Mita Williams
@copystar.bsky.social
Law Librarian at Windsor Law.
https://copystar.neocities.org/
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Mita Williams
@copystar.bsky.social
· Dec 15
University of Winds
Three links to wonderful and thought-provoking things every other Saturday morning from Mita Williams.
www.uofwinds.com
I don’t have a tagline for my newsletter, but I’m workshopping “Reader’s advisory for the utopia of the dimmer light” www.uofwinds.com
I'm planning to write a follow up with actual numbers as generation rates depend on one's location
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I'm planning to write a follow up with actual numbers as generation rates depend on one's location
For what it’s worth, I found my path to public speaking from public writing.
Organizers get in touch and say, “we read this post and we’d hear more about it in the context of our audience”.
Organizers get in touch and say, “we read this post and we’d hear more about it in the context of our audience”.
February 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
For what it’s worth, I found my path to public speaking from public writing.
Organizers get in touch and say, “we read this post and we’d hear more about it in the context of our audience”.
Organizers get in touch and say, “we read this post and we’d hear more about it in the context of our audience”.
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...
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...
How I Generate Solar Power (and why)
You can (and must) understand (and invest) in solar power now
librarian.aedileworks.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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...
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...
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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I'm once again, reminded of these words: newsletter.galavantmedia.org/archive/o-wh...
February 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I'm once again, reminded of these words: newsletter.galavantmedia.org/archive/o-wh...
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A Click of Theseus
Plato's Allegory of the Traffic Light
Plato's Allegory of the Traffic Light
I am once again begging the captcha people to invent a kind of captcha that does not leave me spiraling into questions like "If this square only shows the SHADOW of the bus, should I click it? Is my shadow, philosophically, part of me?"
February 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
A Click of Theseus
Plato's Allegory of the Traffic Light
Plato's Allegory of the Traffic Light
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dig if you will this picture
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
dig if you will this picture
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Eggs in an Egg Crate
Mary Pratt
1975
Mary Pratt
1975
February 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Eggs in an Egg Crate
Mary Pratt
1975
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/
www.uofwinds.com/430/
UofWinds 430, Week 05 2026: The Impact of Canadian Public Libraries, On political power, You are being misled about renewable energy technology
Good morning. I am writing today's newsletter from my bed on about 5 hours sleep on account of a very late VIA train. I've returned for a short trip to Toronto where I attended the Ontario Library Ass...
www.uofwinds.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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/
www.uofwinds.com/430/
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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...
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...
Neocities Is Blocked by Bing
Over the past few months, the Bing search engine has completely blocked the domain neocities.org, including the front site and all user subdomains (example.n...
blog.neocities.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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...
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...
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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.
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.
Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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.
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.
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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...
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...
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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...
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...
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It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.
Vancouver firm Hootsuite provides services to ICE
U.S. procurement records show that Vancouver tech firm Hootsuite is providing social media services to the Department of Homeland Security.
vancouver.citynews.ca
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 AM
It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.
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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/
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/
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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/
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/
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Excellent reminder to always read Sarah Lamdan: www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/ice-sur...
January 22, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Excellent reminder to always read Sarah Lamdan: www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/ice-sur...
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Hey 📚library friends, @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social is here!
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Hey 📚library friends, @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social is here!
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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.
From Palestine protests to Indigenous land defence, police are dusting off old, abandoned court orders—”zombie” injunctions—to threaten or arrest organizers
@irinaceric.bsky.social explains how these legal threats are being used to chill social movements.
breachmedia.ca/police-using...
@irinaceric.bsky.social explains how these legal threats are being used to chill social movements.
breachmedia.ca/police-using...
Police are using ‘zombie’ court orders to shut down social movements ⋆ The Breach
Police are reanimating years-old injunctions to threaten activists, casting a chill over protests and free speech
breachmedia.ca
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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.
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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...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a...
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This year's @windsora2j.bsky.social Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by Professor Emeritus and former Editor-in-Chief @richardmoon.bsky.social
Join us Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at noon in the @windsorlaw.bsky.social Moot Court. Reception to follow.
Join us Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at noon in the @windsorlaw.bsky.social Moot Court. Reception to follow.
January 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This year's @windsora2j.bsky.social Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by Professor Emeritus and former Editor-in-Chief @richardmoon.bsky.social
Join us Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at noon in the @windsorlaw.bsky.social Moot Court. Reception to follow.
Join us Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at noon in the @windsorlaw.bsky.social Moot Court. Reception to follow.
UofWinds 429, Week 03 2026:
Human Intelligence, Everything is Gender, Bird by Bird
www.uofwinds.com/429/
Human Intelligence, Everything is Gender, Bird by Bird
www.uofwinds.com/429/
UofWinds 429, Week 03 2026: Human Intelligence, Everything is Gender, Bird by Bird
Good morning. I'm sitting on the sofa, gingerly using my laptop to write you Good Morning, as for the past two weeks, I have been nursing an aggravated upper back.
[Spoiler for the movie Wicked in th...
uofwinds.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
UofWinds 429, Week 03 2026:
Human Intelligence, Everything is Gender, Bird by Bird
www.uofwinds.com/429/
Human Intelligence, Everything is Gender, Bird by Bird
www.uofwinds.com/429/
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Bluesky’s block is much more effective than other platforms’. It nukes even the thread the troll is in from orbit
To the new Blueskyers on here. We keep the place decent by blocking trolls and hatemongers immediately instead of engaging. Please don't give them any air.
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Bluesky’s block is much more effective than other platforms’. It nukes even the thread the troll is in from orbit
Hey 📚library friends, @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social is here!
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Hey 📚library friends, @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social is here!
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I understand calls to ban X but there’s an important goal that‘s not met by banning one social media site
Call for our Ministers to aggressively regulate companies that carelessly distribute tools that make sexual violence easier & scalable. Legal consequences for disseminating violent technology.
Call for our Ministers to aggressively regulate companies that carelessly distribute tools that make sexual violence easier & scalable. Legal consequences for disseminating violent technology.
January 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I understand calls to ban X but there’s an important goal that‘s not met by banning one social media site
Call for our Ministers to aggressively regulate companies that carelessly distribute tools that make sexual violence easier & scalable. Legal consequences for disseminating violent technology.
Call for our Ministers to aggressively regulate companies that carelessly distribute tools that make sexual violence easier & scalable. Legal consequences for disseminating violent technology.
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Just remember: when NPR stopped posting on Twitter they only saw traffic to their site drop by a single percentage point.
Canadian news outlets, politicians and government agencies are making an active choice to feed value into Musk’s CSAM fascist engine by continuing their presence.
Canadian news outlets, politicians and government agencies are making an active choice to feed value into Musk’s CSAM fascist engine by continuing their presence.
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible - Nieman Reports
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
niemanreports.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Just remember: when NPR stopped posting on Twitter they only saw traffic to their site drop by a single percentage point.
Canadian news outlets, politicians and government agencies are making an active choice to feed value into Musk’s CSAM fascist engine by continuing their presence.
Canadian news outlets, politicians and government agencies are making an active choice to feed value into Musk’s CSAM fascist engine by continuing their presence.
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Folks, the "Minister of AI" has the moral backbone of a sleazy backroom art dealer.
January 11, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Folks, the "Minister of AI" has the moral backbone of a sleazy backroom art dealer.