara.com, @randyzahara.bsky.social, and my sis.

Go on an personify a ship or an instrument; things that need humans to animate them. Software that has been made to minimize my humanity? Well, that can fuck right off.

Mary Gillis@marygillis.bsky.social

Me reading DUNE decades ago: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind," haha, religious zealots are so weird Me now: Slack referring to itself as "me" in a notification is an obscenity and the people who programmed it to do that will not see heaven

I have enough to occupy my time that, when I do buy one, I won't ever have to settle for playing a video game in which the company uses AI script reading instead of paying for a voice actor. They may think they're saving money by not paying actors, but they're also losing sales from people like me.

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We came across a fancy conure while we were out shopping today. With all that's happening in the world, it was nice to share a moment with this sweet little guy. #fancyconure #bird #birdsky —with @phaezahara.com

Today I had to login to Twitter for the first time in years and holy hell is it a nightmare these days. Like, I thought Facebook was bad for AI, bots, hatred, and inflated engagement but goddamn the feed it gave me was utter nonsense. I just don't get the appeal of that.

Definitive. The trolley IS the problem. Who is "the trolley?" Well, in my new 33,000 word substack post, I go into great detail on just who the...

Janel Comeau 🍁@verybadllama.bsky.social

checking the news again

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"I'm really sorry that I'm supporting an illegal bombing campaign, so sorry, incredibly sorry, but anyway, carry on boys, gotta get them Iranians before they hypothetically get us in the maybe future" is not it, my dude. Milquetoast diplomacy sucks so much. globalnews.ca/news/1171502...

globalnews.caCarney reaffirms Canada’s support for strikes on Iran ‘with regret’ - National | Globalnews.caCarney said in Australia that the growing Middle East conflict 'is another example of the failure of the international order' and that Canada's support 'is not a blank cheque.'

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When the target of the much-vaunted “precision weapons” deployed by Israel and its puppet, the US is a girl’s primary school, with 150+ defenceless children massacred, you’re left in no doubt that this is state terrorism and the perpetrators are vile criminals. news.un.org/en/story/202...

news.un.orgDeadly bombing of Iran primary school ‘a grave violation of humanitarian law’: UNESCOThe UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law.

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They bombed a school. They have the capability to target specific apartments in a building yet they bombed a school. Carney, this is how you dissolve the support of your left flank.