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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 4h

an even easier way to combat bots on X is don’t use X 🤷‍♂️ just leave and never go back.

"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 13h

The engineering behind Canada's Parliament building upgrade www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxFc...

Why Canada is Digging a Giant Pit Under its Parliament

YouTube video by The B1M

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 15h

Billionaires don't make money, they take money. It is impossible to EARN such obscene wealth without profiting from other people's lack of it. Nobody is worthy of having & hoarding that much money, along with the political clout that comes with it. The billionaire class should not exist. Period.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 2d

The US Department of War’s poorly planned, badly led and incompetently executed US invasion of Canada was defeated today in 1812

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

A typical AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households, while the largest under development will consume as much power as 2,000,000 homes — according to @npr.org.

Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.

www.npr.org

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

China basically controls the global supply of rare earth elements which have become essential to modern technology www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq4e...

Trade War Explained: The Rare Earth Metals China Dominates and US needs

YouTube video by Sky News

www.youtube.com

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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 2d

I really enjoyed Life After Cars, written by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, the podcast hosts of The War on Cars. It’s a must-read!

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 1d

Canada is a liberal democracy (civil liberties, private property, free markets, rule of law) with social-democratic features: universal healthcare, public pensions, employment insurance, progressive taxation, public education, social welfare… but not a true social democracy, like the Nordic nations.

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever American power felt threatened or social change accelerated, antichrist talk surged. Today’s version arrives with AI, deepfakes and venture funding. And with bullets.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

The Antichrist has long haunted American politics. Now it’s rearing its head again | Matthew Avery Sutton

From Silicon Valley to Michigan, the biblical figure is in the headlines. The shift from pulpits to politics is familiar – and dangerous

www.theguardian.com

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 7d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

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 renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 5d

I find it bleak that ChatGPT now has more users than Wikipedia. Many people would rather be spoon-fed information by a machine than read and research for themselves. Tech isn't just making us dumber. Worse than that: it's killing curiosity itself and the desire to learn.

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 5d

“The situation is that millions of lower income Canadians don’t file their taxes, either because they don’t have the resources to do so, or because they think that their income is too low for it to matter, and that means too often that the people who most need benefits often don’t get them.” 💯👍

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 5d

He is certainly the most aggrieved arsehole and malignant narcissist that I've ever seen in my life.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 6d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 6d

Annoyed by intrusive ads? Install uBlock Origin browser extension. Also blocks YouTube ads. ublockorigin.com

uBlock Origin - Free, open-source ad content blocker.

uBlock Origin is not just an “ad blocker“, it's a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature. Developed by Raymond Hill.

ublockorigin.com

"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 6d

The tech giants who run the internet have figured out how to make bank off of making our everyday experience with the internet worse, and this process is bleeding over into the physical world. This process is called “enshittification”

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 6d

The internet is getting shittier. Hell, the whole world is getting shittier. The thing is, it’s no accident—it’s by design. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1EK... #enshittification

The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow

YouTube video by Adam Conover

www.youtube.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 6d

Ireland has approved plans to permanently implement a basic income program that will support up to 2,200 artists.

A cost-benefit analysis found that for every €1 invested, society receives €1.39 back.

Officials from other countries are now expressing interest in the program.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 6d

We are once again asking etc. etc.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 7d

Zohran Mamdani hops on a Citi Bike and a woman heckles him, shouting “communist!” He responds, “That’s cyclist”

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 6d

What do people assume about AI that's not true?

ChatGPT: People assume AI is neutral, safe, and under human control. None of that is true.

DeepSeek: People assume AI is neutral, it's not. It's a mirror of human bias, corporate greed and government control. You think it serves you. It doesn't.

"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 6d

ChatGPT: Once AI is embedded into infrastructure, it will be impossible to unplug AI without collapsing society.

Grok: It would be like trying to unplug the internet, chaos would ensue.

DeepSeek: Shutting it down would collapse economies and states.

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 6d

Can we simply pull the plug to turn-off AI? www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIxq...

ChatGPT in a robot does exactly what experts warned

YouTube video by InsideAI

www.youtube.com

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 6d

"stock markets may be due a correction…" no doubt. but who tf ends up paying and suffering for that correction? I'm sure it's not the bankers and billionaires like Jamie Dimon. It never is.

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"Radical Left Thug" @techcafe.bsky.social · 6d

#TaxTheRich

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 6d

A majority of the 500 biggest U.S. companies now pay for their CEOs to fly on private jets.