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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 14h

Posted this in 2018. Still remember the night that prompted it. Still so relevant today. 🐝 🐝 🐝

Tweet by me saying “Every woman I know has been storing anger for years in her body and it’s starting to feel like bees are going to pour out of all of our mouths at the same time.”

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Jen @junipergal.bsky.social · 23h

"Glenbow invites qualified Blackfoot artists to submit quotes and artist packages for six (6) art commissions to be part of the newly reimagined Blackfoot Gallery, part of the museum’s reopening exhibition program in 2027." www.glenbow.org/request-for-... #YYC #Treaty7 #CallForArtists

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Glenbow invites qualified Blackfoot artists to submit quotes and artist packages for six (6) art commissions to be part of the newly reimagined Blackfoot Gallery, part of the museum's reopening exhibi...

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Studies dating back to the 80s have found that men are not just “confused” about consent. They just don’t prioritize consent over things like power, domination, and sexual gratification. Men participating in a gang rape know they don’t have the victim’s consent.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The two places where adult men experience the highest rates of sexual assault are in the military and while incarcerated. That fact alone proves that sexual assault is about power, domination and humiliation. It's about making someone "your bitch" - proving the inherent misogyny involved.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Cornell University treating Gaza protestors more harshly than gang rapists is a real statement of values. It’s almost like violent domination by the powerful is the core belief of leadership.

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Ted McCoy 🖖 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Immigrants make Alberta great.

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it's nate! @natescape.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Do you know how much has to have gone wrong for me to not like the internet

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Jen @junipergal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is why the OCAP principles are essential for First Nations data governance; this framework should be adopted by every department of all levels of government across Canada, retroactively and going forward. fnigc.ca/ocap-training/

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The First Nations Principles of OCAP® - The First Nations Information Governance Centre

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@jkbjournalist.bsky.social reopened the Epstein case; Heidi Blake seems to have restarted the UK prosecuting Andrew Tate; Ronan Farrow, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor made the system finally go after Weinstein for real. Journalism has again and again made the justice system do its job.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How we decide to act in the face of these facts *is* political. Vaccines work but we give people the choice not to get vaccinated, that’s a political statement.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!

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DB 🇨🇦 @rebelliousdb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The unsettling anxiety of feeling good.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Vaccines work" isn't a political statement. "Immigrants do not increase crime" isn't a political statement. "Climate change is real" isn't a political statement. "Genocide is bad" isn't a political statement. Stop neutralizing the power of facts by framing them as "politics." Reality matters.

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Gersande La Flèche @gersande.com · 27/09/2026

Do not be fooled: I would love a treatise.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Infinite Ice Creams - found rocks and pebbles with the addition of a popsicle stick. www.instagram.com/infinite.ice... Simple brilliance

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Jen @junipergal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I grew up in a home that had that very plate and that exact coffee pot; truly some 80s Canadian nostalgia captured here.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I left several copies of this little zine I made in my classroom at the start of the year. They are all gone now and no one has said anything but I am pleased.

Words: Why I am saying no to "AI" and saying yes to you.
Image: sharpie black boxes with a green check in on the "you" box and a red x on the "AI" box.

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Sasha Fury @sashafury.myatproto.social · 26/09/2026

Given how the US fascists have completely decimated food safety, we should no longer be importing food from the states.

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Whistleblower alleges Driscoll’s sent millions of berries with excess chemical levels to Canada

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Jen @junipergal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today was a good day. First time I've been able to say that for a stretch. Ran errands. Saw a movie. Received news that put a smile on my face and had relief run a course through a nervous system that is plagued with dysregulation. Good day.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 25/09/2026

#OtD 25 Sep 1903 abstract expressionist artist and anarchist Mark Rothko was born in a working-class, Jewish town in what is now Latvia. Moving to the US, he got involved in radical politics, including attending @IWW meetings stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9785...

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just looking up sunrise times for the next few months as one does, and I'm realizing that sunrise in Calgary under the new time zone rules will be after 9AM between November 20 and February 9. Sigh.

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Jen @junipergal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I realize I just may be wildly out of touch but as I scan a Canadian Tire flyer for the first time in a literal age, I am legit shocked to see items including the cost / month -- they're promoting that folks can *finance* a new kettle. <s> It's fine. This is all fine. </s>

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Public support for UK taxpayer-funded R&D “falls sharply” when generative artificial intelligence is involved, a study has found. While 77% support public funding for scientific research, support falls to 42% when generative AI is involved. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

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Public support for research falls sharply when it uses AI, study finds - Research Professional News

Scepticism over artificial intelligence in taxpayer-funded research “demonstrates fragility” of support within UK

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

turns out when you remove any real incentives beyond making enough money to live another day, people start realizing jobs are pretty bullshit. Who knew.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 24/09/2026

*extremely tired voice*AI agents don't "go rogue". They are not sentient; they don't have agency. They work within guardrails set by humans. If the humans are so shit at building secure sandboxes for the agents to work within, that's on the humans. Stop using this framing.

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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I get the sense that, like medieval monks, there will soon be a couple hundred people writing ideas in cursive with ink on paper, preserving real books, engaging in the scientific method, doing actual research, & safeguarding knowledge, while 99% of the world thumb into phones, “grok is this rele?”

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I get really annoyed seeing so many people say "Since everyone uses AI to write papers..." or "Referee reports now are just written by AI..." Look: Everything I have written has, for better or worse, been my own writing. Don't project your cynical expectations on my work. Seriously, screw gen-AI.

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Matt Kavanagh @mattkavanagh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The feds ran much of Canada’s immigration policy through higher ed, which created distortions. It incentivized bad actors in the post-secondary sector (fly-by-night private colleges) and forced legitimate institutions to chase international tuition fees to replace shrinking operating grants.

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Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anyway, i don’t think we should be using people’s contribution to the economy to determine their value.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Alert to Canadian Academics: The parliamentary committee report on criteria for grants (i.e. EDI) is out. It’s not good. So not a time to get too comfortable with how things are going here compared to elsewhere. Need to push back on this. EDI makes for better science. It’s not a tradeoff

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

*considers this fascist rant in light of the Alberta provincial government's scapegoating of temporary foreign workers and refugees in the upcoming referendum* 🤔

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Small Seasons @smallseasonsbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Autumnal equinox. Day and night are of equal length. Farmers drain their fields and insects hide underground. 🐛

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🔫Scott Martin🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 23/09/2026

“Hajdu says there are times in negotiations when employers or unions refuse to bargain in good faith and instead wait for the government to intervene.” Pretty much every time the government has intervened it has been because the employers are doing this. Both sidesing it is so fucking dishonest.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It shouldn’t be considered “radical” to believe people should have their basic needs met. That we’re entitled to food, water, shelter and healthcare. That they shouldn’t be things you have to “earn”. It’s far more radical to vote against taking care of people just to enrich the billionaire class.

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Polaris Music Prize @polarismusicprize.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Angine de Poitrine have won the 2026 Polaris Album Prize for Vol. 2, and SOCAN Polaris Song Prize for “Fabienk.” -- Angine de Poitrine a remporté le Prix de l’album Polaris 2026 pour Vol. 2, ainsi que le Prix de la chanson SOCAN Polaris pour “Fabienk.”

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Are We There Yet? 🇨🇦💪 @arewethereyet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Removing unions' right to strike isn't providing economic stability - it's allowing corporations to abuse their workers with the knowledge there will be no repercussions, all under the guise of national unity. #BillC39

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Autumn Arrives Nicki Ault 2022

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols walking-men.com/product/hood... Via @kottke.org

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You read that right: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar will, thanks to the approval of Trump's FCC, own 49.5% of Paramount Warner Brothers, and CBS, and CNN. One of many things to keep in mind when you cast your vote in the next six weeks.

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just encouraging all Mac users to contact Apple and tell them it's BS that Siri and Apple intelligence can no longer be fully disabled in the latest update (OS27). Reports vary by device, but between 10G and 30G of AI garbage models downloading. I just wiped and will be staying with 26 for a while 😡

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