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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 3h

I've yet to see a single discussion of "Canadian digital sovereignty" include any Indigenous experts, at best we're given a token mention that at some point they'll "consult with Indigenous Peoples" like we're some sort of monolith. Umm, y'all need to consider all our lands, and our distinctiveness.

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 3h

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
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ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

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Jane Ghost-den @janedryden.bsky.social · 3h

agreed agreed. Loved the revelations of family history, loved the main character for several reasons, and found it satisfyingly spooky (especially when reading last night and watching the shadows shift in my own house).

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Jane Ghost-den @janedryden.bsky.social · 3h

Just finished All of Us Murderers this morning. So good.

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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 2d

Until a few years ago, it was a criminal offence in Canada to scare the Queen of England

The Carney government's new hate crime proposals have a similar aim—to protect the ruling classes from discomfort and political dissent

My latest for @breachmedia.ca

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New hate crime law is a cover for suppressing Palestine protests ⋆ The Breach

The proposed 'Combatting Hate Act' is built on the idea that protests inspire hateful violence, and gives police the tools to crack down on expression

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 3d

I hope people in NS fight back against this, and win. NS Health is marketing an AI chat bot as a RELIABLE source of info to PREVENT infection. This is straight from the marketing. But it was trained on droplet dogma and claims COVID spreads by droplets predominantly. This is unacceptable. /1

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 3d

Holy F. NS health is using an AI chat bot called Nova and their recent Facebook post encourages people to ASK THE AI CHAT BOT about their SYMPTOMS. This is absolutely wild. www.yourhealthns.ca #nspoli

YourHealthNS

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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 3d

Trans people, I am once again asking you—nay, begging you—to share something good that is going on in your lives right now!

I’ll start: I’m working on a new graphic novel and having a blast with the creative team we’ve assembled!

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 4d

Have you booked your vaccine yet? Fall Covid & influenza vaccines avail in NB next week. You have options:
1. Provincial vaccine scheduler (the website we’re all familiar w by now - and you can use 888888888 for Medicare no.) schedule.ableassess.com/VNB/Register...
2. Call PH
3. Ask pharm
#nbpoli

Applicant Registration

In order to locate an available appointment, please provide us with some information about yourself.

schedule.ableassess.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 4d

At this point, I really want to ask, is there ANYTHING that AI does well? Because everything Ive encountered in academia is just enshittification like this thread, and profiting off struggling and vulnerable students at their lowest points

Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 5d

The new Wiley journal review system is an absolute nightmare. Editorial assistants have been replaced by a clunky, AI-enabled website that makes it harder to find and invite reviewers. Associate editor workloads have increased. I'm not convinced the invitations to reviewers are even going through.

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Jane Ghost-den @janedryden.bsky.social · 4d

thank you!

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Jane Ghost-den @janedryden.bsky.social · 4d

What’s yours? I thought I was following you already over there from before I don’t see you.

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Jane Ghost-den @janedryden.bsky.social · 4d

just added you over there

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Jane Ghost-den @janedryden.bsky.social · 4d

I’m still at @[email protected]

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 5d

I think a lot lately about how so many Black folks were hesitant to come to this site because many of us figured this is where it would go and I have never seen one person so utterly committed to single handedly burning any and all good will their site has accumulated like a five alarm gas fire.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 8d

You could try a poster’s strike. I hear that works

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Jane Ghost-den @janedryden.bsky.social · 6d

That makes total sense to me. It's sort of like how in my area (Sackville, near tip of Bay of Fundy) we've had beautiful sunny days all through September -- which, yay; but accompanied by almost total lack of rain makes it eerie, unsettling, and worrisome.

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Jane Ghost-den @janedryden.bsky.social · 6d

In next door New Brunswick -- Monday is 29C with humidex 33C. Those are temperatures are barely supposed to get in July? I would like to register a complaint.

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Jane Ghost-den @janedryden.bsky.social · 9d

”So I tied an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time.“

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 10d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 11d

It was very special to work with six brilliant, thoughtful Indigenous writers — Michelle Good, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Eva Jewell, Janelle Lapointe, Anna McKenzie and Riley Yesno — on this series about truth and reconciliation, in print & online for @thewalrus.ca. thewalrus.ca/truth-and-re...

The Truth of Reconciliation | The Walrus

The TRC report, released in 2015, laid out ninety-four clear Calls to Action. Ten years later, Indigenous writers reflect on what has and hasn’t been achieved

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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 12d

Prof Florence Ashley describes their experience put on leave (...for "safety"?) bc of not glorifying Charlie Kirk's death.

Canadian unis should not be doing this, and I am also concerned particularly about how they were targeted by the National Post.

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What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charley Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression

I was shocked when the University of Alberta administration informed me, one of its law professors, that I was being placed on non-disciplinary leave for my social media comments in the wake of Charli...

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Jane Ghost-den @janedryden.bsky.social · 13d

I‘m pretty sure this was University of Manitoba, not Université de Moncton.

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divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · 15d

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 15d

In 2020, Canada Post letter carriers literally carried the economy on their backs to deliver parcels and goods to Canadians who were staying home during the pandemic.

I do not believe this is appropriate Thanks for their service.

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 15d

#Breaking: Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery

Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery

Other changes could include closing of rural post offices as Public Works minister cites "unsustainable" losses at Crown corporation.

www.thestar.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 18d

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 19d

Shoutout to @thewhn.bsky.social for putting together an excellent, science-based Q&A on why many of us are still masking😷

"Yes, We Continue Wearing Masks—Here’s Why: Common Questions Answered."

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Yes, We Continue Wearing Masks—Here’s Why: Common Questions Answered - WHN

Picture a typical family gathering today. Most people have moved on from masking: kids run around freely, aunts and uncles chat over snacks, and only a couple of family members still choose to wear we...

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 24d

Someone told me they don’t bother masking their child at the grocery store because "they don’t wear one in school anyway"

Schools are incinerators that fuel infections out into the community. The elderly, the high-risk, they shop too. Masking in public spaces helps break that chain ⛓️‍💥

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