Siobhan O'Flynn
Canadian Studies UofT. 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦
Kids' data privacy, AI & policy; DH; Artificial intimacy; digital & geolocative storytelling; game studies.
How did I end up with ALL the cats?
T'karanto, Treaty 13
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- How incredibly sad. Last episode of Post Reports. Cancelled @washingtonpost.com last night. Cancelling Prime today. Cancelled Uber. AppleTV. Paramount. #resistandunsubscribe @profgalloway.com
- "If ICE gains access to large administrative datasets—e.g. MedicAid or SNAP—ICE can then use AI to merge that personal data with commercially available cellphone and social media data...license plate data, to make surveillance and arrests still easier." americancommunitymedia.org/immigration/...
- Palantir & ICE are testing this surveillance tech in real time in the US
- 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for the Palantir-made tool called ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address. www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnU.S. Dealers In Full Panic Mode After Canada Green-Lights Chinese Cars. Please for help fall on deaf ears of the man who made it happen. #leopardsatemyface #Politics #News
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnChild at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnI was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside. What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there? I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnCorporatist fascism, plain and simple. DHS is trying to get tech companies to hand over data on Trump critics. This is unconstitutional, and Congress must shut it down, before we turn into East Germany. techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnNo joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn"MI's lawsuit makes a compelling case - if Big Oil had not colluded to suppress competition, renewables would have begun scaling far earlier than they ultimately did" - @aaronregunberg.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2056...
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnBig Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnWow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnMy article on today's extraordinary European broadside against X - France, the UK and Spain all piled on within hours of each other, and mere hours after Musk made X's regulatory liabilities SpaceX's problem www.govinfosecurity.com/police-raid-...
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnOne thing I find striking, and which I haven't seen specifically mentioned yet, is how Trump II has abandoned any legitimizing narrative for its colonial claims. Simply put, the US should possess these territories because it must expand, and it can take them by force if necessary. 🧵
- Good news
- This is an environmental win for the ages. They tried to start seabed mining in Aotearoa. For 12 years we fought back. And won. A magnificent alliance of iwi and environment NGOs and 100,000s of NZers www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
- Nonononononono
- NEW: Elon Musk's company town in Texas, Starbase, is getting its own police department. Expected to have eight officers and could be up and running in a few months. Comes after a deal w/ Cameron County Sheriff's Office broke down. techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/e...
- My RA is very handsome
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- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnYour smartwatch, Ring doorbell, and Alexa monitor your most intimate moments, with data just a warrant away from the authorities. In @techpolicypress.bsky.social's episode, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson talks about his upcoming NYU Press book, "Your Data Will Be Used Against You."
- @profgalloway.com I think a lot about how Alex Pretti lived what you have described as caring masculinity. Protection, care, love.
- Finally.
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnRenee Nicole Good. Alex Pretti. Silverio Villegas González. Keith Porter. Marimar Martinez lists the names of people murdered by ICE agents. She was the first citizen they tried to execute. They didn’t succeed. She’s using her voice on behalf of those whose voices were taken away.
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnNEW: Five months out from Vancouver's first FIFA World Cup game, two progressive city councillors want the city to pre-emptively boot US Immigration and Customs Enforcement — ICE — off the pitch.
- TY for leading here @profgalloway.com ! CANCELLED: AppleTV. Paramount+. Uber. Next Up. Prime. Netflix.
- Top disgusting quote of the day is you Pete Attia www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/w...
- Hilarious.
- Bulk sales of tickets to Melania are being promoted through emails from WH Faith Office advisor Paula White-Cain using her National Faith Advisory Board list. People are encouraged to purchase 30 tickets at a time to “support our First Lady.” meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...
- Thank you AI Broligarchy!
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- Feb. 1 Gary Marcus' Substack cautioning re. the privacy / security of Moltbook: "..security researcher Nathan Hamiel put it to me in a text this morning, half-joking, moltbot, is “basically just AutoGPT with more access and worse consequences.” garymarcus.substack.com/p/openclaw-a...
- Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
- Wow
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- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnThis ICE agent and the man he’s accusing of not being a US citizen have the same damn accent. If this were a movie, this scene would be on the cutting room floor.
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnA note from our editors:
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnDo you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
- I hope he is cosy and sleeping peacefully with his family close
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnBREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
- Oh FFF-ing GREAT
- Daily Sun-kissed Floof
- Well. Not on my Bingo Card
- Definite "zort" sound at 35s www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
- What a relief. Crying.
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnMurphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
- Trump pathetically trying to leverage Heated Rivalry Dude, you are so transparent
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnKeith Ellison: "The president is openly promoting authoritarianism and tyranny. That is what's happening in America. Most of us thought we would never see it, but here it is right in front of our eyes."
- Honoring Black History Month
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnLeading democratic politicians should make plans to be in Springfield on February 4th
- Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn"In order to build tyranny, you have to open zones where the law doesn't apply... one zone like that is the border. The logic of what they've been doing with ICE is to take the border everywhere." www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNB...
- I am accepting applications for a postdoc to work with me at the University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Area of Research: Democratic Institutions, Public Engagement, American History Due by February 23rd munkschool.utoronto.ca/current-oppo...
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnIn my city of Portland, Maine, thousands came out today to protest ICE in Maine - and in Minnesota. #maine #portlandmaine #portlandme #mepolitics #ice #iceout
- Kids gassed in Portland.
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnNew Yorkers don’t play. They lady at the end though 🔥
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnThis is happening a lot to female journalists. So here is a modest proposal for the White House press corps: Stand together. No one should ask another question until the President answers the question that was ignored.
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnThey’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnIt's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
- OOF Happy Caturday Dyptich
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnWhat do these corporations have in common? -Amazon -AT&T -Home Depot -Microsoft -Palantir They all reaped billions in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill — and are actively collaborating with ICE's deportation machine. Always follow the money.
- Sigh
- Melania screening tonight in Edmonton Alberta. Conservative heartland. Zero sales
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- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnOn the Tibetan plateau, China has installed a 16-17 GW mega solar plant that is turning an alpine desert into a “micro-oasis”: more moisture, more grass, and soils with more carbon under 64 km² of panels www.ecoticias.com/en/on-the-ti...
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnJust experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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- Calling 911 for ICE aggression
- This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
- Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn😂😂 Lindsey melting down. Blames Mike Johnson for a UNANIMOUS House vote to strip out the provision allowing Lindsey to sue the taxpayers because DOJ got his phone records and vows revenge.
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnBREAKING: The DOJ just DELETED a document in the Epstein Files that contained allegations made against Donald Trump. But we saved it. 👇
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnOver 1,000 tech workers have signed this open letter calling on their companies to break from ICE—including employees at Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple, Nvidia, and OpenAI 👀
- Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️pop 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️
- Ow Ow Ow: "the horrific Melania...doesn’t have a single redeeming quality. I’m not even sure it qualifies as a documentary, exactly, so much as an elaborate piece of designer taxidermy, horribly overpriced & ice-cold to the touch.... www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
- Brutal. Could Melania have the worst opening weekend of any movie, anywhere, of all time? www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
- Good
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- The very very best of us 🇨🇦💞⭐️
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- Holy shit. So this just happened at Minneapolis's legendary First Avenue club. That's Tom Morello introducing Springsteen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jHe...
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnMamdani Targets ‘Unusable’ AI Chatbot for Termination
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- Palantir efficiencies. ImmigrationOS
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- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnBIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps. This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
- Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn“Those of you already in ICE and CBP, take your retirement while you can,” Riley said. “Get out before funding cuts, lawsuits, criminal trials. Do not volunteer for assignments. “Think about your family’s future. Forever is a long time. People will not forget.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by Siobhan O'FlynnThe Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
- Sitting on the subway in a tunnel for a service adjustment. TTC every day. Every ride.
- Reposted by Siobhan O'Flynn"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
