Cosmo Guffa
@cosmo-guffa.bsky.social
Settler of Kitchener, ON. Web developer nerding on cooperatives and tech 🤓 Geometric Lanterns via Playful Geometer 🌟 Big Tech data theft @ KW Events Radar 📣 Supporter of various progressive initiatives ✊ Music makes me dance 🪭🏳️🌈
Wonder if they're dealing cop costumes to right-wing militias 🤔 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toronto cop arrested in corruption probe trafficked uniforms, mishandled police firearm: court documents | CBC News
One of the Toronto police officers charged in a sweeping corruption probe last week is alleged to have trafficked police uniforms and mishandled a police-issued firearm, court documents allege.
www.cbc.ca
February 11, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Wonder if they're dealing cop costumes to right-wing militias 🤔 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Coming up on Feb 18th, an info session about the foundations course/grant for indie game studios' incubation babyghosts.org/info-session
Baby Ghosts
Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.
babyghosts.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Coming up on Feb 18th, an info session about the foundations course/grant for indie game studios' incubation babyghosts.org/info-session
What does social infrastructure look like for the socially dispossessed?
January 29, 2026 at 5:19 AM
What does social infrastructure look like for the socially dispossessed?
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This isn’t just “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation for Propaganda
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a photo of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of three activists who had entered a St. Paul, Minn. church to confront a pastor who
www.eff.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:39 PM
This isn’t just “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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The warnings highlight just how bad of an operational security screwup Flock's info sharing design was. It also shows how cops see themselves as being consistently under threat from the people it is supposed to protect. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
www.404media.co/police-told-...
www.404media.co/police-told-...
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The warnings highlight just how bad of an operational security screwup Flock's info sharing design was. It also shows how cops see themselves as being consistently under threat from the people it is supposed to protect. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
www.404media.co/police-told-...
www.404media.co/police-told-...
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You can help support EFF tools like Privacy Badger, Certbot, and Rayhunter by becoming a member of EFF today! eff.org/join
Defend Privacy and Free Speech
Don’t let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back.
supporters.eff.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:58 PM
You can help support EFF tools like Privacy Badger, Certbot, and Rayhunter by becoming a member of EFF today! eff.org/join
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I've reached out to all Canadian companies listed here to ask if they intend to continue working with ICE:
Hootsuite
Roshel
Garda
Jim Pattison Developments
I've also reached out to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social's team for comment on export permits for Canadian sale of armoured vehicles to ICE.
Hootsuite
Roshel
Garda
Jim Pattison Developments
I've also reached out to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social's team for comment on export permits for Canadian sale of armoured vehicles to ICE.
Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I've reached out to all Canadian companies listed here to ask if they intend to continue working with ICE:
Hootsuite
Roshel
Garda
Jim Pattison Developments
I've also reached out to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social's team for comment on export permits for Canadian sale of armoured vehicles to ICE.
Hootsuite
Roshel
Garda
Jim Pattison Developments
I've also reached out to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social's team for comment on export permits for Canadian sale of armoured vehicles to ICE.
"In 2024, Cohere [got from the Fed] $240M for a $725 million data centre in Cambridge, Ontario... Cohere’s tech itself may have been built using questionable practices ... media companies allege that Cohere’s systems created hallucinations: fake articles that were attributed to the publishers"
Cohere, which is tightly integrated with Palantir. And it’s funded directly by our federal government.
thewalrus.ca/cohere-is-ca...
thewalrus.ca/cohere-is-ca...
Cohere Is Canada’s Biggest AI Hope. Why Is It So American? | The Walrus
The company touts homegrown roots but leans on US hardware and partners
thewalrus.ca
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 PM
"In 2024, Cohere [got from the Fed] $240M for a $725 million data centre in Cambridge, Ontario... Cohere’s tech itself may have been built using questionable practices ... media companies allege that Cohere’s systems created hallucinations: fake articles that were attributed to the publishers"
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Absolutely reprehensible for CPP to be investing in this.
In 2019, I was part of a campaign to pressure CPP to divest from American for-profit prison company GEO group due to their abuses with ICE. We won. It's time to put that pressure on again. We must not be complicit with fascism.
In 2019, I was part of a campaign to pressure CPP to divest from American for-profit prison company GEO group due to their abuses with ICE. We won. It's time to put that pressure on again. We must not be complicit with fascism.
A grim day to note that Canada Pension Plan Investments has ~$264M in PALANTIR, which is enabling muderous ICE + its horrific terror campaign. Pensions will be useless if brownshirt billionaires kill democracy!!! (see👆post re BCI)
Latest CPP inventory is here: www.cppinvestments.com/wp-content/u...
Latest CPP inventory is here: www.cppinvestments.com/wp-content/u...
The Tech CEO ‘Making No Apologies for the Work With ICE’
A conversation with an author who had a six-year-long window into the most interesting MAGA conversion in Silicon Valley.
www.politico.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Absolutely reprehensible for CPP to be investing in this.
In 2019, I was part of a campaign to pressure CPP to divest from American for-profit prison company GEO group due to their abuses with ICE. We won. It's time to put that pressure on again. We must not be complicit with fascism.
In 2019, I was part of a campaign to pressure CPP to divest from American for-profit prison company GEO group due to their abuses with ICE. We won. It's time to put that pressure on again. We must not be complicit with fascism.
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ICE has spent hundreds of millions on surveillance. Some technologists are building tools to find it, map it, and push back. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE
A few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology.
www.eff.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
ICE has spent hundreds of millions on surveillance. Some technologists are building tools to find it, map it, and push back. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Y'all I mean it when I say -- if you are CANADIAN join the NDP now now now and get behind Avi's fabulous campaign. time is of the essence.
How thrilling to be endorsed by a group of authors whose work goes so wide and deep - into the past and future, into ourselves and societies.
We need art and culture in our politics! These storytellers help us understand and imagine the world we need to build together.
Join us: avilewis.link/join
We need art and culture in our politics! These storytellers help us understand and imagine the world we need to build together.
Join us: avilewis.link/join
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Y'all I mean it when I say -- if you are CANADIAN join the NDP now now now and get behind Avi's fabulous campaign. time is of the essence.
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When I titled my book "Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone" I really did not anticipate how hard that phrase would eventually hit.
November 14, 2024 at 2:28 AM
When I titled my book "Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone" I really did not anticipate how hard that phrase would eventually hit.
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The NDP leadership race is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the party into an unapologetically left-wing force.
Martin Lukacs argues that Avi Lewis’s campaign is the best chance to do that. breachmedia.ca/the-left-cas...
Martin Lukacs argues that Avi Lewis’s campaign is the best chance to do that. breachmedia.ca/the-left-cas...
The left case for joining the NDP—and voting for Avi Lewis ⋆ The Breach
The leadership race is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the party
breachmedia.ca
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The NDP leadership race is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the party into an unapologetically left-wing force.
Martin Lukacs argues that Avi Lewis’s campaign is the best chance to do that. breachmedia.ca/the-left-cas...
Martin Lukacs argues that Avi Lewis’s campaign is the best chance to do that. breachmedia.ca/the-left-cas...
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If you have bought anything from Canada Computers in the last 1-2 months your Credit Card has been compromised. They had a skimmer on their website during that time. It just got removed today. It's yet to have been reported on.
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 AM
If you have bought anything from Canada Computers in the last 1-2 months your Credit Card has been compromised. They had a skimmer on their website during that time. It just got removed today. It's yet to have been reported on.
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Economic strike in Minnesota to protest against ICE: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’
Economic strike in Minnesota to protest against ICE: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’
Organizers demand ICE leave state and agency be investigated for constitutional violations
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ICE protests – live updates
A “no work, no school, no shopping” blackout day of protest was kicked off by community leaders, faith leaders and labor unions on Friday in protest against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surge in the state.
The “Day of Truth & Freedom” protest comes in the wake of the killing of Renee Good, the unarmed woman killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this month. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Economic strike in Minnesota to protest against ICE: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’
Enough with the nonsense moral panic around social media! youtube.com/watch?v=2yVJ...
The New Satanic Panic Is Here
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Enough with the nonsense moral panic around social media! youtube.com/watch?v=2yVJ...
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On a new 👁️🗨️ @redeyeradio.bsky.social 👁️🗨️ @thenarwhal.ca editor in chief Carol Linnett talks about journalist @amberbracken.bsky.social's 2021 arrest on Wet’suwet’en territory and why they're taking the RCMP to court to defend press freedom beginning this week.
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/red... 🔶
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/red... 🔶
Narwhal lawsuit against RCMP over arrest of journalist, in court Jan 12
00:16:03 - In 2021, Amber Bracken, a freelance photojournalist on assignment for the Narwhal, was arrested by the RCMP on Wet’suwet’en territory and held in ja…
www.listennotes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
On a new 👁️🗨️ @redeyeradio.bsky.social 👁️🗨️ @thenarwhal.ca editor in chief Carol Linnett talks about journalist @amberbracken.bsky.social's 2021 arrest on Wet’suwet’en territory and why they're taking the RCMP to court to defend press freedom beginning this week.
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/red... 🔶
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/red... 🔶
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ICE is using hexachloroethane gas on protesters. It is banned as a lethal chemical asphyxiation agent by the Geneva Convention, but the trump administration has been using it on civilians and argued that a “foreign convention” doesn’t apply to US citizens.
January 15, 2026 at 6:07 AM
ICE is using hexachloroethane gas on protesters. It is banned as a lethal chemical asphyxiation agent by the Geneva Convention, but the trump administration has been using it on civilians and argued that a “foreign convention” doesn’t apply to US citizens.
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The murder of Renee Good by ICE is an atrocity that must face justice. Thankfully, accurate and clear video footage shows that this was a cold-blooded murder. This iteration of the print pays homage to that.
January 8, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The murder of Renee Good by ICE is an atrocity that must face justice. Thankfully, accurate and clear video footage shows that this was a cold-blooded murder. This iteration of the print pays homage to that.
I'm mostly with Ed when it comes to the AI hype. However, as someone who likes designing software more than I like writing it, I have to admit that vibe-coding has been pretty good for me 🤷 www.wheresyoured.at
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
The Words of Ed Zitron, a PR person and writer.
www.wheresyoured.at
January 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I'm mostly with Ed when it comes to the AI hype. However, as someone who likes designing software more than I like writing it, I have to admit that vibe-coding has been pretty good for me 🤷 www.wheresyoured.at
The cooperative technology community has gotten me taking another look at the Fediverse. Been skeptical for a while about ActivityPub for lack of moderation mechanisms, but that's a consequence of decentralization. Having an identity tied to one server seems to contradict the principle, though 🤨
January 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The cooperative technology community has gotten me taking another look at the Fediverse. Been skeptical for a while about ActivityPub for lack of moderation mechanisms, but that's a consequence of decentralization. Having an identity tied to one server seems to contradict the principle, though 🤨
Today at @civictechto.bsky.social I learned about the positive impact that structured web data can have on the promotion of the arts: www.artsdata.ca/en/news/impa...
The Measurable Impact of Structured Data for the Discoverability of the Performing Arts - Artsdata
Adding structured data to event pages has a quantifiable impact on both search engine results pages and the resulting web traffic.
www.artsdata.ca
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Today at @civictechto.bsky.social I learned about the positive impact that structured web data can have on the promotion of the arts: www.artsdata.ca/en/news/impa...