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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This is affirming my life decision to force colleagues across the country to sort it out themselves when I state something in Atlantic time.

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I seriously look at people sometime and sense their constant, unexamined panic. The world demands ever more literacy, at faster processing speed. If you can’t do that, the world right now must feel like the sixth circle of hell.

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okay but I really dig this lip foil on you!

Halifax Transit @hfxtransit.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

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Routes 39 and 84 are currently on detour until further notice while the MacKay Bridge is closed to heavy and high-sided vehicles due to high winds. Buses will detour as follows: (1/3)

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‘Pretty shoddy’: Prof says N.B. education plan attributes article that doesn’t seem to exist | CBC News

So part of using tech properly is using tools that are actually fit for purpose. You don't need Copilot for a bibliography, you need a reference manager. They'll generate a formatted reference list for you without fake references. You're welcome.

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Several university professors are calling out errors in New Brunswick's new 12-year anglophone education plan that include crediting two sources that don't seem to exist. Experts believe AI played a r...

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glad to no longer be a librarian in any part of GNB so I can avoid the embarrassment and screaming. oh wait, there are many qualified people who can find actual research in the government who could have done that. also, reference managers exist already. You don't need AI to format a bibliography.

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You’re not commuting at rush hour, it’s fine. Where are you going in Halifax?

aaron boothby @ellipticalnight.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I’m so sad to hear this. May her memory be a blessing.

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it is interesting to posit AI as a contagion of language, spend extraordinary amounts of time with it, think the work you're reading now looks like it and presume you are entirely immune to that exposure

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I had a glorious dinner at the Narrows with my cousins and sibling and their partners and my partner, and it’s nice to just be with family and laugh and eat too much food and sink into the layers of having done life together.

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Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History @mnhnovascotia.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Rude that he got the last word on this (hang in there, pocket friend).

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An update on Gus - October 14th, 2026. Gus is recovering well with his veterinary team. He has gone for walks which is a great milestone in his post-surgery recovery. Gus currently has a feeding tube, which helps with feeding and his post-surgery medication. #MNH #Gus #Halifax #NovaScotia

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Please avoid generalising and dehumanising labels such as "The French". Instead, use wording such as "People experiencing Frenchness".

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Alison @alisonburnis.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Jason Manley. He’s still so salty about missing last year’s Maritime Open when Hikaru Nakamura was there; in telling us about his results, he took a picture of both of their names on the trophy (he’s won in other years).

Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 14/10/2026

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What I would give to sleep like a little cat who cannot even fit the concept of university administration in her head

A little tabby cat curled up asleep on a rumpled knit blanket

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Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History @mnhnovascotia.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

An update on Gus the gopher tortoise - October 13th, 2026. The procedure to remove his bladder stone was a success, and he is resting comfortably with his care team. #MNH #Gus #Halifax #NovaScotia

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Gus the Gopher Tortoise

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k’eguro @keguro.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026

from a draft of something: *** "I worry, sometimes, that we believe getting approval from university research boards entitles us to probe other people’s wounds. I worry that we believe having people sign consent forms entitles us to ask them to recount their most traumatic experiences."

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Alison @alisonburnis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

My dad was very good at playing it on our Windows 3.1 machine. (In 2005…)

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Alison @alisonburnis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

My brother finished his third norm for being awarded the national master title from the Chess Federation of Canada, with his play at the Maritime Open this weekend. This is cool. Related: I haven’t touched a chess board in 25 years. Cc @librarian-m.bsky.social

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Alison @alisonburnis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy Thanksgiving, friends. I hope you’re having a restful and delicious weekend.

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Alison @alisonburnis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

My mom blessedly has no phone.

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My mom blessedly doesn’t have a phone but my god, man. We don’t have to live like this.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Help my dad’s flip phone makes an audible sound when he gets a text

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Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Autumn Woods Tom Thomson 1915

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Autumn Foliage Tom Thomson 1916

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Seeing the swings outside at Magic Mountain just isn’t right.

I have some new followers who I don’t think are acquainted with Moncton. All NBers know what I’m talking about.

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