Karen (not that Karen) Knights
@verams.bsky.social
Community media archivist. ILike unlikely archives/ archaic video/ feminist & queer video histories/communing with the stubborn spirits in the archive. On the stolen, unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw & səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ Nations.
So I'm now on a temporary layoff as VIVOS fundraises just to survive. Carney promised support of the arts and we'll see soon if that promise is kept, but if you care about media archives, consider donating this 52yr Canadian artist-run-centre and its archive!
www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/136539
www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/136539
www.canadahelps.org
October 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
So I'm now on a temporary layoff as VIVOS fundraises just to survive. Carney promised support of the arts and we'll see soon if that promise is kept, but if you care about media archives, consider donating this 52yr Canadian artist-run-centre and its archive!
www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/136539
www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/136539
Politicians didn't take American liquor off the shelves - citizens demanded it. Canadians aren't just boycotting the US because of your unreasonable tariffs they are boycotting because you are being run by an unstable authoritarian.
Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business
Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.
www.cnn.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Politicians didn't take American liquor off the shelves - citizens demanded it. Canadians aren't just boycotting the US because of your unreasonable tariffs they are boycotting because you are being run by an unstable authoritarian.
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation & Mikisew Cree First Nation recentering the referendum question for Danielle Smith.
Letter dated 30th April 2025
"If you or any Canadian are not happy living on Treaty Lands, they are free to apply for citizenship elsewhere."
👏🏼
Bravo Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation & Mikisew Cree First Nation
#ableg
"If you or any Canadian are not happy living on Treaty Lands, they are free to apply for citizenship elsewhere."
👏🏼
Bravo Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation & Mikisew Cree First Nation
#ableg
October 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation & Mikisew Cree First Nation recentering the referendum question for Danielle Smith.
Cycle tracking next, I presume. What a bunch of scared little White boys.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock, the most popular ICE-tracking app, and other similar apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump's administration.
Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration
www.dailymaverick.co.za
October 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Cycle tracking next, I presume. What a bunch of scared little White boys.
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The Vancouver Queer Film Festival #VQFF is coming up this month with in-person and online programming.
There are also events, talks, and parties with special guests including Vico Ortiz from #OFMD, Lea Delaria (Orange is the New Black) and many more.
There are also events, talks, and parties with special guests including Vico Ortiz from #OFMD, Lea Delaria (Orange is the New Black) and many more.
Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2025
Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) will take place September 11-21, 2025 (online Sept 22-28) with screenings, panels, socials and networking
miss604.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
For Vancouver peeps: Saturday at VIVO:
formscape.art
formscape.art
Formscape Arts Society
Nonprofit arts organization in Vancouver, Canada, connecting Canada and Japan through collaborative art creation and presentation.
formscape.art
September 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
For Vancouver peeps: Saturday at VIVO:
formscape.art
formscape.art
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That was not a woman’s body; it was a prepubescent girl’s body.
September 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
That was not a woman’s body; it was a prepubescent girl’s body.
Such a great initiative! Workers in all industries (and government workers especially) should be doing the same.
AWC solicits your story about the impacts of the Trump Administration on Archives and Archival Workers. Have the dismantling of IMLS, NEH, NPS, & other govt agencies affected you and your institution? Share your story and read submitted stories awefund.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/t....
Survey Launch: Impacts of the Trump Administration on Archives and Archival Workers
Image: Archival Workers Collective – Share your story: Impacts of the Trump Administration on Archives & Archival Workers The Archival Workers Collective (AWC) solicits your story about t…
awefund.wordpress.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Such a great initiative! Workers in all industries (and government workers especially) should be doing the same.
America? Hello? Are any of you out there? You're pretty damn quiet!
“Black woman held against her will by small cabal of racist white men who are demanding she either agree to 24/7 police surveillance, or stay locked up in the chamber.”
Fix your fucking headlines.
#MessWithTexas
#Voices4Victory
Fix your fucking headlines.
#MessWithTexas
#Voices4Victory
August 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
America? Hello? Are any of you out there? You're pretty damn quiet!
July 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Need advice from all my archivist friends:
Compliment?
Or warning?
Compliment?
Or warning?
July 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Need advice from all my archivist friends:
Compliment?
Or warning?
Compliment?
Or warning?
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The reason why so many trans people work in archiving is that we hold an ancestral memory of Magnus Hirschfeld's research being burned.
July 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The reason why so many trans people work in archiving is that we hold an ancestral memory of Magnus Hirschfeld's research being burned.
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Congratulations to our 2025 ACA Awards winners! Pictured here at our ceremony held at #ACA2025 are: Patti Bannister, Elder Albert McLeod, Loryl MacDonald, Gordon Burr, and Lara Wilson. Congratulations to all!
#aca2025 awards winners @archivistsdotca.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Congratulations to our 2025 ACA Awards winners! Pictured here at our ceremony held at #ACA2025 are: Patti Bannister, Elder Albert McLeod, Loryl MacDonald, Gordon Burr, and Lara Wilson. Congratulations to all!
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“I will be conducting my ethnic cleansing operation in the decadent cities that are the stronghold of the disloyal cosmopolitans.”
June 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“I will be conducting my ethnic cleansing operation in the decadent cities that are the stronghold of the disloyal cosmopolitans.”
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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
NDP MP Charlie Angus calls out Trump ahead of G7.
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
Charlie Angus Talks Trump’s Attendance at G7 Summit – June 11, 2025
Former NDP MP Charlie Angus holds a news conference in Ottawa to comment on U.S. President Donald Trump’s expected participation in the upcoming G7 summit in Alberta. (no interpretation)
www.cpac.ca
June 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
NDP MP Charlie Angus calls out Trump ahead of G7.
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
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People need belongings to survive: shelter, medical goods, clothing, food.
We’re suing the City of Vancouver because their cruel bylaws violate the right to life, liberty, and personal security.
These new restrictions are dehumanizing and discriminatory. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/16/v...
We’re suing the City of Vancouver because their cruel bylaws violate the right to life, liberty, and personal security.
These new restrictions are dehumanizing and discriminatory. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/16/v...
Vancouver Park Board issues restrictions on unhoused belongings
Park Board rangers are at a Downtown Eastside park on Friday, enforcing a newly issued restriction that targets unhoused people's belongings.
vancouver.citynews.ca
May 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
People need belongings to survive: shelter, medical goods, clothing, food.
We’re suing the City of Vancouver because their cruel bylaws violate the right to life, liberty, and personal security.
These new restrictions are dehumanizing and discriminatory. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/16/v...
We’re suing the City of Vancouver because their cruel bylaws violate the right to life, liberty, and personal security.
These new restrictions are dehumanizing and discriminatory. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/16/v...
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Letter from the Association of Canadian Archivists to the Hudson's Bay Company CEO concerning auction of culturally and historically important artifacts:
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
Association of Canadian Archivists - Letter of concern for the Historical Material of the Hudson's Bay Company
ORG description
archivists.ca
May 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Letter from the Association of Canadian Archivists to the Hudson's Bay Company CEO concerning auction of culturally and historically important artifacts:
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
True. Thanks for shouting out, Ben!
WATCH: “You’re killing poor kids in Gaza — and paying for it by cutting Medicaid for kids here.”
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen confronted RFK Jr. and Congress in protest.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen confronted RFK Jr. and Congress in protest.
May 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
True. Thanks for shouting out, Ben!
Today we're auctioning off unsold barrel jeans, air fryers, and the 1670 Hudson's Bay Company charter to the highest bidder.
Donald Wright, President of the CHA, has written a letter to Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc. concerning the auctioning of HBC items. #cdnhist #HBC
CHA Letter Concerning the Hudson's Bay Company | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
Donald Wright, President of the CHA, has written a letter to Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc. concerning the auctioning of HBC items. The letter can be read here.
cha-shc.ca
May 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today we're auctioning off unsold barrel jeans, air fryers, and the 1670 Hudson's Bay Company charter to the highest bidder.
CBC reports on the growing number of US conferences opting for hybrid events or relocating to Canada in the wake of CDN's determination to boycott travel south and the risk of crossing the border for some CDN participants. TY for being responsive to CDN concerns! www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S. | CBC News
CBC News has identified several North American-based organizations that have relocated upcoming conferences, either partially or fully, from the U.S. to Canada. Conference organizers said travel conce...
www.cbc.ca
May 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
CBC reports on the growing number of US conferences opting for hybrid events or relocating to Canada in the wake of CDN's determination to boycott travel south and the risk of crossing the border for some CDN participants. TY for being responsive to CDN concerns! www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
So hopeful for this project conceived by Maya Chacaby.Anishinaabe, Beaver Clan from Kaministiquia (Thunder Bay). A cultural learning game that fuses "virtual metaverse technologies and traditional Anishinaabe storytelling practices" towards more meaningful reconciliation.
www.biskaabiiyaang.com
www.biskaabiiyaang.com
Biskaabiiyaang: The Indigenous Metaverse - Home
Biskaabiiyaang (sometimes spelled Biskaabiiyang) fuses virtual metaverse technologies and traditional Anishinaabe storytelling practices. Produced by and in support of Indigenous Peoples, it provides ...
www.biskaabiiyaang.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So hopeful for this project conceived by Maya Chacaby.Anishinaabe, Beaver Clan from Kaministiquia (Thunder Bay). A cultural learning game that fuses "virtual metaverse technologies and traditional Anishinaabe storytelling practices" towards more meaningful reconciliation.
www.biskaabiiyaang.com
www.biskaabiiyaang.com
Great program! It's important to recognize, too, the work of community/arts archives over the last decade+, facilitating artists' creative remediation of archival materials, but definitely none with the budget or scope of records of LAC.
This is so cool! All national archives should take note of this innovative program by Library and Archives Canada.
#archives #library 📚
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#archives #library 📚
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Local artist explores Chinese-Canadian immigration as LAC's new creator in residence | CBC News
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has hired Eric Chan, an Ottawa artist who blends art and technology, as its first creator in residence. Chan's work will dive into the history of Chinese immigration ...
www.cbc.ca
May 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Great program! It's important to recognize, too, the work of community/arts archives over the last decade+, facilitating artists' creative remediation of archival materials, but definitely none with the budget or scope of records of LAC.
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Koyo Kouoh, one of the global art world’s most prominent figures, who had been slated to become the first African woman to curate the Venice Biennale, died on Saturday. She was 57.
Koyo Kouoh, Prominent Art World Figure, Is Dead at 57
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Koyo Kouoh, one of the global art world’s most prominent figures, who had been slated to become the first African woman to curate the Venice Biennale, died on Saturday. She was 57.