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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
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Information Retrieval Researcher ✊🏽🍉🕊️ | Pronouns: He/him

Homepage: https://bhaskar-mitra.github.io/
Reposted by Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
I know everybody wants to feel optimistic about Carney, Macron, Merz et al talking about a new post-RBIO system, but remember that they’re only panicking now because the structural barbarism is banging on their own doors. They don’t want to remedy it; just sustain its redirection.
January 21, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Reposted by Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
If you read Carney closely, he’s not actually opposed to the existence of a transactional hegemonic power on principle so much as he wants a seat at the big boys table next to the hegemon

In a way, I guess he’s advocating for a more inclusive transactionalism
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Reposted by Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
…Except Carney’s denunciation of the neoliberal capitalist world order is later followed by him bragging about cutting taxes for businesses / investors and getting rid of government regulations

So I’m not quite sure what system Carney is railing against or what kind of world he aspires to build?
January 21, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Reposted by Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
Carney’s AI strategy pretends that you can still work with Microsoft and Palantir(!) and call it a sovereign cloud. You simply can’t.
The CFIA knows that the US gutting of their regulatory agencies means it’ll be more work for them to keep Canadians safe. They can’t do that under austerity.
Microsoft’s AI deal promises Canada digital sovereignty, but is that a pledge it can keep?
As the U.S. government becomes increasingly authoritarian and issues threats to other countries, can Canadians trust U.S. tech companies with their data?
theconversation.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:11 AM