Anne Panke
@arocc.bsky.social
Rebel-nerd 2.0 🇨🇦 semi-caffeinated sentient potato 📕 hoarder of books & small joys 🌟 staring into the abyss but making it fashion 👁️ awake-ish, aware-ish, weird on purpose…
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A not insignificant part of the fatalistic adoption of AI in Higher Ed, I think, is because we have stripped thinking, learning, reading, writing from the idea of pleasure; it has become pure utilitarian product, rather than joyful--and difficult--process.
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A not insignificant part of the fatalistic adoption of AI in Higher Ed, I think, is because we have stripped thinking, learning, reading, writing from the idea of pleasure; it has become pure utilitarian product, rather than joyful--and difficult--process.
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There are just 8 sitting days left at Queen's Park in 2025. You'll have to hurry if you want to send holiday wishes to the premier before his 9-week winter break begins.
Doug Ford
Legislative Building, Queen's Park
111 Wellesley Street West
Toronto, ON M7A 1A1
Here are some festive card ideas: 🧵
Doug Ford
Legislative Building, Queen's Park
111 Wellesley Street West
Toronto, ON M7A 1A1
Here are some festive card ideas: 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There are just 8 sitting days left at Queen's Park in 2025. You'll have to hurry if you want to send holiday wishes to the premier before his 9-week winter break begins.
Doug Ford
Legislative Building, Queen's Park
111 Wellesley Street West
Toronto, ON M7A 1A1
Here are some festive card ideas: 🧵
Doug Ford
Legislative Building, Queen's Park
111 Wellesley Street West
Toronto, ON M7A 1A1
Here are some festive card ideas: 🧵
75% of researchers are considering leaving the U.S.…
Come to Canada! 🇨🇦
Come to Canada! 🇨🇦
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
75% of researchers are considering leaving the U.S.…
Come to Canada! 🇨🇦
Come to Canada! 🇨🇦
“He was granted asylum in April this year, under the Trump administration…”
Suspect in Washington DC national guard shooting had ties to CIA, agency confirms
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, worked with agency-backed military units during US war in Afghanistan
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“He was granted asylum in April this year, under the Trump administration…”
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The Canada-Alberta deal pushes a pipeline AND
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal weakens climate policies | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The Canada-Alberta deal pushes a pipeline AND
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
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Guilbeault resignation
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Guilbeault resignation
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If Canada wants to fulfill its role in the fight against climate change, it must stop supporting new fossil fuel projects while partnering with petro-states.
Let's stop backtracking. Canada must show some climate ambition. #COP30
Let's stop backtracking. Canada must show some climate ambition. #COP30
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If Canada wants to fulfill its role in the fight against climate change, it must stop supporting new fossil fuel projects while partnering with petro-states.
Let's stop backtracking. Canada must show some climate ambition. #COP30
Let's stop backtracking. Canada must show some climate ambition. #COP30
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‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
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Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
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The person Doug Ford has appointed to the Ontario College of Early Childhood Educators doesn’t know what ECEs do.
You’ll be surprised to learn that Julie O’Driscoll is a Conservative donor and former comms director for MPP Steve Clark, who resigned amid the Greenbelt land swap controversy.
You’ll be surprised to learn that Julie O’Driscoll is a Conservative donor and former comms director for MPP Steve Clark, who resigned amid the Greenbelt land swap controversy.
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The person Doug Ford has appointed to the Ontario College of Early Childhood Educators doesn’t know what ECEs do.
You’ll be surprised to learn that Julie O’Driscoll is a Conservative donor and former comms director for MPP Steve Clark, who resigned amid the Greenbelt land swap controversy.
You’ll be surprised to learn that Julie O’Driscoll is a Conservative donor and former comms director for MPP Steve Clark, who resigned amid the Greenbelt land swap controversy.
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Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
macspaunday.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
I kept thinking, “THIS will be the thing that ends his career!” And I kept being disappointed. It’s clear that the behaviour is just indicative of much deeper and much more systemic misogyny….
Will Trump Finally Pay a Price for his Misogyny?
Accountability, or its absence, sends a powerful message to young men and boys
jacksonkatz.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I kept thinking, “THIS will be the thing that ends his career!” And I kept being disappointed. It’s clear that the behaviour is just indicative of much deeper and much more systemic misogyny….
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“.. The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls ..
“.. Trump’s sexist comments are an attack on women’s dignity — and by making them, he strips the presidency of its dignity too.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
“.. Trump’s sexist comments are an attack on women’s dignity — and by making them, he strips the presidency of its dignity too.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“.. The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls ..
“.. Trump’s sexist comments are an attack on women’s dignity — and by making them, he strips the presidency of its dignity too.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
“.. Trump’s sexist comments are an attack on women’s dignity — and by making them, he strips the presidency of its dignity too.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Time for Ottawa to ready draconian sanctions against Alaberta under the Canada🇨🇦 Health Act.
This isn’t privatization by stealth: it’s all out war on Medicare.
🍁🙄🍁
This isn’t privatization by stealth: it’s all out war on Medicare.
🍁🙄🍁
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Time for Ottawa to ready draconian sanctions against Alaberta under the Canada🇨🇦 Health Act.
This isn’t privatization by stealth: it’s all out war on Medicare.
🍁🙄🍁
This isn’t privatization by stealth: it’s all out war on Medicare.
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Anyone else hear the Terminator sound effect….?
Anthropic says it 'disrupted' what it calls 'the first documented case of a large-scale AI cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention' | Fortune
"Attackers used AI’s 'agentic' capabilities to an unprecedented degree—using AI not just as an advisor, but to execute the cyberattacks themselves."
fortune.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Anyone else hear the Terminator sound effect….?
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VIDEO: Don't ask Michelle Obama to run. In a candid talk with Tracee Ellis Ross, the former first lady declared America "ain't ready" for a female president. "You all are lying," she said. Her diagnosis: The electorate, particularly men who can't be led by women, has "growing up to do."
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
VIDEO: Don't ask Michelle Obama to run. In a candid talk with Tracee Ellis Ross, the former first lady declared America "ain't ready" for a female president. "You all are lying," she said. Her diagnosis: The electorate, particularly men who can't be led by women, has "growing up to do."
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Latest for @pressprogress.ca:
One day after @amnesty.org report confirmed what First Nations + doctors have been saying — that living near oil & gas causes all kinds of health harms — 🇨🇦 PM @mark-carney.bsky.social announced more support for LNG infrastructure in BC
pressprogress.ca/fossil-fuel-...
One day after @amnesty.org report confirmed what First Nations + doctors have been saying — that living near oil & gas causes all kinds of health harms — 🇨🇦 PM @mark-carney.bsky.social announced more support for LNG infrastructure in BC
pressprogress.ca/fossil-fuel-...
As More and More Studies Expose Fossil-fuel Health Harms, Mark Carney Doubles Down
First Nations and frontline workers lead the charge against Canada's aggressive LNG expansion
pressprogress.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Latest for @pressprogress.ca:
One day after @amnesty.org report confirmed what First Nations + doctors have been saying — that living near oil & gas causes all kinds of health harms — 🇨🇦 PM @mark-carney.bsky.social announced more support for LNG infrastructure in BC
pressprogress.ca/fossil-fuel-...
One day after @amnesty.org report confirmed what First Nations + doctors have been saying — that living near oil & gas causes all kinds of health harms — 🇨🇦 PM @mark-carney.bsky.social announced more support for LNG infrastructure in BC
pressprogress.ca/fossil-fuel-...
We need to do this in Canada - let’s be on the cutting edge of human rights and privacy protection, rather than on the front lines of AI environmental degradation…
Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
Amendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities, government says
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We need to do this in Canada - let’s be on the cutting edge of human rights and privacy protection, rather than on the front lines of AI environmental degradation…
“I don’t know of anybody in my time that were in those senior roles that failed polygraphs…” said Bob Anderson, a former FBI executive…. “If somebody would fail those polygraphs in my time, most likely they would be removed out of the classified environment until that could get cleared.”
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“I don’t know of anybody in my time that were in those senior roles that failed polygraphs…” said Bob Anderson, a former FBI executive…. “If somebody would fail those polygraphs in my time, most likely they would be removed out of the classified environment until that could get cleared.”
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German court finds Open AI infringed copyright by using song lyrics for LLM training. (This news via @publisherslunch.bsky.social , which notes that this is the first court case to end in an infringement ruling against Open AI) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court rules
OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists’ work without permission
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
German court finds Open AI infringed copyright by using song lyrics for LLM training. (This news via @publisherslunch.bsky.social , which notes that this is the first court case to end in an infringement ruling against Open AI) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I know it’s not a surprise. What might be a surprise is how many people really believed this narrative….
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I know it’s not a surprise. What might be a surprise is how many people really believed this narrative….
US friends: Remember the names: Dick Durbin, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, John Fetterman, and Tim Kaine. They promised to stand up for you, but chose to cave instead. Hold them accountable.
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
US friends: Remember the names: Dick Durbin, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, John Fetterman, and Tim Kaine. They promised to stand up for you, but chose to cave instead. Hold them accountable.
I honestly had no idea that the Honda dealership near me paid their service department on commission. How is that a good idea? OF COURSE they’re going to tell you that you need more work done!
'You have to upsell them': Marketplace exposes how dealerships push maintenance you don't need | CBC News
Learn how you can stop wasting money on unnecessary car maintenance.
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I honestly had no idea that the Honda dealership near me paid their service department on commission. How is that a good idea? OF COURSE they’re going to tell you that you need more work done!
This is a powerful visualization of the bias of the hate-filled platform. All social media skews in these directions, despite angry rhetoric about the “left leaning media”
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is a powerful visualization of the bias of the hate-filled platform. All social media skews in these directions, despite angry rhetoric about the “left leaning media”