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Dylan MacKay

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Dad | #T1D my phone is my pancreas | Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Chronic Disease at University of Manitoba | Newfoundlander in Winnipeg | Deutscher | Clinical Trialist | he/him | views my own

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Seeing lots of creep (smart) glasses popping up on Facebook marketplace, hopefully a sign of remorse

07.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our politicians are actually this dumb.

07.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

All of this stuff is fundamentally about the erasure of consent. At the core of these products is the assertion that your very existence is a tacit agreement to feed the machine.

06.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Given how great they are at self policing, finding the bad actors, and allowing independent civilian oversight

07.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Body Cams & Redacted Footage #lastweektonight
Body Cams & Redacted Footage #lastweektonight YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

Yup, body cameras are exactly the fix the Winnipeg police need... youtube.com/shorts/rX361...

07.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate this guy so much

07.03.2026 04:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

WTF

07.03.2026 04:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Does he mean like not Iranian people?

07.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If Carney gave a shit about protecting children or any other Canadians from online harms, he'd start by banning X for creating and distributing CSAM and non-consensual porn.

But he won't even stop posting there.

07.03.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Front page of The Journal of AI Generated Papers

Front page of The Journal of AI Generated Papers

I think this journal is a great idea -- it makes it really convenient to completely avoid all these papers at the same time.

06.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
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People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

06.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 9991 πŸ” 2851 πŸ’¬ 173 πŸ“Œ 340

Seeing that no press freedom orgs have rushed to defend and help @rachelgilmore.bsky.social makes me ask, for the millionth time, what do CJFE, PEN, etc even do? Why exist at all when you do fuck all to fight censorship and intimidation?

06.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 281 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
Israel wants "Greater Israel"; article with links: https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-world-order

Israel wants "Greater Israel"; article with links: https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-world-order

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor...

06.03.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 267 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

Currently the genocidal state of Israel is bombarding Beirut and Tehran. Yet they have convinced you to view Iran as threat

06.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Not happy with just take egg in US trump decides to take food in world

06.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Neutrality Is Dangerous in the Face of Medical Misinformation Professional accountability can ensure expertise is used for public good

πŸ’―! Yes! This!

Neutrality About Medical Misinformation? www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... by @drkatiesuleta.bsky.social

"...neutrality is not diplomacy; it's acquiescence.

A direct line can be drawn between neutrality & even tolerance of misinformation and the current state of public health."

06.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Unfortunately, β€œYo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic

06.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 9486 πŸ” 2150 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 34
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Missiles fired by US, Israel hit two schools near Tehran: Iranian media The latest attack comes six days after the deadliest single one during the war on Iran, which killed 165 people.

Except it likely wasn't misidentified the AI was probably doing exactly what it was supposed to do, targeting schools just like in Gaza... www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

06.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In the 21st century this is evil incarnate. Poilievre is nothing more than a mini-Trump, willing to sell out our children for the short-term profit of burning oil & gas. The legacy of myopic leaders like this will be to leave a wasteland for the next generation. We must stop them. #EndFossilFuels

06.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I feel like this is the logical outcome of that meme, but where instead of a sign that would upset them that they can't read, it is the entire field of humanities which could have saved them, but again they can't read

06.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the kind of guy who if you own a bar you need to kick them out right away or you have a certain type of bar.

06.03.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a scene from the movie cars with a sign that says here is 17 Alt: a scene from the movie cars with the text "don't tell nobody"

Winnipeg is run by a council of cars

06.03.2026 04:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dec 2018: High-profile prof with decade-long history of complaints escaped scrutiny at U of M For more than a decade, administration at the University of Manitoba appears to have mostly turned a blind eye to an alleged pattern of inappropriate sexual and financial behaviour from one of the sch...

They retired thanks to some incredibly courageous whistle blowers (including my PhD co-supervisor) and some amazing journalists at the @winnipegfreepress.com including @doubleemmartin.bsky.social read this article it is insane and this what they could verify
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

05.03.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a profound continental divide. Canadians overwhelmingly view other Canadians, even those unlike them, as being good people. Americans, more than any other country, view their neighbours and fellow citizens as bad people. Anti-Americanism flourishes in the United States

05.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 429 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 15

ACAB includes means testers

05.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 619 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6
Spain’s MEP Irene Montero speaking to reporters

Spain’s MEP Irene Montero speaking to reporters

Irene Montero: No woman has ever been freed by American bombs or illegal aggression β€” Not in Syria. Not in Iraq. Not in Afghanistan. It will not happen in Iran either

When they want to sell their oil wars, their wars for profit, their imperial wars β€” they hide behind women’s rights to justify them

05.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 4909 πŸ” 1474 πŸ’¬ 129 πŸ“Œ 82
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BREAKING: U.S. Central Command is now saying internally that this war against Iran is likely to last through September, per POLITICO

05.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 846 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 88

if i ever catch you filming me with your meta glasses i will break them. go ahead call the cops lol i’d be proud to do the time for that crime

05.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 1477 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 5

16 co-authors from Pfizer signed off on sharing this with the world after generating it from training data based on their own protocols and SAPs πŸ˜†

05.03.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well it sure looks like you definitely want to engage in good faith and not focus on ad hominems, so please explain why I can't dislike #DisabilityDiversion as a way to help move AI tech forwards without being an ableist asshole riddled with internalized ableism

05.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0