Helen Pinsent

I would split my time between dissertation writing and caring for my mom, instead of having to choose between the dissertation and keeping my apartment.

Why the Halifax Examiner published a month-long series on 'AI' - Halifax Examiner Countering all this takes independent and scrappy news publications that remain true to the values of holding the powerful to account.

Why the Halifax Examiner published a month-long series on ‘AI’

Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

I had an interesting set of interactions w AI-generated content that I think is instructive. A very bright student made a claim in an essay that struck me as outlandish, so I searched the question on Google which turned up that phrasing the search a certain way makes the AI summary agree w the claim

I’m excited to read the close reading one myself.

“Leading with the Chin is a fascinating examination of the changing representations of twentieth-century masculinity in Esquire, America’s oldest men’s interest magazine.”

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Canada gov instead of allowing Big Tech to move fast and break things, please take the advice of @jeff.doctor : "move slow and empower people"

I don’t care for it either, but it does get mentioned in the song “Sleigh Ride,” so apparently at least one person thought it was good enough to eat it at Christmas.

I hated it when I first read it, but I have a feeling I’d feel differently if I picked it up again today.

Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Is this the moment Canada gets serious about science and the economy? The federal budget includes $1.7-billion to attract international researchers and support Canadian R&D and IP protections

Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.

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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.

If I could afford to live in one as nice as theirs, I’d apply tomorrow!

Right?? All praise for the wordy and awkward writing of a first-year student trying to figure sentences out.

Finally something on this argument current and future school teachers keep throwing at me - no, underserved groups are not currently or ever going to benefit from LLMs.

This motherfracker wants us to prove a negative. In science, you can prove a negative about causation by showing the causal pathway does not exist.

“Vaccines do not cause autism” has been proven in every scientifically meaningful sense. Read on.

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I was about to link to this myself, but instead I will just second the recommendation.

I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?

Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!

Here are 5 other things to know:

Falling for anti-migrant racism doesn't protect workers, it entrenches capitalism by making workers more vulnerable & exploitable! Our enemy arrives in limousine, not someone on a boat fleeing colonial devastation.

Being pro-migrant is central to our collective fight against fascism!

I just know there are millions of people on here dying to get me a present!

ABI Bouhmaida @forgoodcode Every Windows 11 PC is now an Al PC with Copilot at the center of it all. Here's how to get rid of Copilot completely from your computer (1/3)

ABI Bouhmaida @forgoodcode 1/ Settings App > Personalization > Taskbar > Other System Tray Icons > Switch "Microsoft 365 Copilot App" Off This hides Copilot from your taskbar

(9) ABI Bouhmaida @forgoodcode 2/ Press Win + R > Type in ‘regedit’ > Navigate to "HKEY _CURRENT_USER\ Software \ Policie s\Microsoft\ Windows" > Right-click on the "Windows" Key > New > Key > Name the new key "WindowsCopilot’ > Right-click on the new key EY > DWORD (32-bit) Value

@forgoodcode 3/ > Name the value "TurnOffWindowsCopilot’ > Double-click the name of the value > Set the "Value Data" to 1 > Restart your computer Congrats! Copilot is now completely gone from your computer. Hope this helps

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

2026 Call for Papers < ACCUTE CALL FOR PAPERS  ACCUTE 2026 Concordia University, Tiohtià:ke (Montreal) 4 – 7 June 2026 DEADLINE: 21 November 2025 The 2026 Conference CFP for the Association of Canadian College and University Teach...

3 days left to submit a proposal for our member organized panel on Indigenous Horror: accute.ca/2026-call-fo... @accute.bsky.social @nsborwein.bsky.social

YouTube video by Aquakultre Aquakultre - Gallows (Official Music Video)

Exciting news!

Lance Sampson, who is the musician Aquakultre, has filed an Application with the Canadian Minister of Justice to review the conviction of Lance's great-great grandfather, Daniel Sampson.

Yesterday, Aquakultre released the official video of "Gallows," about Daniel Sampson.

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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...

Exploitation all the way down: generative AI is built upon terrible human misery
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

Graph showing stipends for contract academic staff (PT Faculty) at 12 universities in Atlantic Canada in 2024. Dalhousie, MSVU and SMU were among the lowest paid in the region.

Graph showing stipends for contract academic staff (PT Faculty) at 12 universities in Atlantic Canada in 2025. Dalhousie, MSVU and SMU are among the highest paid in the region.

Thank you for all your support in making this possible, @cupescfp.bsky.social, @cupens.bsky.social, @caut.bsky.social, @cautdefencefund.bsky.social! We went from being the lowest paid in the region to being among the highest paid! 🎉🤩 😎

#CDNPSE #canlab

Congratulations, SMU colleagues! Well fought/bargained!

Gingerbread guillotine

Tis the season

Does it do impressions?

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Great movie

WE HAVE A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT! (SMU PT FACULTY, CHECK YOUR EMAIL! NOW!) Information Sessions on Nov 13: 9 am via Zoom with the Bargaining Team 12 pm in-person at the SMU Picket Line with Neil and Howard 6 pm via Zoom with the Bargaining Team

SMU Part-Time Faculty have a tentative agreement! SMU PT members, check your email for more information.

#SMUstrike #FairDealNow #cdnpse #canlab