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"The University of Cambridge refused to sign plagiarism detection software Turnitin’s new licence agreement, which could have allowed students’ work to be used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models."

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Uni opposes Turnitin AI training plans

The University is now exploring alternatives to the plagiarism detection service, according to the SU

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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 4h

Stephen Harper has, as we've long awaited, weighed in against Alberta separatism. But man oh man, do I have to strongly quibble with him claiming sentiment was zero when he was PM. Here's a 2014 poll putting belief in separation at 23%, which is where it sits now. nationalpost.com/opinion/step...

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WIRED @wired.com · 10h

While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in the macOS version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target.

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A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data

While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 9h

was discussing this at dinner last night: one of the many problems with trying to make policy 'that the American public wants' is that the American public change their minds all the time and are frequently very very stupid.

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 21h

OpenAI says that as of September 26, it has informed 100+ third-party organizations about unauthorized activity involving its AI agents (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h

“…Muse and similar products like Microsoft’s Copilot and OpenAI’s two days-old Dots have a ‘normal-people problem,’ requiring the average user to adjust their private lives to have AI agents solve various problems.”

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The AI Industry Has a Major Problem: Most People Aren't Freaks Who Want an AI Agent Running Their Whole Life

There's a problem for AI agents like Meta's Muse: ordinary people don't seem very interested in what they're offering.

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MrsDrJim @mrsdrjim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Hahaha, I don't even respect my wife's boundaries!" #usPoli

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These are not serious people.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Bible actually does have something to say about this: Exodus 20:16: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“faster care for one patient isn’t a system-wide reduction in waiting if someone else simply waits longer. Choice is not the same as capacity. And activity is not the same as progress.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

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Opinion: Will Alberta's dual-practice model cut surgery wait times — or only for the rich?

When my time matters most, will my place in line be determined by how urgently I need care — or by how much I can afford to pay for it?

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MrsDrJim @mrsdrjim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you even have to run ads to promote the US to Americans maybe don't act confused about why Canadians have stopped visiting. #usPoli #cdnPoli

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026

To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states

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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026

The program raises significant privacy and transparency concerns; as cities begin to place restrictions on how their Flock data can be used, it represents an end-around for federal law enforcement to access data that it might not normally be able to, and to do so without any obvious oversight body.

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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026

BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned

404media.co

How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, the tolerant will be destroyed and tolerance with them,”

theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: We must call Alberta separation what it is

It is not a movement of grievance politics. Something far more sinister is at work

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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If the separatists get the number they want (which is not necessarily a majority), they will pivot back to saying it was always about separation and not sending a message or gaining leverage.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the sad part is that survivors fought like hell to even get expulsion for rapists on the table. when I was an activist > 10 years ago, administrators were *shocked* that we wanted expulsion as a disciplinary option.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't believe in the death penalty, but I also don't believe in our legal system, and if women can't even be angry on the internet that a woman was raped for 7 hours, then just admit you also want women to be meek and quiet.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I see all the progressives calling for restorative justice and "People shouldn't call for those Cornell men to be harmed" and look, I get it. I do. But do you not see how women are always expected to ooze empathy for men when those men literally do not even see us as human?

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Also, THEY WON'T. We've seen pretty clearly that men will talk a big game about being "protectors" but don't even have the courage to denounce a friend via text in a group chat. And the state killed Eileen Wuornos. So, y'all can stop acting like we're actually putting these men's life in danger.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Men log on every day and threaten rape, torture, murder, etc. on women like myself but heaven forbid one of us says a rapist should get their ass beat. Mon Dieu.

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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 01/10/2026

Some progressives (ahem, Bernie) appear to have fully been taken in by the cult of AI. Others seem confused about the difference between the “computer god —> paper clips” scenario vs “shitty agentic AI fucks things up bc the company was careless” - which is what has been happening lately.

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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 01/10/2026

Careless companies doing careless things with half-baked tech products, resulting in real world harm - absolutely a thing. That is not “x-risk.” In the cult of AI, “x-risk” = a more-powerful-than-people synthetic entity autonomously decides to do something that wipes out humanity.

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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 01/10/2026

I absolutely know who needs to hear this, though I won’t name names. Progressive orgs need to stop pretending that “AGI” and “x-risk” are ideas to take seriously. No one is building a computer god that could go rogue and turn us into paper clips.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 01/10/2026

NDP parliamentary leader @donvdavies.bsky.social says National Post column targeting NDP leader @avilewis.ca is "appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal" The column calls for Lewis to be dealt with by way of ancient "Jewish law" while invoking loaded language used by Yitzhak Rabin's assassin

Don Davies v @DonDavies • 1h This is appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal. Threatening and inciting others to remove a Canadian political leader for his political views is outrageous. Both the author and the National Post must retract, apologize and reverse this message at once. Samira Mohyeddin /jau Absolutely diabolical. National Post puts a bullseye on Avi Lewis through the rabid ramblings of Yoni Goldstein who invokes Halakhah and Leviticus on how to deal with Jews. Writing Lewis "presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community" & other Jews are "duty- bound to = NATIONAL POST Yoni Goldstein: Jewish law tells us how to deal with Avi Lewis His Yom Kippur message was indefensible By Yoni Goldstein, Special to National Post Published Sep 29, 2026 Last updated 17 hours ago 4 minute read • 190 Comments

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@SMohyeddin • 10h = NATIONAL POST None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from causing harm. Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing. 244

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 30/09/2026

The column goes on to call for Lewis to be excommunicated, but at a bare minimum, this is very loaded rhetoric More background here: www.jta.org/archive/kill...

Killer of Rabin Testifies: Jewish Law Dictated Actions

"It was clear from Jewish law that 'din rodef applied to the prime minister," Amir reportedly testified Monday, referring to a ritual command to kill anyone who intends to cause the death of Jews.
The confessed assassin has said Rabin's peace policies endangered Israelis.

"I know Jewish law and 'din rodef means that if you've tried everything else and nothing works, then you have to kill him," Amir told the court.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 30/09/2026

The National Post is using language that seems wildly irresponsible and dangerous here Citing ancient “Jewish law,” it labels Avi Lewis as a “rodef” The ultranationalist extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin rationalized his killing on the same basis: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...

None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from
causing harm.

Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive
authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a Jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing.

It was around then that Yigal Amir, an earnest law student, made up his mind to kill the prime minister. Later he would insist he was not swayed by extremist rabbis; he had reached his own decision that Rabin - through his willingness to cede territory and to allow the creation of a Palestinian Authority, with its own armed police force - was a rodef and therefore a legitimate target. He got a weapon easily enough. With his brother, Amir was working on the creation of an anti-Palestinian militia. Nor was access difficult; on at least three occasions before the rally, Amir attended public events where Rabin was present. He was waiting for the right moment: he didn't want to shoot and miss.

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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Parks Canada should actually start using fines to these big American influencers that go to Banff National Park and use drones. They need to make an example of someone. www.instagram.com/reel/Dd7JPY6... It's a fine of up to 25k #Banff #Canada

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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... ‘Calling any of these “guardrails” is doublespeak in the strict sense: a word chosen because it means the opposite of what the clause does.’

thestar.com

Mark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeak

Subject to ministerial review, the right to strike is likely to be much weakened by Bill C-39.

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MrsDrJim @mrsdrjim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Americans still struggling with the concept that actions have consequences. #cdnPoli #usPoli

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You can absolutely have supportive wording. Trying to out-pipeline the pipeline grievance party isn't going to work.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And I think they're wrong. The focus, their focus, should be on a) the economy, and b) working people. Trying to offer a barely diluted version of the UCP's energy and economic policies gives their voters no reason to switch and non-UCP voters no reason to consider an alternative.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Albertans deserve a different vision of the province and country's energy future than the one-sided one their government is trying to feed them. Instead, we get this:

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

It’s worth pointing out that Cornell students receive consent training. Schools pivoted to primarily informal responses to sexual violence years ago. This gang rape happened because those solutions didn’t work. Survivors and their advocates have been raising an alarm about that for almost a decade.

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

All of these responses are tinged with himpathy, implying that rapists can be healed by empathy and education. You cannot educate someone who does not respect you. Men getting more empathy than their victims is why rape is so common in the first place.

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

Consent training isn’t going to stop a gang rape.

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts

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