@alisonbraley.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Brock University teaching labour law/policy/the Charter, moonlighting as singer and stage performer.
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LLM’s will be training themselves on stolen slop generated by other LLM’s
They’re not going to destroy humanity by nuking the earth, they’ll do it by making the internet so stupid we off ourselves.
They’re not going to destroy humanity by nuking the earth, they’ll do it by making the internet so stupid we off ourselves.
"The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
LLM’s will be training themselves on stolen slop generated by other LLM’s
They’re not going to destroy humanity by nuking the earth, they’ll do it by making the internet so stupid we off ourselves.
They’re not going to destroy humanity by nuking the earth, they’ll do it by making the internet so stupid we off ourselves.
The idea of an elected judiciary is a fundamentally sophmoric view of democracy, one that equates--and, indeed, reduces-- the many "inputs" into a whole, comprehensive democratic system, to nothing more than the fluctuating will of the (sacrosanct) 'electorate', at any given moment.
This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
December 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The idea of an elected judiciary is a fundamentally sophmoric view of democracy, one that equates--and, indeed, reduces-- the many "inputs" into a whole, comprehensive democratic system, to nothing more than the fluctuating will of the (sacrosanct) 'electorate', at any given moment.
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The fact that Melon Musk is seriously butthurt about this means that we absolutely have to repost it, continuously.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The fact that Melon Musk is seriously butthurt about this means that we absolutely have to repost it, continuously.
Given news of Canada's lost measles-elimination status, it seemed à propos to circulate this 2022 article from McGill Journal of Law and Health 15(1). In it I argue that parental right to refuse routine childhood vaccination is not well grounded in moral theory or law.
canlii.ca/t/tvtq
canlii.ca/t/tvtq
canlii.ca
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Given news of Canada's lost measles-elimination status, it seemed à propos to circulate this 2022 article from McGill Journal of Law and Health 15(1). In it I argue that parental right to refuse routine childhood vaccination is not well grounded in moral theory or law.
canlii.ca/t/tvtq
canlii.ca/t/tvtq
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POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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'Comedians react to Pam Bondi’s ‘cheat sheet’ during Senate hearing'
Arrogant, Incompetent, Unprofessional, Unprepared, Aggressive, Vulgar, Ridiculous, Lying, Corrupt ...
Do you know what these words have in common?
Pamela Jo Bondi
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2nE...
Arrogant, Incompetent, Unprofessional, Unprepared, Aggressive, Vulgar, Ridiculous, Lying, Corrupt ...
Do you know what these words have in common?
Pamela Jo Bondi
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2nE...
Comedians react to Pam Bondi’s ‘cheat sheet’ during Senate hearing
YouTube video by CNN
m.youtube.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Comedians react to Pam Bondi’s ‘cheat sheet’ during Senate hearing'
Arrogant, Incompetent, Unprofessional, Unprepared, Aggressive, Vulgar, Ridiculous, Lying, Corrupt ...
Do you know what these words have in common?
Pamela Jo Bondi
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2nE...
Arrogant, Incompetent, Unprofessional, Unprepared, Aggressive, Vulgar, Ridiculous, Lying, Corrupt ...
Do you know what these words have in common?
Pamela Jo Bondi
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2nE...
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Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.
ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social
ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.
ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social
ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social
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Let us in. Hold ICE accountable. Tear down the fence.
This is what we are demanding from the Broadview ICE facility, and nothing less.
Our leaders can decide whether they stand with the people or with ICE. There is no middle ground.
This is what we are demanding from the Broadview ICE facility, and nothing less.
Our leaders can decide whether they stand with the people or with ICE. There is no middle ground.
October 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Let us in. Hold ICE accountable. Tear down the fence.
This is what we are demanding from the Broadview ICE facility, and nothing less.
Our leaders can decide whether they stand with the people or with ICE. There is no middle ground.
This is what we are demanding from the Broadview ICE facility, and nothing less.
Our leaders can decide whether they stand with the people or with ICE. There is no middle ground.
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And again, why are these agents kitted out like they are going into Mogadishu?
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
And again, why are these agents kitted out like they are going into Mogadishu?
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New publication by #BrockU professors @alisonbraley.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social "Academic Staff Associations and Vaccination Mandates in the Canadian University Sector"
www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ri...
#canlab #cdnpse
www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ri...
#canlab #cdnpse
Academic Staff Associations and Vaccination Mandates in the Canadian University Sector – Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations
Un article de la revue Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, diffusée par la plateforme Érudit.
www.erudit.org
August 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
New publication by #BrockU professors @alisonbraley.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social "Academic Staff Associations and Vaccination Mandates in the Canadian University Sector"
www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ri...
#canlab #cdnpse
www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ri...
#canlab #cdnpse
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Know someone who is applying to university this year? Make sure they check out what the Department of Labour Studies at @brocku.ca has on offer.
brocku.ca/social-scien...
#Brocku #cdnpse #canlab
brocku.ca/social-scien...
#Brocku #cdnpse #canlab
Department of Labour Studies
Labour Studies is a dynamic field of study distinguished by its focus on work and labour relations. Work affects everyone and everything — our work determines how we spend many of our waking hours and...
brocku.ca
August 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Know someone who is applying to university this year? Make sure they check out what the Department of Labour Studies at @brocku.ca has on offer.
brocku.ca/social-scien...
#Brocku #cdnpse #canlab
brocku.ca/social-scien...
#Brocku #cdnpse #canlab
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Registration is open for the Fall/Winter terms. Consider LABR 4P41: Labour Law and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
brocku.ca/labourstudies
brocku.ca/labourstudies
July 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Registration is open for the Fall/Winter terms. Consider LABR 4P41: Labour Law and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
brocku.ca/labourstudies
brocku.ca/labourstudies
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Lucy Ends Uncertainty With Promise Regarding Football, Charlie Brown Says
Columbia ends uncertainty with Trump deal, head says
Columbia ends uncertainty with Trump deal, head says
Columbia University's agreement to pay over $200 million to the U.S. government in a settlement with President Donald Trump's administration to resolve federal probes and restore most of its suspended federal funding ends a period of "institutional uncertainty," the university's acting president said.
reut.rs
July 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Lucy Ends Uncertainty With Promise Regarding Football, Charlie Brown Says
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What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky.
So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵
So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵
July 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky.
So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵
So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵
Danielle Smith, Queen of Measles via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Danielle Smith, Queen of Measles | The Tyee
Alberta leads the continent in stoking the disease’s resurgence. The province’s former top doctor lays blame.
thetyee.ca
July 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Danielle Smith, Queen of Measles via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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This
America is in trouble, and we must meet this moment with courage. The time of wishful thinking is over. Now we act.
youtu.be/cXR5HLodsT8
youtu.be/cXR5HLodsT8
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtu.be
July 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This
Speech of a lifetime from @governor.ca.gov, who truly met the moment tonight. I've been critical of Newsom in the past, but this is what we need to hear from governors and elected officials across the nation right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXQQ...
Governor Newsom Delivers Major Address to Californians
YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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OH! Canada. Our ice is better without the arresting.
June 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
OH! Canada. Our ice is better without the arresting.
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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
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My latest at the Citizen
"Cancelling funding for mRNA vaccine is both risky and foolish"
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/canc...
"Cancelling funding for mRNA vaccine is both risky and foolish"
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/canc...
Deonandan: Cancelling funding for mRNA vaccine is both risky and foolish
The current fear is that bird flu, H5N1, will become the next big pandemic. Only the mRNA platform is nimble enough to respond quickly.
ottawacitizen.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My latest at the Citizen
"Cancelling funding for mRNA vaccine is both risky and foolish"
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/canc...
"Cancelling funding for mRNA vaccine is both risky and foolish"
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/canc...
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Why we should care about the measles outbreaks:
-In wealthy countries, 0.1%-0.2% of measles cases result in death
-In poorer countries or populations, up to 10% of cases will die
-15-30% of measles cases will require hospitalization
Thread [1/8]
-In wealthy countries, 0.1%-0.2% of measles cases result in death
-In poorer countries or populations, up to 10% of cases will die
-15-30% of measles cases will require hospitalization
Thread [1/8]
May 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Why we should care about the measles outbreaks:
-In wealthy countries, 0.1%-0.2% of measles cases result in death
-In poorer countries or populations, up to 10% of cases will die
-15-30% of measles cases will require hospitalization
Thread [1/8]
-In wealthy countries, 0.1%-0.2% of measles cases result in death
-In poorer countries or populations, up to 10% of cases will die
-15-30% of measles cases will require hospitalization
Thread [1/8]
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Great article on the labour dispute between CUPW & Canada Post, with analysis by @brocklabour.bsky.social’s @alisonbraley.bsky.social. #canlab
In trying to compete with Amazon, Canada Post is in a "race to the bottom."
As the Crown corporation gets squeezed out of the parcel business, its union is fighting hard to hold the line on working conditions.
As the Crown corporation gets squeezed out of the parcel business, its union is fighting hard to hold the line on working conditions.
In Trying to Compete with Amazon, Canada Post is on a ‘Race to the Bottom’
As the Crown corporation flails, its union is fighting to hold the line
pressprogress.ca
May 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Great article on the labour dispute between CUPW & Canada Post, with analysis by @brocklabour.bsky.social’s @alisonbraley.bsky.social. #canlab
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"In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
— Bruce Springsteen
— Bruce Springsteen
May 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
— Bruce Springsteen
— Bruce Springsteen
The taxation of trade routes is in dispute and turmoil has engulfed our Republic.
But there is a new hope. We must band together and resist the dark side.
Do or do not. There is no try. #StarWarsDay
But there is a new hope. We must band together and resist the dark side.
Do or do not. There is no try. #StarWarsDay
May 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM