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Anoush F. Terjanian (elle/she/ան)

@anoush-ft.bsky.social

Fellow @uOttawaHRREC | ‘Commerce and Its Discontents’ @CambridgeUP | via @SSHRC_CRSH Governing Council, @SSRCanxieties, @PIP_PSP | Mes opinions

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PSAC-AFPC@psac-afpc.bsky.social · 4d ago

Aujourd’hui, le jour de l’Émancipation est un dur rappel qu’il a eu de l’esclavage au Canada aussi. Commémorons l’abolition de cette pratique, tout en reconnaissant que les personnes noires et autochtones continuent de subir de la discrimination systémique. 1/2

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The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca · 3w ago

With smoke blanketing much of Ontario, @meyer.bsky.social reports on the $24 billion annual cost of health issues related to wildfires in Canada. That includes asthma attacks and emergency room visits today — and possible cancers, heart conditions and other issues in years to come.

Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist@princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 3w ago

This comes as I wake up to smelly, smoky air the past two days. Air pollution from wildfire smoke caused nearly 164,000 deaths in the 15 years leading up to 2020, and approximately 15,000 of the fatalities were a direct result of climate change. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/w...

Climate Change Contributes to a Smokier World (Gift Article)

Higher temperatures and drought conditions are contributing to more intense wildfires and extending the summer fire season in North America.

nytimes.com

Johnnie Jae@johnniejae.bsky.social · 3w ago

I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.

A photo of the wildfires in canada. Fire rages through forest area with vright orange flame and dark gray smoke.
Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI)@terryfoxresearch.bsky.social · 3w ago

Glioblastoma is one of the deadliest cancers, with a median survival rate of less than 15 months. Even after intensive treatment, the disease almost always returns. We're highlighting some of the Terry Fox-funded researchers working to change what’s possible for people facing glioblastoma.

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Katherine Stiles@katherinestiles.org · last mo.

#Artificialintelligence · #AI · #AcademicSky Rapid spread of AI may worsen global inequality, UN warns “ ‘The more AI advances without shared rules, the less say governments and people will have in the outcome,’ said António Guterres, the UN secretary general, at a press conference on Wednesday. ”

Rapid spread of AI may worsen global inequality, UN warns

Panel proses shared framework for responsible AI development as adoption grows unevenly across world

theguardian.com

Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social · last mo.

Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last mo.

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever before
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · last mo.

Justice Brown Jackson's argument for birthright citizenship is very moving. I recommend reading it in full. An excerpt with alt-text below. “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” — KBJ

Still, most freed Blacks resisted the pressure to self-deport. Instead, many started organizing toward the creation of the kind of Nation the colonizationists opposed—one that guaranteed liberty and justice for all. In the decades leading up to the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, Black Americans organized and gathered at more than 600 local and national conventions across the country. There, delegates erected the political and intellectual scaffolding for the Fourteenth Amendment and, later, for the Black Civil Rights Movement more generally. Critically for present purposes, these visionaries already understood themselves to be American citizens. “The refrains ‘we are Americans’ and ‘we are citizens’ echoed in conferences throughout the North.” Moreover, “[b]irthright figured importantly” as “delegates frequently characterized their status as that of native-born citizens.” The delegates argued that, as such, they had the requisite allegiance, so, at a minimum, the Federal Government owed them the duty of protection. The famed orator Frederick Douglass was one of these delegates. Capturing the spirit of the moment, Douglass proclaimed that Chief Justice Taney—the author of the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 How. 393 (1857)—“[could] do many things, but he [could not] … change the essential nature of things.” In the absence of the artificial evils of slavery and racial subordination, Douglass explained, “the glorious birthright of our common humanity, will become the inheritance of all the inhabitants of this highly favored country.” Do note this: The citizenship thesis of the Colored Conventions was thus not that some new status should be created and conferred on freed Blacks.It was instead that freed Blacks already had a rightful claim to citizenship because they had been born on American soil. After all, the Nation, from its founding, had “boldly proclaim[ed] that all men are born free and equal, and that consequently life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, are inherent in every individual, vested inalienably by natural birthright.” No ideal was more inherently American. Now, “rest[ing their] cause on the republican standard of the revolutionary Fathers,” freed Blacks were “knock[ing] at the doors of the constitution and demand[ing] an entrance.” And “[i]f … asked what evidence [they] bring to sustain [their] qualifications for citizenship, [they would] offer them certificates of … BIRTH and NATIVITY.” Would the Nation live up to its promise? Such universalist appeals were a conscious choice. Yes, Black Americans had suffered a singular wrong. And yes, they had “fought and bled” for the Union, paying a steep price for their freedom. But the delegates did not rest on these laurels. Rather, they drew upon the moral and political force of the universal principles that were already core to the Nation’s identity. That bears repeating: Freed Blacks did not advocate for a unique set of rules that catered only to their situation. Nor did they seek to advance their own position relative to, or at the expense and exclusion of, other marginalized groups.Instead, those whose gatherings helped galvanize the push for full equality understood that “[a] diverse origin does not disprove a common nature, nor does it disprove a united destiny.” The firmest foundation for freedom would require an anticaste reset—“both for his sake and for ours”—and would benefit all. During his U. S. Senate candidacy, Abraham Lincoln developed a similar vision. In the lead-up to the now-famous Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln explained that the promise of liberty and equality in the Declaration of Independence “was held sacred by all, and thought to include all.” Lincoln expressly and intentionally linked the fate of Black Americans and immigrant groups (“among us perhaps half our people who are not descendants at all” of the Founders), and noted that the Nation’s future hinged on a universal definition of citizenship that excluded neither. He explained that the Declaration’s promise that “all men are created equal” was the “electric cord … that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together,” regardless of race or descent. The case was made. First, there was war. And then, the delegates’ (and Lincoln’s) universalist view of citizenship made its mark on the Constitution.
Erika Hall@erikahall.bsky.social · last mo.

When I read about AI labs hiring philosophers, it makes me think of Ronald Fisher, the "father of modern statistics" who died arguing on behalf of tobacco companies saying that the studies showing cigarettes caused cancer were correlation not causation.

Heather Grabbe@heathergrabbe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This week’s heatwave shows how temperatures and rainfall patterns that used to be considered extremes are becoming the norm. But climate disasters don't have to become fiscal crises if EU countries plan better for adaptation investments and risk-sharing: see www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...

Planning for the rising fiscal costs of climate disasters

Low insurance coverage is turning EU governments into disaster insurers of last resort, strengthening the case for prevention and adaptation finance

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Bruegel@bruegel.org · 2mo ago

📊 Chart of the week: Annual EU direct economic losses from extreme weather and climate events 📑 By @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, @keliauskaite.bsky.social, @marie-lappe.bsky.social, @iremonas.bsky.social, Massimo Tavoni and @gzachmann.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/QN0cs5M #EconSky

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 2mo ago

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

Forbes@forbes.com · 2mo ago

Scientists have reached a consensus that human behavior is a big driver of climate change—but Americans aren't buying it.

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 3mo ago

A 2025 study out of M.I.T. cautioned that “the integration of LLMs into learning environments may inadvertently contribute to cognitive atrophy.” This danger hasn’t slowed the advancement of A.I. in schools. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/WdiB05

What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?

“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in education.

newyorkermag.visitlink.me

Darin Self@darinself.com · 3mo ago

My state found that nearly 50% of kids can't read at grade level and most people know the reason -- we replaced teachers and workbooks with Chromebooks. We need less tech in the classroom. Not more.

Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov · 3mo ago

AI is reshaping industries and our economy, and it’s crucial that young people and our workforce are equipped to succeed in this landscape. Proud to introduce a bipartisan bill with Sen. Rounds to ensure students and educators have the resources they need to harness the power of AI.

Rebecca Colesworthy@rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

AI produces MORE editorial labor, not less. “[To weed out slop] the journal doubled its deputy editors from 6 to 11 & nearly doubled its sr editors from roughly 30 to 60. All of this is volunteer labor, unpaid academics donating time to maintain scientific quality.“ www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

AI Slop Is Flooding Academic Journals. A Top Journal Measured It

A top management journal measured AI’s impact on submissions and reviews. Submissions rose 42%, writing quality declined and AI reviews proved uninformative to editors.

forbes.com

Anoush F. Terjanian (elle/she/ան)@anoush-ft.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Adding, it also reveals structural causes of the present moment: most all US legislative capitals were/are still located far from concentrations of population #AnxietiesOfDemocracy

Jan-Werner Mueller@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"...the ballroom-as-bunker is appropriate for a leader afraid of his own people; less obviously, it also aligns Trump with the Silicon Valley figures who are anticipating an apocalypse (which their own conduct is hastening)..."