Andrew Biro

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Vladdy!

Text of the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

Gotta say, this feels pretty good

Fans of Smashing Pumpkins will enjoy this

This is spot on. Our capitulation to the ‘inevitability’ of AI couldn’t come at a worse time.

Full support to Canada Post workers in the face of more attacks not just from management, but now from the government too.

Today’s schedule:
King (Letter from a Birmingham Jail)
Sophocles (Antigone)
Marcuse (1st half of Essay on Liberation)

Congrats to @dalfaculty.bsky.social on their new agreement ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

you don’t understand bro, if we didn’t lie, no one would buy our product 😩

Mondays are my busiest teaching day this semester. Today’s schedule:
9;30: Socrates (Apology)
11:30: Kant (What is Enlightenment)
1:00: Adorno (Society)

I’ll be the guy in the hot dog suit saying “we’re all trying to find the person who did this”

Canada’s new Minister of AI must not be naive to its harms AI is not just being deployed to expand human understanding, but to systematically subvert it as well

“Instead of ‘democratizing intelligence,’ as Mr. Solomon claims, we are witnessing a kind of collective brain damage. The Minister of AI should be mitigating those risks, rather than naively championing the tech behind it all.”

🎁 link

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Always. Thank you!

Syllabi for “Introduction to Law, Politics and Government” and “Introduction to Political Theory”

Happy first day of classes, to those who celebrate

Lol same

So, you’re saying it would be bad to insist that all emails from students start with this?

"Graphic with 'Anthropic' logo on left, circuit-like design. Right text reads: 'Authors: You May Be Part of This Class Action Lawsuit. Anthropic AI Lawsuit Explained.' Modern, tech-themed design."

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.

All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.

For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

So disrespectful, and shows an incredible lack of confidence in their “final” offer!

Dalhousie University issues lockout notice to faculty union | CBC News The university says students should plan to arrive on campus when the fall term is scheduled to begin.

@dalfaculty.bsky.social
Am I reading this right: the Dalhousie university admin is planning to lock out faculty *while they are voting on a contract offer*?!

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is the moment to defend the right to strike in Canada - CCPA The ongoing strike by CUPE flight attendants at Air Canada has sparked a moment in the Canadian labour movement. Unions across Canada have been pledging their support for CUPE flight attendants and sh...

« Over 90% of the flight attendants voted to strike with a mandate of 99.7%.This is almost unheard of & indicates overwhelming member support for the union and their bargaining committee. They want the right to bargain a new and fair agreement and they are willing to strike until they get that. »

Solidarity with CUPE: Protect the right to strike and bargain fairly <p>PSAC is in solidarity with CUPE Air Canada flight attendants refusing the government’s back to work order as they fight not only to be paid for the work they do, and the legal right to bargain…

The right to strike is fundamental to fair bargaining. By forcing Air Canada flight attendants back to work, the government is trampling over those rights. PSAC is in solidarity with CUPE. We reject the use of Section 107 and will support workers who defy it.

psacunion.ca/solidarity-c...

The evolution of this group over the last couple of decades has really been something to behold

First ever Canadian University with major professional and research programs to threaten faculty with lockout.

Google search for "all you can eat buffet near me" with an "ai overview" of the results saying that you can use Google to search "all you can eat buffet near me" to find a buffet.

We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

As if a terrible offer wasn't bad enough, @dalhousieu.bsky.social walked away from the table, AGAIN! Won't even talk about our members' priorities. The disrespect is baffling. DFA wants to bargain, and we need the other side to engage and help us #KeepDalStrong. @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

I am just going to keep yelling about it: Ai is a cognitive destruction mechanism. Offloading cognition to algorithms is the real extinction level threat not AGI or digital gods.

DFA & @dalhousieu.bsky.social ended conciliation Aug 11 with no agreement. In fact, Dal Board left at noon, didn't tell us or the conciliator (their empty room below!) Guess it's up to the DFA to #KeepDalStrong. Board's final offer going to DFA members this week. @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

Thank you, looking forward to checking this out!

Dalhousie, faculty union begin 14-day countdown to possible strike or lockout | CBC News One final date for conciliation is scheduled for Aug. 11, and a labour disruption could start Aug. 12.

DFA President Dave Westwood not optimistic there will be a resolution before the 14-day deadline of August 11. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @caut.bsky.social @ansut.bsky.social @dalhousieu.bsky.social DFA trying to #keepdalstrong, but the Board won't come to the table.