Stephanie Butler
@citizenbutler.bsky.social
Impatient optimist. Keen on car-lite streets, climate action, degrowth, cats, stories, and good people doing good things.
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Living on xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ lands (Vancouver, Canada.)
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Living on xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ lands (Vancouver, Canada.)
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"Cooperative federalism is working," Carney announces as he pits one province against another province and a host of First Nations
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Cooperative federalism is working," Carney announces as he pits one province against another province and a host of First Nations
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The MOU goes much farther than many people expected, giving Alberta's oil producers literally every item on their list of demands, while getting basically nothing in return. Alberta will negotiate a carbon price, something the province had already agreed to the last time Ottawa gave them a pipeline.
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The MOU goes much farther than many people expected, giving Alberta's oil producers literally every item on their list of demands, while getting basically nothing in return. Alberta will negotiate a carbon price, something the province had already agreed to the last time Ottawa gave them a pipeline.
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This is an important moment.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is an important moment.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
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It’s an interesting approach to provide clarity on a tanker ban while failing to meet with the Coastal First Nations despite repeated requests - the community that would be directly affected by any spill - while having dozens or more meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists, AB, Sask.
Hodgson says Ottawa is close to providing clarity on B.C. tanker ban nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/25/h...
Hodgson says Ottawa is close to providing clarity on B.C. tanker ban
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It’s an interesting approach to provide clarity on a tanker ban while failing to meet with the Coastal First Nations despite repeated requests - the community that would be directly affected by any spill - while having dozens or more meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists, AB, Sask.
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In our latest report, we’re highlighting how First Nations have generated $1.77 billion in economic (gross) output over 17 years of investment in a conservation economy in the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii.
Report: https://coastfunds.ca/news/economic-fund-report/
Report: https://coastfunds.ca/news/economic-fund-report/
Building a Conservation Economy: First Nations Generate $1.77 Billion in Economic Output for BC
In the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii, First Nations’ investments in the conservation economy, supported by a $60-million Economic Development Fund, have contributed $808 million to provincial GDP and netted $1.77 billion in gross economic output. These findings, supported by independent analysis and released in a new report – Building a Conservation Economy –
coastfunds.ca
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In our latest report, we’re highlighting how First Nations have generated $1.77 billion in economic (gross) output over 17 years of investment in a conservation economy in the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii.
Report: https://coastfunds.ca/news/economic-fund-report/
Report: https://coastfunds.ca/news/economic-fund-report/
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The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
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Some saw the news that OpenAI is teaming up with former iPhone designer Jony Ive to make an AI device as a sign that AI is speeding up, pushing into new frontiers. I see it as the latest sign that OpenAI is spinning its wheels, and that its quest to become an AI monopoly is more desperate than ever.
OpenAI's desperate quest to become an AI monopoly
Plus, the AI-generated journalism crisis comes to print
www.bloodinthemachine.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Some saw the news that OpenAI is teaming up with former iPhone designer Jony Ive to make an AI device as a sign that AI is speeding up, pushing into new frontiers. I see it as the latest sign that OpenAI is spinning its wheels, and that its quest to become an AI monopoly is more desperate than ever.
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🎥 First Nations are stewarding their land and marine territories, and strengthening coastal communities and economies. Watch our 2024 Annual Report video to learn more.
🔗 coastfunds.ca/news/coast-f...
#ConservationFinance #FirstNations #GreatBearRainforest #GreatBearSea #HaidaGwaii
🔗 coastfunds.ca/news/coast-f...
#ConservationFinance #FirstNations #GreatBearRainforest #GreatBearSea #HaidaGwaii
Coast Funds 2024 Annual Report
YouTube video by Coast Funds
www.youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🎥 First Nations are stewarding their land and marine territories, and strengthening coastal communities and economies. Watch our 2024 Annual Report video to learn more.
🔗 coastfunds.ca/news/coast-f...
#ConservationFinance #FirstNations #GreatBearRainforest #GreatBearSea #HaidaGwaii
🔗 coastfunds.ca/news/coast-f...
#ConservationFinance #FirstNations #GreatBearRainforest #GreatBearSea #HaidaGwaii
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Shout out to my editor who let me cook.
Best AI hype allegory to date via @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
“every time someone asks me, “What about A.I.?” with the breathless anticipation of a boy who thinks this is the summer he finally gets to touch a boob”
“every time someone asks me, “What about A.I.?” with the breathless anticipation of a boy who thinks this is the summer he finally gets to touch a boob”
Opinion | Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid
A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Shout out to my editor who let me cook.
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If I knew nothing about Canada except the promises from the three parties, I'd conclude that the federal government must have a large budget surplus and no pressing need to invest in productivity, infrastructure, or defense.
March 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If I knew nothing about Canada except the promises from the three parties, I'd conclude that the federal government must have a large budget surplus and no pressing need to invest in productivity, infrastructure, or defense.
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This is a really good article from @404media.co about how AI is damaging reality and how through brute force it's pushing out human interaction.
www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a...
www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a...
AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control Reality
Generative AI spammers are brute forcing the internet, and it is working.
www.404media.co
March 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is a really good article from @404media.co about how AI is damaging reality and how through brute force it's pushing out human interaction.
www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a...
www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a...
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On the north coast, Ts’msyen fishers are demonstrating how a more flexible approach to fisheries management can benefit communities.
Through an innovative program, fishers can use the boat and equipment they prefer, and keep non-target catch. ⚓
🔗 Full story: coastfunds.ca/stories/ncsf...
Through an innovative program, fishers can use the boat and equipment they prefer, and keep non-target catch. ⚓
🔗 Full story: coastfunds.ca/stories/ncsf...
Ts’msyen Nations Pilot a Flexible, Small-Scale Commercial Salmon Fishery
On the North Coast, Ts’msyen fishers are trialling a more flexible approach to commercial fishery management.
coastfunds.ca
March 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
On the north coast, Ts’msyen fishers are demonstrating how a more flexible approach to fisheries management can benefit communities.
Through an innovative program, fishers can use the boat and equipment they prefer, and keep non-target catch. ⚓
🔗 Full story: coastfunds.ca/stories/ncsf...
Through an innovative program, fishers can use the boat and equipment they prefer, and keep non-target catch. ⚓
🔗 Full story: coastfunds.ca/stories/ncsf...
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People should be calling this what it is, which is a crypto bailout. They're cutting cancer research so they can bailout rich, degenerate gamblers bsky.app/profile/ronf...
Let’s see, Donald Trump launched his crypto business right before taking office. Melania did the day before the inauguration. Junior launched a new one too. Oh, and of course Eric did.
March 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
People should be calling this what it is, which is a crypto bailout. They're cutting cancer research so they can bailout rich, degenerate gamblers bsky.app/profile/ronf...
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I found this story a helpful reminder! www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Also now feels like a good time to bone up on the ills of cyberlibertarianism and @parismarx.com has always been pretty on top of that shit
Also now feels like a good time to bone up on the ills of cyberlibertarianism and @parismarx.com has always been pretty on top of that shit
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I found this story a helpful reminder! www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Also now feels like a good time to bone up on the ills of cyberlibertarianism and @parismarx.com has always been pretty on top of that shit
Also now feels like a good time to bone up on the ills of cyberlibertarianism and @parismarx.com has always been pretty on top of that shit
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enduring another onslaught of appeals to "buy local" and "shop Canadian/Indigenous" & am begging everyone to consider other ways to support their local communities and economies besides consumerism! use your imagination!!
February 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
enduring another onslaught of appeals to "buy local" and "shop Canadian/Indigenous" & am begging everyone to consider other ways to support their local communities and economies besides consumerism! use your imagination!!
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buy Canadian.
Noble idea. an one I will pursue.
But I think we need to really consider applying this tactic to perhaps the most important industry.
Media.
A thread...
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Noble idea. an one I will pursue.
But I think we need to really consider applying this tactic to perhaps the most important industry.
Media.
A thread...
1/
a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle
ALT: a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
buy Canadian.
Noble idea. an one I will pursue.
But I think we need to really consider applying this tactic to perhaps the most important industry.
Media.
A thread...
1/
Noble idea. an one I will pursue.
But I think we need to really consider applying this tactic to perhaps the most important industry.
Media.
A thread...
1/
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As a former journalist, here’s my pitch to everyone on this site: journalists are key to a healthy democracy. Subscribe to as many news organizations as you can. You are helping. #democracy. #journalism
February 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
As a former journalist, here’s my pitch to everyone on this site: journalists are key to a healthy democracy. Subscribe to as many news organizations as you can. You are helping. #democracy. #journalism
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OpenAI furious DeepSeek might have stolen all the data OpenAI stole from us
🔗 www.404media.co/openai-furio...
🔗 www.404media.co/openai-furio...
January 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
OpenAI furious DeepSeek might have stolen all the data OpenAI stole from us
🔗 www.404media.co/openai-furio...
🔗 www.404media.co/openai-furio...
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Environmental lawyer and cycling advocate Lucy Maloney named as candidate for OneCity in Vancouver by-election coming April 5.
January 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Environmental lawyer and cycling advocate Lucy Maloney named as candidate for OneCity in Vancouver by-election coming April 5.
“If, indeed, everything is suddenly up for review, renegotiation, and replacement, then why not take the chance to demand an alternative that’s equal parts just, inclusive, and grounded in a shift of power from the few to the many.”
Perspective for an exhausting time, via @davidmoscrop.com:
Perspective for an exhausting time, via @davidmoscrop.com:
We're living through a time of major realignment. It's all changing and it's all happening. Every week is going to be a flood of events and events and events.
Try to keep some perspective and remember, we can change things for the better, too.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-old-or...
Try to keep some perspective and remember, we can change things for the better, too.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-old-or...
The Old Order is Dying. Try to Keep Some Perspective. And Hope.
If you're the sort of person who likes everything happening all at once, I have a great news for you.
www.davidmoscrop.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“If, indeed, everything is suddenly up for review, renegotiation, and replacement, then why not take the chance to demand an alternative that’s equal parts just, inclusive, and grounded in a shift of power from the few to the many.”
Perspective for an exhausting time, via @davidmoscrop.com:
Perspective for an exhausting time, via @davidmoscrop.com:
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The entire American AI industry is predicated on a narrative of relentless expansion—it needs more data, more compute, more investment, more state support, more power. It needs all that, to build AGI.
A single Chinese startup has undermined all of that.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-great-...
A single Chinese startup has undermined all of that.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-great-...
The Great Undermining of the American AI industry
How a Chinese app built by a hedge fund has upended not just Silicon Valley, but an economy increasingly tethered to a story about AI
www.bloodinthemachine.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The entire American AI industry is predicated on a narrative of relentless expansion—it needs more data, more compute, more investment, more state support, more power. It needs all that, to build AGI.
A single Chinese startup has undermined all of that.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-great-...
A single Chinese startup has undermined all of that.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-great-...
Helpful thread on what DeepSeek means for the genAI hype cycle:
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Helpful thread on what DeepSeek means for the genAI hype cycle:
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Been thinking about this a lot (not tagging the sender, for their privacy). Most of us won't have the chance for for grand, capital-R Resistance heroics. But every one of us will have a thousand small choices to make about how to live our lives and where to draw lines. Use them well.
January 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Been thinking about this a lot (not tagging the sender, for their privacy). Most of us won't have the chance for for grand, capital-R Resistance heroics. But every one of us will have a thousand small choices to make about how to live our lives and where to draw lines. Use them well.
“That the men in charge of the companies most responsible for destroying journalism…were in the front row of the inauguration, clapping for Trump, on the same day Musk made his salute, is telling.” via @bcmerchant.bsky.social
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-...
Elon Musk did a Nazi salute on live TV to show us there's nothing we can do about it
It was a display of power, and a signal: the tech oligarchy is here, and it will do what it wants
www.bloodinthemachine.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“That the men in charge of the companies most responsible for destroying journalism…were in the front row of the inauguration, clapping for Trump, on the same day Musk made his salute, is telling.” via @bcmerchant.bsky.social
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-...