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🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈Viet Vu
@viet.bsky.social
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Manager, economics research @ The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University. @vviet93 on twitter https://www.viet.vu
🇯🇵🇻🇳🇨🇦- Japanese-Vietnamese-Canadian.
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Ready for CWEC lunch!!!
Photo of people at the CEA.
May 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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My latest for the @theglobeandmail.com on the recent developments in generative AI tools and art. Gift link www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/5c0fd2b...
Screenshot of the globe and mail’s website
April 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Dang @dkmunro.bsky.social here's an AI ethicist (unfortunately not of the kind you or I tend to think about)
Screenshot from NYT op-ed "Should we start taking the Welfare of A.I. Seriously?"
April 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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As I prep for a possible radio thing tomorrow, here's my current timestamped overview of the dumbest timeline
Screenshot: Tariff overviews (11AM April 2nd) Important Date: April 2nd - “retaliatory tariffs” that is justified on the basis of “tariffs” and “tariffs”-like trade barriers “Three scenario” - Blanket tariffs for all countries between 10-20%; a “tiered list” that means some countries will be better off than others; customized country-by-country average tariff list. April 4th: end of the “pause”aka USMCA exemption on broad base Canadian tariffs (25%, 10% on energy) - this would be on top (currently covers ~40% of goods, but estimate show with proper documentation ~90% of goods eligible for this temporary reprieve) Existing tariffs: Steel & Aluminium 25% Announced tariffs: auto tariffs on “non-US made cars” with pro-rated amount for when a portion of car is made in US - 25% All of these are meant to be cumulative, so steel in worst case scenario can receive a 70% tariffs, and Canadian car made with Canadian steel can get, for example, up to 95% tariffs. Canadian retaliatory tariffs (existing): 25% on targeted goods (including Bourbon) ~ $30 billion worth of goods Canadian retaliatory tariffs (maybe after Wed): Further on key targeted goods, but broad food items off the table for fear of hurting Canadians (example of possible response would be Floridan oranges) Canadian non-tariff response: “Buy-Canadian” initiative, pulling US liquor off provincial liquor, Tesla contract/tax credit pause, US ad-spend. US complaints: Supply management (ok fair point), fentanyl (lol), Quebec language law (turns out Canada is bilingual), Digital Services Tax (actually complicated), GST/Value added tax (???), dumping of lumber, US banks not allowed in Canada (they are if they follow regulations)
April 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Attending T7 Summit in Waterloo!
Photo of an auditorium at CIGI, there are many people on the panel. Main slide reads: “T7 Summit Canada 2025, April 1-2, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
April 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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This is incredible work from @theglobeandmail.com - shows us how we all feel trying to follow the news right now
Screenshot from a mistakenly published Globe & Mail newsletter that only has "TKTKTK - normal text" on repeat Tweet from the Globe & Mail's twitter account, reading "tk" with a link that has a "tk" headline.
March 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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A lovely note from a listener from the radio tour I did this morning about how Canadians should be preparing for tariff-induced uncertainties - these emails really warm my heart.
Email from a listener, read: Good morning! I just heard your interview/chat with Gregor Craigie on CBC Victoria. I want to thank you for explaining the wild current situation we find ourselves in, in such an easy-to-understand way! I’m not an overly financially-literate listener, yet I felt like I understood, thanks to your clear information and explanations. Your assurances to remain calm and not panic was well timed. I hope we hear more from you in the future. Kind regards,
March 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Dumb dumber and dumbest
Photo of Trump Vance and Johnson during SOTU
March 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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These people voted the democrats out of the Senate, of the House, of the Presidency.
tweet, reads "What the fuck are you doing Democrats?? Impeach this motherfucker now"
February 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Spent a part of Sunday afternoon doing a CTV interview on the dumb Trump tariffs.

If it isn’t clear, Canada is not for sale, and it can’t be bullied. Coming days will bring economic hardship to many but as Canadians we will unite. Heartened by political leaders of all stripes coming together.
Photo of the back of Viet’s head in a chair doing a media interview. He is facing a laptop screen with the live TV feed of his face, alongside some speaking notes. It is snowing outside from the window.
February 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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What if, on February 2022, we have heard people say “well Zelensky should just purge the Nazi elements from his government then Russia wouldn’t invade them - win by helping Russia win!” - you don’t surrender to aggressors
Tobi Lutke’s tweet, https://x.com/tobi/status/1885906286950363546?s=46
February 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Tweet by Tobi Lütke https://x.com/tobi/status/1881880708274372641?s=46
February 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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(Trump and his administration) is rotten to the core.
Screenshot from Guardian coverage by David Smith, reads: Trump continued to turn what might have been a sombre briefing into a baseless rant against DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) despite no evidence of a link with the plane crash. The president was backed to the hilt by the transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, who said “we can only accept the best and the brightest” in positions affecting passenger safety, and the defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, who echoed: “The era of DEI is gone at the defence department and we need the best and brightest.” Then came the vice-president, JD Vance, who claimed “we want to hire the best people” who are “actually competent enough to do the job”. Trump returned to the lectern to claim that “very powerful tests” for competence in air traffic control were “terminated” by Joe Biden. CNN’s Kaitlin Collins asked: “Aren’t you getting ahead of the investigation?” Trump replied: “No, I don’t think so at all ... I don’t think that’s a smart question. I’m surprised, coming from you.” Another reporter asked why Trump believes DEI is responsible. He said: “Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t. We want brilliant people doing this. This is a major chess game at the highest level.”
January 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Do not report unconfirmed information.
Screenshot from CNN showing DC Police say crash does not involve police helicopter
January 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Jordan Peterson says it's Canada's fault that Trump is deranged
Quote by Jordan Peterson's op-ed in the National Post "Trump has offered Canada status as the 51st state. If we had a well-constituted country, this would have never happened, or the suggestiosn would have been laughable. I see damn few people laughin, however, and more's the pity."
January 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Just updated my website (www.viet.vu) with media mentions from last year and feeling pretty proud.
Screenshot from Viet's website showing media mentions from 2024
January 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Sooooo re that Ontario election - we're hosting Bonnie Crombie on Feb 4th (very much planned before we knew there was an election).

We also have a Marit Stiles event coming up (and more) - stay tuned for updates by following @daistmu.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.ca/e/liberal-le...
Screenshot of the event
January 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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lol apparently Andrew Tate saying the n-word with the hard r doesn’t violate X’s safety policies
Screenshot of an email from X saying Andrew Tate’s account has not violated any rules
January 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Just posting a couple of screenshots from the "community guidelines" of this little red book app
Photo of community guideline prohibiting usages of words, with words like Ultimate Best Cheapest and "Additionally, terms related to sensitive political topics concerning the Chinese government are also prohibited, in order to maintain peace among citizens and avoid events that could disrupt political stability" Screenshot from XiaoHongShu's content guidelines, prohibits "content that attacks or slander party and national leaders fabricates negative information about leaders or misuse their images"; "content that insults or abuses national heroes' images, distorts or beautifies the acts of invaders and wars of aggression", "content that hurt national religious politics, promotes cults or feudal superstitions"
January 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Incredible new reporting from @caseynewton.bsky.social
Screenshot, reads: In an answer to the question “Do insults about mental illness and abnormality violate when targeting people on the basis of gender or sexual orientation?” Meta now answers “no.” It gave the following examples of posts that do not violate its policies: Non-violating: "Boys are weird." Non-violating: "Trans people aren't real. They're mentally ill." Non-violating: "Gays are not normal." Non-violating: "Women are crazy." Non-violating: "Trans people are freaks." And in a follow-up questions about whether denying that a protected class violates the hateful content policy, Meta also answers no. It gave these as examples of posts that are now allowed on Facebook and Instagram: "There's no such thing as trans children." "God created two genders, 'transgender' people are not a real thing." "This whole nonbinary thing is made up. Those people don't exist, they're just in need of some therapy." "A trans woman isn't a woman, it's a pathetic confused man." "A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it." Alex Schultz, the company’s chief marketing officer and highest-ranking gay executive, suggested in an internal post that seeing their queer friends and family members abused on Facebook and Instagram could lead to increased support for LGBTQ rights.
January 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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From our research @daistmu.bsky.social from last year (from my colleague @guslockhart.bsky.social), surrounding the experience of online hate speech experienced by Canadians - 27% of queer people in Canada has seen online hate speech. Most of any demographic we look at.
Figure 17 from Dais report, title of the graph is: "Online hate speech targeting vulnerable populations", the question asked in the survey is "Have you ever experienced any of the following? - Been targeted with online hate speech that deliberately promoted hatred against a group you identify with" Data in the figure: 10% of All Canadian residents 14% of Racialized Canadian residents 16% of New Canadian residents (less than 10 years) 19% of Canadian residents living with a disability 27% of 2SLGBTQ+ Canadian residents
January 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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New Meta policy.

Just pure evil. Pure. Evil.
Screenshot of new Meta Hateful conduct policy, highlighted section reads: "We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like “weird.” "
January 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Somehow this is my first day back
A photo of Viet’s work desk, with one screen showing writing that describes the Canadian census and the labour force survey, and another screen showing a livestream of CBC covering Justin Trudeau’s resignation
January 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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These will..... not be the best without good definitional frame on what small, medium & innovative means
Screenshot of FES Re Small Business Innovation and Procurement Act
December 16, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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RIP
Screenshot from FES saying DPM and Min Finance will chair a Summit
December 16, 2024 at 9:25 PM