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Búi Petersen

@buipet.bsky.social
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Associate Professor. Research work, organizations, conflict, negotiation, cooperation, technology and the future of work. Halifax, NS.

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ANSUT @ansut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NS provided $590M in PSE operating grants in 2022/23. Spending tied to students from outside the province and university research generated an estimated $2.3B in economic activity across NS, supporting about 21,000 full-time equivalent jobs. Public Education Is Our Lighthouse. #BeaconforNSPSE
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SMUFU @smufu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bill C-39 includes draconian measures that undermine fundamental union rights that are essential components of Canadian labour relations. Please reach out to your MPs to have these provisions removed form the proposed legislation. canadianlabour.ca/bill-c-39-wo...
canadianlabour.ca
Bill C-39 would give Canadian government broadest strike intervention powers in G7  | Canadian Labour Congress
OTTAWA — If passed, Bill C-39 would give the Canadian government broader unilateral power to end a legal strike than exists in any other G7 country, according to a comparative legal analysis commissio...
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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Canada’s public colleges and universities are among the country’s most important economic and social drivers...Yet despite their importance, public funding for post-secondary education has failed to keep pace." More in @policyalternatives.ca's Alternative federal budget: buff.ly/va3A9Ae
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Alternative federal budget 2026-27: Post-secondary education | CCPA
A budget that makes Canada stronger by committing to solidarity and dignity for all
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Zeteo UK @zeteo.uk · 29/09/2026
“You were right”: Ed Miliband acknowledges the millions who have protested over Palestine. He promised Labour would match its words with action against settlements, occupation and alleged war crimes in Gaza at the Labour Party Conference. Subscribe to zeteo.uk
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Boo! Feds quietly exempt oilsands and gas power plants from environmental impact assessments www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/10/n...
nationalobserver.com
Feds quietly exempt oilsands and gas power plants from environmental impact assessments
The change comes as part of a suite of amendments to Canada's impact assessment laws passed by the Carney government early Wednesday morning.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
‘This could have gone differently’: The real tragedy in Marco MacLeod’s story is that too many men still don’t understand misogyny Morning File by Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social
halifaxexaminer.ca
'This could have gone differently': The real tragedy in Marco MacLeod's story is that too many men still don't understand misogyny - Halifax Examiner
While the MacLeod story is now old in media terms, misogyny is tragically an issue that's always timely.
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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Nepal says big polluters must ‘wake up’ as it calls for climate compensation over flood disaster
Foreign minister Shisir Khanal tells the Guardian the world’s biggest economies need to help Nepal, which contributes less than 0.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.
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U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union avoidance
Key takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We had the opportunity to limit catastrophic damage to a 1.5 degree increase but that meant calling on the oil giants to do their part. Canada is now predicting a 3.5 to 5 degrees increase. That will spell the end of civilization. And we are still going all in on a $100 billion pipeline?
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Across the US, workers are souring on AI. The tech industry has insisted that AI would make workers’ lives easier and more productive, that the more people understood and used AI, the more they would like it. Something closer to the opposite has happened.
bloodinthemachine.com
Why office workers are turning against AI
Whether or not you like AI at work ultimately boils down to a question of power.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Glassdoor has a very revealing report out on worker sentiment regarding AI. Workers' attitudes towards AI have grown increasingly negative, and extremely so in certain fields. This is happening as adoption is scaling, and workers have had *more* exposure. The more they use it, the less they like it.
glassdoor.com
How workers feel about AI in 2026 - Glassdoor US
LLMs have stormed the workplace, and workers have a lot to say about that. This report reveals what they love - and hate - about AI.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026
Amazon's own balance sheet presents the most compelling evidence that we are stuck in the Enshittocene, the era in which everything is turning into a pile of shit, because the worst ideas of the worst people now make the most money. 1/
Hieronymus Bosch's 'The Conjuror,' a painting depicting a medieval con artist playing a shell game for an audience of astonished peasant rubes. The image has been altered: the conman now has Jeff Bezos's grinning head, and the mouths of all the peasants have been replaced with inverted Amazon 'Smile' logos, so they are now frowning.

Image:
Steve Jurvestson (modified)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeff_Bezos%27_iconic_laugh_crop.jpg

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Futurism @futurism.com · 04/09/2026
"I have yet to see a study showing that AI is beneficial for students in elementary and middle school."
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Zohran Mamdani Bans AI for NYC Public School Students Up to Eighth Grade
Mayor Mamdani announced a new policy banning New York City schools from using AI in the classroom up until high school.
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 03/09/2026
More from my review of The Nerd Reich:
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 03/09/2026
Big Oil knew decades ago that burning fossil fuels would lead to "globally catastrophic" climate change, but instead spent billions burying the science, promoting climate denialism, and blocking the transition to cleaner energy sources. These lying corporations must be held accountable.
nytimes.com
U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target
Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.
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Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And now the AI industry is in bed with Big Oil as it tries to drive up energy costs (for a tech no one wants) to keep fossil fuels alive...don't fall for it.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am not surprised that the Pentagon supports trolling Canadian teenagers who volunteer to serve our nation. We are proud of our cadets. As for the Pentagon, they abandoned sailors without provisions, committed war crimes at sea and murdered 168 school girls. What a fucking disgusting institution.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sorry, that’s a “problem”?
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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I recommend OpenStreetMap and its associated mobile app, Organic Maps. Open source, no ads, and no corporate surveillance.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Anthropic is facing a multi-billion dollar lawsuit over the alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs. Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing for up to $150,000 per song. The music publishers claim Anthropic torrented, scraped, and downloaded lyrics from copyrighted works to train Claude.
theguardian.com
Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs
AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A Parliamentary committee should convene next week and issue a legal summons to the executives of Google Canada to explain why they are actively undermining our sovereignty. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
nytimes.com
Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America Following Trump’s Executive Order
Users in the United States will see the new label, following President Trump’s executive order last week.
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Sarah Boon @snowhydro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
22 of the chairs are Canadians returning home, but it doesn't change the fact that the Cdn government has invested heavily in research chairs when basic Cdn academic funding via NSERC, SSHRC, and CIHR are seeing cuts.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It would demonstrate huge moral & intellectual shortcomings if you were NOT stressed out right now. Obviously we should take care of ourselves & each other best we can, but let's not pathologize the normal reaction to everything being fucked up. Use stress as the motivator to work for change.
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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I am quoted in this article (accessible through a free "account" if you don't have a subscription). One thing that is not mentioned is the question: At a time where it is critical to "buy Canadian", why is the NS Government hiring a US consulting company for this?
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You should hear some the alternative names we have for him. 🍁
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 24/08/2026
Tim Houston is standing up to the U.S. by…travelling to Texas to make deals with U.S. oil companies and having dinners with a U.S.-based billionaire Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
halifaxexaminer.ca
Tim Houston is standing up to the U.S. by...travelling to Texas to make deals with U.S. oil companies and having dinners with a U.S.-based billionaire - Halifax Examiner
The Houston government is ready to 'stand up to the United States' only so long as it doesn't impact the ideological fixation on the oil and gas industry, or doesn't impede Houston from hobnobbing wit...
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"The effect is so strong that some economists have suggested the real target of tariffs is not 'foreign cheaters' at all but rather the principle of progressive taxation in America." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
ANALYSIS | How Trump's tariffs work to redistribute wealth up the food chain | CBC News
Though nominally aimed at making foreign "cheaters" pay, the U.S. president's tariffs have in fact been a powerful domestic mechanism for taking money from poor and middle-class Americans and giving i...
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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"Pervert glasses" is the most appropriate name for these things. And they should be banned in public places and especially schools.
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Time Magazine has a separate version of its website with ads only AI can see www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...
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Time Magazine has a separate version of its website with ads only AI can see
Brands are already paying to influence what chatbots say about them
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Oh, we're going to do the "underlying health issues" thing again, are we?
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Oh no! That would be awful!
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ALT: Agatha Winks
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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is SO bad. The only conclusion I can make is that the Canadian government hates arts and culture.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Gender affirming care?
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 13/07/2026
Literally bragging about unconstitutional reverse onus provisions on bail, all in the name of co-opting Conservative penal populism. As I've said, Canadian voters flocked to Carney to avoid Pierre Poilievre, and what they got was Stephen Harper.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 12/07/2026
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You don’t need bribes to fix a World Cup, only status
Whether it’s fixed matters less than the fact fans keep watching, making soccer’s biggest spectacle a telling reflection of who we are
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Carney is set to make us pay for another oil pipeline. It could wipe out endangered whales (and more!). Good summary from @rachelgilmore.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/rachelgi...
open.substack.com
Carney is set to make us pay for another oil pipeline. It could wipe out endangered whales (and more!)
Listen now | Smith and Carney are proposing a new oil pipeline that would, if approved, snake its way down near Vancouver, following the route of the existing Trans Mountain pipeline.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 03/07/2026
Train tracks are warping and buckling under the heat.
nationalobserver.com
Extreme heat alters tracks and slows down train service in Ontario
As extreme heat blankets Southern Ontario, the possibility of derailments has disrupted train travel across the region.
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Pembina Institute @pembina.org · 03/07/2026
The lack of private sector investment in the new west coast oil #pipeline should ring alarm bells for Canadians — after all, we’re footing 90% of the whopping $35-44B bill. 🚨 “If the business case were there, a private proponent would have stepped forward by now.” #cdnpoli 📰: buff.ly/OqcDd2y
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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I love watching penalty shootouts. :)
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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
GOAL!!!!!
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I still can’t understand why Canada should want to have its own iteration of the most unprofitable industry in all of human history.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 27/06/2026
Okay. What guardrails and regulation are you putting in aside from pouring money into this stupid bubble?
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Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Palantir's collaboration with ICE and Thiel's wannabe Sauron fantasy should be enough to make clear that Canada should have nothing to do with this company. Canadian citizens did not vote for a Trump/Maga/Big Tech/Oil Industry corporate welfare model.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 22/06/2026
honestly i welcome the data center lobby just openly saying climate goals needed to be trashed so the tech industry can build ai — intense heat waves, record forest fires, worsening natural disasters be damned
politico.eu
Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says
Tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 18/06/2026
World Cup 2026 goals: 🇨🇦 Cyle Larin: 2 🇨🇦 Jonathan David: 2 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo: 0
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Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Not a good look Canada. Surely we can do better than invest in an AI industry/datacentres. “This makes it clear that one of the main reasons that the Carney government wants to expand AI data centres is that so Big Oil can sell more gas,” Stewart,' a senior energy strategist with Greenpeace Canada.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Kids love comics. They don’t need AI to ‘help’ create them. Morning File by Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
halifaxexaminer.ca
Kids love comics. They don't need AI to 'help' create them. - Halifax Examiner
Outsourcing your creative work to a machine is "empowerment"?
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Using the tools of an American AI company to generate realistic-looking depictions of hungry Canadians is grotesquely antihuman. It drags politics out of the real world and into the dystopic world of generative AI." www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
thestar.com
Justin Ling: Poilievre’s Conservatives’ latest ad featured ‘Canadians’ who weren’t even real. It takes us to a dark place
AI-generated political ads aren't just bad, they're corrosive.
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 15/06/2026
PM Mark Carney eliminates watchdog meant to investigate human rights abuses by Canadian extractive companies working abroad reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
halifaxexaminer.ca
PM Mark Carney eliminates watchdog meant to investigate human rights abuses by Canadian extractive companies working abroad - Halifax Examiner
In 2024, Canadian companies were present in 95 foreign countries, largely out of sight and out of mind for most Canadians. If Canadians could see some of those mines and the poverty, pollution and mis...
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 15/06/2026
Poilievre’s Conservatives’ latest ad featured ‘Canadians’ who weren’t even real. It takes us to a dark place, @justinling.ca writes www.thestar.com/opinion/star... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Justin Ling: Poilievre’s Conservatives’ latest ad featured ‘Canadians’ who weren’t even real. It takes us to a dark place
AI-generated political ads aren't just bad, they're corrosive.
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