@owlyph
Prefer Mastodon https://cosocial.ca/@owlyph | @owlyph@cosocial.ca. I'm a #librarian #bibliothécaire for Journalism, Communication Studies, digital scholarship at Concordia. Exploring information ecosystems & ethics. Writer. Montréal. https://chalifour.org
Meanwhile Canadian political figures like Avi Lewis (@avilewis@mstdn.ca), Senator Paula Simons (@Paulatics@mstdn.ca), or Emily Lowan (@emilylowan@mastodon.social) use Fediverse social media like Mastodon to communicate via platforms in Canada or not otherwise owned by abusive corporations.
A lot of the world’s problems could be solved if people could just admit they were wrong, accept new information, and change their mind.
I'm glad to see that @avilewis.ca is on Mastodon now at mstdn.ca/@avilewis. Having Canadian politicians on decentralized, local platforms makes one less reason to have to sign in... here.
BREAKING: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested in London after holding a sign: “I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide" as part of the protest outside the offices of an insurance company,
She was detained under the Terrorism Act.
🎥 via @novaramedia #CloseTheLoopholes
This comes right as ACM has finished convincing all the research libraries (and academic departments, probably) to fund their flip to Open Access, too! Just feeding the machine.
This agreement is a massive betrayal of Canada’s commitments on climate change and Indigenous rights.
And we won’t stand by it.
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Sans un financement public adéquat, nos universités cessent d’être un levier collectif pour devenir celui des plus fortuné·es.
👉 sauvonsnosuniversites.ca/financement-...
#Rallumerlephare #Financementdesuniversités
Without adequate public funding, our universities stop serving the collective good and start serving only the most privileged.
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#RelightTheBeacon #UniversityFunding
Who owns our #knowledge? How can #scholarly communities take control? It's #OpenAccess Week October 20 - 26, 2025. PKP is taking time to reflect, celebrate communities and contributors, and invite folks to take action.
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...
#OAWeek #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #AcademicSky
Last week I presented about some experience teaching how to use or apply licences (1st Canadian Conference on #OpenScience & #OpenScholarship), which I see as #InformationLiteracy. I wrote up what I talked about, using the ACRL info lit framework, on my blog here chroknowlogy.ca/education-le...
Excellent article pour démystifier les pistes cyclables à Montréal.
#velomtl
👌👌
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Comparing Federal Party Climate & Nature Plans 👇
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#Election2025 #CanadaElections2025 #CanadaElection2025 #ELXN45 #DontTrumpCanada #Cdnpoli #CanadaStrong
Librarians must host our own digital resources or be subject to censorship and extortion. #libraries
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I like how there is a certain laugh that is universally understood to be the "evil laugh". Like we evolved with a need to communicate that something is amusing specifically because we are evil.
Makes me wonder what those monkeys who first descended from trees were REALLY up to.
New Canada Press Freedom Project data:
HonestReporting Canada has targeted at least 384 individual media workers with almost 700 publications since Oct. 2023. CPFP is tracking these incidents as “chilling statements” in our database of press freedom infringements:
The Authors Guild (USA) launched its Human Authored Certification program. Members can register human-written works authorsguild.org/human-authored to appear in a database. Interesting idea! Much merit but also problems. I wrote some initial (flawed?) thoughts chroknowlogy.ca/digital-ecos... #ai
I'm cynical that this platform will live up to its name, it'll probably devolve like its corporate predecessors. I've been enjoying the Fediverse, including services like Mastodon, Pixelfed, FunkWhale, etc. which seem a better idea & already works on a W3C standard. I'll lurk here, see what happens.
