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Búi Petersen

@buipet.bsky.social

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Associate Professor. Research work, organizations, conflict, negotiation, cooperation, technology and the future of work. Halifax, NS.

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 6d

WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

wapo.st

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 9d

Europe’s policy makers continue to echo corporate hype and tech CEOs' speculations about “AGI” and “superintelligence”. In this piece, @krisshrishak.bsky.social & I call on our policy makers to be grounded in empirical evidence

www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...

AI Hype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course | TechPolicy.Press

Kris Shrishak and Abeba Birhane say policymakers should stop peddling in unscientific discourse about "AGI" and "superintelligence."

www.techpolicy.press

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AR Hanlon @aaronrhanlon.com · 9d

The debate over whether this is 'fascism' is a silly semantic one in which a small minority mean 'completed fascist authoritarianism' and the vast majority mean 'the people in power say and do things that demonstrate completed fascist authoritarianism is what they want to achieve.'

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 11d

“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”

AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education

Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.

www.project-syndicate.org

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 14d

Unlocked | Up to the U.S. to decide if it violated international law with Caribbean boat strikes, says Anand

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Up to the U.S. to decide if it violated international law with Caribbean boat strikes, says Anand

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand broke with tradition as she seemingly asserted that Canada's top diplomat doesn't weigh in on a foreign country's adherence to international law.

www.hilltimes.com

Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 15d

By "it" I mean the Conservative version of the event.

Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 15d

This is hilarious. I can't stop laughing about this. I think they mentioned "calm and measured" at least three times. LOL (I actually suspect it was written by AI) youtube.com/watch?v=PmUz...

Liberal MP, Conservative Party dispute versions of meeting before floor-crossing | Power & Politics

YouTube video by CBC News

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 17d

You mean immigration policy that is not based on an extractive colonial mindset?

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davidakin @davidakin.bsky.social · 17d

Good roundup piece: NYT: Is A.I. a Journalist or Just a Newsroom Tool? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b... (🎁 link) #media

A.I. Sweeps Through Newsrooms, but Is It a Journalist or a Tool?

www.nytimes.com

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 19d

The world blew past the dangerous 1.5 degree red line.
Our grandkids will pay the price.
Canada was the outlier in the G7 because of massive oil production expansion.
Mark Carney has decided to go all in on planet burning as a national strategy.

nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/07/c...

Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is 'going to…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 19d

Teresa Heffernan on how AI is shaped by fiction

Morning File by me

Teresa Heffernan on how AI is shaped by fiction - Halifax Examiner

Alas, the AI titans are not thoughtful readers. Rather, they have a laughingly dumb and adolescent read of fiction.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 19d

While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response.

It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?

Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 19d

I'm not in any way defending the form of this protest. But can you clarify why you think this is antisemitic? The way I understand it, this was a protest against the acts of the state of Israel, not targeted at Jewishness.

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 19d

Could Tesla and its shareholders be any more out of touch with what’s happening in the world?

Inequality and grotesque wealth is destroying America, but sure, make this dickhead even richer.

www.thestar.com/business/tes...

Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Musk

The pay agreement clears a path for Musk, the world’s richest person, to become the first-ever trillionaire

www.thestar.com

Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 23d

This really bothers me. I don't think governing according to hype is the way to go. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Say Hi to Tech Bro Carney | The Tyee

As his government heedlessly embraces artificial intelligence, the threats to Canadians are clear.

thetyee.ca

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 27d

A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...

Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Oct 27

This is of course very subjective, right? Other people are likely to have a wildly different ranking, on both points.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Oct 24

The least surprising news of the day.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Oct 24

The U.S. has conducted 10 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing 43 people.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

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CUPE 3912 @cupe3912.bsky.social · Oct 23

Tomorrow morning, October 24, 2025, we are having two rallies for our striking members:

At MSVU,10-11 a.m., in front of the Seton Academic Centre, 166 Bedford Highway

At, SMU 12-1 p.m., in front of the Burke Building, on Inglis Street

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · Oct 23

Solidarity with our CUPE 3912 colleagues at SMU and MSVU in their efforts to secure fair and equitable contracts. cupe3912.ca/2025/10/22/s...

SMU Part-Time Faculty Officially on Strike Thursday October 23 - CUPE 3912

After a long final day of conciliation, we were unable to reach a fair agreement with our employer, and as of tomorrow morning, Thursday, 23 October, we will officially be on strike. You have already...

cupe3912.ca

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SMUFU @smufu.bsky.social · Oct 22

In solidarity with @cupe3912.bsky.social SMU
@ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social

For Immediate Release:
Saint Mary’s Faculty Union response to the CUPE3912 SMU Part-Time Faculty Strike

Thursday, October 23, 2025

It is a sad and historic day for Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Our University has never witnessed a strike in the history of our Institution, dating back to 1802.

And yet, here we are in this profoundly unprecedented and disappointing moment, witnessing the first labour action on the backs of some of our hardest-working colleagues, the part-time Professoriate at Saint Mary’s University.

These workers are the poorest paid precarious academic staff in Canada.

Ranked the 3rd best undergraduate university in the country, Part-Time Faculty members, who deliver the core mission of SMU, are among the lowest paid.

Shame on the Saint Mary’s University executive leadership and employer bargaining team, and Board of Governors, for exploiting their academic staff and for their shameful bargaining tactics. This is a very sad day for our institution.

We stand in solidarity with our CUPE 3912 with our full support and call on the SMU President, Provost, BOG and Bargaining team to get back to the table immediately and work towards a fair deal now.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · Oct 22

I look forward to seeing what all the douchebags outraged about Confederate statues being torn down have to say about Trump literally demolishing the entire East Wing of the White House.