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Could the radio star kill AI? New monthly blog post explores why we need human curation to filter out all the AI slop and help us discover music worth our attention.
Oriol Salvador
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Journalist. Pop culture nerd and social media jedi. Working for @weathernetwork.bsky.social and BNN Bloomberg. Personal views, etc. (he/él/ell/il) 🌐 oriolsalvador.com 📄 linkedin.com/in/oriolsalvador ▶️ youtube.com/oriolsalvador
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Could the radio star kill AI? New monthly blog post explores why we need human curation to filter out all the AI slop and help us discover music worth our attention.
¿Se viene el disco del año? Lali y Miranda presentan BAILAR O MORIR. Por ahora tenemos un single y una pieza audiovisual que avanza las 10 canciones, que saldrán el 3 de noviembre. Un sonido que mezcla pop, electrónica oscura e italo disco. No me esperaba esto para nada, pero estoy muy dentro.
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El canal de Whatsapp de @frenteamplio.info para el #29N ya supera 16,000 usuarios
Israel reporta la mayor participación electoral en 50 años. Janira Gómez Muñoz para @es.france24.com
Olivia Chow has been re-elected as Toronto’s mayor, the CP24-CTV Election Desk is projecting.
Lula beats Bolsonaro with more than 51% of the vote
B.C. is going to have its first Conservative government in nearly 100 years. @bcgreens.bsky.social new leader @emilylowan.bsky.social won her seat for the Saanich North and the Islands riding. Outgoing premier and B.C. NDP leader David Eby is stepping down.
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In terms of wind speed, Super Typhoon #Champi is the most powerful storm on Earth in 2026 so far, achieving the top storm spot with its peak winds of 296 km/h--the equivalent of a Category 5 storm. www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
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Foreign interference is actively rigging the conversation around Alberta’s referendum. Reports raise questions about collusion between the Trump administration, Russian-linked bot networks and Alberta separatists to break up Canada.
Vancouver's first Green mayor: Pete Fry has won over incumbent Ken Sim.
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Feijóo nos ha llamado esta mañana 'coalición de desesperados'. ¿Sabéis quién está desesperado? Quien lleva años detrás de Vox, hundiéndose en las encuestas y que va directo a la oposición. El 29N, a llenar las urnas de derechos y de ilusión. 🗣️ @ernesturtasun.bsky.social de @somcomuns.bsky.social
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Lo importante que hay que recordarle al Partido Socialista es que no hemos venido a gestionar la desigualdad, hemos venido a acabar con la desigualdad, hemos venido a defender el derecho a la vivienda, no a los especuladores como han hecho ellos. 🗣 @adacolau.bsky.social de @somcomuns.bsky.social
🗳 @adacolau.bsky.social i @ernesturtasun.bsky.social per Barcelona. A tope con @frenteamplio.info
The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel caused intense flooding along the Las Vegas strip.
To my English-speaking friends: you might have heard of #LaBolaNegra, a Spanish film receiving lots of praise and awards recently. It’ll be in cinemas soon and later on Netflix.
La historia de nuestros abuelos y de un pasado que, desgraciadamente, cada vez se siente más como un futuro próximo. Una reivindicación de historias y personajes que quisieron ser silenciados y que hacen de esta película, larga y compleja, una obra absolutamente necesaria. #LaBolaNegra
A viral birthday video sent me in a bit of a rabbit hole about these type of videos that ended in this 2022 documentary
Following this investigation, Lu Ke (Susu) was ordered to leave the country within seven days and barred from ever returning.
Cristina Puig entrevistada per Antoni Bassas al vídeo pòdcast d'entrevistes de @periodistes.cat
'Club Kid' is 'Big Daddy' (1999) but queer, with drug-fueled parties instead of meals at Hooters
¿Quién crees que debería ser el líder del nuevo Frente Amplio de izquierdas? Encuesta en @elplural.bsky.social
Parti Québécois will form a minority government in Quebec.
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Stunning work by Stuart MacLean once again, he perfectly explains the reasons why so many of us refuse to follow #Eurovision in it's current state www.youtube.com/watch?v=LViF...
No salimos de unas elecciones (hoy en Québec) y ya nos metemos en otras: convocaron elecciones generales en España el 29 de noviembre.
In Montreal, Cinéma du Musée is showing the documentary until Oct. 5. @theguardian.com, co-producers of the film, will have it available to stream online for free worldwide in late November 2026.
DoorDash will pay US$131.5 million to settle claims that it underpaid delivery workers in New York City, @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social announced today.
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Deplatforming is a form of harm reduction New video gem by @carlosmaza.bsky.social
The federal government in Canada has introduced digital safety legislation that would introduce a ban on social media for kids under 16. Big tech companies are already using age assurance technology to estimate users’ age.
I just found out this exists and I'm on it ❤️ @weathernetwork.bsky.social
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Fall is Canada’s ultimate transition season, but an exceptional El Niño will slow that transition considerably. Get all the deails in your #FallForecast https://ow.ly/4JP850ZLcQs
Platforms like MySpace made it easier for artists to share their work. Generative AI makes it easier for anyone to generate something that resembles art by mashing up existing creative work, without credit or compensation. What happens when generating art becomes easier than learning how to make it?
New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced.
Canada’s largest member-owned music rights organization is suing U.S. artificial intelligence company Suno, alleging the AI music generator copied songs in its repertoire — including Nickelback’s 2005 hit “Photograph” — without permission or compensation.
Powerful waves battered the coast of Cyprus, sending boats crashing into rocks and leaving vessels damaged or sunk.