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bhaggart.bsky.social

Professor, Political Science, Brock University Knowledge governance, IPE, Sydney Swans tragic Co-author, with Natasha Tusikov, The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023).

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Odd that the biggest reason for a sclerotic Ottawa — decades of overcentralization in the PMO — is only mentioned briefly at the very end. And nowhere does it note that Carney seems to be even more, um, hands-on, than any of his predecessors. I’m not sure how one squares that circle.

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As @ntusikov.bsky.social outline in our book, The New Knowledge, the imperative in an AI- and digital data-fixated society is pervasive surveillance of everything and everyone. Because that’s how you collect data. And if you’re not collecting data, you’re endangering profit and security.

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Responsible for maybe the most powerful musical performance in a film, ever. The standout scene in a film filled with standout scenes. RIP Rebekah Del Rio. www.stereogum.com/2313305/mulh...

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Also, still official Ontario policy: "Ontario’s Am-Can Growth Plan envisions a new American and Canadian century as we work together to build Fortress Am-Can, a renewed strategic alliance between the U.S. and Canada that’s a beacon of stability, security and long-term economic growth."

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Canadian businesses and politicians should understand that Trump’s evisceration of domestic rule of law significantly increases the cost and uncertainty of operating in the US market, and therefore decreases its overall value. This can’t be fixed by any international treaty. It’s a fact of life.

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Carney’s strategy of seeking a comprehensive trade and security agreement from someone who can’t be trusted never, ever made sense. And any deal he signs would be immediately suspect. Because the problem isn’t the tariffs: it’s that the US is now an unreliable, authoritarian partner.

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Liberals promise anti-democratic components of Bill C-5 will be used sparingly as long as Conservatives never get in power again

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I'm still flabbergasted by NATO member states now pledging to spend 5% of GDP on military. Canada's GDP is about 4 or 5 times the total federal budget, so this means we'll be spending at least 20% of tax revenue on the military. Currently it's around $30 billion/year and the goal is $150 billion.

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Remarkable, in the middle of a national sovereignty crisis to see @carleton.ca on.ca‬‬ cut their undergraduate Canadian Studies program. These programs are valuable, as we try to understand our present and our future.

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'This is a seriously readable book... It's the top 1% of readable books about economics that I've ever read.' - Cahal Moran of @unlearnecon.bsky.social Delighted to do a YouTube livestream with Cahal last week

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The United States is a nation beyond the rule of law. People are being kidnapped on the streets by men in masks. They are being disappeared and deported to foreign concentration camps. A Canadian died in their hands. We must demand full access and independent investigation of his mistreatment.

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Oh, how I missed Tom Papley. #AFLSwansDogs

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Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people #copyright to their own features Amendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities, government says www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Carney’s strategy of seeking a comprehensive trade and security agreement from someone who can’t be trusted never, ever made sense. And any deal he signs would be immediately suspect. Because the problem isn’t the tariffs: it’s that the US is now an unreliable, authoritarian partner.

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"But (...) the greatest danger of flattering Trump is that it teaches him that he can get away with doing pretty much whatever he likes. For a president who has threatened to annex the territory of Nato allies Denmark and Canada to nevertheless be feted at a Nato summit sends a message of impunity."

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I'd like more attention to this post. It isn't really about a16z or Marc's stupendously high-IQ bonce. It's my theory of the entire AI bubble in all its cheque-kiting not-technically-a-Ponzi glory. This scam will go much longer than it shuold, because it has to. pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a...

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Can you change coaches mid-game? Feels like the Blues have stopped even trying to keep up. #AFLPowersBlues

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From CreativeCommons with their "signals" to the OSI with their "open source AI" fiasco it seems that the stewards of the legal structures protecting the digital commons are not on the side of people actually wanting to contribute to the commons for humanity. (Maybe they never were.)

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The city cited a “desire to reduce dependence on American software, extend the lifespan of its hardware and therefore reduce its environmental impact, and strengthen the technological sovereignty of its public service.” Canada: This is what innovative public digital policy looks like.

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There was a great paper studying how South Korean society responded to COVID through a mechanism called quadruple learning loops. It seems like this loop has broken down across societies globally - and so we see the lessons learned disappearing from our decision-making. (thread)

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Generative AI’s copyright issue is political, not legal. It will eventually be decided not based on abstract legal fair dealing/use doctrines, but by the relative political power of the two sides and by how much politicians and policymakers want what genAI companies are selling.

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We’re not currently at war. Where are we pointing our guns? Toward Russia to help Europe? Toward China to help the US? Toward the US, which Carney doesn’t seem to think is a threat now that the election is over? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

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Serious Warsaw Pact vibes…

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"We firmly believe in a world without nuclear weapons, but aggression and the use of force are not the way to get there." Powerful, right-on statement from @ploughsharesca.bsky.social calls out the US strikes in #Iran.

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