The government wouldn't give us a list of data centres seeking power in Ontario. So, we built one ourselves. What @rorywh.bsky.social and I found: at least 15 projects drawing a combined 2,202 MW: more electricity than 2 million homes. #OnPoli for @nationalobserver.com 🧵

For anyone unsettled by the threads of violence unspooling around the world, looking for steps forward, esp in the Canadian context, please join this: Panel Discussion untangling Canada’s tech-involvement w/ ICE and Beyond. Free, via Zoom, register here: uwindsor-law.libcal.com/event/4000495

159 - Why We Fear AI feat. Hagen Blix This week we’re joined by @hagenblix.bsky.social to talk about their new book on AI and labor/power/knowledge/eugenics. We also discuss some library Reddit developments.

I had the pleasure of joining Matt Galloway on CBC’s The Current this morning to talk about *that* Amazon Ring Superbowl ad. It's heartening to see the perception of commercial surveillance networks shifting toward rejection. Saying no to bad tech is always an option. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

It's always something like this and never something like 'use AI to check whether a manager is sexually harassing a subordinate'. (Which, to be clear, is not a great idea either; my point is these tools are mainly seen by management as a way to exert tighter control over labor.)

Really appreciate this thoughtful post by @laurenpressley.bsky.social on what librarians are particularly ready to contribute to the conversations in higher ed about how to address AI. laurenpressley.com/library/2026...

Romulus, Michigan "Romulus Mayor Robert A. McCraight said he was telling lawmakers 'at all levels' that a detention center is not permitted and will be opposed by the city..." www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...

Part of why I am insistent that public libraries must be expanded is because they can offer us a foundation for unleashing creativity and for nurturing imagination. This is an affirmative project at a time when we desperately need to be FOR things and not just against them.

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

“We were stunned [about the prescience] for a while, but we’ve really gotten to the point where it’s really sad. It’s just sad how predictable and lame and obvious and wrong it all is. Fascism is just a total fail in the end.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

I try to keep my socials mostly as a respite from bad news, but this ongoing development in the US scares me out of my skin.

You gotta get off substack

I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point. I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it

Basically, the right-wing wants you to think that being racist is the most dangerous (and cool) thing you can do right now. Films like The People's Joker and Nirvanna The Band The Movie prove the most dangerous thing for algorithmic streaming platforms is actually copyright infringement.

I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center: If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.

Stay safe out there y'all

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1792

UofWinds 431, Week 07 2026: Community Lighthouses, What does it mean to make something, Simon Willison's Tools: www.uofwinds.com/431/

here's the link if you want to watch it. and you should 😉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Fu...

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

Macbeth: SHIT

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

Amazon has been planning to turn consumer Ring cameras into their own private network was the plan all this time. They even planned the whole lost dog feature in 2019: www.cnet.com/tech/service...

You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽 www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r

Commenting on energy injustice is now the floor for any halftime act.

When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit. Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.

Holding us accountable for the shameful failure to restore power to PR

No Kings includes Draft Kings

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS HE SAID CANADA.

The political critique about the power crisis on the island! Benito!

I have amended my post about how I am now an electricity producer, to share this important development librarian.aedileworks.com/2026/02/04/h...

A summary of how the US's IMLS now funnels money from libraries to generate propaganda, although the author did not recognize the iconography of the "nihilist penguin" See: trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/g...

Today is my blogging birthday. To celebrate my 27th year of sharing what I know on the world wide web, I published this today: librarian.aedileworks.com/2026/02/04/h...

Let's do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...

I'm once again, reminded of these words: newsletter.galavantmedia.org/archive/o-wh...

A Click of Theseus Plato's Allegory of the Traffic Light

dig if you will this picture

Eggs in an Egg Crate Mary Pratt 1975

UofWinds 430, Week 05 2026: The Impact of Canadian Public Libraries #olasc, On political power, You are being misled about renewable energy technology www.uofwinds.com/430/

Bing has blocked neocities and all user subdomains from its search index. We’ve spent months trying to resolve this through official channels and gotten nowhere. Until this gets resolved, we are recommending that people do not use Bing. Blog post with details: blog.neocities.org/blog/2026/01...

I've reached out to all Canadian companies listed here to ask if they intend to continue working with ICE: Hootsuite Roshel Garda Jim Pattison Developments I've also reached out to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social's team for comment on export permits for Canadian sale of armoured vehicles to ICE.

We're thrilled that Stephen Spong from @westernulibs.bsky.social is our 2026 Visiting Researcher! Stephen will undertake a project examining how GenAI is reshaping authorship, originality and creativity — and what these shifts mean for academic libraries. Read more: ocul.on.ca/stephen-spon...

It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.

The Canadian 🇨🇦 govt, and its Minister of AI and Innovation, is rushing headlong into full blown AI. All gas, no brakes, no real consultation So we're launching the People’s Consultation on AI You can find out more here 👇: www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/

Excellent reminder to always read Sarah Lamdan: www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/ice-sur...

Hey 📚library friends, @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social is here!

New from me, in conjunction with 8th Fire Rising and The Breach -- the first piece of a broader research project on anti-protest injunctions and the limits of access to justice.

If you’ve ever thought about getting rid of your Ring products or disconnecting from Amazon in general, now would be a good time… techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a...