Alicia Wanless
@lageneralista.ca
Information Ecologist exploring the information environment | Senior Fellow at @carnegieendowment.org and Director of @ieproject.bsky.social | PhD from KCL War Studies | Visiting Researcher @uniofbath.bsky.social | Author of The Information Animal 🇨🇦
I’m just glad he didn’t add another C word to this list given my crankiness this morning.
Jeff@jammaj.bsky.social · 18h agoOn today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org tells Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca about being ordered around by an #AI, and Alicia tells Ben about seeing Nolan's #TheOdyssey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fSs...
PM Andy Burnham inherits a UK info ecosystem that’s not just foreign-owned platforms — it’s devices, cables, ISPs, news ownership, and collapsing public trust. Sovereignty without trust is a strategy without a foundation. My latest for @idsbbath.bsky.social blogs.bath.ac.uk/idsb/2026/08...
A new Prime Minister, the same information ecosystem | Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour
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I am not against regulation, only that we’d do better to understand the system being regulated to mitigate unintended consequences. The last chapter posits that things which could change info ecosystems should be treated like drugs, and tested before release to avoid harms. tinyurl.com/38y7989d
Book Review: The Information Animal by Alicia Wanless: Open Standards as a Response to the Concentration of Informational Power
The printing press made knowledge accessible and triggered a century of religious wars. Radio brought continents closer together and served as a megaphone for totalitarianisms. The internet connected ...
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And even more so when you ask a library to get a copy in!
Andrew Jack@andrewjack.bsky.social · 5d agoEvery writer I know, and for my sins I know a lot of them, is absolutely 100% delighted for you to get their book out from your local library.
New from Raluca Csernatoni and @lageneralista.ca for @carnegieeurope.bsky.social: hybrid threats keep outpacing policy. Getting ahead means assessing the whole information ecosystem, not chasing each incident. carnegieendowment.org/europe/resea...
Assessing Information Ecosystems: How Governments Can Get Ahead of Hybrid Threats
The hybrid warfare landscape is evolving rapidly, leaving policymakers without clear strategies. To better inform their work in addressing emerging challenges, governments must dig deeper into the und...
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Millions of Americans are now breathing the consequences of the climate change that is fundamentally changing North American forests. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/w...
Most Forest Fires in Canada Are Simply Impossible to Put Out
Half of Canada’s wildfires are in remote areas with no road access. Impossible to fight, they are often left to burn.
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I mean if working aged people just managed it, we’d have to deal with 14-15 hectares a piece. That’s about 30 acres. That’s a hobby farm of clearing. Forget how much is in absolute wilderness the likes people die in and grizzlies live, far from where most people live.
Alicia Wanless@lageneralista.ca · 3w agoCanada is home to 369 million hectares (ha) of forest, or 3.69 million km2, which is close to 9% of the world’s total forest - says the government of Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada is home to 369 million hectares (ha) of forest, or 3.69 million km2, which is close to 9% of the world’s total forest - says the government of Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
4 Republicans in U.S. Congress accuse Canada of failing to do enough to prevent wildfires | CBC News
Republican members of U.S. Congress are slamming Canada's federal and provincial governments over what they claim is inaction in preventing the wildfires currently spreading smoke and poor air quality...
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I don’t recall ever being kept inside for a wildfire in Ontario as a kid; and nor much talk of them happening, beyond what was normal. In the past 16 years, the storms where I live have also become more violent and frequent too - that coming from someone who grew up in a tornado-prone area.
Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE****@bigclimate.bsky.social · 3w agoHere in Calgary I show people this graph and if I get any further guff I ask if they know what a graph is. #yyc #yyccc #ClimateChange #Wildfires #smoke #cdnpoli #abpoli
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca & @hollybfletcher.bsky.social celebrate #CanadaDay, debate political #Stoicism, and discuss which products #Instagram is trying to sell them. #MyAlgorithm www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiYn...
Canada Day As Observed
YouTube video by #DogShirtTV
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But all I’m coming up with is the book: The girl with all the gifts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gir...
The Girl with All the Gifts - Wikipedia
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Scott Gray@scott1gray.bsky.social · 4w agoNot now, Fungus That Has Been Quietly Feasting on Radiation
How petty do you have to be when the newspaper conglomerate that wants you to win so badly paints you like this? torontosun.com/opinion/colu...
LILLEY: Does Pierre Poilievre actually want to be prime minister?
While Poilievre blasts fellow Conservatives, the Liberals are benefiting from a divided opposition. Read on.
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As promised, experimenting with new formats. Our first interview is with Dr. Libby Hemphill from the University of Michigan. We'll do more like this with experts helping us understand the human relationship to the information environment. theinformationanimal.substack.com/p/why-inform...
Why Information Matters?
An Information Animal Podcast interview with Dr. Libby Hemphill
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i watched them all, and you probably should too
James G@orth.ca · last mo.Here are some random calls of the Eustaquio goal.
That was hard to watch, but history was made!
Canada Day: Woman Waving Flag
ALT: Canada Day: Woman Waving Flag
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Digital surveillance is breaking activist mental health Living under constant surveillance is to exist in a permanent state of hypervigilance globalvoices.org/2026/06/23/d...
Digital surveillance is breaking activist mental health
Digital surveillance does much more than steal data. It inflicts deep human wounds; it stops people from safely developing and expressing their identities, breeds trauma that can last for generations,...
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Maybe it’s time just to let the cat lead?
Thor Benson@thorbenson.bsky.social · last mo."I hear you're sending me a seventh prime minister"
Huge thanks to David Doel at The Rational National for joining us! Check out some of his latest videos for much-better-researched takes on the day’s news!
Capitalism Killed ‘Hockey Night In Canada’
YouTube video by The Rational National
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David Doel@daviddoel.bsky.social · 2mo agoHad a great time!
Yeah, not sure laws are what make trust.
Dale Smith@journodale.bsky.social · 2mo agoJust aggressively not getting it.
Who knew Mike Judge was making a documentary.
hannah gais@hannahgais.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew York elected a socialist mayor and the Knicks won the championship, but nice try.
🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup project, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) and interested, send me your CV and transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️
Polymarket offered me enough money to pay my rent for ten months for one post in my newsletter and I turned it down because I enjoy being able to sleep at night.
Maya Kaufman@mayakaufman.bsky.social · 2mo agoINVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes. We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
