BREAKING: Mark Carney to officially recognize Palestinian state Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN in September as he accused Israel of failing to “prevent the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian disaster in Gaza....

BREAKING: Mark Carney to officially recognize Palestinian state ottawacitizen.com/news/politic...

Canada weighs whether to follow U.K. plan on Palestinian statehood No decision has been made, according to a source familiar with the matter

#cdnpoli Emphatically, desperately yes. ASAP. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Literally nothing in today’s @ottawacitizen.com is written by or for a local audience except the adverts.

American junk news fillers. Hardly local and hardly a newspaper.

Just 7,000 steps a day cuts risk of health issues - study Everyone targets 10,000 steps - but a lower tally could reduce the risk of serious health issues like cancer, dementia and heart disease, a study suggests.

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The Impact of AI on Student Writing

“A.I. allows any of us to feel like an expert, but it is risk, doubt, and failure that make us human.”

Very thoughtful essay for professors who still believe in thinking and learning!

Paywalled @ New Yorker, also available thru yr public library.

Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built for Canada Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your personal data taking an unexpected trip down south.

Joined! gandersocial.ca#early-access

Incoming president Marie-Eve Sylvestre sees a world of possibilities | University of Ottawa Sylvestre’s remarkable academic career — as an Université de Montréal alumna with a master’s and doctorate from Harvard, a professor, a researcher and, then, dean of the Faculty of Law (Civil Law Sect...

Great news for uOttawa! www.uottawa.ca/en/news-all/...

Congrats to 🇨🇦 author Michael Crummey and TY NFLD & Labrador public libraries for this nomination amp.rte.ie/amp/1514311/

Researcher, advocacy group hoping for ‘cabinet co-ordination’ on digital files with new AI and digital innovation ministry 'It’s a very welcome move, and I think it’s a strong signal AI policy and innovation policy [are at] the centre of the government’s priorities,' says Prof. Florian Martin-Bariteau

New AI and digital innovation ministry 'a very welcome move,' says Prof. Florian Martin-Bariteau

'I think it’s a strong signal AI policy and innovation policy [are at] the centre of the government’s priorities.'

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3 refs that include his name in author field and keyword women - uOttawa library search

Beautiful writing.

P.E.I. vet college apologizes for asking artist to remove piece showing lemmings and U.S. flag | CBC News The Atlantic Veterinary College has apologized to its former artist-in-residence, who quit after being asked to take down a painting he says was censored by the Charlottetown institution due to its po...

Return to artistic expression www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I also purchased Davies outside Canada 🇨🇦 - yes for browsing!!

More of the unbelievable - no excuse for this and yes Griffin is 🇨🇦. www.christophergriffin.ca

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave Monday morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

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The Menopause Estrogen Face Cream Epidemic When marketing outpaces science

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The opening paragraph for the following article: Not All Information Wants to be Free: The Case Study of On Our Backs Tara Robertson* Introduction “Information wants to be free” is one of those slogans that I see on t-shirts and tote bags at library conferences. Generally, librarians advocate for open access to information. In this chapter, I will look at the digitization of On Our Backs (OOB), a lesbian porn magazine that ran from 1984–2004, as a case study of where digitization and publishing this content online is inappropriate. First, I will locate myself and explain why I’ve been critical of Reveal Digital putting OOB online. Second, I will examine why it was problematic for Reveal Digital to put OOB online and will also look at why the reasons they gave for temporarily removing OOB were also problematic. Third, I’ll look at some of the copyright issues associated with digitizing this collection and I will argue that we need to go beyond just looking at copyright. I’ll conclude with a survey discussion of some other digitization projects that are approaching tricky ethical issues from a nuanced and thoughtful perspective and describe best practices, including having clear contact information, using appropriate technology, and working with communities from a community development perspective.

Learned abt this article through a convo w an archivist who works at my uni yesterday & it's killer. People in so many fields have a lot to learn from folks w library & archives specialization, particularly when we come to any table centered on topics that get occluded by buzz phrases like this one.

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week - Longreads Featuring stories from Ed Park, Rachel Kushner, Will Tavlin, Michaela Cavanagh, and S.C. Gwynne.

Check out The Hideaway from this list — The Top 5 Longreads of the Week longreads.com/2024/12/20/l...

Eurostar the worst-performing rail service in Europe, campaigners find Firm disputes Transport and Environment’s findings, which also ranked Deutsche Bahn as one of the least reliable

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The Hideaway | Hazlitt In an abandoned military barracks in rural Germany, Ben Green prepares for the end of the world

The Hideaway
BY MICHAELA CAVANAGH
In an abandoned military barracks in rural Germany, Ben Green prepares for the end of the world hazlitt.net/longreads/hi...

Alice Munro’s Retreat | Anne Enright In July, two months after Alice Munro died, her daughter Andrea Skinner revealed not only that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather for several

“Some people may find it egregious that Alice Munro both dismissed the damage done to her daughter and used it to fuel her work. Yet the tug of this long-kept secret is there on the page and...once you see it, you find it everywhere.” —Anne Enright

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Ian Williams interviewed by CBC’s Tom Power on Massey Lecture 2024 on theme of Conversations youtube.com/watch?v=r2WU...