mmcomeau72
@mmcomeau72.bsky.social
Doctoral student in philosophy. Always learning.
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Call for Papers: 2026 Annual CPA Congress 🎓
Join us in Halifax, 6-9 June 2026! Share your work at Canada's premier philosophy conference.
📅 Deadline: 12 December
📍 Halifax, NS
🌊 Where ideas meet the Atlantic
#philsky
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Join us in Halifax, 6-9 June 2026! Share your work at Canada's premier philosophy conference.
📅 Deadline: 12 December
📍 Halifax, NS
🌊 Where ideas meet the Atlantic
#philsky
www.acpcpa.ca/articles/cal...
Call for Papers: Annual Meeting of The Canadian Philosophical Association
2026 Annual Meeting of The Canadian Philosophical Association, Dalhousie University, Halifax 6-9 Jun
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September 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Call for Papers: 2026 Annual CPA Congress 🎓
Join us in Halifax, 6-9 June 2026! Share your work at Canada's premier philosophy conference.
📅 Deadline: 12 December
📍 Halifax, NS
🌊 Where ideas meet the Atlantic
#philsky
www.acpcpa.ca/articles/cal...
Join us in Halifax, 6-9 June 2026! Share your work at Canada's premier philosophy conference.
📅 Deadline: 12 December
📍 Halifax, NS
🌊 Where ideas meet the Atlantic
#philsky
www.acpcpa.ca/articles/cal...
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An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
July 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
I am so not cool. 😎
Think you’re cool? Here are the six boxes you’ll have to tick
Think you’re cool? Here are the six boxes you’ll have to tick
Are you extroverted, hedonistic, powerful? Then you’re halfway there, according to a study of 6,000 people in six continents
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I am so not cool. 😎
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WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
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A Lithuanian equivalent to “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” is nemokamas sūris tik pelėkautuose. It means “the only free cheese is in a mousetrap”
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
March 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A Lithuanian equivalent to “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” is nemokamas sūris tik pelėkautuose. It means “the only free cheese is in a mousetrap”
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
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American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
March 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Sometimes sporting events really are bigger than the game itself, writes six-time Stanley Cup champion Ken Dryden. Why Canada needed the 4 Nations Cup win:
Canada Needed That Win
Sometimes sporting events really are bigger than the game itself.
www.theatlantic.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Sometimes sporting events really are bigger than the game itself, writes six-time Stanley Cup champion Ken Dryden. Why Canada needed the 4 Nations Cup win:
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February 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Kirkus calls THE AI CON "a refreshingly contrarian take on AI and the clouds of hyperbole surrounding it."
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@emilymbender.bsky.social
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@emilymbender.bsky.social
THE AI CON | Kirkus Reviews
The bots probably aren’t going to kill you, but they’re probably not going to save you, either.
www.kirkusreviews.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Kirkus calls THE AI CON "a refreshingly contrarian take on AI and the clouds of hyperbole surrounding it."
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@emilymbender.bsky.social
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@emilymbender.bsky.social
My oven element just exploded.
January 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My oven element just exploded.
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Stoked to have an @ablawg.bsky.social post written with @nigelb.bsky.social and @molszyns.bsky.social excerpted in @albertaviews.bsky.social new issue on Authoritarianism. “Corrosion of Law” is their title for our review of Danielle Smith’s breach of the Conflicts of Interest Act in spring 2023.
January 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Stoked to have an @ablawg.bsky.social post written with @nigelb.bsky.social and @molszyns.bsky.social excerpted in @albertaviews.bsky.social new issue on Authoritarianism. “Corrosion of Law” is their title for our review of Danielle Smith’s breach of the Conflicts of Interest Act in spring 2023.
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(eyeroll) Imagine attempting to get into a bout of cakesplaining with Betty f*ing Crocker.
December 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
(eyeroll) Imagine attempting to get into a bout of cakesplaining with Betty f*ing Crocker.
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A worker dies on the job in the United States every 96 minutes. This of course is not terrorism, it's just business as usual.
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1 US Worker Dies on the Job Every 96 Minutes, Latest Data Shows
New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics documents a significant jump in on the job deaths in the US.
truthout.org
December 18, 2024 at 4:24 PM
A worker dies on the job in the United States every 96 minutes. This of course is not terrorism, it's just business as usual.
truthout.org/articles/1-u...
truthout.org/articles/1-u...
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Have a hobby, not a side hustle and other great pearls of wisdom.
Words to Live By Number 157
Words to Live By Number 157
Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive December
I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Have a hobby, not a side hustle and other great pearls of wisdom.
Words to Live By Number 157
Words to Live By Number 157
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Book 33 of 2023: Flight Risk by @cmpriest.bsky.social. Her second Booking Agents novel, about a psychic who partners up with a detective after a dog drags a leg out of the woods. This was a hoot and I blew through it in a day.
November 24, 2023 at 12:40 AM
Book 33 of 2023: Flight Risk by @cmpriest.bsky.social. Her second Booking Agents novel, about a psychic who partners up with a detective after a dog drags a leg out of the woods. This was a hoot and I blew through it in a day.
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You have until tomorrow to answer NCC Active Use Program survey. Don’t delay. Your voice matters more than ever.
Vous avez jusqu’à demain pour répondre au sondage de la CCN sur son programme de mobilité active. N’attendez plus. Chaque voix compte. #Ottbike
ncc-ccn.questionpro.ca/a/TakeSurvey...
Vous avez jusqu’à demain pour répondre au sondage de la CCN sur son programme de mobilité active. N’attendez plus. Chaque voix compte. #Ottbike
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NCC Active Use Program 2023 - Online Survey | NCC Active Use Program 2023 - Online Survey
NCC Active Use Program 2023 - Online Survey
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October 19, 2023 at 8:37 PM
You have until tomorrow to answer NCC Active Use Program survey. Don’t delay. Your voice matters more than ever.
Vous avez jusqu’à demain pour répondre au sondage de la CCN sur son programme de mobilité active. N’attendez plus. Chaque voix compte. #Ottbike
ncc-ccn.questionpro.ca/a/TakeSurvey...
Vous avez jusqu’à demain pour répondre au sondage de la CCN sur son programme de mobilité active. N’attendez plus. Chaque voix compte. #Ottbike
ncc-ccn.questionpro.ca/a/TakeSurvey...
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Tenure-track position in the Sociology of Gender and/or Sexualities at Acadia University. Application deadline of November 17, 2023.
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October 16, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Tenure-track position in the Sociology of Gender and/or Sexualities at Acadia University. Application deadline of November 17, 2023.
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United flight attendant: Would you like breakfast? Today we have French toast.
Me: OMG I would LOVE some French toast. Thank you. But wow, how do you even make that on a pla…
Me: OMG I would LOVE some French toast. Thank you. But wow, how do you even make that on a pla…
October 6, 2023 at 9:34 PM
United flight attendant: Would you like breakfast? Today we have French toast.
Me: OMG I would LOVE some French toast. Thank you. But wow, how do you even make that on a pla…
Me: OMG I would LOVE some French toast. Thank you. But wow, how do you even make that on a pla…
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15 of my books were used to help train AI. Fifteen of them. Fif. Teen. Publishing is basically a time-consuming hobby for me these days, I earn so little money from it - but hey. F.I.F.T.E.E.N. of my books were used w/o permission to train an algorithm to imitate me.
These 183,000 Books Are Fueling the Biggest Fight in Publishing and Tech
Use our new search tool to see which authors have been used to train the machines.
www.theatlantic.com
September 25, 2023 at 11:19 PM
15 of my books were used to help train AI. Fifteen of them. Fif. Teen. Publishing is basically a time-consuming hobby for me these days, I earn so little money from it - but hey. F.I.F.T.E.E.N. of my books were used w/o permission to train an algorithm to imitate me.
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