Here's my monthly plug for my newsletter. It always has one weird bird of the month buttondown.com/rosemarymosco

Bluesky, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social got married and we need to congratulate her. Congratulations, Dr. McMillan Cottom! You deserve a lifetime of love and happiness with your sweetie.

I hate this kind of comparison so much purely because it lulls Canadians into this smug sense of superiority when in reality there is work to be done in our own country and communities! #cdnpoli

Today, feminist organizations across 🇨🇦 are launching a new campaign: Women for Trans Rights. This campaign rejects attacks on trans people under the guise of protecting women and putting the focus back where it belongs: patriarchy and government inaction. Add your name: www.womenfortransrights.ca

Protest against the #DougFord government today at #QueensPark at noon #onpoli #Toronto #fordgovernment

"...many crossing guards are new immigrants and contract workers who don’t actually live in the area, and are asked to absorb risk on behalf of the local community...all without the protections or compensation typically afforded to people tasked with public safety." Truly essential workers.

Ottawa. We could have so much more!!! @ecologyottawa.bsky.social we need these vibes. #ottawa

if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com

Today in AI: Canada rejected the PR application of a McMaster postdoc from the Sorbonne who works in the immunology of aging because the generative AI being used to process applications (😱) entirely hallucinated her credentials. Everyone involved should be fired. archive.is/ELrCI#select...

Enough is enough. I make the case in today’s Toronto Star for why it’s time to push back on Doug Ford’s bullying and chaos. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Mueller’s FBI persecuted Muslims nationwide. He was responsible for one of the most egregious, systemic violations of civil rights in the history of the FBI, which is saying a whole lot. This was Mueller’s FBI:

In her latest story for The Walrus, journalist Nora Loreto examines how far-right movements, military culture, and political rhetoric are colliding in Quebec City—and what this might mean for the massive military expansion Canada is preparing for. https://ow.ly/37F050YtO6z

Everyone who uses and loves @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @birdscanada.bsky.social Merlin app… I’ve never read a shadier description of a bird than the one for the Plain Chachalaca. Whoever wrote this HATES these birds. I’m dying over “grace of a small bulldozer”. 🤣🤣🤣 #birds #birding

Free Gift Article Opinion | When AI contributes to tragedies like Tumbler Ridge, the government should hold tech companies accountable. Too bad Carney’s not interested www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

I don’t think we talk enough about how the foundational, most aspirational premise of the AI industry is “what if there was a human-level intelligence that didn’t have human rights.” Like. Exploitation is literally the whole point! Of COURSE they hold human life, intelligence and labour in contempt!

What books did Alberta schools *actually* pull off the shelves in response to a provincial order? It took a lot of work to find out. We still don't have a complete picture. And some schools are still pulling material. Free speech advocates say it's ban unmatched in Canadian history. #AbLeg By me.

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The Service95 team asked me to write about how amazing Roxane is (easy assignment) and I told them I’d do it for an autographed vinyl. www.service95.com/ashley-c-for...

This was the best, most insightful, smartest thing I’ve consumed this week. Strongly recommend. The Mark Carney analysis was spot on. #cdnpoli

move slow and repair things

Excerpt from the new chapter in Policing Black Lives, “Against the Romance of Police Reform” out in Briarpatch: “Community Policing: Expanding the Carceral Web”. briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...

Hey guys this is not a viable source. Besides the fact that any AI system being used by the government presumably has access to more updated date (I sure hope). Claude is not a person, it can't answer questions about why it did something, it confidently lies, it doesn't have access to other's state.

It’s really important that everyone on the skyline recognize that this is a Claude summary of what has been reported, and the prompt that generate this response isn’t visual. Do not treat this information as fact. #War

It's time to talk about hockey media in Canada. Actually, it has been time for awhile. My thoughts on comments from Insiders, hockey media approaches, using language correctly, and accountability - or the lack of it. www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

This should be illegal, full stop. This undermines community cohesion, social trust, and democracy. @evansolomon.bsky.social this app should be banned in Canada. #cdnpoli

It's a real failure on the part of @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social and other Canadian media outlets to be myopically focusing on tourists and missing the larger story at play here. Not everything is about Canadians first. Ximena González nails it here. #cdnmedia

Nation returns to Heated Rivalry to watch Canadians get fucked in a good way

Should police be in schools? NO. Canada must not be pulled into US propaganda about school safety. Police officers, metal detectors, and cameras don’t make schools safer. Reducing the number of guns in the community, restricting access to high capacity guns, funding mental health access, and /1

"OpenAI said it trains its models to discourage users from committing real-world harm..." Soooo did the chatbot's actual answers discourage her from committing violence, then? Given its responses to suicidal queries, seems like a relevant question??

I hope that rural voters will appreciate the bars being open Sunday morning while their local ER remains closed.

Absolutely wild. WSJ reporting that some OpenAI staffers thought the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT raised the potential of real world violence but leadership decided not to alert RCMP. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

WHATEVER HEATED RIVALRY WILL ALWAYS BE OURS

Spencer Lunham Jr.'s art is incredible! I've never seen baskets like the ones he is creating. And also: it is LONG past time that we dump this Ford government. #onpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Welcome, Year of the Fire Horse 🔥🐎 #sygnin #lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse

Grateful to see the humanity of Canada federal leaders in this moment of immense tragedy. I don't take this for granted, and it is a reminder that this is how we should expect our elected leaders to act: with humanity and grace. Love and solidarity with the community of Tumbler Ridge. #cdnpoli

The @theglobeandmail.com has compiled the stories of the eight lives cut short in Tumbler Ridge. A thread below. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Today is a Day of Mourning in BC for the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge. Our thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives, students and staff, first responders, and the entire Tumbler Ridge community. Please join us in observing a moment of silence at 12:00 PM (PST).

So, Canada: what organization is going to lead on gun violence prevention in the wake of the massacre in Tumbler Ridge? When the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights is out here giving away firearms and messaging "It's Raining Guns", we need organized and concerted pushback. #cdnpoli #Canada

This is beautiful writing and necessary context to understanding the tragedy unfolding in Tumbler Ridge, BC, Canada.

School shootings are an access to guns and ammunition, childhood abuse, lack of community, and lack of health care problem. These are problems with solutions.

Hey Canadian media ... "born as a biological male" is not the move when you're reporting on what happened in Tumbler Ridge. Here's is the @transjournalists.org Style Guide if you are covering this story today styleguide.transjournalists.org

For anyone interested in donating to those impacted by the Tumbler Ridge shooting, here's an official page set up by the parent advisory Council along with our municipal government.

And here's The Pleb acknowledging he posted photos all over the Internet accusing a completely random innocent person of being a school shooter:

Profound grief and heartbreak this morning thinking of the lives stolen by gun violence in Tumbler Ridge, BC. Children should not be shot at school, ever. Not ever. Wrapping the whole of Canada and the community of Tumbler Ridge in love and support and solidarity.

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

I cannot see how a police chief remains standing after at least nine of their officers are arrested for allegedly being involved in some of the city's most frightening violence, some allegedly directed at other members of their staff.

This is a fantastic piece from @ricochetmedia.bsky.social about what exactly we Canadians need to be demanding from our government right now. #cdnpoli #ICEOut

My Axolotl beanie for #NationalAxolotlDay. I actually didn't know it was axolotl day until today, but it's a good day to be publishing this pattern. 🧶🐸 www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...