NEW: A report released today from grassroots researchers found that Canada has sent about 400 arms shipments to Israel since October 2023, with many of these exports sent on commercial passenger planes. www.readtheorchard.org/p/grassroots...

This is a really good episode. Sarah articulates everything extremely well, she is very well spoken and provides incredible analysis with sourced statistics to back it up. Really got me fired up.

This week, @sarahsamuel.bsky.social joins The North State to discuss her piece “Canadian Mainstream Media’s Orientalist Stance Towards Palestinians” in the Al Jazeera Journalism Review. We talk the Toronto Star, Hasbara and the mental health crisis facing journalists of conscience. #cdnpoli #cdnnews

@youcaughtscott.com talking with Sarah Samuel about Palestine, hasbara, and more thru the lens of orientalism

a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes' 1/

NEW REPORT: Artificial Power, our 2025 Landscape Report, is out. Today’s AI isn’t just being used by us, it’s being used on us. We urgently need to reclaim public power over the future trajectory of AI. Another path is possible. Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape

“Double-checking” AI doesn’t cut it, says @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social in @technologyreview.com. When an AI model draws conclusions from opaque, massive data sets, human oversight becomes a myth; and for military intel, a dangerous myth.

The Pentagon is deploying AI tools for military surveillance & intelligence. When a model relies on thousands of data points to draw conclusions, ‘it wouldn’t be possible for a human to sift through that amount of info to determine if the output was erroneous’ says @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social.

My latest article, Archiving #Palestine is out! With a needle and a few threads, Tatreez stitches the story of Palestinians through displacement & destruction dating back to the 1948 Nakba, again in 1967 Naksa, and the current genocide in #Gaza. this.org/2024/12/21/a... #Arts #Fashion #Journalism

We spoke to 10 Canadian journalists at mainstream media about what it’s been like covering #Gaza — Inside newsrooms, many describe backlash against reporters who speak out: ricochet.media/labour/media... #JournalismIsNotACrime #cdnmedia