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Grant Neufeld

@grantzero.bsky.social
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😷 Social & environmental justice. Software development (apps & web systems, Swift, Ruby, accessibility, data modeling, workflow). Treaty 7 resident in Mohkinstis (territory which the settler nation “Canada” claims). he/they linktr.ee/grantzero

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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 18h
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Elizabeth May @elizabethemay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What happened at Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc is beyond disturbing. A masked group arrived on the Nation’s land displaying hateful signs targeting the children who never came home from residential schools. There must be a full investigation to hold those responsible accountable.
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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve compiled some, very rough, notes and thoughts on numerous issues with the rise of LLMs, and the oligarchs controlling them: gitlab.com/-/snippets/6... #LLM
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Notes on the LLM Crises ($6061420) · Snippets · GitLab
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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 25/09/2026
This apparently-fictional Daniel Robson character was a prolific contributor to the Western Standard, which published at least twenty articles attributed to the name. 'Robson' advocated for less immigration, a harsher justice system, and crackdowns on anti-Zionism.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype: www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
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Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When you hear someone say “I believe Covid actually did brain damage to a large segment of our population which would explain how people are behaving differently now,” just know: that multiple scientific studies have found that Covid can indeed damage the brain.
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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Plague Poems (@plaguepoems@mastodon.social)
When you hear someone say “I believe Covid actually did brain damage to a large segment of our population which would explain how people are behaving differently now,” just know: that multiple ...
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There are many, many reasons to feel powerless these days. Everything feels big & scary. But what if you had the confidence to de-escalate situations - even when it's in public with a bunch of strangers? Give me 1 hour of your time & I'll teach it to you for FREE Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Image of a nighttime cityscape with the words "Stand Up! Bystander intervention training to end street harassment. Happening September 22 from 6-7pm EST. Zoom webinar"
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BOGLUDDITE @brucemackay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Luddite Temple manifesto in a readable format.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Want an example of successful pushback on "AI" (surveillance) ed tech? This story is uplifting and amazing. @ifeoma.bsky.social is absolutely amazing. Thank you @alixdunn.com and @themaybe.org for this episode. www.themaybe.org/podcast/meet...
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Meet the Mom Winning Against AI in Schools w/ Ifeoma Ozoma
In New Mexico, kids are required to read aloud to an AI avatar named Amira—and it records their voices without consent. Ifeoma Ozoma fights back.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/09/2026
I can tell AI is shitty at its job because all the people who use it cannot come up with actual selling points to save their lives.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 11/09/2026
SCOOP: A leaked document indicates Alberta is considering rewriting laws, creating new Crown corporations to take over the natural gas system and build new gas pipelines and taking on costly legal battles — in large part so AI data centres can have access to power, @drewanderson.bsky.social reports.
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Leaked doc suggests Alberta has sprawling plans to pave the way for AI data centres, more oil production
Rewriting laws, creating Crown corporations that could rival TC Energy, building new natural gas pipelines and increasing prices for consumers: what a leaked document says about Alberta’s AI data centre and oil push
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
For years, people have asked @tanuja.bsky.social and me how we built and sustained Understory, our spiritual and emotional support group for activists. So we made a toolkit to help others build spaces of their own.
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The Understory Toolkit
Creating spaces of reflection, belonging, and collective care
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Osaka, we 🐇 @osaka.zone · 26/08/2026
remember: its not a data center its a surveillance data processing complex
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For Our Kids - Alberta @forourkidsalberta.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Small solar panels you plug into the wall and own outright. Cheaper power, made on your own balcony. About the simplest way to take back a little control over your #energy. Let's unlock it, right across Canada. ☀️ Add your name. #solarpower #cdnpoli www.pluginsolarpower.ca/federal
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Canada | Plug-In Solar for Canada
Over 5 million European households cut their power bill with a balcony solar kit, plug it into a wall outlet. Canada hasn’t legalized it yet. We’re working to change that, province by province and fed...
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 12/08/2026
Ruthie Wilson Gilmore recommends three books every radical should read
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Kim Crayton [She/Her] @kimcrayton1.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The Predator's Table publishes August 1, 2026. You can purchase it now through Bookshop.org: bookshop.org/a/126451/979... I chose Bookshop.org and local and independent booksellers as the preferred purchase options for this book deliberately.
image of The Predator's Table: Facing the Truth About the Myth of White Supremacy book cover, by Kim Crayton
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Rory White @rorywh.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This week I wrote three stories, all surfacing from overlooked public documents in Alberta. On Monday, we revealed that power generators are expecting wholesale electricity prices in Alberta to triple when first data centres come online. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/20/a...
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Alberta electricity industry expects tripling of power prices from data centres
In Capital Power's latest earnings call, the company's CEO, Avik Dey, told analysts that he couldn't rule out prices of "$80 or $90" per megawatt hour of electricity by early 2028. By 2029, rival comp...
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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The UCP-controlled government of Alberta is viciously attacking people with disabilities. Adding more unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles to people’s lives, reducing their already extremely low income, and generally promoting misery. #ABLeg #AbolishTheUCP youtu.be/ARulIO_zqCE
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Alberta is Making Life Harder for Disabled People — Here's How
YouTube video by Prairie Watchdog
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/07/2026
"When I first had the idea for LitResistance, I was feeling the weight of everything that’s going on in provincial politics,” Edmonton social worker and banned book subscription founder Robyn Wilson told The Tyee. 📚 @ximenaka.bsky.social reports. #ABPoli thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta | The Tyee
The club sends members titles that have been pulled from public library shelves. It joins a widespread fight against censorship across North America.
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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
While Canada’s Premiers met this week, Alberta quietly reclassified all preventive testing as non-insured extended health services. Laying groundwork to delist health services from public coverage? Yet another step towards two-tier health care. www.friendsofmedicare.org/oic_step_tow...
Green-filtered photo of the Alberta Legislature Building, taken at a sharp upward diagonal angle. Text reads, "Alberta Takes Another Step Towards Two-Tier Health Care with Orders in Council. Read our response: friendsofmedicare.org/news"
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 23/07/2026
Canada arguably has a Red Tory party — it just so happens to still be called “the Liberal Party of Canada.” Rachel Gilmore writes. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Mark Carney, Red Tory | The Tyee
The prime minister is causing a major realignment in Canadian politics. More proof came Wednesday.
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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
And with that, solar will continue to bring real human and economic improvements. Read the full report here: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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The solarisation of Pakistan’s energy economy | Ember
Distributed solar is driving up Pakistan's electricity demand, bringing huge social and economic benefits.
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 10/07/2026
NEW from me: I took a deep dive for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social into the American hedge fund-owned Canadian newspaper chain that’s pushing anti-trans, pro-genocide and climate science denial narratives down our throats. ricochet.media/media/dumpst...
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‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right
Canada’s largest newspaper chain has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separatism, and an increasingly polarized political landscape
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 09/07/2026
What a week. Amidst the blur of World Cup shenanigans and Canada Day festivities, politicians dropped not one, not two, but three massive pipeline announcements. If pipelines such an economic boon, why are taxpayers footing the bill? thenarwhal.ca/three-pipeli...
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Making sense of Canada’s pipeline flurry | The Narwhal
Politicians dropped three pipeline announcements this week. If they’re such an economic boon, why are taxpayers footing the bill?
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
From here out when someone says they're sorry I'm offended, I'm going to reply "No, be sorry that you're offensive. You wouldn't have to worry about my responses if you knew how to control yourself." Fuck half apologies.
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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Calgarians: There’s a new Wikipedia meetup group starting. Their first meetup is tomorrow, 2pm, at the Central Library downtown. #yyc Details and (free) registration info at: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:C...
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Event:Calgary Meetup June 2026 - Meta-Wiki
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Mercedes Allen @mercedesallen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"It pushes for requirements for metadata retention, expands information sharing with foreign governments, and establishes a mechanism that allows Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety to demand that companies create backdoors, effectively breaking encryption…" www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Canada Is Forging Ahead with Its Dangerous Surveillance Bill
With no serious debate, including on proposed amendments, Canada is blazing full speed ahead with Bill C-22, which would threaten encryption and increase surveillance. Also known as the Lawful Access ...
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I know this might surprise some of you, but I believe people who treat women badly are unfit for public office (and most things).
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Why we still using "high risk" to describe targeted communities? There is nothing high-risk about being Indigenous youth, sex worker, unhoused, or undocumented migrant This pathologizing language shifts focus from criminalization, colonialism & capitalism that manufacture high-risk *conditions.*
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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I got bashed for this page by certain folks. It's a joke, duh, and an exaggeration, duh, but it's based on reality (duh). Shops are generally better than when I was a nerd kid but shit definitely still happens.
A page from the Eltingville Club #1. A girl enters Joe's comic shop and runs in fear after they stare at her and take pictures. The shop owner tells Bill, his new employee, that she only came in for the attention because she's a fake fan and girls don't like comics. He decides that based on the fact that girls never come into his intimidating, off-putting shop.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 21/05/2026
Here’s a Class War Starter Kit for you
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Class War! Starter Kit
5 Books for $50: Celebrate May Day, and the resurgence of the labor movement, by taking a crash course on histories and strategies of working-class fight back. This starter kit includes Brando...
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I said what I said katemanne.substack.com/p/how-sex-po...
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How Sex-Positivity Lost its Way
We need to think about sex without shame but also without losing our critical faculties
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social
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Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
#Teachers in #Alberta, #Utah, #Idaho and everywhere, feel free to print and display this image to help your students understand how a prism turns light into a spectrum of colour. It's a great way to create a welcoming, curious & safe space for students to explore science. #ableg #JaimesSpectrum 1/2
This is a colourful image which says "When light passes through a prism, you get these colours."  There is a large white chevron on the left pointing to the right from which six colours of the rainbow arise as horizontal bars.  Starting at the top are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.  The approximate wave lengths of these coloured bars are helpfully provided to support its use as a teaching tool. At the very bottom in a small typeface is written "Jaime's Spectrum".
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 03/05/2026
The more immediate impact of the separatists' big bluff? Without having to provide any evidence, the separatists convinced many Albertans that they were capable of finding 178,000 people to sign a petition. Much like disinformation about crowd sizes, this makes the movement seem bigger than it is.
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Amanda Hu @amandalhu.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This part. Every settler needs to be defending Indigenous sovereignty and the obligation to honour treaties. Smith’s appeal and attack on “the rule of law” is most harmfully a delegitimizing of First Nations’ rights.
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 13/05/2026
Danielle Smith insists that she can privatize Alberta’s health care legally. But in a 2021 podcast, she discussed how it would require “throwing out” federal law. @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social & @desaima.bsky.social argue that with Bill 11, Smith is dismantling public medicare with her eyes wide open.
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Danielle Smith admitted she wants to ‘throw out’ Canada’s public health care law ⋆ The Breach
On a 2021 podcast, the Alberta premier wondered aloud if privatizing health care would require breaking federal law. Despite learning the answer was ‘yes,’ she’s still going ahead with it
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 13/05/2026
Recent research from other jurisdictions has emerged about the effectiveness of gender-affirming care for youth and the harms of restricting access to it. Corinne L. Mason and Leah Hamilton write. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Alberta’s False Claims on Trans Health Care | The Tyee
The UCP says its moves to limit care ‘follow the science.’ That’s not true.
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Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Journalists, let’s be careful about the language we use when writing or talking about AI. Here’s a thread — @emilymbender.bsky.social, I know you pay attention to this, too, so feel free to chime in. (1/x)
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Pembina Institute @pembina.org · 12/05/2026
As MOU negotiations continue, don’t forget: there's no credible pathway to a low-carbon grid in Alberta without building more renewables. There has been a 93% drop in new projects in Alberta. Find out why ⬇️ buff.ly/0zi5Qfi
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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Friends don’t let friends use Chrome.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Calling protected bike-lanes “vanity projects” should be automatic evidence that a political candidate has no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to public safety, urban mobility and congestion, geometry and urban space, fiscal responsibility, or the successful positioning of cities.
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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 11/05/2026
WE DON'T NEED PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTICS ANYMORE! "The [bamboo plastic] outperforms most commercial plastics and bioplastics in mechanical and thermo-mechanical metrics while maintaining full biodegradability in soil within 50 days and closed-loop recyclability with 90% retained strength."
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High-strength, multi-mode processable bamboo molecular bioplastic enabled by solvent-shaping regulation - Nature Communications
Bioplastics derived from biomass show promise as sustainable alternatives to petrochemical plastics, but their adoption is hindered by their inferior mechanical properties and processability. Here, th...
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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
LLMs (“generative AI”) are like money-laundering for intellectual property theft. They add layers of misdirection between the “original” theft and the use of the proceeds of that theft.
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