yagya
@yaygya.ca
A western Canadian tech enthusiast, UI aficionado, and transit fan who's way too into politics.
Resident of Metro Vancouver. In a love/hate relationship with Edmonton, Alberta.
Vive le Canada.
Resident of Metro Vancouver. In a love/hate relationship with Edmonton, Alberta.
Vive le Canada.
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In a world without Section 230 (cont.)
😩 The victims of online abuse won't get any meaningful justice for the harm they've experienced. And the communities who have been most harmed by Big Tech and surveillance capitalism won't benefit. The people hurt by tech will be hurt even more. Infuriating.
😩 The victims of online abuse won't get any meaningful justice for the harm they've experienced. And the communities who have been most harmed by Big Tech and surveillance capitalism won't benefit. The people hurt by tech will be hurt even more. Infuriating.
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
In a world without Section 230 (cont.)
😩 The victims of online abuse won't get any meaningful justice for the harm they've experienced. And the communities who have been most harmed by Big Tech and surveillance capitalism won't benefit. The people hurt by tech will be hurt even more. Infuriating.
😩 The victims of online abuse won't get any meaningful justice for the harm they've experienced. And the communities who have been most harmed by Big Tech and surveillance capitalism won't benefit. The people hurt by tech will be hurt even more. Infuriating.
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In a world without Section 230 (cont.)
😩 State laws in Texas etc that ban "facilitating," "harboring," or "disseminating" information about abortion, gender affirming care, etc will force platforms to censor related content en masse. Right now, those platforms are protected by Section 230(e)(3)
😩 State laws in Texas etc that ban "facilitating," "harboring," or "disseminating" information about abortion, gender affirming care, etc will force platforms to censor related content en masse. Right now, those platforms are protected by Section 230(e)(3)
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
In a world without Section 230 (cont.)
😩 State laws in Texas etc that ban "facilitating," "harboring," or "disseminating" information about abortion, gender affirming care, etc will force platforms to censor related content en masse. Right now, those platforms are protected by Section 230(e)(3)
😩 State laws in Texas etc that ban "facilitating," "harboring," or "disseminating" information about abortion, gender affirming care, etc will force platforms to censor related content en masse. Right now, those platforms are protected by Section 230(e)(3)
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In a world without Section 230 (cont.)
😩 The rich and powerful would rapidly accumulate more power to control the flow of information, and suppress information that's critical of them or harmful to their business interests. Free speech for those who can afford the most expensive lawyers.
😩 The rich and powerful would rapidly accumulate more power to control the flow of information, and suppress information that's critical of them or harmful to their business interests. Free speech for those who can afford the most expensive lawyers.
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
In a world without Section 230 (cont.)
😩 The rich and powerful would rapidly accumulate more power to control the flow of information, and suppress information that's critical of them or harmful to their business interests. Free speech for those who can afford the most expensive lawyers.
😩 The rich and powerful would rapidly accumulate more power to control the flow of information, and suppress information that's critical of them or harmful to their business interests. Free speech for those who can afford the most expensive lawyers.
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In a world without Section 230 (cont.):
😩 Corporate platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube will more heavily censor anything controversial that might get them sued: political content, LGBTQ resources, abortion information, MeToo stories, protest announcements, you name it.
😩 Corporate platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube will more heavily censor anything controversial that might get them sued: political content, LGBTQ resources, abortion information, MeToo stories, protest announcements, you name it.
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
In a world without Section 230 (cont.):
😩 Corporate platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube will more heavily censor anything controversial that might get them sued: political content, LGBTQ resources, abortion information, MeToo stories, protest announcements, you name it.
😩 Corporate platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube will more heavily censor anything controversial that might get them sued: political content, LGBTQ resources, abortion information, MeToo stories, protest announcements, you name it.
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In a world without Section 230:
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
In a world without Section 230:
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
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to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes
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“qualcomm bought arduino” ok i‘ve bought arduino too, got a few in a box somewhere around here
October 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“qualcomm bought arduino” ok i‘ve bought arduino too, got a few in a box somewhere around here
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When you have a hammer, everything looks like nails
September 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
When you have a hammer, everything looks like nails
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The OTHER camp has been blasting out weird alternate-universe fanfic wherein Itch is an evil cackling corpo with 100s of employees and 100s of millions to splash on lawyers. See: "platforms are not your friend" as thought-terminating cliche. These people are worse than useless!
July 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The OTHER camp has been blasting out weird alternate-universe fanfic wherein Itch is an evil cackling corpo with 100s of employees and 100s of millions to splash on lawyers. See: "platforms are not your friend" as thought-terminating cliche. These people are worse than useless!
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This is where 60-year-old Edouard Lallemand, a lifelong angler who'd been fishing these waters for decades and knows that he was miles north of the border, was fishing when he was intercepted by a much larger US vessel, rammed, taken to the US side, and jailed.
July 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is where 60-year-old Edouard Lallemand, a lifelong angler who'd been fishing these waters for decades and knows that he was miles north of the border, was fishing when he was intercepted by a much larger US vessel, rammed, taken to the US side, and jailed.
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A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
July 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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and we're going to be calling it the American Century of Humiliation, folks. the Century of Humiliation. we've never been humiliated like this before, folks, but now we're being humiliated in a big way in very many fields. big, strong men come up to me, crying, saying sir, the hegemon has fallen,
July 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
and we're going to be calling it the American Century of Humiliation, folks. the Century of Humiliation. we've never been humiliated like this before, folks, but now we're being humiliated in a big way in very many fields. big, strong men come up to me, crying, saying sir, the hegemon has fallen,
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from the article about a former Colombian senator
![He also caused controversy, when he said, during a 2016 interview, "I am a follower of a great German thinker, named Adolf Hitler."[15] He later apologized and said he meant to say Albert Einstein.[16]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreic3chei7q5fkdjxhcjjkabkj3swfebsbuxzdfdh6vivl63rm7rwgy@jpeg)
June 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
from the article about a former Colombian senator
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Hate and discrimination have no place in BC and equality isn’t up for negotiation.
Everyone deserves to live in safety, free to be who they are.
And we will always defend these rights.
Everyone deserves to live in safety, free to be who they are.
And we will always defend these rights.
May 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Hate and discrimination have no place in BC and equality isn’t up for negotiation.
Everyone deserves to live in safety, free to be who they are.
And we will always defend these rights.
Everyone deserves to live in safety, free to be who they are.
And we will always defend these rights.
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In the spirit of Canada-US friendship, Via exists to make Americans feel good about Amtrak while US transit agencies exist to make Canadians feel good about their own transit service.
May 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In the spirit of Canada-US friendship, Via exists to make Americans feel good about Amtrak while US transit agencies exist to make Canadians feel good about their own transit service.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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"If you or any other Canadians are not happy living on Treaty lands, they are free to apply for citizenship elsewhere."
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation issues a scathing rebuke of Danielle Smith's talks on a national unity crisis.
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation issues a scathing rebuke of Danielle Smith's talks on a national unity crisis.
May 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"If you or any other Canadians are not happy living on Treaty lands, they are free to apply for citizenship elsewhere."
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation issues a scathing rebuke of Danielle Smith's talks on a national unity crisis.
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation issues a scathing rebuke of Danielle Smith's talks on a national unity crisis.
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Update: still true.
DID YOU KNOW? Canada is in fact a separate country from the United States, with its own sovereign government, currency and customs.
#CanadaTrivia
#CanadaTrivia
April 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Update: still true.
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Trump becomes the first American president to lose a Canadian election
April 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Trump becomes the first American president to lose a Canadian election
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Yeah, Trump transformed the race. But I think Pierre Poilievre and Jenni Byrne earned this.
April 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yeah, Trump transformed the race. But I think Pierre Poilievre and Jenni Byrne earned this.
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Never going to forget YFBs "Canada is an artificial country" comment 🤡
April 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Never going to forget YFBs "Canada is an artificial country" comment 🤡
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