Nova Scotia, what are we waiting for?

There are a few people who are very heavily invested in this tech. They have a lot of resources and a very strong interest in getting you to believe that this stuff delivers what it promises. But it doesn’t.

I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

this is a Must Read the reality of how these apps work is much worse than you've imagined

The immense pressures to recoup investment make the trajectory for generative AI look the same as for so many other recent tech innovations: users will pay (more), and the user experience will get *significantly* worse. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Prince called. He suggested that you party like it’s 1999. (Posting this makes me a little sad, actually)

I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet

Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Insightful commentary from Kate Ashley @kmans.bsky.social on the NS Government's recent overreach with our Universities www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/w...

NSians: there is a class action lawsuit against NS Power (link to join the suit in the story) www.halifaxexaminer.ca/economy/util...

We remember them always. Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? I’m done for.

“Shaming the public as rubes for succumbing to conspiracy theories misses what people are trying to tell us: They no longer feel included in the work of choosing their future.” (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...

11 years ago today, 12 year old Tamir Rice was gunned down by police officers on Cleveland’s west side. The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in. Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.

Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

Future Heritage Minute

I’m always taken aback when I see this painting because I walk past this exact spot 2-3 times a week, at least. On the building wall that is just outside of the frame, there are now large prints of several Colville paintings

Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

"Collectively, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Norway increased their oil and gas production by nearly 40 percent between 2015 [Paris Agreement signing] and 2024. In the rest of the world, combined oil and gas extraction dropped by 2 percent over the same period" oilchange.org/publications...

Fortunately, the Leafs have spent decades preparing Toronto sports fans for crushing heartbreak

Jaysus

Hit the pitcher lol

Bo knows baseball

Hey @bsky.app: We don’t need more tools for generating anti-sociality. Dislike.

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

Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

My inner Leafs fan is convinced this is just a trick to get my hopes up. But still.

And it’s after midnight in the Atlantic time zone

“Put simply, the technology that OpenAI and co are pushing threatens the very raison d'être of universities.”

What even is happening

GRAND SLAM!

It’s #FairEmploymentWeek & @cupe3912.bsky.social are on strike seeking: fair employment. CAS research, build community & teach. Yet over half juggle multiple contracts to make ends meet. Imagine the potential if their work was valued with fair pay & stability. #MakeItFair#ANSUTstandswithCAS

Come and support Part-Time Academics at MSVU as they strike for a fair deal!

Let’s go Blue jays 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Incredible story, even by current standards. “Yes I do. Off record” is some real Michael Scott “I declare bankruptcy!” energy

Part-time faculty at 3 N.S. universities could go on strike at end of month www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

What a venture capital CEO says “Of course it’s a bubble” it doesn’t matter whether they think bubbles are “good”. Its a sign the smart money is already out.

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth conspired to murder a fisherman named Chad Joseph (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists. I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Peter Atwater “With each passing day, the AI space looks more and more like the USA’s home mortgage securitization at the peak of the 2007-8 housing bubble with its overlapping series of capital conveyor belts.”

Paging @paulisci.bsky.social

Vladdy!

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

Gotta say, this feels pretty good

Fans of Smashing Pumpkins will enjoy this

This is spot on. Our capitulation to the ‘inevitability’ of AI couldn’t come at a worse time.

Full support to Canada Post workers in the face of more attacks not just from management, but now from the government too.