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Tim Bousquet
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Hated by Reddit. Founder of HalifaxExaminer.ca. Opinions are my own, and not necessarily shared by my colleagues.
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There's now a collector page for my "Nova Scotia’s Policing Panic" series. Thanks to @irisblueskyris.bsky.social for setting that up: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/nova-scotias...
Nova Scotia's Policing Panic - Halifax Examiner
A special investigative series by Tim Bousquet. In some ways this is the origin story both of policing in Nova Scotia and of how Black people in particular are policed in Nova Scotia. It’s the story o...
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Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It’s people who make a visit memorable

Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It's people who make a visit memorable - Halifax Examiner
AI takes the humanity out of travel.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Tech Won’t Save Us: Paris Marx on the folly of tech hype

Morning File by me

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Tech Won't Save Us: Paris Marx on the folly of tech hype - Halifax Examiner
Tech Won't Save Us is geeky in all the right ways, taking on the issues seriously and with new insight.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
But I was assured that rejecting AI in the newsroom was EXACTLY LIKE rejecting the Sony Walkman.
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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This is the 2nd time a major government report from Deloitte has been found to contain errors likely generated by AI.

First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Reposted by Tim Bousquet
I’m re-upping this because this cause is so important
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry

Morning File by me
The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry - Halifax Examiner
Just as humanity is facing the existential crisis of climate change, we're going to add enormous amounts of carbon to the atmosphere by burning more fossil fuels to power ChatFuckingGPT?
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November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
All this AI crap should at the very least be opt in and not opt out.
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I did not ask for it, but I just received an AI-generated summary of the Zoom interview I just conducted.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
‘We’re not fooled’: No Desert Data Center’s fight against Project Blue is a common one across North America

Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
'We're not fooled': No Desert Data Center's fight against Project Blue is a common one across North America - Halifax Examiner
An interview with a member of a coalition fighting to stop a data centre in Tucson, Arizona.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
And the Nova Scotia government is positioning itself as a Methane Mecca, ending the fracking ban and opening up the offshore to drilling for gas.
I know this is obvious but it's always worth repeating: fossil gas is not a climate solution. The worst, most deadly scenarios always feature the most gas, and the least-bad scenarios always feature the least gas.
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Without Larry Summers on its board, OpenAI is sure to collapse,
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
A Saint John-born Trump supporter wants to power a data centre in Lorneville, New Brunswick. The community is fighting back

reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
A Saint John-born Trump supporter wants to power a data centre in Lorneville, New Brunswick. The community is fighting back - Halifax Examiner
Lorneville residents attended a town hall on Nov. 5 where VoltaGrid and Beacon AI tried to make their pitch.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Reposted by Tim Bousquet
‘Fear and uncertainty’: The impacts of international student policy changes
By @mmughees.bsky.social
'Fear and uncertainty': The impacts of international student policy changes - Halifax Examiner
As federal government tightens international student enrolment and work permit criteria, many international students are facing uncertainty and fear for their futures.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Kevin O'Leary petitions Trump to have name added to Epstein Files
Kevin O'Leary petitions Trump to have name added to Epstein Files
TORONTO - With newly released files from notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein implicating President Trump in a world of elite, amoral power players, Canadian businessman Kevin O'Leary has formally...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Exploitation all the way down: generative AI is built upon terrible human misery

Morning File by me
Exploitation all the way down: generative AI is built upon terrible human misery - Halifax Examiner
Besides the exploitation of these thousands of workers, what strikes me about the training work is that the entire AI industry — and all of the supposed great leaps of "artificial intelligence" that i...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week

reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week - Halifax Examiner
Countdown is on for the rocket's launch, a rocket we know little about, a launch closed to the media, and about which the people who live in the area have not even been informed.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Why? To see something blow up on the pad?
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I doubt that anything is happening
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Oh, we have a bunch of people watching this
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I’m also suspecting this is bullshit. Might be wrong! Still
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Reposted by Tim Bousquet
Here’s hoping no one needs an urgent helicopter patient transfer from Eastern Memorial Hospital in Canso during the times blocked for the rocket launches this week. And that no debris lands on anyone on land or the ocean. It is hunting season and also tuna fishing time. But hey, rockets!!!🚀
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Olivia Nuzzi is AI
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I’m in
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM