Colin Jackson
@colinjackson.bsky.social
Law teacher, Raptors fan. Associate Dean, Grad Studies.
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"International Hoops Terms With Cleanthony Early" has to be the wildest sports category in Jeopardy! history.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"International Hoops Terms With Cleanthony Early" has to be the wildest sports category in Jeopardy! history.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Our former students doing good work on this case.
Kyrrex controlled #crypto wallets that contained funds originally stolen from victims across the globe: a Canadian farmer, a Belgian scientist, a Danish politician...
From @emmamci.bsky.social and me in collab with @icij.org
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
From @emmamci.bsky.social and me in collab with @icij.org
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
The trail had gone cold for millions in stolen crypto. Then came the ‘aha!’ moment that unlocked the mystery
Bitcoin taken from Canadians ended up in crypto wallets controlled by ‘a hidden company.’ The fight to recoup the funds is far from over.
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our former students doing good work on this case.
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#rjweek2025 the Restorative Lab supported the organizing committee for the 2025 National Restorative Justice Symposium in Ottawa. The keynote panel ft. Jennifer Llewellyn, Chair in Restorative Justice at @schulichlaw.bsky.social who shared her vision of the future of restorative justice in Canada.
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#rjweek2025 the Restorative Lab supported the organizing committee for the 2025 National Restorative Justice Symposium in Ottawa. The keynote panel ft. Jennifer Llewellyn, Chair in Restorative Justice at @schulichlaw.bsky.social who shared her vision of the future of restorative justice in Canada.
Tonight!
Tomorrow at @schulichlaw.bsky.social -- come for the talk, stay for snacks and beverages!
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Tonight!
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Tomorrow at @schulichlaw.bsky.social -- come for the talk, stay for snacks and beverages!
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tomorrow at @schulichlaw.bsky.social -- come for the talk, stay for snacks and beverages!
Tomorrow at @schulichlaw.bsky.social -- come for the talk, stay for snacks and beverages!
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tomorrow at @schulichlaw.bsky.social -- come for the talk, stay for snacks and beverages!
"Before we ended our call, Goertzel told me about an event he’d just been to in San Francisco on AI consciousness and parapsychology:'“ESP, precognition, and whatnot.'"
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies d...
www.technologyreview.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Before we ended our call, Goertzel told me about an event he’d just been to in San Francisco on AI consciousness and parapsychology:'“ESP, precognition, and whatnot.'"
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
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Please join us this Wednesday for a free film screening of The Secret Path at 4 p.m. in the Ko'jua Okuom in the Downie Wenjack Legacy Space in the Killam learning commons. All are welcome! @dalhousie.bsky.social @downiewenjack.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Please join us this Wednesday for a free film screening of The Secret Path at 4 p.m. in the Ko'jua Okuom in the Downie Wenjack Legacy Space in the Killam learning commons. All are welcome! @dalhousie.bsky.social @downiewenjack.bsky.social
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This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
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@schulichlaw.bsky.social is inviting applications for an Infectious Disease Innovation Governance (IDIG) Research Fellow. The posting closes on November 3, 2025: dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/19632
October 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@schulichlaw.bsky.social is inviting applications for an Infectious Disease Innovation Governance (IDIG) Research Fellow. The posting closes on November 3, 2025: dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/19632
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This is big.
‘Daniel Sampson was innocent’: leading lawyers and law organizations in Canada call for executed man to be exonerated
‘Daniel Sampson was innocent’: leading lawyers and law organizations in Canada call for executed man to be exonerated
'Daniel Sampson was innocent': leading lawyers and law organizations in Canada call for executed man to be exonerated - Halifax Examiner
My investigation of the Sampson case lays out the incontrovertible truth that Sampson was an innocent man framed by the RCMP, and then murdered by the state.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is big.
‘Daniel Sampson was innocent’: leading lawyers and law organizations in Canada call for executed man to be exonerated
‘Daniel Sampson was innocent’: leading lawyers and law organizations in Canada call for executed man to be exonerated
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"In the 1950s, high incomes were taxed at 90%, and government had abundant revenue. Our top rates are too low now. Raise them. Problem solved."
As a Cdn tax historian, I find this popular idea irritating. Equality of sacrifice? Sure! Abundant public revenue? Yay! But how?
A 🧵 w/sources #cdnhist
As a Cdn tax historian, I find this popular idea irritating. Equality of sacrifice? Sure! Abundant public revenue? Yay! But how?
A 🧵 w/sources #cdnhist
September 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"In the 1950s, high incomes were taxed at 90%, and government had abundant revenue. Our top rates are too low now. Raise them. Problem solved."
As a Cdn tax historian, I find this popular idea irritating. Equality of sacrifice? Sure! Abundant public revenue? Yay! But how?
A 🧵 w/sources #cdnhist
As a Cdn tax historian, I find this popular idea irritating. Equality of sacrifice? Sure! Abundant public revenue? Yay! But how?
A 🧵 w/sources #cdnhist
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Racial Capitalism and International Tax Law: The Story of Global Jim Crow (http://bit.ly/3JG8CLP) digs deep into the technical complexities of the global tax system (bet you didn't even know there was one!).
September 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Racial Capitalism and International Tax Law: The Story of Global Jim Crow (http://bit.ly/3JG8CLP) digs deep into the technical complexities of the global tax system (bet you didn't even know there was one!).
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Some thoughts on the Air Canada flight attendants strike #AirCanada
1. Air Canada and the government expected the Minister's order to get the flight attendants back to work because unions in Canada tend to follow the law in bargaining. But
1. Air Canada and the government expected the Minister's order to get the flight attendants back to work because unions in Canada tend to follow the law in bargaining. But
“Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage”
Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order, remain on strike: union | CBC News
Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage, the Canadian Union of Public Emplo...
www.cbc.ca
August 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Some thoughts on the Air Canada flight attendants strike #AirCanada
1. Air Canada and the government expected the Minister's order to get the flight attendants back to work because unions in Canada tend to follow the law in bargaining. But
1. Air Canada and the government expected the Minister's order to get the flight attendants back to work because unions in Canada tend to follow the law in bargaining. But
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Not sure how many scientists here have tried Claude Code or similar command line coding assistants. I had a complicated family property tax problem that was best solved by a brute force Monte Carlo simulation approach, so I spent a few days coding up and analyzing a model with Claude Code.
August 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Not sure how many scientists here have tried Claude Code or similar command line coding assistants. I had a complicated family property tax problem that was best solved by a brute force Monte Carlo simulation approach, so I spent a few days coding up and analyzing a model with Claude Code.
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The ultimate cause is climate change. And pointing to the proximate cause misses the real reason for the fire.
There have always been people doing dumb stuff, carelessness, inattention, even arson!
But all of that only results in the terrible wildfires we see now because of climate change.
The ultimate cause is climate change. And pointing to the proximate cause misses the real reason for the fire.
There have always been people doing dumb stuff, carelessness, inattention, even arson!
But all of that only results in the terrible wildfires we see now because of climate change.
August 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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The ultimate cause is climate change. And pointing to the proximate cause misses the real reason for the fire.
There have always been people doing dumb stuff, carelessness, inattention, even arson!
But all of that only results in the terrible wildfires we see now because of climate change.
The ultimate cause is climate change. And pointing to the proximate cause misses the real reason for the fire.
There have always been people doing dumb stuff, carelessness, inattention, even arson!
But all of that only results in the terrible wildfires we see now because of climate change.
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Emancipation Day, officially recognized in Nova Scotia since 2021, lands on August 1 as a call to confront Canada’s history of slavery and the ongoing realities of anti-Black racism.
August 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Emancipation Day, officially recognized in Nova Scotia since 2021, lands on August 1 as a call to confront Canada’s history of slavery and the ongoing realities of anti-Black racism.
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Behold, all the correspondence submitted to the Halifax Clerks office for the mayor’s Jun 10 motion to pause cycling work.
BikeCorrespondence.pdf
drive.google.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Behold, all the correspondence submitted to the Halifax Clerks office for the mayor’s Jun 10 motion to pause cycling work.
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I've had this saved on my phone forever but I can't find the original artist and I'd really like to buy a print. Internet can you help?
July 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I've had this saved on my phone forever but I can't find the original artist and I'd really like to buy a print. Internet can you help?
cc: Halifax
Helsinki (pop 657,000) has not had a single traffic death during the last twelve months.
poliisi.fi/-/helsingin-...
poliisi.fi/-/helsingin-...
July 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
cc: Halifax
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The decimal points are less important than the government’s rhetoric when it comes to a wealth tax, argues @tom-clark.bsky.social. “Wealth never lies down and waits to be taxed.”
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
How to tax wealth
In the end, the spreadsheets are less important than brute politics. A history lesson
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The decimal points are less important than the government’s rhetoric when it comes to a wealth tax, argues @tom-clark.bsky.social. “Wealth never lies down and waits to be taxed.”
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...