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Following federal cuts to history-focused organizations, the president of the Canadian Historical Association, Colin Coates, sent this letter to Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture.
One thing might not be obvious: Coates's reference to Carney's recent Quebec City speech suggests Canadians' need for historical context right now. He doesn't agree with Carney's claims. In fact, most Canadian historians would dispute them.

Aarde is afgelopen tien jaar sneller opgewarmd dan gedacht | de Volkskrant
Wist u dat al? Nou de meesten van u wel
Doet u er iets aan? Nou de meesten van u doen hun best
Helpt dat? Nou, een heel klein beetje
Is dat genoeg? Nee, absoluut niet, wil het helpen dan moet de hele maatschappij flink worden opgeschud
Gaat dat gebeuren? O zeker, goed- of kwaadschiks, evolutie, revolutie, ineenstorting, ik weet niet wat het uiteindelijk gaat worden, maar het gaat iets worden, …

Seit heute werden in der Schweiz Unterschriften gesammelt für die Internet-Initiative. Diese will in der Verfassung festschreiben, dass Anbieter von Kommunikationsplattformen, Suchmaschinen und KI in die Pflicht genommen werden müssen.
https://www.internet-initiative.ch/

#Requiescat For Thee Parkside. https://sfist.com/2026/01/29/following-bottom-of-the-hill/

"When you focus on growth in GDP as your primary goal without any concern for whether what creates that growth is of real value rather than simply being capable of being counted, whilst being indifferent to the distribution of the gains, those already vulnerable are bound to suffer as a consequence... The policy failure this chart exposes is not an accident; it will be achieved by #Labour by d…

Imagine:
You are these parent of an adorable 4-year-old kid. They have made a toy airplane out of spare cardboard. Sadly, during play the wing has fallen off. You, a wise parent, produce a piece of duct tape and tape it back on. Your kid asks: "but what if the tape breaks, or the other wing falls off?" Dutifully, and with a completely serious manner, you duct tape the other wing, and then with a sharpie you write "Please DO NOT fall off!" on each wing. "There," you say, now the wings will not fall off. "
Your child happily returns to their play.
Imagine:
You are boarding a Boeing airplane for an intercontinental flight. Just the other day you were reading news about the emergency exit door falling off a Boeing airplane during flight. Thankfully nobody was injured in that incident, but a passenger could have been sucked out the gap and killed. As you walk down the aisle towards your seat at the back, you notice that around the emergency exit door of this plane, there are some scratch marks. It looks like it might not be 100% seated in place. You see several rolls worth of duct tape slapped onto the gaps between the door and the frame. In sharpie, someone has written "Please DO NOT fall off!" on the duct tape.
This is a post about #Agentic #AI.
To clarify: there are a host of reasons why using Claude Code is unethical in the first place, besides the fact that its a danger to its users. These make it unethical to use it even for a child's-toy-like application. But the source code we've just witnessed in the recent leak is *exactly* this level of "engineering." If you see an app that claims to be "programmed with AI" and it has any possibility of failing in a way that could harm you (for example, if it connects to the internet, meaning that poor programming could allow hackers to take over the device you run it on), my advice is: "Do not use it and warn your friends and family."
P.S. yes, this advice does apply to Microsoft Widows at this point, although that can be a tougher bullet to bite.

#Dietwee (waar was Yesilgöz?) in 1uurjournaal:
We gaan even alle puntjes op de i zetten. Im t verleden zag je dat afspraken te open waren.
Met andere woorden: het regeerakkoord wordt flink dichtgetimmerd.
Hoe wil je dan nog kunnen onderhandelingen voor meerderheden?
🚮🚮
#nlpol #formatie

hmmm. Nach Ansicht von Sixtus treiben Frauen aus Selbstbestimmung ab. Nicht aus Geldnot. Nicht aus Verzweiflung über den Zustand der Welt. Nicht wegen gesundheitlicher Gründe. Nicht weil ein Verhütungsmittel fehlerhaft war. Nicht weil Druck auf sie ausgeübt wird. Nicht aufgrund einer Fehleinschätzung. Nein, Frauen werden selbstbestimmt schwanger, damit sie dann durch eine festliche Abtreibung Selbstbestimmung zelebrieren können. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eronyhtcn3…

hmmm. Nach Ansicht von Sixtus treiben Frauen aus Selbstbestimmung ab. Nicht aus Geldnot. Nicht aus Verzweiflung über den Zustand der Welt. Nicht wegen gesundheitlicher Gründe. Nicht weil ein Verhütungsmittel fehlerhaft war. Nicht weil Druck auf sie ausgeübt wird. Nicht aufgrund einer Fehleinschätzung. Nein, Frauen werden selbstbestimmt schwanger, damit sie dann durch eine festliche Abtreibung Selbstbestimmung zelebrieren können. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eronyhtcn3…

Vraagje over films bij de ARD..
Films worden nagesynchroniseerd ok.
Maar bij de 'originele versies' krijg ik soms wel heel erg de indruk dat ze in de originele taal zijn nagesynchroniseerd. Ligt dat aan mijn oren, of klopt dat ook?
#ARD