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@its.small.patatas.ca
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Craftsperson, artist, labourer in #HamOnt
Luddite & tech tinkerer

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bro if you are misinformed and you're blasting that misinfo at your tens of thousands of followers, then having someone gently & politely(!) correct your understanding of a particular situation is a kindness, not an imposition. ffs
Post that says "I just don't have any patience for folks who jump into my comments to rationalise any criticism of Carney. I don't care if we're on the same side. Just don't do it. It's exhausting"
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Missed this one from a few days ago, some weird mixed messages in here www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Text from linked article: "A separate KPMG survey found that nearly three-quarters of Canadian CEOs are planning to invest between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of their budgets in AI over the next year. That includes spending to hire tech talent, such as developers, and purchasing new generative-AI tools."
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Norman Rockwell painting of man standing up to speak his truth
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/24/a...
Graph from the article showing the size of the public service relative to the population of Canada since 1982. The size of the public service has not kept pace with population increases.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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This one makes it sound like she's an NDP supporter in these comments, but no, her NDP vote was only an anti-conservative vote, and she always supported Carney
Heather Bee photography post from 6 months ago Yes! Jennifer Lash (NI / PR) kept on spewing on that she was the strongest vote and polls were favourable to her. No and No and No! I did want Carney to win but the obvious vote here was NDP to stop Gunn. She effectively split the vote and handed Gunn the riding on a silver platter
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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The Liberal supporters in these comments (some of whom are posing as NDP supporters!) are blocking anyone who questions them when they say "no one wants an election". For instance, this one blocked me when I asked about Carney's compete about-face on climate, compared to a few months ago
Post from John Muller 7months ago: Watching the Carney conference in BC right now, and he's leaning hard into environmentalism, mitigating climate damage, and the importance of getting the provinces and Indigenous nations on board for any national energy projects. Encouraging stuff. Feels like he has his head on straight.
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Weird, because the first line of the amendment says "reject the government's budget"
45th Parliament, 1st Session Sitting No. 53 - Friday, November 7, 2025 Subject Budgetary policy (amendment) Motion Text That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “the House reject the government's budget statement, which will hurt Quebec because it fails to:
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Ah, seems this account is run by an AI grifter that would very much like to get a government contract lol

legendsunitedcanada.ca
Ashlea is government-ready because she was designed and refined through years of simulated warfare, crisis response, and real-time network defense across countless digital sectors. Her strategic mind isn’t theoretical—it’s forged through experience, tested under pressure, and sharpened against some of the most advanced threats in both simulated and real-world environments. Her command of multi-layered protocols enables Two spectral robotic figures presumably representing the "personalities" of this person's AI chatbots, with a Canadian flag in the background
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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In other words: replies are being hidden without having labels attached. See this recent TechCrunch piece, where they outline some of the "features" discussed in a recent Bluesky blog post.

techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/b...

bsky.social/about/blog/1...

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In addition to dislikes, the company says it’s testing a mix of ranking updates, design changes, and other feedback tools to improve the conversations on its network. This includes a new system that will map out the “social neighborhoods” on Bluesky, meaning the connections between people who often interact and reply to one another. Bluesky says it’s prioritizing replies from people “closer to your neighborhood,” to make conversations you’re shown in your feed more relevant and familiar. The new “dislikes” may have some influence here, as well, Bluesky says.
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
a Robot Coupe brand food processor
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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I swear only a few people actually read his book critically.

Chapter 5, 'The Future of Money', swoons at the idea of smart contracts and private money systems that surveil and track purchasing behaviour etc - all to provide better service, of course, wink wink
Even if the current generation of money-like substitutes, such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, are not the answer, they are throwing down the gauntlet to the existing payment systems, which now need to evolve to meet the demands of fully reliable, real-time, distributed transactions. Public authorities need to create the right environment to support such private dynamism. Money and payments could be organised to exploit the greater efficiency and resilience made possible by smart contracts. The system could be adapted, according to personal preferences and societal norms, either to increase privacy surrounding financial transactions or alternatively to realise greater opportunities from pooling personal data. New electronic forms of money will need to define the boundary between anonymity and customer-sanctioned access to private information in order to provide improved services.
October 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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I asked my spouse if I was going too easy on him
Mr Ford, I am furious. Bill 60 is possibly the most cruel thing your government has ever introduced, and quite frankly, that's saying something. I've watched as your wildly corrupt government gives hundreds of millions of Ontarians' hard-earned dollars to your donors' businesses, and cursed your name when it came to light that you tipped off developers of upcoming land re-zoning so they could cash in on cronyism. Even those scandals - one of which you are rightly being investigated by the RCMP for, and if this was a just world, you'd be cooling your heels in prison already - don't come close to the absolute devastation that Bill 60 will wreak on renters in Ontario. Like you, I'm a homeowner. But unlike you, I have a heart, and a conscience. You should be ashamed of yourself. What you're doing is disgusting. Withdraw Bill 60 immediately.
October 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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One of the more overlooked responses in that interview, in my opinion, was Carney's lament that he doesn't get much privacy anymore, as if he isn't also pushing for possibly the largest expansion of Canada's surveillance state ever, in Bill C-2 (and now C-12)
Interviewer: What do you miss about your old life? I imagine your family probably misses your old life. Carney: Yes, I’m sure they do. What do I miss about it? I miss not having any privacy, basically.
October 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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"like many of you, i also have a number of nazi tattoos. that number is zero"
Mitch Hedberg
October 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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blocked me after I called them out on posting obvious AI slop disinfo to the #CdnPoli hashtag
@pauliticaleye.bsky.social posted a link to an AI disinfo slop youtube video with the headline "Canada SUSPENDS trade with US until tariffs are over; Carney's move shocks world" Their own post reads, "#Carney is reshaping #Canada to stand on it's own two feet. The arrogance, bullying and outright lies by Trump have failed spectacularly." followed by more hashtags
October 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Here you go, to save you some time, and because you like facts so much, here's a link to the relevant portion of the Defence Production Act. Parliament can cancel the whole thing at literally any time, there is nothing stopping them.

Hope this helps!

laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/d-1...
Premature rescission, resolution or termination of contract 21 No person is entitled to damages, compensation or other allowance for loss of profit, direct or indirect, arising out of the rescission, resolution or termination of a defence contract at any time before it is fully performed if it is rescinded, resolved or terminated under a power contained in the contract or under a power conferred by or under an Act of Parliament. R.S., 1985, c. D-1, s. 21 2004, c. 25, s. 128
October 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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It gets even better
Screenshot from the reddit thread. The OP wrote the following in a comment: Correction: apparently he said this 10 weeks ago, not 10 months ago, which is even funnier
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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A swastika? The Hindu symbol meaning good luck?
The Jeffrey Epstein? The financier? Guy
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Lololol
Comment by OP in the reddit thread where the video of Sam Altman was posted MetaKnowing OP • 1d ago Correction: apparently he said this 10 weeks ago, not 10 months ago, which is even funnier
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Next time someone says the federal govt doesn't have jurisdiction when it comes to housing or healthcare, I'll show them this post from my MP who keeps inviting Hamilton cops to stuff for some reason.
Post by Aslam Rana, Liberal MP for Hamilton Centre: Listened to the safety and security concerns from Hamilton Centre residents by knocking on their doors along with Police Chief Frank Bergen. Post is accompanied by 3 pictures, two of which are Rana and Bergen posing with the same resident.
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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We clearly have different definitions of "housing bubble bursting"
Housing prices in Canada since 2000. Non-inflation-adjusted line is close to all-time highs; inflation-adjusted line shows a slight pullback and flattening since around 2022
October 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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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.
October 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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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
October 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Lol
screenshot of followers list for an account with the handle ValidPoint 1 follower theWhittakers
October 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Not sure what I'm missing here quite honestly, although it's certainly possible there's something
Repost of Olivia Guest by Iris van Rooij post reads: "that's why with marantierra.bsky.social & irisvanrooij.bsky.social we say 'We refuse to be mired in terminological squabbles, so herein by AI we mean any displacement technology that is harmful to people, is obfuscatory of cognitive labour, and deskills' [link to essay titled 'No AI Gods, No AI Masters']"
September 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM