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One effect of "cash bail," which Ontario is herewith seeking to institute, is that poorer people stay in jail awaiting trial—losing housing, work and so on—even on petty charges while richer people don't. news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...

Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say

“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”

Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!

I would like to attend this masterclass with N.K. Jemisin but 50$ USD is not affordable for me. Scholarships appear to be only for folks in the Philadelphia area… so, I’m asking the community for help. It’s a luxury, but i know id learn a lot. ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman/

Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system' Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...

And the piece itself:
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

Mudra v. Buffalo Wild Wings: Defending Victims of Anti-Trans Bathroom Panic No one should be harassed in a public bathroom just for being themselves.

A relevant case you can help with by donating to Gender Justice: www.genderjustice.us/work/mudra-v...

Support African Translation Project African Translation Project / Need to complete funding for Shona → English translation / still needed: $2470, 50% / Amount above completes funding for translation of Zvinobvinza / isiZulu translation ...

Thank you for your generosity - also, the shares work! Please, could we rally and close this up?

I know there are a lot of fundraisers, but we've been at this *8 months* for a Black woman owned small press.

We can do this! Today, even, with a rally! 💚

Link to share: ko-fi.com/africantrans...

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I particularly want to stress that the violence we talk about trans people experiencing isn't just murder or domestic abuse or assault.

There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.

I am truly and genuinely so glad you asked!

This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!

refuseuline.com

Thanks to a connection made on this very app we have a handful of copies of Bad Indians Book Club with bookplates signed by @daanis.ca If you'd like one, make sure to put "signed" somewhere in the order comments. Yay, #BookSky portersquarebooks.com/book/9781506...

Blue-filtered photo of an emergency department sign. Text reads, "Closure of Another Supervised Consumption Site Will Lead to More Harm. Read FOM's Response: friendsofmedicare.org/news"

Yet another Alberta Supervised Consumption Site is being shuttered, this one at the Royal Alex.

“Today’s announcement is yet another blow to evidence-based addictions care,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/closure_of_a...

➡️Take action: www.friendsofmedicare.org/isupportharm...

YouTube video by CTV News Musician Corb Lund files application for petition to stop coal mining in the rockies

CTV: Alberta musician and rancher Corb Lund has filed a new application for a citizen's initiative petition to stop coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rockies.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fQV...

Canadian author friends: If you did not get the email update last week about the AI class action suit against Anthropic here in Canada, you may want to contact the firm that's running it to get future updates. (See next post! 🚨)
#CanLit #CanKidLit

➡️ www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...

And you can help through his wife’s account also! Follow, share, and donate!

@marahfamilyingazza.bsky.social

Being able to get caught up on these bills, due to loss of income in October, would be extremely helpful and release some of my stress. If you’re able to repost or support monetarily, it would mean a lot.

Who's next?

Now that the notwithstanding clause has become a routine policymaking tool for the UCP, we need to look ahead to their next targets.

This month's AGM will provide clues.

I am still find rising this would like leave me at exact zero … so yeah if you can

Argue gargle get AI out of hiring and affordable housing back

I don't know if people understand the power they have with $2 donations.

Do you have $2 to spare? Eight quarters?

It doesn't just contribute - because something is better than nothing - but also gives momentum... and most importantly, it lets people know that they're not forgotten.

Can you help?

Trans Awareness Week, which means alongside all the actual worthy activism and fundraising and what-have-you, also a wee space for going 'hey, am a transmasc butch author writing trans characters'.

So, if you want to read the story Sabbat's from:

saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/a...

Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services Draft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada

Yet ANOTHER evidence-free & disastrous policy move by Alberta.

NO evidence will help system. On the contrary: > costs < equity > inefficiencies < quality

Are they TRYING to ruin AB?

Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public & private services www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Opinion: As a physician, I see how gender-affirming care benefits youth Alberta’s moves to restrict treatment are based in ignorance and misinformation

“My own experience prescribing puberty blockers has demonstrated enormous psycho-social benefits in youth who feel a quiet desperation watching their bodies change in ways they can’t control […] A puberty blocker provides them with a pause […] with no effects on fertility, and is 100% reversible.”

Great story! I’m so angry about this. And that they claim an overwhelming majority of Albertans agree?! Utter bullshit.

The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts

My story on this and a whole lot more 💫

xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

...this makes me bleakly nauseated. We knew our tax dollars would be bled from us to pay the thieving techbros (again); the event is sickening no matter how many times it's repeated.

The weirdest thing about this discourse is that states with shorter school closures have the same amount of learning loss! I keep waiting for all the punditry on this to catch up with basic facts

i’m begging you all to please mask up in the memory of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social who wasn’t able to mask anymore after a certain point, and all others who can’t mask.

that could be *you,* if enough things go wrong.

it’s also all the babies and toddlers whose lives are just beginning.

Yesterday the team @unbreaking.org released an update

Please sign up especially if you are looking to reduce how much time you spend absorbing the sheer WTF that is this moment

Minister Faust has the coolest pen name ever. Every book from him is a supernova. ALCHEMISTS OF KUSH walks 2 simultaneous worlds: modern Edmonton & ancient Egypt, with both worlds generating the epic energy of heroes, gods, & inner demons living among us so well the book feels mythical af.

Donate to Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt., organized by Tanya DePass Like many of those in the games industry, I was laid off back… Tanya DePass needs your support for Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt.

So I did the thing before I chickened out (or came to my senses) and threw up a GFM as a stop gap measure. I hate doing it more than anyone will hate seeing another fund raiser.

gofund.me/f5615787f

I woke up to this! And some new wishlist donations too!! Omg omg omg THANK YOU!