Radical Centrist
@procedurepols.bsky.social
Parliamentary procedure geek. No partisan debate. Also Star Trek, police procedurals, sci-fi, baseball (Jays), Wrexham AFC, and tennis. I retweet out of interest, not necessarily agreement. Will usually follow-back, but not if you have a blank profile.
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Hi! My name is Naeva Scott Bouris and I am an undergraduate student at McMaster University. I am currently conducting research about the experiences of people who transport their children by bicycle in Hamilton.
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hi! My name is Naeva Scott Bouris and I am an undergraduate student at McMaster University. I am currently conducting research about the experiences of people who transport their children by bicycle in Hamilton.
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
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Inside Polanski's comms operation:
- Coached in Judie Dench-inspired acting methods
- Growing dialogue with Zohran Mamdani's people
- An expanding press team, including a former senior Corbyn adviser and ex-Bundesliga employee
- Social media “critical”
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- Coached in Judie Dench-inspired acting methods
- Growing dialogue with Zohran Mamdani's people
- An expanding press team, including a former senior Corbyn adviser and ex-Bundesliga employee
- Social media “critical”
+ more from @sophiealichurch.bsky.social
Inside Zack Polanski's Comms Strategy
The Green Party has doubled its membership since Zack Polanski became leader. Sophie Church explores how his training in the ‘Gonsalves method’ of ...
www.politicshome.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Inside Polanski's comms operation:
- Coached in Judie Dench-inspired acting methods
- Growing dialogue with Zohran Mamdani's people
- An expanding press team, including a former senior Corbyn adviser and ex-Bundesliga employee
- Social media “critical”
+ more from @sophiealichurch.bsky.social
- Coached in Judie Dench-inspired acting methods
- Growing dialogue with Zohran Mamdani's people
- An expanding press team, including a former senior Corbyn adviser and ex-Bundesliga employee
- Social media “critical”
+ more from @sophiealichurch.bsky.social
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sounds the right wsy round --> BBC News - Australia social media ban: Get rid of harmful content instead of us, say teens - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Australia social media ban: Get rid of harmful content instead of us, say teens
From 10 December, social media firms must ensure Australians aged under 16 cannot have accounts.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
sounds the right wsy round --> BBC News - Australia social media ban: Get rid of harmful content instead of us, say teens - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Steven Guilbeault resigned from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet Thursday in a dramatic renunciation of the government’s new deal to support oil-rich Alberta’s proposal for a major pipeline to the west coast, a senior government source confirmed to the Star.
Steven Guilbeault resigns from Mark Carney’s cabinet
Before entering elected politics, Guilbeault was a famed environmentalist.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Steven Guilbeault resigned from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet Thursday in a dramatic renunciation of the government’s new deal to support oil-rich Alberta’s proposal for a major pipeline to the west coast, a senior government source confirmed to the Star.
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I hope Megan is real, and she hears about this, and she posts a glorious follow up about how she spectacularly dumps his ass on Thanksgiving.
Friends: do you know a Megan, who recently hurt her ankle in a Trade Joe’s parking lot and had surgery? Because her pissy ginger boyfriend is talking shit about her at Denver airport and thousands of women on Threads from *at least four* continents are gonna hunt him into his last days.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I hope Megan is real, and she hears about this, and she posts a glorious follow up about how she spectacularly dumps his ass on Thanksgiving.
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And now AI slop is taking a serious bite out of SocArXiv.
Thread:
Thread:
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
And now AI slop is taking a serious bite out of SocArXiv.
Thread:
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PHOTOS: Centre Block's massive construction project is in full swing, with approximately 900 workers currently on site daily working to both restore the historic 100-year-old building and build the new underground Parliament Welcome Centre
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
PHOTOS: Centre Block's massive construction project is in full swing, with approximately 900 workers currently on site daily working to both restore the historic 100-year-old building and build the new underground Parliament Welcome Centre
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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Deeply worrying sight in the corner of the office. Wondering if I can report it as an unattended item and get it blown up?
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Deeply worrying sight in the corner of the office. Wondering if I can report it as an unattended item and get it blown up?
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Feck all the way off 🇺🇸 Wrong side of history 😡 Human rights are inalienable 🙏
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Feck all the way off 🇺🇸 Wrong side of history 😡 Human rights are inalienable 🙏
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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Is OpenAI a turkey because this headline is a stonecold murder
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Is OpenAI a turkey because this headline is a stonecold murder
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So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
oligarchwatch.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
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this is good
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
this is good
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Love this graphic from @nousaerons.bsky.social. This is why I mask in public. Breathing dirty air is no different from drinking dirty toilet water.
There's no shortages of airborne transmissible diseases. Even the ones we have vaccines for can cause breakthrough infxns (e.g. TB, Covid, Measles)
There's no shortages of airborne transmissible diseases. Even the ones we have vaccines for can cause breakthrough infxns (e.g. TB, Covid, Measles)
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Love this graphic from @nousaerons.bsky.social. This is why I mask in public. Breathing dirty air is no different from drinking dirty toilet water.
There's no shortages of airborne transmissible diseases. Even the ones we have vaccines for can cause breakthrough infxns (e.g. TB, Covid, Measles)
There's no shortages of airborne transmissible diseases. Even the ones we have vaccines for can cause breakthrough infxns (e.g. TB, Covid, Measles)
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Options for Your Party's permanent name (YP is a placeholder) will be unveiled this week, before being put to an online poll this weekend, Sienna writes
“Our founding conference will be a festival of democracy," a YP spokesperson tells @politicshome.bsky.social
“Our founding conference will be a festival of democracy," a YP spokesperson tells @politicshome.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Options for Your Party's permanent name (YP is a placeholder) will be unveiled this week, before being put to an online poll this weekend, Sienna writes
“Our founding conference will be a festival of democracy," a YP spokesperson tells @politicshome.bsky.social
“Our founding conference will be a festival of democracy," a YP spokesperson tells @politicshome.bsky.social
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Under a proposal to be voted on at Your Party conference in Liverpool this weekend, MPs could be blocked from leading the party and ordinary members put in charge, PolHome can reveal
YP members will also be given control of how MPs are whipped, reports colleague @siennarodgers.bsky.social
YP members will also be given control of how MPs are whipped, reports colleague @siennarodgers.bsky.social
‘Your Party’ Could Be Led By Ordinary Members With MPs Barred From Running
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
‘Your Party’ Could Be Led By Ordinary Members With MPs Barred From Running
Exclusive: ‘Your Party’, the new political party being started by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, could be led by ordinary members rather than any...
www.politicshome.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Under a proposal to be voted on at Your Party conference in Liverpool this weekend, MPs could be blocked from leading the party and ordinary members put in charge, PolHome can reveal
YP members will also be given control of how MPs are whipped, reports colleague @siennarodgers.bsky.social
YP members will also be given control of how MPs are whipped, reports colleague @siennarodgers.bsky.social
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@joho.bsky.social can we all point and laugh at this MAHA cheerleader
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@joho.bsky.social can we all point and laugh at this MAHA cheerleader