As leaders around the world respond to Israel's illegal abduction of humanitarians carrying aid to babies in Gaza, silence from Canada's @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social, and yet they want us to believe this country has moral authority in the world? Even the UK commented!

Solidarity from law profs down highway 2. That this reprehensible and dangerous action by U of A was apparently triggered by conservative media is appalling. The “protection” rationale trotted out by U of A (see also: forceful takedown of campus protests) is baseless and must be challenged.

Is CAUT @caut.bsky.social exploring the possibility of censure against U of T and UAlberta for punishing faculty for extramural speech and thus violating their academic freedom?

A horrifying case of censorship by @ualberta.bsky.social against a law prof commenting on Kirk's death. University failed to explain or justify why Ashley was removed from class. Explanation (& apology) needed from the uni, & protection for faculty & academic freedom. @caut.bsky.social fyi

It is frankly shocking and embarrassing that the Canadian government is dragging its feet on processing visas for these Palestinian students at risk. Get with the program, folks. www.linkedin.com/posts/pssar_...

I and my co-author @ntusikov.bsky.social offer an answer that question in our book, The New Knowledge (open access). Long story short: the digital tech-driven downgrading of scientific knowledge by the belief that statistical correlation on its own is a superior form of knowledge.

Seriously... Cohere that snuggled up to Peter Thiel and his "Algorithmically Accelerated Killing Machine”? Do better Canada's AI task force and please pay attention to the agenda of your partners: techcrunch.com/2024/12/16/c...

This. Precisely this. Every day of the week. Which makes it all the more troubling that despite the ever-increasing number of warning signs, Canada's Prime Minister and his Minister for AI have gone all-in on the hype. They're buying at the top of the bubble, and Canada will be worse off for it.

I'm sure Canada's just-announced AI Task Force and Cohere, the AI company tasked with identifying governmental uses for AI, will be all over this report.

A consensus is forming: Israel must be banned by FIFA and UEFA for its ongoing genocide in Gaza.

All of this is a long way of saying that if you want to understand how SV got to Trump, and SV-state linkages, Shawn Powers and Michael Jablonski's The Real Cyber War (2015) remains essential reading. I draw on it heavily for this 2022 oped: www.cigionline.org/articles/sho....

One thing missing from this story, which complicates the narrative US tech & tech activists like to tell about themselves: The US tech sector has always been highly dependent on the US state. Them bending the knee to Trump is no more surprising than, say, Boeing continuing to deliver fighter jets.

The act of recognition is not enough. It will not automatically end Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestine. To accomplish that, recognition must be backed by meaningful economic pressure against Israel, including sanctions. Read our full statement: www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_09_2...

I was taken aback when I first heard the news of this. Good to hear that several MPs did not stand to honour Kirk. One can have their private views on such matters and share them w/ friends & colleagues as you wish, but the Parliament of Canada is no place to honour someone so hostile to democracy.

Utterly ridiculous decision to ban the Irish group, #Kneecap, from #Canada... this is not about dealing with hatred, it's about patronizing and paternalistic restriction of freedom of political speech and artistic expression. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

So much of what @bhaggart.bsky.social says here has been on my mind. Canada can't manufacture and pipeline itself away from what is happening south of the border. And using AI tools to increase public sector "production" is not going to solve things either.

“‘One issue with the current cloud market that we have is that it is highly concentrated. There are only a very few companies offering these services,’ [Guillaume] Beaumier said.”

Genuine question: Why is Telus’ Canadian “Sovereign AI Factory” built with American chips?

It’s unfortunate that “major infrastructure” doesn’t figure innovation-focused digital, media, or cultural infrastructure. It’s all ressource extraction and energy—as if Canada had undone the 20th century and returned to the 19th.

"A tsunami of AI-enabled disinformation is already upon us, polluting the public sphere and seeping back into the language models that AI systems feed upon. What to do?" My latest oped in @theglobeandmail.com 👇 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Great oped from @rondeibert.bsky.social from the @citizenlab.ca calling on Canada's new AI minister to stop naively cheerleading & start making policing on AI in today's Globe & Mail. "The Minister of AI should be mitigating these risks, rather than naively championing the tech behind it all."

Russian dissidents denied asylum in the U.S. fear deportation back into the arms of Putin’s security services - unless Canada intervenes. “I hope that Canada will accept us, because all the world is going crazy and I hope that Canada won’t be.” My report

This fits really well with Susan Strange’s conception of interlocking forms of structural power. Dominant structures (previously finance, now knowledge/tech) impose their logics on society. FWIW, @ntusikov.bsky.social‘s and my book, The New Knowledge (OA), outlines the implications of this process.

There is no world in which a Canadian government intent on resisting US designs on Canada looks to a Republican fascist for advice. The advice you’re going to get won’t be in Canada’s interest, but Trump’s. Because he’s Trump’s guy.

If the Conservatives invited the (literal) fascist behind the destruction of US democratic state to their retreat, the pre-Carney Liberals would’ve rightly called on Poilievre to resign. Mark Carney is not fit to lead Canada.

On Project 2025 invite: "would be beneficial for cabinet to hear Roberts's perspective and understand the White House's priorities"; also invited "artificial intelligence-focused venture capital firm." Isn't Trump's fascist agenda backed by AI billionaires pretty clear? @mark-carney.bsky.social

The Carney government continues to tip-toe around Trump, the exact opposite of their promises during the campaign. The failure to explicitly condemn Trump's actions here is disgraceful. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Despairing at the Canadian govt's inaction on digital sovereignty in the face of a fascist US? I signed an open letter calling on PM Carney to take direct steps to ensure real digital sovereignty, not just AI fantasies of "innovation." Canada needs to get serious. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Israel’s athleticide in Gaza is a deliberate attempt to erase a culture. It is an essential part of the larger genocidal project.

Senior white male AI researcher "designs" a computer program to simulate a young Black woman. That will answer student's questions and debate with students (all TA roles) but won't be a TA. Right. Tell me you don't understand the social implications of this tech without etc etc

As Trump politicizes public health by firing the CDC head, I've written an editorial about what the US politicization of regulatory agencies means for countries, like Canada, that depend on US data & regulatory decisions. It's reprinted here. blaynehaggart.com/2025/08/28/g...

The US is the only UN Security Council member that does not accept the IPC's report that concludes that Gaza is in a famine At least the other members are calling the situation what it is: A man-made crisis. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... IPC report: www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us...

The IPC data on famine in Gaza is utterly horrifying. Don't look away. www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...

Now this is a journalist who deserves respect.

I was on Global News in Toronto today talking about why athletic boycott of Israel is necessary. Spoiler: it is because they are committing genocide. globalnews.ca/video/113458...

"Canada’s best option is to hold firm and limit concessions to the U.S. Recent Trump “deals” with a handful of other countries show how little Canada is likely to receive. Canada’s strong ties to the U.S. economy give it leverage no other country has. It should not be afraid to use it."

This article, by Carleton PhD student Alexander Rudolph, should be on the front page of every Canadian newspaper. It highlights how the US can access all data on the government and military’s Microsoft servers, Canadian laws be damned. www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...

Carney’s supporters always argue that he’s drawing out US negotiations to buy time to do things that will safeguard Canadian independence. Well, this and strengthening our regulatory system, as @ntusikov.bsky.social says here, are the things he should be doing. He’s not. Draw your own conclusions.

"resulting investigations had tied up doctors for months, but ultimately they had incurred no disciplinary action" Solidarity with doctors and health care workers opposing genocide & attacks on healthcare systems and personnel in an ongoing genocide

Where is Global Affairs on protecting journalists in Gaza? Silence. Shame on Carney & the Canadian government.

New from me (paywall). As the US govt dismantles & politicizes its regulatory agencies, what plans does Canada have to protect our food & health systems from toxins & diseases? PM Carney is cutting back the federal govt when greater regulatory capacity is needed. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

❗️A Canadian company has been caught "red-handed" sending GPS antennas to Israel's largest weapons company Elbit Systems, and now claims to be pausing the shipment. Israel relies on Elbit tech to carry out their attacks in Gaza, making them fundamental to Israel's genocide. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Interested in a free book on how states & firms wield power via commodifying data & IP? @bhaggart.bsky.social & I have you covered with our book, The New Knowledge, which is now published OA by Bloomsbury. www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

I signed this to demand that Sport Canada & Tennis Canada take a stand against Israel’s genocide in Gaza by withdrawing Canadian athletes from competing against Israel.

Moral clarity demands that Halifax not host the Israeli national tennis team Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

It is insane that it took more than 200 journalists to be slaughtered and almost two years of Israel deliberately targeting them, for the CAJ to finally make a statement that prétends they've been opposed all along. Uncredible hack organization that serves the employers.

No interviews with anyone who knows anything about LLMs. No indication the author understands that LLMs are designed to tell you what you want to hear, not necessarily what you need to hear. If you substituted "tarot cards" for "ChatGPT" you'd end up with the exact same story, beat for beat.