Dan Guadagnolo
@danguad.bsky.social
Assistant prof at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Communication, Culture, information & Technology
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Again, the lesson for Canada fron the tariffs - but also the EU, the Indo-Pacific and any other region looking to do business with the U.S. - is that the tools have been taken out, this will not end with Trump.
August 26, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Again, the lesson for Canada fron the tariffs - but also the EU, the Indo-Pacific and any other region looking to do business with the U.S. - is that the tools have been taken out, this will not end with Trump.
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let us return to the ways of the Gif Folder
We are really living in a dark time within the Internet
June 30, 2026 at 6:06 AM
let us return to the ways of the Gif Folder
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Pelicans on the Riverbank, Hugo Charlemont (1850-1939).
March 26, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Pelicans on the Riverbank, Hugo Charlemont (1850-1939).
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something I hope we can impart upon young people who live in the effects of gwot but didn't experience its transformations is that the kind of instability and violence unleashed this week has already doomed them to a dramatically more dangerous and circumscribed future, at least IMO
March 9, 2026 at 3:08 PM
something I hope we can impart upon young people who live in the effects of gwot but didn't experience its transformations is that the kind of instability and violence unleashed this week has already doomed them to a dramatically more dangerous and circumscribed future, at least IMO
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Appreciate Ronan summarizing all the work I've done in the last 18 months.
prospect.org/economy/2024...
prospect.org/2025/12/02/p...
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February 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Appreciate Ronan summarizing all the work I've done in the last 18 months.
prospect.org/economy/2024...
prospect.org/2025/12/02/p...
prospect.org/economy/2024...
prospect.org/2025/12/02/p...
Oh wow MS put the dumb copilot logo *over* the doc display in Word. You can't even see what you're writing unless you click on it!
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh wow MS put the dumb copilot logo *over* the doc display in Word. You can't even see what you're writing unless you click on it!
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I don’t care if a lot of recruits can’t run a mile but I do care that we don’t seem to have much for young people to dream of and work towards but enactor of state violence or grifter, and even the idea of putting in effort to achieve an outcome feels sour
October 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I don’t care if a lot of recruits can’t run a mile but I do care that we don’t seem to have much for young people to dream of and work towards but enactor of state violence or grifter, and even the idea of putting in effort to achieve an outcome feels sour
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Remember: LLM-based chatbots are tuned deliberately to produce outputs like this, in the service of keeping users' attention and encouraging them to pay real money
The exchanges between Adam and ChatGPT are devastating. This, in my mind, is the worst one.
One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."
One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."
August 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Remember: LLM-based chatbots are tuned deliberately to produce outputs like this, in the service of keeping users' attention and encouraging them to pay real money
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“Think of Gloo as something like Salesforce but for churches: a behavioral analytics platform, powered by church-generated insights, psychographic information, and third-party consumer data.”
How churches use data and AI as engines of surveillance
Spiritual care and surveillance are converging across the country, reshaping the theology of trust.
www.technologyreview.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Think of Gloo as something like Salesforce but for churches: a behavioral analytics platform, powered by church-generated insights, psychographic information, and third-party consumer data.”
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In an almost unthinkable display of conflict-of-interest, a former Air Canada legal counsel, Maryse Tremblay, will rule on whether to end job action by striking Air Canada flight attendants at the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
August 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
In an almost unthinkable display of conflict-of-interest, a former Air Canada legal counsel, Maryse Tremblay, will rule on whether to end job action by striking Air Canada flight attendants at the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
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“Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage”
Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order, remain on strike: union | CBC News
Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage, the Canadian Union of Public Emplo...
www.cbc.ca
August 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage”
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This a thread about one feature of the Trump Admin's EO regarding the Smithsonian that I haven't seen much explicit discussion of. The stated purpose for reviewing Smithsonian exhibits and collections is to ensure they align with something called "Americanism." That term has a notable genealogy.
August 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This a thread about one feature of the Trump Admin's EO regarding the Smithsonian that I haven't seen much explicit discussion of. The stated purpose for reviewing Smithsonian exhibits and collections is to ensure they align with something called "Americanism." That term has a notable genealogy.
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A great read on UChicago, arguing we’re seeing the result of decades of mismanagement: “The university’s trustees and leaders view it preeminently as a tax-free technology incubator, and its debt load is so great that it is abandoning ideals it once held dear in order to sustain that goal.”
The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump
The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it do...
www.compactmag.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A great read on UChicago, arguing we’re seeing the result of decades of mismanagement: “The university’s trustees and leaders view it preeminently as a tax-free technology incubator, and its debt load is so great that it is abandoning ideals it once held dear in order to sustain that goal.”
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The girl's principal penned a letter seeking her release: “She is a kind, respectful, and dedicated young lady. Her unexpected removal will cause significant disruption to her learning and will likely have a deep emotional impact on her classmates and our entire school community."
August 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The girl's principal penned a letter seeking her release: “She is a kind, respectful, and dedicated young lady. Her unexpected removal will cause significant disruption to her learning and will likely have a deep emotional impact on her classmates and our entire school community."
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I've been hearing rumous of parents being detained with young kids at ICE checks for weeks now, but this is the first example I've been able to confirm thanks to the bravery of Martha's partner and 21-year-old son who spoke with me.
August 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I've been hearing rumous of parents being detained with young kids at ICE checks for weeks now, but this is the first example I've been able to confirm thanks to the bravery of Martha's partner and 21-year-old son who spoke with me.
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ICE detained a 7-year-old, her mother and 19-year-old brother at a check in at 26 Federal Plaza this week. The Queens mother and daughter have already been shipped to Texas while the 19-year-old is on is how at a detention center in NJ.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/15/f...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/15/f...
ICE Ships 7-Year-Old Queens Student and Mom to Texas Detention, Prompting School Principal’s Plea for Their Release
An older brother is detained in Newark while two other siblings remain in New York, “unprotected and traumatized” after arrests at immigration check-in.
www.thecity.nyc
August 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
ICE detained a 7-year-old, her mother and 19-year-old brother at a check in at 26 Federal Plaza this week. The Queens mother and daughter have already been shipped to Texas while the 19-year-old is on is how at a detention center in NJ.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/15/f...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/15/f...
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As universities like OSU pile onto the AI bandwagon, they’d do well to heed Cliff Ando’s warning.
August 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
As universities like OSU pile onto the AI bandwagon, they’d do well to heed Cliff Ando’s warning.
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New reporting from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social, who got hold of internal standards for chatbot behavior at Meta.
August 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
New reporting from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social, who got hold of internal standards for chatbot behavior at Meta.
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Our dept @iccit-utm.bsky.social is hiring an associate or full prof of organizational studies! ICCIT is a great place to teach and research. I adore my colleagues and our brilliant, ambitious students. More details here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa... @utoronto.ca @uoftmississauga.bsky.social
Associate Professor/Professor - Organizational Studies
Associate Professor/Professor - Organizational Studies
jobs.utoronto.ca
July 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our dept @iccit-utm.bsky.social is hiring an associate or full prof of organizational studies! ICCIT is a great place to teach and research. I adore my colleagues and our brilliant, ambitious students. More details here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa... @utoronto.ca @uoftmississauga.bsky.social
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Touch screens on cars worsen response time significantly worse than drink driving or being high:
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
May 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Touch screens on cars worsen response time significantly worse than drink driving or being high:
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
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What I'm seeing more and more is that AI is somehow worse for the people who use it frequently than I could have anticipated earlier this year, and one of the strongest arguments I can think of against it is what it does to them
August 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
What I'm seeing more and more is that AI is somehow worse for the people who use it frequently than I could have anticipated earlier this year, and one of the strongest arguments I can think of against it is what it does to them
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if you're reporting on the UCLA shakedown, you should ask the gov. what the legal basis for the $1 billion demand is. if they point to title VI, ask how a billion dollar demand squares with the limited remedies available by law. if they say the False Claims Act, ask which specific contracts.
So reporters and editors should look to scholars of authoritarianism in covering these stories. The deal-making frame is playing right into the hands of these autocrats. @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
Another shakedown, the more you cave to the autocrat the more empowered he feels.
August 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
if you're reporting on the UCLA shakedown, you should ask the gov. what the legal basis for the $1 billion demand is. if they point to title VI, ask how a billion dollar demand squares with the limited remedies available by law. if they say the False Claims Act, ask which specific contracts.
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Again, you cannot unplug 1/4-1/5 of an R1 university's budget & expect the same quantity or quality of "things" on campus. The math simply doesn't work. And pretending it does & we can uphold our "core values," & not talking loudly & publicly about how it doesn't, is not a strategy. It's madness.
Here is UW - Madison's budget. Our <largest> funder is the federal government. 25%. It used to be the state. Either way, the university in its current form ceases to exist if these federal cuts really happen. But The. Public. Doesn't. Know. This. And our leaders are absent from the public debate.
August 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Again, you cannot unplug 1/4-1/5 of an R1 university's budget & expect the same quantity or quality of "things" on campus. The math simply doesn't work. And pretending it does & we can uphold our "core values," & not talking loudly & publicly about how it doesn't, is not a strategy. It's madness.