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David Hunter

@dhunterto.bsky.social
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Professor of Philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). I paddle my own canoe. To find my publications, visit PhilPeople. philpeople.org/profiles/david-hunter

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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This post is so good I’m done with Bluesky for the day
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
But your flag decal won’t get you into Heaven anymore…
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Our first mortgage, in Buffalo in 1998, was 7.25% and nobody could believe it was so low.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Great post.Alex’s juice is always worth the squeeze!
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Daniel Stoljar @danielstoljar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Philosophy jobs at ANU! #PhilJobs #philsky philjobs.org/job/show/32149
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Lecturer in Philosophy (Continuing - 2 positions), Australian National University - PhilJobs:JFP Lecturer in Philosophy (Continuing - 2 positions), Australian National University
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What Canadians now see is that American politicians are not serious or courageous enough to be trusted.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Putin must have the triple-X Epstein tapes
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe if we all said that the US got $50 Billion more in stuff than Canada this simpleton would take his nap.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Can’t wait to visit when President Harris unveils the new Miles Davis Center for the performing arts.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A question for philosophy graduate school admission committee members: in light of A.I. and LLM, have you changed your view of writing samples or do you think a change is coming?
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Surprisingly naive today. Trump’s team doesn’t really believe their actions are likely to create a booming economy. They are transferring wealth to a super elite. And pocketing lots along the way. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 13, 2026
On Saturday, September 12, Dario Amodei, the chief executive officer of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, published a 3,800-word essay calling for AI companies to slow down their improvem...
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New research says current climate models don’t account for warming-induced emissions www.cbc.ca/news/science...
cbc.ca
'Feedback loop' from wildfires, permafrost thaw in Canada causing even more climate change, new study shows | CBC News
These climate feedback loops, where climate change triggers more greenhouse gas emissions that in turn feed into even more climate change, could add 20 to 30 per cent more warming over current estimat...
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Epstein Class Plea: if you stop squirming this will all be over soon.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Make a band edible: The Strawbs
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
AI doesn’t kill anybody, people kill people using AI. Like when Elon Musk’s DOGE boyz used AI to shut down USAID.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Increasing fines for transit riders but Ford makes it illegal to use cameras to ticket drivers speeding down my neighborhood street www.thestar.com/news/gta/ste...
thestar.com
Steeper fines for GO and UP riders begin today. Here’s what you need to know
The fine hike proposed in March is coming into effect resulting in steeper penalties for fare evaders.
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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The proclamations say the U.S. will also remove tariffs from a series of products, including salt, toilet paper, refined lead and fishing rods.” www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Export tariff on toilet paper, Mr Carney. Do it. It’ll be hilarious.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great column by Kerah Gordon-Solmon, a philosopher at Queens. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
As a professor at the start of a new school year, I have a question: Will my students even read the essays ChatGPT writes for them?
Everybody knows that everybody else is using AI to write essays — and the fact that everybody knows it keeps everybody using it.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I can’t teach students how to use the tools they’ll need in their career because we don’t know what they will be. I can teach people to be good philosophers, which is pretty rewarding. And a good philosopher can usually figure out how to use a tool. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Universities should stop treating AI as a cheating problem
Educational leaders need to start creating a mixed model that includes both deep learning and instruction on AI tools
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ever a beacon of courage, the wise G&M elders neither oppose nor endorse using the only tool we have. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
theglobeandmail.com
Globe editorial: The right kind of retaliation to Donald Trump’s tariffs
Retaliatory tariffs will harm Canada’s economy, but they could underscore the harms of the President’s trade war in the upcoming midterm elections
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“When you buy groceries, for instance, you give the store money and all they give you is food. Total rip-off. So we are looking very strongly into this Biden administration ripoff.”
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A newscaster interviewing Trump asks, “Of the 15,000 lies you have told the public while in office, which one is your favorite. Trump’s face reddens and he answers, “I don’t lie!” The newscaster smiles and says, “yeah, that’s my favorite one too.” =====================
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 03/09/2026
Hegseth pauses busy schedule of inspecting soldiers’ scrotums to make weird comments about Canadian teens’ bodies
thebeaverton.com
Hegseth pauses busy schedule of inspecting soldiers’ scrotums to make weird comments about Canadian teens’ bodies
WASHINGTON D.C. - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has posted disparaging comments about female Canadian Air Force cadets, all while maintaining his busy schedule of personally inspecting the testicles o...
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I have to weed this site to get rid of the constant invasive idiocy from south of Lake Ontario.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Release the Epstein files
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Staples (🇺🇸) is now open for some ON teachers. How do prices stack up against the TDSB supply centre for classroom basics? TDSB: $290.38 Staples: $668.98 Staples Teachers: $584.56 But Paul Calandra took over the TDSB claiming financial mismanagement and Doug Ford wants you to #BuyCanadian. #OntEd
A chart comparing the prices for basic classroom items such as dry erase makers, tissues, and pencils for the TDSB distribution catalogue, the regular Staples website, and the Staples for Teachers website where elementary classroom teachers can spend $750 each from the $60M Doug Ford and Paul Calandra moved out of public education classrooms and programs that support students. A chart comparing the prices for basic classroom items such as dry erase makers, tissues, and pencils for the TDSB distribution catalogue, the regular Staples website, and the Staples for Teachers website where elementary classroom teachers can spend $750 each from the $60M Doug Ford and Paul Calandra moved out of public education classrooms and programs that support students. 

The totals are:
TDSB: $290.38
Staples: $668.98
Staples Teachers: $584.56
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Hydronomy” is now also a Canadian form for mocking stupid narcissists.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The incoherence in this essay suggests Google is being run by grade school dropouts high on their own supply
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Even with Ford’s pearls of wisdom, this remains my favourite line about the tarrifs.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Natalie should get her facts straight
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A pleasant upside to the trade war is hearing Ford whine the Trump is a bully.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/08/2026
Trump: "Canada has been ripping off the US for years...On January 1, Tariffs on all Cars, Automotive Parts, & Steel, will be increased to 50%...Canada will be treated like a State no longer! On Trade & in other ways they are among the worst Nations to deal with. WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!"
Trump: "Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years. Their ridiculously high tariffs on our Farmers and farm products has made life impossible for these great American Patriots, and has long created a 60 Billion Dollar Deficit between our two Countries. Not sustainable, and NOT ANYMORE! On January First, 2027, Tariffs on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel, will be increased to 50%. Build in the U.S. and there are ZERO TARIFFS. Canada will be treated like a State no longer! On Trade, and in other ways, also, they are among the worst Nations in the World to deal with. They feel entitled, and yet, WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US! They do 95% of their business with the U.S., with us, the exact opposite! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Does Natalie understand that tariffs are taxes?
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“For #Canada, the choice came down to either severe but temporary #economic instability or binding itself to a pseudo-democratic fiscal basketcase of a nation …” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/o... #CanadaSky
nytimes.com
Opinion | Mark Carney Did What Canadians Elected Him to Do
Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It is true that Trump is stupid, doesn’t understand simple math, and is profiting off the tarrif chaos. It’s also true that Democrats are unlikely to remove the tarrifs.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
When Carney says the US has changed he means that the Democrats won’t remove these tariffs and will probably use similar rhetoric.
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edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I don’t know how to explain to you that flat earthers being underrepresented in NASA is not actually oppression
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Philosophers love cats because cats are so petantic. #philosophy
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Maybe Trump can force the LCBO to stock Kentucky bourbon. But he can’t make me buy it.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Hey, can someone forward me Bret’s piece demanding restitution for the ICE murders in Minnesota? Or for the children Trump’s goons separated from their families? I somehow can’t find them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Yes, Woke 1.0 Was Crazy. Now Where’s the Accountability?
The damage was real and long-lasting.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“Only a fool would give something real in exchange for a Donald Trump promise.” Really hope that Mark Carney reads @deanbaker13.bsky.social deanbaker22.substack.com/p/south-kore...
deanbaker22.substack.com
South Korea Goes to Shakedown Shack: The Trump White House
Trump once again shows his commitments are worthless
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“Writing is the technology of thinking.”
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
That’s a good idea. The multi-millionaires who have long benefited from property laws and tax loopholes should roll up their sleeves and clean the High Street!
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dame @dame.is · 17/08/2026
i would like your help with a social art project this post is the project the goal is for this post to receive ZERO likes… only replies, reposts, or quotes once it's liked, replies are immediately disabled, thereby finishing the piece this is take #17 dame.is/creating/ratioed/17
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Is it bad that the AG can't distinguish between "right" and wrong?
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
@vanessawilliamson.bsky.social makes the interesting point that GOP hatred of taxation was always disguised hatred of democracy and that now the rich are powerful enough that the disguise is no longer needed. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/vanessa-wi...
paulkrugman.substack.com
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I know that China, Iran, and North Korea are about to enter the war in Ukraine, with the US refusing to act, but can you believe that philosophy paper scandal?!
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Trump is also demanding first access to Canada’s rare earth minerals as part of the trade “deal”.
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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The incoherence is stunning. Canada is abiding by the letter of the trade agreement, but should ignore the letter of the trade agreement in order to show Trump what abiding by the letter of a trade agreement looks like. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
theglobeandmail.com
Globe editorial: The U.S. is right to be sour over dairy quotas
Ottawa should fulfill the spirit of its 2018 commitment to allow U.S. dairy producers greater access to Canada’s market
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The ‘supervisor’s idea that writing philosophy papers is about efficiently “performing a task” and that “human philosophy professors will have to find new tasks to perform” is the saddest shit I’ve ever heard a philosopher say. Why did he even bother with philosophy? Just be an accountant it’s fine
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