Drawing on interviews with more than fifty data activists around the world, Mobilizing Data for Justice examines how social movement groups are applying new kinds of technology to collect and analyze data in ways that go beyond traditional information access... btlbooks.com/book/mobiliz...

Brownlee and Walby ask if corporations and the medical establishment are suited to steward the mainstreaming of psychedelics, raising concerns with how the psychedelic renaissance is entrenching systems of inequality, limiting access, and increasing the reach of the drug war... lnkd.in/gVz93sWS

Drawing on interviews with more than fifty data activists around the world, Mobilizing Data for Justice examines how social movement groups are applying new kinds of technology to collect and analyze data in ways that go beyond traditional information access... btlbooks.com/book/mobiliz...

Brownlee and Walby ask if corporations and the medical establishment are suited to steward the mainstreaming of psychedelics, raising concerns with how the psychedelic renaissance is entrenching systems of inequality, limiting access, and increasing the reach of the drug war... lnkd.in/gVz93sWS

Media Infrastructures and the Police Surveillance Economy Thursday Feb 26, 300pm CST Dr. Kelly Gates, Communication and Science Studies at University of California, San Diego CAIJ webinar... us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Media Infrastructures and the Police Surveillance Economy Thursday Feb 26, 300pm CST Dr. Kelly Gates, Communication and Science Studies at University of California, San Diego CAIJ webinar... us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Mobilizing Data for Justice: A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age by Chris Hurl, Elena Rowan, Marius Senneville and Kevin Walby Now printed! @btlbooks.com is a social movement press founded in 1977, and they publish a lot of awesome books. Please check BTL out. btlbooks.com/book/mobiliz...

Mobilizing Data for Justice: A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age by Chris Hurl, Elena Rowan, Marius Senneville and Kevin Walby Now printed! @btlbooks.com is a social movement press founded in 1977, and they publish a lot of awesome books. Please check BTL out. btlbooks.com/book/mobiliz...

“We’ve built this horrifying Orwellian surveillance industry over the last 10 to 20 years, and now ICE is buying access to all of it,” EFF’s Cooper Quintin told Minnesota’s Sahan Journal. sahanjournal.com/immigration...

Canadians who oppose Washington’s barefaced imperial violence in Venezuela—and Ottawa’s complicity in it—must mobilize and raise our voices for change. As Owen Schalk writes, it is our responsibility to the hemisphere, and to the planet, on which we live.

Israel is banning dozens of major international humanitarian groups from Gaza as the Palestinian population struggles under mass displacement, hunger, winter cold and more.

In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air. (Published Dec. 2025)

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“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & Coming Home https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/27/i_m_not_going_to_give

There is no “cloud,” just someone else's computer—and when the cops come knocking on their door, these hosts need to be willing to stand up for privacy. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Canadian weapons are being used by the RSF to commit atrocities in Sudan, but the complicity runs deeper Ismail Adam, @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @policingblack.bsky.social call for an arms embargo to Sudan, increased aid, and a robust refugee resettlement program breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...

The next CAIJ Talk is coming up this Wednesday, November 26 at 2 p.m. CST. Learn about the basics of Freedom of Information (FOI) and hear about important contemporary research happening in Canada. Follow @caijuwinnipeg.bsky.social too! REGISTER ➡️ buff.ly/lyGEMpg

So-called "smart" devices are pushed heavily for the holidays, but be mindful of what you're opting that gift recipient into. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

If you would like to review any of these books for Security Journal, please let me know.

Freedom of Information Requests and Social Science Research Tandeep Sidhu, Uni of Manitoba Katrin Roots, Wilfrid Laurier Uni Lindsay Jennings, Tracking (In)Justice Project Alexander McClelland, Carleton University WED, NOV 26, 3pm EST, 2pm CST Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8418236364...

While Canadian politicians are still caught up in their AI love affair, panic is rippling through the industry. Tech expert @scanthehorizon.bsky.social writes that the AI bubble may be about to burst, with massively damaging consequences for Canadians. breachmedia.ca/ai-bubble-ma...

The Trudeau Liberals cut 10,000 public sector jobs beginning last year. PM Carney's plan to axe 30,000 more jobs will impact access to access pensions, Employment Insurance, and passports The latest from my colleague Harrison Samphir for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/canada-publi...

Across the U.S., various organizations work to ensure that people who are incarcerated have access to literature.

“Banker's Budget,” Evin Collis (@evincollis.bsky.social), 2025

Freedom of Information Requests and Social Science Research Tandeep Sidhu, Uni of Manitoba Katrin Roots, Wilfrid Laurier Uni Lindsay Jennings, Tracking (In)Justice Project Alexander McClelland, Carleton Uni WED, NOV 26, 3pm EST, 2pm CST Audience Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8418236364...

Freedom of Information Requests and Social Science Research Tandeep Sidhu, Uni of Manitoba Katrin Roots, Wilfrid Laurier Uni Lindsay Jennings, Tracking (In)Justice Project Alexander McClelland, Carleton Uni WED, NOV 26, 3pm EST, 2pm CST Audience Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8418236364...

From Indigenous rights to climate justice, Ricochet covers the stories you need to know. Support our reporting: ricochet.media/donate/

On ep78 of the 💫HARBINGER SHOWCASE💫 syndicated radio show ➡️@pressprogress.ca SOURCES on Ford's Ontario ➡️@techwontsave.us talk digital detox ➡️@albertaadvantage.bsky.social debunk the abstinence-only drug use model ➡️@srslywrong.bsky.social unpack 'Urine Theory' www.spreaker.com/episode/ep78... 🔶

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One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is very much worth your time.

On a new🐙THE NORTH STATE🐙 host @youcaughtscott.com sits down w/ @techwontsave.us' @parismarx.com to talk about the Liberal government's AI investments and the news media's inability to properly cover this new push. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 🔶

Mark Carney just committed Canada to spend 5% of GDP on defence—more than double NATO’s target. No serious debate. No scrutiny. Just consensus from a political class sleepwalking into permanent militarization while public services decline.

At the next Research Tools for Organizers training we’ll be digging into tools for researching nonprofits, from colleges and cultural institutions to corporate front groups. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Episode 4 of the Mobilizing Data for Justice podcast features interviews with Visualizing Palestine.

Over the past few months, we have been doing interviews with social activists engaging with data in creative ways. Check out our first interview, featuring the Accountability Archive.

The second episode of our Mobilizing Data for Justice podcast is now out, featuring the investigative collective, Bellingcat. @datajusticehub.bsky.social

The third episode of our Mobilizing Data for Justice podcast features Petra Molnar, from the Refugee Law Lab, who is investigating the rapidly growing surveillance apparatus at our borders. @datajusticehub.bsky.social

This week's episode of the Mobilizing Data for Justice podcast features interviews with Visualizing Palestine. @datajusticehub.bsky.social