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Ontario Man (autumnal) @barrhavenist.bsky.social · 4h

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The Parliamentary Press Gallery was not informed in advance of the Prime Minister's trip to Egypt to participate in the Middle East Peace Ceremony on Oct. 12 - 13.
The Gallery is disappointed and dismayed at the exclusion of Canadian media from the event and expresses in no
uncertain terms that this must never happen again.
It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister's foreign trip.
Our members bring trustworthy and reliable news coverage free from any political interference to Canadians every day and play a critical role in holding government's accountable to the people that elect them.
Every government, in a healthy democracy, must show a commitment to freedom of the press. In Canada, that includes respect for the vital role the Gallery and its members play. Any event that erodes access, transparency and accountability is a step in the wrong direction.
Mia Rabson
President, Parliamentary Press Gallery

🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 5h

whispering all my kinky blackmail material to the government-approved data vacuum machine is what gets me going ooooooh yeah

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 8h

live now! So good to be with this crew to take some breaths and make some sense. Join us!

Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 8h

LIVE NOW!

Solidarity Against Sadism

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left. With @hammerandhope.bsky.social.

Stream:

Solidarity Against Sadism: An Emergency Town Hall

Join Naomi Klein, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Astra Taylor, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor for an emergency town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the…

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 8h

😂

🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 9h

Thanks! I probably coulda spent a little longer on some of the responses, to be fair ;)

And I dunno, it might not be a bad idea to include those more 'esoteric' things! Also if you're willing to share your responses either publicly or privately, I'm really interested to read them, as a non-academic

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 10h

Alrighty: here's a public link to a read-only version of the doc with my AI survey responses: pad.riseup.net/p/r.b9a0226b...

If anyone wants write access to this doc, just say the word and I'll DM you the link

Riseup Pad

pad.riseup.net

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 10h

Ehh fuck it, here's a public link to a read-only version of the doc. If anyone wants write access to add comments or your own responses, lmk pad.riseup.net/p/r.b9a0226b...

Riseup Pad

pad.riseup.net

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 11h

OK if it's OK i'm sending you a DM with a link to a riseup pad doc

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 11h

Cool I will dump them into a cryptpad doc or something. I didn't copy the questions over yet, but I can do that after. Back shortly

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 11h

The #Canada #AI policy survey is long, leading, and seems designed to be alienating to non-industry people like me.

But!

I saved a copy of all my responses, so if it'd be helpful for anyone to see some possible starting points for your own answers, lemme know!

#CdnPoli

🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 2d

hey Canada - here's where you can tell the federal government to go cram it when it comes to AI policy ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 11h

Yeah with most of the questions the only move was to reframe it or call out the built-in assumptions.

This survey was written for industry people, intentionally alienating to everyone else. Still glad I slogged through it though

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 12h

Yeah totally - a good chunk of my responses to this survey were basically "stop listening to industry or institutes funded by corporate interests, and start listening to artists, academics in the humanities, workers, civil society groups, etc"

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 1d

For the record I did also put a lot of non-snarky answers too 😅

🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 1d

Genuinely enjoying this fun activity that anyone can do :)

Canadian government's AI survey question:
What lessons can we learn from countries that are successful at investment attraction in AI and tech, both from domestic sources and from foreign capital?

Typed answer:
We can learn that markets are prone to as much delusion and hallucination as the AI models investors are pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into.

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 1d

It's fun to tell the Canadian government what you think about AI policy :)

Government of Canada AI survey question:

What changes to Canada’s landscape of business incentives would accelerate sustainable scaling of AI ventures?
(i.e. alignment of business incentives and programmatic improvements to support scaling firms; mechanisms to retain and champion high-potential Canadian companies)

Typed answer:
Introduction of a Digital Services Tax of 100% on US AI companies

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 1d

If Liberal backbenchers want job security, they oughta be organising to turf their leader, pronto

🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 1d

Hey, so, did you know that Thiel co-founded a company called Palantir, which works with ICE (among others), and that the President of Palantir Canada, David MacNaughton, is on Carney's Council on Canada-US Relations? bsky.app/profile/grac...

Grace Alexander @gracealexander.bsky.social · 3d

www.commondreams.org/news/peter-t...

Instead of Charity, Peter Thiel Told Elon Musk to Use Billions for Right-Wing Crusade Against 'Antichrist' | Common Dreams

Billionaire Peter Thiel urges Elon Musk to hoard wealth to battle future "Antichrist." Thiel warns against giving to left-wing nonprofits.

www.commondreams.org

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Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 1d

@mark-carney.bsky.social Can Canada please pay attention to the techno-feudalistic & planet-burning project of the "AI" sci-fi fantasy industry pushed by the bro oligarchs and stop treating it as "science" or a "future" anyone wants?

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

Project 2025, Silicon Valley & Tech's AI War on Democracy.
New Nerd Reich podcast episode with @ebharrington.bsky.social and @adambecker.bsky.social

Come for the analysis of tech fascism, stay for the laughs.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2eh...

Project 2025, Silicon Valley & Tech's AI War on Democracy | The Nerd Reich Podcast Mailbag

YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran

www.youtube.com

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 1d

This Carney govt has been reluctant to listen to public feedback on anything, obviously, but the more people that make their voices heard via this link, the harder it'll be for the federal govt to pretend they have our consent: ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 1d

something insidious about approaching (ending) slavery from an economic utility pov

David Schindler @david-schindler.de · 1d

Ending slavery increased GDP by 9.1% as slavery reduced the welfare of the enslaved substantially, while only generating minuscule welfare gains to slave owners. Fascinating topic that once again highlights how coercive instructions are economically detrimental!

www.nber.org/papers/w3435...

The Economic Geography of American Slavery

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 2d

hey Canada - here's where you can tell the federal government to go cram it when it comes to AI policy ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Woodrow Peel 🆗🆒 @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social · 7d

Told a young coworker not to mistake ChatGPT for experience or you'll end up like Icarus and caught him asking ChatGPT who is Icarus

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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 3d

reminder to check your kid’s trick or treat candy this year to make sure there isn’t any ai in it

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 2d

hey Canada - here's where you can tell the federal government to go cram it when it comes to AI policy ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
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