Joshua Chalifour
@owlyph.bsky.social
Prefer Mastodon https://cosocial.ca/@owlyph | @[email protected]. I'm a #librarian #bibliothécaire for Journalism, Communication Studies, digital scholarship at Concordia. Exploring information ecosystems & ethics. Writer. Montréal. https://chalifour.org
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Joshua Chalifour
@owlyph.bsky.social
· Jan 24
I'm cynical that this platform will live up to its name, it'll probably devolve like its corporate predecessors. I've been enjoying the Fediverse, including services like Mastodon, Pixelfed, FunkWhale, etc. which seem a better idea & already works on a W3C standard. I'll lurk here, see what happens.
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BREAKING: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested in London after holding a sign: “I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide" as part of the protest outside the offices of an insurance company,
She was detained under the Terrorism Act.
🎥 via @novaramedia #CloseTheLoopholes
She was detained under the Terrorism Act.
🎥 via @novaramedia #CloseTheLoopholes
December 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
BREAKING: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested in London after holding a sign: “I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide" as part of the protest outside the offices of an insurance company,
She was detained under the Terrorism Act.
🎥 via @novaramedia #CloseTheLoopholes
She was detained under the Terrorism Act.
🎥 via @novaramedia #CloseTheLoopholes
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This comes right as ACM has finished convincing all the research libraries (and academic departments, probably) to fund their flip to Open Access, too! Just feeding the machine.
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This comes right as ACM has finished convincing all the research libraries (and academic departments, probably) to fund their flip to Open Access, too! Just feeding the machine.
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This agreement is a massive betrayal of Canada’s commitments on climate change and Indigenous rights.
And we won’t stand by it.
ADD YOUR NAME: act.gp/48x6Gy3
And we won’t stand by it.
ADD YOUR NAME: act.gp/48x6Gy3
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This agreement is a massive betrayal of Canada’s commitments on climate change and Indigenous rights.
And we won’t stand by it.
ADD YOUR NAME: act.gp/48x6Gy3
And we won’t stand by it.
ADD YOUR NAME: act.gp/48x6Gy3
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Sans un financement public adéquat, nos universités cessent d’être un levier collectif pour devenir celui des plus fortuné·es.
👉 sauvonsnosuniversites.ca/financement-...
#Rallumerlephare #Financementdesuniversités
👉 sauvonsnosuniversites.ca/financement-...
#Rallumerlephare #Financementdesuniversités
Financement des universités : rallumer le phare en 4 étapes
Un financement des universités adéquat est essentiel pour préserver leur indépendance et leur mission d’intérêt public.
sauvonsnosuniversites.ca
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Sans un financement public adéquat, nos universités cessent d’être un levier collectif pour devenir celui des plus fortuné·es.
👉 sauvonsnosuniversites.ca/financement-...
#Rallumerlephare #Financementdesuniversités
👉 sauvonsnosuniversites.ca/financement-...
#Rallumerlephare #Financementdesuniversités
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Without adequate public funding, our universities stop serving the collective good and start serving only the most privileged.
👉 sauvonsnosuniversites.ca/en/universit...
#RelightTheBeacon #UniversityFunding
👉 sauvonsnosuniversites.ca/en/universit...
#RelightTheBeacon #UniversityFunding
University funding: 4 steps to relight the beacon
Discover why strong university funding is essential to protect education, research, and the public mission of Quebec’s universities.
sauvonsnosuniversites.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Without adequate public funding, our universities stop serving the collective good and start serving only the most privileged.
👉 sauvonsnosuniversites.ca/en/universit...
#RelightTheBeacon #UniversityFunding
👉 sauvonsnosuniversites.ca/en/universit...
#RelightTheBeacon #UniversityFunding
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Who owns our #knowledge? How can #scholarly communities take control? It's #OpenAccess Week October 20 - 26, 2025. PKP is taking time to reflect, celebrate communities and contributors, and invite folks to take action.
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #AcademicSky
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #AcademicSky
Who Owns Our Knowledge? How Communities Power the Future of Open Publishing with PKP - Public Knowledge Project
PKP takes the time to answer the Open Access Week 2025 theme question, "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" and invites communities to join in.
pkp.sfu.ca
October 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Who owns our #knowledge? How can #scholarly communities take control? It's #OpenAccess Week October 20 - 26, 2025. PKP is taking time to reflect, celebrate communities and contributors, and invite folks to take action.
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #AcademicSky
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #AcademicSky
Last week I presented about some experience teaching how to use or apply licences (1st Canadian Conference on #OpenScience & #OpenScholarship), which I see as #InformationLiteracy. I wrote up what I talked about, using the ACRL info lit framework, on my blog here chroknowlogy.ca/education-le...
Open Licence Literacy: Given to Know, Give to Grow – Chroknowlogy
chroknowlogy.ca
October 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Last week I presented about some experience teaching how to use or apply licences (1st Canadian Conference on #OpenScience & #OpenScholarship), which I see as #InformationLiteracy. I wrote up what I talked about, using the ACRL info lit framework, on my blog here chroknowlogy.ca/education-le...
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Excellent article pour démystifier les pistes cyclables à Montréal.
#velomtl
👌👌
projetmontreal.org/nouvelles/6-...
#velomtl
👌👌
projetmontreal.org/nouvelles/6-...
Projet Montréal | 6 mythes sur les pistes cyclables
6 mythes sur les pistes cyclables
projetmontreal.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Excellent article pour démystifier les pistes cyclables à Montréal.
#velomtl
👌👌
projetmontreal.org/nouvelles/6-...
#velomtl
👌👌
projetmontreal.org/nouvelles/6-...
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Comparing Federal Party Climate & Nature Plans 👇
act.gp/42HqQSU
#Election2025 #CanadaElections2025 #CanadaElection2025 #ELXN45 #DontTrumpCanada #Cdnpoli #CanadaStrong
act.gp/42HqQSU
#Election2025 #CanadaElections2025 #CanadaElection2025 #ELXN45 #DontTrumpCanada #Cdnpoli #CanadaStrong
Where do the parties stand on climate and nature in Election 2025? - Greenpeace Canada
A quick peek at where the five main federal parties stand on climate and nature in Election 2025
act.gp
April 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Comparing Federal Party Climate & Nature Plans 👇
act.gp/42HqQSU
#Election2025 #CanadaElections2025 #CanadaElection2025 #ELXN45 #DontTrumpCanada #Cdnpoli #CanadaStrong
act.gp/42HqQSU
#Election2025 #CanadaElections2025 #CanadaElection2025 #ELXN45 #DontTrumpCanada #Cdnpoli #CanadaStrong
Librarians must host our own digital resources or be subject to censorship and extortion. #libraries
chroknowlogy.ca/memory-insti...
chroknowlogy.ca/memory-insti...
The Harm of E-book Platform Vendors like Clarivate/ProQuest – Chroknowlogy
chroknowlogy.ca
March 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Librarians must host our own digital resources or be subject to censorship and extortion. #libraries
chroknowlogy.ca/memory-insti...
chroknowlogy.ca/memory-insti...
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I like how there is a certain laugh that is universally understood to be the "evil laugh". Like we evolved with a need to communicate that something is amusing specifically because we are evil.
Makes me wonder what those monkeys who first descended from trees were REALLY up to.
Makes me wonder what those monkeys who first descended from trees were REALLY up to.
February 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I like how there is a certain laugh that is universally understood to be the "evil laugh". Like we evolved with a need to communicate that something is amusing specifically because we are evil.
Makes me wonder what those monkeys who first descended from trees were REALLY up to.
Makes me wonder what those monkeys who first descended from trees were REALLY up to.
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New Canada Press Freedom Project data:
HonestReporting Canada has targeted at least 384 individual media workers with almost 700 publications since Oct. 2023. CPFP is tracking these incidents as “chilling statements” in our database of press freedom infringements:
HonestReporting Canada has targeted at least 384 individual media workers with almost 700 publications since Oct. 2023. CPFP is tracking these incidents as “chilling statements” in our database of press freedom infringements:
HonestReporting Canada Chilling Statements Archives - Canada Press Freedom Project
canadapressfreedom.ca
January 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
New Canada Press Freedom Project data:
HonestReporting Canada has targeted at least 384 individual media workers with almost 700 publications since Oct. 2023. CPFP is tracking these incidents as “chilling statements” in our database of press freedom infringements:
HonestReporting Canada has targeted at least 384 individual media workers with almost 700 publications since Oct. 2023. CPFP is tracking these incidents as “chilling statements” in our database of press freedom infringements:
The Authors Guild (USA) launched its Human Authored Certification program. Members can register human-written works authorsguild.org/human-authored to appear in a database. Interesting idea! Much merit but also problems. I wrote some initial (flawed?) thoughts chroknowlogy.ca/digital-ecos... #ai
Getting Certainty on Human Versus Synthetic Media – Chroknowlogy
chroknowlogy.ca
January 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Authors Guild (USA) launched its Human Authored Certification program. Members can register human-written works authorsguild.org/human-authored to appear in a database. Interesting idea! Much merit but also problems. I wrote some initial (flawed?) thoughts chroknowlogy.ca/digital-ecos... #ai
I'm cynical that this platform will live up to its name, it'll probably devolve like its corporate predecessors. I've been enjoying the Fediverse, including services like Mastodon, Pixelfed, FunkWhale, etc. which seem a better idea & already works on a W3C standard. I'll lurk here, see what happens.
January 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I'm cynical that this platform will live up to its name, it'll probably devolve like its corporate predecessors. I've been enjoying the Fediverse, including services like Mastodon, Pixelfed, FunkWhale, etc. which seem a better idea & already works on a W3C standard. I'll lurk here, see what happens.