David Kahane
@davidkahane.bsky.social
YEG-based permaculture gardener and political theory prof teaching about climate emotion, mutual aid, anarchism, democracy and systems change. Free Palestine.
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Some quick thoughts on Thomas King's revelations, from a Red River Métis and Critical Indigenous Studies perspective.
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)
“Tribes are not vestiges of the past, but laboratories of the future.” — Vine DeLoria, Jr. (1965), quoted in Wilkins (2018). [alt text: image of a cream and light blue crayfish on…
zoestodd.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Some quick thoughts on Thomas King's revelations, from a Red River Métis and Critical Indigenous Studies perspective.
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
"Hollow-gram Indigeneity and the superficiality of colonial consumption (or: the unbearable flatness of fraud)"
zoestodd.com/2025/11/26/h...
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cuz Canadian spies and law enforcement certainly remember jeff.doctor/blog/canada-...
Canada's (Capital's) Counter-Insurgency Plan
LandBack, CashBack, Databack
jeff.doctor
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
cuz Canadian spies and law enforcement certainly remember jeff.doctor/blog/canada-...
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seems like an important question the media should ask bsky.app/profile/jeff...
hey Canada what happened the last time Canada forced pipelines through Indigenous territories?
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
seems like an important question the media should ask bsky.app/profile/jeff...
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I did my best to not yell about how ridiculous everything is right now and how hard it is to take anything seriously when we're all supposed to bet our future on magic beans
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
The AI hype-machine: Canada’s ill-advised ‘national sprint’ on artificial intelligence
Cynthia Khoo, Jeff Doctor and Hadrian Mertons-Kirkwood discuss the dangers of Canada’s accelerated approach to artificial intelligence.
rabble.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I did my best to not yell about how ridiculous everything is right now and how hard it is to take anything seriously when we're all supposed to bet our future on magic beans
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
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Forced abstinence it’s not the solution and will result in more deaths.
Putting somebody through forced detox who is not seeking treatment or abstinence is akin to torture.
#MBpoli
#Drugsky
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Putting somebody through forced detox who is not seeking treatment or abstinence is akin to torture.
#MBpoli
#Drugsky
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Vulnerable people could 'come out worse' after stay in 72-hour detox facility, advocate says | CBC News
Advocates say the Manitoba government's plan to detain people intoxicated with long-lasting drugs like methamphetamine at a Winnipeg detox facility for up to 72 hours could put marginalized people at ...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Forced abstinence it’s not the solution and will result in more deaths.
Putting somebody through forced detox who is not seeking treatment or abstinence is akin to torture.
#MBpoli
#Drugsky
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Putting somebody through forced detox who is not seeking treatment or abstinence is akin to torture.
#MBpoli
#Drugsky
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Must be controversial to want to expand democratic engagement on a public university’s grounds.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Must be controversial to want to expand democratic engagement on a public university’s grounds.
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And this is why you should NOT be demanding that unions remain "neutral" on divisive or political questions. Your CAUT motion is playing into the hands of those who will silence faculty if they can, including this current excuse for a Board of Governors.
Withdraw your motion!
Withdraw your motion!
Please be advised that the previously scheduled petition tables for this week have been cancelled.
AASUA received notice this morning that the Employer is denying permission for such activities to occur on university property.
aasua.ca/Web/Communic...
AASUA received notice this morning that the Employer is denying permission for such activities to occur on university property.
aasua.ca/Web/Communic...
Employer denies permission for AASUA petition tabling
aasua.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
And this is why you should NOT be demanding that unions remain "neutral" on divisive or political questions. Your CAUT motion is playing into the hands of those who will silence faculty if they can, including this current excuse for a Board of Governors.
Withdraw your motion!
Withdraw your motion!
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I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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DULF winning this challenge could advance people’s liberation so quickly, all the SCS and service closures of the last years to appease police and profiteer tantrums will soon be laughed at as the final bleatings of the drug war in Canada.
But first, funding: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
But first, funding: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
DULF LEGAL AID II - The Final Push
Our fundraising just hit a wall: we keep maxing out our incoming daily e-transfer limit of $50,000. But the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) urgently needs your help to keep the fight for drug user r...
www.zeffy.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
DULF winning this challenge could advance people’s liberation so quickly, all the SCS and service closures of the last years to appease police and profiteer tantrums will soon be laughed at as the final bleatings of the drug war in Canada.
But first, funding: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
But first, funding: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
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"After the SJC filed a defamation suit it was revealed that the 'contractor’ was Adam Dobrer who had actually been Hillel BC’s ‘Lead Advocacy Professional’ for more than a year (July 2022 - Aug 2023). Dobrer’s LinkedIn mentions how part of his role at Hillel BC was to combat antisemitism."
Remember the Hillel BC‘Contractor’ Who Spread “I ❤️ Hamas” Stickers Framing the SJC at UBC? marcowenjones.substack.com/p/remember-t...
Remember the Hillel BC‘Contractor’ Who Spread “I ❤️ Hamas” Stickers Framing the SJC at UBC? Turns Out He Had Been Hillel BC’s Advocacy Officer & President of UBC’s 'Israel on Campus'
A BC Supreme Court ruling reveals how a former Hillel BC advocacy officer orchestrated a deceptive Hamas-smear hoax that triggered threats, fear, and a failed defamation case.
marcowenjones.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"After the SJC filed a defamation suit it was revealed that the 'contractor’ was Adam Dobrer who had actually been Hillel BC’s ‘Lead Advocacy Professional’ for more than a year (July 2022 - Aug 2023). Dobrer’s LinkedIn mentions how part of his role at Hillel BC was to combat antisemitism."
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In this past decade of mass death, there were timid steps in the right direction - at first. But the most coherent, passionate response from the state (and its various apparatus) has been to smash DULF, hire more cops & roll back what little harm reduction we had won.
Breaking: the founders of DULF have been found guilty of three counts of drug trafficking. @michellegamage.bsky.social will have the full story later today thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Trump admin acting like ancestor settlers, traders who refused to give hungry Dakota (denied their hunting lands) supplies in warehouses.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can't Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump's Food Stamp Freeze | Common Dreams
As the Trump administration illegally withholds food assistance from 42 million Americans, it's also telling stores it's against the law for them to provide discounts to those struggling after being r...
www.commondreams.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trump admin acting like ancestor settlers, traders who refused to give hungry Dakota (denied their hunting lands) supplies in warehouses.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
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Please consider signing this in support of Farhana Sultana!
As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Please consider signing this in support of Farhana Sultana!
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Health policy experts say the UCP government's ill-informed and ill-timed policies have created a "perfect storm" for a crisis during this year's inevitable flu and Covid season.
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Health policy experts say the UCP government's ill-informed and ill-timed policies have created a "perfect storm" for a crisis during this year's inevitable flu and Covid season.
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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“Any government that undermines or abandons the project of improving public-school education in the face of difficulty is undermining and abandoning democracy.”
- David King, former Alberta Minister of Education
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
- David King, former Alberta Minister of Education
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Alberta undermining public education — and democracy
Any government that undermines ... the project of improving public school education in the face of difficulty is undermining ... democracy.
edmontonjournal.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Any government that undermines or abandons the project of improving public-school education in the face of difficulty is undermining and abandoning democracy.”
- David King, former Alberta Minister of Education
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
- David King, former Alberta Minister of Education
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Just spitballing here: What if we could get machines that reliably register votes as soon as the ballots are filled out? With hard copies preserved in case of dispute?
UCP, look into it for next time?
#yegvote
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
UCP, look into it for next time?
#yegvote
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Cartmell calls for audit of Edmonton election results after wide variation in ward race’s recount
The runner-up for mayor in Monday’s municipal election says he would like an audit of the results after a discrepancy was found in a recount of ballots in one ward’s race.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just spitballing here: What if we could get machines that reliably register votes as soon as the ballots are filled out? With hard copies preserved in case of dispute?
UCP, look into it for next time?
#yegvote
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
UCP, look into it for next time?
#yegvote
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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Kind of common sense, which UCP lacks.
“If five per cent of Albertans are deterred (by the $100 vaccine fee), that ends up costing all of us taxpayers a significant amount of money. By our estimates, it would exceed $65 million just on hospital costs,”
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
“If five per cent of Albertans are deterred (by the $100 vaccine fee), that ends up costing all of us taxpayers a significant amount of money. By our estimates, it would exceed $65 million just on hospital costs,”
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Free vaccines cheaper than consequences of low vaccination rate: Alberta Medical Association
If saving money is the Alberta government’s priority, the most cost-effective route is distributing the COVID-19 vaccine widely and freely – not charging $100 for it, says the Alberta Medical Associat...
www.ctvnews.ca
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Kind of common sense, which UCP lacks.
“If five per cent of Albertans are deterred (by the $100 vaccine fee), that ends up costing all of us taxpayers a significant amount of money. By our estimates, it would exceed $65 million just on hospital costs,”
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
“If five per cent of Albertans are deterred (by the $100 vaccine fee), that ends up costing all of us taxpayers a significant amount of money. By our estimates, it would exceed $65 million just on hospital costs,”
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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Canadians are not divided by “AI”, as Forbes claims. Once again, the Canadian public is united, correct, and ahead of the Carney government:
According to a new poll by Leger, 85% of Canadians want government regulation for “AI”, not its rapid acceleration with weak laws that don’t get enforced.
According to a new poll by Leger, 85% of Canadians want government regulation for “AI”, not its rapid acceleration with weak laws that don’t get enforced.
Canadian governments should regulate AI, 85% of Canadians say: poll - National | Globalnews.ca
AI is being used by more and more Canadians, but while many say they're comfortable using it, a majority say governments need to regulate it for safety.
globalnews.ca
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Canadians are not divided by “AI”, as Forbes claims. Once again, the Canadian public is united, correct, and ahead of the Carney government:
According to a new poll by Leger, 85% of Canadians want government regulation for “AI”, not its rapid acceleration with weak laws that don’t get enforced.
According to a new poll by Leger, 85% of Canadians want government regulation for “AI”, not its rapid acceleration with weak laws that don’t get enforced.
I retired early from @ualberta.bsky.social out of disgust at how senior administrators and BoG have attacked Palestine solidarity activism and are fleeing accountability for investments in ethnic cleansing and genocide.
@laurieadkin.bsky.social gives a tiny glimpse of how rancid things are.
@laurieadkin.bsky.social gives a tiny glimpse of how rancid things are.
Guest Post (Laurie Adkin, Professor Emerita): Divestment campaigns at the University of Alberta confront an increasingly privatized and securitized university “commons”
Banner at the 17 October 2025 divestment rally at the University of Alberta; Photo by author The University of Alberta executive is not known for its sense of irony, so perhaps it missed entirely t…
artssquared.wordpress.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I retired early from @ualberta.bsky.social out of disgust at how senior administrators and BoG have attacked Palestine solidarity activism and are fleeing accountability for investments in ethnic cleansing and genocide.
@laurieadkin.bsky.social gives a tiny glimpse of how rancid things are.
@laurieadkin.bsky.social gives a tiny glimpse of how rancid things are.
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Well, voting took about an hour longer than normal and instead of learning the results tonight we won’t have any idea who won until late tomorrow — but at least it cost us an extra $1.3 million!
And all to combat voter fraud that categorically does not exist.
Great new system, thanks UCP. #abpoli
And all to combat voter fraud that categorically does not exist.
Great new system, thanks UCP. #abpoli
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Well, voting took about an hour longer than normal and instead of learning the results tonight we won’t have any idea who won until late tomorrow — but at least it cost us an extra $1.3 million!
And all to combat voter fraud that categorically does not exist.
Great new system, thanks UCP. #abpoli
And all to combat voter fraud that categorically does not exist.
Great new system, thanks UCP. #abpoli
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if you're in Alberta and you want your flu and covid shot in 2026 - yes you read that correctly - you have to preorder them right now. So here's the link. go do that. Just in case none of those people get removed from power by then.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
bookvaccine.alberta.ca
October 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
if you're in Alberta and you want your flu and covid shot in 2026 - yes you read that correctly - you have to preorder them right now. So here's the link. go do that. Just in case none of those people get removed from power by then.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
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🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.
This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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bookvaccine.alberta.ca
October 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.
This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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NEW: Unsure of whom to vote for in Edmonton's mayoral election next week? Here's where the six major candidates stand on housing, transit, public safety and taxes.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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Edmonton's 2025 Mayoral Election: A Guide for the Perplexed
Edmonton's vote is happening as part of province-wide civic elections that are the first in decades with political parties and first since 2017 with corporate cash.
open.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
NEW: Unsure of whom to vote for in Edmonton's mayoral election next week? Here's where the six major candidates stand on housing, transit, public safety and taxes.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Excellent new report: "Palestine at Canadian Universities: How Institutional Complicity in Colonial Genocide is Maintained."
A reminder of the enduring shame of institutions like @UAlberta, which invest in genocide and apartheid while clamping down on opposition.
www.institutionalcomplicity.ca
A reminder of the enduring shame of institutions like @UAlberta, which invest in genocide and apartheid while clamping down on opposition.
www.institutionalcomplicity.ca
Palestine at Canadian Universities
www.institutionalcomplicity.ca
October 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Excellent new report: "Palestine at Canadian Universities: How Institutional Complicity in Colonial Genocide is Maintained."
A reminder of the enduring shame of institutions like @UAlberta, which invest in genocide and apartheid while clamping down on opposition.
www.institutionalcomplicity.ca
A reminder of the enduring shame of institutions like @UAlberta, which invest in genocide and apartheid while clamping down on opposition.
www.institutionalcomplicity.ca