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Deloitte claims that "By working together, we create the trust needed to innovate and deliver lasting impact." Sure.
They collect millions from GovNL and don't even bother to check their reports for AI hallucinations. No trust here.
They collect millions from GovNL and don't even bother to check their reports for AI hallucinations. No trust here.
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Deloitte claims that "By working together, we create the trust needed to innovate and deliver lasting impact." Sure.
They collect millions from GovNL and don't even bother to check their reports for AI hallucinations. No trust here.
They collect millions from GovNL and don't even bother to check their reports for AI hallucinations. No trust here.
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Digital asbestos at work.
Major report on provincial education policy advocates for AI.
Major report on provincial education policy cites 12+ hallucinations.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Major report on provincial education policy advocates for AI.
Major report on provincial education policy cites 12+ hallucinations.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.L.'s 10-year education action plan cites sources that don't exist | CBC News
A major report on modernizing the education system in Newfoundland and Labrador is peppered with fake sources some educators say were likely fabricated by generative artificial intelligence.
www.cbc.ca
September 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Digital asbestos at work.
Major report on provincial education policy advocates for AI.
Major report on provincial education policy cites 12+ hallucinations.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Major report on provincial education policy advocates for AI.
Major report on provincial education policy cites 12+ hallucinations.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"Meanwhile, university administrators express boosterish optimism about A.I., leaving little room for skepticism."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.
www.nytimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Meanwhile, university administrators express boosterish optimism about A.I., leaving little room for skepticism."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
“While companies are using AI to reduce costs, students are using it for all uni work and to replace thinking, and are subsequently de-optimising themselves for future jobs.”
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
‘I’ve £90k in student debt – for what?’ Graduates share their job-hunting woes amid the AI fallout
AI isn’t just taking away entry-levels jobs, it’s helping thousands apply for the same job with almost the same CV
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
“While companies are using AI to reduce costs, students are using it for all uni work and to replace thinking, and are subsequently de-optimising themselves for future jobs.”
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
Threats against universities by Pierre Poilievre and the CPC are straight out of the fascist playbook.
This is specifically about universities. It is very important to see how fascists and authoritarians in other countries have attacked them. And to think, as Gessen does here, about constructive responses.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | M. Gessen: ‘Trump Is Building a Mafia State’
“Nice university you got there. Shame if something happened to it.”
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Threats against universities by Pierre Poilievre and the CPC are straight out of the fascist playbook.
CPC leader Pierre Poilievre has stated that, if elected, he would cut funding to Canadian universities that fail to combat anti-Semitism on campus.
Very Tяumpy of him.
Legitimate criticism of the the government of Israel ≠ antisemitism.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/215...?
Very Tяumpy of him.
Legitimate criticism of the the government of Israel ≠ antisemitism.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/215...?
Antisémitisme à l’université : le PCC veut des conséquences
Un document rendu public lundi confirme que le parti ne financerait plus les universités accusées de « promouvoir ou de tolérer » l'antisémitisme.
ici.radio-canada.ca
April 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
CPC leader Pierre Poilievre has stated that, if elected, he would cut funding to Canadian universities that fail to combat anti-Semitism on campus.
Very Tяumpy of him.
Legitimate criticism of the the government of Israel ≠ antisemitism.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/215...?
Very Tяumpy of him.
Legitimate criticism of the the government of Israel ≠ antisemitism.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/215...?
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
How Meta's journalism ban has paved the way for groups like "Canada Proud"... a so-called 'charitable organization' with 630K members and a stated mission of "Fighting to defeat the unelected Carney Liberals."
How Meta's journalism ban has paved the way for groups like "Canada Proud"... a so-called 'charitable organization' with 630K members and a stated mission of "Fighting to defeat the unelected Carney Liberals."
Video: How Meta’s News Ban Could Disrupt Canada’s Election
After Meta blocked news from its platforms in Canada, hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing Facebook pages such as Canada Proud have filled the gap. Our Canada bureau chief expl...
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
How Meta's journalism ban has paved the way for groups like "Canada Proud"... a so-called 'charitable organization' with 630K members and a stated mission of "Fighting to defeat the unelected Carney Liberals."
How Meta's journalism ban has paved the way for groups like "Canada Proud"... a so-called 'charitable organization' with 630K members and a stated mission of "Fighting to defeat the unelected Carney Liberals."
"... to bet against the future on this scale – to bank
on your bunker – is to betray, on the most basic level, our duties to one another."
on your bunker – is to betray, on the most basic level, our duties to one another."
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"... to bet against the future on this scale – to bank
on your bunker – is to betray, on the most basic level, our duties to one another."
on your bunker – is to betray, on the most basic level, our duties to one another."
"People have the power...the power to dream, to rule, to wrestle the world from fools."
P. Smith
P. Smith
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"People have the power...the power to dream, to rule, to wrestle the world from fools."
P. Smith
P. Smith
Timothy Snyder Has Seen Tyrants Like Trump Before - macleans.ca/the-intervie...
Timothy Snyder Has Seen Tyrants Like Trump Before - Macleans.ca
The historian, On Tyranny author and recent Toronto transplant has studied dictators for decades. Even he doesn’t know what comes next.
macleans.ca
April 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Timothy Snyder Has Seen Tyrants Like Trump Before - macleans.ca/the-intervie...
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Some folks at MUN have started a petition to raise the issue of chronic de-funding of education with the government. Sign it!
April 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Some folks at MUN have started a petition to raise the issue of chronic de-funding of education with the government. Sign it!
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I made a comic on how we got here & trump/supporters - collecting things he's said that would seem to have been over the line - and how that never seems to be the case is the real problem...
on my site with full alt-text and citations here spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/
on my site with full alt-text and citations here spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/
April 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I made a comic on how we got here & trump/supporters - collecting things he's said that would seem to have been over the line - and how that never seems to be the case is the real problem...
on my site with full alt-text and citations here spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/
on my site with full alt-text and citations here spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/
"We are leaving Yale."
""I am a historian of the 20th century, of Eastern Europe, and of totalitarianism. History doesn't tell you what will happen, but it shows what can happen. I know what an "enemy list" is. And once you understand what can happen, you can't not know."
""I am a historian of the 20th century, of Eastern Europe, and of totalitarianism. History doesn't tell you what will happen, but it shows what can happen. I know what an "enemy list" is. And once you understand what can happen, you can't not know."
Ich bin Historikerin des 20. Jahrhunderts, Osteuropas, des Totalitarismus. Geschichte sagt einem nicht, was passieren wird, aber sie zeigt, was passieren kann. Ich weiß, was eine "Feindesliste" ist. Und wenn man einmal verstanden hat, was geschehen kann, kann man es nicht mehr nicht wissen.
Wissenschaftsfreiheit in den USA: Warum wir Yale verlassen
Marci Shore ist eine von drei Faschismus-Experten, die wegen Donald Trump die USA verlassen. Als Historikerin weiß sie: Man geht besser zu früh als zu spät.
www.zeit.de
April 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"We are leaving Yale."
""I am a historian of the 20th century, of Eastern Europe, and of totalitarianism. History doesn't tell you what will happen, but it shows what can happen. I know what an "enemy list" is. And once you understand what can happen, you can't not know."
""I am a historian of the 20th century, of Eastern Europe, and of totalitarianism. History doesn't tell you what will happen, but it shows what can happen. I know what an "enemy list" is. And once you understand what can happen, you can't not know."
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"5. Remember professional ethics.
March 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"5. Remember professional ethics.
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Where we are
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This op-ed could lead to me being deported from America | Berna León
I could never have imagined that writing a critical piece about the government could put me at risk of deportation
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Where we are
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Please sign this petition started by a group of Newfoundland and Labrador parents calling on government to keep MUN comprehensive. We don’t want to have to send our kids to the mainland for University #FundMUN : win.newmode.net/memorialpare...
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
win.newmode.net
March 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Please sign this petition started by a group of Newfoundland and Labrador parents calling on government to keep MUN comprehensive. We don’t want to have to send our kids to the mainland for University #FundMUN : win.newmode.net/memorialpare...
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The NL government attitude to @memorialu.bsky.social is heartbreaking, but also puzzling. Our university contributes so much to our social & economic well-being. How many of us, including Andrew Furey and his cabinet, would be where we are without Memorial? #FundMUN
vocm.com/2025/03/26/p...
vocm.com/2025/03/26/p...
Province Won’t Commit to Increased Funding for MUN despite Calls to Do so
The provincial government says it has a "constructive working relationship" with Memorial University, but it w...
vocm.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The NL government attitude to @memorialu.bsky.social is heartbreaking, but also puzzling. Our university contributes so much to our social & economic well-being. How many of us, including Andrew Furey and his cabinet, would be where we are without Memorial? #FundMUN
vocm.com/2025/03/26/p...
vocm.com/2025/03/26/p...
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This passage from the preface of @marcishore.bsky.social's "The Ukrainian Night" written in January 2017 sticks with me, because of its prescience.
March 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This passage from the preface of @marcishore.bsky.social's "The Ukrainian Night" written in January 2017 sticks with me, because of its prescience.
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When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.
Leavitt: "We are encouraging illegal immigrants to actively self-deport to maybe save themselves from being in one of these fun videos."
March 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.
