Truly love when the consultant class takes over. Pure performance art.
Not a voluntary redundancy scheme, just a scheme whereby you volunteer to receive payment in exchange for not performing your role any more.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Truly love when the consultant class takes over. Pure performance art.
We just got an email saying that our Uni Pres is... No longer our Uni Pres. 😳😳😳😳
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We just got an email saying that our Uni Pres is... No longer our Uni Pres. 😳😳😳😳
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Mutual aid should be a threat to the state, not a substitute for its “failures.” It is saying “the state does not do this & will not do this because it is built to oppress & exploit.” Mutual aid is a radical act of caring for each other outside of those systems of oppression.
November 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Mutual aid should be a threat to the state, not a substitute for its “failures.” It is saying “the state does not do this & will not do this because it is built to oppress & exploit.” Mutual aid is a radical act of caring for each other outside of those systems of oppression.
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i saw someone lamenting that turning off ai in gmail makes your inbox unusable-- the good news is you can still set up your own filters to do a lot of the same work, and maybe even better support.google.com/mail/answer/...
Create rules to filter your emails - Gmail Help
On your computer, you can manage your incoming mail using Gmail’s filters to send email to a label, or archive, delete, star, or automatically forward your mail
support.google.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
i saw someone lamenting that turning off ai in gmail makes your inbox unusable-- the good news is you can still set up your own filters to do a lot of the same work, and maybe even better support.google.com/mail/answer/...
It is time for my annual "when the hell is American Thanksgiving actually" confusion, because I could have sworn based off a million emails over the last weeks that today *finally* had to be Black Friday.
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It is time for my annual "when the hell is American Thanksgiving actually" confusion, because I could have sworn based off a million emails over the last weeks that today *finally* had to be Black Friday.
You can't win against a phallus tree.
- me, having a normal one at work
- me, having a normal one at work
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
You can't win against a phallus tree.
- me, having a normal one at work
- me, having a normal one at work
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The UN climate change conference (COP30) having rooms shut down both to flooding and an extreme fire is a bit metaphorically excessive.
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The UN climate change conference (COP30) having rooms shut down both to flooding and an extreme fire is a bit metaphorically excessive.
Nestled in the bad news about the New School, an important point. We aren't seeing the decimation of the actually publicly funded university systems, just the partially (like in Canada) or fully privatized ones....
So sorry you’re going through this repeatedly: seems to be happening to all the university systems that function on marketised loan repayment schemes. U.K., USA, Australia. Neoliberal policies are killing the public good. Solidarity ✊🏻✊🏽
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nestled in the bad news about the New School, an important point. We aren't seeing the decimation of the actually publicly funded university systems, just the partially (like in Canada) or fully privatized ones....
Sounds fascinating, can't find it for the life of me on PNAS. This is like someone made an AI trapping labyrinth, but it is for me.
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sounds fascinating, can't find it for the life of me on PNAS. This is like someone made an AI trapping labyrinth, but it is for me.
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I spoke with Nora Loreto and Alex Khasnabish about the state of labour organizing in Canada's universities. What will the university become in this moment of crisis? Will it regress and implode, or move forward and serve a larger social purpose?
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I spoke with Nora Loreto and Alex Khasnabish about the state of labour organizing in Canada's universities. What will the university become in this moment of crisis? Will it regress and implode, or move forward and serve a larger social purpose?
Instagram is largely unusable now, but I did check in last night for all the northern lights pics... (So much pink!)
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Instagram is largely unusable now, but I did check in last night for all the northern lights pics... (So much pink!)
I have legitimately just consulted this to see if I am fully Reviewer 2 (or only 1.5).
I can't remember if you saw my "reviewer 2" zine.
midnitelibrary.itch.io/you-are-revi...
midnitelibrary.itch.io/you-are-revi...
You Are Reviewer 2 by Matthew Murray 🦇
A solo d6-based
midnitelibrary.itch.io
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have legitimately just consulted this to see if I am fully Reviewer 2 (or only 1.5).
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succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
I really have to stop packing such crunchy lunches for the days I have lunch Zoom meetings.
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I really have to stop packing such crunchy lunches for the days I have lunch Zoom meetings.
It sounds like in response to the ridiculous request from the Committee, the Tri Agency submitted data to the SRSR that is in line with the Privacy Act - the already publicly available information about grant recipients, projects, and amounts, as well as *aggregated* EDI information.
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It sounds like in response to the ridiculous request from the Committee, the Tri Agency submitted data to the SRSR that is in line with the Privacy Act - the already publicly available information about grant recipients, projects, and amounts, as well as *aggregated* EDI information.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Canada Budget 2025: more on AI than childcare, big public service cuts, also... Eurovision.
I think this may be the only time I want something from the real Budget to appear in CCPA's Alternative Budget!
I think this may be the only time I want something from the real Budget to appear in CCPA's Alternative Budget!
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Canada Budget 2025: more on AI than childcare, big public service cuts, also... Eurovision.
I think this may be the only time I want something from the real Budget to appear in CCPA's Alternative Budget!
I think this may be the only time I want something from the real Budget to appear in CCPA's Alternative Budget!
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What a day to be teaching classes on Gramsci’s notion of political hegemony. Optimism of the will!! 👊🏻
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
What a day to be teaching classes on Gramsci’s notion of political hegemony. Optimism of the will!! 👊🏻
I know there are bigger things afoot in Politics, and that moving from a Con to a Lib is in most ways barely a move, but I'm a messy binch who loves a good floor crossing.
Though it will never be done as well as the Belinda Stronach move. I'm cackling to myself just remembering it.
Though it will never be done as well as the Belinda Stronach move. I'm cackling to myself just remembering it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I know there are bigger things afoot in Politics, and that moving from a Con to a Lib is in most ways barely a move, but I'm a messy binch who loves a good floor crossing.
Though it will never be done as well as the Belinda Stronach move. I'm cackling to myself just remembering it.
Though it will never be done as well as the Belinda Stronach move. I'm cackling to myself just remembering it.
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Long live Guilloteen Vogue
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Long live Guilloteen Vogue
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NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
I wish everyone has a chance to hear Fred Tate from the National Farmer's Union speak. He rouslingly spells out, so clearly, the void of public taxation/ regulation that is filled by corporate taxation and deregulation, all with the farmer's affect of barely moving his mouth.
November 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I wish everyone has a chance to hear Fred Tate from the National Farmer's Union speak. He rouslingly spells out, so clearly, the void of public taxation/ regulation that is filled by corporate taxation and deregulation, all with the farmer's affect of barely moving his mouth.
I have signed up to participate in our Flipped 3MT presentations.
Considering just having my standard slide on all the ways public money is injected into scholarly publishing (and siphoned off to private profit), and playing Chris Hannah/ Propagandhi screaming "This system cannot be reformed".
Considering just having my standard slide on all the ways public money is injected into scholarly publishing (and siphoned off to private profit), and playing Chris Hannah/ Propagandhi screaming "This system cannot be reformed".
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I have signed up to participate in our Flipped 3MT presentations.
Considering just having my standard slide on all the ways public money is injected into scholarly publishing (and siphoned off to private profit), and playing Chris Hannah/ Propagandhi screaming "This system cannot be reformed".
Considering just having my standard slide on all the ways public money is injected into scholarly publishing (and siphoned off to private profit), and playing Chris Hannah/ Propagandhi screaming "This system cannot be reformed".
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Today I tried to look up why Agatha Christie named people Lettuce, and instead got an AI page telling me one of her greatest characters was Moriarty.
Even murder internet is truly dead now.
Even murder internet is truly dead now.
October 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Today I tried to look up why Agatha Christie named people Lettuce, and instead got an AI page telling me one of her greatest characters was Moriarty.
Even murder internet is truly dead now.
Even murder internet is truly dead now.