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Luc Bernier
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Assistant Professor - Teaching Stream; School of Earth, Environment & Society; https://linktr.ee/berniejm - McMaster University @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social
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Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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Since Bluesky now has over 40 million users, and since a lot of those 40 million are really interested in better cities & how we get around them, I’m resharing one of my first STARTER PACKS full of people and orgs working hard to make cities work better for everyone.

Please share. #UrbanistShoutOut
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ChatGPT Bill de Blasio Is a Sign of Things to Come: ✱ Un homonyme de Bill de Blasio se fait passer pour lui à l’aide de ChatGPT.
ChatGPT Bill de Blasio Is a Sign of Things to Come
✱ Un homonyme de Bill de Blasio se fait passer pour lui à l’aide de ChatGPT.
gizmodo.com
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I'm goign to be radical here and suggest people listen to scientists instead of billionaires when it comes to what we should do about the ever-worsening climate crisis.
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#Melissa has made landfall in #Jamaica, and has preliminarily tied the record for the lowest pressure of any landfalling hurricane in Atlantic history: 892 mb. That was last observed 90 years ago with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane.
The storm does not look like it even notices Jamaica being there.
Yes, the change at Face The Nation is noticeable, which I find disappointing. Brett Baier at CBS would make sense given the direction the network seems intent on taking.
Sad indeed. I would not be surprised to hear that Scott Pelley or Margaret Brennan consider leaving too
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“0% Travel to USA” is a Smart Response to Trump's 10% Tariff

A further 10%? Really? Fine.

Fellow Canucks, let's make Vegas fail. Florida dry up and fall into the sea.

No travel to Trumpland. Zero. Nada. Zippo

Let's see who hurts whom the most
#elbowsup
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“0% Travel to USA” is a Smart Response to Trump's 10% Tariff
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Approx 65% of students using AI to generate text.

Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"...university sector has an unbelievably heavy responsibility to society to be a counter voice that shapes the way that AI is deployed..."
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💧 Water security is under threat as extremes become the new normal.

The map below shows that around 60% of rivers globally had either too much or too little water, a clear sign of an increasingly unpredictable and erratic hydrological cycle.

🔗 https://bit.ly/469OBWU
"Les experts rappellent que les mesures de prévention de base demeurent efficaces, quel que soit le variant: ..., le port du masque N95 dans les foules..." Vous direz ça à la CAQ qui veut interdire aux personnes de cacher leur visage en public
Not necessarily. Existing colleges could be used for that purpose. Some already have (or used to) programs preparing students for university. Like Mohawk's General Arts and Science Diploma. It would be a matter of repurposing those programs.
"It was very important for us to show that we are doing this primarily to strengthen our digital sovereignty, to maintain our independence in terms of ICT infrastructure and to ensure that data is only processed in-house."

www.zdnet.com/article/aust...
Austria military ditches Microsoft for open-source LibreOffice - here's why
It's not about the cost savings, either. Many government organizations are replacing Microsoft software for a more important reason.
www.zdnet.com
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We are ruled by absolute fucking morons.
KILMEADE: The president says climate change is a hoax, it's a con job. Where do you fall on this?

EPA ADMINISTRATION LEE ZELDIN: The president is absolutely right
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According to data provided by Statscan to the OECD, Canada's tertiary education system is experiencing BY FAR the fastest public disinvestment of any country in the developed world. (I am not sure the specific figures are 100% accurate, but the conclusion is still irrefutable)
Education at a Glance 2025, Part 1 | HESA
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its annual stat fest, Education at a Glance (EAG), two weeks … Continued
higheredstrategy.com
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More than 20,000 people died of heat-related causes this summer in Europe. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves. This can be difficult to adapt to, especially in European cities that generally lack air conditioning.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1709202...
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N’écoutez pas les avis médicaux de Trump.
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"When I told them I was a climatologist, they asked me what our summers will be like in 25 years. In a France at +2.7°C compared to the pre-industrial era, the scenario we are heading towards in 2050, heat records of up to 50°C will be possible; the summer we have just experienced will be the norm"
« À chaque fois, je voyais la gravité dans les yeux de mes interlocuteurs et ils me posaient la même question : comment fera-t-on ? C’est là tout le problème, j’ai été frappée par le décalage entre cette grande inquiétude et l’absence de cap politique pour y répondre. »
Valérie Masson-Delmote « Il y a un déni des risques climatiques, un déni de responsabilité »
l.reporterre.net
"Le démantèlement de la science aux États-Unis a des répercussions sur la recherche et la santé publique même au Canada. De ce côté-ci de la frontière, des scientifiques se lèvent pour défendre la vérité." cc @freshwater.bsky.social
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