Michael DeForge

@michaeldeforge.bsky.social

it's me

Wow, there's a giant NDA (non-disclosure agreement) up as a Nuit Blanche art installation calling out the silencing of curators and artists who've spoken critically of Israel. It's in the alley off Spadina south of Richmond leading to Cinecycle. By No Arms in the Arts.

Photo of a 10-foot high non-disclosure agreement in an alley in Toronto with fog and people in the foreground. The contract says "NDA" and "I will not talk about getting fired for criticizing Israel"

Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.

ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

motherjones.com

In the lead-up to the World Cup, Toronto police built up permanent surveillance infrastructure for a threat that never came. Its centrepiece is a counter-drone system that may be linked to an Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence unit. The latest Cops and the City column by @aliyapabani.bsky.social.

FIFA Fake Out

Toronto police used the spectre of terrorism to quietly build up permanent surveillance infrastructure for a threat that never came. Its centrepiece is a counter-drone system that may be linked to the...

thegrindmag.ca

Two weeks after a government-commissioned report on campus antisemitism was published, its authors revealed new information showing that 92 per cent of anti-Zionist Jewish respondents actually found campuses safe and inclusive. Professor Joshua Sealy-Harrington digs in.

Campus Antisemitism Report Hid a Key Finding that Turns the Results Upside Down

In early August, mainstream outlets repeated the findings of a flawed report describing alarming levels of antisemitism on university campuses. Two weeks later, the authors stated that 92 per cent of…

thegrindmag.ca

A good illustration of petty Zionist grievances. The Giller boycott ended, so instead of complaining about that, Marsha Lederman's upset that --- what, people aren't celebrating the Giller Prize sufficiently? How much veneration does it need www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: A happy ending for the Giller Prize – or is it?

Canada’s most prestigious literary award has found a new donor. Will it silence the critics?

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