irina cerić
@irinaceric.bsky.social
Asst. Prof @windsorlaw.bsky.social. JD+PhD. Researching #lawandprotest, movement defence & injunctions. Activist. Lawyer. Jugoslovenka. Cyclist. Aging punk. Windsor+Toronto via Belgrade. she/her/comrade. #SFSN 🍉
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irina cerić
@irinaceric.bsky.social
· Jun 9
Lawfare is increasingly being wielded to bolster the state’s ability to repress and criminalize pro-Palestinian movements.
NEW from @irinaceric.bsky.social of @windsorlaw.bsky.social on Toronto’s bubble zone bylaw:
NEW from @irinaceric.bsky.social of @windsorlaw.bsky.social on Toronto’s bubble zone bylaw:
Bursting the bubble (zone): Resisting Toronto’s anti-protest bylaw
Toronto’s new bubble zone anti-protest bylaw is both more and less dangerous than it may appear at first glance. Less because the bylaw’s enforceability and constitutionality are shaky, more because t...
canadiandimension.com
I wrote about Toronto’s bubble zone bylaw for @canadiandimension.bsky.social
TL;DR: it’s bad, but probably not (just) for the reasons you think it is
TL;DR: it’s bad, but probably not (just) for the reasons you think it is
Sadly I can't be in Chile in mid March but maybe you can? Check out this CFP for the Second International Conference of Critical Legal Geography www.clg.place/apps/f59d75f...
www.clg.place
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Sadly I can't be in Chile in mid March but maybe you can? Check out this CFP for the Second International Conference of Critical Legal Geography www.clg.place/apps/f59d75f...
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The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
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You can really see why this class of rich guy is so hopped up on AI and thinks we all desperately want it to write our emails.
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
You can really see why this class of rich guy is so hopped up on AI and thinks we all desperately want it to write our emails.
The law professor in me seconds this emotion
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The law professor in me seconds this emotion
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postdoc/research fellow opportunity for aspiring law profs and legal scholars! If you want to spend some time in Toronto, we have two such open positions (good for up to 2 years) - deadline for applications is March 6, 2026 jackmanlaw.utoronto.ca/sites/defaul...
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
postdoc/research fellow opportunity for aspiring law profs and legal scholars! If you want to spend some time in Toronto, we have two such open positions (good for up to 2 years) - deadline for applications is March 6, 2026 jackmanlaw.utoronto.ca/sites/defaul...
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The day pipeline security followed reporter @writermjs.bsky.social — and what he’s learned since about CSIS — has him asking a lot of questions. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
The deepening ties between CSIS and resource companies | The Narwhal
As the federal government earmarks resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to CSIS
thenarwhal.ca
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The day pipeline security followed reporter @writermjs.bsky.social — and what he’s learned since about CSIS — has him asking a lot of questions. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
Hard not to read this as an Onion headline, because my Tory MP, Kathy Borrelli, does absolutely nothing windsorstar.com/news/local-n...
Who does what? Windsor councillors, MPPs, MPs focus on 'disconnect' with citizens
Who does what? Communication challenges between Windsor politicians at all 3 government levels focus of rare city hall meeting on Monday.
windsorstar.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Hard not to read this as an Onion headline, because my Tory MP, Kathy Borrelli, does absolutely nothing windsorstar.com/news/local-n...
Crucial intervention by Leora Smith of Toronto's Community Justice Collective (which I'm on the Board of) on why Bill 60, the so-called "Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act", will protect financialized landlords, not tenants
Via @canadiandimension.bsky.social
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Via @canadiandimension.bsky.social
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Landlords want your rent to go up. Doug Ford is making it happen
Ford may think that disappearing tenants and their unions from the LTB will disappear them from the city, but it won’t. Tenants and the growing tenant union movement in Ontario have been successfully ...
canadiandimension.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Crucial intervention by Leora Smith of Toronto's Community Justice Collective (which I'm on the Board of) on why Bill 60, the so-called "Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act", will protect financialized landlords, not tenants
Via @canadiandimension.bsky.social
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Via @canadiandimension.bsky.social
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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One day the US will have to face the shame and horror of what has happened here: that a cabal of wealthy people have elevated a monster into the most powerful person in the world www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One day the US will have to face the shame and horror of what has happened here: that a cabal of wealthy people have elevated a monster into the most powerful person in the world www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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"Groups of Italians and other nationalities, so-called “sniper tourists”, are alleged to have participated in the massacre after paying large sums of money to soldiers belonging to the army of R. Karadžić, the former Bosnian Serb leader."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Groups of Italians and other nationalities, so-called “sniper tourists”, are alleged to have participated in the massacre after paying large sums of money to soldiers belonging to the army of R. Karadžić, the former Bosnian Serb leader."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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"Who needs to become the 51st state when our own governments are ready to implement all these same policies of pillage and oligarchic power themselves?" -- @shirip.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Mark Carney is flooding the zone. This is what he could be trying to distract us from
As ever, almost none of these dollars from major projects will “trickle down” to the vast majority of people across the country. Instead, let’s look at who really gains from
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Who needs to become the 51st state when our own governments are ready to implement all these same policies of pillage and oligarchic power themselves?" -- @shirip.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Anyone else being driven to distraction by the way OneDrive works now? MS Word keeps saving multiple copies to OneDrive instead of saving the current version of my doc on my hard drive, even when I'm logged out.
a man in a purple shirt is standing in a field with two other men .
Alt: GIF of the beat down on a printer scene from the movie Office Space
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Anyone else being driven to distraction by the way OneDrive works now? MS Word keeps saving multiple copies to OneDrive instead of saving the current version of my doc on my hard drive, even when I'm logged out.
Overheard in Toronto:
Q: Have you read Crime and Punishment?
A: I’m not really into true crime
Q: Have you read Crime and Punishment?
A: I’m not really into true crime
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Overheard in Toronto:
Q: Have you read Crime and Punishment?
A: I’m not really into true crime
Q: Have you read Crime and Punishment?
A: I’m not really into true crime
No wonder I’m so exhausted all the time. Also you’re welcome
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
No wonder I’m so exhausted all the time. Also you’re welcome
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Over 50 masked men gathered in front of the Serb Cultural Centre in Zagreb tonight, chanting the Croatian version of Sieg Heil–Za Dom Spremni.
The police checked their IDs and let them go. This follows a similar incident in Split and death threats made to Pupovac.
www.index.hr/vijesti/clan...
The police checked their IDs and let them go. This follows a similar incident in Split and death threats made to Pupovac.
www.index.hr/vijesti/clan...
Više od 50 maskiranih došlo pred Srpski kulturni centar u Zagrebu
VIŠE od pedeset maskiranih muškaraca, uglavnom mladića, došlo je pred Srpski kulturni centar u Preradovićevoj ulici u Zagrebu gdje se održava izložba. Okupili su se očito u znak prosvjeda protiv održa...
www.index.hr
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Over 50 masked men gathered in front of the Serb Cultural Centre in Zagreb tonight, chanting the Croatian version of Sieg Heil–Za Dom Spremni.
The police checked their IDs and let them go. This follows a similar incident in Split and death threats made to Pupovac.
www.index.hr/vijesti/clan...
The police checked their IDs and let them go. This follows a similar incident in Split and death threats made to Pupovac.
www.index.hr/vijesti/clan...
The Generalštab ruins have become a monument to nationalism but it's an architectural masterpiece that should've been rebuilt years ago. More importantly, there shouldn't be Trump hotels anywhere -- ESPECIALLY not in Belgrade. Shameful. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/w...
Serbian Lawmakers Approve Luxury Trump Hotel on Historic Bombing Site
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Generalštab ruins have become a monument to nationalism but it's an architectural masterpiece that should've been rebuilt years ago. More importantly, there shouldn't be Trump hotels anywhere -- ESPECIALLY not in Belgrade. Shameful. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/w...
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Omg Jacob is such a Bluesky user 😂💀
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Omg Jacob is such a Bluesky user 😂💀
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Folks curious to compare what helped catalyze #IdleNoMore can watch free, 2-part @aptnnews.bsky.social documentary I co-created with @anishinaboy.bsky.social !
▶️ youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4?...
▶️ youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4?...
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Folks curious to compare what helped catalyze #IdleNoMore can watch free, 2-part @aptnnews.bsky.social documentary I co-created with @anishinaboy.bsky.social !
▶️ youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4?...
▶️ youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4?...
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Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
The Supreme Court of Canada Wants You to Call 911 if Someone Is Overdosing | The Tyee
Police can’t arrest a person for drug possession if they call for help and stick around, a new ruling finds.
thetyee.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
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Ontario First Nations say it’s ‘now or never’ to stand up to resource extraction bills.
Legal experts warn laws are undemocratic and unconstitutional, while leaders call for a united front to defend lands and rights.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/l...
#onpoli
Legal experts warn laws are undemocratic and unconstitutional, while leaders call for a united front to defend lands and rights.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/l...
#onpoli
Ontario First Nations say it's ‘now or never’ to stand up to resource extraction bills
Legal experts warn that laws are undemocratic and unconstitutional, while leaders across the north call for a united front to defend their lands and sovereignty
ricochet.media
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Ontario First Nations say it’s ‘now or never’ to stand up to resource extraction bills.
Legal experts warn laws are undemocratic and unconstitutional, while leaders call for a united front to defend lands and rights.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/l...
#onpoli
Legal experts warn laws are undemocratic and unconstitutional, while leaders call for a united front to defend lands and rights.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/l...
#onpoli
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a girl said white guys need to get off the podcasts and back into emo bands and i agree
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
a girl said white guys need to get off the podcasts and back into emo bands and i agree
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So many harms have already emerged from reckless and oppressive uses of AI, with such wide-ranging & far-reaching consequences, to so many groups of people, that it seems almost impossible to document them all. But we tried, in this open letter to Minister Solomon: bccla.org/policy-submi... (1/x)
OPEN LETTER to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation from civil society organizations and individuals opposing "National Sprint" consultation on AI strategy - BC Civil Liberti...
The Honourable Mélanie JolyMinister of IndustryHouse of CommonsOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A6 The Honourable Evan SolomonMinister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital InnovationHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontar...
bccla.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So many harms have already emerged from reckless and oppressive uses of AI, with such wide-ranging & far-reaching consequences, to so many groups of people, that it seems almost impossible to document them all. But we tried, in this open letter to Minister Solomon: bccla.org/policy-submi... (1/x)
Same
I signed on to this letter because I refuse to accept the framing of "AI" as inevitable or even urgent. Generative "AI" in particular is slop tech for a fascist era and this rushed "consultation" period is just part of the overall griftosphere that constitutes modern tech.
bccla.org/policy-submi...
bccla.org/policy-submi...
OPEN LETTER to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation from civil society organizations and individuals opposing "National Sprint" consultation on AI strategy - BC Civil Liberti...
The Honourable Mélanie JolyMinister of IndustryHouse of CommonsOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A6 The Honourable Evan SolomonMinister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital InnovationHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontar...
bccla.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Same
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“'Some complaints are just rants with almost no evidence or detail,' noted Darryl Li, a professor at the University of Chicago and co-author of the report. 'Government civil rights enforcement is now being driven by the equivalent of a YouTube comment section.'”
Important new report out from AAUP & MESA, “The data…offers a detailed account of how landmark civil rights legislation – and particularly Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act – has become a primary tool to restrict speech on campus.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“'Some complaints are just rants with almost no evidence or detail,' noted Darryl Li, a professor at the University of Chicago and co-author of the report. 'Government civil rights enforcement is now being driven by the equivalent of a YouTube comment section.'”