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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 🇺🇦

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
October Gold Franklin Carmichael 1922
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 15h
Autumn Foliage Tom Thomson 1916
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"John" is an H-2A worker harvesting apples in Western NY. "We spend our day climbing up and down ladders, filling up a 30-40lb bag full of apples. Because of the Trump wage cuts we're earning less this year than in the past for the same thing. That isn't fair." #WeFeedYou
A New York apple orchard
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/10/2026
Trump announced that a group of companies—including OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Palantir, and Amazon—have committed over $2.4 billion to accelerate American scientific research. In other words, he's replacing established research institutions with the corporations that have curried favor with him.
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Trump calls on AI to speed up science—while continuing to defund it
Tech firms are giving big to a White House AI science program amid the destruction of institutions like the NIH.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is what Christo-fascism looked like — specifically the Romanian fascism of the 1930s. Hegseth is a Christo-fascist. (1/3)
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The robotic future?
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Startups are hiring low-paid gig workers to train robots on manual labour
We got a firsthand look at what it’s like to record yourself for AI-powered humanoid robots to learn from
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Rain Clouds A.J. Casson 1976
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
science.org
‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research
Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The broader implications of Brazil's elections.
theguardian.com
Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim jolt for climate campaigners
Inquest under way into why President Lula’s success in curbing Amazon deforestation has not lead to success at polls
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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 06/10/2026
We celebrate Eva Marie Saint, who died today at 102. A #SagAftraMember since 1947, Saint won an Oscar for her film debut in 'On the Waterfront' and starred in 'North by Northwest.' An advocate for organized labor, she leaves an enduring example for generations of union members.
Eva Marie Saint looking into the camera. 
Photo credit: PhotofestMarlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint in 'On the Waterfront.' 
Photo credit: Columbia Pictures/Photofest © Columbia PicturesCary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in 'North by Northwest.' Photo credit: Photofest
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Buddy on guitar covers Billy Joel, "We didn't Start the Fire".
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I spelled out "superpower suicide" in this essay from May 2026. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power, and succeeded with such rapidity. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
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On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/10/2026
I can't believe I have to say this: Richard Nixon was corrupt and Congress was right to force him out. But, according to Trump's DOJ and a GOP congressman, Nixon was subject to a Deep State coup. Nonsense. This is just Trump trying to rewrite the past to obscure his corruption today. Link below ⬇️
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Deeply concerning for multiple reasons, including the bolsonaristas destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
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Brazil’s presidential race goes to second round as Flávio Bolsonaro leads incumbent Lula
Far-right challenger and son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro put in a stronger than expected showing, with Lula calling the result ‘unexpected’
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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
theguardian.com
Incinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian books
A Ukrainian publishing boom sparked by the 2022 invasion is now under threat from the force and frequency of Russian attacks
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OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’
David Robinson joins other insiders in urging industry to take more care over rapidly developing technology
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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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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
theenergymix.com
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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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That’s a whole lotta brain power.
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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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