Kristen Thomasen
@kristenthomasen.bsky.social
Law things, robots, space, privacy || habitual misAInthrope || feministing || #HamOnt kid in Windsor || she/her ||
(Profile pic from community art-making project in #YQG graffiti alley)
(Profile pic from community art-making project in #YQG graffiti alley)
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Excited to share a new co-authored pub from me and Jeremy Kellen, hot off the press at the TWAIL Review.
TLDR: we place the hype around AI ~magic~ as part of a longer historical arc of imperial and colonial obfuscation & moves to innocence.
Please give it a read ✨
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TLDR: we place the hype around AI ~magic~ as part of a longer historical arc of imperial and colonial obfuscation & moves to innocence.
Please give it a read ✨
twailr.com/wp-content/u...
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Extremely dubious distinction.
Edmonton police first in world to test Axon facial recognition body worn video cameras
EPS is the first in the world to test facial recognition body worn video cameras from Axon Enterprise Inc.
edmontonjournal.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Extremely dubious distinction.
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"Marilyn Slett, chief of the Heiltsuk Nation on the B.C. coast, said in a news release, 'This pipeline project will never happen.' The B.C. AFN said it stands with the coastal First Nations and wants 'all governments to abandon this pipeline project.'"
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Assembly of First Nations calls for withdrawal of Canada-Alberta pipeline deal | CBC News
Assembly of First Nations chiefs are demanding the withdrawal of Canada and Alberta’s recently announced new pipeline deal and expressing full support for First Nations on the British Columbia coast t...
www.cbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Marilyn Slett, chief of the Heiltsuk Nation on the B.C. coast, said in a news release, 'This pipeline project will never happen.' The B.C. AFN said it stands with the coastal First Nations and wants 'all governments to abandon this pipeline project.'"
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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If I were a politician, I don't think I would adopt an anti-affordability, anti-Sabrina Carpenter platform. But I'm just a country law professor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If I were a politician, I don't think I would adopt an anti-affordability, anti-Sabrina Carpenter platform. But I'm just a country law professor.
Excited to share a new co-authored pub from me and Jeremy Kellen, hot off the press at the TWAIL Review.
TLDR: we place the hype around AI ~magic~ as part of a longer historical arc of imperial and colonial obfuscation & moves to innocence.
Please give it a read ✨
twailr.com/wp-content/u...
TLDR: we place the hype around AI ~magic~ as part of a longer historical arc of imperial and colonial obfuscation & moves to innocence.
Please give it a read ✨
twailr.com/wp-content/u...
twailr.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Excited to share a new co-authored pub from me and Jeremy Kellen, hot off the press at the TWAIL Review.
TLDR: we place the hype around AI ~magic~ as part of a longer historical arc of imperial and colonial obfuscation & moves to innocence.
Please give it a read ✨
twailr.com/wp-content/u...
TLDR: we place the hype around AI ~magic~ as part of a longer historical arc of imperial and colonial obfuscation & moves to innocence.
Please give it a read ✨
twailr.com/wp-content/u...
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💯 all while claiming their tech can’t be regulated because some day it could cure cancer.
It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
💯 all while claiming their tech can’t be regulated because some day it could cure cancer.
💯 all while claiming their tech can’t be regulated because some day it could cure cancer.
It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
💯 all while claiming their tech can’t be regulated because some day it could cure cancer.
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“The people whose rights are being violated don’t have a lot of power, and the people responsible for the pollution are huge mega corporations with a lot of power…And they’ve been getting away with this for decades now.”
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“The people whose rights are being violated don’t have a lot of power, and the people responsible for the pollution are huge mega corporations with a lot of power…And they’ve been getting away with this for decades now.”
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It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
Abandoning democratic responsibility, but make it “trailblaz[ing]” and “the next logical step” in AI.
globalnews.ca/news/1154415...
globalnews.ca/news/1154415...
Alberta minister reportedly putting together first AI-generated legislation in Canada | Globalnews.ca
The Alberta government is about to take the next logical step in artificial intelligence — using it to draft a proposed law.
globalnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Abandoning democratic responsibility, but make it “trailblaz[ing]” and “the next logical step” in AI.
globalnews.ca/news/1154415...
globalnews.ca/news/1154415...
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Had a good chat with @jasonkoebler.bsky.social for the @404media.co podcast. Got a chance to talk about how tech companies main pitch changed from “you exchange some surveillance for services” to “we get to spy on you all the time and it’s good, actually.”
Luxury Surveillance (With Chris Gilliard)
Podcast Episode · The 404 Media Podcast · 11/24/2025 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Had a good chat with @jasonkoebler.bsky.social for the @404media.co podcast. Got a chance to talk about how tech companies main pitch changed from “you exchange some surveillance for services” to “we get to spy on you all the time and it’s good, actually.”
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BREAKING: Pipelines only bad when Conservatives do it
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
BREAKING: Pipelines only bad when Conservatives do it
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Also….. Deloitte is the claims administrator for the $23.3B First Nations CFS and Jordan’s Principal settlements. They’re in charge of processing claims, managing payouts, etc. And they’re out here using AI to generate a provincial health plan.
We’ve reached “provincial government uses public money to commission AI-generated provincial health plan” level of fuckery
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.L. asks Deloitte to carry out review after 'incorrect' citations found in $1.6M provincial health plan | CBC News
The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it's been in contact with the private company responsible for a new report meant to guide the province into the future, which was found to contain fake ci...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Also….. Deloitte is the claims administrator for the $23.3B First Nations CFS and Jordan’s Principal settlements. They’re in charge of processing claims, managing payouts, etc. And they’re out here using AI to generate a provincial health plan.
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"$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months"
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. https://theindependent.ca/news/lji/major-n-l-healthcare-report-contains-errors-likely-generated-by-a-i/
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months"
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In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
Reposted by Kristen Thomasen
Statement: CJPME is urging Canada to halt the export of military goods to the United Arab Emirates amid concerns that it
may be diverting Canadian weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries in Sudan.
may be diverting Canadian weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries in Sudan.
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Statement: CJPME is urging Canada to halt the export of military goods to the United Arab Emirates amid concerns that it
may be diverting Canadian weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries in Sudan.
may be diverting Canadian weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries in Sudan.
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Two pages apart in the @thestar.com : 9 year old killed by driver of SUV jumping curb, and Ontario bans speed cameras. Yes they are related, because Doug Ford inculcates a culture that the world is made for drivers, but kids and cyclists? Too bad.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Two pages apart in the @thestar.com : 9 year old killed by driver of SUV jumping curb, and Ontario bans speed cameras. Yes they are related, because Doug Ford inculcates a culture that the world is made for drivers, but kids and cyclists? Too bad.
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The City of Vancouver’s new budget proposed major cuts to its Climate & Sustainability department. The CCJ co-directors, @carolmliao.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social, wrote an op-ed in Canada's National Observer expressing their criticism of the budget proposal.
Read more: shorturl.at/9uSLl
Read more: shorturl.at/9uSLl
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The City of Vancouver’s new budget proposed major cuts to its Climate & Sustainability department. The CCJ co-directors, @carolmliao.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social, wrote an op-ed in Canada's National Observer expressing their criticism of the budget proposal.
Read more: shorturl.at/9uSLl
Read more: shorturl.at/9uSLl
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"How I use Signal (and Why)"
librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/11/11/h...
This blog post is part of a larger series that might be of interest: librarian.aedileworks.com/tag/howandwhy/
librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/11/11/h...
This blog post is part of a larger series that might be of interest: librarian.aedileworks.com/tag/howandwhy/
How I use Signal (and Why)
This blog post will go into why I use Signal as my personal messaging app of choice and to point out its features in hopes that it might convince you to use Signal as well.
librarian.aedileworks.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"How I use Signal (and Why)"
librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/11/11/h...
This blog post is part of a larger series that might be of interest: librarian.aedileworks.com/tag/howandwhy/
librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/11/11/h...
This blog post is part of a larger series that might be of interest: librarian.aedileworks.com/tag/howandwhy/
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okay, now let's hear from people who don't have millions of dollars in tech company stocks still vesting
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
okay, now let's hear from people who don't have millions of dollars in tech company stocks still vesting
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So many harms have already emerged from reckless and oppressive uses of AI, with such wide-ranging & far-reaching consequences, to so many groups of people, that it seems almost impossible to document them all. But we tried, in this open letter to Minister Solomon: bccla.org/policy-submi... (1/x)
OPEN LETTER to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation from civil society organizations and individuals opposing "National Sprint" consultation on AI strategy - BC Civil Liberti...
The Honourable Mélanie JolyMinister of IndustryHouse of CommonsOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A6 The Honourable Evan SolomonMinister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital InnovationHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontar...
bccla.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So many harms have already emerged from reckless and oppressive uses of AI, with such wide-ranging & far-reaching consequences, to so many groups of people, that it seems almost impossible to document them all. But we tried, in this open letter to Minister Solomon: bccla.org/policy-submi... (1/x)
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“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
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Mary Sheffield will become the first woman elected mayor of Detroit, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4oRiL7z
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Mary Sheffield will become the first woman elected mayor of Detroit, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4oRiL7z
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get ready, europe: canada is coming to eurovision! lmao
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
get ready, europe: canada is coming to eurovision! lmao
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Robert Munsch has donated his personal archives of stories and materials to the Guelph Public Library.
This is wonderful for such a valuable archive to be given to a public municipal library.
www.guelphpl.ca/Modules/News...
This is wonderful for such a valuable archive to be given to a public municipal library.
www.guelphpl.ca/Modules/News...
Robert Munsch donates his archives to Guelph Public Library
Robert Munsch donates his archives to Guelph Public Library
www.guelphpl.ca
November 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Robert Munsch has donated his personal archives of stories and materials to the Guelph Public Library.
This is wonderful for such a valuable archive to be given to a public municipal library.
www.guelphpl.ca/Modules/News...
This is wonderful for such a valuable archive to be given to a public municipal library.
www.guelphpl.ca/Modules/News...
Tired: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are dating
Wired: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau and Diplo are dating ??
Wired: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau and Diplo are dating ??
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Tired: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are dating
Wired: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau and Diplo are dating ??
Wired: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau and Diplo are dating ??