bianca wylie
@biancawylie.com
newsletter:
https://time-and-space-studios.ghost.io/
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A digital infrastructure plan - CCPA
Asserting digital sovereignty means mapping out the real world of digital infrastructure and understanding which parts are for public intervention
www.policyalternatives.ca
The idea that a country wants to have agency over its technology systems is understandable. But let’s take care not to confuse this desire with anything resembling progressive politics. My latest for @policyalternatives.ca
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Friday, Jan 16 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm EST
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
120 Saint George Street
Toronto, ON
(will be livestreamed as well)
h/t Animikii News River
www.eventbrite.ca/e/for-archiv...?
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
120 Saint George Street
Toronto, ON
(will be livestreamed as well)
h/t Animikii News River
www.eventbrite.ca/e/for-archiv...?
For Archival Sovereignty and Decolonization
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Jamila J. Ghaddar and Raymond Frogner.
www.eventbrite.ca
January 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Friday, Jan 16 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm EST
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
120 Saint George Street
Toronto, ON
(will be livestreamed as well)
h/t Animikii News River
www.eventbrite.ca/e/for-archiv...?
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
120 Saint George Street
Toronto, ON
(will be livestreamed as well)
h/t Animikii News River
www.eventbrite.ca/e/for-archiv...?
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Our friends at the Tranzac have a call for residencies open! They're inviting artists, groups, curators, ensembles, and organizations to apply to their performance residency for April - September 2026! Deadline to apply is Fri., Jan. 23, 2026.
More info & link to apply: tranzac.org/residencies/...
More info & link to apply: tranzac.org/residencies/...
January 14, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Our friends at the Tranzac have a call for residencies open! They're inviting artists, groups, curators, ensembles, and organizations to apply to their performance residency for April - September 2026! Deadline to apply is Fri., Jan. 23, 2026.
More info & link to apply: tranzac.org/residencies/...
More info & link to apply: tranzac.org/residencies/...
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i think we're making big mistakes trying to do post-hoc transparency of model decisions.
“Showing the work” can’t compensate for unclear delegation of judgment.
“Showing the work” can’t compensate for unclear delegation of judgment.
January 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
i think we're making big mistakes trying to do post-hoc transparency of model decisions.
“Showing the work” can’t compensate for unclear delegation of judgment.
“Showing the work” can’t compensate for unclear delegation of judgment.
favourite part of writing is still deleting
January 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
favourite part of writing is still deleting
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Much more than what you think or feel--an endless landscape of contradiction we struggle to recognize in others, much less ourselves--politics is what you do, what mark you leave on the world and the people in it.
January 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Much more than what you think or feel--an endless landscape of contradiction we struggle to recognize in others, much less ourselves--politics is what you do, what mark you leave on the world and the people in it.
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The latest @showuptoronto.ca newsletter features some sober thoughts about the anti-immigration rally this past weekend and how it relates to our neighbours down south, alongside dozens of opportunities to show up for your communities. buttondown.com/showup/archi... #toronto
Show Up Toronto - January 13, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, This past weekend there was a so-called "Canada First" rally at Nathan Philips Square promoted by a group of ideologues parroting...
buttondown.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The latest @showuptoronto.ca newsletter features some sober thoughts about the anti-immigration rally this past weekend and how it relates to our neighbours down south, alongside dozens of opportunities to show up for your communities. buttondown.com/showup/archi... #toronto
you're looking for a rake to step on? right this way, here's some automation that might be of interest.
January 13, 2026 at 9:24 PM
you're looking for a rake to step on? right this way, here's some automation that might be of interest.
shoulder months, good term
January 13, 2026 at 4:24 AM
shoulder months, good term
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Much as Adania Shibli was censored by the Frankfurt Book Fair,
Randa Abdel-Fattah has been removed from the Adelaide Writers Festival. Her book is about silencing. We discuss at length the many ways, small & large, public & behind the scenes, Palestinian voices are silenced
Randa Abdel-Fattah has been removed from the Adelaide Writers Festival. Her book is about silencing. We discuss at length the many ways, small & large, public & behind the scenes, Palestinian voices are silenced
Excited to share this conversation with Randa Abdel-Fattah about her remarkable new novel DISCIPLINE. A book about language, silence, complicity, solidarity and so much more
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/rand...
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/rand...
Randa Abdel-Fattah : Discipline - Tin House
Randa Abdel-Fattah’s new novel Discipline is set in Sydney, Australia in 2021 during Ramadan. Discipline follows two Palestinians there, one in media and one in academia, where each has to confront qu...
tinhouse.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Much as Adania Shibli was censored by the Frankfurt Book Fair,
Randa Abdel-Fattah has been removed from the Adelaide Writers Festival. Her book is about silencing. We discuss at length the many ways, small & large, public & behind the scenes, Palestinian voices are silenced
Randa Abdel-Fattah has been removed from the Adelaide Writers Festival. Her book is about silencing. We discuss at length the many ways, small & large, public & behind the scenes, Palestinian voices are silenced
sign up - this will be good! :)
Subscribe to my new ~biweekly newsletter, Tech Shadow Work, where I will write about the unspoken "shadow" behind tech policy discourse: rebeccawilliams.info/welcome-to-t...
Welcome to Tech Shadow Work
Tech Shadow Work launches in 2026 as a biweekly newsletter. Each issue uses a recent moment in technology or tech policy to examine its shadow, asking what these decisions reveal about societal power ...
rebeccawilliams.info
January 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
sign up - this will be good! :)
Toronto :) on Wed Jan 28 at 7 pm (doors at 6 pm) come join us @1rg.space for the first event of the new wayfinding series:
Privacy - with Jenny Zhang (@phirephoenix.com) + Parker Higgins (@xor.blue) and a group discussion to follow.
Will be great :)
Privacy - with Jenny Zhang (@phirephoenix.com) + Parker Higgins (@xor.blue) and a group discussion to follow.
Will be great :)
We're really excited to announce Wayfinding, a new series we're hosting featuring conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in modern life.
Announcing Wayfinding
We're super excited to announce Wayfinding, a new event series at 1RG that we’ve been working on with Jenny Zhang and Jen Dodd, and we hope you’ll join us at the first event on January 28th.
We live in a moment where our trust in tech companies to
words.1rg.space
January 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Toronto :) on Wed Jan 28 at 7 pm (doors at 6 pm) come join us @1rg.space for the first event of the new wayfinding series:
Privacy - with Jenny Zhang (@phirephoenix.com) + Parker Higgins (@xor.blue) and a group discussion to follow.
Will be great :)
Privacy - with Jenny Zhang (@phirephoenix.com) + Parker Higgins (@xor.blue) and a group discussion to follow.
Will be great :)
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I NEED YALL TO READ THIS
'Disability isn’t securitized like death. That makes it the ideal objective for anyone with time to kill (no pun intended). Death by a thousand cuts. The frog in boiling water...Yet time somehow remains our blind spot. To die in slow motion is still to die'.
sciencepolitics.org/2026/01/09/r...
sciencepolitics.org/2026/01/09/r...
Rethinking Security for a More Resilient US - Science Politics
Invisible links between long COVID, AI, and social media signal an emerging trend of mass disability in the post-pandemic U.S.
sciencepolitics.org
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I NEED YALL TO READ THIS
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Subscribe to my new ~biweekly newsletter, Tech Shadow Work, where I will write about the unspoken "shadow" behind tech policy discourse: rebeccawilliams.info/welcome-to-t...
Welcome to Tech Shadow Work
Tech Shadow Work launches in 2026 as a biweekly newsletter. Each issue uses a recent moment in technology or tech policy to examine its shadow, asking what these decisions reveal about societal power ...
rebeccawilliams.info
January 7, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Subscribe to my new ~biweekly newsletter, Tech Shadow Work, where I will write about the unspoken "shadow" behind tech policy discourse: rebeccawilliams.info/welcome-to-t...
asking too much of science, asking too much of law
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 AM
asking too much of science, asking too much of law
“Before any engagement it's worthwhile asking what its effects are going to be," [Satkunanandan] said. "I don't know if we always ask that because we see engagement as a good in itself, and as a sign of caring about shared life."
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
Polarizing times call for Nietzsche's practice of 'passing by' | CBC Radio
Nineteenth century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche offers us a method that can help us navigate the highly polarizing discourse that’s afflicting democracies today. IDEAS shares lessons on heal...
www.cbc.ca
January 12, 2026 at 10:36 AM
“Before any engagement it's worthwhile asking what its effects are going to be," [Satkunanandan] said. "I don't know if we always ask that because we see engagement as a good in itself, and as a sign of caring about shared life."
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
“…waiting could be conceived of both as a form of resistance and as a warranted insistence on the space for deliberation and reflection, which are the preconditions of freedom.“
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@lmsacasas.bsky.social
theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/waiting-is...
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@lmsacasas.bsky.social
theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/waiting-is...
Waiting Is a Revelation
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 1
theconvivialsociety.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM
“…waiting could be conceived of both as a form of resistance and as a warranted insistence on the space for deliberation and reflection, which are the preconditions of freedom.“
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@lmsacasas.bsky.social
theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/waiting-is...
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@lmsacasas.bsky.social
theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/waiting-is...
so much courage on parade and so much more we never see
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
so much courage on parade and so much more we never see
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this chapter has been in the works for a few years—i presented a version of this paper at the 2024 IGC in Dublin, at a wonderful session organized by @kathbrowne.bsky.social! thx to everyone who came out to that session and all who have given feedback as this paper has evolved :)
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
this chapter has been in the works for a few years—i presented a version of this paper at the 2024 IGC in Dublin, at a wonderful session organized by @kathbrowne.bsky.social! thx to everyone who came out to that session and all who have given feedback as this paper has evolved :)
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the chapter explores how desire has been taken up within the field of queer geography, arguing that desire is fundamental to queer lives & movements! it closes with vignettes from toronto's queer punk & rave scenes to illustrate the heuristic capacity of desire in queer research
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
the chapter explores how desire has been taken up within the field of queer geography, arguing that desire is fundamental to queer lives & movements! it closes with vignettes from toronto's queer punk & rave scenes to illustrate the heuristic capacity of desire in queer research
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rly excited about this one! the last publication from my MA research has been released as part of this new collection of queer geography scholarship, along with the work of such brilliant colleagues as @queergeog.bsky.social @sagebrice.bsky.social & @joejukes.bsky.social !!
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
rly excited about this one! the last publication from my MA research has been released as part of this new collection of queer geography scholarship, along with the work of such brilliant colleagues as @queergeog.bsky.social @sagebrice.bsky.social & @joejukes.bsky.social !!
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Jan 29th, 12-1 pm ET, remote.
$40 CAD
attendees will learn about issues that commonly arise in describing archival resources created by and about trans and gender diverse people and communities and describe best practices for addressing these issues.
www.aao-archivists.ca/event-6510343
$40 CAD
attendees will learn about issues that commonly arise in describing archival resources created by and about trans and gender diverse people and communities and describe best practices for addressing these issues.
www.aao-archivists.ca/event-6510343
Archives Association of Ontario - TAAG- Trans Issues in Archival Description
www.aao-archivists.ca
January 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Jan 29th, 12-1 pm ET, remote.
$40 CAD
attendees will learn about issues that commonly arise in describing archival resources created by and about trans and gender diverse people and communities and describe best practices for addressing these issues.
www.aao-archivists.ca/event-6510343
$40 CAD
attendees will learn about issues that commonly arise in describing archival resources created by and about trans and gender diverse people and communities and describe best practices for addressing these issues.
www.aao-archivists.ca/event-6510343
(regarding the “minister of AI“)
Ursula Franklin summarized it as such:
“…we have lost the institution of government in terms of responsibility and accountability to the people. We now have nothing but a bunch of managers, who run the country to make it safe for technology.”
“…we have lost the institution of government in terms of responsibility and accountability to the people. We now have nothing but a bunch of managers, who run the country to make it safe for technology.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(regarding the “minister of AI“)
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Come to the first event: conversations about Privacy with @phirephoenix.com and @xor.blue
luma.com/wayfinding1
luma.com/wayfinding1
Wayfinding: Privacy · Luma
Wayfinding: conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in modern life.
We live in a moment where our trust in tech companies to protect our privacy…
luma.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Come to the first event: conversations about Privacy with @phirephoenix.com and @xor.blue
luma.com/wayfinding1
luma.com/wayfinding1
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I'm really stoked to be doing this!
We're really excited to announce Wayfinding, a new series we're hosting featuring conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in modern life.
Announcing Wayfinding
We're super excited to announce Wayfinding, a new event series at 1RG that we’ve been working on with Jenny Zhang and Jen Dodd, and we hope you’ll join us at the first event on January 28th.
We live in a moment where our trust in tech companies to
words.1rg.space
January 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I'm really stoked to be doing this!
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I’ve been working on this event series with Max and Jen for the past few months and I am so fucking psyched!!! You should come to the first event on Jan 28th featuring yours truly and @xor.blue!!! Did I mention how fucking psyched I am because I am!!!
luma.com/wayfinding1
luma.com/wayfinding1
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I’ve been working on this event series with Max and Jen for the past few months and I am so fucking psyched!!! You should come to the first event on Jan 28th featuring yours truly and @xor.blue!!! Did I mention how fucking psyched I am because I am!!!
luma.com/wayfinding1
luma.com/wayfinding1