Kevin Gould
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News Producer for CTV Montreal. Motorcycle rider. Chef. Racists and sexists and misogynists are pathetic. They are blunt declarations that the belief-holder cannot compete on an even playing field.
For the #StarTrek 60th Anniversary, I wrote a love letter to the Kurtzman era of the franchise.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · An ode to the Kurtzman era of Trek · It’s the sixtieth anniversary of Star Trek today, and we are entering a period where there are no active productions in over a decade. It also…
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From the “why even try?“ school of thought. They keep talking about this like going back to the old status quo with America is an option. Since it isn’t, it means they really want Canada to surrender.
"The idea that surveillance makes us safer keeps being used as an excuse," EFF’s Rindala Alajaji told BBC, as tech is "used to criminalise people for being bystanders, with stories of innocent people being pulled over and having guns drawn on them because a licence plate reader read a letter wrong.”
I went looking for surveillance cameras in my neighbourhood: I found so many more than I thought
In the trade-off between privacy and security, it helps to know the extent of your local surveillance infrastructure. There are now easy ways to find out.
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Amazon has created a system where the most sales go to the companies that pay the highest bribes... The first item on a typical Amazon search results page is 29% more expensive than the best match for your search. pluralistic.net/2026/09/04/c...
Pluralistic: Amazon achieves enshittification inception (04 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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We're going to have a better understanding of the 19th century than of the 21st century. I don't think people are fully appreciating this.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4d agoBET Digital has permanently removed all its digital news articles from its website to 'prioritize video content,' I'm told. Years of news articles are now gone forever. Some writers were able to save their stories; some weren't
This part is EXTREMELY clear to anyone using their search function. I can put in the literal word-for-word description of a thing I bought before and it won't bring it up in the first two pages of the search. Their search function has become completely useless to me.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4d agoAmazon's payola isn't about radio play - it's about *search*. When you search Amazon, the top results do not represent Amazon's best guess about what product will best match your query: rather, Amazon *auctions off* those top results to its platform sellers. 22/
Economy Minister Bernard Drainville says his “F--- you esti” remark about U.S. President Donald Trump was inappropriate, but stands by his anger over the ongoing trade war.
Quebec economy minister hits Trump with F-bomb in interview
Economy Minister Bernard Drainville says his “F--- you esti” remark about U.S. President Donald Trump was inappropriate, but stands by his anger over the ongoing trade war.
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Even in that amazing future, the world should *still* race to build a post-American internet. The world should have built that internet after the Snowden revelations. That ghastly failure created the Trumpian internet. 57/
If the post-Trump internet isn't a post-American internet, it'll only be a matter of time until the next crisis, and the coming years will give Big Tech even more chances to worm its tendrils into the world's governments, firms and households, making that crisis be even *harder* to survive. 58/
The only thing that prevented this from happening was an American elite bloc that was playing an iterated game and saw more benefit from sharing in Big Tech profits as they looted and spied on the world. 46/
Compared to nukes, tech shutdowns are *amazing*. Thanks to Big Tech, America - and *only* America - can brick almost any country on earth, shutting down its administration, agriculture and industry without firing a single shot. 45/
After a Parti Québécois election sign was erected in Kahnawake, a community member removed it with a sledgehammer, highlighting a traditional practice of non-involvement in each other's politics.
PQ sign erected in Kahnawake, then taken down with a sledgehammer
After a Parti Québécois election sign was erected in Kahnawake, a community member removed it with a sledgehammer, highlighting a traditional practice of non-involvement in each other's politics.
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C'est assez rare qu'un chroniquer attaque directement une autre chroniquer www.lapresse.ca/elections-qu...
Bullshit, Mathieu
Ce qui est clair dans cette élection, c’est que rien n’est clair. Rien n’est joué non plus et cette élection pleine de turbulences risque d’accoucher d’un gouvernement minoritaire…
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Google has outlined how it’s handling Donald Trump’s latest tantrum. In the US, it will display “Lake America.” In Canada, it will show “Lake Ontario.” In the rest of the world, it will make it seem like a debate: “Lake Ontario (Lake America).” More reason to replace Google Maps.
Paris Marx@parismarx.com · last wk.Google has now renamed Lake Ontario for US users. They don’t even show the real name in brackets. I used a VPN to compare: Apple hasn’t renamed it (at least not yet), nor has Dutch service Here WeGo or OpenStreetMap. Yet another reason to ditch Google, and US tech more broadly.
I do think about WFH in this, and how there’s a lot of people whose office life is their entire social life but can’t admit that to themselves or others. Not sure what to do about it either.
Burned alive in a Tesla victim .. 175 (Reminder: the $1800 Ford Pinto went out of production for 27 fire victims in 3.2 million cars. As "Most fire hazardous car in automotive history" half a century ago) Tesla now has 175, in 10 million produced .. h/t @teslaqasia.bsky.social
@teslaqasia.bsky.social · last wk.www.facebook.com/P4Skaraborg/... carup.se/tesla-borjad... "Tesla började brinna efter olycka – 45-åring död" All because of the shitty bald head cc. @tonaarts.bsky.social -san
which gets to this main ideological concern: to spread the message that your sickness or your illness is primarily your fault, and if you ate the right, "pure" food, then you would not to be susceptible to illness.
The fact that Americans still have no idea whether Mitch McConnell is alive or dead is a searing Indictment of the state of American journalism. Back in the day, had this been a Canadian politician, that hospital would have been crawling with Toronto Star reporters disguised as nurses and orderlies.
"A Foolhardy Conflict with an Inoffensive Ally" www.nationalreview.com/2026/08/a-fo... "If the midterms end up sending a broad message of discontent, the tariffs will surely be a reason why."
Canada's nerds demand state funeral for Montreal-born voice of Optimus Prime
Canada's nerds demand state funeral for Montreal-born voice of Optimus Prime
OTTAWA - Following news of the passing of Montreal-born actor Peter Cullen, best known as the voice of Optimus Prime, nerds across Canada are demanding Ottawa hold a state funeral for the late perform...
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We created this bar to keep the name Lake Ontario visible as part of our long-standing Canada Collection. “ONTARÍ’IO” is an Indigenous name that existed long before today’s borders. That history should not be erased. peacebychocolate.ca/collections/...
i can't think of a clearer "smart glasses are cooked among anyone remotely cool" moment than this futurism.com/artificial-i...
NYC's Buzziest Nightclub Announces Stance On Smart Glasses: Even Try To Bring Them In, You’re Banned Forever
Basement, one of NYC's buzziest nightclubs, has announced a total ban on smart glasses amid growing controversy.
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My husband’s photo of the crash after he helped other passengers off of the plane.
OSINTdefender [UNOFFICIAL]@sentdefender-mirr.selfhosted.social · 2w agoTwo LaGuardia air traffic controllers reportedly left work early on the night an Air Canada Express flight collided with an airport fire truck in March, killing both pilots and injuring dozens of people.
It's election season in Quebec! Tune in for a live special at noon EDT as we discuss a referendum, the trade war, and other issues that will concern voters in the lead up to Oct. 5 www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
WATCH LIVE AT 12 P.M.: Quebec election campaign special coverage
As the Quebec election campaign kicks off today, CTV News Montreal will be streaming a live digital election special from 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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