Ryan LaFlamme
@ryanl.bsky.social
Content Consultant/Agency/Client circa 2011. Current: Sr. Content Lead. Pets dogs. Canadian.
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If you answer “No” you get an invitation to Mar-a-Lago
January 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
If you answer “No” you get an invitation to Mar-a-Lago
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"...audiences, around the world, will begin to taste the boot that the American establishment so blithely licks."
REVIEW | Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness in her ghastly film
Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness in her ghastly film – review
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 5:51 PM
"...audiences, around the world, will begin to taste the boot that the American establishment so blithely licks."
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A company the size of Hootsuite destroying their reputation forever for the sake of a $2.8 million contract is certainly a choice.
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 AM
A company the size of Hootsuite destroying their reputation forever for the sake of a $2.8 million contract is certainly a choice.
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On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sidcup man convicted aover explosive attack on Ulez camera
Kevin Rees's homemade bomb caused damage to vehicles and property including a child's bedroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 AM
On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
"Look at that, another snow squall warning." I say to myself, having long lost the ability to see out of my windows.
January 27, 2026 at 9:34 PM
"Look at that, another snow squall warning." I say to myself, having long lost the ability to see out of my windows.
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more countries should do this, tbh.
“The French government announced that it will stop using American video conferencing platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom, and replace them with Visio, a French platform.”
Zoom Is the First Casualty in France's War on American Big Tech
Homebrewed video conferencing may not be a moonshot, but you gotta start somewhere.
gizmodo.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:35 PM
more countries should do this, tbh.
It was $500,000 to rent.
Boxoffice dot com projects $1 million to $2 million in opening weekend ticket sales for "Melania". Bezos' company MGM paid $40 million for the rights
January 26, 2026 at 9:37 PM
It was $500,000 to rent.
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In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
Ottawa is subsidizing a tech firm that provides wiretapping tools to ICE - The Logic
The $1-million contribution came after the U.S. agency showed up in force in Minneapolis
thelogic.co
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
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"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus. Fascist best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse," writes Jonathan Rauch in The Atlantic.
Gift article link:
Gift article link:
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:55 PM
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus. Fascist best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse," writes Jonathan Rauch in The Atlantic.
Gift article link:
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I agree. Seems like a lot of folks are waiting for an email announcement for new terms and conditions or a rebrand before it's official.
Fascism isn't a state, it's an ideology and it's one that rarely announces itself. The entire point of our post-WWII education in history — driven by people like Hannah Arendt — was to spot the tenets of fascism before it could amass total power.
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I agree. Seems like a lot of folks are waiting for an email announcement for new terms and conditions or a rebrand before it's official.
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Canadian-made Roshel vehicle being used in the Trump regime’s occupation of Minnesota
January 24, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Canadian-made Roshel vehicle being used in the Trump regime’s occupation of Minnesota
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Guys nothing personal but if you rub your a.i. generated anti-ICE, anti-Trump memes in my face I gotta unfollow and mute you and also you’re dead to me.
It’s the sewage that fascism both shits and eats, it’s like blowing smoke in my face to show me how evil the tobacco companies are.
It’s the sewage that fascism both shits and eats, it’s like blowing smoke in my face to show me how evil the tobacco companies are.
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Guys nothing personal but if you rub your a.i. generated anti-ICE, anti-Trump memes in my face I gotta unfollow and mute you and also you’re dead to me.
It’s the sewage that fascism both shits and eats, it’s like blowing smoke in my face to show me how evil the tobacco companies are.
It’s the sewage that fascism both shits and eats, it’s like blowing smoke in my face to show me how evil the tobacco companies are.
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For those who don't know, remigration is a European far-right concept of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white minority populations.
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
January 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
For those who don't know, remigration is a European far-right concept of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white minority populations.
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
Seems less a dry run and more the overture.
I hope that Democrats realize what’s happening in Minnesota is also a dry run for what the regime has planned for the midterms.
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Seems less a dry run and more the overture.
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
So, so many people are getting blocked by me today. I can feel it.
January 24, 2026 at 5:43 PM
So, so many people are getting blocked by me today. I can feel it.
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It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.
Vancouver firm Hootsuite provides services to ICE
U.S. procurement records show that Vancouver tech firm Hootsuite is providing social media services to the Department of Homeland Security.
vancouver.citynews.ca
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 AM
It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.
A few years? Maybe on a political level, but a social one? Americans, I think, continue to underestimate just how branded you'll be for at least a decade. "I didn't vote for him" is meaningless.
The world learned today that you absolutely have to bully this dumb old asshole as a collective. Better late than never for them, but we better get used to being aggressively humiliated for the next few years.
January 22, 2026 at 12:32 PM
A few years? Maybe on a political level, but a social one? Americans, I think, continue to underestimate just how branded you'll be for at least a decade. "I didn't vote for him" is meaningless.
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Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.
He ain't got kickbacks from the Chinese, so he big mad.
Doug Ford calls for ‘boycott’ of the Chinese EVs Carney is letting into Canada
Doug Ford calls for ‘boycott’ of the Chinese EVs Carney is letting into Canada
Expressing fears about the future of Ontario's automotive industry, Ford urged Canadians not to buy the 49,000 EVs.
www.thestar.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:02 PM
He ain't got kickbacks from the Chinese, so he big mad.
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Surely that's not the same Doug Ford who drives a made-in-Kentucky Lincoln Navigator and a made-in-Texas Cadillac Escalade lecturing MY ass about the perils of buying foreign cars
January 21, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Surely that's not the same Doug Ford who drives a made-in-Kentucky Lincoln Navigator and a made-in-Texas Cadillac Escalade lecturing MY ass about the perils of buying foreign cars
Black eyed peas couldn't even design a song.
Pharrell designed a WHOLE house just for his Louis Vuitton FW26 Set design
January 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Black eyed peas couldn't even design a song.
I don't need Russia to tell me that pineapple does not belong on pizza.
(I'm kidding but possessing even basic knowledge around misinformation on the web is important. Please don't tell my wife about the pineapple joke.)
(I'm kidding but possessing even basic knowledge around misinformation on the web is important. Please don't tell my wife about the pineapple joke.)
That heated debate in your feed? It might be manufactured outrage. Some foreign regimes exploit real tensions, target communities, amplify extremes and weaponize anger to divide us.
Learn their tactics and #ThinkBeforeYouShare
Learn their tactics and #ThinkBeforeYouShare
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I don't need Russia to tell me that pineapple does not belong on pizza.
(I'm kidding but possessing even basic knowledge around misinformation on the web is important. Please don't tell my wife about the pineapple joke.)
(I'm kidding but possessing even basic knowledge around misinformation on the web is important. Please don't tell my wife about the pineapple joke.)
Llyod Axworthy and John Raulston Saul must be very happy with that speech.
January 20, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Llyod Axworthy and John Raulston Saul must be very happy with that speech.