Skylee-Storm
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This is insulting to everyone who took time and care to submit input to ISED's consultation, probably at the expense of other priorities given the forced urgency. To reverse that quote on reading genAI writing: why should we bother to write when the government can't even be bothered to read?
Canada did a consultation on a new national AI strategy, formed an expert task force to write 32 reports, then used AI to analyze the responses & reports. The result is a summary that strings together 100s of vague action items & flattens nuance and policy trade-offs into false consensus
February 4, 2026 at 10:47 PM
This is insulting to everyone who took time and care to submit input to ISED's consultation, probably at the expense of other priorities given the forced urgency. To reverse that quote on reading genAI writing: why should we bother to write when the government can't even be bothered to read?
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"'Dix said bids will be assessed on criteria, including data sovereignty, environmental benefits, First Nations participation and price, to ensure “power is directed to industries that provide the greatest benefit.'" 👀
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AI, data centre companies will have to compete for electricity in B.C. | CBC News
Prospective data centres and artificial intelligence (AI) companies in B.C. will have to compete for electricity from B.C. Hydro under new provincial legislation.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
"'Dix said bids will be assessed on criteria, including data sovereignty, environmental benefits, First Nations participation and price, to ensure “power is directed to industries that provide the greatest benefit.'" 👀
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In case anyone had any misconceptions that Canada is somehow better than the US. Whenever I hear #ElbowsUp, I automatically classify that person as Maple MAGA. ‘Canada’ is an active participant and beneficiary of US class war colonialism, including the tech sector.
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Canadians Cash In While America Burns – The Rover
It’s easy to sit in judgement of the U.S., but Canada has enabled, and even profited from, the rise of American fascism.
therover.ca
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
In case anyone had any misconceptions that Canada is somehow better than the US. Whenever I hear #ElbowsUp, I automatically classify that person as Maple MAGA. ‘Canada’ is an active participant and beneficiary of US class war colonialism, including the tech sector.
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Please, do say more about how land settlers came to 500 years ago isn’t actually theirs.
January 11, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Please, do say more about how land settlers came to 500 years ago isn’t actually theirs.
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ICE just reported its fourth in-custody death of 2026. It’s only January 10.
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
ICE just reported its fourth in-custody death of 2026. It’s only January 10.
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Don't argue with the idiots who are all SHE TRIED TO HIT HIM WITH HER CAR just send them this
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fJdRTL/
Frame by frame.
They already know, but you can't argue with hard evidence.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fJdRTL/
Frame by frame.
They already know, but you can't argue with hard evidence.
1/7 Frame by frame. ICE officer’s feet were beside the car (not in front) for all 3 shots. Alt angle also shows why she was waving ICE to go past her. (Views expressed here are my opinion) #news #brea...
TikTok video by Brenna Pérez
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January 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Don't argue with the idiots who are all SHE TRIED TO HIT HIM WITH HER CAR just send them this
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fJdRTL/
Frame by frame.
They already know, but you can't argue with hard evidence.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fJdRTL/
Frame by frame.
They already know, but you can't argue with hard evidence.
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None of my to-do list items include scrolling the feed but I am nonetheless finding it difficult to ignore Events.
January 8, 2026 at 8:51 PM
None of my to-do list items include scrolling the feed but I am nonetheless finding it difficult to ignore Events.
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If you are a journalist and you're reporting on official statements, you have an ethical responsibility to note that these people are liars who lie about everything. You are morally and ethically bound to detail the times they have lied when you report on their current claims.
January 8, 2026 at 6:11 AM
If you are a journalist and you're reporting on official statements, you have an ethical responsibility to note that these people are liars who lie about everything. You are morally and ethically bound to detail the times they have lied when you report on their current claims.
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ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
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The ICE murder of Renee Good and the failure of any cessation of the Grok CSAM and nonconsensual image generation are part of the same broader story about the establishment of elite impunity for transgressing all moral boundaries of a humanist civil society with individual rights
January 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The ICE murder of Renee Good and the failure of any cessation of the Grok CSAM and nonconsensual image generation are part of the same broader story about the establishment of elite impunity for transgressing all moral boundaries of a humanist civil society with individual rights
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It has also become routine, unfortunately, for law enforcement to use passive voice and reflexively claim that an officer was acting in “self defense” after law enforcement shoots someone, regardless of the circumstances.
404 Media's latest: DHS Is Lying To You
404 Media's latest: DHS Is Lying To You
DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
It has also become routine, unfortunately, for law enforcement to use passive voice and reflexively claim that an officer was acting in “self defense” after law enforcement shoots someone, regardless of the circumstances.
404 Media's latest: DHS Is Lying To You
404 Media's latest: DHS Is Lying To You
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"Canada is one of Palantir's top funders."
"Public Sector Pension Investment Board and the Canadian Pension Plan are major shareholders."
"[I]ncentive for governments to look the other way. Jeopardize oversight? That might hurt pension returns."
#Ontario #Canada #Surveillance #Technology #Policing
"Public Sector Pension Investment Board and the Canadian Pension Plan are major shareholders."
"[I]ncentive for governments to look the other way. Jeopardize oversight? That might hurt pension returns."
#Ontario #Canada #Surveillance #Technology #Policing
When a company names itself after a mythical foreboding object — take it as a warning
Peter Thiel's Palantir borrowed its name from The Lord of the Rings, and two decades later, it's living up to the metaphor by quietly embedding itself in the machinery of government.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Canada is one of Palantir's top funders."
"Public Sector Pension Investment Board and the Canadian Pension Plan are major shareholders."
"[I]ncentive for governments to look the other way. Jeopardize oversight? That might hurt pension returns."
#Ontario #Canada #Surveillance #Technology #Policing
"Public Sector Pension Investment Board and the Canadian Pension Plan are major shareholders."
"[I]ncentive for governments to look the other way. Jeopardize oversight? That might hurt pension returns."
#Ontario #Canada #Surveillance #Technology #Policing
Hash-tag Reconciliation™️ brought to you by Meta.
December 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Hash-tag Reconciliation™️ brought to you by Meta.
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The media really will treat LLMs as human before they give trans people the same courtesy
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The media really will treat LLMs as human before they give trans people the same courtesy
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Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
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Canadian sovereignty tho
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
How investigating Indigenous activists became a CSIS priority for at least a decade | CBC News
Canada's spies subjected Indigenous activists to a series of “Native extremism” investigations for at least a decade beginning in 1988, in what internal documents show was a countrywide surveillance p...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Canadian sovereignty tho
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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So many harms have already emerged from reckless and oppressive uses of AI, with such wide-ranging & far-reaching consequences, to so many groups of people, that it seems almost impossible to document them all. But we tried, in this open letter to Minister Solomon: bccla.org/policy-submi... (1/x)
OPEN LETTER to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation from civil society organizations and individuals opposing "National Sprint" consultation on AI strategy - BC Civil Liberti...
The Honourable Mélanie JolyMinister of IndustryHouse of CommonsOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A6 The Honourable Evan SolomonMinister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital InnovationHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontar...
bccla.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So many harms have already emerged from reckless and oppressive uses of AI, with such wide-ranging & far-reaching consequences, to so many groups of people, that it seems almost impossible to document them all. But we tried, in this open letter to Minister Solomon: bccla.org/policy-submi... (1/x)
This morning, while I was walking to work, I saw a federal worker outside their office building, and they lit their cigarette with another cigarette.
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This morning, while I was walking to work, I saw a federal worker outside their office building, and they lit their cigarette with another cigarette.
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so guess we're just supposed to go die or something
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And there's the same freeze in Indigenous services. So a 10% cut once you factor in population growth.
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
so guess we're just supposed to go die or something
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Look at this, every year infrastructure spending for non-Native communities goes up, and at the same time spending for First Nations infrastructure goes down.
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Look at this, every year infrastructure spending for non-Native communities goes up, and at the same time spending for First Nations infrastructure goes down.
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Bill C-9: "taken together the changes in Canadian law proposed in Bill C-9 will open wide the floodgates for litigation – and will effectively kill freedom of expression in the public square."
example: getting arrested cuz you say genocide is bad... (like in the U.K.)
pacc-ccap.ca/combination-...
example: getting arrested cuz you say genocide is bad... (like in the U.K.)
pacc-ccap.ca/combination-...
Combination of legislative bills strips away Canadians’ rights — Privacy and Access Council of Canada
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October 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Bill C-9: "taken together the changes in Canadian law proposed in Bill C-9 will open wide the floodgates for litigation – and will effectively kill freedom of expression in the public square."
example: getting arrested cuz you say genocide is bad... (like in the U.K.)
pacc-ccap.ca/combination-...
example: getting arrested cuz you say genocide is bad... (like in the U.K.)
pacc-ccap.ca/combination-...
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How can these land defenders be found guilty of contempt when they were on land under Wet’suwet’en jurisdiction?
The absurdity of “community service” being handed to 3 people who’s entire lives have been in service to their people.
May this entire colonial racist system burn to the ground.
The absurdity of “community service” being handed to 3 people who’s entire lives have been in service to their people.
May this entire colonial racist system burn to the ground.
“What does it say to Canadians, to international observers and to Indigenous people, that victims of this hideous racism will be sent to jail to serve further time, notwithstanding this misconduct.”
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
'We are the land,' Wet'suwet'wen leader tells B.C. court at blockade sentencing | CBC News
A Wet’suwet’en leader convicted after blocking work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline addressed a B.C. Supreme Court at the end of sentencing arguments on Thursday, telling the judge her land "has never...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
How can these land defenders be found guilty of contempt when they were on land under Wet’suwet’en jurisdiction?
The absurdity of “community service” being handed to 3 people who’s entire lives have been in service to their people.
May this entire colonial racist system burn to the ground.
The absurdity of “community service” being handed to 3 people who’s entire lives have been in service to their people.
May this entire colonial racist system burn to the ground.
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Critical to mobilizing “AI” resistance is understanding that corporations now know that the marketing term “AI,” is becoming toxic. That doesn’t mean they’re going to halt their data extraction & prediction business. It just means they’re getting sneakier about how they’re punching it into products.
October 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Critical to mobilizing “AI” resistance is understanding that corporations now know that the marketing term “AI,” is becoming toxic. That doesn’t mean they’re going to halt their data extraction & prediction business. It just means they’re getting sneakier about how they’re punching it into products.
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oh jeez i wonder why they aren't invited to the meeting that's about how to continue stealing their land www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Indigenous leaders ‘not allowed’ to fully partake in ministers’ meeting on public safety, says national chief | CBC News
The head of the Assembly of First Nations says she’s disappointed Indigenous leaders aren’t allowed to fully participate in this week’s first ministers’ meeting on public safety. Instead, Indigenous p...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
oh jeez i wonder why they aren't invited to the meeting that's about how to continue stealing their land www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...