patatas
@its.small.patatas.ca
he/they
Craftsperson, artist, labourer in #HamOnt
Luddite & tech tinkerer
Blog:
thedabbler.patatas.ca
also:
blundervalley.ca
social.patatas.ca/patatas
Signal: @smallpatatas.01
Craftsperson, artist, labourer in #HamOnt
Luddite & tech tinkerer
Blog:
thedabbler.patatas.ca
also:
blundervalley.ca
social.patatas.ca/patatas
Signal: @smallpatatas.01
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The Value Of Our Fear
PM Mark Carney is using Canadians' fear of Trump's expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca
New, from me:
The Value Of Our Fear: PM Mark Carney is using Canadians’ fear of Trump’s expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/value-...
fair warning, it’s a long one. Enjoy, hopefully?
#CdnPoli
The Value Of Our Fear: PM Mark Carney is using Canadians’ fear of Trump’s expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/value-...
fair warning, it’s a long one. Enjoy, hopefully?
#CdnPoli
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this is a fantasy though. AI boosters have been saying this about the latest model for 2 years
February 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
this is a fantasy though. AI boosters have been saying this about the latest model for 2 years
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Used to work with a guy who knew him personally and his opinion was that Stephen Harper was the slimiest fuckrag outside of a high production porno studio.
Tuned into CBC news to hear that Stephan Harper could be Captain Canada and save Canadian unity and also that he thinks that Canada was handed down by Providence.
February 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Used to work with a guy who knew him personally and his opinion was that Stephen Harper was the slimiest fuckrag outside of a high production porno studio.
Just so i'm clear on this - I guess Canada is now under one-party rule? And that party includes the college best friend of JD Vance? #CdnPoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Conservative MP says meetings in Washington trade trip were ‘productive’
Jamil Jivani says he met with the State Department and White House in bid to assist with bilateral trade talks
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Just so i'm clear on this - I guess Canada is now under one-party rule? And that party includes the college best friend of JD Vance? #CdnPoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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It’s very sweet and cute that he not only planed to have lil kids there and then rolls so well with the lil kids being lil kids but I have to know whose idea the lil podium was
Child 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.
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.
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 AM
It’s very sweet and cute that he not only planed to have lil kids there and then rolls so well with the lil kids being lil kids but I have to know whose idea the lil podium was
Let's see you spin this one, turbo-libs
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Carney, Poilievre say they want to work together after one-on-one meeting
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are pushing for collaboration ahead of a one-on-one meeting on Parliament Hill on Wednesday.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 5, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Let's see you spin this one, turbo-libs
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Nothing says generational investment and building faster than ever quite like gutting transit. He has mountains of our cash for arms dealers and fossil fuels, but it's carnage for everyone else.
February 4, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Nothing says generational investment and building faster than ever quite like gutting transit. He has mountains of our cash for arms dealers and fossil fuels, but it's carnage for everyone else.
😔
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 AM
😔
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The whole theory of nuclear deterrence is based on the opposing force believing you are actually willing to use them to murder hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Anyone advocating for having nukes is, therefore, advocating mass slaughter.
All things changed in Nov 2024 with t's election. The US used to provide a benevolent nuclear umbrella under which these nations could pursue their own form of lifestyle. This is no longer true in any sense of the word. I would draw you attention to N Korea. Nobody fucks with them. I wonder why?
February 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The whole theory of nuclear deterrence is based on the opposing force believing you are actually willing to use them to murder hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Anyone advocating for having nukes is, therefore, advocating mass slaughter.
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Reminder that the people who make and run this app are also socially inept tech morons. The only reason this app isn’t teeming with Nazis is because they haven’t successfully courted that market
free dril
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Reminder that the people who make and run this app are also socially inept tech morons. The only reason this app isn’t teeming with Nazis is because they haven’t successfully courted that market
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This is such a good rundown of the valid reasons we should be wary of Carney and that Davos speech. He’s not going to save us, and I’m still not convinced he’s any better than Poilievre.
Read the article and you’ll understand why.
Read the article and you’ll understand why.
New, from me:
The Value Of Our Fear: PM Mark Carney is using Canadians’ fear of Trump’s expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/value-...
fair warning, it’s a long one. Enjoy, hopefully?
#CdnPoli
The Value Of Our Fear: PM Mark Carney is using Canadians’ fear of Trump’s expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/value-...
fair warning, it’s a long one. Enjoy, hopefully?
#CdnPoli
The Value Of Our Fear
PM Mark Carney is using Canadians' fear of Trump's expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca
February 2, 2026 at 7:27 PM
This is such a good rundown of the valid reasons we should be wary of Carney and that Davos speech. He’s not going to save us, and I’m still not convinced he’s any better than Poilievre.
Read the article and you’ll understand why.
Read the article and you’ll understand why.
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🧵 Is Canadian police contracts with the same online surveillance companies used by ICE… anything?
Here’s a $75,000 contract Hootsuite sold to Calgary police for social media surveillance in 2023.
Not sure why anyone would be interested in that though.
Not sure why anyone would be interested in that though.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
🧵 Is Canadian police contracts with the same online surveillance companies used by ICE… anything?
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After the 1990 Oka Crisis, Canada realized it needed much tighter control over the media in order to limit solidarity. This is why during the 1995 Gustafsen Lake Crisis the RCMP very pointedly ran a smear-campaign (admitted to as such in their own training videos) against land defenders.
Canadians horrified by what ICE is doing should realize the RCMP uses the same tactics domestically against Indigenous people and yet barely anyone speaks up.
Journalists have been arrested just for trying to cover it
Journalists have been arrested just for trying to cover it
Carol Linnitt, co-founder and editor-in-chief, provides an update on The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP. Amber Bracken finished cross-examination late Jan. 28. It took more than 12 hours.
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 PM
After the 1990 Oka Crisis, Canada realized it needed much tighter control over the media in order to limit solidarity. This is why during the 1995 Gustafsen Lake Crisis the RCMP very pointedly ran a smear-campaign (admitted to as such in their own training videos) against land defenders.
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This post has been on my mind for a few days now, so I’m going to say something about it. 🧵
January 31, 2026 at 3:00 AM
This post has been on my mind for a few days now, so I’m going to say something about it. 🧵
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NEW: In my first piece for @breachmedia.ca, I go through the Carney government’s militarist policies and how legacy media has been faithfully pushing for more recruits every step of the way. Get ready, because if they had their way, you’ll be 1A tomorrow.
Canada’s elite media wants you to serve in the military ⋆ The Breach
Establishment media is making the case for mandatory service, quietly cultivating public consent for a more heavily-armed society
breachmedia.ca
January 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
NEW: In my first piece for @breachmedia.ca, I go through the Carney government’s militarist policies and how legacy media has been faithfully pushing for more recruits every step of the way. Get ready, because if they had their way, you’ll be 1A tomorrow.
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reupping this excellent article on optimal working hours. tl/dr: spoons theory applies to everyone, and the fact that you can't focus for a full 8 hours just means you're normal, not that there's anything wrong or even weird about your brain
theweek.com/articles/696...
theweek.com/articles/696...
Why you should work 4 hours a day, according to science
Darwin, Dickens, and some of the most accomplished people in history have one thing in common. They worked with intense focus — but for only four hours a day.
theweek.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:38 PM
reupping this excellent article on optimal working hours. tl/dr: spoons theory applies to everyone, and the fact that you can't focus for a full 8 hours just means you're normal, not that there's anything wrong or even weird about your brain
theweek.com/articles/696...
theweek.com/articles/696...
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“Town of Olds officials did not say where the facility would be located, when permits were expected to be applied for, when construction would begin or when it might start operating.”
There’s that “transparency” issue again.
/more
There’s that “transparency” issue again.
/more
Beyond Local: Alberta town chosen as home to Canada's largest data centre
Synapse Data Centre Inc. plans to construct $10 billion facility in the Central Alberta town
www.rmoutlook.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
“Town of Olds officials did not say where the facility would be located, when permits were expected to be applied for, when construction would begin or when it might start operating.”
There’s that “transparency” issue again.
/more
There’s that “transparency” issue again.
/more
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🔗 Read the full report:
Leaked Documents: “Planned Community” in Rafah Would Force Palestinians Into Israeli Panopticon
www.dropsitenews.com/p/cmcc-leake...
Leaked Documents: “Planned Community” in Rafah Would Force Palestinians Into Israeli Panopticon
www.dropsitenews.com/p/cmcc-leake...
Leaked Documents: “Planned Community” in Rafah Would Force Palestinians Into Israeli Panopticon
The U.S.-led Civil-Military Coordination Center is proposing a residential zone in Gaza with biometric surveillance, checkpoints, and educational programs promoting normalization with Israel.
www.dropsitenews.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:09 AM
🔗 Read the full report:
Leaked Documents: “Planned Community” in Rafah Would Force Palestinians Into Israeli Panopticon
www.dropsitenews.com/p/cmcc-leake...
Leaked Documents: “Planned Community” in Rafah Would Force Palestinians Into Israeli Panopticon
www.dropsitenews.com/p/cmcc-leake...
Thiel, Karp, Palantir, BlackRock, and the Tragedy of the Horizon speech that everyone misinterpreted.
Carney is, and has always been, a friend of the transnational capitalist elite.
Carney is, and has always been, a friend of the transnational capitalist elite.
New, from me:
The Value Of Our Fear: PM Mark Carney is using Canadians’ fear of Trump’s expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/value-...
fair warning, it’s a long one. Enjoy, hopefully?
#CdnPoli
The Value Of Our Fear: PM Mark Carney is using Canadians’ fear of Trump’s expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/value-...
fair warning, it’s a long one. Enjoy, hopefully?
#CdnPoli
The Value Of Our Fear
PM Mark Carney is using Canadians' fear of Trump's expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Thiel, Karp, Palantir, BlackRock, and the Tragedy of the Horizon speech that everyone misinterpreted.
Carney is, and has always been, a friend of the transnational capitalist elite.
Carney is, and has always been, a friend of the transnational capitalist elite.
New, from me:
The Value Of Our Fear: PM Mark Carney is using Canadians’ fear of Trump’s expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/value-...
fair warning, it’s a long one. Enjoy, hopefully?
#CdnPoli
The Value Of Our Fear: PM Mark Carney is using Canadians’ fear of Trump’s expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/value-...
fair warning, it’s a long one. Enjoy, hopefully?
#CdnPoli
The Value Of Our Fear
PM Mark Carney is using Canadians' fear of Trump's expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca
January 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
New, from me:
The Value Of Our Fear: PM Mark Carney is using Canadians’ fear of Trump’s expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/value-...
fair warning, it’s a long one. Enjoy, hopefully?
#CdnPoli
The Value Of Our Fear: PM Mark Carney is using Canadians’ fear of Trump’s expansionism to quietly sell us out to his true allies: US finance & tech oligarchs.
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/value-...
fair warning, it’s a long one. Enjoy, hopefully?
#CdnPoli
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Here you go.
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS after Renee Good was murdered by ICE (and a little over a month after it came out that Roshel is contracted to sell ICE $10 million worth of armoured vehicles)
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS after Renee Good was murdered by ICE (and a little over a month after it came out that Roshel is contracted to sell ICE $10 million worth of armoured vehicles)
A Canadian-made armoured vehicle was spotted on Minneapolis streets the day ICE murdered Alex Pretti.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Here you go.
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS after Renee Good was murdered by ICE (and a little over a month after it came out that Roshel is contracted to sell ICE $10 million worth of armoured vehicles)
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS after Renee Good was murdered by ICE (and a little over a month after it came out that Roshel is contracted to sell ICE $10 million worth of armoured vehicles)
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They left the pen open, the fox comes in.
Fascism isn't when "they're mean to me". Fascism is when corporations make the laws and the governments bow to them.
The consequences of fascism is what we often mistake for its definition.
Fascism isn't when "they're mean to me". Fascism is when corporations make the laws and the governments bow to them.
The consequences of fascism is what we often mistake for its definition.
Huh, also, probably not at all related, super cool how Bill C-15 would allow cabinet ministers to exempt companies from any law (except the criminal code) www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Bill C-15 would allow corporations to be exempt from most Canadian laws - CCPA
Buried on page 300 of the government’s omnibus budget implementation bill is an extremely troubling clause regarding corporate power in Canada—one that allows all cabinet ministers to exempt any indiv...
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 27, 2026 at 8:15 AM
They left the pen open, the fox comes in.
Fascism isn't when "they're mean to me". Fascism is when corporations make the laws and the governments bow to them.
The consequences of fascism is what we often mistake for its definition.
Fascism isn't when "they're mean to me". Fascism is when corporations make the laws and the governments bow to them.
The consequences of fascism is what we often mistake for its definition.
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“…I’m so glad that we didn’t elect a Conservative government who would’ve given corporations near legal immunity…”
This is what I’m talking about when I say Carney’s government is paving the road to fascism. #cdnpoli
This is what I’m talking about when I say Carney’s government is paving the road to fascism. #cdnpoli
Huh, also, probably not at all related, super cool how Bill C-15 would allow cabinet ministers to exempt companies from any law (except the criminal code) www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Bill C-15 would allow corporations to be exempt from most Canadian laws - CCPA
Buried on page 300 of the government’s omnibus budget implementation bill is an extremely troubling clause regarding corporate power in Canada—one that allows all cabinet ministers to exempt any indiv...
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 27, 2026 at 3:23 AM
“…I’m so glad that we didn’t elect a Conservative government who would’ve given corporations near legal immunity…”
This is what I’m talking about when I say Carney’s government is paving the road to fascism. #cdnpoli
This is what I’m talking about when I say Carney’s government is paving the road to fascism. #cdnpoli
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Paving the way for fascism
Huh, also, probably not at all related, super cool how Bill C-15 would allow cabinet ministers to exempt companies from any law (except the criminal code) www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Bill C-15 would allow corporations to be exempt from most Canadian laws - CCPA
Buried on page 300 of the government’s omnibus budget implementation bill is an extremely troubling clause regarding corporate power in Canada—one that allows all cabinet ministers to exempt any indiv...
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 26, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Paving the way for fascism