Tim Bousquet
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Tim Bousquet
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Nova Scotia's Policing Panic - Halifax Examiner
A special investigative series by Tim Bousquet. In some ways this is the origin story both of policing in Nova Scotia and of how Black people in particular are policed in Nova Scotia. It’s the story o...
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There's now a collector page for my "Nova Scotia’s Policing Panic" series. Thanks to @irisblueskyris.bsky.social for setting that up: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/nova-scotias...
He’s gonna dig up Noriega and pardon him.
Reporter: You have made so clear how you want to keep drugs out of the US—
Trump: Right
Reporter: Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?
Trump: If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president
Trump: Right
Reporter: Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?
Trump: If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
He’s gonna dig up Noriega and pardon him.
Drove 10 hours in rain (mostly) and snow today. And will again tomorrow
December 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Drove 10 hours in rain (mostly) and snow today. And will again tomorrow
Where "AI" means any damn thing a computer does.
To be clear, this is machine learning, not generative AI.
To be clear, this is machine learning, not generative AI.
This is an interesting use of AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Where "AI" means any damn thing a computer does.
To be clear, this is machine learning, not generative AI.
To be clear, this is machine learning, not generative AI.
Good point.
Thought experiment: If YOU were the victim of a cyberattack, could you tell Nova Scotia Power you're just going to estimate your power bill for the next 8 months and settle accounts, interest-free, after?
Thought experiment: If YOU were the victim of a cyberattack, could you tell Nova Scotia Power you're just going to estimate your power bill for the next 8 months and settle accounts, interest-free, after?
This is an incompetent company. They have a huge responsibility that they’re just dumping on citizens. Not one of their ‘customers’ would be excused by a corporation if they experienced major life disruptions and expected financial leniency.
Time for public ownership.
Time for public ownership.
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Good point.
Thought experiment: If YOU were the victim of a cyberattack, could you tell Nova Scotia Power you're just going to estimate your power bill for the next 8 months and settle accounts, interest-free, after?
Thought experiment: If YOU were the victim of a cyberattack, could you tell Nova Scotia Power you're just going to estimate your power bill for the next 8 months and settle accounts, interest-free, after?
AI is ruining every damn thing
The AI Invasion of Knitting and Crochet
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here’s why that’s happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
AI is ruining every damn thing
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Canada’s top political leaders are climate deniers. There’s no such thing as “decarbonized” oil and no environmentally conscious way to increase fossil fuel production.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Canada’s top political leaders are climate deniers. There’s no such thing as “decarbonized” oil and no environmentally conscious way to increase fossil fuel production.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
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Proud to announce TWO new CAJ Awards for 2025, honouring two formidable Canadian journalists
🏆Janice Johnston Award for Crime and Justice Reporting
🏆Geoffrey Stevens Award for Local Government Reporting
Entries for these and other awards open Dec 2!
Learn about our new awards: https://caj.ca/news/
🏆Janice Johnston Award for Crime and Justice Reporting
🏆Geoffrey Stevens Award for Local Government Reporting
Entries for these and other awards open Dec 2!
Learn about our new awards: https://caj.ca/news/
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Proud to announce TWO new CAJ Awards for 2025, honouring two formidable Canadian journalists
🏆Janice Johnston Award for Crime and Justice Reporting
🏆Geoffrey Stevens Award for Local Government Reporting
Entries for these and other awards open Dec 2!
Learn about our new awards: https://caj.ca/news/
🏆Janice Johnston Award for Crime and Justice Reporting
🏆Geoffrey Stevens Award for Local Government Reporting
Entries for these and other awards open Dec 2!
Learn about our new awards: https://caj.ca/news/
Why the Halifax Examiner published a month-long series on ‘AI’
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Why the Halifax Examiner published a month-long series on 'AI' - Halifax Examiner
Countering all this takes independent and scrappy news publications that remain true to the values of holding the powerful to account.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Why the Halifax Examiner published a month-long series on ‘AI’
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Morning File by me
Halifax staff identify 22 buildings on Dalhousie’s campus for heritage designation
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Halifax staff identify 22 buildings on Dalhousie's campus for heritage designation - Halifax Examiner
A staff report on buildings went to the heritage advisory committee's meeting on Wednesday.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Halifax staff identify 22 buildings on Dalhousie’s campus for heritage designation
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
‘All of us are looking for the truth’: What a Canadian journalist learned about AI in newsrooms
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
'All of us are looking for the truth': What a Canadian journalist learned about AI in newsrooms - Halifax Examiner
Angela Misri talks about a study she researched with fellow professors, Nicole Blanchette and April Lindgren, from Toronto Metropolitan University's School of Journalism.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
‘All of us are looking for the truth’: What a Canadian journalist learned about AI in newsrooms
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Gonna eat Big Bird today.
big bird from sesame street is sitting on the stairs .
Alt: big bird from sesame street is sitting on the stairs .
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November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Gonna eat Big Bird today.
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Hey it’s @ketanjoshi.co on @techwontsave.us
Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi — Tech Won't Save Us overcast.fm/+AAZpQCI2pnU
Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi — Tech Won't Save Us overcast.fm/+AAZpQCI2pnU
Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi — Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Ketan Joshi to discuss how hyperscale data centers are fueling the consumption of more oil and gas, what that means for climate targets, and the insidious relationship between ...
overcast.fm
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Hey it’s @ketanjoshi.co on @techwontsave.us
Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi — Tech Won't Save Us overcast.fm/+AAZpQCI2pnU
Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi — Tech Won't Save Us overcast.fm/+AAZpQCI2pnU
How is it that we already know so much about the guy who shot 2 national guardsmen this afternoon but we know pretty much nothing about the two guys who tried to assassinate the president months ago?
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
How is it that we already know so much about the guy who shot 2 national guardsmen this afternoon but we know pretty much nothing about the two guys who tried to assassinate the president months ago?
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BREAKING NEWS: #NovaScotia has approved HRM's bylaw on #DartmouthCove
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/11/2...
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/11/2...
Minister Approves HRM’s Planning Changes for Dartmouth Cove With Amendments
news.novascotia.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
BREAKING NEWS: #NovaScotia has approved HRM's bylaw on #DartmouthCove
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news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/11/2...
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The section with the ChatGPT response was deleted. Here's the clarification:
"This story has been updated to remove information generated using artificial intelligence that is not in line with CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices."
"This story has been updated to remove information generated using artificial intelligence that is not in line with CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices."
UMMM: "CBC News asked ChatGPT whether Newfoundland could be seen from Cape Breton. The answer was "generally no," but the artificial intelligence chatbot said in theory Newfoundland can be "barely visible" under perfect atmospheric conditions from very high points.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Can you see Newfoundland from Cape Breton? Online photo sparks debate | CBC News
An online photo has sparked a passionate debate about whether or not it's possible.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The section with the ChatGPT response was deleted. Here's the clarification:
"This story has been updated to remove information generated using artificial intelligence that is not in line with CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices."
"This story has been updated to remove information generated using artificial intelligence that is not in line with CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices."
Here’s the Halifax Examiner’s AI policy
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Here's the Halifax Examiner's AI policy - Halifax Examiner
As with everything the Examiner does, the foremost concern for use of computer programs is the environmental and social impact of our work.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Here’s the Halifax Examiner’s AI policy
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Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It’s people who make a visit memorable
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Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It's people who make a visit memorable - Halifax Examiner
AI takes the humanity out of travel.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It’s people who make a visit memorable
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Tech Won’t Save Us: Paris Marx on the folly of tech hype
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Tech Won't Save Us: Paris Marx on the folly of tech hype - Halifax Examiner
Tech Won't Save Us is geeky in all the right ways, taking on the issues seriously and with new insight.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Tech Won’t Save Us: Paris Marx on the folly of tech hype
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This is the 2nd time a major government report from Deloitte has been found to contain errors likely generated by AI.
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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I’m re-upping this because this cause is so important
Lance/Aquakulture is asking the community for financial support for this work. If you are able, please consider this very worthy cause. It's an act for justice.
Please contribute towards legal expenses to exonerate Daniel Perry Sampson
Please support us in exonerating Daniel Perry Sampson. Any amount you’re willing to contribute is greatly appreciated and will help us begin to heal from the legacy of a terrible wrong.
fundrazr.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I’m re-upping this because this cause is so important
The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry
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The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry - Halifax Examiner
Just as humanity is facing the existential crisis of climate change, we're going to add enormous amounts of carbon to the atmosphere by burning more fossil fuels to power ChatFuckingGPT?
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry
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I did not ask for it, but I just received an AI-generated summary of the Zoom interview I just conducted.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I did not ask for it, but I just received an AI-generated summary of the Zoom interview I just conducted.