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David William

@nrvscrcts.bsky.social

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Academic librarian, PhD in philosophy. Critical librarianship, phenomenology, synths, tabletop & video games, sci-fi. Settler on Treaty 7 land. He/him. All opinions my own. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations.

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · May 10

My band Fulfilment's new record is out on Bandcamp and streaming today! Listen and share with whomever you think might like 10 jams of Canadiana critique, punk amidst aging and indifference, ecological disaster, rainbow folk experience, and solidarity. #posthardcore #oldpunk

Husky House, by Fulfilment

10 track album

fulfilment.bandcamp.com

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 5h

flipped classrooms & the unquestioned shift toward “student-led learning” were also part of the deprofessionalization->adjunctification->mechanization program whose ultimate goal was a fully administrative university

John Downes-Angus @johndownesangus.bsky.social · 6h

The over-reliance on standardization as the mechanism for writing instruction really was a pretty unbeatable context to produce de-professionalized teachers okay with using AI to grade

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 14h

I did this, took like 30 min.
Points I kept hammering: domestic cloud, regulations around copyright and likeness rights, focusing on machine learning with concrete, real world uses (creating new drugs, etc), the damage done by slop, the need to listen to AI experts who are realists, not boosters.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · 16h

The McGill Assoc. of Univ. Teachers (MAUT) yesterday *overwhelmingly* endorsed the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, & calls upon McGill to end its partnerships with Israeli universities & other institutions.

("Overwhelmingly" means 104 yea to 8 nay!)

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 17h

Hi hello did you know that Elon Musk's third Neuralink patient (previously nonverbal) is "getting help from Grok" to communicate

and I hope -- I REALLY HOPE -- he's not stuck in his own brain listening as a robot talks for him without his input because this, to me, would be worse than death

This patient’s Neuralink brain implant gets a boost from generative AI

A patient who types with his brain thanks to a Neuralink implant is using AI chatbots to speed things up.

www.technologyreview.com

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 22h

imagine trying to explain the concept of virtue signaling as a bad thing to Aristotle

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 1d

Honoured that my ‘Burning the books’ -
the @harvardpress.bsky.social edition - should feature in @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social - a must- see for anyone concerned about the freedom to read and to think - it highlights the courageous libraries defending democracy in America

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote something about the state of geopolitics and disinfo this week and was asked to make it more neutral and academic, but I feel surely using neutral and academic terminology to describe whatever is going on here just makes it seems normal? Feels important to keep it seeming weird af.

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 1d

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING:

"Just landed."

Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 1d

"An executive order decreed that government agencies may not procure 'woke' AI models that feature 'incorporation of concepts like critical race theory, transgenderism, unconscious bias, intersectionality, and systemic racism.'"

It's important to interrogate what 'bias' means to fascists.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 1d

"People that want to keep pushing an agenda to go against these library materials and the First Amendment [right to free speech], I hope they see this, and I hope it's a deterrent."

Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement | CBC Radio

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and 2SLGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for young readers will be paid $700,000...

www.cbc.ca

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 1d

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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Judith Butlerian Jihad @pghguy.bsky.social · 1d

this is what it takes. we're here now folks, there is not a "if the nazis came" it's "they're here and your mettle will be tested now"

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Pyramid Chad @pyrameadhead.wifeguy.online · 1d

Every time

Tweet from hotgirlhala: "this does not help your cause" - guy who hates you and your cause

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Eze @ezetheigwe.blacksky.app · 2d

About to activate my 3 free months of Health+ so I can get in on the eventual class action lawsuit

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“Apple is reportedly prepping a Health+ service that will use AI to dispense advice on nutrition, exercise and more.”

Apple might launch Health+ with AI doctor, food tracking and more

Apple is reportedly prepping a Health+ service that will use AI to dispense advice on exercise and eating right.

www.cultofmac.com

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 2d

"'This is just neo-liberalism on steroids,' said Ubaka Ogbogu, a professor in the University of Alberta law faculty."

Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 2d

Riddle me this. Do the authors of this report really value intellectual curiosity? I mean look at their own leadership at the UofC policy School. I dont remember them valuing my intellectual diversity www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta panel suggests new post-secondary funding model, institutional neutrality | CBC News

A panel that studied Alberta's post-secondary institutions has released its recommendations, which include replacing the funding framework, providing more assistance like grants and scholarships to st...

www.cbc.ca

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 2d

Portland isn't burning, it's lit

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 2d

This is awesome.

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 2d

Still get goosebumps from the title screen drop that echoes the NES soundtrack. So eerie.

David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 2d

Tired: ChatGPT
Wired: CatGPT

Gregers Kristian Kjerulf @gregerskjerulf.bsky.social · 2d

CatGPT helping me debug a custom #rstats plotting function

Side shot of a grey cat sitting on a human's lap at a table. The human's left hand is on a computer keyboard. The cat is seemingly looking at a computer screen with code and a plot

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 2d

Increasingly, AI shaping our information environment.

AI and news report 2025 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/generative-a... via @reutersinstitute.bsky.social

64% in US saw an AI answer in past week.

Among those who saw AI answers, about one third (33%) say they always or often click links...

Generative AI and news report 2025: How people think about AI’s role in journalism and society

Our survey explores how people use generative AI in their everyday lives, what they think its impact will be on different areas of society, and what they think about its use in news and journalism spe...

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 2d

Comrade Kermit, welcome to the resistance

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 2d

MIT showing the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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