Stephanie MacLellan
@smaclellan.bsky.social
Writer + editor + policy wonk based in Toronto. Prone to nerding out over online disinformation, infosec, Slovakia and the French football team.
If Adolf Hitler flew in today, they’d send a limousine anyway.
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If Adolf Hitler flew in today, they’d send a limousine anyway.
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New favourite out-of-context quote has absolutely made my morning.
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New favourite out-of-context quote has absolutely made my morning.
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This remains one of my favourite headline-photo combos of all time.
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This remains one of my favourite headline-photo combos of all time.
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“Given Amazon’s willingness to work with law enforcement & digital surveillance providers, combined with its poor security record, we’d suggest Ring owners, be careful about identifying anyone using their proper name; …Not everything needs an AI upgrade. “ techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/a...
Amazon's Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial-recognition feature to video doorbells | TechCrunch
The feature lets you identify the people who regularly come to your door by creating a catalog of up to 50 faces. The company says the Ring feature is opt in and the biometric data isn't used to train...
techcrunch.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“Given Amazon’s willingness to work with law enforcement & digital surveillance providers, combined with its poor security record, we’d suggest Ring owners, be careful about identifying anyone using their proper name; …Not everything needs an AI upgrade. “ techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/a...
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A lot of you say "Gaslight" when what you mean is Bamboozle.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A lot of you say "Gaslight" when what you mean is Bamboozle.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
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. @cippic.bsky.social is hiring! This is an incredible opportunity to lead Canada’s foremost digital rights public interest clinic and join our technology law group at the University of Ottawa. Deadline to apply is January 9th.
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uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw...
Professeur(e) adjoint(e), agrégé(e) ou titulaire et Directrice ou Directeur de la Clinique d'intérêt public et de politique d'Internet du Canada (CIPPIC) Samuelson-Glushko - Assistant, Associate, or F...
Posting Reason: Permanent - Replacement Job Family: Academic Leadership and Faculty Union affiliation: APUO Faculty/Department: Faculty of Law - Common Law Section_FT Campus: Main Campus Date Posted (...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
. @cippic.bsky.social is hiring! This is an incredible opportunity to lead Canada’s foremost digital rights public interest clinic and join our technology law group at the University of Ottawa. Deadline to apply is January 9th.
uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw...
uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw...
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
(hard mode rules don’t actually complicate anything for me)
(hard mode rules don’t actually complicate anything for me)
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
(hard mode rules don’t actually complicate anything for me)
(hard mode rules don’t actually complicate anything for me)
Here’s the thing – when a country decides that mass, random inspections are necessary to get rid of illegal immigrants, it’s not just “illegals”, and it’s not just immigrants, who are affected. Citizenship won’t protect you.
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Here’s the thing – when a country decides that mass, random inspections are necessary to get rid of illegal immigrants, it’s not just “illegals”, and it’s not just immigrants, who are affected. Citizenship won’t protect you.
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The #UK #Labour Party has become an unapologetic right populist party. The only good thing is that their cowardly populism is making them unpopular...
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Joined the Secure Line podcast to talk about climate, democracy, and what it’s actually like to face sustained online and offline harassment as a woman working in politics. Listen now ⬇️
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6LnH...
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6LnH...
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Spotify – Web Player
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6LnHXx…
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Joined the Secure Line podcast to talk about climate, democracy, and what it’s actually like to face sustained online and offline harassment as a woman working in politics. Listen now ⬇️
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6LnH...
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6LnH...
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Incredibly powerful video from a survivor of the Dec. 6 massacre, @nathalieprovost.bsky.social. We remember the 14 women killed that day, and the countless killed since, simply because they were women.
www.instagram.com/reel/DR2q9ks...
www.instagram.com/reel/DR2q9ks...
undefined on Instagram: "majmonactuLe 6 décembre 1989, Nathalie Provost était étudiante en génie à l’École polytechnique de Montréal. Elle était en classe q…"
majmonactuLe 6 décembre 1989, Nathalie Provost était étudiante en génie à l’École polytechnique de Montréal. Elle était en classe quand un attentat antiféministe est survenu. Aujourd’hui, elle raconte son histoire pour qu'on s’en souvienne et que le combat pour l'égalité continue.#polytechnique #maj #histoire #québec #témoignage
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December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Incredibly powerful video from a survivor of the Dec. 6 massacre, @nathalieprovost.bsky.social. We remember the 14 women killed that day, and the countless killed since, simply because they were women.
www.instagram.com/reel/DR2q9ks...
www.instagram.com/reel/DR2q9ks...
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Today is Canada's National Day of Action & Remembrance on Violence against Women. It marks the day in 1989 when 14 women at Polytechnique in Montreal were murdered by an "incel" (Proving that shit has a new name but is an old problem.)
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today is Canada's National Day of Action & Remembrance on Violence against Women. It marks the day in 1989 when 14 women at Polytechnique in Montreal were murdered by an "incel" (Proving that shit has a new name but is an old problem.)
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
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Please get in touch with my friend Will if you are (or know) an artist who can donate a little time and skill to this union fight.
Are there any fan artists who can do (Western) TV cartoon characters reasonably true-to-style who want to donate a little mischievous labor to some Canadian creative industry workers in a union fight against corporate greed? If so, send me a message and I can give you details!
December 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Please get in touch with my friend Will if you are (or know) an artist who can donate a little time and skill to this union fight.
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Damn. One of Toronto's greatest. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Damn. One of Toronto's greatest. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
And none of them are from Mexico, the third host country.
None of these guys play ⚽️. And one of these four is widely seen as a traitor to his home country.
North American sporting icons Tom Brady, Wayne Gretzky, Shaquille O’Neal and Aaron Judge will help conduct Friday’s 2026 World Cup draw in Washington D.C., FIFA has announced.
More from @henrybushnell.bsky.social
More from @henrybushnell.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And none of them are from Mexico, the third host country.
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The FIFA Peace Prize is most correctly viewed as some of the world's most corrupt people recognizing what the world's most corrupt men values most: fake recognition based on lies
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The FIFA Peace Prize is most correctly viewed as some of the world's most corrupt people recognizing what the world's most corrupt men values most: fake recognition based on lies
Speaking from a Slovenian perspective, allow me to offer a counterpoint: Absolutely no way in hell.
The breakup of Yugoslavia ended one of basketball’s greatest dynasties. A cross-border team could revive that legacy — and model internationalism in a divided world.
Bring Back the Yugoslav Basketball Team
The breakup of Yugoslavia ended one of basketball’s greatest dynasties. A cross-border team could revive that legacy — and model internationalism in a divided world.
jacobin.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Speaking from a Slovenian perspective, allow me to offer a counterpoint: Absolutely no way in hell.
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#Breaking: Climate change advisers quit over Carney government’s energy deal with Alberta
Climate change advisers quit over Carney government’s energy deal with Alberta
Two departing members of Canada's Net-Zero Advisory Body say the Carney government is shredding any hope the country will meet its climate goals.
www.thestar.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#Breaking: Climate change advisers quit over Carney government’s energy deal with Alberta
Finally saw the Dufferin Grove coyotes 🙏
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Finally saw the Dufferin Grove coyotes 🙏
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In 2024 health spending was 6.5% more than in 2023.
But inflation grew 4.9%, population grew 3%, and aging added 0.6% in costs.
"When you crunch the numbers, the real dollars available actually shrunk by about 2 per cent. That’s an untenable situation in the long term – and even the short term"
But inflation grew 4.9%, population grew 3%, and aging added 0.6% in costs.
"When you crunch the numbers, the real dollars available actually shrunk by about 2 per cent. That’s an untenable situation in the long term – and even the short term"
What both grows and shrinks at the same time? The never-ending riddle of Canadian health spending, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com
The never-ending riddle of Canadian health spending
Annual costs have climbed to $400-billion, yet we struggle to provide timely care
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In 2024 health spending was 6.5% more than in 2023.
But inflation grew 4.9%, population grew 3%, and aging added 0.6% in costs.
"When you crunch the numbers, the real dollars available actually shrunk by about 2 per cent. That’s an untenable situation in the long term – and even the short term"
But inflation grew 4.9%, population grew 3%, and aging added 0.6% in costs.
"When you crunch the numbers, the real dollars available actually shrunk by about 2 per cent. That’s an untenable situation in the long term – and even the short term"
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Calling all journalists, here's a handy new tool to help you scan not-yet-visible X's Community Notes to uncover early corrections or emerging debates around a post on X on a topic you might be covering. notetracker.socialmedialab.ca#reporter-guide
NoteTracker Dashboard
A Searchable Database of Community Notes on X
notetracker.socialmedialab.ca
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Calling all journalists, here's a handy new tool to help you scan not-yet-visible X's Community Notes to uncover early corrections or emerging debates around a post on X on a topic you might be covering. notetracker.socialmedialab.ca#reporter-guide
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Over my dead body will I let those fuckers Pepe Franklin.
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Over my dead body will I let those fuckers Pepe Franklin.
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Sigh.
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence."
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence."
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Sigh.
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence."
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence."
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Last week, we launched a database of every book that has appeared on @theglobeandmail.com's top 100 books of the year list in almost three decades. You can browse thousands of notable books from 1998 to present and save favourites to a reading list 📚
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
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Explore The Globe 100 book archive, a complete collection of our annual list
Dig into more than 25 years of book selections, from editors’ picks to subscribers’ favourites, to find your next great read
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Last week, we launched a database of every book that has appeared on @theglobeandmail.com's top 100 books of the year list in almost three decades. You can browse thousands of notable books from 1998 to present and save favourites to a reading list 📚
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Natural selection.
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Natural selection.
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Our pretend facts are just as good as the real thing. If not better.
Time magazine quotes Canadian satirical website The Beaverton
A recent Time magazine article used a quote from Canadian satire site, the Beaverton, as a fact in reference to U.S. relationships with other countries.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Our pretend facts are just as good as the real thing. If not better.