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

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 6h
Canada isn't banning X and its ministers continue to use it. Ok. What are the consequences of creating child sex abuse material and deepfake porn? www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Canada not considering a ban on X over deepfake controversy, AI minister says
The platform, which is owned by Elon Musk, has been embroiled in controversy over sexualized deepfakes of women and children created by X’s chatbot Grok.
www.thestar.com

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 7h
Ken Howery (below) is Trump’s ambassador to Denmark. He:

Co-founded PayPal & The Founders Fund w/ Peter Thiel & attended the Jan 2025 inauguration party at Thiel’s mansion.

Thiel’s Oct 2024 Hereticon event included a talk titled: “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony” 1/

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 1d
They also made sure there was a lot of blue in this. Maybe Carny is running for the Conservative leadership.

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 3d
Is Scotiabank OK with their CEO expressing such extreme right-wing views? Definitely time for people to take their money elsewhere.
www.canadianmortgagetrends.com/2026/01/scot...
Scotiabank CEO sees ‘Trump doctrine’ as positive for growth - CMT News
Bank of Nova Scotia’s international business could benefit from a rightward political shift in Latin America alongside rising U.S. influence in the region, Chief Executive Officer Scott Thomson said.
www.canadianmortgagetrends.com

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 7d
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried
www.theguardian.com

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 8d
I genuinely cannot stress this enough. If you want to make a valid point about anything (especially social justice), using AI imagery is the quickest way to discredit everything you are saying. Same goes for fake or out of context images but especially AI. Just don’t.

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 8d
Imaging the big debates going on right now at FIFA and IOC about the need for consistency and therefore when to announce the suspension of the USA from #WorldCup and #Olympics.

….

lol. As if.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 8d
Poilievre lights emergency flares to beg Trump to invade Canada
Poilievre lights emergency flares to beg Trump to invade Canada
OTTAWA - Canadian Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre was reportedly seen lighting emergency flares, in hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump would "liberate" Canada in the same fashion that he has do...
www.thebeaverton.com

Reposted by Adele Perry, Élisabeth Vallet, Búi K. Petersen

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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 8d
There's no legal difference between kidnapping Maduro and kidnapping Mark Carney.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Búi K. Petersen

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 8d
Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next.

charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
Venezuela - The Lesson for Canada
Make no mistake, the attack on Venezuela by the Trump regime is not about removing a rogue leader; it is a deliberate attack on international law.
charlieangus.substack.com

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 9d
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story

www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com

Reposted by Greg Linden, Búi K. Petersen

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 13d
My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
The Enshittifinancial Crisis
Soundtrack: Lynyrd Skynyrd — Free Bird This piece is over 19,000 words, and took me a great deal of writing and research. If you liked it, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, ...
www.wheresyoured.at

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 23d
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/w...
Why we still need ivory towers - Halifax Examiner
When universities are pushed to align themselves too closely with political priorities or labour market needs, their ability to nurture democratic capacities is weakened.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 26d
want to know more about Dear Mr. Smallwood? Here's an interview I did with the Royal Society of Canada

rsc-src.ca/en/voices/dr...
The Voices Behind Confederation with Canada: Dr. Sonja Boon on "Dear Mr. Smallwood"
Dr. Sonja Boon wears many hats, including adjunct professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Memorial University and RSC College Member – but above all, she is a storyteller. In this interview, ...
rsc-src.ca

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Kevin Nimmock @kevinnimmock.bsky.social · 26d
BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Skate Canada to stop holding national, international events in Alberta | CBC News
Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport.
www.cbc.ca

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Dec 10
We should all be worried about the lack of respect for democracy all around. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/4a1bc77...
Something is wrong with Canadian democracy
At both the federal and provincial levels, there are frequent fresh reminders that the pillars of Canada’s democracy are being thwarted
www.theglobeandmail.com

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Dec 6
Never forget.
in memoriam: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz. 6 DÉCEMBRE 1989

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Dec 4
Nice salary :)

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Maxim Voronov @drmaximvoronov.bsky.social · Dec 3
Music lovers who aren't down with Trump's brutal deportation regime are canceling their Spotify subscriptions until the platform stops running ads for ICE. Join us. app.sosha.ai/s/Swn9jU75
Spotify: Wrapped in complicity
app.sosha.ai

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · Nov 28
See CarbonTracker’s new report “Petro-Provinces at Risk”.

Energy transition puts at huge risk provincial revenues from oil & gas in 2030s:
- AB ⬇️ 85%
- BC ⬇️ 72%
- SK ⬇️ 78%

Oil & gas expansion is increasingly a “high-risk, low-reward strategy”.
Petro-Provinces at Risk - Carbon Tracker Initiative
How oil- and gas-dependent Canadian provinces face fiscal strain as the energy transition progresses  A number...
carbontracker.org

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · Nov 20
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 · Nov 17
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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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Nov 15
“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 · Nov 13
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

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Nov 11
By "it" I mean the Conservative version of the event.

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Nov 11
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
youtube.com

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Nov 9
You mean immigration policy that is not based on an extractive colonial mindset?

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davidakin @davidakin.bsky.social · Nov 9
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 · Nov 8
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