Craig Shackleton
@craigshackleton.com
SFF writer and Swordplay instructor || Founder of Ottawa Swordplay || Lapsed TTRPG writer || AuDHD
Currently seeking a literary agent and writing more novels.
#IndigoEmployee || My posted opinions are my own, I don't speak for my employer.
Currently seeking a literary agent and writing more novels.
#IndigoEmployee || My posted opinions are my own, I don't speak for my employer.
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Craig Shackleton
@craigshackleton.com
· Aug 23
Time to admit that this has become a Butlerian Jihad stan account.
DuckDuckGo is doing a poll on whether users want AI or not. Currently 94% of ~32K users voted No.
January 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
DuckDuckGo is doing a poll on whether users want AI or not. Currently 94% of ~32K users voted No.
This is a real threat, but it is also a build up/precursor to annexing Canada.
The Canadian government should be taking a stronger stance against this, for all the reasons.
The Canadian government should be taking a stronger stance against this, for all the reasons.
Trump just placed a tariff on most of the EU of 10% that will increase to 25% in June unless they agree to sell him Greenland.
This is mad king shit.
This is mad king shit.
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This is a real threat, but it is also a build up/precursor to annexing Canada.
The Canadian government should be taking a stronger stance against this, for all the reasons.
The Canadian government should be taking a stronger stance against this, for all the reasons.
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One thing the good people of the Twin Cities are demonstrating is how an existing volunteer and community support culture makes for resilience -- many networks and services can be ramped up in response to occupation, instead of invented whole cloth. Lessons for all of us no matter where we live.
January 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
One thing the good people of the Twin Cities are demonstrating is how an existing volunteer and community support culture makes for resilience -- many networks and services can be ramped up in response to occupation, instead of invented whole cloth. Lessons for all of us no matter where we live.
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
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Some BIG news for the UBI community:
"Following a review of international travel conditions and visa accessibility for participants, a decision has reluctantly been reached to relocate the 2026 BIEN Congress from University of Pennsylvania, USA, to Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto, Canada."
"Following a review of international travel conditions and visa accessibility for participants, a decision has reluctantly been reached to relocate the 2026 BIEN Congress from University of Pennsylvania, USA, to Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto, Canada."
Location Update for the 2026 BIEN Congress | BIEN — Basic Income Earth Network
basicincome.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Some BIG news for the UBI community:
"Following a review of international travel conditions and visa accessibility for participants, a decision has reluctantly been reached to relocate the 2026 BIEN Congress from University of Pennsylvania, USA, to Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto, Canada."
"Following a review of international travel conditions and visa accessibility for participants, a decision has reluctantly been reached to relocate the 2026 BIEN Congress from University of Pennsylvania, USA, to Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto, Canada."
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I’m on a mute list called “uses tech bro as a slur” and I keep wanting to tell them it’s one word.
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I’m on a mute list called “uses tech bro as a slur” and I keep wanting to tell them it’s one word.
Male squirrel is me irl.
Oh my god she uploaded a slow motion video and it's amazing. He's just like me fr running as best he can and still going backwards over and over!
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Male squirrel is me irl.
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Girl Squirrel has the soul of a champion. She is my 2026 inspiration.
Oh my god she uploaded a slow motion video and it's amazing. He's just like me fr running as best he can and still going backwards over and over!
January 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Girl Squirrel has the soul of a champion. She is my 2026 inspiration.
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How long will it take them to figure out that genAI is just a slow, expensive way of producing things that have a cheap, mass-produced feel?
January 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
How long will it take them to figure out that genAI is just a slow, expensive way of producing things that have a cheap, mass-produced feel?
As I said, badass.
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:39 PM
As I said, badass.
Quotes were disabled on the last thing I reposted, I just want to say that the photographer in the picture is badass and I don't give that praise lightly.
January 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Quotes were disabled on the last thing I reposted, I just want to say that the photographer in the picture is badass and I don't give that praise lightly.
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Getty photographer was tackled by about 50 agents while covering Whipple.
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
January 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Getty photographer was tackled by about 50 agents while covering Whipple.
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
I am shocked* to learn that the techbros lied about AI (again).
Sounds like a big deal.
“Now, a damning new study could put AI companies on the defensive. In it, Stanford and Yale researchers found compelling evidence that AI models are actually copying all that data, not “learning” from it.”
“Now, a damning new study could put AI companies on the defensive. In it, Stanford and Yale researchers found compelling evidence that AI models are actually copying all that data, not “learning” from it.”
Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the AI Industry to Its Core
Could this be the smoking gun?
www.yahoo.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I am shocked* to learn that the techbros lied about AI (again).
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This is stunning
SHELVED BY GENRE awakens far below the Misty Mountains, and with riddles and talking eagles and exploding pine cones, the hosts continue their discussion of THE HOBBIT! Also, we learn so much about what Tolkien thought of airplanes. rangedtouch.com/2026/01/16/t...
January 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This is stunning
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Block instantly.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Block instantly.
I am furious about this.
As someone who lives downtown Ottawa and who was living dead centre of the "Red Zone" where I had to literally show ID at a police checkpoint in order to get to my apartment, a huge middle finger to this and what it's about to enable.
Federal government loses Emergencies Act appeal | CBC News
The Liberal government unreasonably invoked the Emergencies Act to clear the convoy protests that gridlocked the capital city and border points nearly four years ago, the Federal Court of Appeal said.
www.cbc.ca
January 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I am furious about this.
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As someone who lives downtown Ottawa and who was living dead centre of the "Red Zone" where I had to literally show ID at a police checkpoint in order to get to my apartment, a huge middle finger to this and what it's about to enable.
Federal government loses Emergencies Act appeal | CBC News
The Liberal government unreasonably invoked the Emergencies Act to clear the convoy protests that gridlocked the capital city and border points nearly four years ago, the Federal Court of Appeal said.
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
As someone who lives downtown Ottawa and who was living dead centre of the "Red Zone" where I had to literally show ID at a police checkpoint in order to get to my apartment, a huge middle finger to this and what it's about to enable.
100% this!
I'd also like to renew the call for media to stop using "Ottawa" as a shorthand for "The Federal Government."
It sounds like nitpicking a word choice but it absolutely contributes to a culture where people outside our city don't differentiate between a city and a government.
It sounds like nitpicking a word choice but it absolutely contributes to a culture where people outside our city don't differentiate between a city and a government.
As someone who lives downtown Ottawa and who was living dead centre of the "Red Zone" where I had to literally show ID at a police checkpoint in order to get to my apartment, a huge middle finger to this and what it's about to enable.
January 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM
100% this!
I am still trying to get published so sometimes I buy a lottery ticket to treat myself to a better risk:reward investment.
I don't gamble on sports, ever. However, I do buy a lottery ticket sometimes.
The thing I'm buying when I buy a lotto ticket is less the infinitesimal chance of winning as much as the opportunity to dream of what I'd do with the money.
The thing I'm buying when I buy a lotto ticket is less the infinitesimal chance of winning as much as the opportunity to dream of what I'd do with the money.
January 15, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I am still trying to get published so sometimes I buy a lottery ticket to treat myself to a better risk:reward investment.
I just shovelled a foot of snow off my front deck to make room for the next foot of snow that will fall this evening.
January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I just shovelled a foot of snow off my front deck to make room for the next foot of snow that will fall this evening.
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I was thinking about that 1980s James Bond movie where everybody's trying to get their hands on a Fabergé egg for some reason
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I was thinking about that 1980s James Bond movie where everybody's trying to get their hands on a Fabergé egg for some reason
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
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Possibly the least shocking development....ever?
January 15, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Possibly the least shocking development....ever?
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Shovelling snow found to be number 1 cause of Canadians muttering ‘fuck this fucking shit’ over and over
Shovelling snow found to be number 1 cause of Canadians muttering 'fuck this fucking shit' over and over
OTTAWA - A new study indicates that the biggest cause of Canadians repeatedly exclaiming 'fuck this fucking shit' is shovelling snow.
www.thebeaverton.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Shovelling snow found to be number 1 cause of Canadians muttering ‘fuck this fucking shit’ over and over