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I can't get past the absurdity of the claims that these are being broadcast to the summit. The idea of Macron flipping through his hotel TV and stumbling across the downtown Calgary channel thinking he'd found TSN is kinda funny though.
NEW: My dispatch from the dystopian designated G7 protest zones in Calgary and Banff.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
G7 fortress summit keeps protesters—and reality—at a safe distance
My dispatch from the designated demonstration zones at the Kananaskis G7.
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I can't get past the absurdity of the claims that these are being broadcast to the summit. The idea of Macron flipping through his hotel TV and stumbling across the downtown Calgary channel thinking he'd found TSN is kinda funny though.
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Colleagues: Next month, join me in conversation to share library workers lived experiences of challenge, & to explore immediately applicable pathways to Critical Hope & Joy Reclamation Practice for our whole-hearted, human selves. (Note: date is July 15, 2025 at 11A ET)
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Callings, Crises, and Community
Upcoming webinar with Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, Callings, Crises, and Community: Considering Critical Hope in 21st-Century Librarianship
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June 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Colleagues: Next month, join me in conversation to share library workers lived experiences of challenge, & to explore immediately applicable pathways to Critical Hope & Joy Reclamation Practice for our whole-hearted, human selves. (Note: date is July 15, 2025 at 11A ET)
tinyurl.com/yt4s23cx
tinyurl.com/yt4s23cx
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I am discomfited by how quickly university admins went from “catch the cheaters w these bad detection tools!” to “here is an embedded AI chatbot in the enterprise software for everyone to use!” bsky.app/profile/jhmu...
May 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I am discomfited by how quickly university admins went from “catch the cheaters w these bad detection tools!” to “here is an embedded AI chatbot in the enterprise software for everyone to use!” bsky.app/profile/jhmu...
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This is true. But why did people forget about the importance of vaccinations? Another negative impact of COVID.
"People forgot the importance of the vaccination and allowed these diseases to re-emerge."
Alberta CMOH Dr. Sunil Sookram urges Albertans to go get immunized against measles if you aren't, adding that it's measles today and could be another illness making a comeback next.
Alberta CMOH Dr. Sunil Sookram urges Albertans to go get immunized against measles if you aren't, adding that it's measles today and could be another illness making a comeback next.
May 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is true. But why did people forget about the importance of vaccinations? Another negative impact of COVID.
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You just don't know how badly I needed to see this today! 🥹❤️ #ProtectBlackGirls #BlackGirlhoodStudies
The A'Ja Wilson Nike commercial is just a straight up love letter to Black girls. It legit almost made me cry the first time I watched it.
May 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
You just don't know how badly I needed to see this today! 🥹❤️ #ProtectBlackGirls #BlackGirlhoodStudies
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Incredible! "Content moderators who comb through harmful material uploaded to online platforms have formed a global trade union alliance...to improve working conditions. The Global Trade Union Alliance of Content Moderators (GTUACM) announced today in Nairobi"
www.theverge.com/news/658566/...
www.theverge.com/news/658566/...
Content moderators are organizing against Big Tech
Workers are fighting for working conditions and mental health support.
www.theverge.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Incredible! "Content moderators who comb through harmful material uploaded to online platforms have formed a global trade union alliance...to improve working conditions. The Global Trade Union Alliance of Content Moderators (GTUACM) announced today in Nairobi"
www.theverge.com/news/658566/...
www.theverge.com/news/658566/...
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📣Call for Papers: Information Seeking in Context 2026! This conf is home to the information behaviour (broadly understood) community. Join us in Montréal, 1-4 June 2026.
It's ISIC's 30th anniversary, but first time in North America.
Papers due 8 Oct 2025.
📚📜
www.mcgill.ca/isic2026/cal...
It's ISIC's 30th anniversary, but first time in North America.
Papers due 8 Oct 2025.
📚📜
www.mcgill.ca/isic2026/cal...
Call for Papers
ISIC: The Information Behaviour Conference 1-4 June 2026, Montréal, Canada As ISIC 2026 is the sixteenth ISIC conference and the conference’s 30th anniversary, we especially encourage authors to refle...
www.mcgill.ca
April 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
📣Call for Papers: Information Seeking in Context 2026! This conf is home to the information behaviour (broadly understood) community. Join us in Montréal, 1-4 June 2026.
It's ISIC's 30th anniversary, but first time in North America.
Papers due 8 Oct 2025.
📚📜
www.mcgill.ca/isic2026/cal...
It's ISIC's 30th anniversary, but first time in North America.
Papers due 8 Oct 2025.
📚📜
www.mcgill.ca/isic2026/cal...
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"There is no regulatory framework to ensure technologies are evaluated for safety, efficacy and societal harms before being deployed. We must use our own critical faculties & yet within the sector above all others where you would expect to see such criticality it is glaringly absent." #AcademicSky 📚
The Unethical Underbelly of AI: A Call for Universities to Take a Stand - UKSG
The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked intense debate concerning its implications across various sectors, including higher education. While supporters of Gen AI in unive...
www.uksg.org
May 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"There is no regulatory framework to ensure technologies are evaluated for safety, efficacy and societal harms before being deployed. We must use our own critical faculties & yet within the sector above all others where you would expect to see such criticality it is glaringly absent." #AcademicSky 📚
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#tdih 1970 Kent State, National Guard shot unarmed college students: protesting U.S. bombing of Cambodia & passing by. Killed 4, wounded 9.
Also remember massacres at
-- Orangeburg (2/8/1968) &
-- Jackson State (5/15/1970)
Study & teach ALL three. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ke...
Also remember massacres at
-- Orangeburg (2/8/1968) &
-- Jackson State (5/15/1970)
Study & teach ALL three. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ke...
May 4, 1970: Kent State Massacre
During an anti-war protest at Kent State University, the Ohio National Guard shot unarmed college students, killing four. Students were also killed at Jackson State (May 15, 1970), and Orangeburg (Feb...
www.zinnedproject.org
May 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
#tdih 1970 Kent State, National Guard shot unarmed college students: protesting U.S. bombing of Cambodia & passing by. Killed 4, wounded 9.
Also remember massacres at
-- Orangeburg (2/8/1968) &
-- Jackson State (5/15/1970)
Study & teach ALL three. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ke...
Also remember massacres at
-- Orangeburg (2/8/1968) &
-- Jackson State (5/15/1970)
Study & teach ALL three. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ke...
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This... It seems to me the government before the Liberals are the ones who stopped building affordable houses and low-income rental units, so what we are experiencing right now is not all on the Liberals.
April 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This... It seems to me the government before the Liberals are the ones who stopped building affordable houses and low-income rental units, so what we are experiencing right now is not all on the Liberals.
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Come work with us in beautiful Canada! We are seeking a social science research leader with expertise in public policy. Please share with your networks! #academicsky #academia #PoliSciSky #polisky
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Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Public Policy in a Polarized Era, JSGS
The Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) is recruiting for a Tie...
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March 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Come work with us in beautiful Canada! We are seeking a social science research leader with expertise in public policy. Please share with your networks! #academicsky #academia #PoliSciSky #polisky
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Addressing this to fellow Australians but it applies to everyone: LCSH and LCNAF are not library law. Their use is entirely optional. We can choose otherwise. We should choose better.
Librarians doing anticipatory obedience 😡 🤢 💔
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151 Denali, Mount (Alaska) CHANGE HEADING
151 McKinley, Mount (Alaska) [sp 85082617 ]
151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
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151 Denali, Mount (Alaska) CHANGE HEADING
151 McKinley, Mount (Alaska) [sp 85082617 ]
151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
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Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (2025)Library of Congress Subject Headings (2025)
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March 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Addressing this to fellow Australians but it applies to everyone: LCSH and LCNAF are not library law. Their use is entirely optional. We can choose otherwise. We should choose better.
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This is going to kill many public libraries, especially in rural areas. If you use a public library, you will be impacted. #imls is a dust mote in the federal budget. It also provides things like internet at your local library so people can apply for jobs and kids can do homework.
This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is going to kill many public libraries, especially in rural areas. If you use a public library, you will be impacted. #imls is a dust mote in the federal budget. It also provides things like internet at your local library so people can apply for jobs and kids can do homework.
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LOVE to see CBC doubling down on its commitment to local news. One of the most vital roles our public broadcaster plays imo!!!
Lots of jobs here too:
Lots of jobs here too:
Journalism jobs, across Canada CBC.ca/workwithus
Apply now for a job in journalism | CBC News
As part of our commitment to local news, CBC News is expanding nationwide. We are looking for experienced multiplatform reporters to join our team. These roles, based in one or two-person bureaus, wil...
CBC.ca
March 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
LOVE to see CBC doubling down on its commitment to local news. One of the most vital roles our public broadcaster plays imo!!!
Lots of jobs here too:
Lots of jobs here too:
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Martin Sostre (1923–2015) was a politicized prisoner and jailhouse lawyer who eventually identified as a revolutionary anarchist and laid the foundation for contemporary Black anarchism. He believed it was necessary to dismantle both the prison and the state. (1/3)
March 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Martin Sostre (1923–2015) was a politicized prisoner and jailhouse lawyer who eventually identified as a revolutionary anarchist and laid the foundation for contemporary Black anarchism. He believed it was necessary to dismantle both the prison and the state. (1/3)
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We need good schoolhouse rock type videos, reels, TikTok’s explaining in plan language what an algorithm is. What different types of AI are. What bots are. These terms are being used broadly by people who have no idea what they are. We need remedial education for the general public!
I see they’ve learned well from their tech counterparts - invoking “the algorithm” as an oracle of both truth and obfuscation
Mike Johnson on Elon Musk: "We meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. What he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of Social Security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse."
March 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We need good schoolhouse rock type videos, reels, TikTok’s explaining in plan language what an algorithm is. What different types of AI are. What bots are. These terms are being used broadly by people who have no idea what they are. We need remedial education for the general public!
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so, as ever, education can be asked to pay for "innovations" that police bodies with no genuine understanding of learning, but... funding for small class sizes or active learning? lolol nope
“The AI tool uses cameras and audio recordings to report on whether the teacher looked at or walked through each section of the classroom, how often they used group work, and many other techniques. Even the words the teacher and students use are tracked.”
UAlbany Professor Develops AI to Give Teachers Feedback
A professor of educational theory is creating an AI tool that records video and audio to determine whether a teacher addressed each section of the classroom, how often they used group work and other t...
www.govtech.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
so, as ever, education can be asked to pay for "innovations" that police bodies with no genuine understanding of learning, but... funding for small class sizes or active learning? lolol nope
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The latest news story I wrote for @abworker.bsky.social.
Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social.
15 employers convicted of OHS violations in 2024
These convictions were related to 10 workers being killed and 5 workers being injured in their workplaces.
albertaworker.ca/news/15-empl...
15 employers convicted of OHS violations in 2024
These convictions were related to 10 workers being killed and 5 workers being injured in their workplaces.
albertaworker.ca/news/15-empl...
15 employers convicted of OHS violations in 2024
These convictions were related to 10 workers being killed and 5 workers being injured in their workplaces.
albertaworker.ca
March 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The latest news story I wrote for @abworker.bsky.social.
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Fellowship alert! Applications are open for @19thnews.org next Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort!
Early to mid-career HBCU alums join our newsroom for a yearlong, full-time, remote fellowship with a minimum $70K salary + great benefits.
Apply by 03/31 → 19thnews.org/apply-for-a-...
Early to mid-career HBCU alums join our newsroom for a yearlong, full-time, remote fellowship with a minimum $70K salary + great benefits.
Apply by 03/31 → 19thnews.org/apply-for-a-...
Apply for a 19th News Fellowship
The 19th is recruiting for its 2025-2026 cohort of the Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship.
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March 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Fellowship alert! Applications are open for @19thnews.org next Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort!
Early to mid-career HBCU alums join our newsroom for a yearlong, full-time, remote fellowship with a minimum $70K salary + great benefits.
Apply by 03/31 → 19thnews.org/apply-for-a-...
Early to mid-career HBCU alums join our newsroom for a yearlong, full-time, remote fellowship with a minimum $70K salary + great benefits.
Apply by 03/31 → 19thnews.org/apply-for-a-...
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This attitude (of mine) will lead some to say I'm self silo-ing or creating a bubble or whatever. Maybe. Maybe sometimes it's appropriate because there are lines good people refuse to cross on basic principle. A site run by someone saying Canada needs its own DOGE is a fucking bright line for me.
March 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This attitude (of mine) will lead some to say I'm self silo-ing or creating a bubble or whatever. Maybe. Maybe sometimes it's appropriate because there are lines good people refuse to cross on basic principle. A site run by someone saying Canada needs its own DOGE is a fucking bright line for me.
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Occasionally The Hub will feature smart commentary by smart guest posters. I've always had trouble engaging/reading, precisely because it's run by someone who often enough shows his colours as a dangerous right-wing ideologue.
March 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Occasionally The Hub will feature smart commentary by smart guest posters. I've always had trouble engaging/reading, precisely because it's run by someone who often enough shows his colours as a dangerous right-wing ideologue.
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*rolls eyes in librarian*
If we can do our jobs so can you.
If we can do our jobs so can you.
Republicans terrified of crossing Trump due to physical threats, Democrat says
Republicans terrified of crossing Trump due to physical threats, Democrat says
Eric Swalwell says threats to them and their families are stopping GOP officials from criticizing president
* US politics live – latest updates
Republicans on Capitol Hill are shying away from criticizing Donald Trump’s policies over fears for their…
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
*rolls eyes in librarian*
If we can do our jobs so can you.
If we can do our jobs so can you.
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Wealthy business people and corporations avoided all or most taxes. Tesla/Musk paid 0$ in taxes. As did Apple.
The people who can afford the ticket won't pay taxes, but will leech off all benefits and services. It's a detriment to America.
The people who can afford the ticket won't pay taxes, but will leech off all benefits and services. It's a detriment to America.
www.usnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Wealthy business people and corporations avoided all or most taxes. Tesla/Musk paid 0$ in taxes. As did Apple.
The people who can afford the ticket won't pay taxes, but will leech off all benefits and services. It's a detriment to America.
The people who can afford the ticket won't pay taxes, but will leech off all benefits and services. It's a detriment to America.
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If every person who thinks their vote won't change anything votes, it will change EVERYTHING!!
Workers, you get 3 hours off to vote, grab a coffee and go vote.
On ODSP, all parties BUT Doug Ford will DOUBLE your assistance, grab a friend or two and go vote!
Need a doctor, go vote. Bring I.D.
Workers, you get 3 hours off to vote, grab a coffee and go vote.
On ODSP, all parties BUT Doug Ford will DOUBLE your assistance, grab a friend or two and go vote!
Need a doctor, go vote. Bring I.D.
February 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If every person who thinks their vote won't change anything votes, it will change EVERYTHING!!
Workers, you get 3 hours off to vote, grab a coffee and go vote.
On ODSP, all parties BUT Doug Ford will DOUBLE your assistance, grab a friend or two and go vote!
Need a doctor, go vote. Bring I.D.
Workers, you get 3 hours off to vote, grab a coffee and go vote.
On ODSP, all parties BUT Doug Ford will DOUBLE your assistance, grab a friend or two and go vote!
Need a doctor, go vote. Bring I.D.