Tim Bousquet
@timbousquet.bsky.social
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Tim Bousquet
@timbousquet.bsky.social
· Apr 22
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...
‘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 .
media.tenor.com
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
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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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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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Morning File by me
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
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.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
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
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
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.
‘We’re not fooled’: No Desert Data Center’s fight against Project Blue is a common one across North America
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
'We're not fooled': No Desert Data Center's fight against Project Blue is a common one across North America - Halifax Examiner
An interview with a member of a coalition fighting to stop a data centre in Tucson, Arizona.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
‘We’re not fooled’: No Desert Data Center’s fight against Project Blue is a common one across North America
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
And the Nova Scotia government is positioning itself as a Methane Mecca, ending the fracking ban and opening up the offshore to drilling for gas.
I know this is obvious but it's always worth repeating: fossil gas is not a climate solution. The worst, most deadly scenarios always feature the most gas, and the least-bad scenarios always feature the least gas.
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And the Nova Scotia government is positioning itself as a Methane Mecca, ending the fracking ban and opening up the offshore to drilling for gas.
I love this episode of Jersey Shore
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I love this episode of Jersey Shore
Without Larry Summers on its board, OpenAI is sure to collapse,
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Without Larry Summers on its board, OpenAI is sure to collapse,
A Saint John-born Trump supporter wants to power a data centre in Lorneville, New Brunswick. The community is fighting back
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
A Saint John-born Trump supporter wants to power a data centre in Lorneville, New Brunswick. The community is fighting back - Halifax Examiner
Lorneville residents attended a town hall on Nov. 5 where VoltaGrid and Beacon AI tried to make their pitch.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A Saint John-born Trump supporter wants to power a data centre in Lorneville, New Brunswick. The community is fighting back
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Reposted by Tim Bousquet
‘Fear and uncertainty’: The impacts of international student policy changes
By @mmughees.bsky.social
By @mmughees.bsky.social
'Fear and uncertainty': The impacts of international student policy changes - Halifax Examiner
As federal government tightens international student enrolment and work permit criteria, many international students are facing uncertainty and fear for their futures.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
‘Fear and uncertainty’: The impacts of international student policy changes
By @mmughees.bsky.social
By @mmughees.bsky.social
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Kevin O'Leary petitions Trump to have name added to Epstein Files
Kevin O'Leary petitions Trump to have name added to Epstein Files
TORONTO - With newly released files from notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein implicating President Trump in a world of elite, amoral power players, Canadian businessman Kevin O'Leary has formally...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Kevin O'Leary petitions Trump to have name added to Epstein Files
Exploitation all the way down: generative AI is built upon terrible human misery
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Exploitation all the way down: generative AI is built upon terrible human misery - Halifax Examiner
Besides the exploitation of these thousands of workers, what strikes me about the training work is that the entire AI industry — and all of the supposed great leaps of "artificial intelligence" that i...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Exploitation all the way down: generative AI is built upon terrible human misery
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week - Halifax Examiner
Countdown is on for the rocket's launch, a rocket we know little about, a launch closed to the media, and about which the people who live in the area have not even been informed.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
Reposted by Tim Bousquet
Here’s hoping no one needs an urgent helicopter patient transfer from Eastern Memorial Hospital in Canso during the times blocked for the rocket launches this week. And that no debris lands on anyone on land or the ocean. It is hunting season and also tuna fishing time. But hey, rockets!!!🚀
‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week
By @joanbaxter.bsky.social
By @joanbaxter.bsky.social
‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week - Halifax Examiner
Countdown is on for the rocket's launch, a rocket we know little about, a launch closed to the media, and about which the people who live in the area have not even been informed.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Here’s hoping no one needs an urgent helicopter patient transfer from Eastern Memorial Hospital in Canso during the times blocked for the rocket launches this week. And that no debris lands on anyone on land or the ocean. It is hunting season and also tuna fishing time. But hey, rockets!!!🚀