Karen Walton
@karenwalton.bsky.social
Screen and television writer. Human rights & clean water fan. Made in Canada.
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“The documents indicate that Meta’s own research suggests its products have become a pillar of the global fraud economy. A May 2025 presentation by its safety staff estimated that the company’s platforms were involved in a third of all successful scams in the U.S.” Jeff Horwitz @reuters.com
cowardice and incompetence again pave the way for atrocity
Of course, no one seems willing to hold him accountable. A judge in Georgia has now dismissed the last remaining criminal case against Trump, effectively ending any effort to hold him criminally responsible for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
cowardice and incompetence again pave the way for atrocity
for all my friends who still think, Why would anyone care about what I do on my phone or laptop.
I also hope we get with the program on evil in this century real quick. But denial is a potent drug. Baddies rely on ‘I alone am impervious or irrelevant” ‘tudes
I also hope we get with the program on evil in this century real quick. But denial is a potent drug. Baddies rely on ‘I alone am impervious or irrelevant” ‘tudes
🛜 So you want to figure out if you can trust public Wi-Fi networks or if it's worth splurging for a hotspot?
We've got you covered.
Our latest digital security advice column walks you through your connectivity options while traveling or commuting.
We've got you covered.
Our latest digital security advice column walks you through your connectivity options while traveling or commuting.
Ask a security trainer: Can I trust public Wi-Fi networks?
The answer may surprise you
freedom.press
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
for all my friends who still think, Why would anyone care about what I do on my phone or laptop.
I also hope we get with the program on evil in this century real quick. But denial is a potent drug. Baddies rely on ‘I alone am impervious or irrelevant” ‘tudes
I also hope we get with the program on evil in this century real quick. But denial is a potent drug. Baddies rely on ‘I alone am impervious or irrelevant” ‘tudes
Freedom of expression.
“When you write your political opinions on social media, you are exercising your freedom of the press, or when you record law enforcement or record anything else you see that you believe to be of public interest, you’re exercising your freedom of the press, whether you’re a journalist or not.”
As Charlotte immigration enforcement fears linger, activists from Chicago offer advice
As federal immigration enforcement departs Charlotte, organizers and advocates share lessons they’ve learned from Chicago’s immigration raids — lessons that could inform responses to future crackdowns...
www.wfae.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Freedom of expression.
Supporting this message for no personal gain whatsoever except for my complete addiction to “investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you can't find anywhere else” 🇨🇦 #CanadianSky #journalism
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Join today and we’ll send you a Narwhal toque!
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November 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Supporting this message for no personal gain whatsoever except for my complete addiction to “investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you can't find anywhere else” 🇨🇦 #CanadianSky #journalism
See I read this headline and go, but did anyone verify the alleged outrage was from actual Canadians or ‘Con accounts run by randos from other nations on X”
Carney says he made a mistake by dismissing Trump questions with 'who cares?' - CBC News
Carney says he made a mistake by dismissing Trump questions with 'who cares?' - CBC News
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
See I read this headline and go, but did anyone verify the alleged outrage was from actual Canadians or ‘Con accounts run by randos from other nations on X”
Carney says he made a mistake by dismissing Trump questions with 'who cares?' - CBC News
Carney says he made a mistake by dismissing Trump questions with 'who cares?' - CBC News
sharing this industry-wide initiative for Canada's film & tv 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, w thanks to researchers, organizers @queeringthescreen.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Research, real data; help make positive changes in workplaces, and queer lives :)
www.inkcanadascreenwritersandfriends.com/whatshappeni...
www.inkcanadascreenwritersandfriends.com/whatshappeni...
inkAmplifies Queering the Screen Survey — inkcanada: canadian screenwriters & friends
OPEN NOW - QUEERING THE SCREEN RESEARCH SURVEY (closes 5th December 2025) #signalboost #inkAmplifies inkcanada encourages all eligible members to participate in this important research survey...
www.inkcanadascreenwritersandfriends.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
sharing this industry-wide initiative for Canada's film & tv 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, w thanks to researchers, organizers @queeringthescreen.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Research, real data; help make positive changes in workplaces, and queer lives :)
www.inkcanadascreenwritersandfriends.com/whatshappeni...
www.inkcanadascreenwritersandfriends.com/whatshappeni...
⬇️ and the fact that x reinstated scads of em like it was ‘free expression’ and not just — you know — aware that platform would collapse without gamely sustaining the world wide bogus identities and claims networks. Short memories, shorter daily.
I talked to Joan Donovan about Twitter's very old foreign influence problem, which was unmasked in the funniest possible way over the weekend: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Twitter's foreign influence problem is nothing new
The platform's just-debuted geolocation tool illuminates a disturbing and persistent issue.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
⬇️ and the fact that x reinstated scads of em like it was ‘free expression’ and not just — you know — aware that platform would collapse without gamely sustaining the world wide bogus identities and claims networks. Short memories, shorter daily.
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I work with municipal wastewater facilities, who are (were) required by EPA to remove PFAS from muni water. This is doing an about face on the US cleanup for the last 2 to 3 decades. People will suffer and die. Corporations need to be held to account, not just municipal waste water facilities.
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I work with municipal wastewater facilities, who are (were) required by EPA to remove PFAS from muni water. This is doing an about face on the US cleanup for the last 2 to 3 decades. People will suffer and die. Corporations need to be held to account, not just municipal waste water facilities.
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Russian forces attempt to push Ukrainian army from eastern bank of Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast, military says; Kremlin rejects European counter-proposal to US peace plan for Ukraine; Ukrainian military receives 1st 100,000 FPV drones via newly piloted national marketplace; and more.
Ukraine war latest updates: Russian forces attempt to push Ukrainian army from eastern bank of Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast, military says (8)
Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 8 times today. Russian forces are attempting to push Ukrainian troops from the eastern bank of the Oskil...
kyivindependent.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Russian forces attempt to push Ukrainian army from eastern bank of Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast, military says; Kremlin rejects European counter-proposal to US peace plan for Ukraine; Ukrainian military receives 1st 100,000 FPV drones via newly piloted national marketplace; and more.
A great window on debt, and not-so-small mistakes in this sector www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The AI Industry Is Built on a Big Unproven Assumption
In addition to the projections about reaching artificial general intelligence and replacing millions of human workers, there’s the mundane matter of how long AI chips will last.
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A great window on debt, and not-so-small mistakes in this sector www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This week’s secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds, is bursting at the seams with stories about the State Department deleting records about our brush with nuclear Armageddon, the Epstein files declassification bill, DHS’s domestic spying network, and much more.
State Department hides records on our brush with nuclear Armageddon
Plus: Let’s call DHS what it is — a domestic spying agency.
freedom.press
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This week’s secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds, is bursting at the seams with stories about the State Department deleting records about our brush with nuclear Armageddon, the Epstein files declassification bill, DHS’s domestic spying network, and much more.
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Imagine if 2000 children had gone missing from boarding schools. How much outrage there would be. Imagine how quickly there would be demands for inquiries and actions. Instead because these are unaccompanied asylum seeking children they will either be ignored or blamed for being trafficked.
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Imagine if 2000 children had gone missing from boarding schools. How much outrage there would be. Imagine how quickly there would be demands for inquiries and actions. Instead because these are unaccompanied asylum seeking children they will either be ignored or blamed for being trafficked.
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"It’s proof that the American right has spent better part of the last decade letting algorithmic spam tell them what they want to hear, astroturfing themselves into believing that some silent majority out there believes in their worthless MAGA crusade."
"This has all been especially painful for X users who are, as a baseline, extremely racist. And they are now suffering through the psychic torment of learning that users, predominately from the Global South, are behind some of the bigger right-wing accounts on the site."
Republicans astroturfed themselves
Read to the end for a good Thanksgiving reminder
www.garbageday.email
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"It’s proof that the American right has spent better part of the last decade letting algorithmic spam tell them what they want to hear, astroturfing themselves into believing that some silent majority out there believes in their worthless MAGA crusade."
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I love DownDetector. If you too use a big cdn bank, beware fraudulent calls from sketchy local mobile numbers, hang up and when you can’t get thru to your legit service numbers - check downdector. Or call the fed fraud squad
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I love DownDetector. If you too use a big cdn bank, beware fraudulent calls from sketchy local mobile numbers, hang up and when you can’t get thru to your legit service numbers - check downdector. Or call the fed fraud squad
Scapegoating and hate is every Canadian Con’s answer to losing on policies, answering direct questions on their spending and donors. They are the mini-Me’s of the current GOP. Un-Canadian.
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
Alberta UCP to consider policy proposal banning Pride flags on public property | Xtra Magazine
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
xtramagazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Scapegoating and hate is every Canadian Con’s answer to losing on policies, answering direct questions on their spending and donors. They are the mini-Me’s of the current GOP. Un-Canadian.
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Yale Law galaxy brain
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yale Law galaxy brain
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November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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mr mitch pointed out:
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
mr mitch pointed out:
ugh with all the freedom to use it for good in Canada, NP goes low. Smells like Danielle Smith’s US-spun pocket lint. is hating women’s medical and bodily autonomy so threatening to this outlet? Unexamined clickbait?
If so why so. #canada #womensrightsarehumanrights
If so why so. #canada #womensrightsarehumanrights
As much as I loathe to draw attention to the National Post, I think it's important to keep an eye on what they're up to. In this case, it's writing a piece that can be summed up with, "The stupid libs keep fear mongering about their bodily rights being taken away. Here's why we should do that."
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
ugh with all the freedom to use it for good in Canada, NP goes low. Smells like Danielle Smith’s US-spun pocket lint. is hating women’s medical and bodily autonomy so threatening to this outlet? Unexamined clickbait?
If so why so. #canada #womensrightsarehumanrights
If so why so. #canada #womensrightsarehumanrights