While demand for timely data on migrants & refugees grows, recruiting them for surveys can be challenging. Could ads on #Facebook and #Instagram be part of the answer? In this piece, @somardrawoh.bsky.social & I unpack promises and the pitfalls. [2/4]

New Canadian border bill will have a profound impact on immigration and refugee claims. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

The disinformation being produced by AI is alarming, especially when produced by governments that legitimate it. The MAHA Report’s AI fingerprints, annotated www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

This more or less says a lot!

In case worrying about tariffs was not enough, a bigger problem is fast approaching and humans are frogs boiling themselves in the water they have boiled. Why, cause earth could cross a key climate threshold in two years. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Attn: the special issue of SMR on Generative AI in Sociology is now online. The whole issue is fire, but the introduction by @thomasdavidson.bsky.social and Danny Karell is a must read, covering prompting, measurement, and simulations. It's a road map for soc sci research in the genAI era. +

Just what the world needs. Synthetic echo chambers of one. A whole new level of amusing ourselves to death. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mark...

Looking for terminology for the times? Umberto Eco may offer some insight and language. www.nybooks.com/articles/199...

This will be Cambridge Analytica on steroids...! AI is more persuasive than a human in a debate, study finds www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

So, i guess that as of last night Canadians have more or less become Edmonton Oiler Fans...!?!?

How to solve the problem of misinformation? Stop studying it... apparently NSF will no long fund work on it. We will soon be saying, "what misinformation"....! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...

How to do better science? Engage those who disagree... or just do science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Apparently, there is an environmental cost to being polite with AI. Also affects results. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/t...

Canadians want it both ways: address climate change but build pipelines. Fascinating research led by @dbtindall.bsky.social vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Voyons donc! www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/vid...

The cover says it all...

New Stats Can interactive tool shows that for the 2018 cohort, those with university degrees out earn those with college degrees both two and five years from graduation. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-60...

The cost of not funding news outlets and having the tech giants shun Canadian news content: disinformation. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/t...

Not sure an executive order calling for a baby boom will lead to one. So far no country or policy has reversed population decline after it falls below replacement. This is potentially one of the biggest issues humanity is facing in the 21st century www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

Trump’s proposal to abandon Africa is short sighted and misses that some of the fastest growing economies in the world are in the region as well as population growth. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

These images and stories from yesterday's mobilizations across the US are inspiring, but one thing that is visibly absent from Resistance2.0 so far is young people. Based on conversations with youth and campus organizers I know and data I've collected, here are some likely reasons (short 🧵)

Wondering what 50501 is? Rolling Stone offers a glimpse of its emergence www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Ross Douthat op-ed today hits the nail on the end of many aspects of the profound changes we are experiencing and the need to think about how it is reshaping politics. What does "existential crisis" mean for the contestation of power? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

Today will witness another round of 50501 protests. More Americans are voicing alarm over the democratic backslide the country is experiencing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

America is torching its own science. Funding cut, talent purged, cranks in charge. Research halted, progress sabotaged. Future Americans will be sicker, poorer, and powerless. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Canadians have more faith than Americans in scientists, less in religious leaders and tech platforms! angusreid.org/canada-us-tr...

Really? This is the best use of resources?

An unexpected outcome of the Trump tariff policies...

Looking for something to procrastinate with today? Vote compass is always and option :-) votecompass.cbc.ca

Not a good omen for fighting climate change. Striking is how young people seem to be turning away from electric vehicles. Is this cause they are opting out of vehicles altogether or moving away from this low carbon option? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

So much discussion of mis- and dis-information in Canada these days. While it is occurring and a problem, it is often deployed to undercut positions and data people disagree with. It should be used like a curse word, sparingly and effectively.

Do you think of SK or AB when you hear "sovereignty crisis" in Canada? angusreid.org/smith-shapir...

The headline says it all: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The passing of Jeff Reitz is sad news to share for Canadian Sociology and those working on issues of Canadian Immigration. munkschool.utoronto.ca/gml/news/mem...

Bluesky... you need to develop group DMs! That is such a big missing component to this platform.

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Taste of Trump a great way to get over a hangover www.halifaxexaminer.ca/world/canada...

Si vous cherchez le terme approprié pour désigner le moment présent ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

As Americans are looking the other way, the Trump regime is literally re-writing reality through the deletion and manipulation of data. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Not sure how many people in the research community have been paying attention to the creation of the Canada Research Training Awards. It will consolidate existing scholarship and fellowship programs across agencies into a single suite of programs www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...

We're in a moment of crisis of national identity, and it's driving people to think about what is Canadian! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

New @angusreidorg data showing just how much the US has slid in the eyes of Canadians. Expect this will keep falling. angusreid.org/trump-tariff...

Will tonight's #4nationsfaceoff be an epic moment of Canadian nation building? Only if you pay for the NHL app, Sportsnet, Sirus XM, or TVA Sports.

Prediction on the Ontario election: low voter turnout.

Terrible and sad news for the Sociology community. www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/o...

If we can find an opportunity amid the current challenges, it would be to re-articulate what Canada is, what the Canadian identity is, and what our national vision should be www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As they say in French!

Some thoughts on Canadian identity. Trump's expansionist rhetoric forces Canada to have a discussion about it. Especially in English Canada. cbc.ca/listen/live-...

This is the problem of focusing policy on GDP instead of quality of life or sustainability. One can have great GDP without people or at the cost of people. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/b...

Can one say gaslighting? Though seems too light a word. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...