Jennifer Veitch
@jenniferveitch.bsky.social
Environmental psychology • Light & lighting • Research methods • Health & well-being • Canadian • Opinions are my own • I block anonymous accounts
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Writing is thinking
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
January 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Writing is thinking
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
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How To Do New Year's Resolutions
December 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
How To Do New Year's Resolutions
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The law isn’t a vibe. It’s what keeps Canada fair, equal, and (mostly) polite. 🇨🇦
Visit ourstoprotect.ca ... because fairness doesn’t protect itself.
#OursToProtect #RuleofLaw #Partner
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The law isn’t a vibe. It’s what keeps Canada fair, equal, and (mostly) polite. 🇨🇦
Visit ourstoprotect.ca ... because fairness doesn’t protect itself.
#OursToProtect #RuleofLaw #Partner
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This is how the end of Canada could come, for all practical purposes. Yet another problem for which there is no obvious solution.
This is how the end of Canada could come, for all practical purposes. Yet another problem for which there is no obvious solution.
The Great Canadian Algorithmic Annexation
How a digital invasion of American voices and a total monopoly of male influencers are rewriting the boundaries of Canada’s political reality.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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This is how the end of Canada could come, for all practical purposes. Yet another problem for which there is no obvious solution.
This is how the end of Canada could come, for all practical purposes. Yet another problem for which there is no obvious solution.
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n... Every #Ottawa city councillor should read this. @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social @shawnmenard.bsky.social
I used to be in favour of Lansdowne 2.0. I've changed my mind
I used to be in favour of the Lansdowne 2.0 development. I changed my mind because I don’t trust this deal. | Opinion
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November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n... Every #Ottawa city councillor should read this. @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social @shawnmenard.bsky.social
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When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
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🎵Things Might Get Better🎵
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🎵Things Might Get Better🎵
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #CanadaPost is a public good we can’t afford to lose, IMO
If Canada Post goes away, we’d be losing more than just the mail
Likes are no replacement for the pleasure of receiving a letter.
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October 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #CanadaPost is a public good we can’t afford to lose, IMO
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This map divides Canada into four equally populated regions. Source: buff.ly/VpmZKji
October 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This map divides Canada into four equally populated regions. Source: buff.ly/VpmZKji
open.substack.com/pub/onhansar... These should be solvable problems. #cdnpoli #HousingPolicy #reconciliation #Canada
Five Reasons Billions in Funding Fail to Solve the First Nations Housing Crisis
A recent federal evaluation reveals why simply spending more money is not fixing the deep, systemic issues that prevent communities from building sustainable and reliable homes.
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September 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
open.substack.com/pub/onhansar... These should be solvable problems. #cdnpoli #HousingPolicy #reconciliation #Canada
www.canada.ca/en/health-ca... #IAQ #BuildingScience #BetterBuildings #NRC #CdnSci #PublicHealth #Canada
Guidance on improving indoor air quality in office buildings - Canada.ca
The purpose of this guidance is to summarize ways to evaluate, improve and maintain indoor air quality in office buildings.
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September 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Canada Healthwatch has republished my article, "Yes, COVID Vaccines Do Slow Transmission"
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Yes, COVID Vaccines Do Slow Transmission
Science lost the information war about four years ago.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Canada Healthwatch has republished my article, "Yes, COVID Vaccines Do Slow Transmission"
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@justinling.ca has good advice for @mark-carney.bsky.social
#Canada #cdnpoli
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#Canada #cdnpoli
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Justin Ling: Mark Carney needs to stop placating the mad king and actually fight Trump
Expecting a reasonable deal from the U.S. president is a mistake.
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September 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
@justinling.ca has good advice for @mark-carney.bsky.social
#Canada #cdnpoli
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#Canada #cdnpoli
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New @eprg-surrey.bsky.social article by @konraduebel.bsky.social, Eleanor Ratcliffe & @melissamarselle.bsky.social finds natural soundscapes indirectly influence mental well-being via perceived biodiversity and restoring and building capacity mediators www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Natural soundscapes are associated with mental well-being via capacity-building and capacity-restoring pathways
Soundscapes from natural areas are an important cultural ecosystem service that can promote greater mental health and well-being. However, the mediati…
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September 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
New @eprg-surrey.bsky.social article by @konraduebel.bsky.social, Eleanor Ratcliffe & @melissamarselle.bsky.social finds natural soundscapes indirectly influence mental well-being via perceived biodiversity and restoring and building capacity mediators www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We look forward to welcoming & hosting The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge with their conductor, Anna Lapwood! She will conduct the choir, with organ playing by the choir's two organ scholars | Concert: Sat 26 July 7.30pm at St Barnabas, #Ottawa! Info & tickets: www.stbarnabasottawa.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We look forward to welcoming & hosting The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge with their conductor, Anna Lapwood! She will conduct the choir, with organ playing by the choir's two organ scholars | Concert: Sat 26 July 7.30pm at St Barnabas, #Ottawa! Info & tickets: www.stbarnabasottawa.com