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Alison Hearn

@alisonhearn.bsky.social
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Media. Fin/Tech. Capitalism. Selfhood. Higher Ed. Justice. Co-director @starlingcentre.bsky.ca Exhausted but still feisty.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As @jameswsthomson.com noted already, the sheer audacity of Carney to begin his oil pipeline announcement by mentioning a wildfire that almost levelled the town. WHAT IS EXACERBATING THE WILDFIRES MARK???? MARK???
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I know the world is f**ked and there are far bigger issues, but please, when will Taylor Swift go away?? I can’t take much more of the banality…
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tante @tante.cc · 16/09/2026
"I asked everyone I know at the BIG TECH HUMAN CENTIPEDE ROUNDTABLE, and we all agreed that UNCONTROLLABLE SHIT-RAIN IS USEFUL AND GREAT, and that EVERYONE WANTS IT. Also, that it was IN RETROSPECT A GREAT IDEA TO PUT EVERYTHING ON COMPUTERS."
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We Must Create the Shit Machine - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
“For as long as humans have created SHIT with our BODIES AND BUTTS, we have been asking this FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION: What if there were a COMPUTER that could A...
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher ed... are using Flock’s surveillance network.. many campus police departments have facilitated immigration related investigations, even when they are located in sanctuary states and are legally prohibited from doing so" by @torinmonahan.bsky.social
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Flock on campus: university police as appendages of a national policing apparatus
Dangerous new forms of networked surveillance are gaining traction with police departments across the United States. One popular example is Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)...
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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
breachmedia.ca/a-notorious-...
breachmedia.ca
A notorious consulting firm is selling austerity. Canada’s universities are buying ⋆ The Breach
The Nous Group, an Australian consulting firm, has raked in millions for “fixing” universities in financial freefall. Their solution? Corporatization
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hey Mark Carney- how’s that pipeline coming?
globalnews.ca
Toronto’s air quality ranked world’s worst as wildfire smoke settles in | Globalnews.ca
Toronto's skies turned orange Wednesday due to smoke from forest fires in northwestern Ontario that plummeted the city's air quality to the worst in the world.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Canada Day extreme weather brought to you by climate change, which Carney announced yesterday we can’t afford to properly fight 🤗
CBC headline reads: Canada Day activities in Ottawa cancelled due to
'extreme weather,' including fireworks

Torrential rain falls on the capital

By: Gabrielle Huston

Published July 1 at 3:21pmET
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Canada’s AI strategy is all about fossil fuel growth. Of course.
thetyee.ca
Federal Adviser Says Data Centres ‘Provide Markets’ for Gas | The Tyee
Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centres, says internal government document.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Could he crawl any further up Trump’s ass? What an embarrassment.
ctvnews.ca
PM Carney says he’s seen tentative U.S.-Iran peace deal, calls conflict ‘worth it’
After the U.S. and Iran say they’ve reached a tentative deal to end the war, Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling the conflict 'worth it.'
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 07/06/2026
when satire is reality
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
AI: Experts hate it. thewalrus.ca/canada-ai-pl...
thewalrus.ca
Canada Finally Has a National AI Strategy. Experts Hate It | The Walrus
We asked researchers, entrepreneurs, and policy analysts to read the plan so you don’t have to. They found plenty to worry about
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Can confirm.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Good lord. Forget post-truth, we are post-shame.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Pipelines, data centres, axing environmental assessments, replacing the public service with bots, refusing to fund pharmacare and daycare… The evidence is mounting quickly that Mark Carney is a disaster for this country.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 12/05/2026
Mark Carney quoting Marc Andreessen to push data centre projects. This country is in for a rough few years.
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James 🇨🇦 @jemotluk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
“They’re cutting things that affect public safety like Weatheradio and also radar science ..." Nothing says Nation building like cutting things that affect public safety while offering Billionaires tax cuts #cdnpoli
theglobeandmail.com
Environment Canada disbands radar research team amid cuts to weather services
Reductions could hamper Canada’s ability to track severe weather events, experts warn
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Every generation gets the Spadina Expressway fight they deserve. This is ours. Toronto needs to defeat this. Please sign this petition, please share it: win.newmode.net/nojetsto/sav...
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Every day I watch the tech industry build The Boot On the Neck Of Humanity Machine and watch universities say “we are going to sustainably and ethically prepare our students to become innovators in The Boot On The Neck Of Humanity Machine space”
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
No great satirist, critic, filmmaker or writer, not Swift or Atwood, Bunuel or Orwell, could ever, in their most wildest imaginings, ever, come up with a scene as twisted as this…
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
AI’s gonna replace diplomats.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
disjunctionsmag.com/articles/end...
disjunctionsmag.com
The Ends of AI
Sycophancy and psychosis
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
All the world’s a wager and all men and women merely sites of speculation waiting for a pay off…
reuters.com
Prediction market bets on Iran strikes stoke insider trading, ethics scrutiny
Bets on the potential death of Iran's ​Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei drew fresh scrutiny of prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi, and sparked threats from U.S. lawmakers to outlaw ...
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
So much for the “middle power” doctrine. Carney likes it on his knees.
nationalpost.com
Carney says Canada supports U.S. Iran attacks, but doesn't envision combat role
Canada supports the attempt to stop Iran obtaining nuclear weapons and urged Canadians in the country to shelter in place.
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Happy Winter Hump Day to all who celebrate. Feb 15 is officially the Wednesday of winter. Over half way through!
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Life right now: The US has a degenerate, deranged fascist dictator with a nuclear bomb who is sanctioning the murder of his own citizens and extorting his allies for territory, but hey, there’s a sale on at Target!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026
Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 17/01/2026
🤔"Carney to accept Trump’s offer for role on Gaza plan’s ‘Board of Peace’" www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel...
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a cartoon coyote is standing next to a red clock in a forest .
ALT: a cartoon coyote is standing next to a red clock in a forest .
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
America is run by degenerates.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Americans, Please get the off your asses!
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Hey Americans, Renee Good was doing something about your country’s fascism that threatens the whole world. Why won’t you?
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 05/01/2026
We heard that poison is making you sick. You know what you need? A different flavor of poison.
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Twitter and Pinterest founders launch app as antidote to social media
Biz Stone and Evan Sharp raise new funds for ‘Tangle’ as they assess the ‘devastation’ caused by online excess
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
As a Canadian, I’d like to determine my “sphere of influence” and get the demented rogue imperialist off my goddamn doorstep.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The mealy-mouthed responses of Canada, the UK and EU is what imperial domination looks like.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
USA officially shithole country run by dictator.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next. charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
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Venezuela - The Lesson for Canada
Make no mistake, the attack on Venezuela by the Trump regime is not about removing a rogue leader; it is a deliberate attack on international law.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
No country or world leader is safe from this unfettered, demented war criminal…
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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 31/12/2025
Well I never. Imagine my surprise! futurism.com/artificial-i...
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OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Dog names heard at dog park: Irwin, Gary, Alan, Kevin, Donna and Vicki. What the f is happening?
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I made delicious chocolate shortbreads and now I’m screwed….
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
If your organisation still feels the need to start any questioning of AI with "We recognise that AI has huge potential to help with XYZ, but.." then they're still not free of the hype. It's past the time for fake even-handedness, and the AI emperor has no clothes.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Other people are annoying.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Government shutdown indefinitely, a paid private army in the street, masked men kidnapping people and keeping them in concentration camps. Reichstag in slow motion.
usatoday.com
Pentagon accepts anonymous $130 million donation from Trump 'friend' to pay military
The Trump administration has accepted an anonymous $130 million donation that it plans to use to pay military members during the government shutdown.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
"Modern market and economy-driven societies did not become "post-democratic" at some point; their ground plan and architecture have always been defined by the limitations of the scope of popular sovereignty and democracy." Joseph Vogl, Capital and Ressentiment, p. 15
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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Anti antifa=fascist. The president is holding a meeting for fascists.
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Alison Hearn @alisonhearn.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Gee, I wonder what all those troops in the street and ICE goons will be doing come election time?
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