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Peter McInnis

@defendeducation.bsky.social
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History professor. Birthright citizen. Academic union activist. Past-President, Canadian Association of University Teachers @caut.bsky.social

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Study for mâtinawêwin (Sharing Food) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026
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Tech Giants Face AI Bubble as Investment Nears Dot-Com Levels, Famed Investor Warns
As large artificial intelligence (AI) companies prepare to go public, the hedge fund manager who predicted the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis is intensifying his warnings that capital spending by five ...
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AI and artistic licence?
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
At the end of the day, the Canadian government's Campus Antisemitism and Student Experiences (CASE) study is propaganda politics laundered as legitimate social science by Canadian scholars. We break down all the methodological flaws in this work of professional malpractice 👇.
To make definitively broad generalizations grounded in a small, biased selection sample is an unacceptable error, yet this is something the authors of this report repeatedly do, such as when they assert, “95.7% said they had experienced or witnessed at least one instance of antisemitism over the previous 12 months” without providing a caveat such as “of those surveyed” or a strong note on the limitations of the report’s methodology. This finding of 95 percent has, predictably, been repeated ad nauseam in the media. In fact, the authors of the report have admitted that among the very small number of respondents who indicated Zionism was not important at all to them, 92 percent said their campus was safe and inclusive for Jewish students, a finding that directly contradicts the thesis that it is Jewishness, rather than the state policy of Israel, that is the object of critique on campuses.

The 95 and 92 percent figures, taken together, index a larger problem: the incentive for participants to articulate experiences that align with broader political projects in a moment of profound polarization. It is clear beyond doubt that students with Zionist proclivities reported discrimination and those with anti-Zionist leanings reported none. So, what the study seems to reveal above all is the political orientation of its participants. It is not really possible to falsify any of the findings beyond that. If Zionist students consider critique of Israel to be a form of harm, that is what they will report. But this is not an objective measure, as evinced by the testimony of anti-Zionist students.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
During the World Cup.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Study for mâtinawêwin (Offering Food) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ain’t gonna work …
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why Trump and his cronies don't think the US is a real country and why other nations are also not legitimate.
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Regime Change and Corruption with Anne Applebaum
A recording from Timothy Snyder's live video
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...
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Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie | The Walrus
Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
America, through the looking glass ...
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Day in Labor History: September 28, 1874. The U.S. military defeated the Comanche in Palo Duro Canyon, south of modern Amarillo, Texas, largely by stealing their horse herds. This made previous Comanche ways of life, including their work cultures, impossible and forced them into a reservation!
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fall Florals Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe 2022
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Tracy @wacket.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Solidarity 💥
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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 22/09/2026
Together w/ @crashcoalition.bsky.social & @movementyvr.bsky.social, we're calling upon the Chief Coroner, Dr. Baidwan to assess the greater fatality risk of pickups and large SUVs on road safety, and to make recommendations to address these dangers. Read more: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/09/21/o...
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Oversized Vehicles. Oversized Danger.
British Columbia has become the latest province in Canada where the Chief Coroner is being asked to investigate the growing danger to pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users from pic…
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
George Orwell's Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia Cartoon by Guy Venables
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ravens' Chorus Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk 2002
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
AI and the bifurcated university.
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You Already Work at Two Universities
BY D.J. HOPKINS AND ZACH JUSTUS It’s time for your department to produce its annual assessment report. You and your colleagues have agreed on the learning outcomes to measure, and you have the data…
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak.
A line chart showing temperature anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region of the Pacific Ocean, compared to a 30-year rolling base period since 1982.

A gold line shows temperatures in 1997, a teal line in 2025, and a red line in 2026. The red line surpasses all others reaching 3.07ºC, and at an earlier point (September) than the previous El Niño that reached a comparable range in November 2015.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Une journée de septembre, marché Jean-Talon John Little 2007
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17/09/2026
The Constitution is a promise that has never once kept itself. Though it waits, every generation, to find out whether the people living under it will. It’s our turn to answer. And I refuse to believe we’re going to be the generation that went quiet. (Link below)
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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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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“The AAUP calls on UCLA Chancellor.. to withdraw his public repudiation of the UCLA School of Law symposium..& to reaffirm the academic freedom of..faculty to organize scholarly events, select speakers…without fear of institutional condemnation.” www.aaup.org/news/aaup-ca...
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AAUP Calls on UCLA Chancellor Frenk to Defend, Not Undermine, Academic Freedom
The AAUP calls on UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk to withdraw his public repudiation of a UCLA School of Law symposium and to reaffirm the academic freedom of UCLA faculty.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 16/09/2026
“State monitoring, political oversight, institutional restructuring & restrictions on university autonomy are tactics that we associate with governments such as Orbán’s Hungary or Putin’s Russia…I think seeing some of these same mechanisms emerge in US public higher ed should concern us.”
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Little Island A.J. Casson 1965
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15/09/2026
"Calling it a license plate reader is sort of a misnomer at this point because it collects so much other information," EFF’s @lisafemia.bsky.social told Southwest Florida’s WINK News.
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How advanced license plate readers build a '3D fingerprint' of Southwest Florida drivers
If you’ve driven anywhere in Southwest Florida over the last few years, chances are an automated camera logged your license plate, your vehicle’s color, and the exact time you passed
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Things are not great at Auburn www.al.com/news/2026/09...
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Protesters speak out against ‘climate of fear’ after Auburn University dissolves faculty senate
Auburn’s decision came after the Alabama Legislature put limits on the powers of faculty senates.
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Options, options ...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 10/09/2026
Canada sends the U.S. an icy message in Barry Blitt's latest Kvetchbook.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I wrote about Trump's 9/11 lies. He's been spewing this nonsense for decades. He lies out of entitlement & self aggrandizement and "believes" his own lies for the same reason. His cognitive failure is a result of moral failure, not the other way around. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/trumps-911...
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Trump’s 9/11 Lies Are A Moral Failure, Not A Cognitive One
He is a fool because he is evil, not the other way around
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
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Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Remember when John Kerry got swiftboated for his ACTUAL Silver Star, Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts?
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Who is watching whom?
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Fresh evidence that car touchscreens are a giant step backwards for road safety: "For all tasks, the touchscreen was associated with increased visual distraction." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Cattle Show Alex Colville 1955
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The panopticon society.
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I went looking for surveillance cameras in my neighbourhood: I found so many more than I thought
In the trade-off between privacy and security, it helps to know the extent of your local surveillance infrastructure. There are now easy ways to find out.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Again, the president has a chance to lead by example here and have these centers constructed next to his shitty golf courses and his tacky senior center in Palm Beach
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 02/09/2026
“Workers are fed up with unchecked corporate greed, and we’re standing with them in their fight for a fair contract.” - @aflcio.org www.huffpost.com/entry/starbu...
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Starbucks Workers Call For Boycott: 'No Other Choice'
The campaign has organized hundreds of stores since 2021 but still doesn’t have a collective bargaining agreement.
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Misplaced” item offers customer commentary on USA liquor sales at my local outlet.
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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There’s no such thing as ‘unskilled work’: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Nickel and Dimed’ 25 years later
25 years ago, Barbara Ehrenreich saw the inhumane brutality of capitalism and the invisible realities of working-class life that so many Americans ignored then but can’t ignore now.
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Brown University - Generative AI in Teaching and Learning Committee Final Report and Recommendations (July 2026)
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