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Misconstrues is the polite term for "completely misunderstands/misrepresents"
Smith misconstrues academic freedom:
“Institutional autonomy [means] it is the responsibility of government to set in place the objectives and vision for the sector…Having set out that vision, I’m afraid there is an element of saying to the sector, ‘What are you going to do now to deliver that?’”
“Institutional autonomy [means] it is the responsibility of government to set in place the objectives and vision for the sector…Having set out that vision, I’m afraid there is an element of saying to the sector, ‘What are you going to do now to deliver that?’”
Levy criticism ‘makes me want to run screaming’, says Smith student-ui.prd.timeshighereducation.com/news/levy-cr...
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Misconstrues is the polite term for "completely misunderstands/misrepresents"
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Oh no. No no no
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Oh no. No no no
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“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
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‘We need a mass program of deshittification’.
Terrific & wide-ranging interview here between @christoaivalis.bsky.social & @avilewis.ca covering public ownership, affordability & rebuilding the party’s connection to working people. 👇
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Terrific & wide-ranging interview here between @christoaivalis.bsky.social & @avilewis.ca covering public ownership, affordability & rebuilding the party’s connection to working people. 👇
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
‘We need a mass program of deshittification’: Avi Lewis on rebuilding Canada’s public services
In a wide-ranging interview with Christo Aivalis, NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis outlines his vision for Canada, advocating bold public ownership, stronger public services, and economic sovereignt...
canadiandimension.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
‘We need a mass program of deshittification’.
Terrific & wide-ranging interview here between @christoaivalis.bsky.social & @avilewis.ca covering public ownership, affordability & rebuilding the party’s connection to working people. 👇
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Terrific & wide-ranging interview here between @christoaivalis.bsky.social & @avilewis.ca covering public ownership, affordability & rebuilding the party’s connection to working people. 👇
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Doug Ford is pushing ahead with a final vote on Bill 33 — a bill that replaces elected trustees with Conservative insiders and cuts the supports kids rely on. We’re fighting to delay the vote. Stay tuned.
Tell your MPP to vote NO on Bill 33: OntarioNDP.ca/stop-the-attack (2/2)
Tell your MPP to vote NO on Bill 33: OntarioNDP.ca/stop-the-attack (2/2)
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
OntarioNDP.ca
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Doug Ford is pushing ahead with a final vote on Bill 33 — a bill that replaces elected trustees with Conservative insiders and cuts the supports kids rely on. We’re fighting to delay the vote. Stay tuned.
Tell your MPP to vote NO on Bill 33: OntarioNDP.ca/stop-the-attack (2/2)
Tell your MPP to vote NO on Bill 33: OntarioNDP.ca/stop-the-attack (2/2)
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My @thestar.com column this week: A third-party review says Toronto’s streetcars are among the slowest in the world. But they don’t have to be.
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Toronto’s streetcars are some of the slowest in the world. Here’s how the city could speed them up
The TTC likes to blame the sluggish pace of streetcars on things beyond its control, but the data tells a different story.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My @thestar.com column this week: A third-party review says Toronto’s streetcars are among the slowest in the world. But they don’t have to be.
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I’m continuously floored at how corporations were the largest beneficiaries (and scammers) of Covid-era government spend but the tiny amounts actual people and small businesses received were somehow turned into a controversy
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m continuously floored at how corporations were the largest beneficiaries (and scammers) of Covid-era government spend but the tiny amounts actual people and small businesses received were somehow turned into a controversy
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Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
Reposted by Rob M
The American car industry quite deliberately designs its products so that they kill people. They know this. They are not ignorant of how their products work.
They don't care.
They don't care.
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The American car industry quite deliberately designs its products so that they kill people. They know this. They are not ignorant of how their products work.
They don't care.
They don't care.
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Hey!! Here's my new piece for The New Republic!!
It's about how Meta is cramming generative video slop (the most energy-intensive of the gen systems) into its massive global advertising engine: a recipe for an order magnitude worsening of its already-huge harms 😱
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
It's about how Meta is cramming generative video slop (the most energy-intensive of the gen systems) into its massive global advertising engine: a recipe for an order magnitude worsening of its already-huge harms 😱
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Hey!! Here's my new piece for The New Republic!!
It's about how Meta is cramming generative video slop (the most energy-intensive of the gen systems) into its massive global advertising engine: a recipe for an order magnitude worsening of its already-huge harms 😱
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
It's about how Meta is cramming generative video slop (the most energy-intensive of the gen systems) into its massive global advertising engine: a recipe for an order magnitude worsening of its already-huge harms 😱
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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🚨OPP investigating
Did Ford's Minister of Labour give $8.5M tax dollars to Get A-Head?
A routine audit revealed "irregularities” with Get A-Head, a business owned by Keel Digital Solutions.
#ONpoli
Did Ford's Minister of Labour give $8.5M tax dollars to Get A-Head?
A routine audit revealed "irregularities” with Get A-Head, a business owned by Keel Digital Solutions.
#ONpoli
Ford government sends audit of company involved in Skills Development Fund controversy to OPP
Ford government sends audit of company involved in Skills Development Fund controversy to OPP
The province says it sent police details of a ‘forensic audit’ of a company it’s paid $37M, and whose lobbyist’s Parisian wedding was recently attended by the labour minister
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
🚨OPP investigating
Did Ford's Minister of Labour give $8.5M tax dollars to Get A-Head?
A routine audit revealed "irregularities” with Get A-Head, a business owned by Keel Digital Solutions.
#ONpoli
Did Ford's Minister of Labour give $8.5M tax dollars to Get A-Head?
A routine audit revealed "irregularities” with Get A-Head, a business owned by Keel Digital Solutions.
#ONpoli
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Ontario to spend money to rip out bike lanes and speed cameras to disconnect people and hurt school children. 🙌
The Netherlands is to invest up to €1 billion in cycling infrastructure to connect hundreds of thousands of new homes nationwide.
Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/dutch...
Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/dutch...
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Ontario to spend money to rip out bike lanes and speed cameras to disconnect people and hurt school children. 🙌
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One scathing Auditor General Report and an OPP investigation later, this Premier continues to stand by his man.
When is he going to address the dark cloud hanging over this government and fire his Minister?
When is he going to address the dark cloud hanging over this government and fire his Minister?
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
One scathing Auditor General Report and an OPP investigation later, this Premier continues to stand by his man.
When is he going to address the dark cloud hanging over this government and fire his Minister?
When is he going to address the dark cloud hanging over this government and fire his Minister?
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Convince me I'm wrong: Food price levels in Canada and the US are primarily the result of pandemic disruptions and the food supply chain greedily avoiding cuts in inflated prices once the pandemic subsided. Anti-government populist politicians prefer to blame the government.
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Convince me I'm wrong: Food price levels in Canada and the US are primarily the result of pandemic disruptions and the food supply chain greedily avoiding cuts in inflated prices once the pandemic subsided. Anti-government populist politicians prefer to blame the government.
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Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
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‘Better Call Paul’: Disability Advocates Reject Ford’s Move to Control School Boards
Advocates say the province is making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of students with disabilities
pressprogress.ca/better-call-...
Advocates say the province is making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of students with disabilities
pressprogress.ca/better-call-...
‘Better Call Paul’: Disability Advocates Reject Ford’s Move to Control School Boards
Advocates say the province is making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of students with disabilities
pressprogress.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
‘Better Call Paul’: Disability Advocates Reject Ford’s Move to Control School Boards
Advocates say the province is making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of students with disabilities
pressprogress.ca/better-call-...
Advocates say the province is making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of students with disabilities
pressprogress.ca/better-call-...
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The high standards of the Royal York Drifters have gone downhill I guess.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund
Secret government data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The high standards of the Royal York Drifters have gone downhill I guess.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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From the Star's Moira Welsh: the Ford government gave Postmedia more than $1 million to train employees on AI as part of its under-fire job training fund www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
From the Star's Moira Welsh: the Ford government gave Postmedia more than $1 million to train employees on AI as part of its under-fire job training fund www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Donald Trump has turned America into a mafia klepto-state.
The Nazis were also shameless crooks and criminals. Herman Goring would have been right at home in Mar-a-Lago.
Here is my latest on gangster fascism and America's number one crime family - the Trumps.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Nazis were also shameless crooks and criminals. Herman Goring would have been right at home in Mar-a-Lago.
Here is my latest on gangster fascism and America's number one crime family - the Trumps.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Herman Göring Is Having a Moment
Herman Göring is having a moment.
substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Donald Trump has turned America into a mafia klepto-state.
The Nazis were also shameless crooks and criminals. Herman Goring would have been right at home in Mar-a-Lago.
Here is my latest on gangster fascism and America's number one crime family - the Trumps.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Nazis were also shameless crooks and criminals. Herman Goring would have been right at home in Mar-a-Lago.
Here is my latest on gangster fascism and America's number one crime family - the Trumps.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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There are two speed cameras on Walkley Rd between Bank and St Laurent that were installed in 2024. In 2022 that stretch of Walkley had 34 collisions with injuries. In 2024, after the cameras were turned on, there were just 4 collisions with injuries. Speed cameras work.
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
There are two speed cameras on Walkley Rd between Bank and St Laurent that were installed in 2024. In 2022 that stretch of Walkley had 34 collisions with injuries. In 2024, after the cameras were turned on, there were just 4 collisions with injuries. Speed cameras work.
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I see nothing fishy about a right wing government paying a right wing news conglomerate $1million to train people on AI, nor giving an e-scooter rental company $1million to teach workers at $10k a pop about a topic squarely within its expertise: the "transformative impact of AI in fintech"
#ONpoli
#ONpoli
From the Star's Moira Welsh: the Ford government gave Postmedia more than $1 million to train employees on AI as part of its under-fire job training fund www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I see nothing fishy about a right wing government paying a right wing news conglomerate $1million to train people on AI, nor giving an e-scooter rental company $1million to teach workers at $10k a pop about a topic squarely within its expertise: the "transformative impact of AI in fintech"
#ONpoli
#ONpoli