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@andia.bsky.social
Ocean aficionado. Feels strongly about trees. Balancing motherhood with working at Hypha Worker Co-op.
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In the current confusion about what sovereignty means, there is an ascendant and erroneous idea that it means funding the Canadian tech sector.
www.policyready.ca/policymaking...
www.policyready.ca/policymaking...
Less as more: decomputing in the age of tech accelerationism — Resources for today's policymakers
By Bianca Wylie In 2021, in the Journal of Social Computing, historian Jonnie Penn made the argument for “Algorithmic Silence: A Call to Decomputerize.” As he summarizes: “Tech critics become...
www.policyready.ca
December 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In the current confusion about what sovereignty means, there is an ascendant and erroneous idea that it means funding the Canadian tech sector.
www.policyready.ca/policymaking...
www.policyready.ca/policymaking...
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"Your tastebuds are not deceiving you. Mangoes from independent grocers likely do taste better than those available at larger grocery chains."
We took a look indie grocers in the West End and how they measure up against the chain store giants.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/chai...
We took a look indie grocers in the West End and how they measure up against the chain store giants.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/chai...
Chain Reaction — West End Phoenix
These stories and infographics are part of a larger story from the October issue, focused on independent grocers and how they're working to level the playing field between themselves and the Loblaws o...
www.westendphoenix.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Your tastebuds are not deceiving you. Mangoes from independent grocers likely do taste better than those available at larger grocery chains."
We took a look indie grocers in the West End and how they measure up against the chain store giants.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/chai...
We took a look indie grocers in the West End and how they measure up against the chain store giants.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/chai...
I love everything about this post by @thelocal.to on the opening of the Finch West LRT - local reporting, talking to the people whose lives have been and are affected by this transit project, and their hopeful skepticism that just seems so Toronto thelocal.to/finch-west-l...
Can the Finch West LRT Keep Up With Its Promises? | The Local
After years of delay, Line 6 is now running across a historically isolated part of the city. At its launch, politicians posed, transit enthusiasts assembled, and some locals wondered if it was worth t...
thelocal.to
December 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I love everything about this post by @thelocal.to on the opening of the Finch West LRT - local reporting, talking to the people whose lives have been and are affected by this transit project, and their hopeful skepticism that just seems so Toronto thelocal.to/finch-west-l...
Lots of appreciation for shivani mehta bhatia's thoughts on conflict. Relevant to all of us (unless you live a life of solitude, in which case congrats). She brings much needed nuance to thinking about conflict because things are never as clear-cut as they seem shivanimehtabhatia.kit.com
intimate practice
I help justice-rooted leaders navigate rupture and build relational resilience.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Lots of appreciation for shivani mehta bhatia's thoughts on conflict. Relevant to all of us (unless you live a life of solitude, in which case congrats). She brings much needed nuance to thinking about conflict because things are never as clear-cut as they seem shivanimehtabhatia.kit.com
*Sheds a little tear of happiness*
Wow. Huge news for the Bruce Trail & Beaver Valley. There were fears the old ski resort was to become a sprawl housing development.
BTC purchases former Talisman Mountain Resort lands | Bruce Trail Conservancy
The Bruce Trail Conservancy (BTC) is excited to announce the purchase of the former Talisman Mountain Resort lands in the Beaver Valley. This landmark
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December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
*Sheds a little tear of happiness*
Giving Tuesday reminder. If you can, give. I donated to The Zaynab Project: GAZA Relief chuffed.org/project/zayn...
The Zaynab Project: GAZA Relief
Our name is inspired by Zaynab bint Jahsh (RA) — wife of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, renowned for her extraordinary compassion and generosity.She was called the shelter for orphans, widows, and the needy....
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December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Giving Tuesday reminder. If you can, give. I donated to The Zaynab Project: GAZA Relief chuffed.org/project/zayn...
Today’s conference cat has gotten much more up close and personal #cooperativeAI
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today’s conference cat has gotten much more up close and personal #cooperativeAI
Second day, final session. @marcelovieta.bsky.social ‘s slide does a great job of capturing the complexity of AI #cooperativeAI
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Second day, final session. @marcelovieta.bsky.social ‘s slide does a great job of capturing the complexity of AI #cooperativeAI
On the topic of co-ops, if you're part of one, please fill in the survey we're running this month on cooperative AI options: survey.cooperativeblueprint.ai/776588?newte...
AI Use in Cooperatives and Social Purpose Organizations
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November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
On the topic of co-ops, if you're part of one, please fill in the survey we're running this month on cooperative AI options: survey.cooperativeblueprint.ai/776588?newte...
First day, final session of the #coopAI conference in Istanbul. @trebors2025.bsky.social sharing his thoughts on the Solidarity Stack. Looking forward to tomorrow (+ being less jet lagged!)
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
First day, final session of the #coopAI conference in Istanbul. @trebors2025.bsky.social sharing his thoughts on the Solidarity Stack. Looking forward to tomorrow (+ being less jet lagged!)
I just drank a Lions Mane mushroom latte. You never know what the day will bring.
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I just drank a Lions Mane mushroom latte. You never know what the day will bring.
What's that, the Ontario government making tenancy more precarious in the midst of a housing crisis? Sounds about right. They might have backtracked on some of the proposed changes, but let's be clear: they still intend to criminalize poverty www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario government backs down on consultations to end rent control, indefinite leases | CBC News
Ontario stepped back on consultations for a proposal that could have ended rent control, indefinite leases and given landlords more power after calls for reconsideration by politicians and housing adv...
www.cbc.ca
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What's that, the Ontario government making tenancy more precarious in the midst of a housing crisis? Sounds about right. They might have backtracked on some of the proposed changes, but let's be clear: they still intend to criminalize poverty www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This essay by @jasmine.bsky.social is 🎯 and also 🫠 jasmi.news/p/dictionary h/t @annehelen.bsky.social
are you high-agency or an NPC?
AI anxiety and the new language of silicon valley
jasmi.news
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This essay by @jasmine.bsky.social is 🎯 and also 🫠 jasmi.news/p/dictionary h/t @annehelen.bsky.social
Hear hear!
Incredibly proud of this collaboration to better protect us & our histories!
It’s a dream come true to put nearly a decade’s worth of community co-research into action & share our harm reduction tools with the world!
I live for de-enshittifying our little corner of the web.
#MoveSlowAndFixThings
It’s a dream come true to put nearly a decade’s worth of community co-research into action & share our harm reduction tools with the world!
I live for de-enshittifying our little corner of the web.
#MoveSlowAndFixThings
Our new secure decentralized p2p storage offers new ways to preserve and verify mobile media.
✨ The first of its kind ✨
✊🏼💾 Learn how to reclaim control of your archives in our new white paper www.open-archive.org/news/oa-hyph...
In partnership with @hypha.coop, with support from @ffdweb.org 🩵
✨ The first of its kind ✨
✊🏼💾 Learn how to reclaim control of your archives in our new white paper www.open-archive.org/news/oa-hyph...
In partnership with @hypha.coop, with support from @ffdweb.org 🩵
October 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Hear hear!
Also standing room only at this talk. And jokes about the women + stage being in a weird corner of a noisy conference. Heh.
October 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Also standing room only at this talk. And jokes about the women + stage being in a weird corner of a noisy conference. Heh.
Checking out #ElevateFestival for the first time. @averyswartz.com and Sarah Stockdale’s talk on AI are a study in contrast to other panels… human thoughts on a machine technology
October 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Checking out #ElevateFestival for the first time. @averyswartz.com and Sarah Stockdale’s talk on AI are a study in contrast to other panels… human thoughts on a machine technology
We are, once again, in the time of peak scapegoating.
a cartoon of homer simpson and his family standing next to a man that says hey look over there
Alt: a cartoon of homer simpson and his family standing next to a man that says hey look over there
media.tenor.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We are, once again, in the time of peak scapegoating.
Listening to the live version of Eddie Vedder's 'No More' and am totally struck how hopeful and timeless it is.
"No more terrorizing
No more eulogizing
No more
No more evangelizing
No more
No more presidents lying
No more war"
"No more terrorizing
No more eulogizing
No more
No more evangelizing
No more
No more presidents lying
No more war"
September 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Listening to the live version of Eddie Vedder's 'No More' and am totally struck how hopeful and timeless it is.
"No more terrorizing
No more eulogizing
No more
No more evangelizing
No more
No more presidents lying
No more war"
"No more terrorizing
No more eulogizing
No more
No more evangelizing
No more
No more presidents lying
No more war"
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Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
September 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Personalization at scale is an oxymoron
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Personalization at scale is an oxymoron
If Banksy'd used AI, this would never would have happened!
BREAKING: They're scrubbing @banksy
The court is erasing Banksy's mural just like it's erasing our right to protest.
The court is erasing Banksy's mural just like it's erasing our right to protest.
September 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If Banksy'd used AI, this would never would have happened!
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At least 105 Palestinians killed, including 32 aid seekers, as Israel pushes ahead with plans to seize Gaza City.
Children, journalists among 105 killed in Israeli onslaught in Gaza
At least 105 Palestinians killed, including 32 aid seekers, as Israel pushes ahead with plans to seize Gaza City.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
At least 105 Palestinians killed, including 32 aid seekers, as Israel pushes ahead with plans to seize Gaza City.
Remember those RCMP thugs who took great pleasure in arresting and berating protesters at Fairy Creek? Apparently they've got a new name and an expanded mandate. While we're transfixed by the disintegration of democracy south of us, things are very much amiss here breachmedia.ca/rcmp-unit-co...
Controversial B.C. RCMP unit to police opposition to fast-tracked resource projects ⋆ The Breach
A widely-criticized police unit is participating in provincial committees coordinating surveillance and policing of protest against major resource projects—including those fast-tracked under new legis...
breachmedia.ca
September 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Remember those RCMP thugs who took great pleasure in arresting and berating protesters at Fairy Creek? Apparently they've got a new name and an expanded mandate. While we're transfixed by the disintegration of democracy south of us, things are very much amiss here breachmedia.ca/rcmp-unit-co...
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Air Canada consoles stranded passengers with pictures of their executive bonuses
Air Canada consoles stranded passengers with pictures of their executive bonuses
OTTAWA - With thousands of passengers still facing travel delays as flight attendants strike for fair working conditions, Air Canada executives have decided to comfort customers by sending photos of t...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Air Canada consoles stranded passengers with pictures of their executive bonuses