Stephanie Butler
@citizenbutler.bsky.social
Impatient optimist. Keen on car-lite streets, climate action, degrowth, cats, stories, and good people doing good things.
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Living on xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ lands (Vancouver, Canada.)
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Living on xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ lands (Vancouver, Canada.)
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This is an important moment.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is an important moment.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
Loved this episode - thank you! I’ll happily take utopian vision over dystopian slop any day.
July 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Loved this episode - thank you! I’ll happily take utopian vision over dystopian slop any day.
@parismarx.com’ Tech Won’t Save Us podcast did a recent dive into the underpinnings of these movements’ disdain for empathy: open.spotify.com/episode/0hhn...
The Roots of Elon Musk’s War On Empathy w/ Julia Carrie Wong
Tech Won't Save Us · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
@parismarx.com’ Tech Won’t Save Us podcast did a recent dive into the underpinnings of these movements’ disdain for empathy: open.spotify.com/episode/0hhn...
That’s helpful, thanks. Still wish these features were opt-in rather than opt-out.
April 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
That’s helpful, thanks. Still wish these features were opt-in rather than opt-out.
Can this be turned off, for customers who don’t want LLMs?
April 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Can this be turned off, for customers who don’t want LLMs?
😕 These two were in that Guardian piece last year, and oof: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’
Elon Musk (father of 11) supports their cause. Thousands follow their ideology. Malcolm and Simone Collins are on a mission to make it easier for everyone to have multiple children. But are they reall...
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
😕 These two were in that Guardian piece last year, and oof: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Welp. Now I know why my application to be an election worker wasn’t accepted this year.
April 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Welp. Now I know why my application to be an election worker wasn’t accepted this year.
That’s such a good line!
March 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
That’s such a good line!
Local organizing can be effective for responding to local emergencies (City of Vancouver has a trained volunteer corps to respond to earthquakes and disasters, for ex.)
IMO, we need a national strategy to respond to national threats - e.g. civil defence, mis/disinfo. Our military can’t do it all.
IMO, we need a national strategy to respond to national threats - e.g. civil defence, mis/disinfo. Our military can’t do it all.
March 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Local organizing can be effective for responding to local emergencies (City of Vancouver has a trained volunteer corps to respond to earthquakes and disasters, for ex.)
IMO, we need a national strategy to respond to national threats - e.g. civil defence, mis/disinfo. Our military can’t do it all.
IMO, we need a national strategy to respond to national threats - e.g. civil defence, mis/disinfo. Our military can’t do it all.
Smart podcast from @jordanhr.bsky.social on what a civil defence program could look like: open.spotify.com/episode/6VoH...
Let's build a Civil Defence Corps!
Elbows Up · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Smart podcast from @jordanhr.bsky.social on what a civil defence program could look like: open.spotify.com/episode/6VoH...
@hedyfry.bsky.social Canadians need a civil defence program, akin to the Swedish and Finnish programs. Citizens want to help, and government can give guidance and coordinate training. Action is the cure for anxiety, after all.
March 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
@hedyfry.bsky.social Canadians need a civil defence program, akin to the Swedish and Finnish programs. Citizens want to help, and government can give guidance and coordinate training. Action is the cure for anxiety, after all.
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I found this story a helpful reminder! www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Also now feels like a good time to bone up on the ills of cyberlibertarianism and @parismarx.com has always been pretty on top of that shit
Also now feels like a good time to bone up on the ills of cyberlibertarianism and @parismarx.com has always been pretty on top of that shit
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I found this story a helpful reminder! www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Also now feels like a good time to bone up on the ills of cyberlibertarianism and @parismarx.com has always been pretty on top of that shit
Also now feels like a good time to bone up on the ills of cyberlibertarianism and @parismarx.com has always been pretty on top of that shit