Mary Gillis

Mary Gillis

@marygillis.bsky.social

Still in that awkward pre-ghost phase writer/editor at The Beaverton she/her | Vancouver B.C. Articles: https://www.thebeaverton.com/author/mary-gillis/ If you wanna criticize me, pay here first: https://ko-fi.com/marygillis

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I can't stress enough how counterproductive it is for campaign sites to hit visitors with a donation pop-up they have to close before they can see anything. A week out, most visits to these pages are voters trying to make up their minds.

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bring back shame for being a huge fucking racist in public

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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"AI might cure cancer. AI can do anything" AI can only make one kind of business poster. It hasn't figured out a second poster design. The fuck they talking about?

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The internet can be pretty gullible about tech products, but congrats to everyone who called exactly what this was going to be used for from the first moment they saw it.

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One of the best Internet experiences is being told of the existence of someone who sucks but only so you can then be told that they just lost an election

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I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

Which position? The terrible position that Carney was adopting until Trump torpedoed the deal by adding stuff even Carney at his most elbows down couldn't accept? Or a position that's actually good for Canada?

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Polls are open until 8 pm and the correct Chow, Olivia Chow, is #9 on the ballot. For the love of Toronto, get to your polling station.

Will Sloan@willsloanesq.bsky.social

Will Sloan Enterprises enthusiastically endorses Olivia Chow for Mayor of Toronto.

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this is not a substantial change in B.C. government policy (one of the reasons the NDP failed to motivate its base in this election) #bcpoli

That's just not true. AI companies and sloppers love forcing women to be a part of the AI push, from using AI to turn images of women into non-consensual porn, to straight up stealing all of the work of every female artist.

I really thought we were over the "women have to use AI or they'll be left behind" bullshit, but the Carney government seems insistent on always being at least a year behind when it comes to understanding AI, so yeah, this coming up now makes sense.

But yeah, women absolutely need to use AI more, so they can be resoundingly punished for it. Thanks, experts.

Mary Gillis@marygillis.bsky.social

All of those pearl clutching articles over the last 3 years about how women had to use AI or they'd be left behind at work and OF COURSE when people think women used AI they punish them for it. OF COURSE.

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It is so frustrating to hear Senators (intentionally) misunderstand the impact to the economy of preserving the right to strike. Labour's position is that when employers believe the government will step in - they don't negotiate, *creating* more disruptive labour disputes.

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If the golem becomes ensorcelled, the coven may need to assume operational burdens related to ensorcellation and the golem’s fel status. This may cost extra mana points.

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Corporate imperialism

Canadian Dimension@canadiandimension.bsky.social

Canadian-operated gold mines in the Dominican Republic and Haiti are facing growing opposition from local communities who say their water, health, and livelihoods have been harmed by years of extractive operations. This week, community leaders will bring their concerns directly to Ottawa.

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Replying to @timfordwrites.bsky.social

I feel we were deprived of many other Walter Koenig roles. As a villain he could be chilling, sardonic, and calculating. As a real-life human, he had a wonderful sense of humour and a humble bearing. His cheeky tweet a few years back ahead of a con shows he was keenly aware of his own mortality.

Mary Gillis reposted

I'm going to vote for my incumbent city councillor today. Even though I've disagreed with some of his positions, he remains the only councillor who supports a tax increase to fund the services he's campaigning for (transit/infrastructure). Everyone else is just lying.

Mary Gillis@marygillis.bsky.social

All politicians who worship at the altar of low taxes are fundamentally unserious people.