3 days left to submit a proposal for our member organized panel on Indigenous Horror: accute.ca/2026-call-fo... @accute.bsky.social @nsborwein.bsky.social

Exciting news! Lance Sampson, who is the musician Aquakultre, has filed an Application with the Canadian Minister of Justice to review the conviction of Lance's great-great grandfather, Daniel Sampson. Yesterday, Aquakultre released the official video of "Gallows," about Daniel Sampson. 1/6

Exploitation all the way down: generative AI is built upon terrible human misery Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

Thank you for all your support in making this possible, @cupescfp.bsky.social, @cupens.bsky.social, @caut.bsky.social, @cautdefencefund.bsky.social! We went from being the lowest paid in the region to being among the highest paid! 🎉🤩 😎 #CDNPSE #canlab

Congratulations, SMU colleagues! Well fought/bargained!

Tis the season

From: [email protected] To: [email protected], [email protected] Great movie

SMU Part-Time Faculty have a tentative agreement! SMU PT members, check your email for more information. #SMUstrike #FairDealNow #cdnpse #canlab

We're back at the table with SMU today! Let's cheer on our Bargaining Team as they fight for fair wages and fair work for SMU Part-Timer Faculty! We're also back at the picket line—all welcome, we love to see supporters.

Just a little reminder that you can travel the world with Romancing the Gothic! Explore the supernatural, the Gothic, and the horrible in countries around the world with our talks map! padlet.com/hollyhirst84...

#SMUstrike It’s time for a #FairDealNow #cdnpse @caut.bsky.social

#SMUstrike It’s time for a #FairDealNow @cupe3912.bsky.social @cupens.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

WEATHER UPDATE: IN PERSON PICKETING FOR MONDAY CANCELLED The weather is looking potentially risky for picketers tomorrow due to rain, wind, and thunderstorms. Therefore, we will move to virtual strike duties tomorrow. Online picketing will be available for all members from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.

“The list of items that can be recycled has also been expanded. Hot and cold beverage cups…” Big news, but I’ll miss the signs around Dal that sound judgemental when they say “ALL COFFEE CUPS ARE GARBAGE”

Had a great panel and launch for the Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction at #Halcon2025! But we totally forgot to get pictures! :( Thanks to @heleninwords.bsky.social @kalahirtleclarke.bsky.social @juliamwright.bsky.social and Cher Hann! @halconscificon.bsky.social @broadviewpress.bsky.social

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Today, in solidarity with striking academic workers of @cupe3912.bsky.social in Mount St Vincent University & Saint Mary’s University, External Officer Marurika holds @cuasa.ca flag, with @cautdefencefund.bsky.social flying picketers ✈️🪧 @caut.bsky.social @ottawalabour.bsky.social

Flying the @caut.bsky.social flag with @cupe3912.bsky.social and the @cautdefencefund.bsky.social

If you enjoy watching talks by experts in Gothic and horror that are free to access and made internationally available... why not support the project so I can keep running it and keep paying people to participate. www.patreon.com/c/romancingt...

Teresa Heffernan on how AI is shaped by fiction Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

As usual, @suzannerent.bsky.social's reporting is detailed and revealing. But those details aside, can we acknowledge just how cowardly Fillmore is? He's afraid of speaking with a reporter? Coward. That word defines Fillmore's entire political career. Coward.

Postcards—with discount codes!—I’ll have at my Saturday evening panel at #Halcon2025! halcon2025.sched.com/event/2AShp/...

Tell SMU admin what you think about the fact that PT Profs at SMU earn less than minimum wage and have been forced to the picket line, impacting students' degrees! @caut.bsky.social @ansut.bsky.social Solidarity with @cupe3912.bsky.social SMU! win.newmode.net/canadianasso...

Not to mention making any self-funding harder by paying TAs and PTAs a fraction of what they’re worth. I’m both exhausted and enraged by Kim Brooks’s indifference to anything but the appearance that she cares.

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Précisément : This is the Carney government in Canada. Even members of his insider “AI” Task Force are alarmed. I’ve been party to dozens of rush consultations in Canada and Holland. The shortest ones for narrow policy ranges were 60–90 days. This dangerous, wide-ranging area was given 30 days.

Position in Indigenous Literatures and Creative Writing and Practices, U of Calgary, Alberta: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1699885...

I interviewed Ed Zitron for today's Morning File. Ed Zitron calls bullshit on AI hype

The print version of my anthology is out in a few weeks, but the electronic version is now available and on sale at the link. In the free preview (linked) you’ll also be able to read all of the front matter—including the futurisms and thematic tables of contents—and the full intro.

And what does the Canadian gov mean by "AI"? Which, as @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social explain ("The AI Con"), at best, is a marketing term? Why should we "build trust in its use" around a sales pitch instead of paying attention to the research?

As a Canadian researcher/academic, it's beyond discouraging that the federal gov't is rolling out the welcome mat for foreign assistant professors, doctoral students and postdocs, while *cutting* domestic research funding and doing nothing to support those of us who are already here, doing the work.

Consider submitting a proposal to our ACCUTE 2026 panel on Indigenous Horror: Generic Disruptions @nsborwein.bsky.social @accute.bsky.social accute.ca/wp-content/u...

Thank you to the many Unions and organizations who have donated to support our striking MSVU and SMU Part-Time Faculty. Go here to see the full list: cupe3912.ca/2025/10/29/t...

Come check us out this weekend @halconscificon.bsky.social where @kalahirtleclarke.bsky.social and @heleninwords.bsky.social and I share our many, many thoughts on death and dying and the many fabulous undead monsters. halcon2025.sched.com/event/2ASew/...

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

You failed to mention that Indigenous people are shouldering 20% of your austerity budget cuts. This is #apartheid in Canada. Following in your father's footsteps, as predicted.

Please send a letter to support our @cupe3912.bsky.social colleagues! Enough is enough! It’s time to take remember the mission of our institutions and who delivers it!

If you are struggling to understand what #motonormativity looks like, this thread is for you! #CarBrain #NoFreeParking

i’ve said this before but lemme say it again. it makes absolutely 0 sense to talk about “misuse” of llms because there is no clear use or purpose for llms to begin with. genAI is a purposeless tech floating around looking for uptake 1/

This opinion piece is typical of the AI hype genre. First, it makes huge assertions: AI increases productivity, that it "fosters innovation," and so forth, without citing any sources for those assertions. Second, it ignore the enormous social and environmental costs of LLM and such. 1/2

Members of @cupe3912.bsky.social are striking for a fair deal from @smuhalifax.bsky.social and @msvuhalifax.bsky.social , and need your support. Visit cupe.ca/for-our-future and take action to stand up for our future!

If you’re going to Hal-con, come check out our panel / book launch for my anthology! Featuring @heleninwords.bsky.social @kalahirtleclarke.bsky.social, Cher Hann, and @juliamwright.bsky.social #Halcon2025 @halconscificon.bsky.social @broadviewpress.bsky.social

This is fabulous news. The deal was hard fought, and it has some huge gains that set us up well for future negotiations. On top of that, it’s definitely a relief to be able to plan Shirley Jackson lectures instead of strike tactics!

Dal Tentative Agreement Passed Ratification Vote! 85.5% of members voted YES.

To be clear, it seems they are asking for disaggregated, confidential data with a clear intent to attack academic freedom along bigoted, ideological lines. Sign the petition here to demand the Tri-Council refuse to hand over your protected and private data. 2/2 #cdnpse

I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.

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Shoutout to my @cupe3912.bsky.social colleagues for the always impeccable vibes. Blasting Cher, using picket flags to make sure traffic stops for students crossing the street from the bus stop. Your care is noticed and appreciated by your colleagues! #SMUStrike