Jane Ghost-den
@janedryden.bsky.social
Philosophy prof in a tiny town in New Brunswick. Intellectual magpie writing about vulnerability, autonomy, disability, feminist philosophy, German idealism, gut microbiome, neurodiversity. she/her.
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Jane Ghost-den
@janedryden.bsky.social
· Aug 10
My cat Mo is on guard and ready to defend us from ghosts.
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I know no media is covering the Canada Student Grant cuts, but it's real and it's going to cost several hundred thousand students about $1200 this year. Here's the explainer.
The Canada Student Grant Cut | HESA
Somewhat remarkably, no media have picked up the story that the Canada Student Grants were slashed in last week’s budget. Possibly, this is because the government did not issue a press release saying ...
higheredstrategy.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I know no media is covering the Canada Student Grant cuts, but it's real and it's going to cost several hundred thousand students about $1200 this year. Here's the explainer.
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There is not only "no crying in baseball", there is only crying in baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
There is not only "no crying in baseball", there is only crying in baseball.
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
look at this innocent beast who knows nothing of the drama on screen. bless him.
November 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
look at this innocent beast who knows nothing of the drama on screen. bless him.
if nothing else surely this game has blessed us with a glorious series of Ernie Clement facial expressions.
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
if nothing else surely this game has blessed us with a glorious series of Ernie Clement facial expressions.
objectively this is very exciting baseball but also I am worried for my heart
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
objectively this is very exciting baseball but also I am worried for my heart
!!!! baseball !!!!
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
!!!! baseball !!!!
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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
Sign the petition here to demand the Tri-Council refuse to hand over your protected and private data. 2/2 #cdnpse
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
docs.google.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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
Sign the petition here to demand the Tri-Council refuse to hand over your protected and private data. 2/2 #cdnpse
World of yikes (read the whole thread).
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
World of yikes (read the whole thread).
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I’ll be watching, helpless, as Hurricane Melissa strengthens and expands in severity with Jamaica in her path.
If you’re interested in donating to a legitimate organization that does real good, please consider Food For the Poor’s Hurricane Relief Fund: foodforthepoorja.org/donations.php
If you’re interested in donating to a legitimate organization that does real good, please consider Food For the Poor’s Hurricane Relief Fund: foodforthepoorja.org/donations.php
October 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I’ll be watching, helpless, as Hurricane Melissa strengthens and expands in severity with Jamaica in her path.
If you’re interested in donating to a legitimate organization that does real good, please consider Food For the Poor’s Hurricane Relief Fund: foodforthepoorja.org/donations.php
If you’re interested in donating to a legitimate organization that does real good, please consider Food For the Poor’s Hurricane Relief Fund: foodforthepoorja.org/donations.php
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
I’ve been meaning to for awhile, but finally subscribed to The Flytrap! Yay feminist media!
But we still need your help to keep this campaign moving! We need 529 subscriptions to reach our goal of 950 subscriptions for the next year of The Flytrap. So if you haven't checked us out yet, this is the time. We are offering 15% for new friends: the-flytrap.ghost.io/chomp
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I’ve been meaning to for awhile, but finally subscribed to The Flytrap! Yay feminist media!
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"I study feminist theories of embodiment" is OUT. "I'm a femininomenonologist ✨️💅" is IN.
August 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"I study feminist theories of embodiment" is OUT. "I'm a femininomenonologist ✨️💅" is IN.
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Wrote a thing on the hot summer of uni AI adoption for @defector.com
A huge thanks to @nathankhensley.bsky.social and @anniemcc.bsky.social. @brandyjensen.bsky.social is a legend. And anything smart in hear is thanks to hours of discussion, texting, and draft reading by @smosment.bsky.social
A huge thanks to @nathankhensley.bsky.social and @anniemcc.bsky.social. @brandyjensen.bsky.social is a legend. And anything smart in hear is thanks to hours of discussion, texting, and draft reading by @smosment.bsky.social
Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector
If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...
defector.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Wrote a thing on the hot summer of uni AI adoption for @defector.com
A huge thanks to @nathankhensley.bsky.social and @anniemcc.bsky.social. @brandyjensen.bsky.social is a legend. And anything smart in hear is thanks to hours of discussion, texting, and draft reading by @smosment.bsky.social
A huge thanks to @nathankhensley.bsky.social and @anniemcc.bsky.social. @brandyjensen.bsky.social is a legend. And anything smart in hear is thanks to hours of discussion, texting, and draft reading by @smosment.bsky.social
my phone autocorrected “all best” to “all beach” in an email to a student today, and oh phone I wish that were true.
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
my phone autocorrected “all best” to “all beach” in an email to a student today, and oh phone I wish that were true.
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Similarly, the blurring of truth that comes with generative AI is also inherent it. It's part and parcel of the fascistic project of blurring what is real and what is not, so that we give up our individual and innate power of reasoning, of truth-telling, of creativity.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Similarly, the blurring of truth that comes with generative AI is also inherent it. It's part and parcel of the fascistic project of blurring what is real and what is not, so that we give up our individual and innate power of reasoning, of truth-telling, of creativity.
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The environmental and social costs of AI are not incidental downsides of the technology, issues to be figured out and mitigated for as the industry develops.
Rather, they are *inherent* in it. You cannot have generative AI without the environmental and social costs. They're one and the same.
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Rather, they are *inherent* in it. You cannot have generative AI without the environmental and social costs. They're one and the same.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The environmental and social costs of AI are not incidental downsides of the technology, issues to be figured out and mitigated for as the industry develops.
Rather, they are *inherent* in it. You cannot have generative AI without the environmental and social costs. They're one and the same.
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Rather, they are *inherent* in it. You cannot have generative AI without the environmental and social costs. They're one and the same.
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AI = fascism
Yesterday, @tjheffernan.bsky.social echoed some of my own thoughts about AI. I have more to say about this.
1/thread
Yesterday, @tjheffernan.bsky.social echoed some of my own thoughts about AI. I have more to say about this.
1/thread
Welcome to Big Tech, corporate-owned chatbots, and the totalitarian fantasy of AI gurus - Halifax Examiner
Sam Altman notes that GenAI blurs the border between the authentic and the artificial, and this is the point: democracy cannot function without truth, reality, expertise, and facts, and the AI industr...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
AI = fascism
Yesterday, @tjheffernan.bsky.social echoed some of my own thoughts about AI. I have more to say about this.
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Yesterday, @tjheffernan.bsky.social echoed some of my own thoughts about AI. I have more to say about this.
1/thread
me: [makes some basic point]
my mom: you and your logic! you should have been a lawyer.
me: mom, I'm a philosophy professor. Why would it be better for me to be a lawyer just because I use logic?
my mom: well, I watch a lot of courtroom dramas.
I guess we need more philosophy dramas?
my mom: you and your logic! you should have been a lawyer.
me: mom, I'm a philosophy professor. Why would it be better for me to be a lawyer just because I use logic?
my mom: well, I watch a lot of courtroom dramas.
I guess we need more philosophy dramas?
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
me: [makes some basic point]
my mom: you and your logic! you should have been a lawyer.
me: mom, I'm a philosophy professor. Why would it be better for me to be a lawyer just because I use logic?
my mom: well, I watch a lot of courtroom dramas.
I guess we need more philosophy dramas?
my mom: you and your logic! you should have been a lawyer.
me: mom, I'm a philosophy professor. Why would it be better for me to be a lawyer just because I use logic?
my mom: well, I watch a lot of courtroom dramas.
I guess we need more philosophy dramas?
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🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.
This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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bookvaccine.alberta.ca
October 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.
This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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(I wanted to share this mostly for the other two talks -- I've been dealing with migraine for the last several days so please wish me luck in actually getting it ready + being somewhat coherent)
Today! An online philosophy symposium on food & the microbiome. My own talk is building off of past stuff I've done on the imperative of normalcy & the gut microbiome + considerations of accessibility around gut issues. (4pm Eastern) www.culinarymind.org/food-microbi...
Online Symposium on Food and Microbiome
Research center and academic network promoting philosophical thinking on food. Based at University of Milan and established in 2017
www.culinarymind.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
(I wanted to share this mostly for the other two talks -- I've been dealing with migraine for the last several days so please wish me luck in actually getting it ready + being somewhat coherent)
Today! An online philosophy symposium on food & the microbiome. My own talk is building off of past stuff I've done on the imperative of normalcy & the gut microbiome + considerations of accessibility around gut issues. (4pm Eastern) www.culinarymind.org/food-microbi...
Online Symposium on Food and Microbiome
Research center and academic network promoting philosophical thinking on food. Based at University of Milan and established in 2017
www.culinarymind.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Today! An online philosophy symposium on food & the microbiome. My own talk is building off of past stuff I've done on the imperative of normalcy & the gut microbiome + considerations of accessibility around gut issues. (4pm Eastern) www.culinarymind.org/food-microbi...
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Canadians – If you have some time this long weekend, fill out this godawful government survey on AI, which itself seems to have been written by AI trained exclusively on buzzword-laden LinkedIn posts.
Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025
Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...
ised-isde.canada.ca
October 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Canadians – If you have some time this long weekend, fill out this godawful government survey on AI, which itself seems to have been written by AI trained exclusively on buzzword-laden LinkedIn posts.
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A very good thread on masking, especially in these hellish times when the systems meant to protect us are being spitefully destroyed by evil little power hungry gremlins. Mask up! Protect yourselves and your community! 😷😷😷
if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?
October 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A very good thread on masking, especially in these hellish times when the systems meant to protect us are being spitefully destroyed by evil little power hungry gremlins. Mask up! Protect yourselves and your community! 😷😷😷