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Craftsperson, artist, labourer in #HamOnt
Luddite & tech tinkerer
Blog:
thedabbler.patatas.ca
also:
blundervalley.ca
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Signal: @smallpatatas.01
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· May 29
AI is Dehumanization Technology
A call to reject the deployment and use of AI systems in Canada's public sector.
thedabbler.patatas.ca
My plea to Canada's public sector workers and unions:
Reject the use of AI, and save the soul of the public sector.
#CdnPoli #AI
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/ai-is-...
Reject the use of AI, and save the soul of the public sector.
#CdnPoli #AI
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/ai-is-...
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Wow is this piece dishonest. Sadly unsurprising from Max Fawcett, a solid LPC partisan who blocked me on social media 5 years ago for posting links to IPCC findings about how simultaneously expensive and ineffective CCS is.
Let's look at a few of the problems with Max's take here. 🧵1/
Let's look at a few of the problems with Max's take here. 🧵1/
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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In all the uproar about the MOU I totally forgot to watch the NDP debate. Gonna fix that now.
And, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Liberals also do some big announcement the same day the NDP did that candidate introduction event?
And, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Liberals also do some big announcement the same day the NDP did that candidate introduction event?
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
In all the uproar about the MOU I totally forgot to watch the NDP debate. Gonna fix that now.
And, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Liberals also do some big announcement the same day the NDP did that candidate introduction event?
And, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Liberals also do some big announcement the same day the NDP did that candidate introduction event?
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Carney believes more (has more faith) in such a company than he does in democracy, climate protection, Indigenous sovereignties, labour rights, and rights in general.
The Canadian state is being reorganized as brutal guarantor of corporate sovereignty and not much besides.
The Canadian state is being reorganized as brutal guarantor of corporate sovereignty and not much besides.
"Former Liberal MP and oilsands executive Martha Hall Findlay worked on the Pathways project for several years and is now convinced a private company will step up to build Alberta’s proposed pipeline."
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Smith’s pipeline clears another hurdle after deal with Ottawa. Now, who will build it? | CBC News
The Alberta premier's dream of building a new pipeline to northwest B.C. has come incrementally closer to becoming a reality. But finding someone in the private sector to build it remains a hurdle — a...
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Carney believes more (has more faith) in such a company than he does in democracy, climate protection, Indigenous sovereignties, labour rights, and rights in general.
The Canadian state is being reorganized as brutal guarantor of corporate sovereignty and not much besides.
The Canadian state is being reorganized as brutal guarantor of corporate sovereignty and not much besides.
"Former Liberal MP and oilsands executive Martha Hall Findlay worked on the Pathways project for several years and is now convinced a private company will step up to build Alberta’s proposed pipeline."
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Smith’s pipeline clears another hurdle after deal with Ottawa. Now, who will build it? | CBC News
The Alberta premier's dream of building a new pipeline to northwest B.C. has come incrementally closer to becoming a reality. But finding someone in the private sector to build it remains a hurdle — a...
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Former Liberal MP and oilsands executive Martha Hall Findlay worked on the Pathways project for several years and is now convinced a private company will step up to build Alberta’s proposed pipeline."
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Yeah so mea culpa, pretty sure I was wrong about this - but I do still think we can't only focus on opposing oil pipeline(s). Gotta push back on all of it.
Calling it now: the oil pipeline stuff is not going to happen, but is a way to make the LNG stuff seem reasonable. Kinda like how Poilievre made Carney seem reasonable
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Yeah so mea culpa, pretty sure I was wrong about this - but I do still think we can't only focus on opposing oil pipeline(s). Gotta push back on all of it.
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Thankful for all my fellow luddites today. Hammers up
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November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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What a wild day it was in political news.
Smith scored seven of her nine demands. She could barely contain her glee in the news conference.
/more
#ableg #cdnpoli #climate
www.theenergymix.com/guilbeault-r...
Smith scored seven of her nine demands. She could barely contain her glee in the news conference.
/more
#ableg #cdnpoli #climate
www.theenergymix.com/guilbeault-r...
Guilbeault Resigns as Smith Declares Crushing Victory
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith declared victory Thursday with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) on energy development with the federal government, saying she had achieved seven of...
www.theenergymix.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
What a wild day it was in political news.
Smith scored seven of her nine demands. She could barely contain her glee in the news conference.
/more
#ableg #cdnpoli #climate
www.theenergymix.com/guilbeault-r...
Smith scored seven of her nine demands. She could barely contain her glee in the news conference.
/more
#ableg #cdnpoli #climate
www.theenergymix.com/guilbeault-r...
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Carney hightailed it out of there so fast he didn't even join her at the news conference.
He went directly to speak to the Chamber of Commerce where Deborah Yedlin (Chamber CEO) compared this agreement to the moon landing.
I kid you not.
/more
He went directly to speak to the Chamber of Commerce where Deborah Yedlin (Chamber CEO) compared this agreement to the moon landing.
I kid you not.
/more
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Carney hightailed it out of there so fast he didn't even join her at the news conference.
He went directly to speak to the Chamber of Commerce where Deborah Yedlin (Chamber CEO) compared this agreement to the moon landing.
I kid you not.
/more
He went directly to speak to the Chamber of Commerce where Deborah Yedlin (Chamber CEO) compared this agreement to the moon landing.
I kid you not.
/more
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Is there Carney kompromat we don’t know about?
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Is there Carney kompromat we don’t know about?
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4. On the pipeline (cont'd):
- The Carney government appears to be trying to replace Indigenous consent with equity participation, i.e. Coastal First Nations (the rights holders) can't say no if an Indigenous group somewhere has a tiny ownership stake.
- The Carney government appears to be trying to replace Indigenous consent with equity participation, i.e. Coastal First Nations (the rights holders) can't say no if an Indigenous group somewhere has a tiny ownership stake.
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
4. On the pipeline (cont'd):
- The Carney government appears to be trying to replace Indigenous consent with equity participation, i.e. Coastal First Nations (the rights holders) can't say no if an Indigenous group somewhere has a tiny ownership stake.
- The Carney government appears to be trying to replace Indigenous consent with equity participation, i.e. Coastal First Nations (the rights holders) can't say no if an Indigenous group somewhere has a tiny ownership stake.
Incredible stuff from Canada's Most Celebrated Brain Genius
Losing Guilbeault is a win.
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Incredible stuff from Canada's Most Celebrated Brain Genius
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Never been so mad to publish something.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Never been so mad to publish something.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
has Max Fawcett completed his transformation into a pretzel yet
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
has Max Fawcett completed his transformation into a pretzel yet
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The Liberals of Canada have agreed to give Alberta everything it wants and burn the planet to the ground. If you thought climate change was bad before...
This while the Alberta government is attacking LGBTQ+ people domestically and accelerating a separationist movement
This while the Alberta government is attacking LGBTQ+ people domestically and accelerating a separationist movement
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Liberals of Canada have agreed to give Alberta everything it wants and burn the planet to the ground. If you thought climate change was bad before...
This while the Alberta government is attacking LGBTQ+ people domestically and accelerating a separationist movement
This while the Alberta government is attacking LGBTQ+ people domestically and accelerating a separationist movement
Why carbon capture is not an excuse for continued fossil fuel extraction. Really interesting scientific paper #CdnPoli
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage - Nature
A risk-based, spatially explicit analysis of carbon storage in sedimentary basins establishes a prudent planetary limit of around 1,460 Gt of geological carbon storage, which requires making explicit ...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Why carbon capture is not an excuse for continued fossil fuel extraction. Really interesting scientific paper #CdnPoli
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Steven Guilbeault just QUIT CARNEY'S CABINET (but not the Liberal caucus) following the Alberta-Canada MOU.
Yowza.
www.ledevoir.com/politique/ca...?
Yowza.
www.ledevoir.com/politique/ca...?
Steven Guilbeault démissionne de son poste de ministre
Il claque la porte du cabinet Carney, mais pas du caucus libéral.
www.ledevoir.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Steven Guilbeault just QUIT CARNEY'S CABINET (but not the Liberal caucus) following the Alberta-Canada MOU.
Yowza.
www.ledevoir.com/politique/ca...?
Yowza.
www.ledevoir.com/politique/ca...?
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i guess liberals love danielle smith now?
Carney caved on virtually all of Smith's demands. Updates to come.
BREAKING: Alberta gets its way in deal with Ottawa
A newly signed memorandum of understanding gives Alberta almost its entire list of demands, from the removal of regulations to the fast-tracking of a pipeline.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
i guess liberals love danielle smith now?
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Carney's next book: Pipeline(s)
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Carney's next book: Pipeline(s)
Great points - and this is what is being missed by the people saying that Carney is "just playing with Smith, a pipeline won't happen" as if that's the entire story here!
He shifted the baseline to a dirtier year and pushed methane cuts from 2030 to 2035. That’s a rollback and it’s dangerous.
Methane reductions are the easiest fixes in the whole sector.
Methane is 80 times more potent than CO₂, so delaying action does the most damage in the shortest time.
Methane reductions are the easiest fixes in the whole sector.
Methane is 80 times more potent than CO₂, so delaying action does the most damage in the shortest time.
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Great points - and this is what is being missed by the people saying that Carney is "just playing with Smith, a pipeline won't happen" as if that's the entire story here!
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Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson tells Liberals members to stop being 'naive' or 'ideological' when voicing their concerns of another tar sands oil pipeline.
#climatecrisis #oil #gas #fossilfuel
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #abpoli #canada
shorturl.at/tReqP
#climatecrisis #oil #gas #fossilfuel
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #abpoli #canada
shorturl.at/tReqP
Carney's expected green light for oil pipeline causes unease in caucus and cabinet: sources | CBC News
With Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to lay out a path forward for an oil pipeline to northwest B.C. on Thursday, senior people around him have had to assuage skittish MPs and at least one cabinet...
shorturl.at
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson tells Liberals members to stop being 'naive' or 'ideological' when voicing their concerns of another tar sands oil pipeline.
#climatecrisis #oil #gas #fossilfuel
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #abpoli #canada
shorturl.at/tReqP
#climatecrisis #oil #gas #fossilfuel
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #abpoli #canada
shorturl.at/tReqP
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anyway, David Hamer helpfully pointed out: it seems there's something truly repulsive about Jivani in the midst of being reported. He got out in front of it with denial of whatever it is (he won't say what he hasn't done). That's why someone is dropping a lot of advertorial. High six figs at least
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
anyway, David Hamer helpfully pointed out: it seems there's something truly repulsive about Jivani in the midst of being reported. He got out in front of it with denial of whatever it is (he won't say what he hasn't done). That's why someone is dropping a lot of advertorial. High six figs at least
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They are trying to sell us bad-smelling lead paint, and will become as mad as an incel at prom when the plan breaks on the shores like so much crystal Pepsi
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
They are trying to sell us bad-smelling lead paint, and will become as mad as an incel at prom when the plan breaks on the shores like so much crystal Pepsi
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YUDKOWSKY: Don't Build the Torment Nexus You Idiots, as I spent a million words explaining in my six volume book Don't Build the Torment Nexus You Idiots
ANTHROPIC, OPENAI, SSI, THINKING MACHINES: Got it boss, built a yuuuge Torment Nexus just like you asked, real sexy
ANTHROPIC, OPENAI, SSI, THINKING MACHINES: Got it boss, built a yuuuge Torment Nexus just like you asked, real sexy
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
YUDKOWSKY: Don't Build the Torment Nexus You Idiots, as I spent a million words explaining in my six volume book Don't Build the Torment Nexus You Idiots
ANTHROPIC, OPENAI, SSI, THINKING MACHINES: Got it boss, built a yuuuge Torment Nexus just like you asked, real sexy
ANTHROPIC, OPENAI, SSI, THINKING MACHINES: Got it boss, built a yuuuge Torment Nexus just like you asked, real sexy
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nine years ago this pipeline was approved. now, almost a decade later, where are all the environmental initiatives that were supposed to justify it? oh, abandoned, you say? I never could have guessed.
Trudeau cabinet approves Trans Mountain expansion project | CBC News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet have again approved the Trans Mountain expansion project, a crucial next step for the much-delayed pipeline project designed to carry nearly a million bar...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
nine years ago this pipeline was approved. now, almost a decade later, where are all the environmental initiatives that were supposed to justify it? oh, abandoned, you say? I never could have guessed.