So very pleased to announce that From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada (UBC Press, 2026) is now available to preorder! I invite you to share 🙏🏼 www.ubcpress.ca/from-red-dre... @ubcpress.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social @janisirwin.bsky.social

My general feeling is that if something is called a “Revolution”, but there is no mention of the people and/or cultures destroyed in the process, it’s either not a revolution or it’s violences are being intentionally obscured

So very pleased to announce that my book, From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada (UBC Press, 2026), is now available to preorder! Please share widely. www.ubcpress.ca/from-red-dre... @ubcpress.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social

The underlying fundamental economics have changed dramatically: solar is now so cheap that businesses and households all around the world install it often without subsidies. Throw in batteries and the business case just keeps improving.

"Universities, meanwhile, could cancel conferences that touch any topic that might be viewed as related to anti-fascism, and faculty research could be curtailed"

You can now search our database of 1.7 million Community Notes on X. The database contains every Community Note that has ever been produced, even those that are not yet publicly available. notetracker.socialmediadata.org

Up early to chat about mediated interventions in dating violence, and my forthcoming book, on CBC’s Edmonton AM

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

Of all the neoliberal stinginess… How cringe.

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Devastating news for our cycling community ❤️‍🩹

This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)

Pleased to be a panellist for this exciting lecture on Thursday. www.ualberta.ca/en/political...

The US has had 358 mass shootings so far this year - many targeting kids - yet the shooting with just one grown up far-right provocateur as victim is the first shooting to receive this long multi day coverage (and widespread speculation) in international media...

New research shows a link between the stress of being stalked and risk of cardiovascular events. When we say the body keeps the score, this is what we mean!

The reporter in question just offhandedly throws out there "or involuntary lethal injection. Just kill 'em" as a real suggestion for how to "deal with" homeless people.

"YouTube has loosened its content moderation policiesThe platform now lets videos stay online if ‘freedom of expression value may outweigh harm risk,’" www.theverge.com/news/682784/...

"An email sent to NBCUniversal employees, including journalists at NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo and more, eulogizes Charlie Kirk as an "advocate for open debate" and reminds staff that even milquetoast statements about Kirk's death can result in their firing." www.404media.co/comcast-nbcu...

Digging into Laura Bates’ new book today @readlandmark.bsky.social @sourcebooksfire.bsky.social @everydaysexism.bsky.social

Don’t let the name “Social Media Lab” mislead you. Our work goes far beyond social platforms. We investigate Russian disinfo & AI-generated deepfakes, develop research tools, & monitor targeted ads on Meta. We also study Community Notes on X & run national surveys. socialmedialab.ca/about-the-so...

Wild how folks look away when kids are actually being harmed, but slip in a book about gay penguins, and suddenly it’s the end of the world. Meanwhile, here in Canada, we’re waiting to find out what Alberta thinks children need protection from besides actual harm. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

From the Russia hoax to the COVID-19 hoax, the administration falls back on a familiar tactic: dismissing anything that might harm them as just another 'hoax.'

Attention film industry creatives:

Dream. Org is hosting an online event on AI data centers are part of their “green the grid” campaign today, featuring KeShaun Pearson of Memphis Community Against Pollution

Please share with interested acquaintances!

Bought last summer, but getting to it now. So very good. @asc.upenn.edu @kat-hig.bsky.social @mandigray.bsky.social

Please share with interested acquaintances!

Since Twitter turned into a dumpster fire, I haven’t been able to find a similar social media ‘home’ as an academic. Anyone else feeling this?

This just came across my desk: "Florida and Texas accounted for more private jet flights and emissions than the entire European Union." God. theicct.org/pr-air-and-g...

The battle vs social media enshittification continues — with a unique platform designed in Canada www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco... @ethnographer.bsky.social @ggow.bsky.social

A timely, rich and fun talk — about the tech bros, their toys, and techno politics — by Dr Sarah Sharma #CCA

They have been gunning for Mark Carney since January. Here are links to some of the early attempts at linking Carney to Glislaine Maxwell: X mvau.lt/media/a6ee7c... TikTok mvau.lt/media/026313... Facebook mvau.lt/media/a60191...

Congrats to my friend and colleague @brianfauteux.bsky.social on his new book and successful launch! What interesting and nuanced work, Brian.

This morning’s exploits. Learning how to create activist video projects using the tools we have at our disposal

We're hearing the term #fascist a lot these days. Is it being used appropriately? Is there more fascism in the world, now? UAlberta professor Lori Thorlakson advises (March 6, 2025), on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #USpoli #CDNpoli #AcademicSky

Let’s be clear. Healthcare is a human right. It is a foundation, like education that builds and sustains society. It should never be about profit and it never generates revenue. It’s about a patient’s needs & not a shareholder’s return. Anyone who tells you otherwise is stealing.

Vincent, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II and uses a wheelchair, is doing Public Policy Masters and J.D. at Michigan. He sounds like an actual genius. Federal cuts mean Internship interview at HHS, General Counsel cancelled West Virginia grant for law tuition and care providers reduced 75%

At what point did airlines acquire the power to do whatever they wanted, and not even have to have enough agents to pick up customer calls? It seems we have few rights. And we’re at their mercy.

Some WONDERFUL Toronto musicians are live-streaming Calypso music via Jazz FM this evening. Here’s the info: www.youtube.com/live/TN8QTw8... @heatherbambrick.bsky.social

Tomorrow in YEG - Winter Bike to Work Day 👇🏽 🚲 ❄️ @ethnographer.bsky.social @nicoladinicola.bsky.social @fancywomenbikeyeg.bsky.social @yegbike.bsky.social

Wow. There have been fears of the UK government using a technical capability notice to demand encryption backdoors for years. Now it’s happened. UK is demanding Apple provide access to encrypted cloud backups Great @joemenn.bsky.social scoop

Hate is very lucrative. A new investigation shows Meta's recent policy changes have created a breeding ground for neo-Nazi content on Instagram, where accounts freely promote hate, antisemitic rhetoric, and Nazi symbols—all while making a profit. globalextremism.org/post/neo-naz...

When I started teaching at the University of Southern Maine we had a multicultural student center, a women’s center, center for sexuality and gender diversity (maybe came a tad later) and childcare. None of that exists today

@nicolettelittle.bsky.social in a brill piece on nostalgia-driven Memories & harm for users! Our co-research, building on the 'Unsolicited Algorithm' (👇), pushes against the lazy 'just log off' narrative, demanding safer, more inclusive design to mitigate trauma www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

+1, Victim of Platform Violence. This article really hit home.

My @theconversation.com article on algorithmically driven nostalgia and platform violence — out today 🙏🏼 theconversation.com/features-lik... @tomdivon.bsky.social @carrierentschler.bsky.social @scthrift.bsky.social @jessalynn-keller.bsky.social @ethnographer.bsky.social @persephone.blue

The Unsolicited Algorithm 🚨 AirDrop and Social Media 'Memories'—originally designed to foster connection and nostalgia—can be weaponized for harm and (re)traumatize users! Read @tomdivon.bsky.social & @nicolettelittle.bsky.social 👇