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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Jul 1

This is the best political campaign of my lifetime. I don’t want to hear about Obama or anyone else. This is how you do it! This has to be the model!

Anil Dash @anildash.com · Jul 1

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Jun 8

“I’m not going to claim CEOs are that special. It’s just somebody has to tell others . . . ‘This is where we’re going.’ And AI is not particularly good at that yet.”

AI can do everyone else’s job, but CEOs are just too important to automate. How convenient!

Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: ‘I did not expect the blowback’

Luis von Ahn says criticism over strategy change shows ‘anxiety’ about technology replacing jobs

www.ft.com

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · May 8

“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc

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McGill PoliSci @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social · May 7

Join @anikaganness.bsky.social next Wednesday, May 14th as she wraps up her postdoctoral fellowship with a talk on “The Past, Present, and Future of Child Welfare in Canada.” This event will be hosted in person at the @IRPP.org! Learn more and register for the event here: irpp.org/irpp-event/c...

The Past, Present and Future of Child Welfare in Canada - IRPP

Join us in Montreal on Wednesday, May 14 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for a talk with IRPP postdoctoral fellow Anika Ganness. Why are children from racialized and immigrant backgrounds more likely to end up...

irpp.org

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HorselessAge @horselessage.bsky.social · May 1

A section titled what?? In a chapter titled WHAT????

It's important to note here that our understanding of Kennedy's disbelief in germ theory isn't based on speculation or deduction; it's based on Kennedy's own words. He wrote an entire section on it in his 2021 book vilifying Fauci, titled The Real Anthony Fauci. The section is titled "Miasma vs. Germ Theory," in the chapter "The White Man's Burden."

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Apr 28

"A new dataset, visualized as maps, reveals the extent to which African workers are indirectly employed in the tech sector, doing content moderation, customer service, and data annotation for AI models, among other jobs." restofworld.org/2025/big-tec...

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Sara F.L. Kirk @sflkirk.bsky.social · Apr 26

I'd rather have suicidal empathy than no heart at all. While the cruelty is the point for these ghouls, I still firmly believe there are more good people in the world than evil. I'm grateful to @charlieangus104.bsky.social for bringing light into these dark times & defending #ChildRights

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Apr 26

In Trump's America cruelty is the point. And nothing is more cruel than the abuse of children.
In US courts migrant children as young as 4 are being put on trial without legal representation and subject to arbitrary deportation.
Please read my latest.

charlieangus.substack.com/p/trumps-war...

Trump’s War on Children

Cruelty as state policy

charlieangus.substack.com

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Aaron S. Veenstra @asveenstra.bsky.social · Apr 20

In general we need to internalize the fact that bad faith actors never “have a point” because having a point isn’t the point.

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · Apr 20

We do not have to take Trump’s bait on DEI, because they do not care about some policies being “problematic.” They are disengenously using DEI to target civil rights protections, DEI is a prextext, and it is not reasonable to concede they have a point when it only helps their reactionary push.

Drew Perkins @drewperkins.bsky.social · Apr 20

If we're being honest, the Trump rollbacks are often illiberal and authoritarian, but lots of DEI has been problematic, too.

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 20

Thank you!

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 20

There’s nothing better than some Elections 101 on an Easter morning right? Right?!

In all seriousness, I hopped onto @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social’s show Just Asking to talk about our electoral system. Check it out, and go vote!

#canadaelection #elxn45

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

www.cbc.ca

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 18

2 days of this has me losing my mind!

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 18

One of them would say a name and the rest would be like “I agree” then PP would say “the lost Liberal decade under Justin Trudeau means I never got to meet a woman and that’s why Bill C-69 needs to be scrapped. Axe the Tax!”

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 18

The Debates Commission is a disaster. #debate2025

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · Apr 18

Seeing multiple reporters posting that the post-debate media scrums are cancelled???

You mean to tell me the commission is so scared of having to have a backbone against grifters that they’d rather deprive us ALL of the question period than actually tell the cosplayers “you guys have to go”???

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 18

Who thought this leader’s choice segment was a good idea? What are we doing here? #debate2025

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · Apr 18

How can he have a plan in the Middle East when he has no security clearance to get briefed?

He just said that Muslims bring foreign conflicts and target Jewish communities

I smell Islamophobia

#cdnpoli #debate2025

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 18

These questions are terrible. This is worse than last night for sure. #budget2025

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 18

The candidate that is winning for me is “none of the above!”

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 17

I have said before, and I’ll say again — this is the least inspiring batch of federal leaders I could imagine. Just utterly useless (or worse). A horror show. #debate2025

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 17

This horrifying debate on crime is a great indicator of the complete capture of the public safety file by the CPC and media collaborators. It’s a joke. #Debate2025

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 17

The moderator is not doing a good job. I prefer the approach last night. Cut the mics! #Debate2025

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 17

What is Blanchet talking about? Can we please try to be serious for a moment? #Debate2025

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 17

I’ll say this too: a bunch of men arguing over who can impose pipelines on everyone is not inspiring! We deserve better!

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 17

Absolutely. I’m already rolling my eyes.

Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · Apr 17

These guys behave better in French.

That’s my debate hot take, 15 minutes in. Voters are going to find them annoying tonight.

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Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social · Apr 16

As a follow-up to this post, if you'd like to give the article a read, please access it via this link. I have a limited amount of free copies for access if you are not able to access via an institution (but DM me and we can sort that out very quickly!): utppublishing.com/eprint/JG9AS...

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