Jay De Santi
@desantijay.bsky.social
they/them/iel. phd student at osgoode hall law school. doing extradition, criminal law, borders, trans stuff. all they know of hate is that they couldn't beat the love out of me - andrea gibson
i am SO STOKED for this paper to be out in the world. got to read an early draft. bold and unflinching examination of a particularly dangerous mismatch of law and evidence that has real-world consequences. crim law practioners, judges, and academics, take a read when it's out!
Very excited that my paper “Unreliable Witness Warnings for Policy Testimony” was accepted for publication. 😊 It’s been a long road on that one, the first draft of which dates back to 2022.
December 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
i am SO STOKED for this paper to be out in the world. got to read an early draft. bold and unflinching examination of a particularly dangerous mismatch of law and evidence that has real-world consequences. crim law practioners, judges, and academics, take a read when it's out!
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I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
sisi thibert. alloura wells. julie berman.
and this year: sam norquist. elisa rae shupe.
eden knight.
brianna ghey. nex benedict.
every one of them deserve life.
as places like ab & nz willingly join the ranks of anti-trans state hostility, remember the lawmakers chose to add to these lists.
and this year: sam norquist. elisa rae shupe.
eden knight.
brianna ghey. nex benedict.
every one of them deserve life.
as places like ab & nz willingly join the ranks of anti-trans state hostility, remember the lawmakers chose to add to these lists.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
sisi thibert. alloura wells. julie berman.
and this year: sam norquist. elisa rae shupe.
eden knight.
brianna ghey. nex benedict.
every one of them deserve life.
as places like ab & nz willingly join the ranks of anti-trans state hostility, remember the lawmakers chose to add to these lists.
and this year: sam norquist. elisa rae shupe.
eden knight.
brianna ghey. nex benedict.
every one of them deserve life.
as places like ab & nz willingly join the ranks of anti-trans state hostility, remember the lawmakers chose to add to these lists.
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This Trans Day of Remembrance taking a short break from mourning the dead to think about how much of a miracle it is that I survived all of this shit and how us supporting each other and fundamentally changing the social relations of our society are the only ways we
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This Trans Day of Remembrance taking a short break from mourning the dead to think about how much of a miracle it is that I survived all of this shit and how us supporting each other and fundamentally changing the social relations of our society are the only ways we
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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can all make it through this together. Don't let them isolate you and pick you off one by one, rage against the dying of the light and start a fucking bonfire to keep that shit going, stay with us and we'll watch the sun rise together over the world we built
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
can all make it through this together. Don't let them isolate you and pick you off one by one, rage against the dying of the light and start a fucking bonfire to keep that shit going, stay with us and we'll watch the sun rise together over the world we built
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
this is a great idea imo. participants in criminal legal systems with decision-making power should understand the human consequences of their decisions. i'd argue this extends to the lawyers, too - prosecutors & defense. make it part of their/our CPD.
New York Plan Would Require Yearly Prison Visits by Judges. Story via @thecity.nyc.
Bringing the Bench Behind Bars: Plan Would Require Yearly Prison Visits by Judges
For decades, many New York judges skipped required visits. A new rule would change that.
www.thecity.nyc
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
this is a great idea imo. participants in criminal legal systems with decision-making power should understand the human consequences of their decisions. i'd argue this extends to the lawyers, too - prosecutors & defense. make it part of their/our CPD.
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Well, shit. I wrote something about this team we've been watching #bluejays www.humandchuck.com/baseball/202...
Before Game 7 — HUM & CHUCK
But doubt aside, the Toronto Blue Jays have earned it in all the ways a team can.
www.humandchuck.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Well, shit. I wrote something about this team we've been watching #bluejays www.humandchuck.com/baseball/202...
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Wasn’t able to watch WS live but apparently the Jonas Bros did some of a song at some point? I cannot express this urgently enough: NO. Baseball is not meant to be associated with entertainment. The beauty of baseball is its uninterrupted agony. The outside world must be barred from the stadiums.
October 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Wasn’t able to watch WS live but apparently the Jonas Bros did some of a song at some point? I cannot express this urgently enough: NO. Baseball is not meant to be associated with entertainment. The beauty of baseball is its uninterrupted agony. The outside world must be barred from the stadiums.
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I wanna posit this really big and awkward question: What does "Canadian digital sovereignty" mean for Indigenous Peoples here when Canada is not only giving up its pretences for "Reconciliation", but also increasingly hostile to Indigenous Peoples who oppose Canada as a resource extraction colony?
October 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wanna posit this really big and awkward question: What does "Canadian digital sovereignty" mean for Indigenous Peoples here when Canada is not only giving up its pretences for "Reconciliation", but also increasingly hostile to Indigenous Peoples who oppose Canada as a resource extraction colony?
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You want a nuanced analysis of "digital sovereignty?" Ask Indigenous people who have been thinking about this long before settlers have who take the notion of "sovereignty" for granted. That's why Canadians are flailing about panicking now. They didn't barely considered this a "thing" until Trump
October 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You want a nuanced analysis of "digital sovereignty?" Ask Indigenous people who have been thinking about this long before settlers have who take the notion of "sovereignty" for granted. That's why Canadians are flailing about panicking now. They didn't barely considered this a "thing" until Trump
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I've yet to see a single discussion of "Canadian digital sovereignty" include any Indigenous experts, at best we're given a token mention that at some point they'll "consult with Indigenous Peoples" like we're some sort of monolith. Umm, y'all need to consider all our lands, and our distinctiveness.
October 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I've yet to see a single discussion of "Canadian digital sovereignty" include any Indigenous experts, at best we're given a token mention that at some point they'll "consult with Indigenous Peoples" like we're some sort of monolith. Umm, y'all need to consider all our lands, and our distinctiveness.
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It's as if there's some sort of weird cognitive algorithm in the minds of settlers that Indigenous Peoples = backwards and savage therefore anything tech related doesn't apply to them.
Ummmm, you do realize all this "Canadian digital sovereignty" stuff requires unfettered access to Indigenous land.
Ummmm, you do realize all this "Canadian digital sovereignty" stuff requires unfettered access to Indigenous land.
October 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's as if there's some sort of weird cognitive algorithm in the minds of settlers that Indigenous Peoples = backwards and savage therefore anything tech related doesn't apply to them.
Ummmm, you do realize all this "Canadian digital sovereignty" stuff requires unfettered access to Indigenous land.
Ummmm, you do realize all this "Canadian digital sovereignty" stuff requires unfettered access to Indigenous land.
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What is it about tech that gets a pass when it comes to respecting Indigenous rights?
Why is it that the Internet itself depends on trespassing through Indigenous territories yet it's framed as something that we're given access to through some sort of charity?
Why are we never even considered?
Why is it that the Internet itself depends on trespassing through Indigenous territories yet it's framed as something that we're given access to through some sort of charity?
Why are we never even considered?
October 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What is it about tech that gets a pass when it comes to respecting Indigenous rights?
Why is it that the Internet itself depends on trespassing through Indigenous territories yet it's framed as something that we're given access to through some sort of charity?
Why are we never even considered?
Why is it that the Internet itself depends on trespassing through Indigenous territories yet it's framed as something that we're given access to through some sort of charity?
Why are we never even considered?
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the number of times I've seen Canadians give land acknowledgements at tech conferences and then immediately launch into discussions about "Canadian digital sovereignty" that completely excludes any concept of Indigenous rights or even us as Peoples at all. It's absurd, I can't wrap my head around it
October 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
the number of times I've seen Canadians give land acknowledgements at tech conferences and then immediately launch into discussions about "Canadian digital sovereignty" that completely excludes any concept of Indigenous rights or even us as Peoples at all. It's absurd, I can't wrap my head around it
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I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News
OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...
www.cbc.ca
October 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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The Toronto Blue Jays are AL East champions.
For the first time since 2015, the division belongs to Toronto.
You never know where a season will take you.
For the first time since 2015, the division belongs to Toronto.
You never know where a season will take you.
September 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Toronto Blue Jays are AL East champions.
For the first time since 2015, the division belongs to Toronto.
You never know where a season will take you.
For the first time since 2015, the division belongs to Toronto.
You never know where a season will take you.
another canadian govt obsessed with attacking children's rights and trans ppl.
minors, trans or otherwise, need protection from the ab govt & the kinds of adults who are so obsessed with hurting children in a fruitless attempt to end trans existence.
every other govt in cda needs to step up, now.
minors, trans or otherwise, need protection from the ab govt & the kinds of adults who are so obsessed with hurting children in a fruitless attempt to end trans existence.
every other govt in cda needs to step up, now.
“Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people”
Danielle Smith is going to revoke people’s Charter Rights.
Thats where we are.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Danielle Smith is going to revoke people’s Charter Rights.
Thats where we are.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect
lethbridgeherald.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
another canadian govt obsessed with attacking children's rights and trans ppl.
minors, trans or otherwise, need protection from the ab govt & the kinds of adults who are so obsessed with hurting children in a fruitless attempt to end trans existence.
every other govt in cda needs to step up, now.
minors, trans or otherwise, need protection from the ab govt & the kinds of adults who are so obsessed with hurting children in a fruitless attempt to end trans existence.
every other govt in cda needs to step up, now.
WHY is he being eulogised in the CDN Parl anyways?
they care about political violence but only when it's the guy who advocated for the eradication of trans people, the subjugation of women, the brutalisation & inherent inferiority of immigrants & ppl of colour, & the Great Replacement Theory?!
they care about political violence but only when it's the guy who advocated for the eradication of trans people, the subjugation of women, the brutalisation & inherent inferiority of immigrants & ppl of colour, & the Great Replacement Theory?!
Jesus Christ.
A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons.
You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.
A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons.
You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.
September 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
WHY is he being eulogised in the CDN Parl anyways?
they care about political violence but only when it's the guy who advocated for the eradication of trans people, the subjugation of women, the brutalisation & inherent inferiority of immigrants & ppl of colour, & the Great Replacement Theory?!
they care about political violence but only when it's the guy who advocated for the eradication of trans people, the subjugation of women, the brutalisation & inherent inferiority of immigrants & ppl of colour, & the Great Replacement Theory?!
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why i do criminal defense: governments like to lock people up. my job is to make that harder.
If you ever find yourself drifting towards the idea that public defenders, legal aid lawyers, and pro bono/sliding scale/movement lawyers are bad people for representing rapists or murderers or con artists or whatever, just keep in mind that is true only if you conclude the government never lies.
August 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
why i do criminal defense: governments like to lock people up. my job is to make that harder.
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"“I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed,” said then-Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Oct. 9, 2023, two days after the Hamas attack on Israel that launched the war."
From Emily Tamkin, The Forward.
From Emily Tamkin, The Forward.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says no one in Gaza is starving: “There is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza. We enable humanitarian aid throughout the duration of the war to enter Gaza – otherwise, there would be no Gazans."
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Israel's leader claims no one in Gaza is starving. Data and witnesses disagree
Here’s what we know as the World Health Organization says 63 of the 74 malnutrition-related deaths in Gaza this year have occurred this month. Those included 24 children under the age of 5.
www.pbs.org
July 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"“I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed,” said then-Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Oct. 9, 2023, two days after the Hamas attack on Israel that launched the war."
From Emily Tamkin, The Forward.
From Emily Tamkin, The Forward.
from the start to now, (when the perpetrators themselves aren't boasting about it), every stage of this genocide has been documented by its victims for the global public to witness, for its perpetrators and accomplices to see.
We are starving
My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid.
www.972mag.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
from the start to now, (when the perpetrators themselves aren't boasting about it), every stage of this genocide has been documented by its victims for the global public to witness, for its perpetrators and accomplices to see.
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I really feel like people don’t know what prolonged starvation means because there is a point that even when a body receives food it cannot digest it. This means that it doesn’t matter if aid is dropped from the sky, many, many Palestinians need actual medical support to eat.
July 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I really feel like people don’t know what prolonged starvation means because there is a point that even when a body receives food it cannot digest it. This means that it doesn’t matter if aid is dropped from the sky, many, many Palestinians need actual medical support to eat.
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This is absolutely an important and positive precedent but this case is not about a claim for asylum/refugee status. It's also not a final determination; a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment is a sort of Hail Mary move to stop an imminent deportation while an application to stay in Canada is considered.
In a major precedent setting move, a Canadian federal judge blocked the deportation of a nonbinary US citizen because the Canadian immigration office failed to adequately assess the conditions for LGBTQ people since Trump took office.
archive.ph/Q722T
archive.ph/Q722T
July 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is absolutely an important and positive precedent but this case is not about a claim for asylum/refugee status. It's also not a final determination; a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment is a sort of Hail Mary move to stop an imminent deportation while an application to stay in Canada is considered.
i'm saying this as a canadian trans law person to the trans people seeing this: the outcome of this decision is NOT ABOUT ASYLUM CLAIMS.
a pre removal risk assessment is a final check "can we kick this person out" step for the person facing deportation. if the person says there's risk, immigration
a pre removal risk assessment is a final check "can we kick this person out" step for the person facing deportation. if the person says there's risk, immigration
In a major precedent setting move, a Canadian federal judge blocked the deportation of a nonbinary US citizen because the Canadian immigration office failed to adequately assess the conditions for LGBTQ people since Trump took office.
archive.ph/Q722T
archive.ph/Q722T
July 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
i'm saying this as a canadian trans law person to the trans people seeing this: the outcome of this decision is NOT ABOUT ASYLUM CLAIMS.
a pre removal risk assessment is a final check "can we kick this person out" step for the person facing deportation. if the person says there's risk, immigration
a pre removal risk assessment is a final check "can we kick this person out" step for the person facing deportation. if the person says there's risk, immigration
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Andrea Gibson has died.
July 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Andrea Gibson has died.