Bryan Crockett 🇨🇦
@bryancrockett.ca
He/him · Métis · President @westcat.ca | Paralegal, ex–Parliament Hill staffer
I work where tech, policy, and community overlap.
✉️ [email protected]
📍 BC, Canada
I work where tech, policy, and community overlap.
✉️ [email protected]
📍 BC, Canada
I know I'm **far** from the first person to say this but the idea of electing judges is fucking insane.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I know I'm **far** from the first person to say this but the idea of electing judges is fucking insane.
Yet another reason why the App Store shouldn't be the only way to get apps: www.engadget.com/apps/apple-t...
Apple told to remove LGBTQ+ dating apps by China
Blued and Finka were removed from Apple's App Store and certain Android App Stores.
www.engadget.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Yet another reason why the App Store shouldn't be the only way to get apps: www.engadget.com/apps/apple-t...
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Canadian PM Mark Carney: "Large American online platforms have become seas of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, islamophobia and hate in all its forms... My government will act."
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Canadian PM Mark Carney: "Large American online platforms have become seas of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, islamophobia and hate in all its forms... My government will act."
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
Man Obama is just so cool
Never gets old seeing President Obama cheered on because he’s loved, missed and appreciated.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Man Obama is just so cool
Good morning to everyone except Chuck Shumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Good morning to everyone except Chuck Shumer
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
This is immoral and plainly fucked. But it shouldn’t be surprising. Even in more ordinary times, police are trained and encouraged to lie and manipulate. They’re given every incentive to do so and shielded from consequences.
Information from law enforcement agencies just simply isn’t credible.
Information from law enforcement agencies just simply isn’t credible.
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
newrepublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is immoral and plainly fucked. But it shouldn’t be surprising. Even in more ordinary times, police are trained and encouraged to lie and manipulate. They’re given every incentive to do so and shielded from consequences.
Information from law enforcement agencies just simply isn’t credible.
Information from law enforcement agencies just simply isn’t credible.
Ask ChatGPT “is there a seahorse emoji”.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ask ChatGPT “is there a seahorse emoji”.
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I couldn’t sleep, so I got up early to make sure we didn’t forget to take the recycling out last night and decided to order breakfast. Snuck back in and left a breakfast sandwich beside my partner.
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I couldn’t sleep, so I got up early to make sure we didn’t forget to take the recycling out last night and decided to order breakfast. Snuck back in and left a breakfast sandwich beside my partner.
If you’re claiming the Cowichan BC Supreme Court decision impacts property rights, you’re misinformed. If you’re calling it a “native land grab”, you’re a racist.
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If you’re claiming the Cowichan BC Supreme Court decision impacts property rights, you’re misinformed. If you’re calling it a “native land grab”, you’re a racist.
Any Conservative not questioning Poilievre’s leadership is either a coward or incompetent.
3 MPs have now quit on Pierre Poilievre: Alain Rayes to sit as an Independent; d’Entremont to the Liberals; Jeneroux to leave the House. #cdnpoli
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Any Conservative not questioning Poilievre’s leadership is either a coward or incompetent.
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3 MPs have now quit on Pierre Poilievre: Alain Rayes to sit as an Independent; d’Entremont to the Liberals; Jeneroux to leave the House. #cdnpoli
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
3 MPs have now quit on Pierre Poilievre: Alain Rayes to sit as an Independent; d’Entremont to the Liberals; Jeneroux to leave the House. #cdnpoli
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"Tuesday was nice, but we've got a lot of work to do," Obama said during a live taping of the podcast "Pod Save America." cnn.it/4hVTfvS
Obama applauds Democrats’ election wins but says ‘we’ve got a lot of work to do’ | CNN Politics
Former President Barack Obama on Thursday celebrated Democrats’ sweeping victory in Tuesday’s election, but stressed that there’s more work for the party to do.
cnn.it
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Tuesday was nice, but we've got a lot of work to do," Obama said during a live taping of the podcast "Pod Save America." cnn.it/4hVTfvS
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Thank you, Madame Speaker.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Thank you, Madame Speaker.
Spent yesterday evening playing Mario Kart with my partner. Time well spent.
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Spent yesterday evening playing Mario Kart with my partner. Time well spent.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Get the most happiness per dollar by living in... Winnipeg? financialpost.com/news/surpris...
Posthaste: The surprising city that marries happiness and affordability
With an average home price of $381,500 and a happiness score of 65.9, Winnipeg has the distinction of being the most balanced city. Read on.
financialpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Get the most happiness per dollar by living in... Winnipeg? financialpost.com/news/surpris...
These billionaires are fucking weird.
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge. www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Mark Zuckerberg Opened an Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. His Neighbors Revolted
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
These billionaires are fucking weird.
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
The fact that my new laptop can run console emulators has been honestly great for my mental health
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The fact that my new laptop can run console emulators has been honestly great for my mental health
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This school division actually took out a loan rather than raise school taxes and offers amazing programs, they did have to cancel a few programs . Every bit helps.
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This school division actually took out a loan rather than raise school taxes and offers amazing programs, they did have to cancel a few programs . Every bit helps.