patatas
@its.small.patatas.ca
he/they
Craftsperson, artist, labourer in #HamOnt
Luddite & tech tinkerer
Blog:
thedabbler.patatas.ca
also:
blundervalley.ca
social.patatas.ca/patatas
Signal: @smallpatatas.01
Craftsperson, artist, labourer in #HamOnt
Luddite & tech tinkerer
Blog:
thedabbler.patatas.ca
also:
blundervalley.ca
social.patatas.ca/patatas
Signal: @smallpatatas.01
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@its.small.patatas.ca
· May 29
AI is Dehumanization Technology
A call to reject the deployment and use of AI systems in Canada's public sector.
thedabbler.patatas.ca
My plea to Canada's public sector workers and unions:
Reject the use of AI, and save the soul of the public sector.
#CdnPoli #AI
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/ai-is-...
Reject the use of AI, and save the soul of the public sector.
#CdnPoli #AI
thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/ai-is-...
I was bitten by a radioactive pundit
I reckon, given Carney's policy priorities, that it's more likely that a couple red Tories from the GTA or east coast would cross the floor.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I was bitten by a radioactive pundit
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File this under the opposite of digital sovereignty.
Did Evan Solomon, or anyone in the federal cabinet, read the American National Security Strategy or are we just ignoring that?
/more
#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2bddbcc...
Did Evan Solomon, or anyone in the federal cabinet, read the American National Security Strategy or are we just ignoring that?
/more
#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2bddbcc...
Microsoft vows to protect ‘digital sovereignty’ in $7.5-billion Canadian data-centre expansion
Company pledges to resist all efforts to shut down service to government customers
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
File this under the opposite of digital sovereignty.
Did Evan Solomon, or anyone in the federal cabinet, read the American National Security Strategy or are we just ignoring that?
/more
#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2bddbcc...
Did Evan Solomon, or anyone in the federal cabinet, read the American National Security Strategy or are we just ignoring that?
/more
#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2bddbcc...
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Today, we had an all-day bargaining session with @propublica.org management. Unfortunately, they did not bring a counter proposal on AI or agree to any of the guardrails we've proposed.
It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today, we had an all-day bargaining session with @propublica.org management. Unfortunately, they did not bring a counter proposal on AI or agree to any of the guardrails we've proposed.
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'You shouldn't criticize Mark Carney because that's how you get Pierre Poilievre' is...exactly how you get Pierre Poilievre.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
'You shouldn't criticize Mark Carney because that's how you get Pierre Poilievre' is...exactly how you get Pierre Poilievre.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
@althiaraj.bsky.social I'm thinking this is at least partly about giving the AI industry the 'self-regulation' that they have been lobbying for deer.social/profile/did:...
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@althiaraj.bsky.social I'm thinking this is at least partly about giving the AI industry the 'self-regulation' that they have been lobbying for deer.social/profile/did:...
So cool how the federal Liberals are demolishing the rule of law faster than Poilievre ever could have dreamed of #CdnPoli
“The new measures — if approved in a confidence vote that could come as early as next week — would allow a cabinet minister to exempt the testing of any product or service from almost any law, in order to encourage innovation, competitiveness or economic growth.”
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Althia Raj: Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers
Sneaking a change of this magnitude into a 600-page bill that will not get parliamentary scrutiny raises a red flag, Althia Raj writes.
www.thestar.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
So cool how the federal Liberals are demolishing the rule of law faster than Poilievre ever could have dreamed of #CdnPoli
Max Fawcett has been pivoting quicker than an NBA power forward in the low post
Wow this clever chess move to agree to a pipeline that will "never happen" but is already looking likely to be rammed through, in order to get "strengthened industrial carbon pricing" that is already being weakened by Alberta, is really showing how much piercing insight you have into this stuff
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Max Fawcett has been pivoting quicker than an NBA power forward in the low post
Every day a new betrayal #CdnPoli
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every day a new betrayal #CdnPoli
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Tim Leiweke is responsible for making Drake an ambassador for the Toronto Raptors. He hasn’t paid for this crime either.
Trump has given a full and unconditional pardon to entertainment executive Tim Leiweke—whom his own Justice Department indicted on charges of “orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university” in Austin. trib.al/qU7UmJr
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Tim Leiweke is responsible for making Drake an ambassador for the Toronto Raptors. He hasn’t paid for this crime either.
The extra irony being that Max is running around claiming that Guilbeault, who *did* just quit his ministerial role, is the one that doesn't understand Carney's "strategy" here.
Max is very sure that a pipeline won't get built, and has been unequivocal about this position.
But apparently he's not so sure about it that he'd be willing to stake his job on it.
Interesting!
But apparently he's not so sure about it that he'd be willing to stake his job on it.
Interesting!
We can't control worldwide emissions, of course, and there's no benefit to Canada shutting in barrels if they immediately get replaced by other producers.
This is kind of textbook Prisoner's Dilemma stuff.
Quit? No. Acknowledge that I was wrong? Sure. That's how this works.
This is kind of textbook Prisoner's Dilemma stuff.
Quit? No. Acknowledge that I was wrong? Sure. That's how this works.
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The extra irony being that Max is running around claiming that Guilbeault, who *did* just quit his ministerial role, is the one that doesn't understand Carney's "strategy" here.
Max is very sure that a pipeline won't get built, and has been unequivocal about this position.
But apparently he's not so sure about it that he'd be willing to stake his job on it.
Interesting!
But apparently he's not so sure about it that he'd be willing to stake his job on it.
Interesting!
We can't control worldwide emissions, of course, and there's no benefit to Canada shutting in barrels if they immediately get replaced by other producers.
This is kind of textbook Prisoner's Dilemma stuff.
Quit? No. Acknowledge that I was wrong? Sure. That's how this works.
This is kind of textbook Prisoner's Dilemma stuff.
Quit? No. Acknowledge that I was wrong? Sure. That's how this works.
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Max is very sure that a pipeline won't get built, and has been unequivocal about this position.
But apparently he's not so sure about it that he'd be willing to stake his job on it.
Interesting!
But apparently he's not so sure about it that he'd be willing to stake his job on it.
Interesting!
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Will continue to bang this drum: this is the system university admins are cramming into every aspect of education. This is the system we are told “isn’t going anywhere” so we all have to adjust to it.
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Will continue to bang this drum: this is the system university admins are cramming into every aspect of education. This is the system we are told “isn’t going anywhere” so we all have to adjust to it.
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Ha hahahahahha no
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Ha hahahahahha no
Hmm, well, that's why the public needs to make sure that this government doesn't survive these changes in climate policies
@maxfawcett.bsky.social who worked with the AB NDP in government on its climate policy: "If your climate policies cannot survive a change in government, they are not worth the paper they're printed on. I think that is the essence of the Carney approach here."
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hmm, well, that's why the public needs to make sure that this government doesn't survive these changes in climate policies
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‘Carney doesn’t actually want a pipeline or think one will get built, he’s just a duplicitous weasel’ is not the defence you think it is.
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
‘Carney doesn’t actually want a pipeline or think one will get built, he’s just a duplicitous weasel’ is not the defence you think it is.
🔥🧵👀
Wow is this piece dishonest. Sadly unsurprising from Max Fawcett, a solid LPC partisan who blocked me on social media 5 years ago for posting links to IPCC findings about how simultaneously expensive and ineffective CCS is.
Let's look at a few of the problems with Max's take here. 🧵1/
Let's look at a few of the problems with Max's take here. 🧵1/
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
🔥🧵👀
In all the uproar about the MOU I totally forgot to watch the NDP debate. Gonna fix that now.
And, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Liberals also do some big announcement the same day the NDP did that candidate introduction event?
And, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Liberals also do some big announcement the same day the NDP did that candidate introduction event?
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
In all the uproar about the MOU I totally forgot to watch the NDP debate. Gonna fix that now.
And, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Liberals also do some big announcement the same day the NDP did that candidate introduction event?
And, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Liberals also do some big announcement the same day the NDP did that candidate introduction event?
"Former Liberal MP and oilsands executive Martha Hall Findlay worked on the Pathways project for several years and is now convinced a private company will step up to build Alberta’s proposed pipeline."
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Smith’s pipeline clears another hurdle after deal with Ottawa. Now, who will build it? | CBC News
The Alberta premier's dream of building a new pipeline to northwest B.C. has come incrementally closer to becoming a reality. But finding someone in the private sector to build it remains a hurdle — a...
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Former Liberal MP and oilsands executive Martha Hall Findlay worked on the Pathways project for several years and is now convinced a private company will step up to build Alberta’s proposed pipeline."
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Yeah so mea culpa, pretty sure I was wrong about this - but I do still think we can't only focus on opposing oil pipeline(s). Gotta push back on all of it.
Calling it now: the oil pipeline stuff is not going to happen, but is a way to make the LNG stuff seem reasonable. Kinda like how Poilievre made Carney seem reasonable
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Yeah so mea culpa, pretty sure I was wrong about this - but I do still think we can't only focus on opposing oil pipeline(s). Gotta push back on all of it.
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🤖🔨💚
LUDDITES
Put "Luddite" in your bio
Follow back anyone with "Luddite" in their bio
Find each other, help each other
Break the frames
LUDDITES
Put "Luddite" in your bio
Follow back anyone with "Luddite" in their bio
Find each other, help each other
Break the frames
Thankful for all my fellow luddites today. Hammers up
🤖🔨❤️
🤖🔨❤️
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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LUDDITES
Put "Luddite" in your bio
Follow back anyone with "Luddite" in their bio
Find each other, help each other
Break the frames
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Follow back anyone with "Luddite" in their bio
Find each other, help each other
Break the frames
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What a wild day it was in political news.
Smith scored seven of her nine demands. She could barely contain her glee in the news conference.
/more
#ableg #cdnpoli #climate
www.theenergymix.com/guilbeault-r...
Smith scored seven of her nine demands. She could barely contain her glee in the news conference.
/more
#ableg #cdnpoli #climate
www.theenergymix.com/guilbeault-r...
Guilbeault Resigns as Smith Declares Crushing Victory
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith declared victory Thursday with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) on energy development with the federal government, saying she had achieved seven of...
www.theenergymix.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
What a wild day it was in political news.
Smith scored seven of her nine demands. She could barely contain her glee in the news conference.
/more
#ableg #cdnpoli #climate
www.theenergymix.com/guilbeault-r...
Smith scored seven of her nine demands. She could barely contain her glee in the news conference.
/more
#ableg #cdnpoli #climate
www.theenergymix.com/guilbeault-r...
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Carney hightailed it out of there so fast he didn't even join her at the news conference.
He went directly to speak to the Chamber of Commerce where Deborah Yedlin (Chamber CEO) compared this agreement to the moon landing.
I kid you not.
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He went directly to speak to the Chamber of Commerce where Deborah Yedlin (Chamber CEO) compared this agreement to the moon landing.
I kid you not.
/more
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Carney hightailed it out of there so fast he didn't even join her at the news conference.
He went directly to speak to the Chamber of Commerce where Deborah Yedlin (Chamber CEO) compared this agreement to the moon landing.
I kid you not.
/more
He went directly to speak to the Chamber of Commerce where Deborah Yedlin (Chamber CEO) compared this agreement to the moon landing.
I kid you not.
/more
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4. On the pipeline (cont'd):
- The Carney government appears to be trying to replace Indigenous consent with equity participation, i.e. Coastal First Nations (the rights holders) can't say no if an Indigenous group somewhere has a tiny ownership stake.
- The Carney government appears to be trying to replace Indigenous consent with equity participation, i.e. Coastal First Nations (the rights holders) can't say no if an Indigenous group somewhere has a tiny ownership stake.
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
4. On the pipeline (cont'd):
- The Carney government appears to be trying to replace Indigenous consent with equity participation, i.e. Coastal First Nations (the rights holders) can't say no if an Indigenous group somewhere has a tiny ownership stake.
- The Carney government appears to be trying to replace Indigenous consent with equity participation, i.e. Coastal First Nations (the rights holders) can't say no if an Indigenous group somewhere has a tiny ownership stake.