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Búi Petersen
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Associate Professor. Research work, organizations, conflict, negotiation, cooperation, technology and the future of work. Halifax, NS.

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 7d
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/w...
Why we still need ivory towers - Halifax Examiner
When universities are pushed to align themselves too closely with political priorities or labour market needs, their ability to nurture democratic capacities is weakened.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 10d
want to know more about Dear Mr. Smallwood? Here's an interview I did with the Royal Society of Canada

rsc-src.ca/en/voices/dr...
The Voices Behind Confederation with Canada: Dr. Sonja Boon on "Dear Mr. Smallwood"
Dr. Sonja Boon wears many hats, including adjunct professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Memorial University and RSC College Member – but above all, she is a storyteller. In this interview, ...
rsc-src.ca

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Kevin Nimmock @kevinnimmock.bsky.social · 10d
BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Skate Canada to stop holding national, international events in Alberta | CBC News
Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport.
www.cbc.ca

buipet.bsky.social
Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 16d
We should all be worried about the lack of respect for democracy all around. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/4a1bc77...
Something is wrong with Canadian democracy
At both the federal and provincial levels, there are frequent fresh reminders that the pillars of Canada’s democracy are being thwarted
www.theglobeandmail.com

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 20d
Never forget.
in memoriam: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz. 6 DÉCEMBRE 1989

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 22d
Nice salary :)

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Maxim Voronov @drmaximvoronov.bsky.social · 22d
Music lovers who aren't down with Trump's brutal deportation regime are canceling their Spotify subscriptions until the platform stops running ads for ICE. Join us. app.sosha.ai/s/Swn9jU75
Spotify: Wrapped in complicity
app.sosha.ai

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 28d
See CarbonTracker’s new report “Petro-Provinces at Risk”.

Energy transition puts at huge risk provincial revenues from oil & gas in 2030s:
- AB ⬇️ 85%
- BC ⬇️ 72%
- SK ⬇️ 78%

Oil & gas expansion is increasingly a “high-risk, low-reward strategy”.
Petro-Provinces at Risk - Carbon Tracker Initiative
How oil- and gas-dependent Canadian provinces face fiscal strain as the energy transition progresses  A number...
carbontracker.org

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · Nov 20
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Nov 17
Europe’s policy makers continue to echo corporate hype and tech CEOs' speculations about “AGI” and “superintelligence”. In this piece, @krisshrishak.bsky.social & I call on our policy makers to be grounded in empirical evidence

www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
AI Hype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course | TechPolicy.Press
Kris Shrishak and Abeba Birhane say policymakers should stop peddling in unscientific discourse about "AGI" and "superintelligence."
www.techpolicy.press

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Nov 15
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org

Reposted by Charles W. Smith, Búi K. Petersen

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · Nov 13
Unlocked | Up to the U.S. to decide if it violated international law with Caribbean boat strikes, says Anand

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Up to the U.S. to decide if it violated international law with Caribbean boat strikes, says Anand
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand broke with tradition as she seemingly asserted that Canada's top diplomat doesn't weigh in on a foreign country's adherence to international law.
www.hilltimes.com

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Nov 11
By "it" I mean the Conservative version of the event.

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Nov 11
This is hilarious. I can't stop laughing about this. I think they mentioned "calm and measured" at least three times. LOL (I actually suspect it was written by AI) youtube.com/watch?v=PmUz...
Liberal MP, Conservative Party dispute versions of meeting before floor-crossing | Power & Politics
YouTube video by CBC News
youtube.com

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Nov 9
You mean immigration policy that is not based on an extractive colonial mindset?

Reposted by Búi K. Petersen

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davidakin @davidakin.bsky.social · Nov 9
Good roundup piece: NYT: Is A.I. a Journalist or Just a Newsroom Tool? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b... (🎁 link) #media
A.I. Sweeps Through Newsrooms, but Is It a Journalist or a Tool?
www.nytimes.com

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Nov 8
The world blew past the dangerous 1.5 degree red line.
Our grandkids will pay the price.
Canada was the outlier in the G7 because of massive oil production expansion.
Mark Carney has decided to go all in on planet burning as a national strategy.

nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/07/c...
Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is 'going to…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com

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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · Nov 7
Teresa Heffernan on how AI is shaped by fiction

Morning File by me
Teresa Heffernan on how AI is shaped by fiction - Halifax Examiner
Alas, the AI titans are not thoughtful readers. Rather, they have a laughingly dumb and adolescent read of fiction.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca

Reposted by Elisa Freschi, Búi K. Petersen

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · Nov 7
While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response.

It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Nov 7
I'm not in any way defending the form of this protest. But can you clarify why you think this is antisemitic? The way I understand it, this was a protest against the acts of the state of Israel, not targeted at Jewishness.

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · Nov 7
Could Tesla and its shareholders be any more out of touch with what’s happening in the world?

Inequality and grotesque wealth is destroying America, but sure, make this dickhead even richer.

www.thestar.com/business/tes...
Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Musk
The pay agreement clears a path for Musk, the world’s richest person, to become the first-ever trillionaire
www.thestar.com

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Nov 3
This really bothers me. I don't think governing according to hype is the way to go. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Say Hi to Tech Bro Carney | The Tyee
As his government heedlessly embraces artificial intelligence, the threats to Canadians are clear.
thetyee.ca

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · Oct 30
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · Oct 27
This is of course very subjective, right? Other people are likely to have a wildly different ranking, on both points.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Oct 24
The least surprising news of the day.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Oct 24
The U.S. has conducted 10 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing 43 people.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

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CUPE 3912 @cupe3912.bsky.social · Oct 23
Tomorrow morning, October 24, 2025, we are having two rallies for our striking members:

At MSVU,10-11 a.m., in front of the Seton Academic Centre, 166 Bedford Highway

At, SMU 12-1 p.m., in front of the Burke Building, on Inglis Street

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · Oct 23
Solidarity with our CUPE 3912 colleagues at SMU and MSVU in their efforts to secure fair and equitable contracts. cupe3912.ca/2025/10/22/s...
SMU Part-Time Faculty Officially on Strike Thursday October 23 - CUPE 3912
After a long final day of conciliation, we were unable to reach a fair agreement with our employer, and as of tomorrow morning, Thursday, 23  October, we will officially be on strike. You have already...
cupe3912.ca

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SMUFU @smufu.bsky.social · Oct 22
In solidarity with @cupe3912.bsky.social SMU
@ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social
For Immediate Release: Saint Mary’s Faculty Union response to the CUPE3912 SMU Part-Time Faculty Strike Thursday, October 23, 2025 It is a sad and historic day for Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Our University has never witnessed a strike in the history of our Institution, dating back to 1802. And yet, here we are in this profoundly unprecedented and disappointing moment, witnessing the first labour action on the backs of some of our hardest-working colleagues, the part-time Professoriate at Saint Mary’s University. These workers are the poorest paid precarious academic staff in Canada. Ranked the 3rd best undergraduate university in the country, Part-Time Faculty members, who deliver the core mission of SMU, are among the lowest paid. Shame on the Saint Mary’s University executive leadership and employer bargaining team, and Board of Governors, for exploiting their academic staff and for their shameful bargaining tactics. This is a very sad day for our institution. We stand in solidarity with our CUPE 3912 with our full support and call on the SMU President, Provost, BOG and Bargaining team to get back to the table immediately and work towards a fair deal now.