University Canada West- B.C. allocates one-third of international undergraduate seats to private institutions. Here's why that matters - Vancouver Sun November 14, 2025
- B.C. student sues his teachers over plagiarism, judge strikes case - Business in Vancouver November 13, 2025
- Costly Fumbles by a BC College Left Me Stuck, Student Claims - The Tyee November 3, 2025
- University Canada West - UCW Professor Dr. Jafar Heydari Named Among the World's Top 2% Scientists - Education News Canada September 23, 2025
- The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Chung’s private-school empire - Vancouver Sun August 22, 2025
- Scenes From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Los Alamos Daily Post August 7, 2025
- Foreign student cuts hit Vancouver office leasing market - RENX.ca July 11, 2025
- University Canada West - University Canada West Announces New Interim Chairs for its Departments for 2025 - Education News Canada May 7, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Social media reacts to Chargers' 16-3 loss to Patriots - Chargers Wire January 12, 2026
- Social media kindness sees new home built for disabled friend - theherald.co.za January 12, 2026
- Experts speak on misinformation regarding ICE on social media - WEAU January 12, 2026
- Social Media Reacts To Another Dominant Women's Win - Sports Illustrated January 12, 2026
- Council returns with social media scrutiny, transit fights - The Worcester Guardian January 12, 2026
- Meta removes nearly 550,000 social media accounts under Australian age ban - Nikkei Asia January 12, 2026
- Golden Globes 2026: Top moments from the red carpet according to social media - Orange County Register January 12, 2026
- Eagles NFL playoff loss causes fans to furiously vent. What they said - The News Journal January 12, 2026
Category Archives: Robert’s posts
Talia Lavin’s cri de coeur
I admire the writing of Talia Lavin. Her beautifully written Substack blog, “The Sword and the Sandwich,” always charms me. This week she published “Fuck You and Your Word-Stealing Machine: A Luddite stands against AI language models and their plunder.” … Continue reading
Threads and news reporting
In part as a consequence of the Israel-Hamas war, more journalists are posting news and analysis on Meta’s Threads platform. From QZ’s Ananya Bhattacharya: Since its inception, Threads has decided to steer clear of handling hard news—and the Israel-Hamas war … Continue reading
AI and the future of music copyright
Rick Beato’s recent interview with Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA focused as much on AI technology as on the creation of ABBA’s songs and records. The co-writer of “Waterloo,” “SOS,” and “Dancing Queen” was mostly sanguine – indeed, enthusiastic – about … Continue reading
Google Bard
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First out of the gate
A reader from south of the border forwarded along this interesting report from the Kramer Levin law firm describing “China’s groundbreaking regulations to vet AI”: China put these measures in place “[i]n order to promote the healthy development and standardized … Continue reading
Ethan Mollick on Using Artificial Intelligence in Student Writing
I have added Ethan Mollick’s substack blog, “One Useful Thing,” to our Resources list (above). A professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Mollick writes that he’s “trying to understand what our new AI-haunted era means for … Continue reading
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Newspaper names: a charming taxonomy
We are fans of Jay Rosen here at No Contest.
Twitter alternatives
This is a clear picture from The Evening Standard. I think that, looking back, Twitter will be regarded as an unnecessary calamity rather than as a necessary community.