Julia Breckenreid
@juliabreckenreid.bsky.social
Thoughtful Illustration | breckenreid.com
Toronto, CANADA!
Toronto, CANADA!
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I had a great time working with Greg Worsnop again, creating a series of posters that will benefit the Friends of Algonquin Park (FOAP), a non-profit charity that dedicates their resources to develop current and future stewards of Algonquin Park.
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February 17, 2026 at 12:01 PM
The very idea of spending precious hours of your life having to observe, draw and paint someone so vile is beyond me.
The official painted portrait from President Trump’s first term was completed more than four years ago, but never unveiled. Now he wants the National Portrait Gallery to commission a new one.
Trump Wants Smithsonian to Create a Different Official Portrait
The painted portrait from President Trump’s first term was completed more than four years ago, but never unveiled. Now he wants the National Portrait Gallery to commission a new one.
nyti.ms
February 13, 2026 at 6:23 PM
The very idea of spending precious hours of your life having to observe, draw and paint someone so vile is beyond me.
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Excited to share the new version of my website Teaching African Canadian History!
Visit and explore resources on Black Canadian history: tach.natashahenrydixon.ca
Visit and explore resources on Black Canadian history: tach.natashahenrydixon.ca
February 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Excited to share the new version of my website Teaching African Canadian History!
Visit and explore resources on Black Canadian history: tach.natashahenrydixon.ca
Visit and explore resources on Black Canadian history: tach.natashahenrydixon.ca
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The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Reposted by Julia Breckenreid
Reposted by Julia Breckenreid
New 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
Canadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s X
New 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.
bloom.bg
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
New 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
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Review! 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 Pereira
www.brokenfrontier.com/the-woodchip...
Review by Lindsay Pereira
The Woodchipper - Joe Ollmann’s Stories Look at Ordinary Lives and Everyday Struggles, with Empathy and Humour – Broken Frontier
Broken Frontier's Lindsay Pereira looks at the latest Drawn & Quarterly book by Joe Ollman - 'The Woodchipper'.
www.brokenfrontier.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Review! 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 Pereira
www.brokenfrontier.com/the-woodchip...
Review by Lindsay Pereira
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Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
Sunday, January 25, 2026, 9:05 pm.
Built for winter. ❄️
Built for Canada. 🇨🇦
Built for winter. ❄️
Built for Canada. 🇨🇦
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
Artist friends, please don't help them do this.
January 25, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Artist friends, please don't help them do this.
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"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."
January 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
"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."
In 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...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Fact sheet: The Golden Dome and Canada - CCPA
The 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...
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 PM
In 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...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Canada'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?...
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?...
Avi Lewis asks bankers on Bay Street if it’s time for a wealth tax
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
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January 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Canada'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?...
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?...
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Comic-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!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
Art Show - Comic-Con
2026 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...
www.comic-con.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Comic-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!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
My recent blog post: breckenreid.com/blog/https/b...
AGO: 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…
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January 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
My recent blog post: breckenreid.com/blog/https/b...
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The 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.
December 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The 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.
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For 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.
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.
December 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
For 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.
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.
I read 'Letters from an American' every morning, and today's letter from HCR put a smile on my face:
December 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I read 'Letters from an American' every morning, and today's letter from HCR put a smile on my face:
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Never 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.
December 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Never 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.
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We 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...
Deadline for applications is February 15, 2026.
All the information you need to apply is here: www.acfoundation.ca/2025/12/17/a...
December 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We 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...
Deadline for applications is February 15, 2026.
All the information you need to apply is here: www.acfoundation.ca/2025/12/17/a...
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Amnesty 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
The man is utterly devoid of even a shred of human decency.
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
#OnPoli
December 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Amnesty 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
The man is utterly devoid of even a shred of human decency.
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
#OnPoli
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This 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.
Total success to the first college/university that pledges to be AI-free and brand it as an opportunity to receive a real education.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This 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.
Currently 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...
"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: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Currently 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...
"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...
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Much 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.
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.
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Much 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.
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.
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Great 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.com
Studio Adam Warner
www.studioadamwarner.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Great 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.com
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one 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.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one 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.