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@redheadtalking.bsky.social
Academic librarian interested in history, prison abolition, prisoner justice, critical librarianship, labour, surveillance/privacy, anti-racism, fat liberation, gender, and sewing.
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Classic.
Pesky e-bike riders delivering food to people should be ticketed... @tps.ca there appears to be a double standard here because stopping in for some Jerk King, although delicious is not actively responding to an emergency.
The use of the lights here, while clever, is certainly inappropriate.
The use of the lights here, while clever, is certainly inappropriate.
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Classic.
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Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Free Sudan 🇸🇩
Free Congo 🇨🇩
Free The Oppressed
Free Sudan 🇸🇩
Free Congo 🇨🇩
Free The Oppressed
In @nytopinion
“For institutions tied to the Emirates, choosing to act” or speak out about the genocide in Sudan “would have an economic cost,” write three experts in global human rights. “Yet the cost of silence, of continuing business as usual, is infinitely greater.”
“For institutions tied to the Emirates, choosing to act” or speak out about the genocide in Sudan “would have an economic cost,” write three experts in global human rights. “Yet the cost of silence, of continuing business as usual, is infinitely greater.”
Opinion | Sudan Is in Free Fall
The slaughter in Darfur could potentially be stopped, if those with leverage chose to act.
nyti.ms
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Free Sudan 🇸🇩
Free Congo 🇨🇩
Free The Oppressed
Free Sudan 🇸🇩
Free Congo 🇨🇩
Free The Oppressed
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My latest article, "Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza," was just published in the Journal of Palestine Studies www.tandfonline.com/eprint/4MBPN...
Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza
This essay, parts of which were initially delivered at the annual Indigenous art gathering aabaakwad in December 2024 at the University of Toronto, offers three contributions to the historiography ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My latest article, "Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza," was just published in the Journal of Palestine Studies www.tandfonline.com/eprint/4MBPN...
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This weekend I wrote about Doug Ford’s plan to sell off a large chunk of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. Exactly the opposite of what should be happening: parkland expansion.
Shawn Micallef: Doug Ford’s plan to sell off chunks of this popular beach threatens something we should hold dear
If Doug Ford wanted to create a real legacy, he’d start an aggressive expansion of public parkland in Ontario to keep up with its massive population.
www.thestar.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This weekend I wrote about Doug Ford’s plan to sell off a large chunk of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. Exactly the opposite of what should be happening: parkland expansion.
Sign the letter and go to the rally next Thurs!
PROTECT BLACK & ALL STUDENTS- Rally next Thursday June 26 at queen’s park at noon, against the provincial govt motion to mandate police back into Ontario schools. Kids welcome! #NotGoingBack docs.google.com/document/d/1...
June 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Sign the letter and go to the rally next Thurs!
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Peterborough ‘pauses’ cuts to library staff following immense public backlash www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
The temporary reversal comes following immense pressure from community members, including an open letter signed Canadian authors and entertainers, such as Margaret Atwood and Neil Young.
The temporary reversal comes following immense pressure from community members, including an open letter signed Canadian authors and entertainers, such as Margaret Atwood and Neil Young.
Peterborough ‘pauses’ cuts to library staff following immense public backlash: ‘We are glad that the city came to their senses’
The temporary reversal comes following immense pressure from community members, including an open letter signed Canadian authors and entertainers, such as Margaret Atwood and Neil Young.
www.thestar.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Peterborough ‘pauses’ cuts to library staff following immense public backlash www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
The temporary reversal comes following immense pressure from community members, including an open letter signed Canadian authors and entertainers, such as Margaret Atwood and Neil Young.
The temporary reversal comes following immense pressure from community members, including an open letter signed Canadian authors and entertainers, such as Margaret Atwood and Neil Young.
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@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
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“If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because ‘violence’ is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as ‘peaceful’ are, in reality, quite violent.”
Read more:
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@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
June 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because ‘violence’ is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as ‘peaceful’ are, in reality, quite violent.”
Read more:
Read more:
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You may not have heard about the concept of remigration and Trump’s affinity for it and there’s a reason why:
Pathetic: ABC’s GMA, World News Tonight, This Week, CBS’ Mornings, Evening News, Face the Nation, NBC’s Today, Nightly News, Meet the Press, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal all failed to cover Trump's new office for ethnic cleansing.
Mainstream media ignore Trump’s planned Office of Remigration, a term for ethnic cleansing
Mainstream media outlets almost entirely ignored news that the Trump administration is reportedly reorganizing the State Department to include a new “Office of Remigration.” “Remigration” is a term lo...
www.mediamatters.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
You may not have heard about the concept of remigration and Trump’s affinity for it and there’s a reason why:
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Don’t believe the hype about a breakup between Canada and the U.S. The two countries are moving closer together on an issue they agree on: keeping out refugees.
@desmondcole.bsky.social writes about Mark Carney’s dangerous new border bill. breachmedia.ca/carneys-bord...
@desmondcole.bsky.social writes about Mark Carney’s dangerous new border bill. breachmedia.ca/carneys-bord...
Carney’s border bill is a gift to Trump—and a roadmap to ‘mass deportation’ ⋆ The Breach
Mark Carney promised to stand up to Trump. His new bill continues the two countries’ long-standing pact on restrictive immigration policies
breachmedia.ca
June 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Don’t believe the hype about a breakup between Canada and the U.S. The two countries are moving closer together on an issue they agree on: keeping out refugees.
@desmondcole.bsky.social writes about Mark Carney’s dangerous new border bill. breachmedia.ca/carneys-bord...
@desmondcole.bsky.social writes about Mark Carney’s dangerous new border bill. breachmedia.ca/carneys-bord...
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If you work with young people, or will be doing so this summer, join us on June 18th online for a deep dive into abolitionist resources that can take your summer youth programming to the next level! We’ll be walking you through our new compilation resource to use for political education with youth ⬇️
Wednesday, June 18 at 4-5:30 PM ET: ☀️ Are you working with young people this summer? Join us for a session where we will share a new resource that compiles abolitionist activities and tools to use with young people!
Learn more and register to join here: bit.ly/ICNews45
Learn more and register to join here: bit.ly/ICNews45
June 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
If you work with young people, or will be doing so this summer, join us on June 18th online for a deep dive into abolitionist resources that can take your summer youth programming to the next level! We’ll be walking you through our new compilation resource to use for political education with youth ⬇️
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Bill C-2 has enormous implications for the privacy of Canadians. Buried toward the end is a law enforcement wish list that includes warrantless disclosure of information about Internet subscribers and unprecedented access to Internet provider networks.
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Privacy At Risk: Government Buries Lawful Access Provisions in New Border Bill - my 2,600 word post on the history of lawful access and the new “information demand” power, global production orders, and new rules on law enforcement access to communications.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/priv...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/priv...
Privacy At Risk: Government Buries Lawful Access Provisions in New Border Bill - Michael Geist
The government yesterday introduced the Strong Border Act (Bill C-2), legislation that was promoted as establishing new border measure provisions presumably designed to address U.S. concerns regarding...
www.michaelgeist.ca
June 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Bill C-2 has enormous implications for the privacy of Canadians. Buried toward the end is a law enforcement wish list that includes warrantless disclosure of information about Internet subscribers and unprecedented access to Internet provider networks.
bsky.app/profile/mgei...
bsky.app/profile/mgei...
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Why the Government’s Plan for Warrantless Access to Internet Subscriber Information Will Lead to Millions of Disclosure Demands Each Year
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/why-...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/why-...
Why the Government’s Plan for Warrantless Access to Internet Subscriber Information Will Lead to Millions of Disclosure Demands Each Year - Michael Geist
The government’s plan for warrantless disclosure of Internet subscribers information is rightly attracting increasing attention as sneaking lawful access provisions into a border bill raises significa...
www.michaelgeist.ca
June 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Why the Government’s Plan for Warrantless Access to Internet Subscriber Information Will Lead to Millions of Disclosure Demands Each Year
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/why-...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/why-...
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I will be joining the March to Gaza with the Canadian delegation.
This is a peaceful global march led by citizens of the world to support the people of Gaza and demand an end to this inhumane blockade, and ensure an opening of a permanent humanitarian corridor.
This is a peaceful global march led by citizens of the world to support the people of Gaza and demand an end to this inhumane blockade, and ensure an opening of a permanent humanitarian corridor.
June 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I will be joining the March to Gaza with the Canadian delegation.
This is a peaceful global march led by citizens of the world to support the people of Gaza and demand an end to this inhumane blockade, and ensure an opening of a permanent humanitarian corridor.
This is a peaceful global march led by citizens of the world to support the people of Gaza and demand an end to this inhumane blockade, and ensure an opening of a permanent humanitarian corridor.
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Oh yeah, but please tell me more about how this tech should infuse every aspect of education.
AI Shows Racial Bias When Grading Essays — and Can’t Tell Good Writing From Bad
Smith: Study finds ChatGPT replicates human prejudices and fails to recognize exceptional work — reinforcing the inequalities it's intended to fix.
www.the74million.org
May 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Oh yeah, but please tell me more about how this tech should infuse every aspect of education.
Shame!
Adam Vaughn joining the Therme board is a perfect synecdoche for the Conservatives and Liberals relationship to corporate capitalism.
Wow. Incredibly disappointed to learn that @adamvaughanto.bsky.social has been hired by Therme to try to convince people that the giant glass environmentally disastrous private spa on public land at #OntarioPlace is a good idea.
Shame on you, Adam Vaughan.
Shame on you, Adam Vaughan.
May 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Shame!
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Offloading process tasks to AI won't solve the problem and pressure of the neoliberal academy reducing of our work to productivity and impact metrics. It does not "free up time" for the "real" work. It is a continuation of the undervaluing of our work, our time, our relationships, our humanity.
a lot of the talk about AI in the humanities seems to leave out the notion of pleasure in having ideas which is a real shame
April 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Offloading process tasks to AI won't solve the problem and pressure of the neoliberal academy reducing of our work to productivity and impact metrics. It does not "free up time" for the "real" work. It is a continuation of the undervaluing of our work, our time, our relationships, our humanity.
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We’re currently sending people to a lifetime of unpaid labor for being born over an imaginary line and having tattoos.
“Can ChatGPT experience joy or suffering? Does Gemini deserve human rights?” our tech columnist asks. “Many A.I. experts I know would say no, not yet, not even close. But I was intrigued.”
Should We Start Taking the Welfare of A.I. Seriously?
As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We’re currently sending people to a lifetime of unpaid labor for being born over an imaginary line and having tattoos.
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Pregnant people living in states with abortion bans are almost twice as likely to die during pregnancy or soon after giving birth, a report released Wednesday found. The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than white women in those same states.
People Are Twice as Likely to Die During Pregnancy in States With Abortion Bans
A report finds the risk is greatest for Black women, who disproportionately live in states that have banned abortion.
truthout.org
April 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Pregnant people living in states with abortion bans are almost twice as likely to die during pregnancy or soon after giving birth, a report released Wednesday found. The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than white women in those same states.
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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
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For the right, it was never about antisemitism, but white power. It’s crucial to recognize this. NYT: “Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy can check out copies of ‘Mein Kampf’ by Adolf Hitler but not ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou’” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
For the right, it was never about antisemitism, but white power. It’s crucial to recognize this. NYT: “Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy can check out copies of ‘Mein Kampf’ by Adolf Hitler but not ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou’” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
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This one goes out to all the TERF lesbians & queers who think throwing trans people under the bus will save them.
They are coming for all of us. Get in.
They are coming for all of us. Get in.
“A gay woman fired by Walmart…was accused of being transgender & subsequently fired.
Dani Davis, a 6’4″ cisgender woman and 7yr employee at the retail giant in Lake City, Florida, was followed into a women’s restroom by a customer & verbally assaulted” www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/a-ci...
Dani Davis, a 6’4″ cisgender woman and 7yr employee at the retail giant in Lake City, Florida, was followed into a women’s restroom by a customer & verbally assaulted” www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/a-ci...
A cis employee was harrassed by a customer who thought she was trans. Walmart fired her. - LGBTQ Nation
Dani Davis said she was mistaken as trans because she's tall and that she lost her job as a result.
www.lgbtqnation.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This one goes out to all the TERF lesbians & queers who think throwing trans people under the bus will save them.
They are coming for all of us. Get in.
They are coming for all of us. Get in.
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I hear a lot of Western analyst downplay the economic interests in the current war in Sudan, arguing that $ is not driving it and that the UAE for example could easily do without Sudan. This is partly bcs ppl are so focused on gold as the key commodity driving the war. (1/3)
April 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I hear a lot of Western analyst downplay the economic interests in the current war in Sudan, arguing that $ is not driving it and that the UAE for example could easily do without Sudan. This is partly bcs ppl are so focused on gold as the key commodity driving the war. (1/3)