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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“Do you think the lines I say have less value because you can track the input data? What about the lines you say to each other? Aren’t they the same lines you pulled from thousands of sources?” Silvia Park’s Luminous lives up to its name. #BookSky #books #SpecFic share.libbyapp.com/title/11073790

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Luminous

‘WILDLY AND, YES, LUMINOUSLY EMOTIONAL’ MATT HAIG, author of The Midnight Library * A Guardian pick: Top 5 Science Fiction Book of 2025 * Winner of the 2026 LA Times Science Fiction Book Award * Winne...

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

“while it’s just as possible to fool a meat-brain as it is an electronic one, each human brain is stupid in its own unique way. All machine intelligences, on the other hand, are alike in their stupidity” #BookSky #books #SFF Cory O’Brien’s Two Truths & a Lie is🔥 ⬇️ share.libbyapp.com/title/10872143

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Two Truths and a Lie

From the beloved internet humorist, a debut novel that introduces an unforgettable investigator to the drowned streets of L.A. in a hugely imaginative and heartfelt blend of noir and cyberpunk.In a mo...

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I love that @marthawells.com’s #Murderbot Diaries get better with each instalment Honestly, I was not emotionally prepared for a therapy-literate Murderbot. (And now I’m doing my own emotion checks) #books #BookSky #SFF share.libbyapp.com/title/9967284

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Platform Decay

A most-anticipated title from USA Today, Goodreads, BookPage, BookRiot, Seattle Times, and The Nerd Daily!Everyone’s favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestsellin...

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

if you want to read a flawless story, #BookSky, try The Corruption of Hollis Brown: friendship, community, love (romantic, friends, family, land, home, self) wrapped in great plotting & character development. Huge thanks to @pookacrafts.bsky.social for the rec <3 share.libbyapp.com/title/10972721

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The Corruption of Hollis Brown

From acclaimed author K. Ancrum comes a queer romantic thriller in which the lives of Hollis, a boy in search of meaning, and Walt, a spirit with unfinished business, collide when Walt takes possessio...

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Heavy rains brought on a convention of snails to the streets and fences of the city. Treat carefully lest it turn into a massacre. #Iasi

Snails dotting a masonry fence base in Iasi, Romania

Snails dotting a masonry fence in Iasi, Romania

Snails hanging out on the street in the rain in Iasi, Romania

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

If there’s a better place in this world to start reading @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social’s All Hail Chaos than Dublin, I don’t even want to know. Ready to be emotionally destroyed over here. Bring on the chaos! #BookSky #AllTheFeelz

The beautiful ceiling of The Bank on College Green bar and restaurant in Dublin

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Truly grateful to Libby app lists for surfacing Apparently, Sit Cameron Needs to Die by @greerstothers.bsky.social and save my sanity this November-like weekend in Toronto. #BookSky #fantasy and #SpecFic readers, do yourselves a favour and read/relish share.libbyapp.com/title/11880861

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Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die

THE INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER. In this hilarious gay fantasy romance, a reclusive sorcerer is forced to protect a cowardly knight after a prophecy ties their fates together. Funny, touching and in...

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Flavia de Luce is one of the best written, most captivating mystery series that I’d recommend to any lover of the genre, kid to adult. RIP, Alan Bradley. #BookSky www.cbc.ca/books/flavia...

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Flavia de Luce mystery writer Alan Bradley dead at age 87 | CBC Books

The Ontario-born author is known for his mystery series featuring an 11-year-old detective, that has sold over six million copies.

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

My sincerest wish for anyone rn is do not get on Rosalía’s bad side 🔥🔥🔥 m.youtube.com/watch?v=GkTW...

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ROSALÍA - La Perla (Official Video) ft. Yahritza Y Su Esencia

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Feast or famine: publishing edition, with the feasting left to the very few.

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

“It also promotes a form of individualization in which relational issues become framed as mismatched preferences instead of relational processes that require ongoing work.”

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

“Humans are often willing to put ourselves through uncomfortable things to be with others“ because “social interactions make the brain release rewarding chemicals.” Ben Rein explains Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection #BookSky #nonfiction

Cover of Ben Rein’s Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection , showing an illustration of two colourful brains hugging each other

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Mike Curato’s Gaysians is the epitome of a comfort read and I could not put it down. Do yourselves a favour, #BookSky friends, and pick up this balm of a story.

Cover of Mike Curato’s Gaysians, displaying an illustration of the four protagonists against the Seattle skyline

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

First #BookSky accomplishment of the year: finishing The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks in spite of the short attention span documented here. I liked it so much, I’m actually going to start the Culture series from the beginning. (This was the last one).

E-reader displaying end-of-book screen for The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks with 5 stars and the following stats: 35.1 hours of reading, 6 average minutes per session, and 0.5 average pages per minute

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

“The Renaissance is not a set of years, it’s our name for the idea that there was a period of change between medieval and modern, during which some special innovation, some new ingredient, some X-Factor, arrived and made the world different.” Ada Palmer’s Inventing the Renaissance: 💎📙😎 #booksky

Cover of Ada Palmer’s Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age.

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

“But nuance doesn’t sell. Pessimism does. It sounds smarter, more sophisticated, proof that you’re a clear-eyed realist... You get to be the prophet who saw it coming, brave enough to tell hard truths while collecting your advance and planning your next speaking tour.” fixthenews.com/p/the-teleme...

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The Telemetry

All the news the headlines missed in 2025.

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

"That you can in fact free that space in your mind where you're obsessed with all those names and devote that space and time to something that's distinctively for you, and that's distinctively an expression of who you are rather than a reaction to someone else." www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

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Polarizing times call for Nietzsche's practice of 'passing by' | CBC Radio

Nineteenth century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche offers us a method that can help us navigate the highly polarizing discourse that’s afflicting democracies today. IDEAS shares lessons on heal...

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

“Hype is seldom based on concrete promises,” explains Stewart. “It is, by design, a speculation boom: it generates a narrative of innovation and future value, but it is driven by logics of business and media, not education or the public good. Hype’s purpose is to generate investment.”

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

“Nearly nine in ten Canadians (88 per cent) say they are concerned about AI deception in the news, with over half (52 per cent) “very concerned.”” cjf-fjc.ca/digital-dece...

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Digital deception now a ‘daily reality’ for nearly half of Canadians, new survey reveals – Canadian Journalism Foundation

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

“Instead of telling their own stories, creatives are funneled into pre-existing IP, often with corporate-issued limitations on what kind of stories they can tell.” #BookSky reactormag.com/with-the-ser...

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With the Serial Numbers Filed Off: The Problem with Trad Pub Fanfic - Reactor

Jenny Hamilton looks closer at three Dramione fics-turned-novels publishing this year.

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

“I wonder if the emerging threat of AI is restoring a sense of vitality to the humanistic mission... the humanities enable people to feel whole within themselves...[they] help us form coherent narratives…out of the contradictions, challenges, and terrors of daily life. thelocal.to/humanities-i...

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The Humanities Aren't Dead Yet | The Local

Enrollment in the liberal arts has been in freefall for years. But despite apocalyptic declarations about the end of the humanities, in my own classroom I see signs of life.

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

“Moral convictions & emotions play a critical role in escalating disagreements. The damage caused when civil arguments are subtly replaced with moral convictions & moral emotions can impact how we co-operate & interact with one another, even in our day-to-day conversations with families & friends.”

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

“In short, these models are very good at a kind of pattern recognition, but often fail when they encounter novelty that forces them beyond the limits of their training, despite being, as the paper notes, “explicitly designed for reasoning tasks” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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When billion-dollar AIs break down over puzzles a child can do, it's time to rethink the hype | Gary Marcus

The tech world is reeling from a paper that shows the powers of a new generation of AI have been wildly oversold, says cognitive scientist Gary Marcus

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Back to my regular #BookSky posting: I loved Woodworking by Emily St. James for its loving portrayal of different White trans women’s experiences, and the reversal of the generational flow of wisdom.

Audiobook player for Woodworking by Emily St. James

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

“Biderman herself doesn't have any illusions that the likes of OpenAI will […]start being paragons of ethical data sourcing. But she hopes her work will at least get them to stop hiding what they're using to train their AI models. "Even partial transparency has a huge amount of social value"

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

“OpenAI’s push to A.I.-ify college education amounts to a national experiment on millions of students. The use of these chatbots in schools is so new that their potential long-term educational benefits, and possible side effects, are not yet established.”

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George Brown Polytechnic @gbpolytech.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Today marks the final day of Congress@GBC, and we couldn’t be prouder to be the 1st college ever to host Canada’s largest academic gathering! For over a week, we've welcomed colleagues from across Canada & the world for the 94th Annual Congress of the Humanities & Social Sciences. @federationhss.ca

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George Brown Polytechnic @gbpolytech.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Limberlost Campus lit up with vibrant dances by the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation for National Indigenous History Month and Congress @ GBC! Thank you to everyone who joined us in honouring Indigenous knowledge through meaningful, embodied learning. @federationhss.ca #Congressh

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

“What stories can you read that change you and how you operate?” Asks @jaelrichardson.bsky.social at the Care of Togetherness Big Thinking as a way to practice care. #Congressh

Kai Cheng Thom, Jael Richardson, and Kisha Supernant sit in red chairs and above on the wall is the projected image of Billy Ray Belcourt participating online in the Big Thinking panel Care of Togetherness

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Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences @federationhss.ca · 03/06/2025

“Care is one of those practices that we carry out often without any kind of robuste theoretical framework, it preceeds thoughts in many ways.” - Billy-Ray Belcourt #congressh

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Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences @federationhss.ca · 02/06/2025

"Each person in this room has a responsibility to the land which we live on. It's no coincidence that the land was found in such a beautiful state when settler colonialism began. Climate change is because of colonialism." - Melina Laboucan-Massimo #congressh

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Michael Hirsh underscores the similarities between the experimental film culture of the 1960s-1970s and the YouTube creator culture of the past decade, in terms of DIY methods and finding an audience #congressh

Michael Hirsh in conversation with Mark Jones with their respective books Animation Nation and The Starving Artist Myth in the background

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Ryan Morrison: How do we slow it down? Heather Krause: We focus on the fact that it wasn’t everybody, but only a few, and amplify it. #congressh

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Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences @federationhss.ca · 01/06/2025

“To me, AI is a very helpful tool to complement your existing critical thinking and existing work.” - Debra Lam. #congressh

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Harmful problematic view: as well as we use the right tops, formulas, the results will be value-neutral. Not true. The data will replicate all the racism, sexism issues. This is not inevitable. How does we prevent that-deploy resources for equity? 1/2 Heather Krause #Congressh

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

“Building institutional data trust with communities is crucial to ongoing data-based research, as is accountability. simply publishing peer-reviewed papers is not sufficient; the community needs to see the benefits/changes that resulted: Debra Lam at #Congressh BT Technologies of Togetherness

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Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences @federationhss.ca · 30/05/2025

[1/8] 🌟 Day 1 of #congressh at @gbcollege.bsky.social is finally here! We’re kicking off a week packed with learning, networking, and collaboration. Ready to dive in? Here’s what’s on the agenda today from @gbcollege.bsky.social:

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George Brown Polytechnic @gbpolytech.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

As part of Congress @ GBC, the Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurial Showcase highlighted bold ideas, faculty & student research, and future-shaping ventures. Big thanks to all who joined! 🔗 georgebrown.ca/research-innovation 🔗 www.georgebrown.ca/startgbc #Congressh @federationhss.ca

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

“Putting people at the centre, putting culture at the heart, that’s where the humanities and social sciences intersect with the trades”: @gbcollege.bsky.social’s Michelle McCollum #Congressh

Congress 2025 @George Brown College; The bridge between: Humanities, skilled trades, and the Future of Work

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

These student-designed mementoes are even more beautiful in real life--come and get them at #Congressh

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

“The incursions also take place amid a conservative insistence on greater “viewpoint diversity.” This push comes just as measures enacted to protect other kinds of diversity are being overturned.”

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

“Die imaginative Sogkraft, die eine solch charismatische Heldenerzählung entwickelt, speist sich aus der existenziellen Situation einer kriegerischen Begegnung, in der es um das eigene Leben und den Tod anderer geht.”

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Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

African SF story bundle ends tomorrow (Thursday). It includes my short story collection Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions, plus a ton of amazing books by amazing authors.

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Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences @federationhss.ca · 20/05/2025

✨ Looking for a spot to unwind between sessions and expand your network? The Social spaces at #congressh at @gbcollege.bsky.social are your go-to! Enjoy live performances, tasty food trucks and network with colleagues! 🔗 ow.ly/qQ5f50VVYTs

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MeMargrit @memargrit.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Our @gbcollege.bsky.social colleagues and partners are showcasing unique, compelling, and vital perspectives on working and teaching in #PSE post-secondary education at #congressh, all accessible with a community pass. See you there :)

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