once called «Canada's only public intellectual»
drug policy researcher ⁕ historian ⁕ artist ⁕ schemer ⁕ disorganizer ⁕ ephemera
vancouver bc canada
institute for the history of possible futures
https://free-futures-society.org/
karen ward
“fly drones to a crime in progress, arrive first, and send the video feeds to responding officers"
For fuck's sake.
"designed with responsible AI and data use at their core, with safeguards for secure data handling, controlled access, and auditability"
Suuuuuure.
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Good time to send this screenshot to your MP and ask them why they're still using this white nationalist platform for government communications.
axon is boasting about VPD expanding its “connected public safety” technology with the company’s offerings
not a great sign
www.axon.com/newsroom/ann...
this gets stupid fast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwcp...
G. M. Hopkins (1885)
a better world IS possible.
organize. resist. help win the world we deserve.
“For the past year, FIFA…has leased an office on the 17th floor of New York’s Trump Tower that has sat all but empty. The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
notable, imo, that the two police board members citing concerns over SLOs carrying guns in this April 2023 article have since resigned
Rachel Roy would resign from the police board later that year in June over a cancelled vote to reconsider the SLO program
Vancouver PD expands its Axon technology deployment, becoming the first Canadian agency to integrate Skydio drones with the Axon ecosystem, alongside real-time translation and ALPR capabilities.
X owner Elon Musk has reposted his Sept 2025 call that pre-emptive inter-ethnic violence (civil war) is necessary for 'self-defence
"Elon Musk was always right
"You either fight back, or you die."
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
As southern Manitoba is being pummelled by rain, hail and gusting winds, hundreds of customers have lost power and cellphone users received tornado alerts throughout the late afternoon and evening.
Winnipeg Free Press
As southern Manitoba is being pummelled by rain, hail and gusting winds, hundreds of customers have lost power and cellphone users received tornado alerts throughout the late afternoon and evening.
