Reposted by David JefferessDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project? 15145821297
Reposted by David JefferessConor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It speaks to me to the only coherent plan by the Fed. Govern. being deregulation, privatization, & subsidies for wealthy interests. We saw this at the Canada Investment Summit. That again brings me to the fine print, because that’s where airport privatization was hidden. And it is privatization.canadiandimension.comCarney’s airport privatization is a looming disaster: ‘Highway 407 of the skies’Mark Carney took another giant step in his right-wing crusade Tuesday, announcing a plan to effectively privatize four of Canada’s largest airports. The deal risks becoming “Highway 407 of the skies”:... 1139
Reposted by David JefferessTom Slatter @tomslatter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026One of the most interesting things about this AI stuff is it has helped me learn a lot of people take language other people use much more literally than I realised. Very surprised most people don't immediately think hallucination? I think you mean 'error'. 162
Reposted by David JefferessMiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Lac Simon Chief Lucien Wabanonik says the Novador project was approved without Lac Simon’s consent. Now the community is turning to the courts.aptnnews.caLac Simon First Nation evicts gold mine from its ancestral territoryDrilling on the project stopped weeks ago when Lac Simon issued an eviction notice to Mexican mining company Fresnillo. 003
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ed Sheeran will symbolize so well the ideal of "not taking sides" when he is standing all alone on that giant stage. Hopefully the seats will be empty too. 010
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 07/09/2026In world war I, the UK & Russia invaded NEUTRAL Persia and killed more than 2 million people. In world war II, the UK & USSR invaded NEUTRAL lran. The democratically elected government of Iran was overthrown by the US CIA in 1953, who installed a brutal dictatorship www.canada.ca/en/global-af...canada.caCanada condemns Iran’s destabilizing actions in the Middle EastToday, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, issued this statement: 110
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Dear CBC As Israel has killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza, destroyed all infrastructure, rounded up people in small camps, "removing" Palestinians can never be construed as "voluntary." Lead with the fact that Israel continues to commit war crimes cbc.ca/news/world/d... 000
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Today, CBC is doing nostalgia of imperial wars. According to the synopsis, Canadian troops just "walked into a Taliban killing ground," as if "Operation Medusa" wasn't a an attack by foreign powers (NATO forces including Canada) against the Taliban. cbc.ca/news/politic... 100
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 02/09/2026CBC leads with Iran's "attacks," as if Iran is the aggressor, & presents this as fact, while identifying only "reports" of a deadly strike on a wedding, without identifying who bombed the wedding and who was killed: It was the US who attacked civilians in Iran. 010
Reposted by David JefferessJulia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 10/08/2026there are more than twice as many museum workers in the US than there are coal miners 518090
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 07/08/2026A 40% discount on the digital version of The Humanitarian Fable is available from Routledge until August 15. Use the discount code: THF50 www.routledge.com/The-Humanita...routledge.comThe Humanitarian Fable: Saviorism, Race, and AidThe Humanitarian Fable examines how popular humanitarian communication constructs global poverty as a moral narrative that reinforces unequal power dynamics between the Global North and Global South. ... 000
Reposted by David JefferessSeptima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 31/07/2026Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard put her body on the line to protect students fighting for Gaza & police assaulted her. Instead of protecting her, UC Irvine has stripped her faculty role & her health benefits. Please sign petition, write a letter, signal boost robindgkelley.substack.com/p/in-support...robindgkelley.substack.comIn Support of Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-HerardMost academics in the U.S., as well as activists resisting the genocide in Gaza, are familiar with the case of Professor Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, a renowned Global Studies scholar at the University ... 17661
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 23/07/2026So, a white man (Swiss employee of weapons manufacturer) punches a Palestinian-Canadian woman, yells "I'm a f---ing racist and I'm proud of it", and is given an absolute discharge by the judge, who determines he was not racist but simply "emotional". www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caSwiss man who assaulted protester in Ottawa gets absolute discharge | CBC NewsA Swiss man who pleaded guilty to punching a protester in the face outside an Ottawa defence conference in 2024 was given an absolute discharge Wednesday before exiting the courtroom to angry shouts f... 000
Reposted by David JefferessDavid Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Routledge is currently offering a 40% discount on the digital version of The Humanitarian Fable. Contact me for the promo code! 001
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Routledge is currently offering a 40% discount on the digital version of The Humanitarian Fable. Contact me for the promo code! 001
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"I have personally witnessed this phenomenon, what I term, “neo-racism” across my career as an international development practitioner, both in domestic and international spaces." www.jmb-consulting.co.uk/uncharitable...jmb-consulting.co.ukRacism - a Reality and a Scapegoat. By Themrise Khan — JMB ConsultingIn the non-profit sector, in which I include foreign aid and philanthropy, race has become a tool to both subjugate and gain power. I say this as a Brown woman from the Global South who has spe... 000
Reposted by David JefferessThe New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 10/07/2026📝 "Humanitarianism has become a brand and every brand needs a narrative." Themrise Khan, researcher, writer, and analyst, shares a critical view of the current narrative tropes utilised within the aid sector. 🔗 Read the full piece here: bit.ly/4eOPcS4thenewhumanitarian.orgThe curse of the humanitarian narrativeUsing narratives to communicate in the humanitarian and development space is particularly problematic. Here’s why. 031
Reposted by David JefferessDavid Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Chapter 5 - Saviourism, Post-Racialism, Modernity This chapter examines how humanitarianism functions as a signature of modernity. In order to shed the stigma of white saviourism, the aid industry reinforces the idea that humanitarianism models an ethic of colour-blindness.⬇️ bsky.app/profile/djef... 101
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Chapter 5 - Saviourism, Post-Racialism, Modernity This chapter examines how humanitarianism functions as a signature of modernity. In order to shed the stigma of white saviourism, the aid industry reinforces the idea that humanitarianism models an ethic of colour-blindness.⬇️ bsky.app/profile/djef... 101
Reposted by David JefferessEiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Queens University hosting, not just guests from a genocidal apartheid state, but guests who are sexual predators too 35622
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Much gratitude to Themrise Khan for engaging with my recent book, The Humanitarian Fable, addressing some of my arguments in relation to the current calls for a 'humanitarian reset.' Please check out her article in The New Humanitarian. 000
Reposted by David JefferessCory @booksareneat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This turned into a magnet for entitled Americans looking to excuse their nationalism. It's really pathetic, their country is the number one exporter of misery around the globe and yet they feel zero responsibility to do anything about it. "What do you want us to do about it?" Anything! 2408
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Chapter 4 - The Burden of Benevolence By constructing poverty as a moral problem, the humanitarian fable teaches that inequality is not the result of racial capitalism, trade, debt, etc., but the North’s failure to provide sufficient, effective aid. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/djef... 100
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 18/06/2026For more on Patrice Lumumba, who Mboladinga is honouring, read: If you are intrigued by what Mboladinga is doing, read this brief introduction to Patrice Lumumba. africasacountry.com/2017/01/patr...africasacountry.comPatrice Lumumba (1925–1961)"Africa will write its own history and in both north and south it will be a history of glory and dignity" (Lumumba, 1960) 000
Reposted by David JefferessAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 17/06/2026Prime Minister Carney says the war in Iran was "worth it". I want to know who he thinks it was worth it for. 59898302
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 14/06/2026"Freddy" is the epitome of how sportswashing is taken up popularly. 000
Reposted by David JefferessRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 11/06/2026There's an organized effort to make a racist movement mainstream in Canadian politics. That's why experts were so concerned to hear the pro-mass deportation group's leader attended one of Canada's largest Conservative conferences. In my latest piece for @thetyee.ca, I dig into this rising problem: 728284
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"‘They used dogs’: New Al Jazeera film exposes Israel’s use of rape in jails Former detainees detail systematic torture and sexual violence, including rape, while in Israeli custody." www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/...aljazeera.com‘They used dogs’: New Al Jazeera film exposes Israel’s use of rape in jailsFormer detainees detail systematic torture and sexual violence, including rape, while in Israeli custody. 000
Reposted by David JefferessDavid Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Chapter 3 - The Humanitarian Informant This chapter argues that humanitarianism asserts the authority not just to speak of/for suffering others, but in place of the sufferer. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/djef... 101
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Chapter 3 - The Humanitarian Informant This chapter argues that humanitarianism asserts the authority not just to speak of/for suffering others, but in place of the sufferer. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/djef... 101
Reposted by David JefferessT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Carney wants to test the use of AI in profiling prisoners. Our legal system is already biased against Indigenous and Black people. This will not go well at all because AI is already biased and only reinforces biases. www.propublica.org/article/mach...propublica.orgMachine BiasThere’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks. 45626
Reposted by David JefferessJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 09/06/2026+ Queer kids in small towns find community on social media. Kids in abusive homes escape on social media. What we need is social media literacy starting with parents & working their way down. We need more 3rd spaces. We need investments in community. We need addiction services for all - even youth 19120
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 09/06/2026There were SO many reasons to critique We Charity/Me to We & the Kielburger brothers, but Brown had to make things up. Bloomberg documented many shady elements of the enterprise, and I highlighted in multiple venues how WE Charity reinforces a colonial ideal of white benevolence 010
Reposted by David JefferessKing Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026It bugs me to think that now that my article is published, it will be vacuumed up by AI and spit out again in a way that makes it seem like AI has absorbed and understood the new knowledge I created, with no credit, attribution, or compensation. 812513
Reposted by David JefferessT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 05/06/2026129. Stop pushing AI for everything while ignoring the enormous environmental costs. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/04/n...nationalobserver.comCanada’s AI strategy includes no new protections for water or climateA single box in the 49-page document is dedicated to the environmental impacts of AI. It acknowledges that AI data centres require a lot of energy and increase water usage, but does not propose any ne... 1289
Reposted by David JefferessT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 26/02/202679. Stop pushing to make Canada a major arms dealer to the world, and definitely stop selling weapons to the US. www.readthemaple.com/the-crown-co...readthemaple.comThe Crown Corporation Quietly Promoting Military Exports To The U.S.“This is just business as usual, despite the international geopolitical arrangement seemingly dismantling in front of us.” 1344
Reposted by David JefferessAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/06/20261/ The Liberal government might as well have called its AI strategy “All in for AI”. This is a document that's heavy on hype, but light on the right guardrails that we need to protect people – and to ensure that the benefits of the technology don’t just flow to a handful of tech giants & investors. 12544206
Reposted by David JefferessAlex Cosh @alex.readthemaple.com · 03/06/2026NEW: The Carney government has confirmed it is spending $2.6 billion on a missile system that the US has used extensively in its war of aggression against Iran. The deal signals Canada’s continued military integration with the US. www.readthemaple.com/canada-spend...readthemaple.comCanada Spending $2.6 Billion On U.S. Missile System Used To Bomb IranThe Department of National Defence said it finalized a deal with the U.S. to acquire 26 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers. 95962
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Chapter 2–The Image of the Global Poor This chapter examines the way the aid industry represents the global poor, historicizing the viral Radi-Aid social media campaign that seemed to challenge the stereotypes produced within development NGO marketing.⬇️ bsky.app/profile/djef... 130
Reposted by David JefferessThe Breach @breachmedia.ca · 22/05/2026The Pentagon is buying “unprecedented” ownership stakes in Canadian mining companies. Nessie Nankivell tracks how Canada’s critical minerals are being extracted to build weapons for the U.S. military—all while the Canadian government is helping fund these projects. breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...breachmedia.caElbows up? Canada is letting Pentagon take ‘unprecedented’ stakes in Canadian mines ⋆ The BreachBy fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry 9186155
Reposted by David JefferessTyler Shipley @shipster.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Should be the obvious move, but most postsecondary institutions are run by bankers whose friends in the tech industry need their shit to be bought by big colleges so that they can promise their shareholders that "AI" sells when, in fact, most people either actively hate it or have no real use for it 0397
David Jefferess @djefferess.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I'm attending a @world-beyond-war.bsky.social event: Online Discussion: End the 500-Year War Against Africa Now! June 5, 2026, 7:00 PM CEST. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/end-w...actionnetwork.orgOnline Discussion: End the 500-Year War Against Africa Now!From Pope Nicholas authorization of conquest in the 15th century to present-day geopolitical dynamics, this event questions whether domination over Africa has truly ended or simply changed form. It ex... 001
Reposted by David JefferessBrendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · 21/05/2026We need more universities to make definitive statements about scholarship in this time of AI. Universities are a place to engage deeply in the process of *how* to think about complex topics, not find shortcuts in the name of 'productivity' 0226
Reposted by David JefferessSandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Thank you to @themrise.bsky.social for reviewing the SAGE Handbook of Decolonial Theory for LSE Review of Books. It is the first review of our handbook. We appreciate Themrise Khan's generosity in making our work visible & remain committed to decolonial thinking in all its complexity. Check it out👇🏽 1189
Reposted by David JefferessFrances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 18/05/2026canadians: don't forget to leave tea and biscuits out for queen victoria tonight 423649
Reposted by David JefferessNegro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Canada plans to establish a new bank to finance the global arms trade In our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast, I speak with Rachel Small of @wbwcanada.bsky.social about the prospect of our economy being further tied to weapons and war breachmedia.ca/by-hosting-a...breachmedia.caBy hosting a global weapons bank, Carney is setting up Canada for war profiteering ⋆ The BreachOrganizer Rachel Small explains how NATO-aligned bank will make Canada’s economy reliant on endless war 02316
Reposted by David JefferessGeoff Dembicki @geoffdembicki.bsky.social · 13/05/2026SCOOP: Behind closed doors at a high-level Christian event in Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith said that a new oil pipeline to the BC coast would align with the teachings of Jesus. Read the exclusive story from @marylouisestuart.bsky.social and I in @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/05/13/o...desmog.comOil Pipelines Align With Jesus, Danielle Smith Tells Christian LeadersBuilding a new oil pipeline to the west coast of Canada is consistent with the teachings of Jesus, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a gathering of Christian leaders and organizations from across th... 80233141
Reposted by David JefferessScott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 15/05/202633. In a major victory for the Palestine solidarity movement, the Canadian Labour Congress votes to cut ties with the Histradut and take various other measures in support of the Palestinian people. www.labourforpalestine.com/statements/h... #MovementWins2026labourforpalestine.comHistoric win for Hot Cargo on Israel — Labour 4 PalestineCLC votes to cut ties with the Histadrut At the beginning of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) convention earlier this week, democratic debate was blocked on a resolution to declare all Israeli goo... 141