Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sign the petition to protect the work of Canadian artists! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... 19890
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026been thinkin about how robots are gonna kill us 9186621871
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 10/09/2026I wish I shared the minister’s confidence that Canadians (let alone all humans) are well protected from the many different dangers of AI. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...thestar.comAI minister says ‘warnings are not new’ as experts predict the technology could wipe out humanityCanada's artificial intelligence minister says Ottawa is monitoring the risks posed by AI as researchers at tech giant Anthropic warn that the increasingly powerful technology could potentially eradic... 1620549
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/08/2026Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.aiddata.orgBefore reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learnedWhy we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports. 374412809
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Everywhere I look, whether it's a warzone, refugee camp, or some comfortable Western city, it is women and girls who are taking the full blow from every conflict and criminal organization, whether it's being hunted for sport, mass raped, trafficked, disappeared, or dehumanized as property. 9449135
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidEmily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.cbc.ca'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC NewsSmoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself. 272731996
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidE.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This is horrifying, *especially* given Ford's promises to build more prisons. 01513
Reposted by Julia Breckenreidpaulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 25/04/2026From ‘Outstanding’ and a good reminder that investing in the arts is a win-win, not a lose-lose, proposition. 2250391869
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 20/06/2026AI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.the-independent.comAI’s biggest casualty could be history itselfThe Internet Archive is a vital resource that has helped the search for truth in more than one global event, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, but it is in danger of becoming the latest collateral damage of... 291770944
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidDiana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Great! During the pandemic, I coordinated 59 of Toronto's drop-in centres, which operated the only available public washrooms — 10 in total — for five months. Access to public washrooms is a basic right, and moving to year-round access for washrooms in parks is a step in the right direction.thestar.comToronto park washrooms re-open as city moves to year-round use, splash pads turn on next weekThe city of Toronto is opening splash and spray pads for business as soon as May 16, with pools expected to open in June. 0348
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidLeila Brillson @leilza.bsky.social · 20/04/2026It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for. 146230314328
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidRedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children." 266176826052
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidGremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I like the new thing where men wear enormous brooches & I don’t like the thing where women have new faces 92759
Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Best #SNL line from the March 14th episode, by James Austin Johnson's Trump character: "We’ll love to make promises, because a promise is just a lie that hasn’t happened yet.” 011
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 11/03/2026An event on co-housing in Toronto Parkdale on Saturday if you're interested in exploring this model of ownership. husmates.com/blog/find-yo...husmates.comFind Your People, Find Your Place: Discover the Power of Co-OwnershipBy Parimal Gosai 0146
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidEd Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 03/03/2026This clip makes it abundantly clear the @uklabour.bsky.social government is planning to introduce a copyright exception for commercial research (read: AI training) - which would be disastrous for British creatives. 🧵 1/4 28937
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidFun @funkelly.bsky.social · 25/02/2026we should go back to the days where if they couldn’t reach you by phone at home, you were either out at the soda shop with your friends or you were dead 15733100
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Carney's Minister of Digital Asbestos Integration will not learn anything from this and the government will continue its effort to integrate digital asbestos into the public service while cutting jobs for humans. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...thestar.comNo ‘substantial’ new safety measures offered by OpenAI following Tumbler Ridge shooting, says ministerOpenAI officials were summoned to Ottawa to meet Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon over reports the AI firm did not warn authorities after learning of concerning content tied to the shoote... 3216
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidMichael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 17/02/2026www.noarmsinthearts.com/scotiabank-d... Campaign statement on the divestment here:noarmsinthearts.comScotiabank fully divests from Elbit SystemsScotiabank’s most recent filings reveal that it has fully divested from Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. They currently have zero shares in the company. 04312
Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 13/02/2026The very idea of spending precious hours of your life having to observe, draw and paint someone so vile is beyond me. 010
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidDr. Natasha Henry-Dixon @nhenrydixon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Excited to share the new version of my website Teaching African Canadian History! Visit and explore resources on Black Canadian history: tach.natashahenrydixon.ca 073
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 06/02/2026The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo. 3841161284
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/02/2026omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horsegradient.horsegradient.horseDraw a horse, watch it run! 3569813589
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 05/02/2026New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announcedbloom.bgCanadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s XNew Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced Thursday. 451212353
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidBroken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Review! The Woodchipper – @oldjoeollmann.bsky.social Joe Ollmann’s Stories Look at Ordinary Lives and Everyday Struggles, with Empathy and Humour. From @dandq.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/the-woodchip... Review by Lindsay Pereirabrokenfrontier.comThe Woodchipper - Joe Ollmann’s Stories Look at Ordinary Lives and Everyday Struggles, with Empathy and Humour – Broken FrontierBroken Frontier's Lindsay Pereira looks at the latest Drawn & Quarterly book by Joe Ollman - 'The Woodchipper'. 054
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable. Massive snow dump, roof just fine. Doug Ford lies. 321284
Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Artist friends, please don't help them do this. 272
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidMore Neighbours Toronto @moreneighboursto.bsky.social · 23/01/2026"The government was warned by the people it charged with studying the issue both what was needed to turn the province’s housing sector around and what the risks of inaction were. Four years later, and the government has largely chosen inaction, when it hasn’t opted for outright bad actions." 02713
Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 20/01/2026In a growing list of terrible outcomes, joining "... would raise costs for Canada without guaranteeing control. The system will be designed, led, and directed by the U.S., leaving Canada a junior partner in a risky strategy over which it has little say." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...policyalternatives.caFact sheet: The Golden Dome and Canada - CCPAThe United States has proposed to develop the “Golden Dome,” the most ambitious missile defence system ever envisioned. The aim is to build a multi-layered “shield” from the ground into space, capable... 010
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 17/01/2026Canada's big six banks made $70 billion in profits last year on the backs of working people. So I went to Bay Street to ask bankers whether it’s time for a wealth tax. If you agree, become a member of the NDP and let’s fight for it together: avilewis.link/join youtu.be/KfNEsh9Hx6s?...youtu.beAvi Lewis asks bankers on Bay Street if it’s time for a wealth taxYouTube video by Avi Lewis 717861
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidKarla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art show —giving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be there— is a disgrace! A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!comic-con.orgArt Show - Comic-Con2026 Comic-Con Art Show JULY 23 through JULY 26 The Comic-Con Art Show is open to the public—you do not need a badge to come in and enjoy or purchase artwork. However, everyone entering the Art Show i... 7846271865
Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 06/01/2026My recent blog post: breckenreid.com/blog/https/b...breckenreid.comAGO: Joyce Wieland — Julia Breckenreid… Wieland’s early drawings and collage tests were great to look at, but what I’ll show you here are the concepts that I was most impressed by… 000
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 28/12/2025The other thing about normalizing gAI use in higher ed is that we are teaching our students that they cannot trust their own creativity, their own thoughts and brains, their own skills without having it reshaped/shellacked/transmogrified by LLMs. We’re setting them up for failure and dependence. 13587164
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidThe Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 25/12/2025For better or (mostly) for worse, 2025 is almost over. For all the human creatives out there, artists, writers, musicians, dancers, choreographers, and so many more, thank you for your perseverance and courage. Happy to announce: ETCH (Ethnical Technology and Computing for Humanity), a nonprofit. 111125357
Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 24/12/2025I read 'Letters from an American' every morning, and today's letter from HCR put a smile on my face: 000
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidAnnie Koyama @anniek.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Never too late to give to your local food bank. Or to drop off new toys to your nearest fire station in Toronto. (babies and older kids generally get the fewest donations) Gift cards are good as well. 0277
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidAccess Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 18/12/2025We are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for Access Copyright Foundation's 2026 round of Marian Hebb Research Grant funding. Deadline for applications is February 15, 2026. All the information you need to apply is here: www.acfoundation.ca/2025/12/17/a... 033
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidJenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have linked ICE to serious human rights violations, but Doug Ford thinks it's fantastic that a Canadian firm is selling vehicles to them. The man is utterly devoid of even a shred of human decency. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art... #OnPoli 1611848
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/12/2025This is what is going to happen. There will be a thin top layer of non-digital universities — and all the tech billionaires will send their kids to those places. 26965274
Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Currently reading: "Let me explain: on average, illustrators don't make any money. They are already one of the most immiserated, precartized groups of workers out there. They suffer from a pathology called "vocational awe."..." pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...pluralistic.netPluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 042
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidThe Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Much needed updates. 1. Hemlock was presented at CCS in Oct. We are working on releasing a usable tool in coming weeks. 2. Our next paper is peer-reviewed & accepted by USENIX Security 2026. It is a Model Provenance tool that computes "feature fingerprints" from genAI image models. 15564197
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/12/2025Great question, it’s increasingly hard to tell what is or isn’t AI generated. I’m very proud that our campaign’s graphics are all done by our own team of humans, led by the talented Adam Warner! Check out his work: www.studioadamwarner.comstudioadamwarner.comStudio Adam Warner 0294
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidRebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible. 238228636522
Reposted by Julia Breckenreidderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/11/2025The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt. 14796573507
Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 16/11/2025I created this poster for Kalendar, a restaurant on College street in Toronto in 2001 (?) and it gives still me a thrill when I see or hear that it continues to be loved and appreciated 💚 Thanks @jennyleeshee.bsky.social That was a good gig to get in my early days as an illustrator. 180
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/11/2025When a man hijacked a bus in Hamilton, Ontario, on Tuesday, the potentially catastrophic scenario ended happily. It turns out he was a pretty decent bus driver. He made regular stops to pick up passengers, the police reported. At one point someone tried to board with an expired bus pass. No dice.nyti.msA Man Took a Bus for a Joyride. Turns Out, He’s Not a Bad Driver.The incident in Hamilton, Ontario, ended safely with an arrest and no injuries (and all fares paid). 2425058
Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 12/11/2025I did not know how badly I needed this (again): 011
Reposted by Julia BreckenreidAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Weeks ago, South Korea mocked Trump with a replica of the golden Cheonmachong crown, claiming it symbolized “peace.” In reality, the crown came from the Silla Kingdom, whose king was assassinated after a civil war and kingdom destroyed by corruption & rule for the wealthy. 531444392
Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 29/10/2025My friend Ellen gave me this book and - despite the fact that I'm just midway through the introduction - I'm here to say that I recommend you read it! 😄 It's giving me a bit of a lift from the AI blues. 020
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a)
