AI can empower Indigenous communities. Meaningful inclusion, data sovereignty & culturally grounded innovation are key.
This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, let’s ensure Indigenous Peoples are rights-holders, co-creators & decision-makers in shaping our digital future.
TODAY: Hundreds of thousands in Minnesota braved -10°F weather to march through downtown Minneapolis as part of the statewide general strike demanding ICE out of the Twin Cities.
Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage.
Read more: https://t.co/gs55sapKJH
I spoke with two armed men present last night at the Alex Pretti vigil/autonomous zone, who agreed to speak on the condition I obscure their eyes.
One, identified as Comrade Loon (the MN state bird), explained the reasoning for their presence and had a message for conservatives:
Renee Good’s killer: 10 year ICE officer
Alex Pretti’s killer: 8 year Border Patrol officer
We can’t pretend this is all the result of Trump’s sloppy training. The entire agencies are rotten to the core.
Renee Good’s last words were “It’s fine dude I’m not mad at you” and she was met with murder and “fucking bitch”. Alex Pretti’s final words were asking the woman he was defending “Are you okay?” And he was met with murder and “boo hoo”. These ghouls have no humanity, no soul
This is what Palestinians college students have had to deal with for decades. No matter how hard they try to better their lives, to put their heads down and study and work hard, Israel reminds them that they’ll never be free until Israeli occupation and apartheid is dismantled.
AI is being used to strip workers, women, children, artists, and communities of their autonomy. Meanwhile Mark Carneys AI Minister, is more interested in rubbing shoulders with tech billionaires than regulating. Our NDP will take on AI with people-first policy.