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Katherine Macnaughton-Osler - #COVIDisAirborne 😷
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Le communautaire, le Web, la défense (collective) des droits, le féminisme. Solidarité, diversité, antiracisme, science. ≠désinfo ≠intolérance // Human rights, community, feminist & Web activism. ≠disinfo ≠hate
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kamoweb.bsky.social
Quelle belle initiative à la @banq-officiel.bsky.social! Le service « Consultez un aîné pour 25 cents. » : l'humain au cœur d’une démarche gagnant-gagnant : un-e usagèr-e qui a besoin d’écoute, et un-e aîné-e qui contribue son savoir et son expérience de vie. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
Consultez un aîné pour 25 cents: le 3e âge prend sa revanche
Découverte d'une initiative où l'on trouve d’un côté, un usager qui a besoin d’écoute et de l'autre un aîné, dont le savoir et l’expérience ont de la valeur.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
kamoweb.bsky.social
Depuis juin 2024, 32 personnes sont mortes autour du Square Cabot à Montréal. De ce nombre, 26 étaient des Autochtones, dont beaucoup d'Inuit. Terriblement injuste et affreusement triste. ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-auto...
32 morts aux alentours du square Cabot en un an et demi
Résilience Montréal et Foyer pour les femmes autochtones de Montréal ont organisé une cérémonie en mémoire de ces gens, dont 26 étaient des Autochtones.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
kamoweb.bsky.social
« Si nous ne voulons pas faillir aux enfants comme société mondiale, nous devons agir collectivement en misant sur les solidarités sans frontières et intergénérationnelles [...]. Cela implique de penser aux enfants, tous les enfants. » -- @samir0s-h.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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mtltoula.bsky.social
“Violence against women is 90% to 95% of deepfake videos being sexual images of women and 90% of revenge porn targeting them.”
cultmtl.com/2025/11/gend...
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny
As we highlight 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and the upcoming anniversary of the Montreal massacre, can we take a moment to reflect on all the different forms this violence takes?
cultmtl.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
kamoweb.bsky.social
"Gen Z’s anger isn’t only about repression; it’s about the climate, about corruption, inequality, and everyday injustice that are the fault lines of the new global discontent." globalvoices.org/2025/11/24/t...
The flashpoint generation: How Gen Z is rewriting the rules of protest the world over
From Kathmandu to Antananarivo, from Jakarta to Lima, a digital native generation is shaking the foundations of power and teaching the world that democracy’s revival may come not from institutions, bu...
globalvoices.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
kamoweb.bsky.social
« Le ministre de l’Immigration dit trop souvent n’importe quoi sur l’immigration. Sur les demandeurs d’asile qui se la couleraient douce aux crochets de l’État, sa rhétorique populiste était particulièrement indécente. » - @rimaelkouri.bsky.social www.lapresse.ca/actualites/c...
Demandeurs d’asile | Quand le ministre Roberge dit n’importe quoi
« Une carte or pour les demandeurs d’asile ? Mais quelle carte or ? Nous ne venons pas ici pour l’argent ! On laisse tout juste pour sauvegarder nos vies. C’est le souffle de vie que l’on veut protége...
www.lapresse.ca
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
kamoweb.bsky.social
« Globalement, des acteurs malveillants peuvent utiliser l’IA pour automatiser des attaques à grande vitesse et le faire à très grande échelle. Lorsque l’IA contrôle des systèmes critiques, toute attaque peut avoir des conséquences considérables. » theconversation.com/lia-fait-pes...
L’IA fait peser des risques sur la sécurité nationale, la démocratie et notre système de santé… Quelques pistes pour les réduire
L’IA accélère la recherche et l’innovation, mais ouvre aussi la voie à des manipulations politiques, financières, sanitaires et militaires. La solution viendra tout autant des individus que des États…
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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canadastrong.bsky.social
Dear Canada,

Stop waiting for a Black 3M Aura.

This black BreatheTeq KN95 headband mask just arrived, and is available for purchase on Canada Strong!

It's made in Canada, too!

Elbows up, neighbour 💪
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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olivia.science
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece, we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to relevant work to further inform our colleagues. Figure 1. A cartoon set theoretic view on various terms (see Table 1) used when discussing the superset AI (black outline, hatched background): LLMs are in orange; ANNs are in magenta; generative models are in blue; and finally, chatbots are in green. Where these intersect, the colours reflect that, e.g. generative adversarial network (GAN) and Boltzmann machine (BM) models are in the purple subset because they are both generative and ANNs. In the case of proprietary closed source models, e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Apple’s Siri, we cannot verify their implementation and so academics can only make educated guesses (cf. Dingemanse 2025). Undefined terms used above: BERT (Devlin et al. 2019); AlexNet (Krizhevsky et al. 2017); A.L.I.C.E. (Wallace 2009); ELIZA (Weizenbaum 1966); Jabberwacky (Twist 2003); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA). Table 1. Below some of the typical terminological disarray is untangled. Importantly, none of these terms are orthogonal nor do they exclusively pick out the types of products we may wish to critique or proscribe. Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
kamoweb.bsky.social
Mental health challenges no doubt factor into the reasons why school absenteeism has increased. But I think ⬆️ infectious diseases, including COVID / long COVID, are part of the problem as well. Not even mentioned in this article. What do you think, @cancovsoc.bsky.social? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Kids are missing more school. Experts say mental health is a factor | CBC News
A CBC investigation finds that school time lost due to reported illness is up in all districts that provided data — more than tripling in some places compared to five years ago. While the data doesn’t...
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
kamoweb.bsky.social
Prof. Treena Wasonti:io Delormier: project From Guidelines to Practice – assessing the transl. of the Cultural Safety Roundtable guidelines in research practices in QC. "Culturally safe res.pract. can help redress colonial legacies in health res. w/Indigenous Peoples." www.mcgill.ca/dna-to-rna/c...
Genomic Medicine and Indigenous Health Award: Celebrating Excellence in Research
On October 23, at the 2025 Rendez-Vous Génome Québec in Montréal, Professor Treena Wasonti:io Delormier was announced as the recipient of the D2R Genomic Medicine and Indigenous Health Award. Prof. De...
www.mcgill.ca
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
kamoweb.bsky.social
La prof. Treena Wasonti:io Delormier : «"Ce n’est pas aux communautés autochtones de former les chercheurs. Les chercheurs doivent faire leurs recherches. Établir des relations est une compétence : un processus dans lequel on s’engage et dans lequel on investit."» ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-auto...
Une chercheuse mohawk remporte un prix scientifique de l’Université McGill
Treena Wasonti:io Delormier dirige le Centre pour la nutrition et l'environnement des peuples autochtones.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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spiritsofland.bsky.social
FACT:
Straight men are more likely to leave their partners than straight women if the partner becomes seriously chronically ill.

ALSO FACT:
Women are at a higher risk than men of getting #LongCovid

Covid is a gender rights issue.

A good reason to #MaskUp

#CovidIsntOver #CleanTheAir
Pestilence & Gender
Shattering the Twisted Spire of COVID & Misogyny
www.panaccindex.info
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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msf.org
At #COP30, we asked people from indigenous communities how the climate crisis is affecting their lives and health ⬇️
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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apc.org
APC submission to the United Nations Working Group on discrimination against women and girls: Gender equality, the digital space and the age of artificial intelligence

www.apc.org/en/pubs/apc-...

#genderequality #AI
APC submission to the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls: Gender equality, the digital space and the age of artificial intelligence
This submission was written in response to the call from the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls for inputs to the 2026 Thematic Report on Gender Equality, the Digital Space and...
www.apc.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
kamoweb.bsky.social
In the 5.5 years since I've been wearing N95s / KN94s in indoor spaces, I've only been sick once: the last few weeks. N95s aren't perfect, but they make a huge difference. I have a weak immune system, and before masking, I was sick around 5 times a year! I'll take once every 5.5 years. 😊
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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framasoft.org
🌳 Renforcez l’internet du partage en contribuant à la robustesse de Framasoft !

Framadate flambant neuf, PeerTube v8, nouveaux services…

Découvrez comment votre solidarité nous permet de proposer un internet sans pub ni pisteur, pensé pour les humains et humaines ! 🤝

framablog.org/2025/11/18/r...
Image d'illustration de Framasoft, sous la forme de petits personnages animaux andromorphes s'affairant à s'occuper des différents services et actions de Framasoft.
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
kamoweb.bsky.social
« Mais [la déconnexion] reste individuelle : se protéger soi-même, sans interroger collectivement la place du numérique dans la société. Ainsi, le "droit à la déconnexion" tend à devenir un luxe réservé à ceux qui peuvent se l’offrir. » theconversation.com/detox-digita...
Détox digitale : se déconnecter, entre le luxe et le droit fondamental
En quelques années, nous sommes devenus complètement « accros » à nos outils numériques. La déconnexion va-t-elle devenir un produit de luxe ?
theconversation.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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egalecanada.bsky.social
These are six actions you can work towards today to support trans and gender diverse communities and those in your life. With proactive and ongoing allyship, we can create a society that respects and values everyone, ensuring that all members of our communities can be equal, not other.
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
kamoweb.bsky.social
« À l’ère du numérique, [la violence conjugale] s’infiltre dans les téléphones, les réseaux sociaux et les objets connectés [...]. Les technologies deviennent de véritables armes de contrôle. » gazettedesfemmes.ca/25692/la-tec...
Une femme vue de profil, avec des cheveux longs bruns, des boucles d'oreille, un téléphone cellulaire à la main qu'elle regarde. L'arrière-plan est flou.
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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pivot.quebec
OPINION | « 24 ans de vie, plus de 700 jours de survie. En plus de 700 jours de guerre, j’ai vieilli plus que durant mes 21 années précédentes. Ces 21 années auraient dû suffire pour apprendre à vivre. Mais en plus de 700 jours, j’ai appris à survivre. »

Par Sarah Emad👇
Gaza : pourquoi fête-t-on les années? – Pivot
Ce n’est pas l’âge qu’on célèbre, c’est le fait d’avoir survécu.
pivot.quebec
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
kamoweb.bsky.social
"Cuts to the federal service will hit women, Indigenous, and racialized workers the hardest, and worse than that, it will allow the government to short change those workers on pay equity." - Nancy Wilson, CPA, on @rabble.ca rabble.ca/columnists/o...
Ottawa’s austerity plan pushes women out — just before pay equity kicks in
Cuts to the federal service Will allow the government to short change those workers on pay equity.
rabble.ca
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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barreauduquebec.bsky.social
⚠️ Affaiblissements du régime démocratique au Québec :

Le Barreau du Québec dénonce certaines mesures législatives qui risquent d’affaiblir l’état de droit et les mécanismes de contre-pouvoir. Le Barreau demande leur retrait pour protéger nos droits et nos institutions.
Le Barreau du Québec craint une érosion de l’état de droit au Québec
Montréal, le 13 novembre 2025 — Devant la multiplication de gestes politiques susceptibles de porter atteinte à l’état de droit, le Barreau du Québec dénonce certaines mesures envisagées par le gouver...
www.barreau.qc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
kamoweb.bsky.social
"Leaders in the Global North [...] are unlikely to get serious about climate breakdown until major northern cities start seeing catastrophes on the same scale. But how many more people in the Global South will have to die before then?" www.opendemocracy.net/en/cop30-cli...
COP30: It will take disaster to bring real climate action
Extreme weather is already killing people across Global South, but fossil fuel lobby’s influence is preventing change
www.opendemocracy.net
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
kamoweb.bsky.social
"AI should be in service to people, not the other way around. Being Human-First means starting with empathy, transparency, and consent. It means giving people the right – and responsibility – to question, override, and shape technology." www.nptechforgood.com/2025/11/03/w...
Why Nonprofits Must Adopt a Human-First, AI-Forward Mindset
Human-First + AI Forward is not a rejection of technology – it’s a balancing of values. It’s a philosophy that insists AI should be in service to people, not the other way around.
www.nptechforgood.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM