T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦

22 Jan

"What exactly do you expect Carney to do / not do?" A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen. 1/??

thenarwhal.caCanada’s iconic water bomber is having a moment. But is it the answer to the wildfire crisis?As De Havilland pushes Canada to buy a national fleet, experts question whether water bombers are the right answer to our country's worsening wildfire crisis

The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca

The iconic water bomber was invented in Canada and transformed the way wildfires are fought. Now, a Calgary-based aerospace company wants to sell 50 new water bombers to the federal government, but experts question whether it’s the right answer to Canada’s worsening wildfire crisis.

cbc.caCarney announces trade and defence partnership with Turkey | CBC NewsPrime Minister Mark Carney's political and economic tightrope act began Thursday as he and Turkish President Recep Erdogan announced a strategic partnership aimed at expanding trade and defence co-ope...

Selling out our values won't be for the benefit of Canadians. And dealing with that regime sure isn't for the benefit of the Turkish people. We can probably expect Brookfield, Cameco, etc. to reap the windfall. As usual. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

reut.rsEXCLUSIVE: US, Canada working on deal to ease steel, auto tariffs, sources sayThe United States and Canada are working on a deal to ease US tariffs on Canadian steel and autos, two US and ‌four Canadian sources said, as the two governments try to repair relations that soured after trade talks broke down in August.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦@tryangregory.bsky.social

It must be nice to be comfortable believing "Hey, the world is bad and we gotta put Canada's economy* first" or "Well, if we don't sell fossil fuels to everyone, someone else will". A liveable planet and human rights seen as luxuries we can't afford. Morally very convenient. * Foreign corporations

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Patrick Leblond (he/il)

@prleblond.bsky.social

Tariffs between Canada and the US have now been normalized. It’s just a matter of their levels. No one is talking about the USMCA and its renewal anymore. If Canada ends up making a deal that includes tariffs, then Trump’s coercive approach will have won the day.

Reuters@reuters.com

EXCLUSIVE: US, Canada working on deal to ease steel, auto tariffs, sources say reut.rs/4szXqCL

nationalnewswatch.comPrime Minister Carney says it's time to move 'beyond' the Indian ActNational Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Jeff Doctor

@jeff.doctor

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right on cue

Andrew Berkshire@berkshire.bsky.social

Maaaan, this feels dangerous. Giving Carney any excuse to further erase Indigenous rights worries me.

thewalrus.caCarney Wants the Power to Break Strikes. Unions Vow to Defy Him | The WalrusOttawa’s push to keep the economy moving is setting up a showdown with organized labour

A more interesting question is, which countries would folks like this NOT defend Carney dealing with on behalf of Brookfield/Cameco/etc.?

Kai, a very old GenX 🇨🇦@kaicable.bsky.social

Moralizing leftists complain about Carney's trade negotiations with Türkiye because of our 'values'... ...yet are unable to point to nations that Canada could trade with that have the correct 'values'. Unless you include nations that also support colonization, imperialism, war, genocide, et al

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Angella MacEwen

@angella.bsky.social

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Mark Carney might be the most popular politician in all of Canada right now - but using that popularity to ram-through highly controversial changes is not only arrogant, I think it's short-sighted if he's actually looking to build something durable.

Angella MacEwen@angella.bsky.social

"The government has decided, in its haste to redefine peace, order, and good government, and its zeal to build, baby, build, to pick several fights at once ... that haste has manifested itself in fatal arrogance" thewalrus.ca/bill-c-39-ma...

ctvnews.caPM Carney says it’s time to move beyond Indian ActPrime Minister Mark Carney says he will instruct his ministers to work with First Nations to move Canada beyond the Indian Act — which could mean reforming it or abolishing it altogether.

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Betcha he wants to increase Indigenous rights, especially when it comes to consultation on energy projects. Right? www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

bit.lyB.C.’s premier-designate says supporting new pipeline is first order of businessB.C.’s premier-designate Lorne Doerkson said the first calls he plans to make in his new role are to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to throw his support behind the Pacific Link Pipeline.

18h

Carney and Smith will be thrilled.

CTV News Vancouver@ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social

B.C.’s premier-designate says supporting new pipeline is first order of business

narcity.comFederal Conservatives propose bill that would end B.C.'s tanker banPoilievre pitches an end to B.C.'s tanker ban

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Carney will probably agree. But only because he's playing 4D chess. Or something. www.narcity.com/poilievre-pi...

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More info on "PJ", one of the main variants to watch.

Federico Gueli@siamosolocani.bsky.social

Variant update: PJ.2.1 is the fastest as of today followed closely by ST.1 (XFG+435S+441I+680Y) with a triple orf3a mutation. Then TA.1 sublineages . Then NB.1.8.1+420N+445P sublineages which got 679R (TM.1 and undesignated RK.1.2) . Then TK.1 and RV.1.1.1 branches w 680F or 681H

Never, ever fails. Carney fans will excuse absolutely anything he does.

IncognitoDorito@ingognitodorito.bsky.social

Would you rather we go into talks with the U.S.? What do you propose?

Ps: What I propose, now at 212 items. bsky.app/profile/trya...

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦@tryangregory.bsky.social

finance.yahoo.comBrookfield Reveals $2 Billion SpaceX Stake Ahead Of Possible IPOBrookfield says it owns $2 billion of pre-IPO SpaceX shares as Musk's company targets a valuation above $2 trillion.

Never happen under Carney. Reminder: finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...

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news.bloomberglaw.comBrookfield Venture Arm Cuts Big Check for Musk’s Twitter Bid (1)Brookfield Asset Management Inc.’s new venture capital arm has cut its largest check to date to help finance Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter Inc.

And: news.bloomberglaw.com/mergers-and-...

wapo.stIt took just 12 hours for an AI start-up founded by ex-DOGE staffers to break into AnthropicCathedral’s ability to penetrate sensitive programs at one of the nation's leading AI companies comes amid mounting concerns about security in the global AI race.

Let all these AI slopbots fight to the mutual death.

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social

WaPo - An AI start-up founded by ex-DOGE staffers quickly broke into Anthropic.

Wut

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

This administration is just a Mad Libs filled in by the dumbest human beings on the planet. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...

cbc.caCarney defends doing business with countries that don’t share Canada’s values | CBC NewsPrime Minister Mark Carney defended his government’s pursuit of trade with countries accused of human rights abuses, arguing few nations meet Canada’s standards. Wrapping up a visit to Turkey, Carney ...

Reminder that it was very clear from the beginning who Carney is and what his "values" are. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Carney’s values-free foreign policy is on display in the UAEThe Prime Minister has a long relationship with the petrostate’s leadership and must defend human rights wherever they are denied

9 months ago: bsky.app/profile/trya...

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦@tryangregory.bsky.social

We're already selling out any morality we may have brought to our foreign policy. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

bloomberg.com‘Like It’s Raining Gold’: The AI Boom’s Unexpected BillionairesA new class of extreme wealth is emerging from some unlikely corners of the manufacturing sector.

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AI drinks your water, eats your brain, poops out slop, and makes you a shitty parent.

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Here's what **Environment and Climate Change Canada** is posting as ads.

I understand that this kind of propaganda works on a lot of people. But for everyone else, this *obviously* has nothing to do with fighting climate change and everything to do with manufacturing consent for fossil fuels and Carney's disastrous environmental policies.

economist.comThe surprising popularity of AIUnlike rich Westerners, many around the world feel hopeful about the technology

K. 🤖🫧💥 www.economist.com/internationa...

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦

@jvipondmd.bsky.social

“Vipond is now a 20-year-old university student studying environmental science at the University of British Columbia. Next week, she will be sitting inside a courtroom in Vancouver telling her story of how extreme weather and climate change have affected her health and quality of life.” #prouddad

insideclimatenews.orgA Landmark Youth Climate Trial Against the Canadian Government Is About to Begin - Inside Climate NewsIn June 2013, torrential rain spurred one of the worst flooding events in Canada’s history. Sadie Vipond, who grew up in Calgary along the Bow River, was just a young child at the time when she and he...

Running pro-energy sector ads is not the mandate of Environment and Climate Change Canada. Carney is also gutting federal science agencies and trashing environmental protections. Carney is worse than Harper.

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apollo.comNo Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector | The Daily SparkDespite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech. Subscribe for daily updates.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net

This analyst's report from Apollo about AI uses the term "S&P 493" to refer to the "S&P 500 minus the Mag 7" - because if you take out the AI companies, the S&P 500 is tanking. www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...

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youtube.com“Collective punishment”: UN condemns Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes in West BankYouTube video by Global News

"Slop jockeys" 🎯

Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃@caseyexplosion.bsky.social

It always comes back to this for me; if AI was so good, such a disclosure would be a selling point. If AI was everything these slop jockeys said it was, they should be proud to let people know their game was AI made. But the proof is in the pudding, and they can't stand that people don't want it.

thenarwhal.caWhat the B.C. election results mean for the environment | The NarwhalLorne Doerkson’s BC Conservatives have won the 2026 B.C. election. Here’s what that means for LNG, old-growth forests and more

Carney and Smith will be thrilled.

The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca

The BC Conservatives have won a majority government following BC NDP leader David Eby's decision to call a snap election almost two years ahead of schedule. Here's what a Conservative majority means for LNG, Indigenous Rights and more #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-...

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âpihtawikosisân

@apihtawikosisan.bsky.social

Alberta is restricting when the Treaty 6 and Métis Nation flags are flown at schools to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Pride flags will NEVER be allowed to fly. But you can fly the Vatican City flag. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

ctvnews.caAlberta unfurling new flag rules limiting what can go up outside schoolsAlberta is rolling out its flag restrictions in schools across the province.

WHO introduced Greek letter nicknames for the most notable COVID variants in part to prevent people from referring to specific regions. They stopped at Omicron in 2021. They didn't like that we used informal nicknames to fill the gap. Now I keep seeing articles about the "American variant". 🤷

theconversation.com/friday-essay...

theconversation.comFriday essay: AI is devastating higher education, but the system was already brokenAI is a project of the powerful, implemented in the name of an efficiency that has nothing to do with the good, writes Jeff Sparrow.

www.polygon.com/super-mario-...

polygon.com'Super Mario' Creator Breaks Down The Problem With AI PerfectlyNintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, known for Zelda and Mario, just gave the world a master class on the limits of AI creation

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THE NERVE@thenerve.news

“Young people have already concluded that AI is a mistake. Now it is time for the rest of us to see the truth”: former Google and Facebook investor Roger McNamee AKA @moonalice.com on how the industry’s financial problems may undermine the entire economy www.thenerve.news/p/roger-mcna...

Always choose the lower number so that eventually you end up at zero. Math!

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social

It is, fundamentally, an exercise of choosing the lesser evil, over and over and over again, so that the total amount of evil in the system decreases over time. And you must keep doing it, because - since evil is easy - good is easily reversed.

Reality:

Ok but have we tried more pipelines and data centres?

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Hailstorms are becoming larger and more frequent, especially in the Great Plains. As the climate warms, thunderstorms will create stronger updrafts that hold hailstones in the air for longer allowing them to grow bigger — and fall harder. https://wapo.st/4yI2XIS