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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 2h

time relates to quality of relationships with each other, and with the land. inefficiency can create unexpected and welcome moments for building collectives. these themes can inform tech organizing and advocacy efforts.

biancawylie.medium.com/tech-isnt-th...

tech isn’t the future it’s just capitalism faster

responding with slowness in relations

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 2h

a lot of people in a range of sectors are looking for permission to slow down tech adoption, but are scared that they're going to miss out or be at a disadvantage if they do so. there are structured ways to approach this problem.

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 2h

happiness - thank you!

bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 2h

why do this? because well-structured conversations that surface power, history, and related responsibilities (both individual and collective) can put sand in the gears

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 2h

5 statements / frames with related questions for structuring conversations about technology decisions

time-and-space-studios.ghost.io/draft-techno...

DRAFT - Technology in Context Praxis - Thinking

Draft For Feedback Welcome to the first in a series of posts describing the praxis - the working method - behind Time & Space Studios :) This one's about thinking. The next is about doing. The five ...

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Space for Grief @spaceforgrief.bsky.social · 13h

Call for Volunteers! We’re looking for thoughtful, creative, and community-minded folks for the next upcoming Space for Grief installation this November at Evergreen Brick Works. Find out more here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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CherylW @cwchapter2.bsky.social · 1d

Listen in - so much wisdom in this conversation.

“…grief is a hidden architect…” indeed! 🙌🏼💛

🎧 futureshub.ca/s2ep5/

It is paramount that we understand the necessity of being grief-informed in every realm, especially at a systems level.

@spaceforgrief.bsky.social #spaceforgrief

Whether named or ignored, grief is a hidden architect, shaping governance, culture, design, decision making, and the choices we think are rational. - Ziyan Hossain, Method Collective

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joanne mcneil @jomc.bsky.social · 22h

My latest in @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy: a profile of T.A.P.E. (Teach. Archive. Preserve. Exhibit.) and their incredible efforts in bringing museum-quality archival processes to the public.

filmmakermagazine.com/131808-analo...

Joanne McNeil on Digitizing VHS

Joanne McNeil on how Los Angeles’s Whammy! is helping to preserve people’s VHS archives.

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 1d

Shift conversational focus away from any particular type of technology. Focus instead on the people, systems, and political dynamics around the technology.
This is where the power lies.
time-and-space-studios.ghost.io/draft-techno...

DRAFT - Technology in Context Praxis - Thinking

Draft For Feedback Welcome to the first in a series of posts describing the praxis - the working method - behind Time & Space Studios :) This one's about thinking. The next is about doing. The five ...

time-and-space-studios.ghost.io

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 2d

“Deloitte was forced to investigate the report after University of Sydney academic Dr Christopher Rudge highlighted multiple errors in the document.”

www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 2d

”Reflecting on our systemic design education, there may be times when it's best "not" to intervene.”
Zaid Khan & Samah Kamalmaz

Humbling Systemic Design:
Learning when not to intervene in complex social systems

online
Thursday Oct 9, 7:30pm (EST)
events.zoom.us/eo/AtULk9kZN...

Humbling Systemic Design - title card for linked lecture

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 2d

"i believe in the magics of our infrastructure, in the "systemic sublime" :)

- @olu.online

Olu Niyi-Awosusi @olu.online · 2d

new blog post:

olu.online/technopagani...

technopaganism

what do i mean when i say technopagan?

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 4d

"This is about establishing a norm—which these days seem to be in short supply—that conduct is on the table, and that no product or piece of infrastructure, or leader thereof, is truly irreplaceable." - @doriantaylor.com

buttondown.com/dorian/archi...

Supply Chain Risks in Late 2025

What do you do when a piece of your stack goes bad?

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 4d

october 4th (tomorrow) at 4.30 pm:

"This discussion builds upon the Cultural Technologies Lab's exploration of how cultural practices can move beyond consumption-driven models of arts events by grounding themselves in both local interventions and translocal, global networks."

luma.com/4at3z0u5

Toronto Local Lab @ InterAccess · Luma

This session will convene artists, cultural organizers, and independent producers in Toronto to explore sustainable financial models for small-scale arts…

luma.com

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 5d

"We must refuse to tolerate supremacists in our midst because their beliefs do real and lasting harm... But we must also refuse them because they are compromised. They cannot trust their own minds. And so cannot be trusted in turn."

h/t @yvonnezlam.bsky.social

mandy brown @aworkinglibrary.com · 5d

Supremacy thinking is the refusal of observation. https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/beyond-credibility

Beyond credibility

To believe in supremacy is to refuse to see what’s right in front of you, over and over and over again.

aworkinglibrary.com

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 6d

"Middlemarch is... an exploration of how to live a life of integrity and significance in a world that often seems overwhelming and meaningless."
www.classicalpursuits.com/why-middlema...

Why Middlemarch Can Change Your Life -

More than any other author I’ve read, Eliot gets at the roots of why life is simultaneously challenging and full of possibilities for growth.

www.classicalpursuits.com

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 7d

"This reframe moves "systems change" away from a dominant "freeze-change-unfreeze" approach, and instead focuses on the "pace" of an unfolding texture to discern when and where to take action."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ZU...

Ing & Khan Sept25 at SysPrac25

YouTube video by SCiO systems and complexity in organisation

www.youtube.com

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 7d

this is a great resource "to learn more about how to design, deliver, and document credible, productive consultation processes...whether you're a student, practitioner, community leader, advocate, or just interested in democracy between elections."
www.thirdpartypublic.ca/readbookonline

photo of linked page - on the left, a panel of black text on white background that reads: "why this book is online" and on right, a stack of books - the top one reads: Discuss. Decide. Do."

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 12d

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 12d

#Breaking: Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery

Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery

Other changes could include closing of rural post offices as Public Works minister cites "unsustainable" losses at Crown corporation.

www.thestar.com

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 12d

“The CRA is consulting individuals, community organizations, academia, and the tax filing industry to help shape the future of automatic tax filing in Canada.”
h/t @bluesky.sboots.ca @lisafast.bsky.social

www.canada.ca/en/revenue-a...

Automatic tax filing consultation - Canada.ca

www.canada.ca

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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 13d

"For the past 7 years, I led a team at the City of San Antonio responsible for evaluating emerging technologies, with a particular focus on AI for public sector use. What we discovered was sobering. Many AI systems simply were not designed for the realities of municipal environments"

bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 13d

"...a coalition-driven approach to AI contracting has the potential to flip the script – where public authorities set the terms and use their purchasing power to demand performance standards and quality control."
www.techpolicy.press/cities-need-...

Cities Need a New Model for Incentivizing Responsible AI | TechPolicy.Press

Emily Royall makes the case for cities to set AI benchmarks in procurement to drive accuracy, security, transparency, and accountable public sector use.

www.techpolicy.press

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 13d

"...a coalition-driven approach to AI contracting has the potential to flip the script – where public authorities set the terms and use their purchasing power to demand performance standards and quality control."
www.techpolicy.press/cities-need-...

Cities Need a New Model for Incentivizing Responsible AI | TechPolicy.Press

Emily Royall makes the case for cities to set AI benchmarks in procurement to drive accuracy, security, transparency, and accountable public sector use.

www.techpolicy.press

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 18d

nodding

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 19d

is same

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 19d

"...free flu and COVID-19 shots will be available to Ontarians as of Oct. 27 at participating pharmacies, some public health units and doctor's offices"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ontario releases schedule for fall immunization programs | CBC News

Ontario announced today its schedule for the fall immunization programs, encouraging residents to get flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.

www.cbc.ca

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