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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Check out this issue of The Monitor on AI! (in which I wrote about LLMs and the human)

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Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

On a new 🍎 THE ORCHARD 🍎 Jeremy Appel (@readtheorchard.org) sits down with literary and critical theory scholar and Replay podcast co-host @fritzlechat.bsky.social to unpack the Combatting Hate Act. www.readtheorchard.org/p/unpacking-...

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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My little niece inspired me to wear little scarf headbands and they actually do keep me cooler with my hair a bit more contained.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s most well-known sea turtle conservationist, died of her wounds today after being injured by an Israeli strike I feel sick

MARINE ECOLOGIST MONA
KHALIL HAS PASSED AWAY
AFTER SUSTAINING INJURIES IN AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE

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Rob @robrousseau.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I talked to @readtheorchard.org about what the heck is happening in Alberta, also we check in on some beefing separatist influencers youtu.be/A_6xbfMRSt0

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What the heck is going on in Alberta? ft. Jeremy Appel

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Dr SpookyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Playing with the prompts and the output seeming to get better is your brain attaching to LLMs the narrative of teaching a student. But they don't get any better, they produce functionally identical slop that you've decided to narrate into improvement.

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Rob @robrousseau.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

-Israel detains flotilla activists -detainees are tortured and abused -Ben Gvir shares video of him personally abusing the detainees -Gvir is denounced by Canadian govt -effigy of Ben Gvir hung at protest -widespread moral panic about antisemitism does this seem crazy to you? youtu.be/Gt8p2gmawvA

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PROTESTS, PROPAGANDA & MORAL PANICS

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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 10/06/2026

If a judge who's ex-military can recognize that homeless people have rights, why not Ontario's premier? What Doug Ford should know about encampment residents: pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-ki...

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What Doug Ford Should Know About Encampment Residents

If a judge who is ex-military can recognize that homeless people have rights, why not Ontario's premier?

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Roberta Lexier @robertalexier.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Tomorrow evening, folks! Come join!! I ordered way too much food!!!

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Roberta Lexier @robertalexier.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Toronto and area folks: join me and @fritzlechat.bsky.social for a conversation about student protests!! RSVP at: studentpower.eventbrite.ca

Another Story Bookshops presents the launch of Student Power:Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today by Roberta Lexier with Shama Rangwala.
June 7, 6pm
315 Roncesvalles Ave. RSVP at: http://studentpower.eventbrite.ca/

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Rob @robrousseau.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Toronto police are showing up to harass and intimidate people at pro-Palestine cultural events. I talked to @rdassaly.bsky.social about his new story in @thegrindto.bsky.social about this dangerous escalation and how the media feeds into this climate youtu.be/289Y3e81Nmg

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POLICE, MEDIA, and ANTIZIONISM w/ Richie Assaly

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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Sick for my bday week so I played Red Dead Redemption 1 for the first time and cried at the end. America is truly evil 😭

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Rob @robrousseau.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Full talk here, highly recommend giving it a listen! 👇👇 youtu.be/iIwqavWL42M

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IRAN WAR SIT REP W/ JON ELMER & JUSTIN PODUR

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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 24/02/2026

My latest for PressProgress. Grocery prices have gone up this past year, and some Canadians are having to make some tough choices.

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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 24/02/2026

You: We already have Mamdani at home Eric Mamdani at home:

Zohran Mamdani using a regular shovel to shovel snow

Doug Ford using tiny shovel to shovel snow

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

This is how I felt about his Valhalla thing — so much self hate, trying to cosplay whiteness but always been off.

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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Watching Home Alone 2 for the first time, I t’s deeply fascist and violent and I think you have to turn off a part of yourself to enjoy it, je refuse

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Rob @robrousseau.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

did you know I do a daily livestream? it's true and you should watch it: www.twitch.tv/robrousseau

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Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

On ep82 of the💫HARBINGER SHOWCASE💫 syndicated radio show we bury the NDP w/ @albertaadvantage.bsky.social @fritzlechat.bsky.social + @robrousseau.bsky.social at @unrigged.bsky.social media's June 13 Progressive Publics conference in Calgary. www.spreaker.com/episode/ep82... 🔶

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I’d repeat my “hey academics are you reconsidering research trips and conferences in the US now” but I think we have already consolidated into “yikes yes” and “lol I have nothing to fear” camps.

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Rob @robrousseau.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I talked to author and investigative journalist Seth Harp about his new book The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces. it is an absolutely insane story you should listen and also read the book www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-400-hum...

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Ep. 400: Humble Bragg ft. Seth Harp

Seth Harp's explosive new book explores drug trafficking and murder in the elite Special Forces wing of the US military

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Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Join the 6/13🌾@albertaadvantage.bsky.social🌾live show as @robertalexier.bsky.social @fritzlechat.bsky.social @joelaf.bsky.social @robrousseau.bsky.social @iosegun.bsky.social + @andremarrgoulet.bsky.social celebrate 'The Death and Life of Canadian Socialism' albertaadvantagepod.com/2025/08/14/t...

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Alberta Advantage Podcast @albertaadvantage.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

NEW EP: The Death and Life of Canadian Socialism - Live at the Progressive Publics Symposium feat. @robrousseau.bsky.social @fritzlechat.bsky.social @andremarrgoulet.bsky.social @robertalexier.bsky.social albertaadvantagepod.com/2025/08/14/t...

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 19/07/2025

Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit. It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.

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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Happy to share that as of today I’m an Associate Professor with tenure! Will continue to work in my own small way towards collective liberation and justice for all, from Palestine to Kashmir to Congo to Turtle Island.

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Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

TODAY from 12-5 at Mount-Royal University don't miss Unrigged's 📢PROGRESSIVE PUBLICS📢 Calgary symposium w/ @briarpatchmag.bsky.social @pressprogress.ca @readtheorchard.org @kimsiever.bsky.social @fritzlechat.bsky.social @theprogressreport.ca + more! RSVP at www.eventbrite.ca/e/progressiv... 🔶

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Unrigged @unrigged.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

TODAY from 12-5 at Mount-Royal University don't miss Unrigged's 📢PROGRESSIVE PUBLICS📢 Calgary symposium w/ @pressprogress.ca @readtheorchard.org @kimsiever.bsky.social @fritzlechat.bsky.social @theprogressreport.ca @briarpatchmag.bsky.social + more! RSVP at www.eventbrite.ca/e/progressiv... 🔶

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Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Don't miss the 3rd edition of Unrigged's 📢PROGRESSIVE PUBLICS📢 symposium this Saturday in Calgary w/ @briarpatchmag.bsky.social @pressprogress.ca @fritzlechat.bsky.social + more plus a special live @albertaadvantage.bsky.social recording on Friday! RSVP at www.eventbrite.ca/signin/?refe... 🔶

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I can’t think of a presidency that has done more open and undeniable damage to this country, and the wider world, in such a short space of time, than this one. Shocking, despicable:

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Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine

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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I was really into Radiohead as a teenager but I was also really into reading The Economist so anyway that’s a time of life that one can move past

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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I did not know that Denise Gough is also Yennefer!!!!

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 29/05/2025

Shameful report that breezes past how Saudi Arabia threatened to do a 9/11 on Canada and how the LAVs it bought from Canada were used in Yemen, potentially in violation of international law, while trotting out the trope that the country is making big strides on women’s rights. Give me a break.

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Saudi Arabia is opening up its economy and its society. Why has Canada been so slow to capitalize on that? | CBC News

Donald Trump came to Saudi Arabia earlier this month, with big U.S. business leaders in tow, to embrace Saudi’s young leader, Mohammed bin Salman, and his 2030 plans to reshape its oil economy. As Can...

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

So basically BlueSky is treating "being Palestinian" as a violation of their terms and conditions 😒

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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Rewatched Rogue One after Andor s2 and cried so much when Andor tells Jyn her dad would be proud of her (also Saw!) bc his last utterance is to comfort someone else, but also himself bc he’s thinking of those who raised them being proud and so thinking of MAARVA 😭😭😭

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...

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Trump ambushes South African president in Oval Office with video | CNN

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sat in awkward silence as he listened to a video US President Donald Trump played in the Oval Office. CNN’s Larry Madowo reports that Trump was pushing debunked...

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 21/05/2025

i thought the whole point of electing this guy was that he wasn’t an idiot

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“how many thickles can you eat?” -silas dogood @pants-so-short.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

that place should have BEEN burned down. listen to this revisionist ass history.

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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Just learned the Prauf and Rost are the same voice actor ahhh 😭

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

can someone please build software that disables AI across all applications? i’d pay.

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Terrill Tailfeathers @terrilltf.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Liberals have the nerve to utter “reconciliation”with Indigenous people while expressing solidarity with another colonizing state that’s annihilating a group of humans and erasing them from the face of the earth.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

SCOOP: Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show the Trump admin will now force schools to report international students for broad categories like protests or "antisemitic actions." Comes the same week the Trump admin welcomed a white Afrikaner who once said “Jews are untrustworthy and a dangerous group.”

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SCOOP: Trump Admin Forcing Schools to Report International Students for Protest Activity or 'Antisemitic Actions'

The new requirements are "nudging school officials to be the ‘bad guys’ and give more excuses to terminate student visa records," one school official said.

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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Seeing arguments that AI is beneficial for marginalized groups and I cannot stress enough how we must strongly reject this as lacking material analyses of labour, intellectual production as process, media form and content, etc. Actively dangerous. Pls let’s be serious.

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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Kinderblock to prison pipeline

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Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Sometimes at the store the grape bag will be labelled Autumn Crisp but there will be other green grapes inside like Sweet Globe — fraudulent!!!!

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