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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 13h

She is 100% justified in that anger. Faux calm and pretend “neutrality” do not make for effective journalism in an era of fascism, genocides, and climate destruction.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender

The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A recent anti-reconciliation rally staged near a First Nation by 30 masked men in B.C. is just the latest in a rising tide of such activity, says an expert on white supremacist groups in Canada. Hear more on APTN News Brief:

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APTN News Brief: White supremacist activity in Canada at its greatest yet, expert warns

Our lead story: a recent anti-reconciliation rally staged near a First Nation by 30 masked men in B.C. is just the latest in a rising tide of such activity, says an expert on white supremacist grou...

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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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 · 29/09/2026

Unfortunately, that’s doubtful. It’s quite possible that you are _unaware_ of any of them doing so, but that does not mean that none of them have. I have had guys in my life who years later I found out were rapists or abusers. They aren’t in my life anymore.

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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’ve added a bunch of informational and reference links to my Notes on the #LLM Crises. Lots of areas of concern/harm associated with the current #AI boom. gitlab.com/-/snippets/6...

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Notes on the LLM Crises ($6061420) · Snippets · GitLab

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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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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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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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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“Conventions caring enough about their attendees to have good masking requirements and effective air filtration systems” challenge. Sadly, there still seems to be the opportunity for someone to claim “first” on this 😣

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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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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

And on the political side, so many “progressives” or “leftists” get caught up in oppositional, or attack, politics. That is what works to engage small-c conservative-minded folks. To engage “progressive”-minded folks, we need positive visions for what we can build together.

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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

In my experience, many (including a younger me) have conflated tactics with goals, or strategy, or vision/mission. And conflated doing “actions” with movement building. “We have to do this protest to win.” “Okay, why?” “…”

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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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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 · 20/06/2026

He is just reciting facts. Carney is working in service of the corporate interests and removing protections for Canadians. Please don’t let partisan loyalty blind you to that reality. (I am not an NDP supporter, haven’t been for decades now.)

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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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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

And lots of other online forums. Saw a bunch of anti-indigenous posts in YouTube comments today. If this were a fair and just province, the UCP would be convicted of hate crimes.

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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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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Ah, I see you put spaces around your em-dashes. As a no-space adherent, I’m now obligated to spend three novels-worth of mini-essays debating that bit of typographic minutiae! 🤣

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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It’s not just money they are immorally taking away, they are massively disrupting people’s lives and vastly diminishing folks’ independence and opportunities to survive and thrive. Unforgivably shameful malfeasance by the UCP.

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Grant Neufeld @grantzero.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Some may see the following as hyperbole, but I am being specifically literal in my choice of words–things are actually this awful: The Smith-led UCP are taking murderously cruel actions to steal from Albertans with disabilities.

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