@sambhare.bsky.social

Eurasian Eagle-Owl - eBird Very large and powerful owl with obvious ear tufts, deep orange eyes, and finely streaked pale buffy underparts. Active mainly at night, but can be seen perched up on prominent lookouts at dusk, searching for prey. Can be found roosting during the day in shady canopy or caves. Pairs often duet, with the male giving a deep, resounding hoot and the female giving a hoarser, higher-pitched one. Inhabits a wide range of habitats, from forests to rocky canyons, but generally abundant nowhere.

Bubo bubo! ebird.org/species/eueo...

Indefinite Book Club Hiatus Today in “Things that ‘AI’ has ruined”: No, I won’t be able to show up to your book club’s online/offline gathering, and the reason for this is simple: I, and li…

I get asked to show up to book clubs, online and offline. Here is why from now on the answer is always "no." If you think this might have something to do with "AI" ruining yet another thing for everyone, you're absolutely 100% correct.

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/03/03/i...

An American Goldfinch grips the metal bars of a bird feeder. Overlay text reads Cats and Birds: Exploring the science behind this complex conservation issue

Cats are considered the number one threat to birds in Canada. It's a fascinating and complex conservation issue.

Tune into The Warblers podcast with @juliakilgour.bsky.social and @jonathanjojochu.bsky.social to hear some expert insights on human behaviours and cat research.

AI’s Memorization Crisis Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

I hope they are sued to kingdom come. "You wouldn't download a car"
#ai #ip #copyright

A drawing titled "psst genetic engineers: I have a proposal." It shows ten duck species being combined into one best duck, which has a long-tailed duck's tail plumes, a king eider's wing spikes, a hooded merganser's hood, a white-winged scoter's eye markings, a redhead's eye and red head, a ring-necked duck's bill pattern, a northern shoveler's bill shape, a northern pintail's neck pattern, a harlequin duck's blue, and a ruddy duck's upturned tail.

An oldie about ducks and ignoring scientific ethics.

Keep Android Open Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

keepandroidopen.org

#enshittification #Android #KeepAndroidOpen

Monopoly Round-Up: Why the "AI God" Narrative is Actually a Corporate Power Grab The AI cultists went into overdrive this week, Meta got the creepiest patent imaginable, and AOC attacked monopolies to burnish her foreign policy chops.

www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...

#ai #politics #religion #monopoly #oligarchs

The Hidden Cost of AI Art: Brandon Sanderson's Keynote Brandon Sanderson's 2025 keynote on the hidden cost of AI art.

www.brandonsanderson.com/blogs/blog/a...

@brandonsanderson.com
Brandon Sanderson on AI Art

>Why did I write White Sand Prime? It wasn’t to produce a book to sell. ... It was for the satisfaction of having written a novel, feeling the accomplishment, and learning how to do it.
#AI #art #whywedoit

Four reusable drink containers including a clear cup with blue lid, stainless steel tumbler with green grip and straw, collapsible mint green cup, and blue travel mug with black lid.

In 2024, the  City introduced a by-law to reduce single-use plastics, including ask-first/by-request before distributing plastic cutlery and allowing reusable cups and bags. Your feedback helps shape these actions.

Take the survey and join the Feb 11 virtual consultation: toronto.ca/WasteStrategy 

horizons.service.canada.ca/en/2024/disr...

Fascinating policy document. " #CivilWar in the #USA" is low likelihood but high impact for #Canada. Loss of #biodiversity is high likelihood/high impact. Yet, our current policies are not accepting of this.

Deliteful as ever.

How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped Ontario’s Wealthiest—and Left Others Behind | The Local Why a routine surgery offers a window into the possible future of care in this province.

How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped #Ontario ’s Wealthiest—and Left Others Behind - thelocal.to/cataract-sur...
#onpoli #healthcare #ohip

'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in provocative speech at Davos | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based intern...

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

>"Middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu," Carney said.

Sad it's come to this but here we are. The #USA doesn't want friends anymore, just vassals. #cdnpoli #politics #worldnews #Canada #Europe

Not only a perfect denouement, it was the end of an era. Thirty years ago today, this strip was published.

Why Do Commercial Spaces Sit Vacant? Instead of letting their commercial buildings sit empty, surely it would be better for landlords to lower the rent and got some use out of the building, right? Wrong. Here’s why.

archive.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...

Quite insightful

Why Canada Really Lost Its Measles Elimination Status Today, Canada officially lost its measles elimination status. Measles was previously declared eliminated in Canada in 1998, but countries lose that status af...

www.jenn.site/why-canada-r...

>... most frustrating about the #media coverage. It obscures something that's genuinely very hopeful and turns it into another random #culturewar ... if you remove the actual language and access barriers, people make reasonable #healthcare decisions for their families

Many labour at the misapprehension that human development is always progressive. This is not the case. The increasing criminalisation of abortion in the US, as well as the decision to remove equal human rights for trans & non-binary ppl in the UK, demonstrates that freedom can be ephemeral.

Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party OTTAWA - In a stunning move, progressive conservative MP Michael Ma crossed the floor Thursday to the progressive conservative Liberal Party, just a few weeks after similar minded progressive conserva...

www.thebeaverton.com/2025/12/prog...

#cdnpoli #LiberalsNotVeryLiberal

Not the 51st state but a vassal state: What Donald Trump’s national security strategy envisions for Canada Released Thursday, the 2025 National Security Strategy is also a window into the dramatic shift in America’s official world view under Trump.

www.thestar.com/news/world/u...

Fuck all this. #politics #cdnpoli #Canada

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

>... vaccinated individuals had a *74% lower risk of death from severe #COVID-19* and *no increased risk of all-cause mortality* over a median follow-up of 45 months.

#politics #VaccinesWork #science #ShouldNotBePolitics

"The concern was that low-cost Chinese EVs would take over in the EU. That hasn't happened. Instead, they have increased competition: there are now over 20 EVs selling for under CA$40,000 in the EU, only seven of which are Chinese," says Clean Energy Canada's @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. #cdnpoli
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COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.

I saw zero US coverage of COP30. The world is looking at us with such embarrassment.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Stop Bill 60! Doug Ford is attacking renters. We must stop him.

stopbill60.ca

Sign this if you live in #Ontario and don't want the province to destroy renters' lives.

#onpoli #rent #RegressiveLaws #corruption

Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration

I guess since holiday gift-buying time is upon us I should remind you all that my book about the surprisingly wild and entertaining history of bird migration research is available in paperback now...

>In apparent response to the ruling in Mathur v. Ontario, the government is simply doing away with its climate targets altogether.

#onpoli #ClimateAction #GenAlpha #environment

Studies: Extreme Weather Fueled by Climate Change Is Adding to Bird Declines • The Revelator Scientists have typically pointed to habitat loss as the key factor behind the worldwide drop in bird populations worldwide, but climate change poses a second, closely linked threat.

I've been pretty quiet here lately, trying to cut down on doomscrolling for the sake of my mental health... BUT I have a new story out at @therevelator.org, on how climate change is contributing to bird population declines in multiple biomes around the world. #birds 🪶🌏

Small brown dog on a leash.

"My dog is friendly.”
“My dog listens to me.”
“My dog doesn’t like leashes”

We’ve heard these excuses from dog owners after a dog attack.
Just keep your dog on a leash to keep everyone safe.

Be a responsible dog owner. Learn the rules: toronto.ca/LeashYourDog

A graphic of a heart with the Blue Jays logo in the middle.

Thank you, Toronto Blue Jays.

You united #Toronto and the whole country with your passion and plays. Even without a World Series title, we #GotItAll.

#WantItAll

>So, yeah, peer review deez nutz.

keepandroidopen.org

This will be the death of the only smartphone platform left that's truly open.

#Android #enshittification #WhoOwnsYourPhone #Google