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JC

Real human with interests that is working on sharing less IRL info in this social media go round.

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New from 404 Media: a company is selling tons of old books specifically to AI companies and says they have a strong NDA to never reveal which AI company bought all of the books. They don't want headlines of 'we scanned and destroyed millions of books for AI' www.404media.co/ai-companies...

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI SlopISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”www.404media.co
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I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.

Jon of The North

Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.

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Oh, and the guy who was their COO until very recently? He and his wife are one of the main funders of one of the largest right-wing outlets in Canada, True North. True North, which his wife runs, has since rebranded as Juno News. pressprogress.ca/shopify-exec...

Shopify Executive’s Right-Wing Media Website Rails Against Immigrants While Defending a Legally Designated Terrorist GroupRight-wing Canadian media website ‘True North’ deletes interview with the founder of the Proud Boys after being contacted by PressProgresspressprogress.ca
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Since we’ve been talking about Shopify bro this weekend - somebody sent me this screenshot of him advocating for more votes the richer you are. Total democracy perverts. His group Build Canada has the ear of the prime minister.

David Moscrop

Just a quick reminder for when you’re thinking about who should vote in a democracy: the masses won us self-government and rights while billionaires gave us pervert glasses and personal-data harvesting.

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toronto does libraries right. our current mayor has managed to open every single library branch on all 7 days of the week. i don't believe any other major city has achieved the same in north america, not even nyc. we have the best library system in the world 🤭

Michael Druker 🇨🇦

Everyone loves to talk about what their city governments are doing wrong. What’s something your city is getting right? (And tell us what city it is!)

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