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Tim Bousquet
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Hated by Reddit. Founder of HalifaxExaminer.ca. Opinions are my own, and not necessarily shared by my colleagues.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · Apr 22
There's now a collector page for my "Nova Scotia’s Policing Panic" series. Thanks to @irisblueskyris.bsky.social for setting that up: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/nova-scotias...
Nova Scotia's Policing Panic - Halifax Examiner
A special investigative series by Tim Bousquet. In some ways this is the origin story both of policing in Nova Scotia and of how Black people in particular are policed in Nova Scotia. It’s the story o...
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This is the 2nd time a major government report from Deloitte has been found to contain errors likely generated by AI.

First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Neighbours boiling over new lobster pound in Tantallon area

reported by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Neighbours boiling over new lobster pound in Tantallon area - Halifax Examiner
NovaShell previously operated a lobster pound in a rented facility in Mount Uniacke. The owner said move to St. Margarets Bay is meant to provide "another access point for the local fishermen, to brin...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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I’m re-upping this because this cause is so important
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry

Morning File by me
The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry - Halifax Examiner
Just as humanity is facing the existential crisis of climate change, we're going to add enormous amounts of carbon to the atmosphere by burning more fossil fuels to power ChatFuckingGPT?
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November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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I did not ask for it, but I just received an AI-generated summary of the Zoom interview I just conducted.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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‘We’re not fooled’: No Desert Data Center’s fight against Project Blue is a common one across North America

Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
'We're not fooled': No Desert Data Center's fight against Project Blue is a common one across North America - Halifax Examiner
An interview with a member of a coalition fighting to stop a data centre in Tucson, Arizona.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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And the Nova Scotia government is positioning itself as a Methane Mecca, ending the fracking ban and opening up the offshore to drilling for gas.
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2d
I know this is obvious but it's always worth repeating: fossil gas is not a climate solution. The worst, most deadly scenarios always feature the most gas, and the least-bad scenarios always feature the least gas.
Figure 3.36 ⊳ Global natural gas demand by sector and region in the CPS to 2050 IEA. CC BY 4.0. Natural gas demand increases by 20% to 2035 and by 30% to 2050, driven by expanding use in power generation and in industry, particularly in Asia Pacific and Middle East
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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I love this episode of Jersey Shore
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
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November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Without Larry Summers on its board, OpenAI is sure to collapse,
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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A Saint John-born Trump supporter wants to power a data centre in Lorneville, New Brunswick. The community is fighting back

reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
A Saint John-born Trump supporter wants to power a data centre in Lorneville, New Brunswick. The community is fighting back - Halifax Examiner
Lorneville residents attended a town hall on Nov. 5 where VoltaGrid and Beacon AI tried to make their pitch.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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‘Fear and uncertainty’: The impacts of international student policy changes
By @mmughees.bsky.social
'Fear and uncertainty': The impacts of international student policy changes - Halifax Examiner
As federal government tightens international student enrolment and work permit criteria, many international students are facing uncertainty and fear for their futures.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Kevin O'Leary petitions Trump to have name added to Epstein Files
Kevin O'Leary petitions Trump to have name added to Epstein Files
TORONTO - With newly released files from notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein implicating President Trump in a world of elite, amoral power players, Canadian businessman Kevin O'Leary has formally...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Exploitation all the way down: generative AI is built upon terrible human misery

Morning File by me
Exploitation all the way down: generative AI is built upon terrible human misery - Halifax Examiner
Besides the exploitation of these thousands of workers, what strikes me about the training work is that the entire AI industry — and all of the supposed great leaps of "artificial intelligence" that i...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week

reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week - Halifax Examiner
Countdown is on for the rocket's launch, a rocket we know little about, a launch closed to the media, and about which the people who live in the area have not even been informed.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Here’s hoping no one needs an urgent helicopter patient transfer from Eastern Memorial Hospital in Canso during the times blocked for the rocket launches this week. And that no debris lands on anyone on land or the ocean. It is hunting season and also tuna fishing time. But hey, rockets!!!🚀
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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I’m re-upping this because this cause is so important
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Technologies are not neutral, and AI is no different

Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Technologies are not neutral, and AI is no different - Halifax Examiner
"We have not yet learned to think of technology as having ideology incorporated into its very form."
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November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Unlike Hitler, Donald Trump is not a vegetarian, therefore Trump is not a fascist. q.e.d.
aaronrhanlon.com AR Hanlon @aaronrhanlon.com · 5d
The debate over whether this is 'fascism' is a silly semantic one in which a small minority mean 'completed fascist authoritarianism' and the vast majority mean 'the people in power say and do things that demonstrate completed fascist authoritarianism is what they want to achieve.'
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Head-on collision on the Circ:
Police Investigate Vehicle Collision - Dartmouth At 6:13 a.m., Halifax Regional Police responded to multiple reports of vehicle travelling Northbound on the wrong side of the Highway 111 near exit 5 (Micmac Blvd) in Dartmouth. A few minutes later callers reported a head-on collision near the on ramp 4 (Woodland Ave). The occupants of both vehicles sustained serious injuries and were transported to the hospital. Investigators from Patrol are conducting the investigation, which is ongoing. Traffic Blocked: All South bound traffic between Woodland Ave and Micmac Blvd on the on the 111 Highway is reduced to one lane. The lanes will remain closed for an extended period.
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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My take on “male loneliness”: sure. Being lonely is the human condition for everyone, all genders. We all die alone, and hopefully we can make some fleeting connections in the face of that.

What they’re talking about, tho, is the loss of the crutches of social dominance and the like.
November 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Saw Brazil (the film) for the first time this weekend. It eerily speaks directly to our time, more than when it was released.
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This article doesn't mention how Alberta intends to meet the demand, but a linked article does: by building more methane ['natural gas'] plants. That is, burning more fossil fuels and accelerating global warming.
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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From cars to AI, the spread of technologies is not inevitable

Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
From cars to AI, the spread of technologies is not inevitable - Halifax Examiner
None of this is inevitable. It is the result of powerful lobbies and poor decision-making.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I'm thinking about submitting a paper for consideration. I don't know that I have the time, but I have enough material for one.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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You know how everyone gets those phone calls from weird places, with the idea that you'll call back to generate some fees? The same thing is now happening with "contact us" boxes on the web being filled out with AI. It's annoying and time consuming. I'm sure it's just the start.
timbousquet.bsky.social Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 8d
Besides the obvious social, environmental, and ethical issues, I worry that we're about to get so much AI-generated slop that it will overwhelm the physical infrastructure of the internet. You think web page loading is so slow now, just wait til a million times more junk is flowing through the tubes
irgarner.bsky.social Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 8d
I'm also pretty confident I got a ChatGPT peer review recently. We're approach the singularity: nothing but AI reviews of AI written articles published to feed the publish or perish system.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM