“Given Amazon’s willingness to work with law enforcement & digital surveillance providers, combined with its poor security record, we’d suggest Ring owners, be careful about identifying anyone using their proper name; …Not everything needs an AI upgrade. “ techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/a...

A lot of you say "Gaslight" when what you mean is Bamboozle. The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.

. @cippic.bsky.social is hiring! This is an incredible opportunity to lead Canada’s foremost digital rights public interest clinic and join our technology law group at the University of Ottawa. Deadline to apply is January 9th. uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar. (hard mode rules don’t actually complicate anything for me)

Here’s the thing – when a country decides that mass, random inspections are necessary to get rid of illegal immigrants, it’s not just “illegals”, and it’s not just immigrants, who are affected. Citizenship won’t protect you.

The #UK #Labour Party has become an unapologetic right populist party. The only good thing is that their cowardly populism is making them unpopular...

Joined the Secure Line podcast to talk about climate, democracy, and what it’s actually like to face sustained online and offline harassment as a woman working in politics. Listen now ⬇️ 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6LnH... 🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...

Incredibly powerful video from a survivor of the Dec. 6 massacre, @nathalieprovost.bsky.social. We remember the 14 women killed that day, and the countless killed since, simply because they were women. www.instagram.com/reel/DR2q9ks...

Today is Canada's National Day of Action & Remembrance on Violence against Women. It marks the day in 1989 when 14 women at Polytechnique in Montreal were murdered by an "incel" (Proving that shit has a new name but is an old problem.) There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.

Please get in touch with my friend Will if you are (or know) an artist who can donate a little time and skill to this union fight.

Damn. One of Toronto's greatest. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

And none of them are from Mexico, the third host country.

The FIFA Peace Prize is most correctly viewed as some of the world's most corrupt people recognizing what the world's most corrupt men values most: fake recognition based on lies

Speaking from a Slovenian perspective, allow me to offer a counterpoint: Absolutely no way in hell.

#Breaking: Climate change advisers quit over Carney government’s energy deal with Alberta

Finally saw the Dufferin Grove coyotes 🙏

In 2024 health spending was 6.5% more than in 2023. But inflation grew 4.9%, population grew 3%, and aging added 0.6% in costs. "When you crunch the numbers, the real dollars available actually shrunk by about 2 per cent. That’s an untenable situation in the long term – and even the short term"

Calling all journalists, here's a handy new tool to help you scan not-yet-visible X's Community Notes to uncover early corrections or emerging debates around a post on X on a topic you might be covering. notetracker.socialmedialab.ca#reporter-guide

Over my dead body will I let those fuckers Pepe Franklin.

Sigh. Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41... "...21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence."

Last week, we launched a database of every book that has appeared on @theglobeandmail.com's top 100 books of the year list in almost three decades. You can browse thousands of notable books from 1998 to present and save favourites to a reading list 📚 www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

Natural selection.

Our pretend facts are just as good as the real thing. If not better.

Since publishing our investigation into "Victoria Goldiee" at @thelocal.to, I've heard from editors from around the world who've had their own run-ins. A quick follow-up, plus a conversation with @cstarnino.bsky.social about journalism in a world of AI fakery. thelocal.to/fallout-from...

Some of the U.S. booze pulled off Liquor Mart shelves last winter was offered to help people struggling with alcohol addiction.

Dan Levy openly says that Schitt's Creek would not have survived anywhere except the CBC because it was weird and took a season or so to find its feet... Just for reference if you wanna know the ROI on this approach to supporting creative things.

Great idea from one of my favourite indie bookstores @anotherstoryto.bsky.social

Really sad news. She was always such a delight to watch.

Totally. I think about this article ALL the time:

Today! ⬇️

"80 years after the Nazis were tried for war crimes, the documents are online for all to see The Nuremberg Trials Project is a free and searchable database from Harvard Law School" www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Wait, they do? What else am I missing in the Bad Place? (actually, don’t tell me)

🔔 Upcoming webinar! Join us for a timely conversation on how #digitalrepression and #surveillance are reshaping women’s participation in peacebuilding and the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Nov 26 @ 9:30 am ET More info: citizenlab.ca/2025/11/webi...

Because what could possibly go wrong…. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

He’s a real Nelson LeMandela. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Attn: Toronto/GTA folks - please share. 🐶

Since we in Alberta are hearing the phrase “elective surgery” bandied about so freely today, it doesn’t mean a nice to have surgery it means a surgery that can be scheduled. So say you have uterine cancer and you are not in the ER dying. Your surgery to remove your uterus is elective, scheduled

People talk about "cancel culture" or "witch hunts" but when you have hundreds of lives upended or destroyed for, effectively, wrongthink...

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

Call-out: Are YOU Ryan Wedding? If so, please reach out.

No idea how Canada's Supreme Court will handle the notwithstanding question before it. But at the very least, politicians should be legally required to stand in front of mics and declare, "I, [politician name], think it necessary to override the rights of [group]." And then take questions.

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I feel if you’re able to orchestrate an elaborate scheme involving spiriting a 15-man death squad into a country to kill then chop up one of your critics, you can probably cope with a little light embarrassment when asked about said murder

When you thought you were leopards gnawing people’s faces off together, but then the leopard licks his chops in your direction.

I dunno, man. Seems pretty wild to write an extensive piece like this and only give a cursory mention of why so many people "declined to be interviewed." The man has sued so many people for even just TWEETING about the case. But I still gotta listen to CanLit elites play the victim? C'mon.

This argument that we need to adopt fascism-lite to prevent electing fascists is a big ahistorical lie, and it has a lot of currency in Canada too. This will not solve any problems fascists blame on refugees, while it concedes the idea that they're correct to blame them. This is how you get ICE.

It’s really fun to spend years working with residents and city staff to move important projects along and then have the provincial government just cancel everything due to toxic populism.

For orgs & indivs who wanted to sign the original joint civil society & human rights letter protesting Min. Solomon's "national sprint" pseudo-consultation on AI strategy, but didn't get a chance or otherwise missed the deadline, we've re-opened it for signing here: tinyurl.com/AIcivsochuma...

Only a few days left to apply for The Local's early career fellowship for Black and/or Indigenous journalists! One applicant will be paid $10,000 to write about issues that matter to their community and civil society, and will receive industry mentorship. thelocal.to/early-career...

I can't possibly be shocked that politicians are downplaying the Epstein files when the internet has spent the last 6 yrs turning Epstein into a meme and punchline. If everyday people trivialize the trafficking and sexual abuse of girls, why the fuck would politicians be any different? C'mon now.