Today, February 24th, is publication day for my latest book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, published by @versobooks.bsky.social youtu.be/_Y7YLX-ASGY?...

“Why does the left hate technology” is not the right question. Instead we should be asking “why do most people hate the capitalist technologies sold as ‘innovations’ and forced onto society by a handful of mega billionaires and their toady sycophants?”

Happy to share that an opinion piece I wrote for the Broadbent Institute has been published today! I call into question the Carney government’s heavy investment in AI, and argue that its corporate-centred approach is reminiscent of neoliberal trickle-down economics.

The Canada Revenue Agency's chatbot mostly generates wrong answers and is expensive. "The agency says the bulk of cost is salaries ($13.67 million), though that doesn’t include costs related to employee benefits and travel. Another $3.21 million was spent on IT consultants for the project."

Canadian "sovereign AI" project: Look at this sovereign computing facility we're building in Canada! There will be so much sovereign Canadian compute here! Facility hardware specifications: Dell, Intel, Nvidia

Canada Post wants to create a new class of flexible, part-time worker that will better compete with Amazon and implement “dynamic routing” so delivery routes can be changed on the fly. It’s a good example of how Amazon degrades workers’ rights even beyond its walls. Workers are right to push back.

"Governments have a role in regulating AI to ensure that accountability is not subordinate to market incentives, which could include worker exploitation. AI legislation also requires a bottom-up approach, in which data can be leveraged through unions."

Having a Charge Spring in the Slay-Offs before a second brat summer #ottawacharge #pwhl #charge #brat #boofrost @pwhlcharge.bsky.social

... anyways, go Charge!

OTTAWA ADVANCES! @pwhlcharge.bsky.social will make their first PWHL Finals presented by Scotiabank appearance!

The only thing harder than getting my PhD is being a Leafs fan. I hope they don't completely embarrass us again in Game 6 🫠

Hunger and starvation stalk in Gaza as food is more scarce and prices have increased by up to 1400 percent compared to during the ceasefire "Essential ingredients are up to 60 times more expensive than before the war" www.ft.com/content/89cc...

I am delighted to share my final working paper, "Big Tech, Venture Capital and Shaping Innovation in Canada’s Tech Start-Ups," written for the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) 's Digital Policy Hub. www.cigionline.org/publications...

Happy to help. Nothing happened. Everyone pretended like it didn't happen. It's almost entirely gone. Horizon World somehow exists. $45bn basically disappeared into a black hole owed to "lack of a clear vision and mismanagement." Who knows what happened! finance.yahoo.com/news/metas-r...

SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data. Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner. www.wired.com/story/doge-h...

In the latest Balsillie Paper, BSIA PhD student Fatmanur Delioglu discusses the increasing use of surveillance technologies at the EU borders and their impact on migrants and migration governance. balsilliepapers.ca/bsia-paper/t...

Tech billionaires demanded Donald Trump use the power of the US government to pressure other countries not to crack down on them. Now Trump is pulling out of a global tax agreement and threatening tariffs against countries that pass digital services taxes targeting multinational tech companies.

Over the past few weeks, Elon Musk’s DOGE has infiltrated the US government and begun dismantling pieces of it. This week @makenakelly.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss the threat DOGE poses to government services and everyone who depends on them. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/264_...

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Today is publication day! I explain how agricultural inputs - which weren't even widely traded market goods 200 years ago - have become giant industries dominated by just a handful of transnational firms today. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255170... Many thanks to those who helped me along the way!

Read now: open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

I wrote about Google unveiling its 'responsible AI progress report' by quietly deleting the part of its AI principles where it promised not to work on weapons www.platformer.news/google-ai-pr...

It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.

My new book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' is now available in the US and globally with @politybooks.bsky.social The book charts how digital and AI interventions in humanitarian settings harm some of the world's most marginalized people www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.

They plagiarized our trillion dollar plagiarism machine!?

The Canadian government is threatening to reassess its contracts with Amazon unless the company reverses its decision to close all its warehouses in Quebec, not long after workers formed a union at one of the facilities.

A tech oligarchy has formed behind Donald Trump to implement an extreme right-wing agenda to protect their own power and wealth. This week @gabydvj.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to talk about Trump’s inauguration and what tech billionaires want from him. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/260_...

Razed to dust, this is what Israel's apocalyptic erasure of Northern Gaza looks like. Palestinians are "returning" to nuclear-scale desolation.

I am excited to share that my second working paper from my fellowship at CIGI's Digital Policy Hub has now been published! It provides a foundational look at the adoption of Industry 4.0 technology in Canada. There is still so much to explore on this topic! www.cigionline.org/static/docum...

Today, we published an article by @bcmerchant.bsky.social arguing that OpenAI is leaning on a flimsy presentation of AGI as its eventual business model––despite the lack of evidence it is a real possibility, or a viable profit pathway. Read: ainowinstitute.org/general/ai-g...

After the election of Donald Trump, the power of Silicon Valley needs to be challenged now more than ever — and that requires countries to take control of their technological destinies. I’m thrilled to share a new white paper I helped co-author called “Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty.”