Kirk Rioux

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[Evan Luthra @EvanLuthra]

THIS IS F*CKING DISTURBING!!!🤯

A leaked Anthropic document just came out in court. Their own words:

"Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world."

Next line: "We don't want it to be known that we are working on this."

They planned to shred every book on the planet, in secret. And they almost got away with it.

It starts with theft. Anthropic stole 7 MILLION books from pirate sites to train Claude, because their CEO said paying authors was too much of a "slog."

Then the lawsuits hit and they needed a legal way to keep going. So they hired the ex-head of Google Books and sent him to publishers to ask for permission. Publishers said no.

That's when they found the loophole.

Buy millions of real, physical books. Cut the spines off with a hydraulic blade, scan the loose pages, and throw what's left in recycling.

One vendor offered to destroy 2 MILLION books in 6 months. That's 11,000 books a day.

Now the insane part.. destroying the books is what made it legal.

If you scan a book and keep it, that's a crime. If you scan it and shred it, that's fair use. A judge actually approved this, which means the shredder WAS the legal strategy.

They still paid $1.5 billion for the stolen books, the biggest copyright settlement in history. Works out to $3,000 per book.

And the scans are locked in Anthropic's private library forever. Nobody outside the company will ever see them. The authors got a shredded book and nothing else.

The part I can't stop thinking about is that a book on a shelf lasts 500 years without power, wifi, or a subscription, and the AI it was destroyed for gets thrown away in 18 months.

They killed something permanent to feed something disposable.

[Financial Physics @FinancialPhys]

You need to earn $7320 per week

to equal the same spending power a full time gas station attendant had at minimum wage in July 1971

[Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @Tablesalt13]

‼️MAJOR BREAKING

Senator Moreno now says his Bill will place ASSET FREEZES on Mark Carney and Doug Ford

and bar them from getting Visas into the USA.

Holy F'k! 🤯

[The Buck You Will @TheBuckYouWill]

REMEMBER WHEN...

...$20 was enough for a fun night out at a bush party?

THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!

[Stellar Rippler🚀 @Stellar_Rippler]

🚨 The Petrodollar Architect Just Revealed That They’re Building The New Petrodollar System

Ex-CIA and the architect of the Petrodollar system Jim Rickards just said that Iran and countries are now trading in Bitcoin, Tether(USDT) and Ripple(XRP).

BRICS is also formalizing to roll out blockchain.

Russia publicly disclosed that they won’t be using stablecoins but a neutral asset not controlled by any party and which can settle local currencies as well.

They have also said that Bitcoin will be used to devalue the U.S. debt.

In 2025, UAE and India settled an oil transaction using local currencies via RippleNet.

SBI Japan CEO Yoshitaka Kitao also warned that the U.S. petrodollar system is at risk and the Clarity Act needs to be passed immediately.

It’s really happening…

[Toronto Bag Head @torontobaghead]

One minute you have Ron “the Snake” MacLean rambling on about his sister’s kid in Oakville marrying a deli owner who used to be an Olympic-level curler, who makes the best pancakes he’s ever had.

The next minute you have Jennifer Botterill campaigning to make face washes a suspendible offense and crying about violent actions performed in an inherently violent sport in which everyone who plays does so by their own volition.

Finally, no Social Justice Night in Canada would be complete without Kelly Hrudey trying to score some leftist points by going on and on about his or a player’s “mental health”.

HNIC was an institution—something Canadians once considered a highlight of their week. It introduced a lot of Americans to Canadian hockey culture from afar. It had a captive audience during the first intermission, when one of the most entertaining figures in NHL history, Don “Grapes” Cherry, would shoot straight from the hip with amazing and insightful hockey analysis that has not since been matched.

Today, that same program stands as a source of embarrassment for the same fans that once made it the institution it was.

The worst part is that it doesn’t have to be this way. HNIC could be resurrected by simply hiring the correct analysts for their audience—a task so easy that a child could do it.
@SportsnetPR

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

And we stand with our American brothers and sisters.

[The Reclamare @TheReclamare]

Tonight in Buffalo NY, the singers microphone stopped working. Listen to them.

The CDN Govt wants us to turn our back on these people, and choose Beijing

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

I have been following the advice of @RealRickRule when it comes to reading content.

I am just about trough Ben Grahams Intelligent Investor, so I needed some more material.

I stumbled upon this at the thrift store today for $3.

I think it might prove to be money well spent.

[JayGen 𝕏 er🇨🇦 @JayGenXer]

🚨 THIS IS A DISGUSTING, OUTRIGHT BETRAYAL OF OUR OWN KIDS!!! 🚨

Mark Carney just announced $25 MILLION to hand over 220 students from INDIA scholarships worth a jaw-dropping $113,000 EACH at the University of Toronto.

Meanwhile, Ontario is straight-up GUTTING OSAP — slashing grants from 85% down to a pathetic 25%, ending the tuition freeze (hikes incoming), and piling even MORE crushing debt on Canadian students (already averaging $28,000+ at graduation).
Our own kids are drowning in insane tuition, unaffordable housing, record debt, and can’t even afford food or rent in their OWN DAMN COUNTRY… and this government’s response?

Screw our children — let’s roll out the red carpet with elite funding for foreign students instead!

This isn’t a mistake. This is a slap in the face. This is complete madness. This is disgusting, backwards betrayal that treats Canadian youth like second-class citizens while bending over backwards for internationals.

HOW THE HELL DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?!
CANADIAN STUDENTS FIRST — FULL STOP! 🇨🇦

Are you pissed off too?

Our kids deserve better than being screwed over like this!

#CanadaFirst #StudentsFirst #OSAPBetrayal #MarkCarney #WakeUpCanada #StudentDebtCrisis #EnoughIsEnough #PrioritizeOurOwn

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

@BergVd88449 @BasilTheGreat @sciencegirl I just finished a game of Aoe2

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

@BasilTheGreat @sciencegirl Still play Aoe2
Great game!

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

@BarDown Should have stayed as the Blast

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

@ABFreeAlberta We in the east dont hate Americans, speak for yourself.

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

@PenguinsJesus Steeger repping the Wildcats lid, love it.

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

This is as ridiculous as it seems.

[Kirk Lubimov @KirkLubimov]

Besides importing foreign oil, Eastern Canada now imported its first shipment of LNG from Australia.

Instead of building infrastructure domestically to be self sufficient, the self described environmentalists prefer imports from a tanker that traveled 25,750 km.

"Buy Canadian"

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

@annamlulis When you dont know puck...

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

Interesting..

[Peter Spina ⚒ GoldSeek | SilverSeek @goldseek]

Why did Frank Giustra become the largest donor to the Clinton Foundation?

Google that.

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

@jessebday Was a great presentation Jesse.
You were spitting truth bombs all over the audience.
Well done!

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

Classy lads

[r @6ffside]

not them tho .. y’all stay safe

[Kirk Rioux @KirkRioux]

Is there any truth to this @judyshel?

[SilverTrade @silvertrade]

🚨Trump: “I MADE A MISTAKE” on Kevin Warsh. 👀

⚡️💥Judy Shelton is Going to be The New 2026 🏦Fed Chair‼️

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