Luc Bernier
@lucbernier.bsky.social
Assistant Professor - Teaching Stream; School of Earth, Environment & Society; https://linktr.ee/berniejm - McMaster University @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social
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"In total, the Gates Foundation (formerly known as the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) has donated $3,519,491 to Lomborg’s think tank. The most recent tax filing on record includes a 2022 donation to the Copenhagen Consensus Center worth $1.25 million" - @rtakver.bsky.social, @desmog.com
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"In total, the Gates Foundation (formerly known as the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) has donated $3,519,491 to Lomborg’s think tank. The most recent tax filing on record includes a 2022 donation to the Copenhagen Consensus Center worth $1.25 million" - @rtakver.bsky.social, @desmog.com
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Thousands of people in Jamaica are reported homeless without food, shelter or water following last week’s catastrophic Hurricane Melissa.
Jamaican workers in Simcoe head home after Hurricane Melissa
Thousands of people in Jamaica are reported homeless without food, shelter or water following last week's catastrophic Hurricane Melissa.
www.chch.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Thousands of people in Jamaica are reported homeless without food, shelter or water following last week’s catastrophic Hurricane Melissa.
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Bluesky is at 40 million and the urbanism community on here seems to keep growing. Here’s my updated Starter Pack of Canadian planners, architects, advocates and urbanists. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! Give them a follow! go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Bluesky is at 40 million and the urbanism community on here seems to keep growing. Here’s my updated Starter Pack of Canadian planners, architects, advocates and urbanists. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! Give them a follow! go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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Since Bluesky now has over 40 million users, and since a lot of those 40 million are really interested in better cities & how we get around them, I’m resharing one of my first STARTER PACKS full of people and orgs working hard to make cities work better for everyone.
Please share. #UrbanistShoutOut
Please share. #UrbanistShoutOut
November 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Since Bluesky now has over 40 million users, and since a lot of those 40 million are really interested in better cities & how we get around them, I’m resharing one of my first STARTER PACKS full of people and orgs working hard to make cities work better for everyone.
Please share. #UrbanistShoutOut
Please share. #UrbanistShoutOut
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ChatGPT Bill de Blasio Is a Sign of Things to Come: ✱ Un homonyme de Bill de Blasio se fait passer pour lui à l’aide de ChatGPT.
ChatGPT Bill de Blasio Is a Sign of Things to Come
✱ Un homonyme de Bill de Blasio se fait passer pour lui à l’aide de ChatGPT.
gizmodo.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
ChatGPT Bill de Blasio Is a Sign of Things to Come: ✱ Un homonyme de Bill de Blasio se fait passer pour lui à l’aide de ChatGPT.
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I'm goign to be radical here and suggest people listen to scientists instead of billionaires when it comes to what we should do about the ever-worsening climate crisis.
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm goign to be radical here and suggest people listen to scientists instead of billionaires when it comes to what we should do about the ever-worsening climate crisis.
Interesting blog as usual by @alexusherhesa.bsky.social . IMO, in regards to the hype being made about LLM's, too many decision-makers are falling for it. And most of the coverage I have seen in the media is not helping either.
higheredstrategy.com/some-thought...
higheredstrategy.com/some-thought...
Some Thoughts on the Use of AI in Teaching | HESA
I spent part of last week in Tempe at Arizona State University’s conference on Agentic AI and the Student Experience, which was a pretty interesting event. It made me think awhile about AI in higher e...
higheredstrategy.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Interesting blog as usual by @alexusherhesa.bsky.social . IMO, in regards to the hype being made about LLM's, too many decision-makers are falling for it. And most of the coverage I have seen in the media is not helping either.
higheredstrategy.com/some-thought...
higheredstrategy.com/some-thought...
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#Melissa has made landfall in #Jamaica, and has preliminarily tied the record for the lowest pressure of any landfalling hurricane in Atlantic history: 892 mb. That was last observed 90 years ago with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane.
The storm does not look like it even notices Jamaica being there.
The storm does not look like it even notices Jamaica being there.
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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“0% Travel to USA” is a Smart Response to Trump's 10% Tariff
A further 10%? Really? Fine.
Fellow Canucks, let's make Vegas fail. Florida dry up and fall into the sea.
No travel to Trumpland. Zero. Nada. Zippo
Let's see who hurts whom the most
#elbowsup
youtu.be/vjrV4Rm-YEA
A further 10%? Really? Fine.
Fellow Canucks, let's make Vegas fail. Florida dry up and fall into the sea.
No travel to Trumpland. Zero. Nada. Zippo
Let's see who hurts whom the most
#elbowsup
youtu.be/vjrV4Rm-YEA
“0% Travel to USA” is a Smart Response to Trump's 10% Tariff
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“0% Travel to USA” is a Smart Response to Trump's 10% Tariff
A further 10%? Really? Fine.
Fellow Canucks, let's make Vegas fail. Florida dry up and fall into the sea.
No travel to Trumpland. Zero. Nada. Zippo
Let's see who hurts whom the most
#elbowsup
youtu.be/vjrV4Rm-YEA
A further 10%? Really? Fine.
Fellow Canucks, let's make Vegas fail. Florida dry up and fall into the sea.
No travel to Trumpland. Zero. Nada. Zippo
Let's see who hurts whom the most
#elbowsup
youtu.be/vjrV4Rm-YEA
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Approx 65% of students using AI to generate text.
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...university sector has an unbelievably heavy responsibility to society to be a counter voice that shapes the way that AI is deployed..."
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...university sector has an unbelievably heavy responsibility to society to be a counter voice that shapes the way that AI is deployed..."
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Approx 65% of students using AI to generate text.
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...university sector has an unbelievably heavy responsibility to society to be a counter voice that shapes the way that AI is deployed..."
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...university sector has an unbelievably heavy responsibility to society to be a counter voice that shapes the way that AI is deployed..."
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💧 Water security is under threat as extremes become the new normal.
The map below shows that around 60% of rivers globally had either too much or too little water, a clear sign of an increasingly unpredictable and erratic hydrological cycle.
🔗 https://bit.ly/469OBWU
The map below shows that around 60% of rivers globally had either too much or too little water, a clear sign of an increasingly unpredictable and erratic hydrological cycle.
🔗 https://bit.ly/469OBWU
October 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
💧 Water security is under threat as extremes become the new normal.
The map below shows that around 60% of rivers globally had either too much or too little water, a clear sign of an increasingly unpredictable and erratic hydrological cycle.
🔗 https://bit.ly/469OBWU
The map below shows that around 60% of rivers globally had either too much or too little water, a clear sign of an increasingly unpredictable and erratic hydrological cycle.
🔗 https://bit.ly/469OBWU
"Les experts rappellent que les mesures de prévention de base demeurent efficaces, quel que soit le variant: ..., le port du masque N95 dans les foules..." Vous direz ça à la CAQ qui veut interdire aux personnes de cacher leur visage en public
Toux sèche, fatigue, congestion nasale, maux de tête, douleurs musculaires et fièvre
COVID-19: le variant «Frankenstein» gagne du terrain au Québec, voici les symptômes à surveiller
Le nouveau variant de la COVID-19 surnommé «Frankenstein» gagne du terrain dans la province
www.tvanouvelles.ca
October 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Les experts rappellent que les mesures de prévention de base demeurent efficaces, quel que soit le variant: ..., le port du masque N95 dans les foules..." Vous direz ça à la CAQ qui veut interdire aux personnes de cacher leur visage en public
"It was very important for us to show that we are doing this primarily to strengthen our digital sovereignty, to maintain our independence in terms of ICT infrastructure and to ensure that data is only processed in-house."
www.zdnet.com/article/aust...
www.zdnet.com/article/aust...
Austria military ditches Microsoft for open-source LibreOffice - here's why
It's not about the cost savings, either. Many government organizations are replacing Microsoft software for a more important reason.
www.zdnet.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"It was very important for us to show that we are doing this primarily to strengthen our digital sovereignty, to maintain our independence in terms of ICT infrastructure and to ensure that data is only processed in-house."
www.zdnet.com/article/aust...
www.zdnet.com/article/aust...
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We are ruled by absolute fucking morons.
KILMEADE: The president says climate change is a hoax, it's a con job. Where do you fall on this?
EPA ADMINISTRATION LEE ZELDIN: The president is absolutely right
EPA ADMINISTRATION LEE ZELDIN: The president is absolutely right
September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We are ruled by absolute fucking morons.
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According to data provided by Statscan to the OECD, Canada's tertiary education system is experiencing BY FAR the fastest public disinvestment of any country in the developed world. (I am not sure the specific figures are 100% accurate, but the conclusion is still irrefutable)
Education at a Glance 2025, Part 1 | HESA
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its annual stat fest, Education at a Glance (EAG), two weeks … Continued
higheredstrategy.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
According to data provided by Statscan to the OECD, Canada's tertiary education system is experiencing BY FAR the fastest public disinvestment of any country in the developed world. (I am not sure the specific figures are 100% accurate, but the conclusion is still irrefutable)
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More than 20,000 people died of heat-related causes this summer in Europe. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves. This can be difficult to adapt to, especially in European cities that generally lack air conditioning.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1709202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1709202...
September 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
More than 20,000 people died of heat-related causes this summer in Europe. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves. This can be difficult to adapt to, especially in European cities that generally lack air conditioning.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1709202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1709202...
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N’écoutez pas les avis médicaux de Trump.
September 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
N’écoutez pas les avis médicaux de Trump.
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"When I told them I was a climatologist, they asked me what our summers will be like in 25 years. In a France at +2.7°C compared to the pre-industrial era, the scenario we are heading towards in 2050, heat records of up to 50°C will be possible; the summer we have just experienced will be the norm"
« À chaque fois, je voyais la gravité dans les yeux de mes interlocuteurs et ils me posaient la même question : comment fera-t-on ? C’est là tout le problème, j’ai été frappée par le décalage entre cette grande inquiétude et l’absence de cap politique pour y répondre. »
Valérie Masson-Delmote « Il y a un déni des risques climatiques, un déni de responsabilité »
l.reporterre.net
September 18, 2025 at 6:35 AM
"When I told them I was a climatologist, they asked me what our summers will be like in 25 years. In a France at +2.7°C compared to the pre-industrial era, the scenario we are heading towards in 2050, heat records of up to 50°C will be possible; the summer we have just experienced will be the norm"
"Le démantèlement de la science aux États-Unis a des répercussions sur la recherche et la santé publique même au Canada. De ce côté-ci de la frontière, des scientifiques se lèvent pour défendre la vérité." cc @freshwater.bsky.social
L'épisode de Découvertes de ce soir. Je ne dormirais plus jamais 😭
ici.tou.tv/decouverte/s...
ici.tou.tv/decouverte/s...
Science sous attaque | Découverte | ICI TOU.TV
Charles Tisseyre, à la barre du magazine de vulgarisation scientifique, tente d’éclaircir les sujets d’actualité et autres grands mystères du monde de la science.
ici.tou.tv
September 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"Le démantèlement de la science aux États-Unis a des répercussions sur la recherche et la santé publique même au Canada. De ce côté-ci de la frontière, des scientifiques se lèvent pour défendre la vérité." cc @freshwater.bsky.social
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What threats do the Great Lakes face in light of budget cuts at U.S. federal agencies? @spaikin.bsky.social asks Gail Krantzberg (@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social), Mike McKay ( @uwindsor.bsky.social), and @freshwater.bsky.social (@iaglr.bsky.social) about the health of our shared waters.
Are Great Lakes Funding Cuts a Cause for Concern? | The Agenda
YouTube video by TVO Today
www.youtube.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
What threats do the Great Lakes face in light of budget cuts at U.S. federal agencies? @spaikin.bsky.social asks Gail Krantzberg (@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social), Mike McKay ( @uwindsor.bsky.social), and @freshwater.bsky.social (@iaglr.bsky.social) about the health of our shared waters.
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You’ll be shocked to hear that their recommendation is not limiting the circumstances in which AI is deployed, but rather accepting the inevitability it will occasionally have catastrophic effects.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
You’ll be shocked to hear that their recommendation is not limiting the circumstances in which AI is deployed, but rather accepting the inevitability it will occasionally have catastrophic effects.
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Yes. It's also why they go after university programs on gender/sexuality studies before anything else.
A gender lens remains one of the best ways to understand far right authoritarian regimes. Male order is imposed through a family-like structure, with women subservient and children taught that fear is the price of belonging www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home
Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yes. It's also why they go after university programs on gender/sexuality studies before anything else.