Alison Kemper
@profalisonk.bsky.social
Org theory, bus & soc, indigenous rights, CO2, She/her. Asso. Prof at Toronto (Tkaronto) Metropolitan U.🏳️🌈 🇨🇦 Not into hate. I don’t follow back until you have posts. No DMs unless I follow you.
Now they want Iceland?? Is this meant to be funny? www.arctictoday.com/trumps-icela...
Trump's Iceland ambassador nominee jokes country will become a U.S. state - ArcticToday
Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Iceland joked about making Iceland a U.S. state as Washington prepares for high-level talks on Greenland.
www.arctictoday.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Now they want Iceland?? Is this meant to be funny? www.arctictoday.com/trumps-icela...
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shame on all of us in Canada for not doing more to support Americans who want to come here to find peace, respect, and community. it is unforgivable that our government decided to severely restrict immigration (including for skilled workers) at this moment in history. what a missed opportunity.
learned today that renee good had tried to move her family to canada after the election, and when that didn't work they moved to minneapolis because it was somewhere she could see as safe for a queer family.
i think that broke something inside me.
i think that broke something inside me.
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
shame on all of us in Canada for not doing more to support Americans who want to come here to find peace, respect, and community. it is unforgivable that our government decided to severely restrict immigration (including for skilled workers) at this moment in history. what a missed opportunity.
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Our politicians were able to get off TikTok -- so why not from Twitter?
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Our politicians were able to get off TikTok -- so why not from Twitter?
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
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"AI Minister Evan Solomon said Sunday that Canada is not considering a ban. Solomon's decision drew praise from Musk on X, who shared a post about the announcement and added a Canadian flag and a heart emoji."
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Sexual deepfakes on X show need for Canadian online regulator, advocates say | CBC News
Advocacy groups for women and children say a wave of sexual deepfakes on the social media platform X proves the Canadian government needs to create an online regulator.
www.cbc.ca
January 13, 2026 at 7:06 PM
"AI Minister Evan Solomon said Sunday that Canada is not considering a ban. Solomon's decision drew praise from Musk on X, who shared a post about the announcement and added a Canadian flag and a heart emoji."
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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This is our tragic reality. 👇
"...in both the United States and Canada, political affiliation is now one of the single strongest — if not the strongest — predictors of vaccination status."
My take: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
"...in both the United States and Canada, political affiliation is now one of the single strongest — if not the strongest — predictors of vaccination status."
My take: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
On measles and vaccines, Canada can’t keep ignoring the elephant in the room
Study after study has shown that political affiliation is one of the single strongest predictors of vaccination status.
www.thestar.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:55 PM
This is our tragic reality. 👇
"...in both the United States and Canada, political affiliation is now one of the single strongest — if not the strongest — predictors of vaccination status."
My take: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
"...in both the United States and Canada, political affiliation is now one of the single strongest — if not the strongest — predictors of vaccination status."
My take: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Update:
Bryan Passifiume has been removed "from active duty" (lol)
Apparently the only "regrettable and insensitive" views were those expressed in Bryan's "well-deserved" post.
But no issue with Bryan's initial journalistic choices to:
Bryan Passifiume has been removed "from active duty" (lol)
Apparently the only "regrettable and insensitive" views were those expressed in Bryan's "well-deserved" post.
But no issue with Bryan's initial journalistic choices to:
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Update:
Bryan Passifiume has been removed "from active duty" (lol)
Apparently the only "regrettable and insensitive" views were those expressed in Bryan's "well-deserved" post.
But no issue with Bryan's initial journalistic choices to:
Bryan Passifiume has been removed "from active duty" (lol)
Apparently the only "regrettable and insensitive" views were those expressed in Bryan's "well-deserved" post.
But no issue with Bryan's initial journalistic choices to:
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Osip Mandelstam wrote this shortly before he was picked up by Stalin's secret police and sent to the gulag where he died in 1938. His wife memorized his poetry until it was safe to write it down again after Stalin's death.
January 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Osip Mandelstam wrote this shortly before he was picked up by Stalin's secret police and sent to the gulag where he died in 1938. His wife memorized his poetry until it was safe to write it down again after Stalin's death.
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A white supremacist named Stephen Spencer Pittman burned down a synagogue in Mississippi, and the Trump regime is still hiding his mug shot as of this video. Indefensible and a reflection of how this regime continues to excuse white supremacist violence.
www.youtube.com/shorts/8wOIK...
www.youtube.com/shorts/8wOIK...
White supremacist burns down synagogue — Trump regime has not released his Mug Shot
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
A white supremacist named Stephen Spencer Pittman burned down a synagogue in Mississippi, and the Trump regime is still hiding his mug shot as of this video. Indefensible and a reflection of how this regime continues to excuse white supremacist violence.
www.youtube.com/shorts/8wOIK...
www.youtube.com/shorts/8wOIK...
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social Michelle Goldberg says Trump is a fascist. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
Opinion | The Resistance Libs Were Right
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 AM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Michelle Goldberg says Trump is a fascist. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
Clean air fans now have until Thursday to sign. Let folks know!
Toronto Public Health guarantees us clean water, safe restaurants and grocers, and so many things we take for granted.
It’s time for clean air.
Ask TPH to adopt Health Canada guidelines. Sign this petition.
Thanks.
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It’s time for clean air.
Ask TPH to adopt Health Canada guidelines. Sign this petition.
Thanks.
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Toronto Board of Health Advocacy-CIATO
We have over 600 signatures, help us get to our next goal of 700!
Join Clean Indoor Air Toronto in sending a clear message to the City of Toronto that you want a city that’s healthier, more accessib...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Clean air fans now have until Thursday to sign. Let folks know!
Canadians will direct your attention to the 1961 Coyne Affair, in which PM Diefenbaker tried to fire Bank of Canada Governor James Coyne for publicly expressing dissenting views. Coyne refused to go. The Senate backed Coyne. He resigned, having struck a decisive blow for central bank independence.
I did not have Jerome Powell on my “The Hero We Need Right Now” bingo card.
January 12, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Canadians will direct your attention to the 1961 Coyne Affair, in which PM Diefenbaker tried to fire Bank of Canada Governor James Coyne for publicly expressing dissenting views. Coyne refused to go. The Senate backed Coyne. He resigned, having struck a decisive blow for central bank independence.
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Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
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Canada isn't banning X and its ministers continue to use it. Ok. What are the consequences of creating child sex abuse material and deepfake porn? www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Canada not considering a ban on X over deepfake controversy, AI minister says
The platform, which is owned by Elon Musk, has been embroiled in controversy over sexualized deepfakes of women and children created by X’s chatbot Grok.
www.thestar.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Canada isn't banning X and its ministers continue to use it. Ok. What are the consequences of creating child sex abuse material and deepfake porn? www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Carney tried to kill off the Women and Gender Equity portfolio completely but was forced to reinstate it. We can see his gender politics in action here.
I will accept no moral high ground from a government that refuses to ban a platform that is actively, in real time, right in front of our faces, creating child sexual abuse materials.
They're not banning it and there are still government departments with official Twitter accounts.
Fuck Carney.
They're not banning it and there are still government departments with official Twitter accounts.
Fuck Carney.
Canada not considering a ban on X over deepfake controversy, AI minister says
The platform, which is owned by Elon Musk, has been embroiled in controversy over sexualized deepfakes of women and children created by X’s chatbot Grok.
www.thestar.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Carney tried to kill off the Women and Gender Equity portfolio completely but was forced to reinstate it. We can see his gender politics in action here.
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I will accept no moral high ground from a government that refuses to ban a platform that is actively, in real time, right in front of our faces, creating child sexual abuse materials.
They're not banning it and there are still government departments with official Twitter accounts.
Fuck Carney.
They're not banning it and there are still government departments with official Twitter accounts.
Fuck Carney.
Canada not considering a ban on X over deepfake controversy, AI minister says
The platform, which is owned by Elon Musk, has been embroiled in controversy over sexualized deepfakes of women and children created by X’s chatbot Grok.
www.thestar.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I will accept no moral high ground from a government that refuses to ban a platform that is actively, in real time, right in front of our faces, creating child sexual abuse materials.
They're not banning it and there are still government departments with official Twitter accounts.
Fuck Carney.
They're not banning it and there are still government departments with official Twitter accounts.
Fuck Carney.
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@torontosun.bsky.social you have a journalist spreading hate based on lies aka justifying murder. Is that who you are?
January 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
@torontosun.bsky.social you have a journalist spreading hate based on lies aka justifying murder. Is that who you are?
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Breathtaking
A deleted tweet by a Toronto Sun national politics reporter.
January 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Breathtaking
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🚨Last weekend to sign!🚨
We had a long run where💉 seemed to be enough to prevent🤢spread
It’s 2026
We know many common🤢= #Airborne
We need💉+
We have new Health🇨🇦guidelines for clean air
Let’s implement them
Deadline Jan 12 open to all
bsky.app/profile/mama...
TY🙏❤️
We had a long run where💉 seemed to be enough to prevent🤢spread
It’s 2026
We know many common🤢= #Airborne
We need💉+
We have new Health🇨🇦guidelines for clean air
Let’s implement them
Deadline Jan 12 open to all
bsky.app/profile/mama...
TY🙏❤️
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
Clean Indoor Air Toronto
cleanindoorairto.ca
January 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
🚨Last weekend to sign!🚨
We had a long run where💉 seemed to be enough to prevent🤢spread
It’s 2026
We know many common🤢= #Airborne
We need💉+
We have new Health🇨🇦guidelines for clean air
Let’s implement them
Deadline Jan 12 open to all
bsky.app/profile/mama...
TY🙏❤️
We had a long run where💉 seemed to be enough to prevent🤢spread
It’s 2026
We know many common🤢= #Airborne
We need💉+
We have new Health🇨🇦guidelines for clean air
Let’s implement them
Deadline Jan 12 open to all
bsky.app/profile/mama...
TY🙏❤️
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“X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter”
Thank you FT for presenting the directors running the circus. In clown face.
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Thank you FT for presenting the directors running the circus. In clown face.
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
“X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter”
Thank you FT for presenting the directors running the circus. In clown face.
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Thank you FT for presenting the directors running the circus. In clown face.
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Siemens and Nokia had a JV that shut down the 2008 Green Revolution in Iran. I wonder who built Tangles and Webloc.
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 10, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Siemens and Nokia had a JV that shut down the 2008 Green Revolution in Iran. I wonder who built Tangles and Webloc.
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Average monthly job growth since April (Liberation Day):
USA:
==========+12k
Canada:
======================+22k.
USA:
==========+12k
Canada:
======================+22k.
January 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Average monthly job growth since April (Liberation Day):
USA:
==========+12k
Canada:
======================+22k.
USA:
==========+12k
Canada:
======================+22k.
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It’s 4 am in Kyiv.
Power is finally back after 21 hours.
Once again, our energy workers are heroes.
I want the world to know.
No matter how hard or cold it gets, this city (this country) stands because of its people.
Power is finally back after 21 hours.
Once again, our energy workers are heroes.
I want the world to know.
No matter how hard or cold it gets, this city (this country) stands because of its people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
It’s 4 am in Kyiv.
Power is finally back after 21 hours.
Once again, our energy workers are heroes.
I want the world to know.
No matter how hard or cold it gets, this city (this country) stands because of its people.
Power is finally back after 21 hours.
Once again, our energy workers are heroes.
I want the world to know.
No matter how hard or cold it gets, this city (this country) stands because of its people.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Hello?!
Trump, in a sit down interview on Fox News aired just now, said the US will be conducting land strikes against the cartels.
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
January 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Hello?!
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BREAKING: Canada adds 8.2k jobs in December, estimates were for a loss of 2.5k jobs. Unemployment rate rose to 6.8%, est. 6.7%
Read More:
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...
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The Daily — Labour Force Survey, December 2025
In December, employment was little changed (+8,200; 0.0%) and the employment rate held steady at 60.9%. The unemployment rate rose 0.3 percentage points to 6.8%, as more people searched for work.
www150.statcan.gc.ca
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
BREAKING: Canada adds 8.2k jobs in December, estimates were for a loss of 2.5k jobs. Unemployment rate rose to 6.8%, est. 6.7%
Read More:
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...
Read More:
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...