Montreal’s automated metro REM is considerably surpassing ridership expectations this fall, with average daily ridership settling in at 130,000, even before the opening of the airport branch, expected next year.

Réseau express métropolitain | L’achalandage du REM bondit

Loin d’être en retard, l’achalandage quotidien du Réseau express métropolitain (REM) a bondi de plus de 60 % durant l’été, au point où il est dorénavant bien au-delà de ses cibles, selon La Caisse, qu...

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listened to ruba ghazal on corner booth and her arguments for sovereignty make no sense to me. she says quebec is open to immigrants, but canada isn’t so she feels more welcome in quebec (what?), and seems to feel a quebec constitution can only be drafted along with independence.

“A tech reporter takes on an ever-expanding story: the endless proliferation of massive data centers.” Kirkus named HYPERSCALE one of its best books to read in October. Another great signal as the release date gets closer! Preorder your copy now: hyperscalebook.com

“Just 7 percent of Brits think social media is a force for good and around one in three suspect that life would get better if all these sites were erased from the internet tomorrow.” Hard to disagree. Social media is a cancer and its social harms need to be taken seriously.

Erase social media tomorrow? Brits say yes

So why are more and more people snorting their daily fix of cat videos, men fighting and political propaganda

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“A tech reporter takes on an ever-expanding story: the endless proliferation of massive data centers.” Kirkus named HYPERSCALE one of its best books to read in October. Another great signal as the release date gets closer! Preorder your copy now: hyperscalebook.com

wouldn’t have predicted catholicism as one of the big allies in the fight against ai, but i’m here for it

Dustin A. Chacón@lingdustin.bsky.social · 2d ago

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

I went to Mississauga city council on Sept 16 and met up with the activists pushing for a pause on data centres, and watched grassroots organizing have a direct impact on a city. Despite the win, this is not the end of the data centre story in Canada. Listen to this podcast.

PressProgress@pressprogress.ca · 2d ago

🎧 New Sources episode, hosted by @ericwickham.ca Inside The Fight Against Data Centres in Canada Mississauga is one of a growing number of municipalities pushing back against data centres in their communities. pressprogress.ca/inside-the-f...

Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this piece, including the always wonderful @parismarx.com -- who seems to know a thing or two about data centres. If you want to hear more from Paris check out this interview with @steho.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/steh...

Stefan Hostetter@steho.bsky.social · 2d ago

The interview is out! @parismarx.com's Hyperscale is out Oct 20th, and you can catch them explaining what Hyperscale means and why these data centres have become the flashpoint for AI resistance below or anywhere you catch your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/0IAx...

Check out @ericwickham.ca’s new podcast about the data centre fight in Mississauga! I’m one of the voices interviewed for it. Can’t wait to listen!

PressProgress@pressprogress.ca · 2d ago

🎧 New Sources episode, hosted by @ericwickham.ca Inside The Fight Against Data Centres in Canada Mississauga is one of a growing number of municipalities pushing back against data centres in their communities. pressprogress.ca/inside-the-f...

The interview is out! @parismarx.com's Hyperscale is out Oct 20th, and you can catch them explaining what Hyperscale means and why these data centres have become the flashpoint for AI resistance below or anywhere you catch your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/0IAx...

The Sudden Rise of the Data Centre w/ Paris Marx (1038)

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Really happy to have @ketanjoshi.co back on the podcast to learn more about all the emissions being generated by the gas plants to power the tech industry’s data centers. There’s no chance of truly addressing climate change if the industry gets its way!

Tech Won’t Save Us@techwontsave.us · 3d ago

Gas-fired power stations to run new US data centers will generate as much emissions of the entire United Kingdom. This week @ketanjoshi.co joins @parismarx.com to discuss how the data center buildout is driving a surge in fossil fuel investment. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/348_...

If you, btw, would like an example of a place where data centres are *actually* being restricted by legislation, go look at Denmark - where they are now last in the grid connection queue, prioritising socially valuable load growth (like electrification, heating, cooling, new homes) first

Denmark Puts Data Centers Last in New Grid Law

Denmark's emergency grid law puts data centers last behind households and green-transition projects, formalizing rationing that began in February 2026.

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“There are a lot of books being published about how Big Tech is ruining our environment and our minds … but Hyperscale is the one I’ve got my eye on this fall.” @literaryhub.bsky.social recommends my book HYPERSCALE on its non-fiction list! Preorder now: hyperscalebook.com

“Alberta government and the federally owned Trans Mountain Corporation would each own 45% of the pipeline, with … Pembina Pipeline Corporation owning a 10% stake through the construction phase.” Mark Carney said a new pipeline had to be privately financed, but now taxpayers are on the hook again.

West Coast oil pipeline becomes 1st project designated in national interest | CBC News

The federal and Alberta governments have announced that a proposed pipeline carrying one million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the B.C. coast has become the first project designated in the nati...

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Add this to your reading list:

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 3d ago

“There are a lot of books being published about how Big Tech is ruining our environment and our minds … but Hyperscale is the one I’ve got my eye on this fall.” @literaryhub.bsky.social recommends my book HYPERSCALE on its non-fiction list! Preorder now: hyperscalebook.com

“There are a lot of books being published about how Big Tech is ruining our environment and our minds … but Hyperscale is the one I’ve got my eye on this fall.” @literaryhub.bsky.social recommends my book HYPERSCALE on its non-fiction list! Preorder now: hyperscalebook.com

Really happy to have @ketanjoshi.co back on the podcast to learn more about all the emissions being generated by the gas plants to power the tech industry’s data centers. There’s no chance of truly addressing climate change if the industry gets its way!

Tech Won’t Save Us@techwontsave.us · 3d ago

Gas-fired power stations to run new US data centers will generate as much emissions of the entire United Kingdom. This week @ketanjoshi.co joins @parismarx.com to discuss how the data center buildout is driving a surge in fossil fuel investment. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/348_...

The fight against AI starts with data centres but getting the full picture of the harms they create for the communities around them can be tough. So tune into Green Majority at 11am tomorrow on CIUT 89.5FM to catch my interview with @parismarx.com on their new book Hyperscale hyperscalebook.com

Hyperscale by Paris Marx

An eye-opening account of how the data-center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point. A new book by Paris Marx.

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it’s weird going to watch a doc and having to see your own face on the big screen

“Paris’s book apparently lays out successful opposition movements and alternatives when you look at the table of contents. When the 20th comes around, you should buy it.” ❤️

Hyperscale: Confessions of a Mini Elon Musk

Hello, employees of our company. Today’s essay is about Paris Marx’s new book Hyperscale.

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“we’re being assholes to virtually everyone, it’s mind boggling they don’t want to visit our country anymore”

Semafor@semafor.com · 4d ago

Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“What is most important, however, is to affirm that AI is different. … It is another form of intelligence with a mindset all its own, and there is zero evidence that it views humanity’s well-being and survival as a priority.” wtf is left media doing echoing this cultist doomerism?

How AI Could Kill Us All

Mapping the pathways to human extinction.

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If you issue a public apology and offer pro bono IT services, you can not only get away with cybercrime but also monetize it through institutional lock-in techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/o...

OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites | TechCrunch

The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events.

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funny to me that last year taylor lorenz was privately trying to suggest i was being funded by peter thiel after we got into an argument over her shitty takes, and now she’s literally running cover for him saying being evil is good. quite a journey she’s on.

At the very least, this should be under Alto, if not VIA Rail itself. It makes no sense to farm this out to a private operator when there’s already an entity working on high-speed rail on the other obvious HSR corridor.

Calgary-Edmonton high-speed rail project moves forward with new commitments from Alberta, feds | CBC News

Plans for high-speed rail service between Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton are moving forward with new commitments from the governments of Alberta and Canada. The province says it is preparing to launch...

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The promise of $10-a-day daycare outside Quebec feels like it’s slowly dying under Mark Carney’s austerity agenda, just as the imperfect pharmacare program for diabetes drugs and contraception did before it.

Ontario, feds extending affordable child-care program but costs to stay the same | CBC News

Ontario and the federal government have agreed to extend the national affordable child-care program in the province for another four years, but it may not live up to its signature goal — lowering pare...

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How can we build an organized force for tech justice? Oakland Tech Week is exploring the possibilities. DAIR's @timnitgebru.blacksky.app will be there in conversation with @parismarx.com and others. Event is sold out, but visit the OTW website for info on virtual options: urlvanish.com/6fe70bc9

you’re going to want to read jeremy’s book on the extreme-right wing premier fucking not just with alberta, but all of canada

Jeremy Appel 🍉@readtheorchard.org · 5d ago

My new book, “Dark Phoenix: The Rise, Fall, and Re-emergence of Danielle Smith,” is out two weeks from today! If you like my work on Alberta politics, please consider preordering it. Preorders are important in signalling demand to booksellers and media. Link below 👇👇👇