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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 17h

Rempel is such a shit. Perfect image of racist white feminism.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 17h

Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/08/c...

Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 23h

"The project faced many obstacles in the U.S., including opposition from environmentalist and Indigenous groups."

wow, look at Rosemary Barton manufacturing consent by burying the key legal, moral, and physical resistance to this pipeline (and so many others)
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

www.cbc.ca

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 20d

I'm not sure about this branding but I'm not the billionaire business genius

Mark Zuckerberg presenting his Pervert Glasses for perverts

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 14d

"Carney’s willingness to buy into oil industry talking points around Carbon Capture Storage raises important questions about the seriousness of both his economic and environmental policies." - @drlorileeoates.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2025/06/21/d...

#cdnpoli #fossilfuels #energy #climate

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Skylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 15d

No problem. I've been in the field for a while and have had the pleasure of meeting many of these authors. It was already at the top of my mind!

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Skylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 15d

Not Canada, but still an important read:

An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States by Kyle Mays

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Skylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 15d

I notice that this post is also looking for Queer histories - I suggest an Indigenous Queer (Two-Spirit) memoir:

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby

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Skylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 15d

The Knowing by Tanya Talaga

The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Métis Nation by Jean Teillet

Clearing the Plains by James William Daschuk

When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance by Ellen Gabriel and Sean Carleton

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Skylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 15d

Behind the Bricks: The Life and Times of the Mohawk Institute, Canada's Longest-Running Residential School by Richard W. Hill Sr., Alison Norman, Thomas Peace, and Jennifer Pettit

Structures of Indifference: An Indigenous Life and Death in a Canadian City by Mary Jane Logan McCallum and Adele Perry

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Skylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 15d

Me asking older technologists for advice.

Beetlejuice scene: the Smoker guy in the waiting room with Adam Maitland (played by Alec Baldwin)

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Brian @sirfahrenheit.bsky.social · 16d

I’m going to be so pissed if I send out all of these work emails today and the rapture is tomorrow

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 16d

Canada, like all settler colonial projects, is very careful about who it "recognizes" and who it doesn't. Always read the fine print, the conditions mean everything. Remember, this is the country that still has an "Indian Act" which demonstrates how this process works in practice.

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 16d

Canada, Australia, the U.K. and France have finally -- conditionally -- joined the many other nations who recognize the State of Palestine.

But today, Prime Minister Mark Carney also once again called for a “Zionist Palestine.”

Here's what's going on:

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Skylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 16d

Surprise, the country that recognizes Indigenous nations within its so-called country, but doesn't give them any actual veto powers, and the country that started it all, makes a half-hearted gesture that doesn't mean anything.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17d

Canada and the UK formally "recognizing" the state of Palestine with massive terms and conditions that gives them no self determination is going to be the strongest example of the dangers of centrist attempts at appeasing everyone while appeasing no one; leading to the far right taking over

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Skylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 16d

Cat stares at bug

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stuart @stuartp.bsky.social · 17d

every "tech job creation" message is nonsense, because leaders will bend over backwards to bend the entire economy towards it and it's always 1000 jobs tops in populations of millions.

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Skylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 16d

Canada was a signatory to that convention in 1952 while they forcibly took Indigenous children out of their homes (and still do). What are they living up to exactly? They never bothered to live up to it before.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 17d

In a world that made even a lick of sense, anybody w/ a degree in anything like social implications of tech should be able to write their own ticket rn.

…But if we lived in a world that recognized, let alone properly valued that expertise, a whole lot of shit would already necessarily be different.

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Anneke dot Me @anneke.me · 17d

Rage Against the Machine Learning

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Teiowí:sonte Thomas Deer @teyowisonte.bsky.social · 17d

Recognize Onkwehón:we nations next.

Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 17d

Today, Canada recognises the State of Palestine.

My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

Quote graphic featuring the following quote from Prime Minister Carney’s statement on Canada’s recognition of Palestine: “Canada recognises the State of Palestine and offers our partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel.”

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 17d

ICYMI: Ellen Gabriel and I published a new piece on resisting Canada's "elbows up" colonialism, for @canadiandimension.bsky.social: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Resisting Canada’s ‘elbows up’ colonialism

Canada’s new “elbows up” nationalism frames itself as resistance to Trump and US expansionism—but it risks recycling colonial myths. By glossing over the Mohawk Resistance and ongoing land theft, patriotic rhetoric hides violence against Indigenous peoples. Real strength means truth, reconciliation, and resisting colonialism, not shallow nostalgia.

canadiandimension.com

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Skylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 18d

I wonder if the Therme Spa will have a reconciliation theme room.

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 19d

Hark! A Toronto sage has words for a yearning population. Thank the wellness gods & their investors for this prophet.

Adam Vaughan being paid to talk about the shitty spa

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The Rover @therovermedia.bsky.social · 18d

"History teaches us that atrocities are often only recognized after the fact. (...) What is happening today in Gaza follows the same tragic scenario, except that this time, the world is witnessing every moment of the siege and destruction."

⬇️ By Sarah Emad al-Zaq, writer and translator in Gaza

Gaza: Rubble Invades the City and Its Memory – The Rover

Can memories survive destruction and guarantee a future for Gaza City?

therover.ca

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 18d

ICYMI: I wrote about Palantir and Cohere and their role in the privatization of governance by AI.

Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 22d

New paper alert! Challenging Privatization in Governance by AI

I argue that the harms of generative AI are exacerbated through governance by AI:
- at the expense of workers and the environment
- in the name of partnerships at any cost
- to concentrate power via familiar acquisition patterns

Challenging Privatization in Governance by AI: A Caution for the Future of AI Governance

first page of paper found in the url in thread

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Skylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 19d

In fact, the breakdown of who informed this “What we heard” report shows exactly who's best interests Canada’s AI strategy will be for:

Table showing the breakdown of criteria for submissions:

Breakdown of submissions from individuals, by other identity factors
Question
Yes
No
Prefer not to say
I am a person with a disability
20%
68%
12%
I identify as Indigenous
6%
83%
11%
I identify as a
racialized person or visible minority
21%
66%
13%

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