Reposted by Kristen ThomasenMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Girl dinner 6274911671
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is eugenics 301656775
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026See a small sample of @cyn-k.bsky.social ’s many relevant works too (below original post). 022
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026💖 thank you for the shout out @cyn-k.bsky.social - your work is also crucial here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Rg... & www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...m.youtube.comCynthia Khoo › The Unimportance of Being UnintendedYouTube video by CDTS | CLTS, uOttawa 000
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Grateful to the folks on the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions who put all this together. Resources include a zine, procurement playbook, bargaining tracker, AI/tech divestment guide, state policy tracker, FOIA guide, explainer for ditching Palantir, & AI/tech audit guideaaup.orgToolkit for Activism on AIThe AAUP ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions developed the following toolkit resources to fight against the top-down adoption of technology by colleges and universitie... 15823
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenMB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it. 7172151583
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenJeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 16/09/2026Colonizers using terms like "self-determination", "autonomy", and "sovereignty" is odd to me. They don't understand how their "sovereignty" is based on the continued subjection of others, even if they, as individuals, are "good". Whose land does the Internet depend on? www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...eff.orgDigital Sovereignty: What It Is, What It Could BeThe term “digital sovereignty” has become ubiquitous. European officials invoke it in debates about cloud infrastructure, AI, semiconductors, and platform regulation. Governments throughout the global... 1299
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I wrote this a few years ago, trying to red flag the risk that AI ‘safety’ can be manipulated into grounds for repressive law/policy cbr.cba.org/index.php/cb...cbr.cba.org SAFETY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & ROBOTICS GOVERNANCE IN CANADA | The Canadian Bar Review 090
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Something I'm concerned about that I haven't really seen anyone addressing is how "AI safety" regs could end up being super authoritarian. Like, if you truly believe that AI could kill all humans, it seems totally reasonable to install a government backdoor in every smartphone and computer. 1218651
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenCynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There's a cool public speaker series on privacy & tech happening this month, that's a collaboration between @ipcontario.bsky.social & @civictechto.bsky.social ! I'll be giving a talk for it tomorrow on this brief co-authored w/ @digitalprivacy.ca & @kate-ro.bsky.social:citizenlab.caThe Citizen Lab (Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access -This submission analyzes Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, which would enact broad surveillance obligations and reforms in Canada. Issues include: the bill’s sweeping scope, significant constitutional... 077
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 15/09/2026Four supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran’s tour after Macklemore is dropped over Palestine commentsthe-independent.comFour supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran’s tour after Macklemore was droppedThe artists announced they were pulling out of the tour hours after Ed Sheeran broke his silence on the controversy 61764160
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenWIRED @wired.com · 14/09/2026With 24 Emmy nominations tonight, “Hacks” has set a new record for the most nominations for a comedy series in a single year. Revisit our conversation with creators Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello. 👇️wired.comThe Creators of ‘Hacks’ Really, Really, Really Hate AIAhead of the hit show’s finale, cocreators Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello talk about media consolidation, the perils of censorship, and why they find AI “deeply disturbing.” 110914
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Imagine a world where centi-millionaire Ed Sheeran instead pushes back and risks cancelling his tour because he won't cancel his opener? 041
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026'Don't let the best be the enemy of the good' is appropriate advice for someone struggling to finish a small, low-stakes project. This is not the right advice for how to regulate a field of tech with wide and well-documented harms.. 052
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Macklemore's statement on this is well worth a read 120
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas. 230113141300
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026How did he pass is job interview? The same reason he's all over the press & everyone in the "left" is captured by these people. I'm gonna call it like it is, once again, its ******RACISM********* Y'all can't imagine that WE are the experts. 12831233
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenEuan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 05/08/2026Some updates added to the story following a new response from U of T: breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...breachmedia.caCanadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators ⋆ The BreachUniversities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence 0129
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026My sentiments are definitively not specific to cancer trials … but what a sickening example of the intersection of all the shit in the world. 031
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026emerging from a social media sabbatical to share one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen from the global tech market. inherently alienating and solidarity-destroying at its core. Prediction markets are among the most dangerous platforms out there. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comMy son has cancer. Kalshi wants you to be able to bet on his medical future | Joshua PedersonThe predictions market is planning to allow betting on clinical trial results and regulatory decisions as our family fights for his survival 14122
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I am thrilled to see Jayden Nelson get out on the pitch. Big ❤️ from and for the childhood cancer community. 🥹 m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqch...m.youtube.comJayden Nelson's journey to the 2026 FIFA World CupYouTube video by TSN 140
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 09/06/2026Ward 3 Hamilton City Councillor Nrinder Nann has placed a motion onto next week's Council agendas to use the Planning Act's Interim Control powers to temporarily ban new data centres in Hamilton. Vote will be next Tuesday at Committee, then June 24 at Council. #yhmcc #hamont 2227
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026While cutting all prison librarian positions. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 122
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenDr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Female professors at post-secondary schools in Toronto earn significantly less than their male counterparts. In Ontario, every major university paid male professors more than female professors, with average wage gaps ranging from 5.7% (University of Ottawa) to 13.5% (McMaster University)ctvnews.caFemale professors at post-secondary schools in Toronto earn significantly less than their male counterparts. Here’s why.Female professors in Toronto are earning as much as $23,000 less than their male counterparts, according to Statistics Canada. 711678
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/06/2026Suuure.thestar.comBan on ‘surveillance pricing’ could threaten discounts, retailers warnAs the Carney government signals a crackdown on surveillance pricing, major retailers are lobbying for weaker guardrails they argue are necessary for data-based personalized discounts. 1225043
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026lol, these retailers?? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_p...en.wikipedia.orgBread price-fixing in Canada - Wikipedia 061
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenSkylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 05/06/2026“I reject the idea that we have to be slaves to surveillance capitalism in order to participate in the modern economy” Wab Kinew in his announcement that Manitoba would not be continuing with the Île-des-Chênes data centre. 0112
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenParis Marx @parismarx.com · 05/06/2026A sober take from @shachikurl.bsky.social of Angus Reid Institute of how Canadians are not on side with Mark Carney’s enthusiastic approach to AI or data centres. They aren’t uninformed or illiterate; they simply experience the sides of AI the government prefers not to focus on. 3231100
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 04/06/2026PHOTO The audience celebrates following the Committee of Adjustment decision to deny Steelport land severance. #hamont #yhmcc 13410
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026‼️ This is a success in the long process of Hamilton #hamont resisting a proposed new data centre. Please share with anyone keeping tabs on community resistance to data centres. 1123
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 04/06/2026DENIED Hamilton's Committee of Adjustment voted 3-0 to deny the Steelport land severance application. #yhmcc #HamOnt 23911
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Huge disconnect between the federal government’s ’AI for All’ announcement today and the many, many thoughtful and well informed voices of opposition to the proposed data centre in Hamilton. Almost as if the ‘All’ are not for ‘AI’. #hamont 060
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenSkylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I would also like to say that most of the government's emphasis on First Nations and AI (as well as the leading AI institutes) is on education. I think it is paternalistic to imply that distrust of these systems stems from insufficient understanding of them. 162
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Peak Hamilton. 💕 I am one of over 1,000 who submitted comments in writing. 083
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenBlayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Reading through the government's AI marketing strategy. Notes as I go. Starting on a positive note, the NDP under Avi Lewis is already paying dividends and exerting influence -- in this case, on surveillance pricing. 14812
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenJeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 04/06/2026I am once again asking on whose land is all this "AI" infrastructure gonna be dependant on? ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...ised-isde.canada.caCanada’s national Artificial Intelligence strategy: AI for All 1226
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenSkylee-Storm @skylee-storm.bsky.social · 04/06/2026In the strategy, First Nations are mentioned twice, once as a group vaguely consulted, then again as a group being served by health AI research. To be clear, all submissions made in the development of this strategy (not consultation) were analyzed by AI. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...pm.gc.caPrime Minister Carney launches AI for All: Canada’s new national artificial intelligence strategyToday, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, launched AI for All, Canada’s new national AI strategy. Over the next five years, this strategy will introduce new legislation, investments, and programs that e... 21511
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Thank you! It’s back on my timeline now too. weird! will follow up delete thread now. 000
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 04/06/2026More photos inside Hamilton City Hall where hundreds of people are expressing their opposition to AI data centres as the Committee of Adjustment debates an administrative routine (from a legal/planning perspective) land severance for the former Stelco lands to facilitate data centres #hamont #yhmcc 02611
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026💥 A must read report on Bill C-22, the Canadian government's "lawful access" bill (the one that if passed would cause Signal to pull out of Canada because of the federal government's forced surveillance)👇🏻 Huge kudos for your work on this @cyn-k.bsky.social @kate-ro.bsky.social @digitalprivacy.ca 045
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenCynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 03/06/2026New joint publication by @citizenlab.ca + @cancivlib.bsky.social! In which @kate-ro.bsky.social & I join forces w/ Tamir @digitalprivacy.ca to explain the federal govt's many... "(Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access" 🧵1/xcitizenlab.caThe Citizen Lab (Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access -This submission analyzes Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, which would enact broad surveillance obligations and reforms in Canada. Issues include: the bill’s sweeping scope, significant constitutional... 26242
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenDr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 02/06/2026Imagine how many faculty they could’ve hired. The administrators who argued for this have consistently argued against paying their faculty a living wage. 12524160
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Litigation and lawsuits are extremely imperfect. And, I am very here for the use of litigation as one angle to disrupt corporate surveillance networks, where governments consistently fail, or are complicit in building them. 0219
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenLeah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The preliminary ruling of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal is a sobering reminder that the harms of colonialism are not confined to Canada’s past. (🧵1/4) 14830
Reposted by Kristen ThomasenShobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 01/06/2026This is what I mean when I say that students often just need a permission structure to refuse AI. If you discuss the environmental, equity, political, economic, etc problems with them, many (in my experience) just say no. (And many are annoyed that universities are shoving it down their throats.) 0226
Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026It’s funny how much this emphasizes ”AI literacy” 030