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Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
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China: AI, involution and the national plan
During his New Year’s Eve address broadcast, China’s Communist leader Xi praised the country’s advancements in key sectors. Images ranging from humanoid robots performing kung fu to new hydro…
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Writings on the Failings of Notice & Consent – ProjectVRM
Writings on the Failings of Notice & Consent – ProjectVRM
As with the notice above, notice & consent online is worse than a fail. It's absurd. But it helps to have sources that explain how ceremonies promising privacy online will always fail when those…
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Writings on the Failings of Notice & Consent – ProjectVRM
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed buff.ly/zgcomAa
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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Policy Authoring and Analysis with AI
In my last post, I argued that policy does not belong in an LLM prompt. Authorization is about authority and scope, not about persuading a language model to behave. Prompts express intent; policies…
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It's worth remembering that "human-centric" is not necessarily the same as "human-beneficial". After all a hog farm is very "hog-After all, a hog farm is very "hog-centric", but it doesn't turn out well for the hogs.
Exclusive: Figure CEO Brett Adcock Launches New AI Lab With $100 Million in Funding
Brett Adcock, the CEO of robotics startup Figure AI, has started a new AI lab called Hark, which will be funded by $100 million of his personal capital, according to a copy of a memo Adcock sent to…
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It's worth remembering that "human-centric" is not necessarily the same as "human-beneficial". After all a hog farm is very "hog-After all, a hog farm is very "hog-centric", but it doesn't turn out well for the hogs.
The best books, films and TV that tackled AI + tech in 2025 buff.ly/tqohdoG
The best books, films and TV that tackled AI + tech in 2025
The Great Blood in the Machine Guide to All Media
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This Christmas, Don’t Talk about Politics buff.ly/xqD08uM
This Christmas, Don’t Talk about Politics
Why arguing with your family about politics won’t change their minds — and what actually will
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Anti-imperialist voters have no one to support in NDP race - Yves Engler buff.ly/HWyCj79
Anti-imperialist voters have no one to support in NDP race - Yves Engler
There’s little space for internationalism in official ‘left’ politics. From the Greens to NDP, imperialism and militarism dominate Canadian politics. A few weeks after backing Mark Carney’s radical…
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December 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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If You're Not Free To Oppose A Genocide, Your Society Is Not Free
Reading by Tim Foley:
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business buff.ly/OzOXEDm
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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How to Civilize Digital Life
How to Civilize Digital Life
Samuel D. Warren II and Louis D. Brandeis The Right to Privacy is a brief written by Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren and published in the Harvard Law Review in 1890. It has not been improved upon …
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December 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How to Civilize Digital Life
A code red for AI
A code red for AI
Sam Altman issued a 'code red' for OpenAI. Meanwhile, political fault lines are widening in the GOP in Washington, and the public is protesting its unfettered expansion.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A code red for AI
Competent Fascists Please The Military. Trump & Hegseth Pissed Them Off.
Competent Fascists Please The Military. Trump & Hegseth Pissed Them Off.
Surprisingly, generals don't like being lectured by a drunk Fox News host.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Competent Fascists Please The Military. Trump & Hegseth Pissed Them Off.
Privacy People
Privacy People
Privacy People is a documentary film exploring the importance of privacy, the impact of big data and surveillance, and the evolving role of privacy professionals.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Privacy People
Notes from the IAPP Canada: OPC consultation an opportunity to shape Canadian privacy standards
Notes from the IAPP Canada: OPC consultation an opportunity to shape Canadian privacy standards
IAPP Country Leader, Canada, Kris Klein writes the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's consultation seeking input on what updated or new guidance the privacy community would like to see…
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December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Notes from the IAPP Canada: OPC consultation an opportunity to shape Canadian privacy standards
Exclusive: Petco takes down Vetco website after exposing customers' personal information
Exclusive: Petco takes down Vetco website after exposing customers' personal information
TechCrunch found Petco's veterinary clinics were spilling customers' personal information and medical histories of their pets.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Exclusive: Petco takes down Vetco website after exposing customers' personal information
Canadians want alternative to ecocidal capitalism - Yves Engler yvesengler.com/2025/12/06/c...
Canadians want alternative to ecocidal capitalism - Yves Engler
Despite few promoting socialism Canadians are open to anti-capitalist messages. According to a mid-November Spark Insights online survey of 2,895 adults, 43% of Canadians believe capitalism “is doing…
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December 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Canadians want alternative to ecocidal capitalism - Yves Engler yvesengler.com/2025/12/06/c...
Rather than blindly replicating European frameworks, countries should prioritise flexible, interoperable models that balance rights with local development needs. - which allows for exploitation and extraction disguised as 'innovation'. buff.ly/VMO9XXz
Europe Writes the Rules and the World Pays the Price
The European Union (EU) says its digital rules promote privacy, safety, and trust. But for many countries outside Europe, these rules feel more like a drawbridge: comply or be shut out. European…
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December 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Rather than blindly replicating European frameworks, countries should prioritise flexible, interoperable models that balance rights with local development needs. - which allows for exploitation and extraction disguised as 'innovation'. buff.ly/VMO9XXz
Inside the AI-powered conspiracy machine selling ‘Truthwear’ to Canadians www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/08/i...
Inside the AI-powered conspiracy machine selling ‘Truthwear’ to Canadians
Multiple researchers told Canada’s National Observer that conspiracy companies like Mutinni are the inevitable result of artificial intelligence colliding with the attention economy. Social media…
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December 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Inside the AI-powered conspiracy machine selling ‘Truthwear’ to Canadians www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/08/i...
Scientists Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Sway Elections www.404media.co/scientists-a...
Scientists Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Sway Elections
AI models can meaningfully sway voters on candidates and issues, including by using misinformation, and they are also evading detection in public surveys according to three new studies.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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‘Who wants to live like this?’ Locals fume as Meta AI data center upends entire community
‘Who wants to live like this?’ Locals fume as Meta AI data center upends entire community
Meta is financing the data center using accounting tricks that the Wall Street Journal reports appear “too good to be true.”
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December 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
‘Who wants to live like this?’ Locals fume as Meta AI data center upends entire community
Carney’s budget pales in comparison to the Alternative Federal Budget
Carney’s budget pales in comparison to the Alternative Federal Budget
The Alternative Federal Budget offers a more hopeful and sustainable alternative to what Mark Carney's Liberals offered earlier this month.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Carney’s budget pales in comparison to the Alternative Federal Budget
Artificial intelligence is not as artificial as you might think - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Artificial intelligence is not as artificial as you might think - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
AI systems involve a huge amount of human effort, often in Global South countries, working in precarious conditions.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Artificial intelligence is not as artificial as you might think - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Why age verification misses the mark and puts everyone at risk - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Why age verification misses the mark and puts everyone at risk - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Age verification is a short-sighted, ineffective and dangerous way to protect young people form online harms.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Why age verification misses the mark and puts everyone at risk - European Digital Rights (EDRi)