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Our First Nations traditional territory maps are progressing. We're likely a week away from completing our alpha build. This will replace the Native-Land.ca territory maps, which went offline earlier this year (though they have other maps still online). It'll go online at knowledgekeepr.com

So saith this resident of rural Canada.

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Why aren't these bastards going to jail? They ruined people's careers & lives, lied to the public, skewed electoral results. Nobody knows if the response they're currently providing is the truth. These are among things I taught - maths, statistics, & data integrity. #statistics #DataIntegrity

Doug Ford's war on kids.

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"My study estimates that the gross 10-year savings of switching operating systems would be between $700 million and $1.13 billion." Ditching Microsoft makes sense both economically and in terms of security. It's low-hanging fruit.

Strict Liability for AI Executives by @daniellecitron.bsky.social 🔥 www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...

NEW @citizenlab.ca report We uncovered an Israeli firm using online ads to run vast spy operation This is the first-ever public confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered via targeted ads. 45 devices at @aljazeera.com confirmed infected citizenlab.ca/research/how...

The future of digital government should be defined by how how easily people can discover, access, and use the capabilities of public institutions digitalstatecraft.substack.com/p/rethinking... @rainerkattel.bsky.social

.@niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I have a new op-ed out today in the Calgary Harold, reflecting on last week's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We argue that we must confront the rise of residential school denialism but we can't let it distract us: calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

In Manitoba, a campground near the former Brandon Indian Residential School has been acquired by the province to educate future generations on the horrors of residential schools. In an era of denialism, Premier Wab Kinew said it's important to keep the "truth alive." thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-res...

Is residential school denialism more prevalent than it’s ever been? University of Manitoba professor Sean Carleton says it’s getting louder. Listen to the full discussion on the latest APTN News InFocus: youtu.be/QVl3pPNQZkg?...

Three new initiatives have been announced by the Manitoba government to support young adults that are aging out of their child and family services system.

The Ontario government is aggressively privatizing surgeries and medical imaging—core hospital services My new @policyalternatives.ca research study evaluates whether this policy direction reduces wait times and serves the public interest www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #onpoli

A super concerning meeting of white nationalists in advance of Truth and Reconciliation day cfjctoday.com/2026/09/27/a...

It's ok to have voted for Carney, I get it. What isn't acceptable is refusing to hold him and his government accountable for their actions. Democracy requires far more from us than just voting.

Absolutely it is. And, we will continue to do so. Meantime I personally hope for a great humbling of the USA for (twice) electing the insane crooked orange buffoon. The US has f*cked up (and f*cked itself) major league. Meanwhile things will be rough between them and us (Canada) for a long while.

Latest @winnipegfreepress.com column: AI poses threat to Indigenous culture, knowledge, creativity www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...

Ahead of Wednesday’s release of Truth Before Reconciliation, here’s @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I on CBC’s Front Burner talking about what’s fueling the recent rise in residential school denialism and what we can do about it: youtu.be/BdJImlySLKk

First class of the semester is completed. Running iteration 9 of my seminar, How to Pay Attention. Doing it fully on paper this year, but the web copy of the syllabus is here: classes.nickseaver.net/HTPA/

One day.

“This is not just gutter social science: it is a drive-by smear. Some people would call it clearly racist and sexist. You can count me among them.” Well worth your time.

Anyway, I'm having a blast using the European Mu.Social interface for my BlueSky account. I'm tempted to port my handle over to them to get my data out of the USA and into friendlier territory. Just need to create a test account on BlueSky first, and port that and see what happens...

Don’t worry! I have a long guide with plenty of alternatives.

this is important and seems relevant to discussions about the delegitimization of maintenance in various senses across different sectors, including education and academic research the breaking of institutions and steady career paths has helped produce many would-be destroyers of what remains

Malice in Blunderland.

A new Stanford research paper lays out a problem that is being largely ignored: It’s becoming less clear whether recommendations by AI chatbots are driven by advertising dollars or genuine information. www.semafor.com/article/08/2...

this is also a nice guide for us Americans who are wanting to support pro-democracy technology and efforts.

CAHN is releasing the first public full-length report on the Dominion Society of Canada, a white nationalist non-profit that uses propaganda and political campaigning to promote mass deportations on the basis of race, ethnicity, and religion. 🧵

I’m not here to argue what you call this magnificent and truly Great Lake. I just want us all to take care of this place like our lives depend on it, and like those others whose lives depend on it also matter.

A federal court has ruled that DOGE must release its internal communications related to a controversial deal between the IRS and the Department of Homeland Security. trib.al/UUBaTqg

This is such a great book. A must read if you want to understand white Christian nationalism, and see how it’s supported by powerful people 

📢 We’re thrilled to introduce the 2026 Local Fellows: Jessica Kim, Nic Hotchkiss, Victoria Hincapie Gomez, and Gabrielle McMann! thelocal.to/introducing-...

#gift www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/86d984a...

Both the Economist and others suggest this study demonstrates that AI can help students. So I contacted the lead researcher to figure out how many. Answer: Out of ~26,000 kids, a total of 20. And five months after starting to use AI, only four continued to spend 65 minutes on homework. Four.

'We must rage against the cruelty of this kind of journalism, the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment, the idea that because each blow can be defended in isolation no one bears responsibility for the beating.' Iain Overton, via Byline Times

Zero surprise that these are explicitly designed to cause pain without leaving a mark, not to incapacitate. Yes, we're spending $20M to buy ICE agents torture devices.

> TESCREALs have done entryism into Critical AI, for example, Future of Life Institute is trying to mingle with labor organizations. The same Institute also funds YouTubers to make TESCREAL slop disguised as videos about the risks and harms of AI. Anthropic hijacked the Catholic Church. 2/n

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Circle jerks. Owee.

I always suspected a UK government would eventually reverse course on "coding in public". So I've been backing up all government code. For six years. Today I finally generated a report on what has been deleted. Its much worse than I realised. github.com/uk-gov-mirro...

Rather than get rid of ALPR cameras entirely, many cities and towns are switching to Axon, whose cameras can be mounted to an existing streetlamp, helping them blend into their surroundings.

Ontario jails are using an AI tool that claims to predict prisoners’ behaviour. And it’s disproportionately placing Black prisoners in maximum security. An investigation by @desmondcole.bsky.social reveals the province knew the tool would discriminate against Black people—and used it anyway.