Rine Vieth
@rinewithoutacat.bsky.social
move with care • fan of balcony gardens and parks • socio-legal researcher on migration, law, religion, anti-gender movements • multilingual, mixed-methods • personal acct and I cite my sources • often MTL
they (EN) // iel (FR)
www.rinevieth.com
they (EN) // iel (FR)
www.rinevieth.com
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now that Git 2.53 is out, the Git data model @omarieclaire.bsky.social and I wrote is on the official Git website! git-scm.com/docs/gitdata...
February 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM
now that Git 2.53 is out, the Git data model @omarieclaire.bsky.social and I wrote is on the official Git website! git-scm.com/docs/gitdata...
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Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
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why is there anti-homeless architecture in pokemon
February 15, 2026 at 12:51 AM
why is there anti-homeless architecture in pokemon
Getting into going to the gym is great not just because I listen to EDM and dissociate for an hour, but also because it's now easier to carry my bags back from Costco
February 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Getting into going to the gym is great not just because I listen to EDM and dissociate for an hour, but also because it's now easier to carry my bags back from Costco
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WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
February 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
Photojournalist William Wilson—who has been ON IT with covering police brutality at protests—was also on the ground, and has now posted two rounds of photos. In the most recent, you can see the Montréal police going after protesters' heads.
www.instagram.com/p/DUv9Fy5ES4...
www.instagram.com/p/DUv9Fy5ES4...
February 14, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Photojournalist William Wilson—who has been ON IT with covering police brutality at protests—was also on the ground, and has now posted two rounds of photos. In the most recent, you can see the Montréal police going after protesters' heads.
www.instagram.com/p/DUv9Fy5ES4...
www.instagram.com/p/DUv9Fy5ES4...
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The Montreal public transit authority (STM) renamed its metro stations in a series of social media posts for Valentine's Day.
Next stop, Sans-Coeur station: Montreal metro stations renamed for Valentine’s Day
The Montreal public transit authority (STM) renamed its metro stations in a series of social media posts for Valentine's Day.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The Montreal public transit authority (STM) renamed its metro stations in a series of social media posts for Valentine's Day.
A few hours ago, Montréal protesters marched against GardaWorld, a company based in the city + taking DHS $$$ (ICE/CBP)...and using QC taxpayer dollars to do so.
They were met with a massive amount of teargas and riot cops. Via @axeltardieu.bsky.social on Insta:
www.instagram.com/reel/DUt0O7N...
They were met with a massive amount of teargas and riot cops. Via @axeltardieu.bsky.social on Insta:
www.instagram.com/reel/DUt0O7N...
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February 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM
A few hours ago, Montréal protesters marched against GardaWorld, a company based in the city + taking DHS $$$ (ICE/CBP)...and using QC taxpayer dollars to do so.
They were met with a massive amount of teargas and riot cops. Via @axeltardieu.bsky.social on Insta:
www.instagram.com/reel/DUt0O7N...
They were met with a massive amount of teargas and riot cops. Via @axeltardieu.bsky.social on Insta:
www.instagram.com/reel/DUt0O7N...
Proof I leave the house!
Slouchy evening yesterday after a little gym PR push, wearing a custom @allgrim.bsky.social Rosa Luxemburg sweatshirt, photo by the wonderful @gersande.com, bookstore is the illustrious @argobookshop.bsky.social.
Slouchy evening yesterday after a little gym PR push, wearing a custom @allgrim.bsky.social Rosa Luxemburg sweatshirt, photo by the wonderful @gersande.com, bookstore is the illustrious @argobookshop.bsky.social.
February 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Proof I leave the house!
Slouchy evening yesterday after a little gym PR push, wearing a custom @allgrim.bsky.social Rosa Luxemburg sweatshirt, photo by the wonderful @gersande.com, bookstore is the illustrious @argobookshop.bsky.social.
Slouchy evening yesterday after a little gym PR push, wearing a custom @allgrim.bsky.social Rosa Luxemburg sweatshirt, photo by the wonderful @gersande.com, bookstore is the illustrious @argobookshop.bsky.social.
I tried to put lao gan ma instead of raspberry jam on a sandwich, so neurons are firing well today
A fun thing about migraines is they ask and answer the question: What if your nervous system glitched in ways no one really understood?
February 13, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I tried to put lao gan ma instead of raspberry jam on a sandwich, so neurons are firing well today
Holy crap, this piece—I like the show a lot, and also because I pretty firmly believe people are entitled to privacy (also boundaries), I cannot imagine fixating on anyone's private lives this much. It seems really unhealthy to surveil people this much! Just let people be, it's fine!
the Heated Rivalry fandom has done a really remarkable speedrun from a celebration of a fluffy, sexy gay show to calling cast members pedophiles & journalists "klan members" (yes, really) — v excited about @wired.com's blow-by-blow feat interviews w fans on the front lines
The ‘Heated Rivalry’ Fandom Is Tearing Itself Apart
The breakout hockey romance has sparked legions of enthralled fans, along with obsessive, parasocial behavior that’s starting to get called out.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Holy crap, this piece—I like the show a lot, and also because I pretty firmly believe people are entitled to privacy (also boundaries), I cannot imagine fixating on anyone's private lives this much. It seems really unhealthy to surveil people this much! Just let people be, it's fine!
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If your (Canadian) university is buying subscriptions to gen AI like Copilot etc, can you send me a link (or the email you’ve gotten) about this?
Collecting for a reflection…
Example: it.ucalgary.ca/it-security/...
Collecting for a reflection…
Example: it.ucalgary.ca/it-security/...
Microsoft Copilot Chat
it.ucalgary.ca
February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
If your (Canadian) university is buying subscriptions to gen AI like Copilot etc, can you send me a link (or the email you’ve gotten) about this?
Collecting for a reflection…
Example: it.ucalgary.ca/it-security/...
Collecting for a reflection…
Example: it.ucalgary.ca/it-security/...
A fun thing about migraines is they ask and answer the question: What if your nervous system glitched in ways no one really understood?
February 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
A fun thing about migraines is they ask and answer the question: What if your nervous system glitched in ways no one really understood?
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The SAVE America Act mandates documentary proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. The problem: the Constitution assigns voter qualifications to the states, and the Supreme Court has said Congress cannot set them.
theconversation.com/citizenship-...
theconversation.com/citizenship-...
Citizenship voting requirement in SAVE America Act has no basis in the Constitution – and ignores precedent that only states decide who gets to vote
The House has passed a bill to require proof of citizenship for voting. Although it likely won’t become law, the bill raises constitutional questions.
theconversation.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The SAVE America Act mandates documentary proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. The problem: the Constitution assigns voter qualifications to the states, and the Supreme Court has said Congress cannot set them.
theconversation.com/citizenship-...
theconversation.com/citizenship-...
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A new exhibit at the SANAAQ centre is seeking to lift the veil on Baylis’s accomplishments and her dogged fight in the 1960s for her rights and the rights of Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
She won a landmark discrimination case in Canada. An exhibit and play honour her legacy | CBC News
Gloria Baylis, a Black nurse from Barbados, took a Montreal hotel giant to court in the 60s and won. It was the first Canadian case where an institution was found guilty of job discrimination based on...
www.cbc.ca
February 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
A new exhibit at the SANAAQ centre is seeking to lift the veil on Baylis’s accomplishments and her dogged fight in the 1960s for her rights and the rights of Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I try not to dunk-post, but the bloody-toothed retaliatory border violence being thrown around here freaks me out.
Easier denaturalization is bad—that is the line. It is bad. This is not because I am too nice or whatever, but because I've thought about the impact for more than two minutes.
Easier denaturalization is bad—that is the line. It is bad. This is not because I am too nice or whatever, but because I've thought about the impact for more than two minutes.
February 13, 2026 at 5:46 AM
I try not to dunk-post, but the bloody-toothed retaliatory border violence being thrown around here freaks me out.
Easier denaturalization is bad—that is the line. It is bad. This is not because I am too nice or whatever, but because I've thought about the impact for more than two minutes.
Easier denaturalization is bad—that is the line. It is bad. This is not because I am too nice or whatever, but because I've thought about the impact for more than two minutes.
At @argobookshop.bsky.social with a standing room only (!!) book tour event for @jkamckenzie.bsky.social's "Black Aces: Essential Stories from Hockey's Black Trailblazers"!
Talking Black hockey history (including a mention of Laila Edwards's goal a few days ago).
argobookshop.ca/item/yuIYTBi...
Talking Black hockey history (including a mention of Laila Edwards's goal a few days ago).
argobookshop.ca/item/yuIYTBi...
February 13, 2026 at 12:52 AM
At @argobookshop.bsky.social with a standing room only (!!) book tour event for @jkamckenzie.bsky.social's "Black Aces: Essential Stories from Hockey's Black Trailblazers"!
Talking Black hockey history (including a mention of Laila Edwards's goal a few days ago).
argobookshop.ca/item/yuIYTBi...
Talking Black hockey history (including a mention of Laila Edwards's goal a few days ago).
argobookshop.ca/item/yuIYTBi...
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Here are the three steps to improve public access that Law Dork is seeking in the refugee class-action case in Minnesota: www.lawdork.com/p/opening-up...
February 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Here are the three steps to improve public access that Law Dork is seeking in the refugee class-action case in Minnesota: www.lawdork.com/p/opening-up...
Not the main point, but demanding surveillance and restriction of "social transition" like this creates a constructed female-male binary for children that the govt (via schools) therefore polices.
This explicit transphobia is spelled out in excruciating detail. Direct from Cass again.
February 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Not the main point, but demanding surveillance and restriction of "social transition" like this creates a constructed female-male binary for children that the govt (via schools) therefore polices.
It is incredible how bad hockey suits are, as a whole. They have so much money, easy access to stylists, and...the worst, skinny-lapel suits you've seen in your life.
February 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
It is incredible how bad hockey suits are, as a whole. They have so much money, easy access to stylists, and...the worst, skinny-lapel suits you've seen in your life.
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Today I learned that @wgbh.org has a new true crime podcast called "Catching The Codfather."
CC: @antoniafarzan.bsky.social
CC: @antoniafarzan.bsky.social
Catching The Codfather
A fishing tycoon is arrested in an elaborate sting operation, but claims he’s the real hero fighting back against an overbearing Massachusetts. So who is Carlos “The Codfather” Rafael really – a folk ...
www.wgbh.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Today I learned that @wgbh.org has a new true crime podcast called "Catching The Codfather."
CC: @antoniafarzan.bsky.social
CC: @antoniafarzan.bsky.social
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Looking to large language models (tried on existing content and with inbuilt biases) which are predictive to generate drafts under "creativity" a suggestion by a university. Frustrating to see university admin types once again falling for hype peddled by private sector "innovators"
Nothing to see here other than a university telling its research community that AI can appropriately be used to "generate first drafts."
unbcloud.sharepoint.com/sites/AI-at-...
unbcloud.sharepoint.com/sites/AI-at-...
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Looking to large language models (tried on existing content and with inbuilt biases) which are predictive to generate drafts under "creativity" a suggestion by a university. Frustrating to see university admin types once again falling for hype peddled by private sector "innovators"
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Just going to note again, because somehow we've all completely retconned this and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, that pound-for-pound Biden had one of the most draconian border security regimes of any U.S. president ever, second only to Trump, *many of whose policies he inherited and kept*
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Just going to note again, because somehow we've all completely retconned this and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, that pound-for-pound Biden had one of the most draconian border security regimes of any U.S. president ever, second only to Trump, *many of whose policies he inherited and kept*
A thing I got into an argument about with the research ethics board where I'm at is...well, I'm not putting non-anonymized interviews in a server where they might be implicated in AI in deeply unethical ways.
How does research ethics get implicated in this, on top of everything else?
How does research ethics get implicated in this, on top of everything else?
Nothing to see here other than a university telling its research community that AI can appropriately be used to "generate first drafts."
unbcloud.sharepoint.com/sites/AI-at-...
unbcloud.sharepoint.com/sites/AI-at-...
February 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A thing I got into an argument about with the research ethics board where I'm at is...well, I'm not putting non-anonymized interviews in a server where they might be implicated in AI in deeply unethical ways.
How does research ethics get implicated in this, on top of everything else?
How does research ethics get implicated in this, on top of everything else?
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“Bill 1 diminishes Quebec’s Charter of Human Rights by imposing new limits on it. It weakens individual and collective rights by placing them in a hierarchy.”
amnesty.ca/human-rights...
amnesty.ca/human-rights...
Bill 1 undermines rule of law in Quebec, Amnesty International says
Amnesty International is urging the Quebec government to withdraw Bill 1, calling the proposed legislation "regressive" and "anti-rights."
amnesty.ca
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
“Bill 1 diminishes Quebec’s Charter of Human Rights by imposing new limits on it. It weakens individual and collective rights by placing them in a hierarchy.”
amnesty.ca/human-rights...
amnesty.ca/human-rights...