Ezra Levant- Yesterday a Jewish school bus in Toronto was torched. Today a large Jewish school called Leo Baeck Day was smashed and torched. It’s an antisemitic crime wave.
I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords
The use of computer-generated data to train artificial intelligence models risks causing them to produce nonsensical results, according to new research that highlights looming challenges to the emerging technology.
Leading AI companies, including OpenAI and Microsoft, have tested the use of “synthetic” data — information created by AI systems to then also train large language models (LLMs) — as they reach the limits of human-made material that can improve the cutting-edge technology.
Research published in Nature on Wednesday suggests the use of such data could lead to the rapid degradation of AI models. One trial using synthetic input text about medieval architecture descended into a discussion of jackrabbits after fewer than 10 generations of output.
Because of course they do
It’s Not Our Fault
Yes, it’s our responsibility and okay we didn’t do the work, and a third of Jasper burned to the ground. But hey, could’ve been worse.
Blacklocks- Don’t Blame Feds: Guilbeault
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault yesterday said it was “simply not true” that Parks Canada mismanaged fire preparedness at Jasper, Alta. However documents show the agency from 2015 halved the number of controlled burns needed to create firebreaks at Jasper and other parks.
The Bollocks Is Bolted On
In which we visit the world of politically radical tableware.
Today In Islam
Tuesday On Turtle Island
Cackling Kamala’s America: The Gay Scouts of America. Harris supports Biden’s fascist war on the Supreme Court. Don’t look Kamala in the eye.
Blackie’s Canada: CBC reports racism running rampant in Justin’s Privy Council Office. Montreal replaces crucifix with hijab. Justin Harris and Kamala Trudeau.
Your morning meme. Another meme. And another meme.
July 30, 2024: Reader Tips
Tonight, we return to my youth and present Irene Cara: What a Feeling
The tips that give you the strongest feeling are appreciated!
My Debt Engine Is Running Rough
In an economy as utterly dependent on housing as Canada’s this is the kind of news that grabs headlines. Even if the recent interest rate hikes are over and rate cuts continue, servicing the debt burden piled up during the lengthy near-zero era makes a quick recovery impossible.
The number of housing starts in the first half of 2024 has lagged behind the previous year, while June saw a 44-per cent drop year-on-year. At the same time, new home sales — which can predict future home construction — are also falling.
Data from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) shows that, between January and June, 36,371 new homes were started in areas of Ontario with more than 10,000 residents. Those figures were a 14-per cent decrease from the previous year.
Last month, the CMHC reported particularly dire figures. In June 2023, 10,114 new homes were started in Ontario, while this year that plummeted to 5,681.
The Sound Of Settled Science
Mysterious ‘Dark Oxygen’ Discovered at Bottom of Ocean Stuns Scientists
Chugging quietly away in the dark depths of Earth’s ocean floors, a spontaneous chemical reaction is unobtrusively creating oxygen, all without the involvement of life.
This unexpected discovery upends the long-standing consensus that it takes photosynthesizing organisms to produce the oxygen we need to breathe.
Man Made Global Warming
It’s a simple formula. Don’t look after the forests, wait for them to burn, blame it on “climate change”, crank up everyone’s taxes. Rinse and repeat.
Blacklocks- Guilbeault Had 2022 Warning
Parks Canada managers two years ago acknowledged they failed to take full precautions to save Jasper, Alta. from wildfires, documents show.
Almost half of Jasper’s Whitebark Pine forest, 44 percent, was infected by beetles. However few steps were taken to reduce the risk to the Town of Jasper with controlled burns of surrounding forest, records show.
Parks managers two years ago wrote that “targeted burns with the goal of implementing at least two every five years” would be followed with tree planting to replace dead pine. “It is likely 520,000 seedlings may be required,” said the Implementation Report. Only 18,000 seedlings were planted. There was no explanation.
CO2 is not a pollutant, it’s plant food, says Sask United Party leader
It’s not often an oil company CEO sells his company to run for provincial politics, becoming the leader of an upstart party in the process. But that’s exactly what Jon Hromek has done. And as someone coming from industry, his thoughts on energy transition, CO2 and coal differ from a lot of the other politicians in Saskatchewan, or for that matter, Canada.
Lab Rats
Many Americans feel that the country has become unrecognizable. – Victor Davis Hanson
Today In Islam
Where is Mel Gibson when you need him? Islamic Caliphate of Scotland. Biden’s Palestinians are crossing the border. Muslim culture in Finland. Interfaith outreach in Indonesia. A Muslim visits a church in France.
Monday On Turtle Island
Cackling Kamala’s America: Only three trillion a year to save the planet. Kamala Harris and Islam. A Konstantin Kisin interview.
Blackie’s Canada: A Liberal MP. Justin’s climate plan is too much.
Woke World: Pervert Olympics. Your morning meme. A cartoon. Another cartoon.
Attention, Music Lovers
July 29, 2024: Reader Tips
This evening, we once again demonstrate the brilliance of Phil Hendrie: Peep Tom 2015 with Jay Santos
Your best tips near month’s end are appreciated!
Honey, I Finished The Internet
It’s A Feature Not A Bug
Interesting Times
h/t Scott