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Búi Petersen

@buipet.bsky.social

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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 · 1h

By "it" I mean the Conservative version of the event.

Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 1h

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

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Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 2d

You mean immigration policy that is not based on an extractive colonial mindset?

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davidakin @davidakin.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 3d

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 · 4d

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

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

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?

Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

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

Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 12d

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

Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 14d

This is of course very subjective, right? Other people are likely to have a wildly different ranking, on both points.

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff, Búi K. Petersen

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17d

The least surprising news of the day.

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Sanford F. Schram, Mary L. Dudziak , and 3 more Michael E. Mann, Sanford F. Schram, Mary L. Dudziak, Henry Jones, Olivier Mannoni, Búi K. Petersen

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17d

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 · 18d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 19d

I look forward to seeing what all the douchebags outraged about Confederate statues being torn down have to say about Trump literally demolishing the entire East Wing of the White House.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 19d

Ford blames Jays playoff ticket gouging on asshole premier who scrapped Ticketmaster law in 2019

QUEEN’S PARK - After resale tickets to the Blue Jays’ World Series immediately skyrocketed into the thousands of dollars, Ontario Premier Doug Ford held a press conference to place the blame solely on...

www.thebeaverton.com

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 19d

Angelenos face fines for sprinklers. Silicon Valley’s servers face none.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/ai-zuckerberg-tech-regulation-data-security/?utm_campaign=SproutSocial&utm_content=The+Nation+Magazine&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Will the AI Boom Lead to Water and Electricity Shortages?

It's a steep price to pay so that Mark Zuckerberg can sell AI-enabled spy glasses.

www.thenation.com

Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 19d

You know Spotify is evil, right? Apple maybe a tiny bit less bad. Are there other options to hear it?

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CUPE 3912 @cupe3912.bsky.social · 19d

Screenshot and share this post to to your own page and tag MSVU and tell them CUPE 3912 Part-Time Academics deserve a fair deal now!

Solidarity
I stand with MSVU Part-Time Academics
MSVU give them a fair deal now!

Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social · 26d

Is using Lyft something a socialist would do?

Reposted by R. M. Wilson, Hisham Zerriffi, Búi K. Petersen

Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 26d

The DEI debate comes to Canada. www.thestar.com/diversity-eq...

Diversity, equity and inclusion are coming under scrutiny — and Pierre Poilievre is ready to push the conversation

Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are in the crosshairs south of the border and now the mantle has been taken up by the federal Conservative party, which has released a

www.thestar.com

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27d

“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold

OTTAWA - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has launched a petition to "end DEI programs and restore merit", just months after losing his own heavily-favoured seat before running in an even more hea...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 27d

F is for fascism. We need to start talking about the disintegration of the rule of law south of the border as the imposition of a modern gangster style fascism.

charlieangus.substack.com/p/f-is-for-f...

F Is for Fascism

CBC called the other day for an interview about the apparent rise in swearing in politics.

charlieangus.substack.com

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Oct 10

I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The Dangers of using AI to Grade

Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains

substack.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · Oct 5

If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.

shane @mouthfulofcavities.bsky.social · Oct 5

the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · Oct 5

You can call it anything you like, because for many of you, words do not have meaning.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Oct 3

Trump says the US is in "armed conflict" with drug cartels.

Meanwhile, his DOJ is disbanding a task force that took on cartels.

Trump doesn't care about stopping drug trafficking — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.

This is a power grab.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Oct 3

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

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