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Geography/GIS educator FRCGS FRGS. Climate SLR. #Dal #SMU #QE2PlatMedal. Semple GeogEd Award. Apoplectic-adorable. Shot 67. Book addict (socialtechfuture) CBCIdeas. Sci-fi. Old movies. WHU COYI. Parkinsons sucks | michaeljfox.org | Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia)

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Honestly, I am absolutely disgusted by academics suggesting that AI can do the reading and writing for you. At a certain point, what you're bragging about is fraud. And in a broader sense, what you're contributing to is the erosion of knowledge and the destruction of trust in academic publishing.

10.03.2026 12:31 👍 274 🔁 82 💬 9 📌 5
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Dal community celebrates women in STEM for International Women’s Day Students, alumni, and faculty gathered at Dalhousie for an International Women’s Day panel celebrating women in STEM and their stories of discovery, resilience, mentorship, and career growth.

STEM #IWD2026
www.dal.ca/news/2026/03...

10.03.2026 13:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It was the news release from the company

10.03.2026 11:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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U.S. Customs And Border Protection Phone Searches Cause More Concerns For Canadians As New Devices Are Added To The Subject To Search List U.S. Customs and Border Protection has now included smartwatches and other devices in its subject to search list.

US customs search more Canadian devices. They are making travel to the country harder to justify.

www.thetravel.com/us-customs-a...

10.03.2026 00:19 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Any Arab or European country that expels the ambassadors of Israel and the United States from its territory will, starting tomorrow, have full authority and freedom to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

09.03.2026 21:45 👍 135 🔁 41 💬 8 📌 15

It's too bad Trump thinks and talks like a grade 6 kid.
Maybe if he was at least grade 12 we could understand something.

(sorry kids in grade 6, i mean no slight or insult)

09.03.2026 22:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump's "war news conference' is....well....sad. It gives no hope things will end soon. His numbers and idea of "soon" is wild. He doesn't get how the Iranian leadership works. And now he's talking Cuba. We are all in deep shit.

09.03.2026 22:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well there's two people I admire. If not for you, we'd lack so much hope. Thank you!

09.03.2026 22:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Navigate ethics in GeoAI Learn how GIS is used in AI-enabled professional workflows and why ethical considerations must guide decisions across the GIS project

Hands-on GIS learning with the Guide to the Geographic Approach 👇

🔸Master a proven 7-step ethical framework to navigate bias and privacy in GeoAI: ow.ly/F8gv50YrA7A

Ensure your GIS project lifecycle prioritizes transparency and professional integrity ⚖️🤖

#GISchat ⚒️ #academicsky

09.03.2026 22:04 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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GOP Rep Questions Top Trump Diplomat Who Claims Biden Admin Was ‘Trying to Make the Maps More Gay’ During a Thursday House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) questioned Sarah Rogers, the State Department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy, over her claim that former Presid...

I pee'd a little watching this. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

09.03.2026 21:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We need your drone interceptors for our war, but we won’t thank you and our propaganda will claim that we made them.

09.03.2026 16:04 👍 2388 🔁 909 💬 75 📌 23

And this … www.amazon.com/Rest-Is-Resi...

#blacksky

09.03.2026 20:55 👍 39 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 1

Hmmm? The markets are acting like it's not gonna be so bad OR they are just in pause mode. No bets here.

09.03.2026 20:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was about to say "oh shit, there goes the neighbourhood!"
then I read her post...whew.

09.03.2026 20:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

yes! Just finished it and, another homerun from @timbousquet.bsky.social

I can picture the premier stomping around One Government Place screaming "Tim! Tim!" and that would be a sign that a journalist just did their job very well.

09.03.2026 16:00 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

An excellent piece. Please give it a read if you haven’t already.

09.03.2026 15:13 👍 25 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
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Plan to turn Irish borderlands into Unesco ‘region of literature’ Arts group proposes literary routes across 11 counties linked to writers from Jonathan Swift to Lisa McGee

Ah...if only Nova Scotia had such a viewpoint of culture, heritage and geography. envy as he screams at Tim. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

09.03.2026 15:18 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Ah yes. A friend pointed that out to me (not being a birder, but from navy family). I was laughing more at the context. THey mention "naval" and that was what I would have assumed enough context - but clearly I was wrong as you've pointed out. :-) learn something everyday!

09.03.2026 15:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yes. It would be nice. They're doing amazing considering it all.

09.03.2026 15:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ukraine's drone interceptors in high demand in the Middle East The BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent, James Landale, is in Ukraine to see the latest anti-drone technology the country has to offer.

So...Ukraine will help US, Israel, and Gulf allies?
In return for...??? Probably nothing.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

09.03.2026 14:16 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm starting to get annoyed with the slop in the media. For example BBC:

"The French president says France will deploy two frigates - a type of warship - as part of the EU's naval mission to protect shipping in the Red Sea."

Really? I thought a frigates was a type of helicopter. Snark.

09.03.2026 13:31 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

So freakin pathetic.
Welcome! we don't care enough to have a human greet you and talk about the wonders of our province, But here's an Ai fueled 1-800 number that's gonna make mistakes & send you to Sydney but end up in Australia. Good luck. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Tim Ousthim

09.03.2026 13:05 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A different view this morning. Upper campus look at admin building with clock tower. Supremely blue sky and some grass showing after a weekend of melting weather. Today temp expected to be over 10C ...last week -20! Won't be any snow soon.

09.03.2026 12:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just as well I'm not going until his/its orange crowd is gone.

09.03.2026 11:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran names Khamenei's son as new supreme leader after father's killing Mojtaba Khamenei will now be charged with leading Islamic Republic through the biggest crisis in its 47-year history.

Mojtaba Khamenei will now be charged with leading Islamic Republic through the biggest crisis in its 47-year history.

08.03.2026 23:00 👍 83 🔁 30 💬 2 📌 14
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Holy shit. Crude oil futures going nuts tonight.

08.03.2026 22:14 👍 6214 🔁 1970 💬 696 📌 280
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One market indicator few think of is the VIX (market volatility)...last big jump? Trump's liberation day tariffs. The index fell fast when he backed down a fair bit (TACO). But now it's on the rise, fast, once more. Almost all other markets are down, and oil is up. Welcome to war.

08.03.2026 22:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hard not to love Canadians :-) Or Australians, New Zealanders, etc. (I have to insert...even if it's true... as family from Oz and NZ are watching :-) )

08.03.2026 22:00 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The idea they can cut off the head of the snake ignores that what they are attacking is a hydra.

08.03.2026 21:54 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#TheMoment Michael J. Fox joined Coldplay and brought a crowd to tears James Boxall recounts the moment he watched Coldplay bring out Michael J. Fox as a special guest performer during their rendition of Fix You at the Glastonbury Music Festival in England.

I thought of that particularly due to PD.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

08.03.2026 21:51 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0