If you want a COVID-19 vaccine in Alberta this is what you now need to do:

1. "Pre-order" by Sept. 30: bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

2. In the fall, remember to book a public health clinic appointment. (No more pharmacy shots.)

3. Pay. (Prices not yet announced.)

4. Attend appointment.

Are you an #artist who engages with #surveillance in your work? The new call for the @survstudiesnet.bsky.social Arts Prize is now available! Deadline to nominate: August 15. More info: surveillance-studies.net/call-for-nom...

Cam Hunters are finally on the road for our Surveillant Pleasures research-creation project, which has been in the making for years. Our first workshop is tomorrow at Vancouver’s Gallery Gachet! Follow along on Instagram. www.instagram.com/cam_hunters

"If you or any other Canadians are not happy living on Treaty lands, they are free to apply for citizenship elsewhere."

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation issues a scathing rebuke of Danielle Smith's talks on a national unity crisis.

“…why would we assume that use of these tools is the same thing as consenting to the full implications of saying yes?

Are academics saying yes because they have to?”

digitalispeople.org/agency-and-c...

“‘Newsrooms should stand by their journalists . . . These campaigns are disproportionately deployed against women and against people of colour, and that means that those are the people who will be disproportionately taken off of the airwaves when newsrooms give in to these bad faith campaigns.’”

Completely bonkers that US government is now targeting Canadian researchers working on climate & beyond. Canadian government should step up with funding.

To be clear climate is about national security, public safety, trade & jobs. innovation etc.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.

We are deeply saddened by the news of the loss of Linda Williams. Linda's support and generosity made the Screening Sex initiative what it is today. In recognition of Linda and her work we are inviting all to share thoughts and reflections on her enduring influence. screeningsex.com/2025/03/14/l...

There’s a parallel track of tech barons becoming more comfortable w/being openly fascist while their companies push devices that are more and more invasive, and I don’t think it ends with people happily installing these things in their homes, and wearing them on their faces.

“…hope is not a guarantee of success, but the insistence that working for justice is meaningful in and of itself.”

OpenAI furious DeepSeek might have stolen all the data OpenAI stole from us

🔗 www.404media.co/openai-furio...

“The already formidable environmental toll of generative AI is even worse than it seems because businesses aren't being transparent about the emissions given off by their enormous new AI datacenters.”

futurism.com/the-byte/not...

Anyone else finding it next to impossible to concentrate on anything for more than 10 seconds right now?

If you have an idea related to tech/culture/enviro that you want to share -- consider writing a 1500-word piece for Heliotrope: www.heliotropejournal.net

2024 year in review! We were very proud of this issue. Many thanks to the journal’s team, and especially to @torinmonahan.bsky.social for much support, patience, and guidance through the process!

A first-of-its-kind study highlights the stark gender disparity in AI-generated nonconsensual intimate images — and puts into focus the evolving risks for women in politics and public life.

19thnews.org/2024/12/ai-s...

We're looking for new Associate Editors to join the Network & Editorial Board of @survstudiesnet.bsky.social / Surveillance & Society. Could one of them be you?

Support for at-risk researchers: 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of any non-EU nationality to work at a research institution in the EU.