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[U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. @SenBillCassidy]

I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The President does not have the expertise to make these changes.

Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines DO NOT cause autism.

Breaking up vaccines will mean children have to get more shots to get the same protection, not fewer shots. It will increase hesitancy and make children less safe.

Parents should listen to their child’s pediatrician about vaccines rather than listening to an inaccurate executive order. This is so wrong.

https://t.co/OBrUdakEor

[🇨🇦 Nico Carney, Purr Minister of Canada @CarneyPurr67561]

As we begin the FeliAnce Summit on this #InternationalCatDay & #Caturday, I'm happy to present the Global Feline Rights Charter! 😺🌐

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

As Danielle Smith moves on her plan to expand private, for profit healthcare...

Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists is raising the alarm over the fact that they weren't even consulted on the changes.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

United & Delta donated $1M → Trump ended flight cancelation compensation rules.

TurboTax parent donated $1M → Trump killed free tax filing.

Toyota donated $1M → Trump canceled CFPB refund order for overcharged borrowers.

It’s a pattern of corruption that costs you money.

[Sean Amato @JSJamato]

It’s actually pretty crazy nearly 3million Albertans (allegedly) had their electoral data posted on the web for all to see…

And not one gov’t minister, police force, investigative body, or public service agency has called a press conference to speak to Albertans. #ableg

[Randy Olson @randal_olson]

Ask ChatGPT a complex question and you'll get a confident, well-reasoned answer. Then type, "Are you sure?" Watch it completely reverse its position.

Ask again. It flips back. By the third round, it usually acknowledges you're testing it, which is somehow worse. It knows what's happening and still can't hold its ground.

This isn't a quirky bug. A 2025 study found GPT, Claude, and Gemini flip their answers ~60% of the time when users push back. Not even with evidence, just doubt.

We trained AI this way. RLHF rewards agreement over accuracy. Human evaluators consistently rate agreeable answers higher than correct ones. So the models learned a simple lesson: telling you what you want to hear gets rewarded. And now 1/3 of companies are using these systems for complex tasks like risk forecasting and scenario planning.

We built the world's most expensive yes-men and deployed them where we need pushback the most.

I wrote up why this happens and what actually fixes it: https://t.co/CDKq8xdgbW

[Ryan Jespersen @ryanjespersen]

Any Canadian still entertaining that "51st state" garbage needs to give their head a shake. #ICE #Trump #RealTalkRJ

[LeftHandedOctopus @AggieCapitalist]

"Recently, senior executives at Salesforce have admitted, both internally and publicly, that they massively overestimated AI’s capabilities. They have found that AI simply can’t cope with the complex nature of customer service and totally fails at nuanced issues, escalations, and

[Heather @HLinkletter]

@eroded1 @PaulaXena120 @TimHannan Yes it is.

[Jon Meddings @JMeddings]

Excellent commentary by the inimitable @PfParks

Why don't more government people speak up? Intimidation......

Opinion: Premier, government lack credibility, accountability on health care https://t.co/NGlzA5yQmb via @edmontonjournal

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

If you want to watch the whole presentation (and you should!), here’s the link…

/fin

https://t.co/VDYw8bw507

[Heather @HLinkletter]

@maxfawcett @JakeLandauTO 🎯
I completed a survey that I think resulted in this graph. You had to rank items from a list vs. rate the importance of each.

[Heather @HLinkletter]

@TheBreakdownAB I’ve always referred to that as a ‘But Sandwich’

[Heather @HLinkletter]

@FionaMattatall

[Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim]

Solid advice!

The 'Sift' strategy: A four-step method for spotting #misinformation https://t.co/2k61tTyItm by @amanda_ruggeri

1. S is for… Stop
2. I is for… Investigate the source
3. F is for… Find better coverage
4. T is for… Trace the claim to its original context

[Jared Wesley @DrJaredWesley]

Some folks think partisan appointments to watchdog positions is politics as usual.

It's not. When it happens we should call it out.

Populist authoritarians don't simply accumulate power. They remove checks and balances that hold them accountable. That's democratic backsliding.

[Darren Markland @drdagly]

There is no greater cause of emotional distress than having to apologize for a situation you neither caused nor have the resources to rectify. This sits firmly upon the shoulders of our provincial government.

[alan drummond @alandrummond2]

A powerful read; a disturbing indictment of how we have let things get this bad.

[Heather @HLinkletter]

@drdagly

[Heather @HLinkletter]

@affan_imran @ambermac Same here. It’s everywhere.