Rosel Kim

For orgs & indivs who wanted to sign the original joint civil society & human rights letter protesting Min. Solomon's "national sprint" pseudo-consultation on AI strategy, but didn't get a chance or otherwise missed the deadline, we've re-opened it for signing here: tinyurl.com/AIcivsochuma...

Not yet available in Canada 😕

OPEN LETTER to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation from civil society organizations and individuals opposing "National Sprint" consultation on AI strategy - BC Civil Liberti... The Honourable Mélanie JolyMinister of IndustryHouse of CommonsOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A6 The Honourable Evan SolomonMinister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital InnovationHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontar...

A national AI strategy is too important to "sprint" through in 30 days. I've signed an open letter alongside 160+ civil society & human rights groups, academics, experts, and advocates, protesting Minister Solomon's "consultation" and demanding a re-do:
bccla.org/policy-submi...

*stares jealously from Toronto*

As I watched my strict mom and dad soften as grandparents, I was reminded that the world does not treat parents gently My parents’ gift of intergenerational childcare for my daughter taught me that people have the capacity to change – but that they need to be freed to be their full selves

Not sure if anyone reads my updates (skeets?) anymore, but here is an essay I wrote recently for @theglobeandmail.com on watching my (once strict) parents becoming gentle grandparents & what I learned from it:

Israel has killed approximately 200 journalists in Gaza in just 22 months, which is more than the combined number of journalists killed during WWII and the entirety of the Vietnam War.

No words.

I guess we are just openly being eugenicist now, cool!

Indian Act's ‘second-generation cut-off’ poses an existential threat to treaty people in Canada Thanks to the Indian Act’s ‘second-generation cut-off,’ First Nations people face a baffling and offensive equation when it comes to their status rights.

The "second-generation cut off" has been described as a genocide “in paper form;" as "an evil that threatens our very existence;" as an act of "retaliation;" as discrimination, and, as assimilation. Yet it remains a part of Canadian law. Why?

My latest ⬇️

www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Excerpt from Columbia's agreement/bribe to the Trump Regime: 20. Columbia will uphold its commitment to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 by providing safe and fair opportunities for women including single-sex housing for women who request such housing and all-female sports, locker rooms, and showering facilities.

Buried in Columbia's agreement/bribe with the Trump regime (and not reported by the news) is a section which agrees to segregate trans women from women's housing, sports, and bathrooms. Functionally, trans women are no longer welcome at Columbia University.

The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis" AI may be fueling psychotic delusions in a phenomenon known as "AI psychosis" or "ChatGPT psychosis." New research explains the risks.

I keep reading stories like this and then want to scream like the one clip I watched where someone just says, what happened to just having a think?!

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urba...

85% of Gaza’s population have entered the "fifth stage" of malnutrition — the most critical and dangerous phase, which is often irreversible even if food becomes available in the future.

I think this is the most horrifying post I have ever read.

If you have time I’d recommend! There’s a really great pizza place, and lots of other cute coffee shops and restaurants

Nooo I’m back now!! Missed you by a week 😭

Montreal in the summer is truly glorious, and Villeray feels like what the Plateau was 20 years ago?

It has been a public health failure that the public does not realize how much organ damage COVID infection can cause to things that aren’t your lungs (or throat or nose or taste buds)

Canada currently has almost 40,000 climate refugees, and it's only June.

Manitoba: 18,000
Saskatchewan: 15,000
Ontario: 2,300
Alberta: 2,700

(~38,000, and growing daily)

Update — It’s been 15 hours since the Freedom Flotilla Coalition last saw or heard from their friends on board the Gaza Aid Flotilla.

They have not been allowed any contact with them.

Their exact statuses are not known.

Prime Minister Carney must take decisive action to end genocide in Gaza — Alex Neve: Moving Rights Along We write because of the catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, now into its twentieth month, which is broadly understood by international law experts and leading human rights organ...

I'm one of the 412 lawyers, academics, human rights advocates and other experts who have signed an open letter to PM Carney demanding that Canada do everything in its power to stop the genocide in Gaza and support efforts to bring those responsible to account www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...

Prime Minister Carney must take decisive action to end genocide in Gaza — Alex Neve: Moving Rights Along We write because of the catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, now into its twentieth month, which is broadly understood by international law experts and leading human rights organ...

"Canada must do everything in its power to stop these atrocities and support efforts to bring those responsible to account. This is what our signatures on the Genocide Convention and the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court demand." www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...

looks amazing!

every group photo I take is a reminder that I slouch like a gremlin

We should not call capitalism careless On Sarah Wynn-Williams' memoir about her time at Facebook (and a brief aside about The Rehearsal)

I recently read Sarah Wynn-Williams' memoir about her time at Facebook, which raised a lot of questions about how we should talk about capitalism & politics of memoir as a genre: thinkingforpleasure.substack.com/p/we-should-...

Wow, amazing to see such high turnout of eligible Korean voters from abroad—over 80% in most places

Exclusive | HHS to Stop Recommending Routine Covid Shots for Children, Pregnant Women CDC currently recommends that everyone six months and older receive the vaccines

This is a huge massive mistake. Almost two years ago I rounded up all the data we have - and we have A LOT - on why COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy protects both the parent and the child.

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

The student who named the genocide was a young Black trans man. Educators need to support him now, and in the coming days.

www.them.us/story/gallat...

Here is the grad speech that NYU is now withholding the student's diploma for:

"As I search my heart today in addressing you all…the only thing that is appropriate to say in this time and to a group this large is a recognition of the atrocities currently happening in Palestine."

#Gaza: The Gaza European Hospital, in Khan Younis, the last facility providing cancer-treatment across the Strip, is now out of service after Israeli forces struck it on May 13.

This was one of the last remaining lifelines in Gaza's shattered healthcare system.

I missed this part--thank you for capturing it!