Supriya Dwivedi

Supriya Dwivedi

@supriya.bsky.social

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Blayne Haggart
@bhaggart.bsky.social

There is so much bait-and-switch in Canada’s “digital sovereignty“ (heh) strategy. Bottom line is that building out massive polluting AI data centres to host US tech companies is a form of digital colonialism: they control the tech & the profits, and export the dirtiest, lowest-value part abroad.

thestar.comAnthropic revealed as client of $10-billion Canadian AI data centre projectThe Nova Scotia site will be used to power the large language models behind Claude.

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Aaron Wherry
@aaronwherry.bsky.social

The House of Commons is debating the price of food, which is a bit weird because eliminating the carbon tax was supposed to solve that problem.

Supriya Dwivedi
@supriya.bsky.social

this must be what saving the party looks like

John Michael McGrath@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social

INBOX: Ontario Liberals say their membership has grown to 55,000 eligible voters in this leadership race — substantially lower than the 2023 race, which claimed over 80,000.

Supriya Dwivedi
@supriya.bsky.social

it might be my only rule!!!

Ryan Jespersen@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

"Supriya's #1 rule of politics: if you're AI-grabbin' your dick, you'll never be Prime Minister." 😆 @vancolour.bsky.social and @supriya.bsky.social aren't fans of the Poilievres' AI dance video. What do you think about it? 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/092926Supriy... 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/092926 #cdnpoli

Supriya Dwivedi
@supriya.bsky.social

here's my latest for TVO: "Governments, including ours, need to realize that people don’t actually want AI regulations to be light and tight. Instead, they want a robust regulatory environment with proper oversight — to ensure humanity doesn’t end."

The Rundown@therundowntvo.bsky.social

"Ideally, we would not have to rely on the individual moral whims of American AI CEOs to ensure that our basic rights and civil liberties are protected, and that we’re not racing towards building a real-life version of SkyNet that will end humanity." — @supriya.bsky.social

tvo.orgANALYSIS: AI could kill us all. What is the Carney government doing about it? | TVO TodayThe people building recursive AI are setting off alarm bells. We don’t seem to be listening.

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Seth Klein
@sethdklein.bsky.social

Alberta's referendum is exposing Canada's vulnerability to disinformation attacks. "We can’t expect Canadians to take this seriously if our own governments seem to be asleep at the switch," writes @supriya.bsky.social: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/08/o...

nationalobserver.comAlberta's referendum is exposing Canada's vulnerability to disinformation attacksBoth the Alberta and federal governments seem much more interested in how we’re going to build out data centres than they are in figuring out how to keep Canadians safe from some of the more nefarious...

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The Rundown
@therundowntvo.bsky.social

"Ideally, we would not have to rely on the individual moral whims of American AI CEOs to ensure that our basic rights and civil liberties are protected, and that we’re not racing towards building a real-life version of SkyNet that will end humanity." — @supriya.bsky.social

tvo.orgANALYSIS: AI could kill us all. What is the Carney government doing about it? | TVO TodayThe people building recursive AI are setting off alarm bells. We don’t seem to be listening.

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Canada's National Observer
@nationalobserver.com

Canadians have to be able to recognize when we’re being played by outside forces. But we can’t expect Canadians to take this seriously if our own governments seem to be asleep at the switch, @supriya.bsky.social writes.

nationalobserver.comAlberta's referendum is exposing Canada's vulnerability to disinformation attacksBoth the Alberta and federal governments seem much more interested in how we’re going to build out data centres than they are in figuring out how to keep Canadians safe from some of the more nefarious...

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Jimmy Thomson
@jameswsthomson.com

This story is a big deal. Please give it a read, even if you need to sign up for a one-dollar subscription. This tactic — manipulating chatbots as a backdoor to human beings — is only going to get worse, and Alberta separatism appears to be just a testing ground for these people.

Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com

INVESTIGATION: Canada’s National Observer has discovered a network of deceptive, AI-generated websites promoting Albertan separatism. The websites, rather than targeting human readers, are targeting chatbots — trying to influence the answers they provide.

nationalobserver.comA US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbotsThe websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.

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John Michael McGrath
@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social

"we should rename Mar-a-Lago something funny, make Google display that" My brother in Christ, the Ontario legislature can declare Google's workers in Ontario to be unionized and assign their collective labour rights to whichever union will be most militant, think bigger

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The Rundown
@therundowntvo.bsky.social

"An information vacuum certainly does not help the government, nor does it advance Canada’s interest in these trade negotiations. All it does is allow the MAGA side of the equation to fill the information void with whatever nonsense they are going to spew." — @supriya.bsky.social

tvo.orgANALYSIS: Should Carney release the text of the failed trade deal? | TVO TodayThe feds are in an information war with the Americans. But there’s a better way to win it.
Supriya Dwivedi
@supriya.bsky.social

"There are many good aspects to bill c34 but the Carney government would be reckless and sloppy if it forges ahead while failing to take into account the experience of other peer jurisdictions, like Australia and France, and ignoring the potential Charter issues at play." www.tvo.org/article/anal...

tvo.orgANALYSIS: Should Carney reconsider his social media ban? | TVO TodaySimilar bans in other countries have faced real challenges. Can Canada avoid them?

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Canada's National Observer
@nationalobserver.com

To any normal, reasonable person, it is objectively creepy and bizarre behaviour to send someone to spy on a political opponent during a vacation with her partner, while she is not conducting political or partisan work of any kind, @supriya.bsky.social writes.

nationalobserver.comFord's PCs spied on Bonnie Crombie's beach vacation. That's just creepyTo any normal, reasonable person, it is objectively creepy and bizarre behaviour to send someone to spy on a political opponent during a vacation with her partner, while she is not conducting politica...
Supriya Dwivedi
@supriya.bsky.social

“This complete mess results in untold amounts of money being made through luring the attention and dollars of people who are often at the most vulnerable and painful point in their lives.”

Michelle Cohen@docmcohen.medsky.social

NEW: Cancer Pseudoscience and the Cultural Moment I wrote about how cancer quackery often capitalizes on its era of origin's social tensions. In our current moment, a Canadian former doctor and prolific COVID disinfo promotor is the reason ivermectin has become an ever-expanding online scam.

healthydebate.caCancer pseudoscience and the cultural moment - Healthy Debate

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Canada's National Observer
@nationalobserver.com

The point of the Senate changes Trudeau made was to restore some semblance of public trust in an institution increasingly seen as a place for political cronies when they tired of the private sector, to live out their days rubber-stamping government legislation, @supriya.bsky.social writes.

nationalobserver.comCarney is undoing Trudeau's Senate reforms. Here's why they made senseJustin Trudeau changed Senate rules to discourage patronage appointments and removed party affiliation from Liberal senators for a reason. Carney's reversal of that move could bring us back to the bad...
Supriya Dwivedi
@supriya.bsky.social

here's my latest: "The Senate might forever be boring and hard to get worked up about as a somewhat seemingly anachronistic institution, but anytime a prime minister takes our political institutions backwards, Canadians should pay attention." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/17/o...

nationalobserver.comCarney is undoing Trudeau's Senate reforms. Here's why they made senseJustin Trudeau changed Senate rules to discourage patronage appointments and removed party affiliation from Liberal senators for a reason. Carney's reversal of that move could bring us back to the bad...
Supriya Dwivedi
@supriya.bsky.social

me being my usual optimistic self 🥰

Ryan Jespersen@ryanjespersen.bsky.social

"That's the Senator Graham I will remember today. I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump." Do you share Hunter Biden's optimism for America's future? @supriya.bsky.social sure doesn't... FULL SHOW: rtrj.info/071326Supriya #RealTalkRJ

Supriya Dwivedi
@supriya.bsky.social

here’s my latest for TVO: “…foreign interference in the Alberta referendum is already taking place and Canadians should be very worried about hostile state actors like Russia as well as previously assumed to be friendly state actors like the United States.” www.tvo.org/article/anal...

tvo.orgANALYSIS: Is Alberta separatism entirely made in Canada? | TVO TodayAlbertans get to discuss their future. We should be very worried If the U.S. is joining in.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦
@emmettmacfarlane.com

No, the reform was substantive and meaningful. So much so that I wrote a whole book about it: www.ubcpress.ca/constitution...

ubcpress.caConstitutional PariahConstitutional Pariah - Reference re Senate Reform and the Future of Parliament; Constitutional Pariah is the first comprehensive account of the Senate in the aftermath of the landmark Supreme Court d...
Ron Wheeler 🇨🇦@ronwheeler.bsky.social

That reform was more performative than policy. You’re describing sand dunes as if they’re bedrock.

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The Rundown
@therundowntvo.bsky.social

"We won’t increase adoption by talking down to people and telling them to get over their fears or apprehensions; we have to actually demonstrate that we are taking this seriously as a country and have an actual governance plan when it comes to AI." — @supriya.bsky.social

tvo.orgANALYSIS: Ottawa wants to lead on AI — but Canadians won’t adopt a technology they don’t trust | TVO TodayThe government’s ambitious AI strategy is quiet on governance and guardrails.