Tim Jaques 🇨🇦 🇺🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰
@editorwhedon.bsky.social
Past lawyer & periodista, current comms guy. Often seen walking. Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Award recipient. Not drowning but waving. Former Restigoucheois, current Frederictonian. Nasty Canadian. Delulu. Quod scripsi, scripsi.
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“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
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Unpopular opinion.
Everyone should be able to refuse illegal orders.
Everyone should be able to refuse illegal orders.
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Unpopular opinion.
Everyone should be able to refuse illegal orders.
Everyone should be able to refuse illegal orders.
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Ongoing construction in the downtown area is adding to the issue.
globalnews.ca/news/1154124...
globalnews.ca/news/1154124...
Rodent issue on the rise: 2 Fredericton restaurants shut down after health inspections - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca
A popular downtown pub and a restaurant were ordered to temporarily close after health inspectors found rodent droppings on site. An expert says the issue is widespread.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Ongoing construction in the downtown area is adding to the issue.
globalnews.ca/news/1154124...
globalnews.ca/news/1154124...
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Another similarity of LLMs to humans: if you expose them to a lot of disinformation, they will believe it. Which you can exploit, apparently called "LLM grooming". So LLMs fail at three levels: /1 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda
Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Another similarity of LLMs to humans: if you expose them to a lot of disinformation, they will believe it. Which you can exploit, apparently called "LLM grooming". So LLMs fail at three levels: /1 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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We are very proud to be one of three universities on Canada’s Top 100 Employers list for 2026 🎉
This is an achievement that speaks to more than policies or programs. Here are just a few ways that we set the standard this year ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oFCqaW
This is an achievement that speaks to more than policies or programs. Here are just a few ways that we set the standard this year ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oFCqaW
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We are very proud to be one of three universities on Canada’s Top 100 Employers list for 2026 🎉
This is an achievement that speaks to more than policies or programs. Here are just a few ways that we set the standard this year ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oFCqaW
This is an achievement that speaks to more than policies or programs. Here are just a few ways that we set the standard this year ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oFCqaW
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Perfection Paving - I know a lot of people on the Northside will be happy to hear main st will be open tomorrow.
(not sure what time)
(not sure what time)
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Perfection Paving - I know a lot of people on the Northside will be happy to hear main st will be open tomorrow.
(not sure what time)
(not sure what time)
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The University of New Brunswick’s faculty of nursing and teaching professor Renée Gordon have been recognized with top honours at the 2025 SIM Expo, presented by Simulation Canada in Montreal on Nov. 3 and 4.
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/49kko9x
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/49kko9x
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The University of New Brunswick’s faculty of nursing and teaching professor Renée Gordon have been recognized with top honours at the 2025 SIM Expo, presented by Simulation Canada in Montreal on Nov. 3 and 4.
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/49kko9x
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/49kko9x
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When Dr. Yukun Lu came to UNB, she brought with her a background in autonomous vehicle control and a clear goal: to apply her expertise to a challenge that matters in New Brunswick.
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nXRjUX
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nXRjUX
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When Dr. Yukun Lu came to UNB, she brought with her a background in autonomous vehicle control and a clear goal: to apply her expertise to a challenge that matters in New Brunswick.
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nXRjUX
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nXRjUX
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New research by UNB chemistry professor Dr. Barry Blight could revolutionize how we deal with aluminum refining waste, aluminum recycling and even fuelling our world—reducing how much material ends up in landfills and making our future more sustainable.
Learn more ➡️ http://bit.ly/3LcjbqH
Learn more ➡️ http://bit.ly/3LcjbqH
November 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
New research by UNB chemistry professor Dr. Barry Blight could revolutionize how we deal with aluminum refining waste, aluminum recycling and even fuelling our world—reducing how much material ends up in landfills and making our future more sustainable.
Learn more ➡️ http://bit.ly/3LcjbqH
Learn more ➡️ http://bit.ly/3LcjbqH
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"He observed the monkey swinging from the rafters wearing a diaper," police said in a statement.
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Watch: Monkey gets loose inside Spirit Halloween store in Texas
A pet monkey escaped from its owner at a Spirit Halloween store in Plano, Texas, and spent more than half an hour evading capture in the rafters and atop poles.
ca.yahoo.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"He observed the monkey swinging from the rafters wearing a diaper," police said in a statement.
ca.yahoo.com/news/watch-m...
ca.yahoo.com/news/watch-m...
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The most recent would be sabotaging people's ability to eat but if you'd like some additional clarity over the many wrongs here's a starting place.
youtu.be/x4XQZ-OL_BY?...
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They Lied to You
YouTube video by DarkMatter2525
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October 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The most recent would be sabotaging people's ability to eat but if you'd like some additional clarity over the many wrongs here's a starting place.
youtu.be/x4XQZ-OL_BY?...
youtu.be/x4XQZ-OL_BY?...
Maybe Doug Ford could hire someone who looks like Reagan to sit behind home plate with the Colonel for the rest of the series.
October 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Maybe Doug Ford could hire someone who looks like Reagan to sit behind home plate with the Colonel for the rest of the series.
It was genius of KFC to send that Colonel Sanders lookalike to a seat behind home plate. I am surprised nobody thought of this before.
I say again that a movie should be made about Harland Sanders. He seems to have worked at everything, both fists up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel...
I say again that a movie should be made about Harland Sanders. He seems to have worked at everything, both fists up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel...
October 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It was genius of KFC to send that Colonel Sanders lookalike to a seat behind home plate. I am surprised nobody thought of this before.
I say again that a movie should be made about Harland Sanders. He seems to have worked at everything, both fists up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel...
I say again that a movie should be made about Harland Sanders. He seems to have worked at everything, both fists up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel...
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i like that we know the ICE fitness standards now because now we all know exactly how fast we need to be able to run to be just slightly faster than any given ICE agent. a useable training goal
October 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
i like that we know the ICE fitness standards now because now we all know exactly how fast we need to be able to run to be just slightly faster than any given ICE agent. a useable training goal
32 years ago today. I watched the game on TV at the old Windsor Press Club. youtu.be/CBWk4XHaJ_A?...
JOE CARTER 1993 Home Run with the call by Tom Cheek
YouTube video by griswoldss1
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October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
32 years ago today. I watched the game on TV at the old Windsor Press Club. youtu.be/CBWk4XHaJ_A?...
UNB law marks 50 years of Viscount Bennett lectures with global trade expert #lawsky blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
UNB law marks 50 years of Viscount Bennett lectures with global trade expert
Fifty years ago, UNB law established a tradition of legal excellence with the first lecture in the Viscount Bennett Memorial Lecture Series.
blogs.unb.ca
October 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
UNB law marks 50 years of Viscount Bennett lectures with global trade expert #lawsky blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
