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Salooki Slinkmann @salookislinkmann.bsky.social · 6h

Man, imagine running a server farm on our own land using the old version of the languages as encryption. Folk trying to peek in would be so screwed 😄

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 6h

"Canadian digital sovereignty" puts Indigenous Peoples here in a really awkward position. Do we trust Canadian tech companies any more than we trust American tech companies? Why would we? Ironically our stuff might be safer with (some) European companies that take privacy and encryption seriously.

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 6h

Note how the "Reconciliation" buzzword was abandoned in favour of "Economic Reconciliation". In other words, help Canada find and extract resources to send to foreign (mostly American) markets, or else. Just look at all the bills Canada and its provinces recently introduced: bsky.app/profile/jeff...

Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · Sep 7

I finally did it and organized my thoughts on Bill C-2, C-5, 5 etc. into a concise(ish) narrative. There's many threads to navigate through below if you wanna spend your day / week going down all the rabbit holes I did.

I made a more accessible version in this article: jeff.doctor/blog/my-summ...

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 7h

You want a nuanced analysis of "digital sovereignty?" Ask Indigenous people who have been thinking about this long before settlers have who take the notion of "sovereignty" for granted. That's why Canadians are flailing about panicking now. They didn't barely considered this a "thing" until Trump

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 7h

I've yet to see a single discussion of "Canadian digital sovereignty" include any Indigenous experts, at best we're given a token mention that at some point they'll "consult with Indigenous Peoples" like we're some sort of monolith. Umm, y'all need to consider all our lands, and our distinctiveness.

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 7h

It's as if there's some sort of weird cognitive algorithm in the minds of settlers that Indigenous Peoples = backwards and savage therefore anything tech related doesn't apply to them.

Ummmm, you do realize all this "Canadian digital sovereignty" stuff requires unfettered access to Indigenous land.

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 7h

What is it about tech that gets a pass when it comes to respecting Indigenous rights?

Why is it that the Internet itself depends on trespassing through Indigenous territories yet it's framed as something that we're given access to through some sort of charity?

Why are we never even considered?

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 7h

the number of times I've seen Canadians give land acknowledgements at tech conferences and then immediately launch into discussions about "Canadian digital sovereignty" that completely excludes any concept of Indigenous rights or even us as Peoples at all. It's absurd, I can't wrap my head around it

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 7h

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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Salooki Slinkmann @salookislinkmann.bsky.social · 10h

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Kenhtè:ke Paranormal Society: Hauntings Across Canada: Episode 1

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Wampum in th’ hunneds @mohawkrainian.bsky.social · 15h

It’s less than no surprise that he has a role in a movie that probably wouldn’t exist without him & people like him

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 21h

MatPat has been cast as Toy Bonnie in ‘FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS 2’

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Salooki Slinkmann @salookislinkmann.bsky.social · 12h

There's a bunch of industrial & resi electricians doing this too. I've personally seen at least 5 being hauled off sites over the years.

Angry wall pixies don't give two rats asses about crowd sourced, half cooked theories. They will burn your shit down or worse

There's a reason for the red seals

Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 14h

Your plumber has a new favorite tool: ChatGPT

The roughly 20 plumbers of Oak Creek Plumbing & Remodeling in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area don’t just bring toolkits with wrenches, pliers and Teflon tape to customers’ homes these days. They also bring a tablet equipped with the latest version of ChatGPT.

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Penny Kagigebi @pennykagigebi.bsky.social · Jun 30

QUEERING INDIGENEITY
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Thursdays through Sundays
✨ Community celebration on October 11, 2025 ✨

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Jon.B @jonbright.bsky.social · 1d

Three species of Arctic seals now face extinction due to global warming, while half the planet’s birds are in decline due to habitat loss. But the return of the green sea turtle shows how, with coordinated conservation efforts, things can be turned around. www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/s...

Arctic seals face extinction and birds in decline globally, according to new Red List | CNN

More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Former Pingu Child Actor @heresy.bsky.social · 13h

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turning point usa is kinda performance art
like lets consider that the other founder died
from covid in 2020.
geminisee
>two people start a conservative
organization to push covid conspiracies and
pro-gun ideals (among other things)
>one dies of covid
>the other dies of gun violence
it's so on the nose that it's actually cliché
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Former Pingu Child Actor @heresy.bsky.social · 13h

Obama is truly America's Blair, just need confirmation he also met Epstein.

This @BarackObama tweet will be
taught in genocide studies courses as a
case study of what dehumanization
looks like.
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After Of unimaginable loss and Suffering for Israeli families and
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to the conflict is within sight: that those hostages still being held will be
reunited with their families; and that vital aid Can start reaching those
inside Gaza Whose lives have been Shattered. More than that, though, it
now falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the LIS. and the
entire world community. to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza — and to
commit to a process that, by recognizing the Common humanity and basic
rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace.
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hostages. not prisoners of war.
5. Bothsidesing the perpetrators and victims Of a genocide.
You are toxic, Mr. Obama, one ofthe greatest disappointments of our
generation.

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Salooki Slinkmann @salookislinkmann.bsky.social · 1d

OUTLAW COUNTRY!? BUT GONE AHKWE!? AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH THIS IS EVERYTHING IVE EVER WANTED TO HEAR

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Salooki Slinkmann @salookislinkmann.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBBv... HOLY SHIT

Shakoiatentha - River of Lines (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Shakoiatentha NLN

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

1636, National Guard of Mass. Bay formed becuz of Pequot War
1775, American Continental Army formed in part becuz of "numerous and warlike nations of barbarians [Natives]”
1790, US Army expanded, 1792, Militia Acts (precursor to Insurrection Act) enacted, both becuz of Northwest Indian War

"no one"

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

as Goldsmith points out, it's kind of insane no one thought that reigning this in during the Biden years was a good idea:

Now consider the much more robust Insurrection Act. That “Act” (it is really the product of several statutes enacted mainly over the course of the nineteenth century) provides, in relevant part and with emphasis added, the following:

10 U.S.C. §252. Use of militia and armed forces to enforce Federal authority

Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, . . . make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion.

10 U.S.C. §253. Interference with State and Federal law

The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it—

(1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States within the State, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the constituted authorities of that State are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or

(2) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws.

The italicized portions here make plain why Bob and I once concluded that the Insurrection Act is “a dangerous, centuries-old federal statute that authorizes the president, with few restraints, to deploy the U.S. military inside the United States to suppress threats the president perceives to the constitutional order.” The power authorized here is astounding.

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The Red Terra @theredterra.bsky.social · 2d

Point being that if they just wanted to get rid of him, they could have let him leave for Spain with his family. The only reason to force him to remain is to eliminate him as an enemy of the state. And everyone on this site is next.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 2d

Note: have your family leave first, and then just go for a weekend conference of something, take only an overnight bag.

Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 2d

When I was reporting in Sudan several years ago, a driver warned me not to tell government officials when I was leaving because the airport is where they stop and detain writers.

So, yeah, this is a very bad sign. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌦️🏞 @smikooman.bsky.social · 3d

Convoy-style Grift
The Universal Ostrich farm has sought public support and donations; meanwhile creditors claim the business owners have ignored B.C. Supreme Court orders to repay debts worth more than $250,000.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌦️🏞 @smikooman.bsky.social · 2d

“The real underlying issue is this anti-government belief that these public health orders are optional." That's why the far-right ecosystem is involved, to weaken government sovereignty - exactly the kind of thing that happened in the U.S.
-Dr. Angela Rasmussen U. of Sask
@brucearthur.bsky.social

Bruce Arthur: The B.C. ostrich affair is not about the birds

This isn’t really about the ostriches, but rather it's about basic biosecurity in the age of viruses, and whether a government can make and enforce laws and policy.

www.thestar.com

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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 3d

After that vile performance yesterday Parliament should trigger a non-confidence vote and hold new elections.

Elections, flawed as they and the parties are, represent the one tool we have to oust governments. Normalize demanding them.

Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 4d

President Trump and I know that there are areas where our nations can compete — and areas where we will be stronger together.

We’re focused on building these new opportunities.

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 2d

This explains a great deal about world events since early 2020:

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 3d

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19.

"Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were able to observe the damaging effects Covid-19 can have on the brain."

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19

Damage to the brainstem - the brain's 'control center' - is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests.

www.news-medical.net

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