@jmichaelshires.bsky.social
Canadian, librarian, practice yoga, slush rope and play the doumbek in my spare time.
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Someone was arrested in Scotland yesterday for reading the poem "Don't mention the children" by Michael Rosen, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
The West really doesn't want us to mention the children of Gaza that Israel has murdered and continues to murder.
#poetry #Scotland #Gaza
The West really doesn't want us to mention the children of Gaza that Israel has murdered and continues to murder.
#poetry #Scotland #Gaza
July 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Someone was arrested in Scotland yesterday for reading the poem "Don't mention the children" by Michael Rosen, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
The West really doesn't want us to mention the children of Gaza that Israel has murdered and continues to murder.
#poetry #Scotland #Gaza
The West really doesn't want us to mention the children of Gaza that Israel has murdered and continues to murder.
#poetry #Scotland #Gaza
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Low democracy places will fall victim first. Saskatchewan and RM of Sherwood are easy pickings for Bell.
substack.com/@tammyrobert... #skpoli
substack.com/@tammyrobert... #skpoli
Tammy Robert (@tammyrobert)
It’s been a minute, but this one evolved faster than I could write it.
Such a stunning abuse of democratic process.
substack.com
April 25, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Low democracy places will fall victim first. Saskatchewan and RM of Sherwood are easy pickings for Bell.
substack.com/@tammyrobert... #skpoli
substack.com/@tammyrobert... #skpoli
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Starting Jan 1, 2027, Feb 13 will be known as "Fossil Fuel Recognition Day" in #Alberta. No, you don't get the day off.
As part of this, kids will also learn in school about how much money oil & gas, forestry, farming, and construction bring to AB's economy.
docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files...
As part of this, kids will also learn in school about how much money oil & gas, forestry, farming, and construction bring to AB's economy.
docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files...
April 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Photos from today’s rally against the proposed Bell AI data centre near Regina.
April 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Photos from today’s rally against the proposed Bell AI data centre near Regina.
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Vessels are increasingly being abandoned during the war on Iran, revealing a hidden failure in the global systems that keep goods—and people—moving. www.wired.com/story/legal-...
The Broken System That Keeps Shipping Crews Stranded in the Strait of Hormuz
Vessels are increasingly being abandoned during the war on Iran, revealing a hidden failure in the global systems that keep goods—and people—moving.
www.wired.com
March 31, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Vessels are increasingly being abandoned during the war on Iran, revealing a hidden failure in the global systems that keep goods—and people—moving. www.wired.com/story/legal-...
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How Palantir, not Anthropic, led US bombs to kill 175 civilians, mostly 7-12yo girls, in a school in Minab, Iran on Feb 28. How embedding automation - not LLMs in this case, just image processing and sensor fusion - in military workflows mutes human judgment, causes errors, & diverts accountability.
Kill Chain
On the automated bureaucratic machinery that killed 175 children
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com
March 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM
How Palantir, not Anthropic, led US bombs to kill 175 civilians, mostly 7-12yo girls, in a school in Minab, Iran on Feb 28. How embedding automation - not LLMs in this case, just image processing and sensor fusion - in military workflows mutes human judgment, causes errors, & diverts accountability.
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Card of the day: QUEEN OF RODS. With self-confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights. Without self-confidence, even the simplest accomplishments can remain beyond your grasp.
#TrekSky #TarotSky #StarTrek #Tarot #StarTrekTarot StarTrekTarot.com
#TrekSky #TarotSky #StarTrek #Tarot #StarTrekTarot StarTrekTarot.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Card of the day: QUEEN OF RODS. With self-confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights. Without self-confidence, even the simplest accomplishments can remain beyond your grasp.
#TrekSky #TarotSky #StarTrek #Tarot #StarTrekTarot StarTrekTarot.com
#TrekSky #TarotSky #StarTrek #Tarot #StarTrekTarot StarTrekTarot.com
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I’ve been listening to this argument for at least 40 years now and somehow no one ever gets it. Then it’s all “we need more roads/parking. Let’s add some service-free bedroom communities only accessible by freeway to round things off.” Wash, rinse, repeat. #yqrcc
Bike Regina notes we move with the transportation options that are available to us. If there aren't buses or bike lanes we take cars. #yqrcc
September 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I’ve been listening to this argument for at least 40 years now and somehow no one ever gets it. Then it’s all “we need more roads/parking. Let’s add some service-free bedroom communities only accessible by freeway to round things off.” Wash, rinse, repeat. #yqrcc
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"The boy took Aguilar's hand and kissed it and said 'shukran,' meaning thank you."
"After the boy exited the area [..], Aguilar heard machine gunfire ostensibly being used to hurry the Palestinians away."
"He ran over [..] and saw the boy among the dead."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide
"After the boy exited the area [..], Aguilar heard machine gunfire ostensibly being used to hurry the Palestinians away."
"He ran over [..] and saw the boy among the dead."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide
The Green Beret of Gaza
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation contractor Anthony Aguilar describes witnessing war crimes.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"The boy took Aguilar's hand and kissed it and said 'shukran,' meaning thank you."
"After the boy exited the area [..], Aguilar heard machine gunfire ostensibly being used to hurry the Palestinians away."
"He ran over [..] and saw the boy among the dead."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide
"After the boy exited the area [..], Aguilar heard machine gunfire ostensibly being used to hurry the Palestinians away."
"He ran over [..] and saw the boy among the dead."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide
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Alligator Alcatraz is the American Dachau. The first concentration camp. The Nazis initially portrayed Dachau as a proper prison with proper treatment.
Trump prefers to promote the cruelty and barbarism.
This is my latest on where this goes next.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/american-d...
Trump prefers to promote the cruelty and barbarism.
This is my latest on where this goes next.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/american-d...
American Dachau: Trump Takes the Next Step
Six months.
charlieangus.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Alligator Alcatraz is the American Dachau. The first concentration camp. The Nazis initially portrayed Dachau as a proper prison with proper treatment.
Trump prefers to promote the cruelty and barbarism.
This is my latest on where this goes next.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/american-d...
Trump prefers to promote the cruelty and barbarism.
This is my latest on where this goes next.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/american-d...
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TIL that the CBC has a bigger global online audience than @wsj.com or @washingtonpost.com.
CBC 🇨🇦: 103.2 million monthly visits
WSJ 🇺🇸: 97.2 million
WaPo 🇺🇸: 89.5 million
(Overall top 3: @nytimes.com 657M, BBC 550M, @cnn.com 515M.)
pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
CBC 🇨🇦: 103.2 million monthly visits
WSJ 🇺🇸: 97.2 million
WaPo 🇺🇸: 89.5 million
(Overall top 3: @nytimes.com 657M, BBC 550M, @cnn.com 515M.)
pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
Top 50 news websites in the world: Tabloids take a tumble
Press Gazette lists the top 50 most popular news websites in the world. Monthly updated top 50 listing based on data provided by SimilarWeb.
pressgazette.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
TIL that the CBC has a bigger global online audience than @wsj.com or @washingtonpost.com.
CBC 🇨🇦: 103.2 million monthly visits
WSJ 🇺🇸: 97.2 million
WaPo 🇺🇸: 89.5 million
(Overall top 3: @nytimes.com 657M, BBC 550M, @cnn.com 515M.)
pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
CBC 🇨🇦: 103.2 million monthly visits
WSJ 🇺🇸: 97.2 million
WaPo 🇺🇸: 89.5 million
(Overall top 3: @nytimes.com 657M, BBC 550M, @cnn.com 515M.)
pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
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“The president of the Library Association of Alberta believes a Christian lobby group may have played a role in the province’s targeting of what it calls “sexually explicit” books found in school libraries.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Christian conservative group Action4Canada lobbied for review of books in Alberta schools
The Library Association of Alberta believes a Christian lobby group may have played a role in the province's targeting books found in schools.
edmontonjournal.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“The president of the Library Association of Alberta believes a Christian lobby group may have played a role in the province’s targeting of what it calls “sexually explicit” books found in school libraries.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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It's hard to explain to people outside this fight that Texas is currently trying to ban kids from using public libraries... but they are; it's passed out of committee, and it's going to a floor vote.
🚨If you know ANYONE in Texas it's time for them to call their reps and demand NO ON HB3225🚨
🚨If you know ANYONE in Texas it's time for them to call their reps and demand NO ON HB3225🚨
Bad. Despite the voucher debate, the Tx State Affairs committee met and voted FOR HB3225. This bill would require public libraries to have age restrictions and cordone off parts of the library as inaccessible to teens. @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It's hard to explain to people outside this fight that Texas is currently trying to ban kids from using public libraries... but they are; it's passed out of committee, and it's going to a floor vote.
🚨If you know ANYONE in Texas it's time for them to call their reps and demand NO ON HB3225🚨
🚨If you know ANYONE in Texas it's time for them to call their reps and demand NO ON HB3225🚨
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This is the best, most succinct description of AI I’ve ever seen.
dead internet theory, but it's our brains
April 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is the best, most succinct description of AI I’ve ever seen.
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This would be hilarious if it wasn’t so infuriating.
imagine building housing for people
to just, like
live in??
gross
www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...
to just, like
live in??
gross
www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...
February 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This would be hilarious if it wasn’t so infuriating.
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Collective is the key term here. Those at privileged institutions can not rely on their/our institutions to survive compliance with unethical mandates. Our unions, our institutions, our scholarly/professional associations must act with courage. Those institutions are composed largely of us.
To my fellow academics: the far-right is coming for us. All of us. And neither tenure nor seniority will save you, no matter what you tell yourself. Organization and solidarity are our only hope. Absent a truly collective defense we're all fucked.
abc6onyourside.com/news/local/o...
abc6onyourside.com/news/local/o...
Ohio Senate passes controversial higher education bill despite protests, heads to House
The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 1 Wednesday afternoon after being forwarded by a Senate Rules Committee earlier in the morning.
abc6onyourside.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Collective is the key term here. Those at privileged institutions can not rely on their/our institutions to survive compliance with unethical mandates. Our unions, our institutions, our scholarly/professional associations must act with courage. Those institutions are composed largely of us.
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We Should All Be Paying Attention To What's Happening to the National Archives action.everylibrary.org/we_should_al...
We Should All Be Paying Attention To What's Happening to the National Archives
Guest post from Dominic Byrd-McDevitt: Open knowledge advocate | Dedicated to building community and serving the public interest via data & tech.
action.everylibrary.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We Should All Be Paying Attention To What's Happening to the National Archives action.everylibrary.org/we_should_al...
Excited to co-host Tasha Hubbard and screening her new film Singing Back the Buffalo on Feb. 13 at the U of R www2.uregina.ca/library/libr.... She was recently interviewed on CBC Radio www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....
Singing Back the Buffalo: a film screening and storytelling with Tasha Hubbard – yoURArcher
www2.uregina.ca
February 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Excited to co-host Tasha Hubbard and screening her new film Singing Back the Buffalo on Feb. 13 at the U of R www2.uregina.ca/library/libr.... She was recently interviewed on CBC Radio www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....
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I guess this is the future. I hate it.
A shadow war on libraries
Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.
www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.
www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
A shadow war on libraries
Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.
www.cbc.ca
February 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I guess this is the future. I hate it.
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Something something cold day something Hell something.
January 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Something something cold day something Hell something.