David William
@nrvscrcts.bsky.social
Academic librarian, PhD in philosophy. Critical librarianship, phenomenology, synths, tabletop & video games, sci-fi. Settler on Treaty 7 land. He/him. All opinions my own. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations.
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David William
@nrvscrcts.bsky.social
· May 10
Husky House, by Fulfilment
10 track album
fulfilment.bandcamp.com
My band Fulfilment's new record is out on Bandcamp and streaming today! Listen and share with whomever you think might like 10 jams of Canadiana critique, punk amidst aging and indifference, ecological disaster, rainbow folk experience, and solidarity. #posthardcore #oldpunk
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Carbon capture and storage technology is, at its core, a calculated tactic by fossil fuel companies to perpetuate their environmentally destructive practices while giving the illusion that they’re addressing the very crisis they’ve been fueling for over a century.
The false hope of carbon capture and storage
Do we need carbon removal? Almost certainly, but not because we need to offset “hard-to-decarbonize” industries: we need it because we’ve already disrupted the climate to dangerous levels. Just ask an...
canadiandimension.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Carbon capture and storage technology is, at its core, a calculated tactic by fossil fuel companies to perpetuate their environmentally destructive practices while giving the illusion that they’re addressing the very crisis they’ve been fueling for over a century.
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Say what you will about the Conservatives, but at least they would have stabbed you in the front.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Say what you will about the Conservatives, but at least they would have stabbed you in the front.
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In my brief time on this beautiful earth, I have witnessed Canada’s climate-change target dates move from 2030 to 2040 to 2050. It’s all just a terrible joke and only the oil and gas execs are laughing 😐
Premier Smith and I have agreed to a framework built on shared ambitions — to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, unlock the full potential of Alberta’s energy resources, and build a stronger, more sustainable, more competitive economy.
November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In my brief time on this beautiful earth, I have witnessed Canada’s climate-change target dates move from 2030 to 2040 to 2050. It’s all just a terrible joke and only the oil and gas execs are laughing 😐
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
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It begins
RUN DMC - Christmas In Hollis (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by RUNDMCVEVO
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It begins
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Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
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I did my best to not yell about how ridiculous everything is right now and how hard it is to take anything seriously when we're all supposed to bet our future on magic beans
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
The AI hype-machine: Canada’s ill-advised ‘national sprint’ on artificial intelligence
Cynthia Khoo, Jeff Doctor and Hadrian Mertons-Kirkwood discuss the dangers of Canada’s accelerated approach to artificial intelligence.
rabble.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I did my best to not yell about how ridiculous everything is right now and how hard it is to take anything seriously when we're all supposed to bet our future on magic beans
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
High-quality academic research is in danger of drowning in a sea of slop.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
High-quality academic research is in danger of drowning in a sea of slop.
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Quebec's government is about to introduce a new secularism law which will ban the niqab on campus, campus prayer spaces and daycare workers and ECE students from wearing religious symbols. All to try and save their racist asses in the polls.
My latest...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/quebecs-ne...
My latest...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/quebecs-ne...
Quebec's new secularism bill expands the scope of who the government officially hates
Today, the Coalition Avenir Québec is introducing, An Act respecting the reinforcement of laicity in Québec (the name is better in French, surely).
noraloreto.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Quebec's government is about to introduce a new secularism law which will ban the niqab on campus, campus prayer spaces and daycare workers and ECE students from wearing religious symbols. All to try and save their racist asses in the polls.
My latest...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/quebecs-ne...
My latest...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/quebecs-ne...
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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to those who celebrate
It's that time again.
The Halluci Nation, "Burn Your Village to the Ground (Neon Nativez Remix)"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNi_...
The Halluci Nation, "Burn Your Village to the Ground (Neon Nativez Remix)"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNi_...
The Halluci Nation - Burn Your Village To The Ground (Neon Nativez Remix)
"They have to kill us because they can't break our spirit."- John TrudellFree download: https://bit.ly/2Tn6dpHNeon Nativez:- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.c...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
to those who celebrate
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
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We 👀 "search engines like DuckDuckGo adding options to filter out search results suspected of having synthetic content... There’s also a growing mvmt pushing back against new AI data centers... But no matter what form AI slop-refusal takes, it will need to be a group effort." - @tega.bsky.social
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We 👀 "search engines like DuckDuckGo adding options to filter out search results suspected of having synthetic content... There’s also a growing mvmt pushing back against new AI data centers... But no matter what form AI slop-refusal takes, it will need to be a group effort." - @tega.bsky.social
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
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Advancing techno-fascism, the EO edition.
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Advancing techno-fascism, the EO edition.
Me: book not there, pick up your
Beastie Boys: PHONE
Me: request an interlibrary
Beastie Boys: LOAN
Beastie Boys: PHONE
Me: request an interlibrary
Beastie Boys: LOAN
License to ILL
Inter
Library
Loan
Inter
Library
Loan
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Me: book not there, pick up your
Beastie Boys: PHONE
Me: request an interlibrary
Beastie Boys: LOAN
Beastie Boys: PHONE
Me: request an interlibrary
Beastie Boys: LOAN
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stories about robots and AI are some of my absolute top favorite stories of all time which is why it actually sucks to be me in the present day because i am pretty sure that all of that stuff is the reason why we currently have very shitty quote unquote "AI" and a ton of lies about it and a bubble
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
stories about robots and AI are some of my absolute top favorite stories of all time which is why it actually sucks to be me in the present day because i am pretty sure that all of that stuff is the reason why we currently have very shitty quote unquote "AI" and a ton of lies about it and a bubble
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No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
Is John Carpenter’s THE THING A Christmas Movie? Have Your Say
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
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As @rjjago.bsky.social points out in this excellent editorial, this is not a victimless crime. And King has profited greatly from ethnic fraud: he has made an entire career from speaking for (and not just writing about) Indigenous peoples.
This is probably the most important point though:
This is probably the most important point though:
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
As @rjjago.bsky.social points out in this excellent editorial, this is not a victimless crime. And King has profited greatly from ethnic fraud: he has made an entire career from speaking for (and not just writing about) Indigenous peoples.
This is probably the most important point though:
This is probably the most important point though: