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All this video does is make me ask: How f***** deep was Danielle in with this crowd? This is the kind of thing you hear of loonies sitting in an underground bunker, drinking whiskey and planning nefarious deeds while making a blood pact that you'll never turn on each other. #Alberta

"The success of NIMBYs has come at an incredibly high price for younger and new Canadians, who have to contend with rising rents and ludicrously high home prices in our big (and increasingly, not-so-big) cities." @maxfawcett.bsky.social nails it here. Resistance to change foments a housing crisis.

An extremely timely and poignant article from Max. This might be one of his best pieces of journalism, and I think Albertans need to hear this - even if it's hard to digest for some. One of the best journalists in Canada today. You don't want to miss this one. #canada #alberta #yyc #yeg

NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty. "People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.” futurism.com/artificial-i...

Oh lord yes, and we need this in Canada please! #Tech

@maxfawcett.bsky.social I'd love your take on this one!

Some really cool technologies coming out of the Six! Love it! #Toronto #YYZ #tech

If you use websites/apps/Big Tech gadgets, you are only seeing the cute 'user' side of the experience. There is a deep structure behind it that manages your experience, data, and privacy. And you don't control it. Get to know 'the other side' of your tech. Make decisions accordingly. #BigTech

She keeps getting chances to show some loyalty to Canada -- and keeps turning them away in order to defend Alberta separatists and their cause. It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...

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Google profiles are behavioral graphs. Sparse data = low value. #BigTech

This Canadian November has shown me that provinces or the feds should offer tax credits for purchasing winter tires. How this isn't mandatory in most of the country is beyond me. #Canada #Ontario #Toronto

Nevermind the men behind the curtain! @canadaland.com @noorazrieh.bsky.social I think your guest Sam Konnert's hunch today was like the nose of a Bloodhound lol

@bsky.app can you please have the professional acumen when running a business & a platform to not resort to childish trolling? The other platform and its gaslighting owner already has that in spades. Tech CEOs in 2025 melting down like toddlers with broken crayons is certainly a thing to watch.

This is some dystopian-level shit, and continues to degrade the internet in ways that only tech companies can conjure up with their omnipotent AI fantasies. And I WORK in TECH.

@edzitron.com I need your opinions on this one 🤣

Quietly optimistic, although I do wonder how the current U.S. administration's tarriff policy may affect this. Am also wondering how this could be modeled for Canadian-specific manufacturing. Oh the possibilities for electric vehicles! www.theverge.com/ford-motor-c...

It's fun to watch places like Calgary and Edmonton grow, but Toronto continues to lead all growth in not just Canadian cities, but even the U.S. This city is fast becoming one of the world's most important metro areas, especially in the face of geopolitical change.

This is an excellent interview with (hoepfully) Canada's next Prime Minister. Give it a listen! #canada #election2025

Japan, Korea, and China are going to be integral to the EV market in this new geopolitically-shifting world. I hope Canada sees the same potential in letting these vehicles be sold to and built here as well.

This is what an authoritarian surveillance state looks like. All the more reason for anyone thinking of visiting the U.S. right now to stay away. It's a slippery slope between this and anything they don't like, including DEI, progressive values, and anything critical of the Trump administration.

This is great for us in Toronto and Canada, but incredibly concerning that this level of talent and expertise is leaving the US due to the "deteriorating political situation". This is history repeating itself ...

Based on recent events at U.S. borders, it's probably time to start removing your online profile from American-based social media platforms.

The bad - Local bee-swallowing greaseball hoodwinks voters into a third term. The good - Toronto showed no love to bee-eating greaseballs! Well done folks! #ontario #yyz Live shot of Etobicoke Centre voters after failing miserably:

From the Democratic age to the Dark age.

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@maxfawcett.bsky.social - would love to hear your thoughts on this strategy!

@wired.com is quickly becoming a trusted source in the latest developments around the fusion of big tech and the U.S. government, and their spiraling descent into surveillance fascism and anarcho-capitalism. Keep up the good work, don't let your foot off the gas. #bigtech #usa

I'm going to miss California Cab Sav and Ballast Point beer, but I'm going to extra enjoy Inniskillin Merlot and Mill Street brews on the dock at the lake ❤️ #buycanadian

When it comes to foreign interference in our democracy, the call is literally coming from inside your phone. Why social media and misinformation are the biggest threats to our security and sovereignty, and what we can (and should) do about it. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/31/o...

Netflix increased their prices for Canadian subscribers. For the standard plan, with tax, that now eclipses $20 per month. That's my personal threshold for any streaming service to begin auditing if it's worth it or not. I'm looking at you too, Crave and Disney Plus.

Mr. Rogers famously once said "look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." If you're thinking about ditching #bigtech, the helpers can be: - open-source; - users over profits; - advocate ethics; - decentralized. Building community starts with a shift in thinking.

This is a wild read - I didn't realize playlists were such big business, "ghost artists" are thing, and streaming fraud is a hustle. Here I am like an ostrich with my head in the sand listening to tunes while big drama unfolds all around my music platform of choice. #themoreyouknow #spotify

"The best way to protect our cultural and political sovereignty right now is by defending reality, inconvenient as it may seem at times." With so much on the line over the next four years, this is a must read. @maxfawcett.bsky.social with another banger. #canada #politics

Be like Norway.

A new paper from a pair of Alberta academics makes it clear that the cost of the carbon tax is far less than its critics would like to pretend. Will our feelings start to care about the facts? #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/27/o...

Before being a dad: Bluey is just a kids show. Now being a dad: 10/10, would children's show again 🔥🔥🔥

Big tip for #PowerAutomate dev stuff - if you aren't seeing things like dynamic values, environment variables, or are missing metadata from your actions, just turn off/turn on the Flow. Doing this refreshes metadata, resets connections, clears backend caches, rebinds EVs, and re-evaluates triggers.

X should really just be called MUSK. Not only for the megalomanic in charge of it, but because of the pungent, stinky cologne you finally stopped using and can still smell its lingering odor. Account deletion is the best laundry cycle. #X

Conservative Albertans are excited about the prospect of a Trump presidency. They're almost certainly going to live to regret that. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/15/o...

It's been a long time coming for my Cavs to take the North Star Cup - and it's going to help grow the game of footy in Canada! Despite the world what it is at the moment, Canadian soccer is on the up!! Up the CAVS! #cpl #football #soccer

And this drop was measured from May 2023 to September 2024 - all before the election. A year from now, this is going to be even more interesting. #xitter

@maxfawcett.bsky.social Great article today Max! As much as I hate to admit it, the Republicans know how to campaign and what works - buzz words, streaming platforms, and a groundswell of people sharing info (whether truthful or not). The traditional campaign model is dead. Canada is next.

As more people come to Bluesky, remember that you can still change the narrative beyond elections. Make a difference by changing where you spend your time and money. I'd go even go a step further and be very judicial about whom you buy your products from and where they originate from. Start with X.

Day 1 of 1460 officially in the books. The countdown is on, and there's lots of work to do to get hope, pragmatism, and evidence-based decision making back on track 👊

The human mind is paramount to functioning individuals and communities. As a father of a young daughter, I constantly think about how a screen-first society is going to affect her. A child's development needs guidance and independent play, not blue light and dopamine hits. What are your thoughts?

Hey @cbouzy I tried to invest through your fundraiser but unfortunately they don't allow investments from my location (Canada). That's unfortunate, but maybe another round in the future can allow foreign investors? Just a heads up!