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

Legitimately what the fuck are we even doing here

Saw this great little resource on @metalabel.bsky.social on selecting legal structures for creative businesses but it doesn't even mention co-operatives 😮 athousandforests.metalabel.com/athousandfor...

Are.na is one of the best places on the internets. Their annual open call is open www.are.na/editorial/op...

Coming up next month, Distributed Press (a project I work on) will be presenting

the problem with “tech journalism” is that we had 2 decades of mainly white men regurgitating press releases about new cell phones and usb ports on laptops who now are their own publishing platforms while being unable to grasp how the future became automated high frequency feudalism

As a Carleton journalism grad, it was great to hear that these classes are being taught to the next gen of journalists. Also, the @thenarwhal.ca is awesome and if you're not already a supporter, you should be!

Remember when social media was just a compendium of mundane moments? I miss the oblivious play-by-play of banality. I ate this. I saw that. Ooh look, a nice flower.

TIL that Ontario is replacing its Endangered Species Act. With a piece of crap legislation that prioritizes development. Nice. Really nice. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...

Happy May Day from your friendly neighborhood anarchist! Remember the martyrs, and keep fighting like hell flaminghydra.com/r/a8869239?m...

I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.

Hi @futureofgood.bsky.social. New member here! I want to join the AI workshop today but I can't seem to get a member link to join. Sent an email but that says you have a 48hr turn around. Can you help pls?

Hey #Toronto ppl - have you seen the new Civic Dashboard project? You should civicdashboard.ca

Excellent news for all book people in the west end of Toronto

Although I have almost zero time for actual hobbies, I still feel the pull of the "Millennial hobby energy" open.substack.com/pub/annehele...

Our little Distributed Press project is again eligible for GitCoin grants. Please share (or contribute) if you can 💜

My most hated vegetable; truly, we have entered a hellscape

Today @ #DXC25, @timothysnyder.bsky.social in conversation w/ @caroloff.bsky.social, calls for collective freedom: 'You can’t be free alone.' In a world of disinformation, freedom is not a solo act, but a collective group project, grounded in care, cooperation, solidarity, factuality & imagination.

“Freedom is being *for* things” from the amazing keynote conversation with Timothy Snyder & Carol Off #dxc25