no actually it's very cool to spend millions of dollars to hire people to spend 90% of their time making fun little graphics and press releases and videos about how good they are and 10% of the time emailing four political staffers to find out what they can tell a reporter before saying "sorry!"

Michelle Cyca@michellecyca.com · 11h ago

it's outrageous that every government ministry has a massive communications department and yet they refuse to provide information that the public has a right to know, even when asked directly.

Sovereignty is incompatible with Capitalism.

Reuters@reuters.com · 2d ago

RBC, BMO to sell Moneris to Francisco Partners in $1.44 billion deal reut.rs/3TO1SRe

NICHOLAS, NOT YOU

Jacob Oller@jacoboller.bsky.social · 15h ago

buddy just start a gofundme it's way less embarrassing deadline.com/2026/08/nich...

Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier say we must distinguish AI's technological problems from its capitalism problems. Developers are solving the first, they argue, while leaving the second to market incentives. Structural reforms will be necessary to steer industry toward the public interest.

Separating AI’s Technological Problems From its Capitalism Problems

Nathan E. Sanders and Bruce Schneier say integrating a technology as disruptive as AI responsibly requires deep structural reforms.

techpolicy.press

“When you submit to be surveilled, what you are doing is handing over a copious amount of power. So you’d better be very, very sure you can trust the people you hand it to—and even if you do, can you trust their successors, five or ten years from now?”

“AI-Powered” Surveillance Networks are Worse Than You Know

In New Orleans, everyone is being watched with facial recognition cameras and police drones—and your hometown might be next.

currentaffairs.org

Re-watching Ted Lasso… so many things I didn’t realize the first time around.

Evac alert just issued for the opposite side of the Coquihalla + areas on the near side further south, in addition to the existing order on the west side.

Looking forward to a big piece rounding up all the ways people are starting to reject technology and step back into the analog world.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · yesterday

Went to parent-teacher night at my kid's middle school this evening and got told that the district is now moving away from technology in the classroom and going back to pen and paper. I love that this excellent news of rebellion came on the same day as Zuckerberg's AI supremacist screed.

For Canada's 'Major Projects,' Consultation Is Theatre via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

For Canada’s ‘Major Projects,’ Consultation Is Theatre | The Tyee

A summer info session on Alberta’s pipeline left a chill in the room for First Nations.

thetyee.ca

As the PR for the new show putting money in the pockets of the shitty wizard lady heats up, just remember: Everything every person has been coached by PR to say is total bullshit and we can call it that. Will tap the sign again, and will do so many more times this fall: bsky.app/profile/mory...

Mo Ryan@moryan.bsky.social · last yr.

Just clarifying, though this is not difficult to grasp: Anyone working on an industry project with a notorious transphobic bigot is OK with transphobic bigotry. The end.

AOC has been posting about her egg freezing experience on Instagram, complete with drug mixing and injections. Worth watching - more people should know about the world of fertility journeys like these and IVF.

There's are narratives on here... and I'll just say I rather AOC not think about running for POTUS at all. And I don't think AOC or anyone has to become POTUS to be consider to have achieved. Americans really need to stop thinking of POTUS being the be-all and end-all.

Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground

Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground

OTTAWA - Mark Carney has officially given notice that his government will be designating Danielle Smith’s West Coast pipeline a project of national interest, allowing the massive oil and gas project t...

thebeaverton.com

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.

This makes me think... the easiest, lo-fi way to obscure a WIFI network might be to name it as some kinda of appliance.

Leo Spalteholz@leospalteholz.bsky.social · 3d ago

No. Just no.

This is the first time I am actually worried about wildfires in my backyard. I notice this because I've actually been brainstorming what I need to do in case of an evacuation.

Since too much of the world has forgotten: mass burials of COVID victims in NYC, April 2020.

it was like a bomb going off suddenly and unexpectedly after only 30 years of continuous warnings about climate change

B.C. declares provincewide state of emergency as more than 20,000 residents forced to evacuate Summerland and other Okanagan Lake communities overnight www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

B.C. government declares state of emergency after wildfire in Okanagan region explodes in size overnight

The Bald Range wildfire, first reported at 4:29 p.m. Friday, grew to 95 square kilometres by Saturday morning

theglobeandmail.com

BC PEOPLE: Just a reminder that the ONLY time you have as much power as the wealthy landowners in your city is ON ELECTION DAY. Want the "right" people elected? YOU have two months to make that happen. Municipal elections happen in October. What are you doing to ensure progress comes?

This by CNN is genuinely reprehensible. Everyone involved should be embarrassed. -The 'new pain' case vs Mamdani is *solely* his religion. -He was in NYC on 9/11, at grade school -Soon after attack GWB himself gave famous speech warning against blaming all Muslims for terrorism -25 yrs later, this.

CNN@cnn.com · 4d ago

Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc

The largest reservoir in the United States has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was created some 90 years ago.

Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles

The largest reservoir in the United States has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was created some 90 years ago.

bit.ly

Puerto Rico is not getting enough attention! They’re suffering right now… #Pinks #USDemocracy

Ugh: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

B.C. wildfires likely to persist well into fall, scientist says | CBC News

As evacuees throughout B.C. remain out of their homes after weeks of wildfires threatening their communities — some grappling with the destruction of their properties — wildfire scientist Mike Flannig...

cbc.ca

Demanding oil/gas expansion at this point should be seen as an act of domestic terrorism. Read the room people!

“The new gas-burning plant, if built to specifications, would be permitted to release more planet-warming gases than any other power plant in the country.”

New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.

The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.

nytimes.com

FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s latest financial report said Paramount gave him tickets to the 2025 Kennedy Center gala worth $12,390. He and his wife sat in skybox seats. Such seats sold for $125,000 a piece, according to Kennedy Center guidelines.

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...

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Democratics should start a satirical website call “Grift for the People”. If those MAGA folks is so opened to their supreme leader just robbing them blind, let us take their money for a good cause.

Coda - the subject (this couple) might not mean to make it seems like they are frustrated with the workers. (I don't know.) But this type of story is shift the focus on the relevant issue onto privileged issue. (Livelihood vs inconvenience - and that's a journalist/editor/news outlet issue.)

Daniel@yvrdaniel.bsky.social · 5d ago

Okay - I'm sorry - but can we seriously stop with these stories? This is such an incredibly privilege problem to use as an example of a serious and general issues. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...