Andrew Biro

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.

Same, except 11 and 23 years.

Well, I did have one (now retired) colleague who wore Chuck Taylors, but that’s about it

The Board @dalhousieu.bsky.social is jeopardizing the fall term.
A mid-August lockout will solve nothing. DFA wants to continue bargaining. Is that too much to ask? Link to media release in comments @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social #KeepDalStrong

Season 2, episode 11, for anyone who thinks I’m kidding

Marshall McLuhan’s appearance in The Sopranos is one of the best moments in the show

until everyone got hooked on chat gpt and the like i don’t think i understood what my teachers meant when they said ‘when you cheat, you’re only cheating yourself’

Was just there recently and also really struck by this. The way the segregation is marked onto the built environment (flags, murals, etc) is really something

Why Canada needs to build a public cloud Dependence on US tech giants must end if the country is serious about digital sovereignty

Canada can see the costs of dependence on the US first hand. Trump is bullying us and Silicon Valley used his leverage to kill the digital services tax.

As the Canadian government looks for a new cloud provider, it shouldn’t just prioritize local companies; it should invest in a public cloud.

i can’t remember anything that has felt more foisted upon us than AI. repeatedly telling us why we actually need is like thinking a joke will get funnier the more you explain it.

"Solar panels in China are cheaper than a same-size piece of window glass. You can use panels as siding and fencing as if it’s a building material that just happens to produce some electricity
The future is panels everywhere"-@dfeldman.org
Thread: Solar Hockey Stick of Hope bsky.app/profile/70sb...

Moose sex corridor for endangered population expands to 1,200 hectares | CBC News The Nature Conservancy of Canada has added three new properties totalling more than 95 hectares to its so-called moose sex corridor meant to keep Nova Scotia wildlife connected to the rest of the worl...

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

How much could this joke cost, Michael? Five dollars?

We stand in full solidarity with the unionized trades workers on strike in Cape Breton. These workers build our hospitals, our schools, and our communities. They deserve fair wages, safe conditions, and respect at the bargaining table. #Solidarity #TradeStrong #NSPoli #FairContractNow

Wrote a post about/including my academic integrity/AI use policy for next year

Looking forward to the op-ed asking whether those denouncing him are the real antisemites

Academic Integrity Policy

Will I admit to failing to even do what previously said I would "minimally" do with this blog? Yes. Will I dwell on it? No. Like many other academics, I'm being forced by the rise of generative AI to think more about what I am doing with course assignments, and by…

6 boxes of freshly picked strawberries

Best season

Help @astfassoc.bsky.social avoid a strike - send a letter of support today - www.astfa.ca/2025/support...

Salesforce adds AI to everything, jacks up prices by 6% : Little agents everywhere

I see the playbook for AI profits is becoming simply to force AI tools on everyone then make them pay for the privilege they never asked for.

I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else (even people at the Shop Rite) does

So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president.

And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.

This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.

A glass bottle of water, labeled “W.B. Yeats Water”

When I say that late capitalism has brought us a near-infinite variety of ways to signal identity via bottled water consumption, this is what I mean
👀 @raulpachecovega.bsky.social @christyzen.bsky.social

“Distasteful” is too mild

If this is even remotely accurate, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have killed more people in several months than the Iraq war killed in a decade

Community energy in Scotland The Scottish government has called for greater community ownership of renewable energy across Scotland as part of a just transition.

Community and public ownership creates real power for local people. Not just electricity - but money to fund vital services where they’re most needed.

www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e...

I know I have “TML complaints” in my bio, but I can’t even

Decades of neglect: Migrant farm worker housing needs national regulatory standards Canada’s ability to produce food hinges on hiring migrant agricultural workers. Yet, housing for these workers is often overcrowded, dangerous and undignified.

"in Nova Scotia, we found that a lack of meaningful union representation, precarious status and low wages created coercive conditions in which workers felt forced to accept poor living conditions."
#NovaScotia #NSpoli #CDNpoli #CDNag #CANlab #migrantworkers #labour

I haven’t thought enough about it to have strong feelings either way about where to house it. But I’m not sure that general public support for CBC is that much worse (or better) than Canada Post.

My somewhat related hot take is that public broadcasters like CBC should be tasked with developing national social media platforms