Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 7hThis study just provides more ammunition to those in education and research arguing for very restricted and limited use of AI. It's obviously deskilling, and it even seems to harm the cultivation of character traits that we need in education and research. 02614
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Dealt with a couple of "AI" cheating cases today. The infection has spread beyond the undergrad students. Trust between instructors and (most) students is a thing of the past. Not an hour passes these days that I don't daydream about early retirement. 110
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 07/10/202644 PERCENT. This is an unrepentant combination of evil and stupidity. A fundamentally broken society. 913025
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/10/2026Trump admin demands Canada not meddle in midterms so they can meddle in separatist referendumsthebeaverton.comTrump admin demands Canada not meddle in midterms so they can meddle in separatist referendumsWASHINGTON D.C. - Trump Administration trade advisor Peter Navarro is accusing Canada of interfering in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, unfairly distracting from American efforts to interfere in ... 7420162
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Brings two tears to my eyes: one of joy for the philosophical content, one of sadness at seeing the dire condition of that copy of TJ. 121
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It’s a bit rich for US officials like convicted felon Peter Navarro to warn Canada against intervening in US politics given their support for the traitorous secessionists in Alberta. Still, the comprehensive rank incompetence of the Albertan secessionist “leaders” is rather reassuring.theglobeandmail.comThe elephant in the roomAlberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province 111
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I got a useful tip: don't use that shit. 1424
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My favourite "OSR" ("old school renaissance") role-playing game. (Although I'm a bit biased, as I contributed a number of rules.) 020
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Robert Talisse @roberttalisse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Senator Schmitt: "Do you believe that social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both (a) reasonably expected to be to everyone’s advantage, and (b) attached to positions and offices open to all?" Jack Smith : "That is Jack Rawls" 1101
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Dr. Sokolov has documented Canadians apologizing to people who bump into them, to animals, to bacteria, to inanimate objects [...], to platonic ideals, to nebulous concepts, and to the spacetime continuum itself, but she is unequivocal that Canadians will never apologize to Trump"thebeaverton.comTrump becomes only object on Earth exempt from Canadian urge to apologize"Canadians will say they’re sorry, in that particular Canadian pronunciation, to literally anything, but they won’t say it to Donald Trump." 000
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Impressive speech from UK PM Burnham. Ambitious and moving — the best political speech I’ve heard in a long time.m.youtube.comAndy Burnham's speech to Labour Party Conference - 2026YouTube video by Labour Party 010
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’ theonion.com/creatively-tapped-out-… 263119473
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026No matter what happens in the 2026 midterms -- or even the 2028 presidential election -- Canadians will never trust the United States the way it used to. The north remembers. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...nationalobserver.comAmerica still doesn't understand how deep the rift goesMemo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you 37480170
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 28/09/2026Weird how this keeps happening. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comOpenAI's Supposed Mathematical Breakthrough Devolves Into Explosive Drama as Mathematician Accuses It of Stealing His WorkA mathematician has made startling claims about OpenAI after the AI company claimed to have solved a huge problem in math. 23714
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 28/09/2026That's de Adder's take: www.hilltimes.com/cartoon-dead... 0219
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026AI is the Gyges' ring of student work: it offers perfect concealment of wrongdoing. If Glaucon is right, then everyone will use it to do injustice (cheat), & will be wise to do so. If Socrates/Plato is right, then doing so also harms the wrong-doer, whose soul will be malformed into misery by it. 518338
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Hearing someone say ‘we could go there but it might be a bit quiet’ as if that’s a bad thing. 4445
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Greenland “deal” epitomizes Trump. A huge amount of drama, a huge amount of damage that won’t be fixed for years and maybe never. And in the end he gets literally nothing but the diplo equivalent of Danish FIFA peace prize. 🏆 Stood down by Greenland and Denmark. Both hilarious and pathetic. Sad! 29998186
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 19/09/2026Live shot of the BC Conservative Party caucus. 619220
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 18/09/2026Trump says Canada having more friends is bullyingthebeaverton.comTrump says Canada having more friends is bullyingWASHINGTON, D.C. - United States President Donald Trump has blasted Canada’s recent cozying up to the European Union, going as far as to say that forging the new partnership is tantamount to picking o... 13477102
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 17/09/2026AFAICT, for USians "mandate" means "the party/candidate I support won." Generally speaking, though, it's not a helpful term IME. 110
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Spot on. The fact that DJT was elected *twice* shows that the US is simply not a minimally responsible country. If you repeatedly give the car keys to a drunkard, the problem is you. 084
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Micah Schwartzman @micahschwartzman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Publication day for this volume. My thanks to co-editors @nelsontebbe.bsky.social and Cécile Laborde, and to a terrific set of authors, for seeing it through. Thanks also to Anna Schuleit Haber for allowing us to include her artwork in the cover design. global.oup.com/academic/pro... 0106
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out. 351441412
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 14/09/2026Tech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't workthebeaverton.comTech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't workSILICON VALLEY - The CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and GrokAI have released a statement agreeing that claiming artificial intelligence "could potentially kill all humans" sounds much more awesome than just admitting that they blew a fortune on glorified chatbots. 241090381
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026nuclear deterrence works 3562482
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Former PM Jean Chrétien effectively communicates—in his singular style—Canadian values and grit.m.youtube.comFormer Canada Prime Minister: "Never mistake our generosity for weakness."YouTube video by C-SPAN 021
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 09/09/2026The first thing we do, let’s kill all the chat bots. - Shakespeare 1704
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 07/09/2026Labour Day parade’s 'precarious workers float' cancelled last minute after being called into workthebeaverton.comLabour Day parade’s precarious workers float cancelled last minute after being called into workThis is the ninth time the float has been cancelled in as many years. 324551
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Another brilliant work of art from Michael de Adder. I recently downloaded MapQuest and plan to use it in the future. (Wish I knew how to do without Apple products altogether...) 093
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 06/09/2026We begin by acknowledging the influence of Jerry (G A) Cohen on our respective decisions to pursue political philosophy. (If you want a good laugh, check out Cohen's explanation of “The German Idea of Freedom” on Youtube – you will not be disappointed!) 000
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 06/09/2026For “New Books in Philosophy” (part of The New Books Network), I discuss _Political Philosophy: The Puzzle of Legitimate Injustice_ (OUP 2026) with Jonathan Quong (USC). newbooksnetwork.com/political-ph... #philsky #philosophy #polphil #moralphilnewbooksnetwork.comJonathan Quong, "Political Philosophy: The Puzzle of Legitimate Injustice" (Princeton UP, 2026) - New Books Network 142
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026These snivelling cowards. Canadians will not forget that America treated Putin's Russia like its best friend and us like an enemy. Ever. 921199427
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Canada has declared its independence from a dying empire. This is an important discussion with Stephen Marche host of the Gloves Off Podcast. Canada has openly defied a reckless regime and we aren't going back. But the collapse of the American order presents serious risk. youtu.be/rnBmndKhBWc?...youtu.beTHE USA IS A DYING EMPIREYouTube video by Charlie Angus 1621069
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Absolutely disgusting stuff Why are we this way 9589
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Reasoning about public reason again in Manchester this week (my fifth time)...research.manchester.ac.ukTheories of Public Reason 010
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 31/08/2026America: We will crush Canada in this trade war. *eats lettuce, dies* 1349298
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Smug idiot does not understand what is happening. 2913236
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣) 557241366664
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 31/08/2026Google Maps changes name to Lake America after people start to forget tech giants also pretty awfulthebeaverton.comGoogle Maps changes name to Lake America after people start to forget tech giants also pretty awfulMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - Google Maps has changed the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" for their U.S. users, after realizing President Trump's willful malevolence had distracted the public from how te... 1436891
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I hear a lot of smart professional people talk about how the latest AI makes quiet a good research assistant/fact checker now and all I can think is they are literally cannibalizing the future of research and writing by using AI rather than teaching people how to do it. Pulling up the ladder behind. 1211
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/08/2026A Parliamentary committee should convene next week and issue a legal summons to the executives of Google Canada to explain why they are actively undermining our sovereignty. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...nytimes.comGoogle Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America Following Trump’s Executive OrderUsers in the United States will see the new label, following President Trump’s executive order last week. 64515178
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 27/08/2026We should expropriate any companies operating in Canada that go along with Trump’s fake renaming nonsense. It’s time for some material consequences. 625849
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Yeah, aside from the shock at how that post exploded, I was most amazed at the number of people who inverted TJT’s “big lie“ regarding 2020 for Harris’s loss in 2024. The further spread of conspiracist rationalizations is another malignant consequence of the DJT era. 220
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I’ll keep saying it: The issue the world has with America goes deeper than Trump. It’s the institutions that enable and fail to check the American threat to peace, order, decency and justice. bsky.app/profile/dkmu... 55720
Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 25/08/2026To my dying day I will regard it to be the blackest of marks that the US electorate conferred upon one of the worst human beings to have ever lived the US presidency, not once but twice. 🇨🇦 518105912357
Reposted by Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Such fucking loser energy 5275