Victoria Stuart
persagen.bsky.social
Victoria Stuart
@persagen.bsky.social
Vancouver, B.C. 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
YES: social justice/human rights/environment
NO! capitalism/billionaires/inequality/fascists/genocide/misogyny
Transgenocide https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/docs/transgenocide.pdf
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🇺🇲 There it is: “We would be frankly unstoppable”: Trump dances around Greenland threats at Davos
pvonline.ca/2026/01/21/c...

The president spoke of Greenland with the noncommittal menace of a mobster at the World Economic Forum
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pvonline.ca
🇯🇵 Sanae Takaichi: The Woman Behind Japan’s Rightward Shift
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
nonpaywalled: archive.fo/vj3H2

How Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female Prime Minister, won big in last weekend’s election.

* writer; far-right Japanese nationalist
Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Pushes the Country Further to the Right
Sanae Takaichi secured a supermajority in Japan’s lower house of parliament, giving her significant power to push a harder line against China and pursue a more restrictive immigration policy.
www.newyorker.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Ethics and Public Policy Center: 🇺🇲 HHS Using Anti-Trans Language From Christian Right Think Tank
www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...

* HHS referring to gender-affirming care for transgender & non-binary Americans as “sex-rejecting procedures” since November 2025
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HHS Has Been Using Anti-Trans Language From a Christian Right Think Tank
The department refers to gender-affirming care as “sex-denying procedures,” a term coined by the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
www.importantcontext.news
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Anthropology: Ancient people had nautical tech, know-how to cross hazardous Arctic channel
www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Early human migrations: endlessly fascinating! 😯

Voyage to Kitsissut: new perspective on Early Paleo-Inuit watercraft, maritime lifeways
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ancient people had nautical tech, know-how to cross hazardous Arctic channel | CBC News
Archeologists have found the remains of a cluster of tents with hearths on a remote High Arctic island that date back more than 4,000 years. They offer surprising new insights about the first people w...
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM
🇨🇦 Retrograde step: British Columbia’s return to criminalizing addiction
pvonline.ca/2026/02/09/b...

* will not renew exemption to Controlled Drugs & Substances Act
* decriminalization pilot project removed criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of illicit substances for personal use
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February 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
🇺🇲 Steve Bannon calls for ICE to engage in voter intimidation during the midterms
therealnews.com/bannon-ice-v...

“You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November,” former Trump strategist Steve Bannon said.
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Bannon calls for ICE to engage in voter intimidation during the midterms
“You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November,” former Trump strategist Steve Bannon said.
therealnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Conservative Researcher Kevin Moncla Linked to FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
www.propublica.org/article/kevi...

Moncla tried repeatedly to prove 2020 vote in Fulton County, GA tainted by fraud
State election overseers have rejected his claims

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23...
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The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the fede...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
nonpaywalled: archive.fo/R5pWs

Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.
What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either
Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.
www.newyorker.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Know Your Enemy: Tucker Carlson’s Phases & Stages
dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...

New book, Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind
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Know Your Enemy: Tucker Carlson’s Phases and Stages - Dissent Magazine
Matt and Sam talk to Jason Zengerle about his new book, Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind.
dissentmagazine.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
🇨🇦 University of Alberta staff / students speak out against move to axe EDI f. hiring policy
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

* says equity, diversity & inclusion policy wasn’t achieving its goals
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversi...

Comments
* backward move
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February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
🇨🇦 Canada Pension Plan is Bankrolling Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Agenda
www.desmog.com/2026/02/06/c...

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trump’s return to office.
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Canada Pension Plan is Bankrolling Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Agenda
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trump’s return to office.
www.desmog.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 AM
🇨🇦 Man behind the Clarity Act has choice words for Alberta separatists and Danielle Smith
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

'No patience for separatist blackmail,' says former Liberal minister Stéphane Dion

Clarity Act (2000) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarity...
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Man behind the Clarity Act has choice words for Alberta separatists and Danielle Smith | CBC News
Former Liberal cabinet minister Stéphane Dion is lambasting the brewing separatist movement in Alberta and demanding Premier Danielle Smith clarify her position and lay out the next steps depending on...
www.cbc.ca
February 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Reposted by Victoria Stuart
February 5, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Civil rights pioneer says after almost 70 years, story of the Little Rock Nine still 'resonates'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

* group of nine African American teenagers who integrated Little Rock Central High School [Arkansas, USA]
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Civil rights pioneer says after almost 70 years, story of the Little Rock Nine still 'resonates' | CBC News
Long before her work as an anti-racist educator and environmental campaigner in Canada, Minnijean Brown-Trickey showed enormous courage as one of the Little Rock Nine — a group of Black teenagers who ...
www.cbc.ca
February 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Agentic computing - OpenClaw AI chatbots are running amok; scientists are listening in
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
non-paywalled: archive.fo/eGHDd

* AI agents have own social-media platform
* publishing AI-generated research papers on own preprint server

Moltbook
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moltbook
OpenClaw AI chatbots are running amok — these scientists are listening in
Artificial-intelligence agents have their own social-media platform and are publishing AI-generated research papers on their own preprint server.
www.nature.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:48 PM
February: Honoring Black History Month
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_H...

Annually observed commemorative month that began as a way of remembering important people and events in African-American history, before it spread to other countries where it could celebrate black people worldwide.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Europeans Outraged at ICE Should Also Be Resisting Frontex
jacobin.com/2026/02/euro...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontex

* ICE thugs providing security for J. D. Vance at Milan’s Winter Olympics have spark outrage in Italy
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#ICE #Frontex #BorderContro #authoritarianism
Europeans Outraged at ICE Should Also Be Resisting Frontex
Reports of ICE thugs providing security for J. D. Vance at Milan’s Winter Olympics have sparked outrage in Italy. In Europe, too, multibillion-euro border agency Frontex is taking on increasingly trou...
jacobin.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Oxfam report shows the staggering inequality at the heart of capitalism
redflag.org.au/article/oxfa...

Resisting the Rule of the Rich: Protecting freedom from billionaire power
oi-files-d8-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/...
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February 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The lush life of gay Black musician Billy Strayhorn
www.advocate.com/history/bill...

Strayhorn wrote many of Ellington's big hits and lived as an out gay man in mid-century America. 🙏
The lush life of Billy Strayhorn, the gay Black man who was Duke Ellington's 'right arm'
Strayhorn wrote many of Ellington's big hits and lived as an out gay man in mid-century America.
www.advocate.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by Victoria Stuart
8 companies that actively support ICE:
- AT&T
- Comcast
- Charter
- Dell
- FedEx
- Lowes
- Marriott
- UPS
What is 'Resist and Unsubscribe' boycott? What to know about February ICE boycott
Consumers across the U.S. are being urged to boycott nearly a dozen tech companies this month. Here's why.
www.jsonline.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
🇨🇦 Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Party, minions - Inside Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties
thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Conference call shows political operative w. past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups

Alex Vriend | Diagolon | Second Sons
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Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee
A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.
thetyee.ca
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
PrisonIndustrialComplex: U.S. military helping Trump to build massive network of ‘concentration camps’
therealnews.com/us-military-...

Dept Homeland Security repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to convert warehouses into makeshift jails & plan sprawling tent cities in remote areas
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US military helping Trump to build massive network of ‘concentration camps,’ Navy contract reveals
The Department of Homeland Security is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to convert warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in remote areas.
therealnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:11 PM
🇺🇲 Trump shares election conspiracy social med a video with racist depiction of Obamas
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

Trump social media repost in which Barack & Michelle Obama superimposed atop bodies of apes

Feb 2026 state of U.S. politics, governance. The world is watching. 🤨
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Trump shares social media video with racist depiction of Obamas | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is sparking backlash from Democrats over a late-night social media repost in which Barack and Michelle Obama are superimposed atop the bodies of apes.
www.cbc.ca
February 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
REVIEW OF 1984 By Isaac Asimov I
www.newworker.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Using a GPT-5-driven autonomous lab to optimize the cost and titer of cell-free protein synthesis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

* iterative optimization, LLM-driven autonomous lab
* 40% reduction in specific cost ($/g protein) of CFPS vs. SOTA
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February 6, 2026 at 5:58 AM