@nicktsergas.ca and I wrote a thing: www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

Council won’t learn much about data centres from lobbyists. They should look to other cities instead

It is deeply embarrassing that Hamilton city council fell for proponents’ empty promises and fear-mongering.

thespec.com

A group advocating against data centres has launched trackers for several municipalities on councillors’ support for data centres. Here’s the one for Calgary City Council #yyc #yyccc calgary.stopthedatacentre.ca/election-tra...

Election tracker · Stop the Datacentre

Think there should be rules for AI datacentres? Us too.

calgary.stopthedatacentre.ca

Here's how it all went down. blundervalley.ca/blog/what-fl... #HamOnt

Why Hamilton councillors voted down a pause on datacentres

In only three weeks, Mayor Andrea Horwath and eight councillors flipped their votes

blundervalley.ca

This is absolutely going to have an effect on AI search results and bot-summaries. Looking closely at how the page is constructed, that seems to be the point.

Nick Tsergas@nicktsergas.ca · 5mo ago

MAHA-aligned research is entering the training data of AI models that millions of people (and increasingly governments) rely on.

The datacentre debate is spreading across Canada. Are you a city councillor wondering what you can do to protect your community. Or maybe a very cool person who wants to stop one or more datacentres?

These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...

Excellent site & the methods are demonstrably impactful! #Alberta let’s get organized with stopthedatacentre.ca #Hamilton #YEG #YYC #CdnPoli #PutTheBreaksOnDataCentres #NoGasForAI

Nick Tsergas@nicktsergas.ca · 4w ago

Hi, go here, get in touch: stopthedatacentre.ca

Mark Carney is overseeing a massive expansion of AI data centres in Canada, and it’s raising all kinds of concerns. Marcus Werner reports on the fast-growing movement that’s rising against the wave of planned data centre projects—and in some cases, already winning. breachmedia.ca/inside-the-r...

Inside the rising country-wide movement against AI data centres ⋆ The Breach

Canada is getting hit with an AI data centre boom. But resistance is emerging, getting coordinated, and already clocking wins

breachmedia.ca

I have tried and tried, and cannot beat @its.small.patatas.ca high score on this game. This game. This game that I myself made

Nick Tsergas@nicktsergas.ca · 3mo ago

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I've got an op-ed in the Globe today with @nicktsergas.ca. We're thinking about how Hamilton's movement towards a data centre moratorium could snowball across Canada and help reset the way data centres + cities interface in the future. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: Hamilton just hit pause on all AI data centres. This is big

The Ontario city is the first to confront a question all Canadian municipalities will soon face: How to build AI data centres responsibly?

theglobeandmail.com

Hamilton council voted 15–1 to stop datacentre development while the city writes regulations for the facilities. @apasek.bsky.social and I think it isn't really a Hamilton story. Hamilton is the first domino in an urgent national conversation. gift: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1c12514... #HamOnt

Hamilton just hit pause on all AI data centres. This is big

The Ontario city is the first to confront a question all Canadian municipalities will soon face: How to build AI data centres responsibly?

theglobeandmail.com

Hamilton is poised to become the first Canadian city to write the rules for AI datacentres. Good projects aren't afraid of good rules. www.thespec.com/opinion/cont... #HamOnt

Hamilton is open for business. What it’s not open for is irreversible decisions

The city has a rare chance to become one of the first municipalities in Canada to decide what responsible AI infrastructure actually looks like.

thespec.com

This is why a one-year pause on datacentre builds in the city of Hamilton makes sense. Without loopholes or exceptions. A snippet from my comments to #HamOnt city council earlier this week.

Hear me now quote me later: It's datacentre. Not data centre. Not data-centre. I know you think it's not datacentre. But it is. Remember when everyone used to say "corona virus?" Or worse.. "CoronaVirus." Yes. That feeling you have. That's how I feel when I see you write "data centre."

Datacentre moratorium passes #HamOnt committee vote unanimously. Final vote next week.

Joey Coleman@joeycoleman.ca · 2mo ago

UNANIMOUS 9-0 Hamilton City Council Planning Committee votes to create an Interim Control Bylaw to freeze data centre development in Hamilton. Graphic of how Council voted. It needs to be ratified next Wednesday. #HamOnt #yhmcc

As of this week, I am no longer responsible for the editorial direction or day-to-day publication of Canada Healthwatch. I'll have more to say about what's next in due course. I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported the project over the past three years.

As of this week, I am no longer responsible for the editorial direction or day-to-day publication of Canada Healthwatch. I'll have more to say about what's next in due course. I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported the project over the past three years.

Hamilton's datacentre debate is now a key election issue. We've launched an Election Tracker documenting where candidates stand on proposed hyperscale datacentres and on the need for stronger municipal regulation. Some have responded. Some have not. stopthedatacentre.ca/election-tra...

Election tracker · Stop the Datacentre

We're contacting candidates and documenting stances on the Steelport datacentre proposal.

stopthedatacentre.ca

AI datacentre builds are being proposed all over Canada with unprecedented speed.

Canadian cities are increasingly resistant to datacentre builds being fastracked by the Carney government. It's worth asking what we know of the health effects of these facilities on surrounding populations. Maybe someone will write up a comprehensive analysis, as a treat. #HamOnt

patatas@its.small.patatas.ca · 2mo ago

Hey #HamOnt, there's a group coalescing around opposing the #Steelport data centre plans, and one member has made a website with info on several options for getting involved: StopTheDataCentre.ca

Canadian cities are increasingly resistant to datacentre builds being fastracked by the Carney government. It's worth asking what we know of the health effects of these facilities on surrounding populations. Maybe someone will write up a comprehensive analysis, as a treat. #HamOnt

patatas@its.small.patatas.ca · 2mo ago

Hey #HamOnt, there's a group coalescing around opposing the #Steelport data centre plans, and one member has made a website with info on several options for getting involved: StopTheDataCentre.ca

Private health care keeps getting sold as “innovation.” So why does it keep making things worse? Every few years, Canadian health care rediscovers privatization, and and it is touted as the next great solution, by Braden Manns bradenmanns.substack.com/p/private-he...

Private health care keeps getting sold as “innovation.” So why does it keep making things worse?

Every few years, Canadian health care rediscovers privatization.

bradenmanns.substack.com

Something cool happens at level 10

Nick Tsergas@nicktsergas.ca · 3mo ago

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The Pentagon is buying “unprecedented” ownership stakes in Canadian mining companies. Nessie Nankivell tracks how Canada’s critical minerals are being extracted to build weapons for the U.S. military—all while the Canadian government is helping fund these projects. breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...

Elbows up? Canada is letting Pentagon take ‘unprecedented’ stakes in Canadian mines  ⋆ The Breach

By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry

breachmedia.ca

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Magnets

Red attracts red. Blue attracts blue. They repel each other.

magnets.nicktsergas.ca

French woman was told by doctors hantavirus symptoms were just anxiety https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/11/french-womandoctors-hantavirus-symptoms-hv-hondius ↷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁

Public-private health care model coming to Alberta breaches Canada Health Act, legal expert argues https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-public-private-health-care-model-coming-to-alberta-breaches-canada/ ⦸ @alannasmith.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com ↷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁

Traditional polling economy: Pay to manipulate public perception New "betting" economy: Manipulate public perception. Get paid 😎

Why Almost Everyone Loses—Except a Few Sharks—on Prediction Markets

A WSJ analysis shows a small number of accounts on Polymarket and Kalshi—often pros using data-driven algorithmic trading—take home most of the winnings.

wsj.com

Our team received a report of intermittent app outages at about 11:40pm PDT on April 15, 2026. They worked through the night to mitigate a sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, which intensified throughout the day.

France is switching from Microsoft to Linux "We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."