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PhD Humanities: Aerial Perspectives; Landscape Traditions; Operational Images; Critical AI; AI Slop & Visual Culture; Surveillance Studies; Also Art Criticism; Definitely Coffee. Professoring in the gig economy.
I highly recommend the work of Derek Gregory on drones and the ways in which they moved from operating in extraterritorial zones to urban environments, made borders elastic, and changed targeting from static places to mobile bodies.
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 1h agoThe experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“Water use and noise are often cited as objections by neighbors and environmentalists. Less mentioned has been the pollution from the scores of gas-burning plants that will power these data centers.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c... All while kneecapping green energy.
Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution
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“Teaching educators about AI is a ‘moral imperative’, said Randi Weingarten, the AFT president.” “And without outside funding, it was a choice between taking big tech’s money or doing nothing, she said.”
Teachers need help with AI. A union is offering training – with $23m in funding from big tech
Partnership between American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest labor unions in the US, and AI firms has stirred controversy
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"Yes, he continued, “there will be plenty of losers, but it is pointless seeking to prevent the inevitable … Many in Britain would enjoy the kind of warmer climate predicted by modellers”. Note the intersection of the ‘inevitable' argument btwn tech, oil & govt. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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A company that would experiment on its own users like this, and obfuscated what it was doing, is not one that will abide by any "duty to act responsibly." @ntusikov.bsky.social and I lay out exactly why not in this Policy Options piece. policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/07/bill...
Canada can’t regulate Big Tech by trusting Big Tech
Bill C-34 puts too much faith in Big Tech. Canada should regulate the algorithms, data practices and business models that drive online harm.
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Jason Leopold@jasonleopold.bsky.social · 17h agoBOMBSHELL story by Olivia Carville @bloomberg.com Internal Report Shows TikTok Kept Safety Feature From Millions A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement NO PAYWALL www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The older I get the more I understand why cats just walk away mid conversation.
Meanwhile: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... The PM's plans benefit a few ultra-wealthy - often U.S. - interests. Not the long term security and wellbeing of Canadians. #CDNpoli #BCpoli #ABpoli
8,000 people under evacuation order as wildfires threaten communities across B.C. | CBC
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Julia Levin@jflevin.bsky.social · yesterday1/ Over the weekend -- while Canadians across the country were dealing with raging wildfires and the aftermath of severe flooding and heatwaves -- PM Carney quietly accelerated the timeline on his taxpayer funded pipeline. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/04/p...
“Eight of the biggest oil companies amassed profits of more than $90bn in just three months as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring and the emissions-fuelled climate crisis caused deadly heatwaves.” www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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New York Times’ Malachy Browne on the future of visual investigations in the age of AI reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/new-yor...
New York Times’ Malachy Browne on the future of visual investigations in the age of AI
When Malachy Browne started piecing together videos of the Arab Spring in early 2011, he wasn’t thinking about building a new kind of journalism. He was just trying to figure out what was real.What be...
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QUESTION: is there any footage of data centers IN Canada and their noise output that you know of that’s legit? please send me the info if you do!!
In May we covered some of the IDF demolitions in southern Lebanon finding that at least 46 villages within the IDF’s “yellow line” had been heavily damaged: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05...
Satellite Imagery Shows Ongoing Demolitions Across Southern Lebanon - bellingcat
Dozens of towns and villages within the IDF's “Yellow Line” in southern Lebanon have been heavily damaged or destroyed in recent months.
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New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...
‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock
“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."
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"Once support for Palestinian rights is reframed as a security concern rather than a political or humanitarian one, scrutiny of Israel’s actions becomes easier to dismiss. This matters because the debate is no longer only about borders. It is about legitimacy." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
How Israel and the European far right tried to exploit Ceuta
A potent narrative is emerging linking migration to anti-Semitism in an effort to undermine pro-Palestinian solidarity.
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New function creep just dropped. Defended by the same tired logic: "it’s not the technology that’s the problem, it is how it is used.” 🙄 In this case, it is promoted as a means to improve use of work space, but in actuality, it’s tracking bodies via heat signatures. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Why are some Quebec employers installing heat sensors under work desks?
Some Québecor divisions are installing heat sensors around their offices to make better use of hybrid workspaces. A number of employees say the new technology feels invasive.
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Does anyone have access to this new review essay 'Apartheid, after Apartheid'? 🗃️ academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
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I spoke w @trbrtc.bsky.social, @sanjanamv.bsky.social re grave IHL concerns w this attack -What was the target? Likely a building, given munition. -Homes are presumptively civilian. What, if any, basis was there to believe it was being / about to be used to make effective contrib. to mil action? 1/2
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4d agoThe U.S. struck a family home on Iran’s Qeshm Island overnight on Thursday with a large-scale bomb, according to an analysis of videos, photos and satellite imagery by weapons experts and The New York Times. Iranian officials said the strike killed a boy and his parents.
“just think of hyperscale AI data centres as ‘digital refineries’!” albertapolitics.ca/2026/08/albe...
Alberta propaganda push suggests UCP is encountering stiffer opposition to AI data centres than it expected - Alberta Politics
The United Conservative Party Government must be encountering stiffer opposition than it expected to its plan to make Alberta North America’s dumping ground for the Artificial Intelligence data centre...
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Well, at least it was for a completely lawless and pointless cause.
CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterdayU.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
This is the tragic yet logical result of a decades-long project—undertaken by rightwing politicians and “business-minded” administrators alike—to distort the meaning of higher education, to deny the intrinsic value of the pursuit of knowledge, to deprive us all of richer, more purposeful lives.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
Negligent homicide is a defining characteristic of concentration camps.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d agoICE has killed another person.
yooooo this needs to be flagged to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada!
Not (A.) I.@aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 2d agoSo, I find it pretty problematic that the Canada Revenue Agency is recording conversations btwn citizens & agents for the purpose of training their AI. A recorded message informs you of this prior to speaking to an agent and there is no opting out. You have to give your SIN, DOB, address etc. 🤯☠️
The climate crisis is a heat crisis is a drought crisis is a water crisis is an energy crisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor
Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output
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Was nodding my head reading this article until I reached “my Substack newsletter...” 😖 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
Could a couch-to-5k for books get you back into reading?
With smartphones stealing our attention, we’re picking up fewer books than ever. A novelist shares her eight-week scheme to get you back into the habit
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@mark-carney.bsky.social what the fuck?!?!?!
Not (A.) I.@aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 2d agoSo, I find it pretty problematic that the Canada Revenue Agency is recording conversations btwn citizens & agents for the purpose of training their AI. A recorded message informs you of this prior to speaking to an agent and there is no opting out. You have to give your SIN, DOB, address etc. 🤯☠️
So, I find it pretty problematic that the Canada Revenue Agency is recording conversations btwn citizens & agents for the purpose of training their AI. A recorded message informs you of this prior to speaking to an agent and there is no opting out. You have to give your SIN, DOB, address etc. 🤯☠️
Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...
‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech
"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...
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"Trump has been considering strikes akin to a “fireworks” display, another source said" Of course he has. The maximum spectacle factor is the number one driver of Trump's decisions across the board.
Big Ol’ Mush@chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d agoWhen you’re really doing well with winning a war. www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
