David Murakami Wood

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@ubisurv.net

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David Murakami Wood (DMW)
Canada Research Chair in Critical Surveillance & Security Studies
Director, CSS/Lab, uOttawa
Co-editor-in-Chief, Surveillance & Society
Surveillance / Security / Cities / Technology / Human Rights / Environment
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · Nov 24

For those just arriving here, I have 3 starter packs (bsky only allows 150 people/pack):
1. #Surveillance Studies Starter Pack (full): go.bsky.app/HYGu6oX
2. #Surveillance Studies Extension Pack (growing): go.bsky.app/HoDHyNe
3. Critical #SmartCities Starter Pack (growing): go.bsky.app/H1Xd6SL

keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 16h

With a couple of exceptions, the basic pronunciation is pretty much use, coming from Hampshire in the UK.

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 17h

"The Prime Minister did not respond to a question about whether Canada is prepared to join European Union countries and Britain in building up a military presence in Greenland as a show of support."

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 18h

Carney says Trump’s ‘escalation’ of Greenland pursuit is concerning

Canadian Prime Minister says he will stress to U.S. President that NATO can protect the territory

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 20h

This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 20h

Big picture: that US law supersedes Canadian law when it comes to US-sourced software provided by Canadian orgs (here, universities) puts the lie to the Carney government‘s claim that US tech companies can unproblematically be part of any Canadian sovereign cloud initiative.

Trump’s trade policy has digitally invaded Canadian universities. Here’s how, and why you should worry

By outsourcing IT to a U.S. company, writes Jim Stanford, students at more than 100 Canadian schools, including the U of T, are at the whim of Trump's U.S. trade

www.thestar.com

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 20h

Ceding all forms of autonomy to Trump is now a well-established position within Britain's media and among British media owners.

An opinion piece in the Telegraph by the British white supremacist Tim Stanley, titled "Trump controls the world, and Britain ought to let him have it". Subtitled: "We gain nothing by pretending we're still a world power while our nation rots from the inside"

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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump’s so-called "Board of Peace" is offensive.

Mark Carney must reverse his decision to join Trump in this transparently colonial scheme.

1/4

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Truthout @truthout.org · 1d

New Orleans residents have organized and resisted the police and their spying, offering lessons for organizers across the country.

Battle Over Facial Recognition in New Orleans Will Shape Future of Surveillance

Edith Romero, an organizer in New Orleans, discusses the dangers of the growing surveillance state.

buff.ly

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 1d

As Trump announces Blair as his choice to govern Gaza the brilliant @carolecadwalla.bsky.social investigates the opaque workings of Blairs institute, its Israeli connections, billionaire Ellison and an emerging r/w media takeover of the global information space.

www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...

'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION

As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

www.thenerve.news

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Trump says he’s adding a 10% tariff to all the countries that sent troops to defend Greenland against an American invasion, increasing to 25% in June if he’s not allowed to buy Greenland.

“This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet.”

Trump: We have subsidized Denmark, and all of the Countries of the European Union, and others, for many years by not charging them Tariffs, or any other forms of remuneration. Now, after Centuries, it is time for Denmark to give back - World Peace is at stake! China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it. They currently have two dogsleds as protection, one added recently. Only the United States of America, under PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, can play in this game, and very successfully, at that! Nobody will touch this sacred piece of Land, especially since the National Security of the United States, and the World at large, is at stake. On top of everything else, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland have journeyed to Greenland, for purposes unknown. This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet. These Countries, who are playing this very dangerous game, have put a level of risk in play that is not tenable or sustainable. Therefore, it is imperative that, in order to protect Global Peace and Security, strong measures be taken so that this potentially perilous situation end quickly, and without question. Starting on February 1st,

and without question. Starting on February 1st, 2026, all of the above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America.
On June 1st, 2026, the Tariff will be increased to 25%. This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland. The United States has been trying to do this transaction for over 150 years. Many Presidents have tried, and for good reason, but Denmark has always refused. Now, because of The Golden Dome, and Modern Day Weapons Systems, both Offensive and Defensive, the need to ACQUIRE is especially important. Hundreds of Billions of Dollars are currently being spent on Security Programs having to do with "The Dome," including for the possible protection of Canada, and this very brilliant, but highly complex system can only work at its maximum potential and efficiency, because of angles, metes, and bounds, if this Land is included in it. The United States of America is immediately open to negotiation with Denmark and/or any of these Countries that have put so much at risk, despite all that we have done for them, including maximum protection, over so many decades. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

President Trump is keeping proceeds from the first sale of Venezuelan oil in an offshore bank account based in Qatar, according to reporting from Semafor.

The sale was worth $500 million. trib.al/aZqwY4o

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 1d

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 1d

The court's decision is like a law-school hypothetical not dealing with what actually happened. Sure, the government shouldn't have had to invoke the Emergencies Act if the police had done their job properly... but the police refused to do act against a far-right occupation.

keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 1d

#Trump 's so-called #Gaza "Board of Peace" is a basically a front for the final erasure of Palestinian Gaza via real estate development and the creation of a Special Economic Zone / post-smart city / start-up city (whatever you want to call it...).

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 1d

Bristol City Council says its mass data gathering tool is designed to protect, not profile the 55,000 families it monitors. But is it pushing school children into the criminal justice system? thebristolcable.org/2026/01/thin...

Think Family, and the fight for transparency over data profiling - The Bristol Cable

It's a mass data gathering tool is designed to protect children and families. But is it pushing children into the criminal justice system?

thebristolcable.org

keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 1d

#Iran regime plans permanent Internet cut-off...

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists

Report claims unrestricted online access will be a ‘government privilege’, limited to individuals vetted by regime

www.theguardian.com

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 2d

This is quite a post

www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is...

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 2d

For the late/west coast crowd, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social, and the reactions to the Federal Court of Appeal ruling on the use of the Emergencies Act #cdnlaw #cdnpoli

Federal Court of Appeal says use of Emergencies Act was overreach

The invocation infringed on freedom of expression and protection against unreasonable search and seizure

www.nationalmagazine.ca

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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 2d

#BREAKING: Carney to accept Trump’s offer for role on Gaza plan’s ‘Board of Peace’

Carney news: PM asked by Trump to join Gaza 'Board of Peace'

U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to join the Board of Peace for Gaza.

www.ctvnews.ca

keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 2d

For my money, I think the definitive MK-ULTRA novel is probably PKD's A Scanner Darkly (1977), although he had been working on this on and off since the late 60s. And all of Dick's work in the from the 50s to the 70s is government and corporate paranoia central! Ubik (1969) is my favourite.

keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 2d

Although the revelations about Project Minaret, and the NSA-FBI watchlists and infiltration had been going on since the late 60s (the Church Committee was up and running by '75), Watergate was '72...

keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 2d

Dismal, uninspiring politics from unimaginative, timid politicians. Japan and the world deserves so much better.

keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 2d

Although actually most of the novels those last films are based on are pre-75.

keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 2d

John Brunner's big four novels all contain elements of this: Stand on Zanzibar, The Jagged Orbit, The Sheep Look Up, The Shockwave Rider.
Films pre-75: The Parallax View, Soylent Green, THX1138... just post '75: Logan's Run, Capricorn One, Marathon Man, The Boys from Brazil...

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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 2d

my new piece in FP: The US keeps telling people to rise up against their regimes, then leaving them to die. Hungary, Iraq, Syria...now Iran? I try to offer an explanation for this very consistent pattern. (gift link) foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/t...

A Long History of Betrayal

Why Washington keeps encouraging foreign uprisings—and then walking away.

foreignpolicy.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

Authoritarian upset about democracy.

Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance | ACLU

CEO attacks motives of people who care about privacy, says they are trying to “normalize lawlessness” and “let murderers go free”

www.aclu.org

keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 2d

Politicians' acquiescence to the super-rich is the problem... from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social #inequality #capitalism

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot

There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"A US regulator ruled on Thursday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company had acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power massive data centers in Tennessee." - @darakerr.bsky.social