My hot take is that if the only way the Government of Canada can think of to reduce the cost of Canada Post is to remove the core services Canada Post provides, then maybe Canada Post does not have an efficiency problem at all. Maybe this is just the cost of having a functioning democracy.

For every $1.00 the Canadian Women’s team received of funding from your government the English women receives $142.00. You don’t invest in the success of women so don’t use them for social media content.

I actually don’t give a fuck about the level of “illegal migration”

Keir Starmer's attempt to prosecute artists for speaking up against genocide failed. @kneecapceol.bsky.social has been found innocent of all charges. As for Canada? Not a great look to have stood with Orban's Hungary and Trump in targeting this popular Irish group.

AI companionship From the new Private Eye, out now.

There's always the library. We are under attack everywhere, but wherever possible we provide family friendly surveillance free space with no cops around. All are welcome, and there's never an expectation that you have to buy anything.

Lots of good information about digital operational and information security here www.turnoffyourphone.org

Mark Carney cannot fool Tiktok with his hate crime bill, they clocked it right away #cdnpoli

Woke up 3am to co-present a paper (via zoom) at a conference at Berlin. I think it was successful, but I'm too tired to be sure.

Can we also have journals in the style of zines? I'd love to send off an article for peer review with a list of the records I was listening to while I wrote it attached as part of the references, then get back recommendations of what to listen to next with the reviewer comments.

This bill will make protest impossible and it is framed in a manner that makes you think it will reduce crime (it will not): www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

They're going to keep going until they get trans people killed. They want trans people murdered en mass.

"The March for Australia rallies [..] resulted in violent clashes." "[M]en kicking women and Indigenous elders [..] and hitting them [..] with poles." "A similar 'Canada First' [anti-immigration] rally is planned for Toronto this weekend." #Canada #Australia #Housing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

If wanting everyone to have their basic needs met is “extreme” then I am an extremist. Don't even get me started on wanting the working class to seize the means of production. That part must be a totally different tier of extremism. I wonder what tier of extremism being anti genocide is. 🤔

Well, the new semester starts tomorrow for the ILL. Wear a mask in the library, friends. It's gonna get very messy very quickly.

My music taste is also like my book taste... I'm not sure how it happened, but all of my favourites seem to be by people who are either properly messed up, dead, or both.

To some it's vandalism, to others performance art

Another librarian is fighting back. Let’s help her.

Did we mention our entire fall schedule is now available!? New to our work? We organize online gatherings for LIS folks (librarians & grad school faculty) to talk about pedagogy. We start with a brief presentation and then have a collegial discussion. It's casual, friendly, and supportive. Join us!

I once lived in a flat in Stockholm that turned out to be part of a reconditioned mental health facility. My room had weird fixtures in the ceiling that were for restraints. The place definitely had a vibe. Something left over that stayed in the walls. Everyone living there got terrible dreams.

All those people whining about how this wasn't the right time and but what about my convenience: Air Canada didn't lift a finger to negotiate. They ran out the clock and sat on their asses knowing the government would order back to work. Flight attendants said NO. AC made a real offer in >24 hrs.

Library books are used and returned for the next reader, making them a sustainable resource for environmentally conscious bibliophiles.

There is a lot less news reporting coming out of Gaza since Israel killed the entire Al Jazeera team of journalists.

Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act. TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets! Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

This is when the internet peaked and we never should have progressed into the current era of social media and hot takes and call outs.

Literally as we launch DefendVPNs.com the UK government starts threatening content advertising VPN services... www.gov.uk/government/n...

As attacks on libraries, books, and library patrons and workers continue to rise, here are two free resources from our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social about criminalization of and in libraries, that we hope can offer context and inspiration for protecting and defending our public libraries:

4 years into my PhD, I absolutely deserve to be here. My work's solid, and that's reflected in it being accepted for publication, conference presentations, and collaborations with awesome people. But I'm definitely not amazing and powerful. I'm clinging on by the skin of my teeth. We all are.

This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace. It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate. They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.

How great was Tom Lehrer? In 2020, he moved his entire catalog into the public domain because he felt he'd made more than enough money off of it. Enjoy every Tom Lehrer album: tomlehrersongs.com

Justice for men, women, girls and boys would be - the Diddy client list - the Epstein client list - the accused’s names in the Hockey Canada secret settlements.

Even cat people (like myself) enjoy seeing dog pictures

That isn't AI literacy: AI literacy isn't learning how to make the tools work. AI literacy is cultivating an understanding of the social, environmental, emotional, and pedagogical impact of AI, so you can make informed decisions on if/when to use the tools so that they align with your values.

Like, follow, and share if you love libraries! Take action to support libraries at action.everylibrary.org

American exceptionalism made them believe the propaganda that the USA is the land of the free where dreams come true, Canadian exceptionalism propaganda makes us believe we're some kind of peace loving bastion of human rights, only because we clear the extremely low bar of "better than the USA".

Please join me in supporting librarian Lavonnia Moore, fired for including inclusive books in a community-curated display. gofund.me/41fd0cc4

We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.

Satire... but, come on.

Indiana Jones and Reviewer 2's recommended changes to the paper

I've had to soak up some really nasty 'reviewer 2' comments from a couple of folk who, at times, kind of missed the point of what the papers were trying to do. Seeing this I'm a bit worried about what sort of horrors might come from AI reviewer 2.

Ruin a book's title by replacing one word with butthole: Les Trous De Cul (I'm a lover of the classics, and Canada is a bilingual country. While my French isn't great, you don't get better if you don't try)

Happy Glastonbury weekend to all those who celebrate! I pinched this photo from the very excellent @billybragg.bsky.social because I have very happy memories of a version of this tent, and because I think the words are important.

I work there! Awesome place!

I love this.

Bill C-2 is dangerous legislation that heightens the already hostile and dehumanizing barriers facing migrants, many of whom have been displaced by climate change. We must continue to demand justice, dignity and permanent status for all. Take action here: migrantrights.ca/actionslist/...

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

So much for #ElbowsUp and we’re all in this together. It feels like we’ve been had, and ordinary Canadians are giving up our natural wilderness, clean water, and a future for our children where the climate crisis has been tackled. Why? To make sure corporations get richer just like the US is doing.