Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 57mIf Canadians are serious about "Truth and Reconciliation", they should stop supporting Israel's livestreamed genocide of Palestinians. It's hard to take Canadians seriously when they can't even acknowledge the basic truth that from Turtle Island to Palestine, colonization is a crime. 0123
Reposted by Jeff DoctorMarkwayne Carney ☭ @barrhavenist.bsky.social · 2hStrongly agree: “Canada must recognize Indian Residential School denialism as a hate crime and ensure it is punishable under Canadian law” 0126
Reposted by Jeff Doctorrabble.ca @rabble.ca · 2hThe symbolism of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation does not translate into a deeper and broader understanding of settler colonialism. #trc buff.ly/uMJ2Fuebuff.lyCommemoration is not ReconciliationThe symbolism of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation does not translate into a deeper and broader understanding of settler colonialism. 0148
Reposted by Jeff DoctorWinnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 2hOTTAWA – When Wilton Littlechild was co-chairing the landmark Truth and Reconciliation Commission more than a decade ago, he thought a lot about the idea of economic reconciliation and how it could help transform Indigenous communities.winnipegfreepress.comMark Carney is banking on economic reconciliation but critics say he's not on trackOTTAWA – When Wilton Littlechild was co-chairing the landmark Truth and Reconciliation Commission more than a decade ago, he thought a lot about the idea of economic reconciliation and how it could help transform Indigenous communities. 0124
Reposted by Jeff DoctorConnie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · 15hWhen we finished our podcast Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's in 2022, I knew that I wasn’t done with the story. Even though we had spent a year investigating my dad's experience at the St. Michael's Indian Residential School and uncovered a staggering level of abuse, the story felt unfinished.contactingconnie.substack.comWho is protected by the destruction of Indian Residential School records?“There’s not a single Indigenous person in Canada, who has not been touched by the legacy of Residential Schools.” - Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 14021
Reposted by Jeff DoctorAnna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 4hIndigenous people, overrepresented in Canada's prisons, are far more overrepresented in a hidden form of solitary meant for suicidal and self-harming prisoners. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/hidden-... 22722
Reposted by Jeff DoctorAnti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 2hOn this day in 1974, RCMP brutally attack the Native Peoples' Caravan on Parliament Hill in Ottawa following a cross-country trek starting in Vancouver. RCMP officers indiscriminately swing batons at Native women and children, as well as men. anticolonialhistory.com/event/299/ 13620
Reposted by Jeff DoctorAnna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 4hIf we're going to talk about truth and reconciliation we should talk about Canada fighting First Nations in court. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/liberal...ijb.utoronto.caLiberals are playing legal hardball with First Nations over drinking water - Investigative Journalism BureauPrime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is playing legal hardball with First Nations fighting for clean drinking water — and First Nations are fighting back. Interviews and hundreds of pages o... 16644
Reposted by Jeff DoctorHagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 3hAI is reified anti-intellectualism In chapter 4 of 'Why We Fear AI', we argue that this results quite directly from its political economy as a tool to devalue skills and knowledge 210034
Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 21h"The landfill, or near-surface disposal facility, would sit about one kilometre away from the Ottawa River and hold up to one million cubic metres of low-level radioactive waste, equal to about 400 Olympic-sized swimming pools." 👀cbc.caKebaowek pauses engagement in new UNDRIP consultations over nuclear dump | CBC NewsAn Algonquin community in Quebec is accusing the Crown and private sector proponent of giving up on a first-of-its-kind, court-ordered consultation process aimed at securing the community's consent fo... 132
Reposted by Jeff DoctorBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21hI do think they probably ran his texts through an LLM and it hallucinated crimes. That’s scary and bad and it’s funny they got caught, but imagine how many other times this happens on a day to day basis against people with no rights, let alone the ability to publicly humiliate the AI prosecutor. 502079327
Reposted by Jeff DoctorKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22hThis is a scatter plot of energy use vs AI score, essentially a test of capabilities. It shows *really* nicely how the 'advancements' of LLMs are really just brute force energy intensive spam: repeating and re-repeating looping queries in a shockingly wasteful way. 03917
Reposted by Jeff DoctorKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22hInteresting new data collection from the nice people at the Sustainable AI Group. Most of this is estimates, particularly the closed models where OpenAI etc don't report energy or climate impacts. This stood out: there is *no* increase in model efficiency cleerdash.sustainableaigroup.com 34519
Reposted by Jeff DoctorKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 22hMeta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling himkarlbode.comMeta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious MessAuthoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable 391561603
Reposted by Jeff DoctorPBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026The site's question-and-answer function confirms that President Donald Trump's name is in the Epstein files and that Democrat Joe Biden beat him in the 2020 election. It says federal officials did not find widespread fraud in that election, as Trump says constantly. to.pbs.org/4yZmkO8to.pbs.orgWATCH: Trump launches AI-powered government website America.govThe president said the site is “glamorizing” the federal bureaucracy — but it doesn’t agree with him on many key issues. 22288103
Reposted by Jeff Doctor#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 22hElon Musk is so "done with politics" that he's sitting next to the president while the speaker of the House is forced to stand. 15317
Reposted by Jeff DoctorCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22hAI is definitely not a scam guys it's not a scam at all I swear. This time, this is the time something involving Elon Musk will turn out not to be a scam, it will be the first time ever, but, surely this whole thing with the people believing a computer has feelings is not a scam. 416128
Reposted by Jeff Doctor404 Media @404media.co · 29/09/2026A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.404media.coSurveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock CamerasA surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras. 16186105
Reposted by Jeff DoctorSean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Given recent events, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I worked with Canadian Dimension to publish an excerpt of Truth Before Reconciliation’s conclusion - to help meet the moment and keep us focused on putting truth before reconciliation 👇 33017
Reposted by Jeff DoctorCanadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Residential school denialism is "part of a willful strategy to create chaos and confusion about the truth so as to block the path to healing, justice, and reconciliation." Read an excerpt from TRUTH BEFORE RECONCILIATION, out now from @umanitobapress.bsky.social.canadiandimension.comResidential school denialism and the backlash against reconciliationTo mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation—and following a gathering of white nationalists near Kamloops, where members of Second Sons Canada displayed a banner invoking residential school ... 25442
Reposted by Jeff DoctorCanadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@seancarleton.bsky.social and @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social’s new edited collection confronts the growing presence of harmful and disrespectful residential school denialism in mainstream media and public discourse. Read more of their writing in Canadian Dimension here:canadiandimension.comPutting truth and respect before reconciliationSean Carleton and Niigaan Sinclair, Indigenous studies professors and editors of the new book, Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, respond to the slow creep of harmf... 21512
Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 29/09/2026funny how proponents of Bill C-22 aren't saying they need increased surveillance powers to fight white supremacy 🤔 132
Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 29/09/2026"It's not data, it's people" - Chief Sheldon Sunshinecbc.caGrave of boy who vanished at residential school found decades later, First Nation looks for others like him | CBC NewsThe family of 11-year-old Johnny Kiyawasew, who never came home from St. Francis Xavier residential school, spent decades searching for answers. Now, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and the University of Al... 073
Reposted by Jeff DoctorWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026On This Day in Wab Kinew History: Anicinabe Park occupation avoided after participants make wise choice to stay home, let authorities sort issue out 26516
Reposted by Jeff DoctorWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“We get that you have rights and tradition but we have tradition too and that’s to kill an animal for fun and snap a picture with it.”walkingeaglenews.comIndigenous people, stop eating our animals so we can kill them for sport: hunting orgOne of Canada's largest outdoor sports organizations warns there simply aren't enough animals around for everyone and is calling for major sacrifices to be made by Indigenous Peoples. "Please, ... 05918
Reposted by Jeff DoctorWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“We have to call this what it is, a white genocide,” said Lily LeBlanc, spokesperson for white hunters. “When you inconvenience a white person, they literally die.” 07810
Reposted by Jeff DoctorWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026BREAKING: Scores of white hunters die after being told they can’t hunt in one spot 111529
Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 29/09/2026😬cbc.caAssembly of Manitoba Chiefs 'disappointed' by premier's comments on First Nations checkpoint | CBC NewsThe Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is "disappointed" by Premier Wab Kinew's comments last week, when he asked Bloodvein First Nation not to prevent licensed hunters from accessing public lands and sugges... 020
Reposted by Jeff DoctorWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026BREAKING: You First Nations better stop with all the division causing and let white folk do what they want on your land 06823
Reposted by Jeff DoctorWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026At least we still have reconciliation 1267
Reposted by Jeff DoctorWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All this overt racism makes us miss systemic racism, which is also widespread 08125
Reposted by Jeff DoctorWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The real racists are the ones always talking about racism, nation’s racists say 07020
Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 29/09/2026meanwhilecbc.caLNG Canada to move forward with Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C. | CBC NewsLNG Canada says its multibillion-dollar Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, in a move that could double exports of liquefied natural gas from the northern coastal facility to oversea... 074
Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 29/09/2026big "we're all trying to find the guy who did this" energy from politicians who 5 seconds ago just praised the great white colonizers of the pastcbc.caB.C. politicians, leaders condemn white nationalist gathering on First Nation reserve | CBC NewsB.C. politicians and leaders are denouncing a gathering of white nationalists on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc reserve near Kamloops, B.C. Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir said the nation received reports Sunday m... 0166
Reposted by Jeff DoctorT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026No one could have foreseen this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caLNG Canada to move forward with Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C. | CBC NewsThe multibillion-dollar LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, Shell Energy Canada says, in a move that could double exports of liquefied natural gas from the northern coasta... 54619
Reposted by Jeff DoctorErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026ICYMI this is happening 👇🏾 17825
Reposted by Jeff DoctorBad + Bitchy Podcast @badandbitchy.com · 28/09/2026There is a straight line between Carney govt’s re-writing of SJAM history that purposefully ignores systemic Indigenous racism and ignoring residential school denialism (wasn’t included in the anti-hate bill) and anti-Indigenous hate. This is how the state tacitly weaponizes hate/approves violence 210340
Reposted by Jeff DoctorHistory Keeps Happening @historykeeper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Seizure of our land for the use of their own people could not be justified by the law of nations or the principles of international law that regulate relations among European powers. So it became necessary to concoct a theory that would justify the theft of land." -George Manuel, Secwepemc, 1974 094
Reposted by Jeff DoctorThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/09/2026More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.thenarwhal.caCanada plans to destroy thousands of residential school testimonies. These women are trying to save themThe 38,000 testimonies are the largest body of evidence about children’s experiences in these institutions. Journalist Connie Walker and lawyer Kimberly Murray say losing it would mean losing history — both painful and illuminating 11294207
Reposted by Jeff DoctorMidniteRain is resting @midniterain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#TkemlupsteSecwepemc has released a statement re: Second Sons presence on reserve and in community. Msg from Kúkwpi7 Rosanne Casimir, including available supports: tkemlups.ca/news/message... #Secwepemc #TruthandReconciliation #TRC #racism #bcpoli #canpoli #Kamloops 12014
Reposted by Jeff DoctorJohn Spurlock @johnspurlock.com · 24/09/2026‘I did a little digging. Muse does sync your messages from the local Messages database and uploads that information as a data source. On my device, it had been activated and synced to row 187,462 of my Messages database.’ www.inc.com/jason-aten/m...inc.comMeta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It ToPermission isn't the same and what a user actually expects your AI product will do with their personal information. 11714
Reposted by Jeff DoctorAshley Belanger @ashleybelanger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was interested to see if Microsoft would possibly entertain making a new kind of deal that could meaningfully benefit communities neighboring their data centers in the long-term. But then I found out Microsoft got really weird any time anyone asked about it. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...arstechnica.comMicrosoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs“Microsoft claims to want to be a good neighbor, but the jury is still out." 0128
Reposted by Jeff DoctorCanadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Canada is preparing to spend tens of billions building a pipeline the oil companies themselves won’t finance. If this project made economic sense, industry would be leading it. Instead, the public is being asked to take the risk while foreign-owned oil companies collect the returns.canadiandimension.comStop the West Coast pipeline. Not even the oil companies are asking for itSeniors for Climate Action Now! is calling on the Carney government to reject the proposed West Coast oil pipeline, arguing the project has no credible economic, moral, reconciliation, or climate case... 210354
Reposted by Jeff Doctor404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, 404 Media has learned. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Sccop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/humans-readi... 12462224
Reposted by Jeff DoctorJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New from 404 Media: when you upload images to Copilot, they're not private. Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users' prompts/images, according to internal docs we got And they're horrified at what they're seeing. Bombarded with requests to make sexual AI images www.404media.co/humans-readi...404media.coHumans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're HorrifiedHuman contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI... 14647336
Reposted by Jeff DoctorCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not surprised one bit. While it's not the only use, I am willing to bet nearly all people that use AI in any capacity have done prompts like this. Everyone knows it's the CSAM machine. Feature not a bug for the creeps of the world. 311719