In the current confusion about what sovereignty means, there is an ascendant and erroneous idea that it means funding the Canadian tech sector. www.policyready.ca/policymaking...

"Your tastebuds are not deceiving you. Mangoes from independent grocers likely do taste better than those available at larger grocery chains." We took a look indie grocers in the West End and how they measure up against the chain store giants. www.westendphoenix.com/stories/chai...

I love everything about this post by @thelocal.to on the opening of the Finch West LRT - local reporting, talking to the people whose lives have been and are affected by this transit project, and their hopeful skepticism that just seems so Toronto thelocal.to/finch-west-l...

Lots of appreciation for shivani mehta bhatia's thoughts on conflict. Relevant to all of us (unless you live a life of solitude, in which case congrats). She brings much needed nuance to thinking about conflict because things are never as clear-cut as they seem shivanimehtabhatia.kit.com

*Sheds a little tear of happiness*

Giving Tuesday reminder. If you can, give. I donated to The Zaynab Project: GAZA Relief chuffed.org/project/zayn...

Today’s conference cat has gotten much more up close and personal #cooperativeAI

Second day, final session. @marcelovieta.bsky.social ‘s slide does a great job of capturing the complexity of AI #cooperativeAI

On the topic of co-ops, if you're part of one, please fill in the survey we're running this month on cooperative AI options: survey.cooperativeblueprint.ai/776588?newte...

Also, cats cats cats. This one came to hear the sessions in the morning #coopAI

First day, final session of the #coopAI conference in Istanbul. @trebors2025.bsky.social sharing his thoughts on the Solidarity Stack. Looking forward to tomorrow (+ being less jet lagged!)

I just drank a Lions Mane mushroom latte. You never know what the day will bring.

What's that, the Ontario government making tenancy more precarious in the midst of a housing crisis? Sounds about right. They might have backtracked on some of the proposed changes, but let's be clear: they still intend to criminalize poverty www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This essay by @jasmine.bsky.social is 🎯 and also 🫠 jasmi.news/p/dictionary h/t @annehelen.bsky.social

Hear hear!

Also standing room only at this talk. And jokes about the women + stage being in a weird corner of a noisy conference. Heh.

Checking out #ElevateFestival for the first time. @averyswartz.com and Sarah Stockdale’s talk on AI are a study in contrast to other panels… human thoughts on a machine technology

We are, once again, in the time of peak scapegoating.

Listening to the live version of Eddie Vedder's 'No More' and am totally struck how hopeful and timeless it is. "No more terrorizing No more eulogizing No more No more evangelizing No more No more presidents lying No more war"

Q. Who aligns the aligners? A. alignmentalignment.ai Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Personalization at scale is an oxymoron

If Banksy'd used AI, this would never would have happened!

At least 105 Palestinians killed, including 32 aid seekers, as Israel pushes ahead with plans to seize Gaza City.

Remember those RCMP thugs who took great pleasure in arresting and berating protesters at Fairy Creek? Apparently they've got a new name and an expanded mandate. While we're transfixed by the disintegration of democracy south of us, things are very much amiss here breachmedia.ca/rcmp-unit-co...

Air Canada consoles stranded passengers with pictures of their executive bonuses

Bike Brigade origin story; pandemic, willing people, bikes, a bespoke app and the rest is herstory #CivicSpark #mutualaid

Cory Doctorow is coming to Bluesky, on his own self-hosted server to avoid the standard ToS. pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/d... “My sysadmin, Ken, just took delivery of some new server hardware at his colo, and he's gonna be setting me up my own Mastodon and Bluesky servers in the coming weeks.”

We are “Walking backwards into our future … towards a precolonial conviviality” - Victor Udoewa #civicspark

It’s also a strong reminder that the civic body is made up of people who do not share a singular narrative about hope and hopelessness. And this is inseparable from any kind of ‘civic tech’ work that we want to do

Vass Bednar on centralized childcare waitlists (why don’t we have these?!) and a whole host of other data-rich civic tech applications that would make our lives less sh*tty

@biancawylie.com opening #civicspark with the real talk; respecting boundaries, the importance of having hard political conversations, and *humility* (such a beautiful reminder in this time of hubris)

Yay Rachel and Max! Looking forward to hearing you on Saturday #civicspark

Apparently it's news when men who hold executive power engage in care work. Women just do this all the time. (But in seriousness, I do think this shows true leadership) www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Explored Toronto’s newest park today with @andia.bsky.social!

YESSSSSS! www.cycleto.ca/cycle_toront... #bikes #toronto #finallysomegoodnews

More talk today about leaving Substack. You should do it. If you’re trying to do local news, head over to www.tinynewsco.org and apply to join the @tinynewscollective.bsky.social. We’ll get you set up with Ghost, fiscal sponsorship, and a community of support. The best deal in journalism.

Counting Seagulls at Coronation Park - file under: in-person, fun, frivolous (aka contrary to most things these days)https://lu.ma/3az43gov

Last month (oh so long ago now) it was #Toronto Tech Week, which for me, was a series of depressingly cliche panels, punctuated by a few high notes. But the best of it all was the @1rg.space's wrap on the 1RG Incubator; this event really made my week 💜 words.1rg.space/experiment-r...

A special issue of COMPOST (aka the sister project of @dwebpress.bsky.social) is now out and it couldn't be more timely.

Just in case you'd been distracted from the unfolding horror that is occurring in Gaza by the AI-everything news... How about using some human intelligence - and empathy - to stop children from starving before our eyes?

Metaphorical head explosion occurred on reading this news. Thanks to the lovely folks at @1rg.space for commiserating with me! www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

What a cruel fucking world this is. The same day the decision comes to down to uphold the ban on healthcare for trans kids.

URGENT: Canadian physician @yipengge.bsky.social,who is marching to the Rafah crossing to break the siege, just told me he and many others — including Canadians — are being held up at a checkpoint between Egypt and Ismailia. Everyone’s passport has been taken and they aren’t being allowed to cross.

Yeah, things are bad down south but I hope #ontario is paying attention to the sh*t that is happening here. Bill C, which is totally environmentally regressive, passed yesterday www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"All attempts to fast-track to the Ring of Fire will fail" "Ontario is trying to legislate us out of the conversation. That won’t work” "If you pass Bill 5, you can say goodbye nature" First Nations demand the Ontario gov't revoke Bill 5. It's the most powerful stand off I've seen at Queens Park

Happy Pride month 🏳️‍🌈. (I was going to add an ! but the mood is somber these days)

"Look, if you give people homes, the next thing you know, they’re going to start to get their lives together and then get jobs and start organizing. Then they’ll expand Medicare to everyone and build a fucking light rail line instead of a border wall."

I keep thinking about the line in this article where the Victoria city councillor says that banning drug use in community centres & libraries "would have fundamentally gone against what those facilities are all about." www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/3f41479...

The Canadian Centre for the Study of Cooperatives has released its survey results for 2024 looking at the top issues facing co-ops. The #1 issue is lack of awareness of the co-op model. The #2 issue is the lack of design in this report. usaskstudies.coop/documents/re...

Montréal: I'm looking for utopian co-conspirators to start a new network for creative, technical, and critical projects in the form of a collectively-run space for experimentation