Greg Smith

Anthropic prospectus, tl;dr:

A CBC News investigation has pinpointed a dozen politically-motivated gun-for-hire shootings in Toronto that appear to have been financed by the Iranian government. www.cbc.ca/news/investi...

A real problem (reflected in this coverage as well) is how police typically discuss swatting primarily as a “waste of resources” or distressing for the victim rather than what it actually is: attempted murder. Flowing from this, offenders don’t seem to be pursued and punished commensurately.

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Sad to see how the artful deployment of “but you don’t FEEL safe, do you?” to avoid outright lying about how crime is markedly down seems poised to pay off in Toronto’s municipal election today. Please don’t miss your chance to vote!

This seems good

This will surely lead to better products… right? Right?

It’s a half-measure (at best), yes. But I do suspect it will deliver benefit commensurate with the cost. What’s less obvious than the shortcomings here is that the existing platform edges need reinforcement even to support these.

Immediate red flag: they call their technology “quantum chip”

First hand-dyers. Then speakerphones. AND auto-renew subscriptions. Will Adele surely be next? Read all about my most victorious week on Earth since Clacton! countbinface.substack.com/p/victory-ha...

Des millions de sites web à travers le monde sont en panne mercredi. Deux failles dans le protocole de programmation PHP ont été révélées par la fondation PHP, qui en gère le développement et les évolutions. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/fr/nouve...

This is true. Try www.cyber.gc.ca if you want proof. They’re taking their own advice.

between the catastrophic PHP vuln and the intermediate cert vuln and AI models that can turn a proof of concept into a bot net in like 10mins we’re in for a wild 24 hours

As if any further reminder as to why the US is not a reliable partner was required:

A man was charged after a car ramming attack on an Australian Parliament member left her with critical injuries. Lawmaker Helen Haines was standing outside her office when the man drove his car into her, then reversed and hit her again, witnesses said.

Who was it that rendered the US toxic as a potential partner?

Seems like the winner in AB last night was… xenophobia?

I’m sure Rubio knows very well that Russia claims to have annexed FOUR oblasts in this phase of the invasion, not just “Donetsk” (and then there is Crimea as well): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian...

Desperate to be “too big to fail”

“And tired of thinking 'bout drinking For thinking of drinking While thinking 'bout drinking And thinking 'bout drinking…” youtu.be/3XtOoEqzILU?...

We have been long-time Apple TV users, but I just don’t see how the price for the latest version is justifiable. $429 CAD? Brutal.

Me to the Brewers

no offence but why is the British public being asked about my medical diagnosis, would it also like to check out my ankles and my elbows to decide whether I really have hypermobile joints, should I cough on them next time I have a cold so they can confirm that I'm ill

Both buses powered by natural gas… yikes

Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.

Finally tried the Biscoff Dairy Milk bar that’s been following me across all platforms. A solid “meh”. Might as well have had rice in it. Biscoff, keep trying!

Chicago PD had the killer’s fingerprints - which matched one collected from the scene - in their own HR files the whole time. It need not have been a cold case at all. Go figure.

All Canadians should be eligible for a free shingles vaccine Canada may not have a national health care system, but we should still have coherent national policies on essential issues like vaccination, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Imagine insisting that you deserve a peace prize because (among everything else he complains about here) you made NATO double its spending on weapons.

Somebody call the 🚨 PC POLICE 🚨 If you don’t use the language he’s legislated, you’re a word criminal.

Damn. What an icon. RIP

I assume people who don’t like bus lanes don’t like them because they “take away a lane”. What would an Eglinton East LRT do? Not be fully underground, that’s for sure… and not get built without years of traffic disruption. Have we forgotten the recent past already?

Synthetic ingredients? In MY Gatorade?

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

“Ordinary water kept sealed in one of the jars contained [2-20] times the EPA [maximum contaminant level] for arsenic, and some samples showed almost [2x] as much lead and uranium[…] acidified water contained 300[x] more arsenic and [3x] more uranium than the EPA MCL” www.nist.gov/news-events/...

The ads I get on YouTube are so ludicrous. Like Mercedes S-class ludicrous. No only am I not lixury car rich, I take public transit everywhere.

Palantir shifting from hiring only "Ivy or Ivy-equivalent" degrees to hiring only out of high school is an admission that "training" and "talent" were never factors at all. They were looking for packaging & prestige, and now they're looking for ignorance & impressionability.

Cela fait aujourd'hui 100 jours que nos membres de la section locale 71250 sont en grève. Les agents et agentes de sécurité de la Banque du Canada méritent un contrat de travail juste et équitable. Les solutions sont sur la table. À la Banque d’agir. syndicatafpc.ca/100-jours-gr...

This incident will be top-of-mind if (when) airlines renew their push for single-pilot operations.

Not “America Intelligence”, incredibly

"If service gets cut, demand falls even further." Eric Miller (@civmin.bsky.social) says VIA Rail risks a vicious cycle as it reduces service between Toronto and Ottawa. He and Karen Cross (Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce) discuss the future of Ontario passenger rail with @jeyantvo.bsky.social.