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Literary wastrel from the mountains of southern British Columbia. Occasional video producer. Husband to @phaezahara.com.
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Maddening.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview

Rest in peace, Brian Wilson. This one hurts, man. What a beautiful soul.

Seeing @jeffgerstmann.com and @dannyodwyer.bsky.social on @giantbomb.bsky.social tonight was such a treat. Entertaining and enlightening. The new GB is killing it so far. #glhb #stillathreat #noclip

Good man!

Pierre Poilievre’s Personal Assistant Explains Why He Is Not Afraid Of Mark Carney youtu.be/b2UHrLms_Q4

On this day in 1971, Chief Dan George Day was declared in Vancouver. In his life he was an activist, chief, poet and Oscar-nominated actor. Let's learn more about the man who broke barriers, Chief Dan George! 🧵1/16

Amnesia: The Dank Descent

I think I'll remeber this day for quite some time.

This truly feels like a historic moment in a chain of historic moments as of late. This one, however, is giving me hope.

Trump's America: Government is a wasteful abomination! No more humanitarian aid! Eviscerate medical research! Eliminate the Department of Education! Privatize weather forecasting! Scrap disaster relief! Canada: Safe, affordable child care is an investment in the economy and the right thing to do.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." —FDR, 1937

Nice to see. Stuff like this puts it on the radar