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this is truly terrifying. what a dystopic world we live in.
Faine GreenwoodI used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
New substack! mostly about worms and wetnursing, but with a hint of Anne of Green Gables. No, that doesn't make sense to me, either, but there you have it. stitchingstories.substack.com/p/worms
wormsmaternal histories and politics (with a very brief detour to Prince Edward Island)stitchingstories.substack.comHere's Shopify CEO coming out in support of income-based voting rights. No taxes or retired = no votes and high taxes = many votes, at least according to him and a retired TD Bank exec (and probably other rich folks). www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Shopify CEO endorses idea to give more votes to wealthy Canadians | CBC NewsThe billionaire CEO of one of Canada's largest companies has come under fire for endorsing stripping voting rights from some and giving more votes to the ultra wealthy. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke replied ...www.cbc.caOh, look! A labour party that's essentially a conservative party.
Prem SikkaAndy Burnham to make it harder for people to claim benefits, vows to ‘get serious’ about cutting welfare bill. Silence on corporate welfare. 37.8% of Universal Credit claimants are in work. Due to hikes in retirement age, many seniors can't work, claim benefits. Women will be hardest hit.
new substack: on vintage textiles as thinking material (and featuring a detail from my great-aunt's card table cloth, below) stitchingstories.substack.com/p/nubbliness
nubblinessAs a stitcher, I have a large collection of fabrics of different kinds (mostly cotton).stitchingstories.substack.comCanadian arts and culture folks: the federal government has launched a (methodologically flawed) survey on "the Cultural Sector's readiness for Artificial Intelligence". If you're ready to resist or refuse genAI, here's your chance to let them know. pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lan...
National Survey on the Cultural Sector’s Readiness for Artificial IntelligencePowered by SimpleSurvey.com | Build and manage your own online survey, voting, form and panel management applications.pch.research-recherche.caDear @theglobeandmail.com: our mayor is being investigated by the RCMP for financial "irregularities" and you seriously want to argue that he needs *more* power?
Stoo Metz 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Mayor Andy Fillmore takes out an editorial in the Globe & Mail to pine and whine for his “Strong Mayor” powers so he can enact his own personal agenda for the city of Halifax. Under the guise only he can lead us through the pressure of a growing city. “Sure Jan” #Halifax #HaliSky #NovaScotia
back to thinking about motherhood, this time the entry into it: stitchingstories.substack.com/p/personal-t...
the mother ragathe personal is always politicalstitchingstories.substack.comIn which our protagonist does stuff she doesn't enjoy. Except boiling ants. That part was fun. stitchingstories.substack.com/p/observatio...
observations on diggingI hate gardening.stitchingstories.substack.comthinking with letters: stitchingstories.substack.com/p/politics-h...
straight up fascism.
Ryan EstradaA cartoonist named Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada was tried as a terrorist and sentenced to 30 years in prison for having anti-Trump comics in his car. Prosecutors connected him to a 2025 anti-ICE protest he didn't even attend because he was in the same book club as others who were.
A Racist Group Is Trying to Gain Legitimacy in Canadian Politics via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
A Racist Group Is Trying to Gain Legitimacy in Canadian Politics | The TyeeThe Dominion Society is part of an international far-right movement proposing mass deportations.thetyee.caThis is all on Tim Houston. All of it. And before anyone rushes in to say that volunteer could run libraries (some folks have already said it), you might want to think about why a library should run for free, when industry is never asked to run on volunteer labour www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Annapolis Valley libraries closing 5 branches, cites static provincial funding | CBC NewsThe Annapolis Valley Regional Library announced the changes Monday after months of sounding the alarm that their operations were on shaky financial footing.www.cbc.ca