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New polling from Environics on Canadian attitudes toward the United States. environicsinstitute.org/wp-content/u...

Welcome to Carney austerity. Unless you're a fossil fuel, AI, or defence executive. Then welcome to the all you can grab money tube. www.rmoutlook.com/banff/parks-...

More than 100 surgeries have been postponed in Quebec over the past six months because of staffing shortages in units responsible for cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilizing reusable surgical instruments, Santé Québec confirms.

At least $50 billion for another pipeline. $82 billion in new military spending in 5 years. $300 billion in corporate welfare and mega incentives at an investment summit. But the cupboard is bare for Parks Canada.

The Pentagon has quietly created a secretive agency, the Technology Support Office, to develop cyberattacks, supply-chain sabotage and deception tactics aimed at slowing adversaries’ military technology programs, Politico reports. No doubt to be used against Europe and Canada

No one could have foreseen this.

"Values" that do not survive pragmatism are not values. They are, at best, weak preferences.

"Where we have differences of opinion, we discuss those in private." The thing about this approach is that silence is taken as endorsement of their human rights abuses. It says "Canada doesn't have a problem with it, so we can keep doing it with no repercussions." And that's a Problem.

A reminder that when we’re told real estate dudes are “working for free” as US negotiators — aka not official US employees accountable to the USG — they’re working for someone else, and not in US interests In a normal country, Kushner would go to jail. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

I guess it is a fantasy to believe anyone could ever govern with principle.

"AI is magic" according to techbros and their media stenographers. www.economist.com/science-and-...

AI firms want you to believe their fraud bot is alive so they won’t be held responsible for the fraud bot’s crimes. But there is no gray area here, they hold the on/off switches in their very human, very prosecutable hands.

The news from Ottawa: These posters are around the Magastan embassy in the nation's capitol. Ambassador Hoekstra should spend less time threatening Canada and more time explaining why he works for a convicted sexual predator.

Halloween more than a one-night haunt, poll finds

"Canada faces some of the gravest external threats in its history, including economic coercion and annexation, yet seems fundamentally incapable of protecting itself." Words worth reading today from @cstarnino.bsky.social thewalrus.ca/the-separati...

Alberta results: Seperation: overwhelming no Racism: tacit yes Constitutional amendments: tacit no Provincial hate policies should override federal rights: tacit yes www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

If necessary but not sufficient conditions for democracy include: free and fair elections, the rule of law, respect for minority rights, the peaceful transition between different governments, etc. etc. etc. the US now literally fails on each individual item.

More than one in four adults in Greater Montreal experienced poverty at some point between 2016 and 2023, according to a new study suggesting poverty is more widespread than annual statistics indicate.

Food for thoughts... and action.

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

Ottawa police, shelters seeing increase in drug overdoses following closure of supervised consumption sites

Good morning, everyone that hasn't seen this yet.

“Trying to figure out what AI writing looks like is turning writer and reader into adversaries.” Colin Horgan unpacks how the AI-writing witch hunt has produced a new kind of reader: skeptical, antagonistic, and unwilling to give humans the benefit of the doubt. thewalrus.ca/readers-think-th...

"A.i." as an industry is a fascist undertaking led by fascist billionaires. Do not get sucked in. Deprive it of your support and brain and money as much as possible. The billionaires who benefit from it want to destroy us and all of our freedom and independence, literally.

Rewatching TOS Star Trek. Practically every episode is a warning against everything the AI techbros are doing now.

44 years ago today Joe Strummer, Terry Chimes, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash in a car in New York City. October 12, 1982. Photo by Bob Gruen #punk #punks #punkrock #TheClash #history #punkrockhistory #otd

We need projects that create the maximum number of good-paying jobs for Canadian families, not just the maximum profits for already profitable corporations.

Joe Strummer on the streets of New York City The photo is by his longtime friend and photographer Josh Cheuse. #punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #joestrummer #theclash #punkrockhistory

Young Canadians are leaning more on generative artificial intelligence tools for mental health support, a new report says. globalnews.ca/news/1209736...

The most powerful country in the world is run by psychopaths.

How many more markers of real fascism are we going to need? This, like every boundary they’ve pushed, is a test.

Powerful statement from mathematicians around the world. “We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of science that centers human understanding.” The backlash to AI is only just beginning. terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/10/07/a...

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90

Happy Canadian Beer Day, Montreal! 🍻🇨🇦

Fighting foreign interference should be a core Canadian national security priority. But if even being at a conference where the United States is named -- accurately -- as a foreign interference actor is a bridge too far for this government, then they've already conceded the game.

Austria's already saving $$ from ditching MS 365. "At $33.75 per user per month, a Microsoft 365 E3 subscription for 16,000 workstations costs approximately $6,480,000 per year, compared to LibreOffice’s zero cost."

Lesson 1: If want to start replacing US software, start. Lesson 2: Governments can replace proprietary US software. But first they have to see it as a problem. I'm not convinced the Carney government sees MS dependence as a security or financial risk (it's both). Political will is paramount.

FWIW, Austria's military got rid of MS Office over the course of about three years; 5 years from risk identification to full transition. They ID-ed MS as a security risk in 2020, began a volunteer pilot project in 2022, finished the transition in September 2025.

carney is one of the most skilled gaslighters of the last 100 years. Mr elbows up is a fucking lie.

"they should be held accountable." This is so basic and true, and yet so far from our baked in neoliberalism.

I don't know why we are paying for this office. I called on the commissioner's office over the meeting between Alberta separatists and State Department and a $500 mil slush fund. I was blown off and told to send concerns to "general inquiries." ie. the dead letter office. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

“.. Each hour, Muse updates its dossiers on you and the people you’ve mentioned in chats, messages, and emails that Muse has read. .. Even people who don’t use Muse are subject to this mapping process by other people’s Muse agents.” @time.com $META time.com/article/2026...

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is officially one of the least popular incoming premiers in Canadian history

The ‘Buy Canadian’ sentiment seems on track to withstand the holiday spending squeeze, a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers found on Tuesday. globalnews.ca/news/1208953...

Quebec politics right now is like “haha, the right wing party is projected to win no seats 😀 But also the right wing party is projected to win☹️ The centre right wing party is in second 😐 the unhinged right wing party is in third 🤔” Is Quebec 17 right wing parties in a trench coat⁉️

“The vast majority of Quebecers (81%) say they’re proud to be Canadian.” ⚜️🇨🇦

Alberta separatists are teaming up with Republicans to try to break up Canada. We can’t have a serious conversation about protecting Canadian sovereignty without addressing this very real threat. The NDP will keep pushing to protect Canadians from American interference in our politics.

Foreign interference in Alberta's referendum is a serious matter impacting our sovereignty and should be debated in Canada's House of Commons. Why then is the Liberal Speaker not interested in this debate?

VOTE! It’s Election Day in Quebec and polls are open until 8 p.m. #polqc