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Michael Shaw

@shawmp.bsky.social

Academic union member at UMFA. Active in CAUT and the CAUT DF.

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My IRL friends call me Chris@christyceeck.bsky.social · 2d ago

"When it comes to social, economic, and environmental policy, [the Carney government] is following through on its promise to “nation-build” with a sweeping program of austerity, deregulation and cuts," writes @lukewsavage.bsky.social. #GiftLink 🎁 #CdnPoli www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

But we should also consider the possibility that Carney’s apparent promise of a new and more independent global posture was never really genuine in the first place. When the prime minister gave his big speech in Davos earlier this year, what many heard was a stirring call for a new progressive internationalism in the age of Donald Trump. But, as I argued at the time, what he was really saying was that middle powers like Canada can no longer afford to ground their actions in the pursuit of idealistic notions like human rights. This, not incidentally, is more or less how the government has sought to justify its own right-leaning domestic agenda as well: its abandonment of climate targets and gutting of environmental regulations; its tax cuts for the wealthy; its slash and burn attitude toward the public sector; and its overzealous embrace of AI. Both at home and abroad, the Trump threat serves as a pretext for a form of would-be pragmatism that is really just conservatism by any other name. Within its own borders, Canada is increasingly being run less like a country and more like a business. On the world stage, it is barely even pretending to care about concepts like international law and human rights. This also helps explain the very stark difference between the prime minister’s campaign rhetoric and his incessant pursuit of cosy relations with Washington.
James 🇨🇦@jemotluk.bsky.social · 4d ago

"In 2025 millions of Canadians rallied behind what they took to be a promise of renewed economic sovereignty and progressive nation-building. Over the past year, the government they elected has effectively delivered the exact opposite." #cdnpoli

NDP@ndp.ca · 4d ago

The NDP stands in solidarity with WestJet workers on strike, fighting to end unpaid work. Join us in calling on the federal government to respect these workers' right to strike!

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Stephen Murphy (smurph)@smurph.bsky.social · last wk.

Emmett and I are profs at the same university. We are endlessly bombarded with soulless and solipsistic emails about how great AI is for teaching and that resistance is futile. It is not great and resistance is growing.

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦@emmettmacfarlane.com · last wk.

And I think this is the problem with student use. The faculty most keen on AI - the people gleefully integrating it into their courses - are also more prone to see it as capable of more than fancy search engine stuff. So students are deceived about its true limitations.

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨Caught on camera: Ken Paxton PANICS when asked about owning 15 homes worth $9 million on a $153,000 government salary. Paxton dodges, stammers, then says “I’d like to keep today to law enforcement!” Classic Paxton—refuses to answer, cuts the presser short. Texans deserve better.

Janet 🇨🇦@jansplanet.bsky.social · last mo.

Should’ve been PM, still could be. #LetHerLead #Brookfield #Corruption #BurningOurFuture #CDNPOLI #RegulateAI #NoGasForAI #StopTheBroligrachs & #Warlords #DieForTheEconomy

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social · last mo.

Freeland on Trump profiting off crypto while writing the regulations: That is one of the clear red lines between a rule of law democracy and an authoritarian kleptocracy ... what we're seeing in the United States right now is an absolutely blatant breaking of that rule.

Andy Grabia@agrabia.bsky.social · last mo.

A message to Oilers fans: It is actually not the case that you have to support this team no matter what. It’s a business, and just like any other business, you can stop buying the product. In fact, if you want the product to improve, not buying it until the business fixes things is a good way to go.

TSN@tsnofficial.bsky.social · last mo.

The Edmonton Oilers announced Tuesday that Mike Babcock has been hired as the team’s 19th coach in franchise history.