Devin Dignam
@devindignam.bsky.social
Currently located in Victoria, BC. Former doer of many things, including educator, DFS pro, referee, & editor at Wagesofwins. Fan of General Ludd. I write (wrote?) biting leftist parody songs for fun: https://devindignam.substack.com/p/coming-soon
Discount, BC version of Mike Harris (from Langford) sighting!
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Discount, BC version of Mike Harris (from Langford) sighting!
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Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
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This is happening to everyone who outsources their cognition.
It's a well established phenomenon, with research dating from the introduction of GPS units in vehicles. People stopped reading maps, and lost some of their ability to navigate without a GPS.
It also happened to backcountry enthusiasts
It's a well established phenomenon, with research dating from the introduction of GPS units in vehicles. People stopped reading maps, and lost some of their ability to navigate without a GPS.
It also happened to backcountry enthusiasts
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is happening to everyone who outsources their cognition.
It's a well established phenomenon, with research dating from the introduction of GPS units in vehicles. People stopped reading maps, and lost some of their ability to navigate without a GPS.
It also happened to backcountry enthusiasts
It's a well established phenomenon, with research dating from the introduction of GPS units in vehicles. People stopped reading maps, and lost some of their ability to navigate without a GPS.
It also happened to backcountry enthusiasts
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A Victoria Police constable was paid $93,468.70 in overtime alone last year, on top of their base pay of $229,916.97, CHEK News has learned.
17 VicPD officers made over $50,000 each in OT last year, FOI shows
A Victoria Police constable was paid $93,468.70 in overtime alone last year, on top of their base pay of $229,916.97, CHEK News has learned.
cheknews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A Victoria Police constable was paid $93,468.70 in overtime alone last year, on top of their base pay of $229,916.97, CHEK News has learned.
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This is more than twice the amount of money paid to every writer in Canada in royalties who has had their book taken out of a library in the past year.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is more than twice the amount of money paid to every writer in Canada in royalties who has had their book taken out of a library in the past year.
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Inside baseball #bcpoli CW:
About 2 weeks ago, my pal overheard Dallas Brodie ranting about "tearing Tim a new asshole".
Today I hear Tim Thielman is out as her CoS and I'm laughing thinking of Rustad trying to find his mole while Dallas is out here yelling her own business in busy coffee shops.
About 2 weeks ago, my pal overheard Dallas Brodie ranting about "tearing Tim a new asshole".
Today I hear Tim Thielman is out as her CoS and I'm laughing thinking of Rustad trying to find his mole while Dallas is out here yelling her own business in busy coffee shops.
December 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Inside baseball #bcpoli CW:
About 2 weeks ago, my pal overheard Dallas Brodie ranting about "tearing Tim a new asshole".
Today I hear Tim Thielman is out as her CoS and I'm laughing thinking of Rustad trying to find his mole while Dallas is out here yelling her own business in busy coffee shops.
About 2 weeks ago, my pal overheard Dallas Brodie ranting about "tearing Tim a new asshole".
Today I hear Tim Thielman is out as her CoS and I'm laughing thinking of Rustad trying to find his mole while Dallas is out here yelling her own business in busy coffee shops.
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this is fitting especially since the Prime Minister rode a wave of "elbows up" to power and has done very little since.
And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
December 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
this is fitting especially since the Prime Minister rode a wave of "elbows up" to power and has done very little since.
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I had to watch some CBC News the other day and they talked about how people in general apparently want police for "public safety" and they also had a specific story about how cops showed up and within a minute had shot and killed an unarmed person, and there was zero discussion of the connection.
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I had to watch some CBC News the other day and they talked about how people in general apparently want police for "public safety" and they also had a specific story about how cops showed up and within a minute had shot and killed an unarmed person, and there was zero discussion of the connection.
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Mark Carney has been literally slipping talking points put together by tech billionaires and the Build Canada group they founded into his speeches.
Grim revelation — and of course, the tech industry is thrilled about it.
Grim revelation — and of course, the tech industry is thrilled about it.
Mark Carney Took Speech Ideas From Billionaire-Founded ‘Build Canada’
The pro-AI and fossil fuel group tells DeSmog that it’s great to see its ideas “get taken up by government.”
www.desmog.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Mark Carney has been literally slipping talking points put together by tech billionaires and the Build Canada group they founded into his speeches.
Grim revelation — and of course, the tech industry is thrilled about it.
Grim revelation — and of course, the tech industry is thrilled about it.
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The Maple is facing a renewed attack from prominent Zionists and Israeli government officials.
Consider becoming a Maple member or making a donation today to support our work.
We are 100% reader funded.
Become a member: action.readthemaple.com/2025-fundrai...
Donate: readthemaple.com/donate/
Consider becoming a Maple member or making a donation today to support our work.
We are 100% reader funded.
Become a member: action.readthemaple.com/2025-fundrai...
Donate: readthemaple.com/donate/
December 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Maple is facing a renewed attack from prominent Zionists and Israeli government officials.
Consider becoming a Maple member or making a donation today to support our work.
We are 100% reader funded.
Become a member: action.readthemaple.com/2025-fundrai...
Donate: readthemaple.com/donate/
Consider becoming a Maple member or making a donation today to support our work.
We are 100% reader funded.
Become a member: action.readthemaple.com/2025-fundrai...
Donate: readthemaple.com/donate/
"Canada’s political and media class has spent years [blaming the housing crisis on] foreign buyers, immigrants, supply shortages, zoning rules, or an overheated market. But...according to a new report...Canada’s 'Big 6' banks are chiefly responsible for [this bubble]."
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...
Canada’s Big Banks are a ‘culprit’ driving housing prices out of control ⋆ The Breach
Mortgage debt in Canada has ballooned to more than $2 trillion. According to a new study, the banks are largely to blame
breachmedia.ca
December 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
"Canada’s political and media class has spent years [blaming the housing crisis on] foreign buyers, immigrants, supply shortages, zoning rules, or an overheated market. But...according to a new report...Canada’s 'Big 6' banks are chiefly responsible for [this bubble]."
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...
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incredible content from my phd granting institution
December 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
incredible content from my phd granting institution
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It is SO CANADIAN that the Hudson's Bay Charter, one of the most important foundational documents for our history, has been sold to two of Canada's richest families.
a vente de la charte de La Baie aux familles Thomson et Weston est approuvée. www.noovo.info/nouvelles/so...
La vente de la charte de La Baie aux familles Thomson et Weston est approuvée
www.noovo.info
December 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It is SO CANADIAN that the Hudson's Bay Charter, one of the most important foundational documents for our history, has been sold to two of Canada's richest families.
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If Via is suggesting they have no back-up plan for situations where trains get stranded on a 400 km stretch of track other than to force passengers to sleep in their seats for 12 hrs, I don’t see why anyone in their right mind would pay to use this company’s services ever again
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If Via is suggesting they have no back-up plan for situations where trains get stranded on a 400 km stretch of track other than to force passengers to sleep in their seats for 12 hrs, I don’t see why anyone in their right mind would pay to use this company’s services ever again
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We're hiring for a nine-month contract covering federal politics! Posting coming soon, but don't hesitate to reach out if you're interested — jimmy at nationalobserver dotcom
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We're hiring for a nine-month contract covering federal politics! Posting coming soon, but don't hesitate to reach out if you're interested — jimmy at nationalobserver dotcom
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"In 1977, the average 25-34 year old man earned over twice that of a man aged 65+.
In 2023, for the first time in recorded history, senior men now earn more, on average, than their 25-34 year old counterparts."
Via @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social:
🔗: www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/what-happe...
In 2023, for the first time in recorded history, senior men now earn more, on average, than their 25-34 year old counterparts."
Via @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social:
🔗: www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/what-happe...
December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"In 1977, the average 25-34 year old man earned over twice that of a man aged 65+.
In 2023, for the first time in recorded history, senior men now earn more, on average, than their 25-34 year old counterparts."
Via @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social:
🔗: www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/what-happe...
In 2023, for the first time in recorded history, senior men now earn more, on average, than their 25-34 year old counterparts."
Via @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social:
🔗: www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/what-happe...
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An easy fix to the housing crisis would be 1) ban corporations from buying any more residential properties, and 2) ban individuals from buying more than one home.
Everyone should be allowed to have a home before corporations or the wealthy get extra homes.
Everyone should be allowed to have a home before corporations or the wealthy get extra homes.
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
An easy fix to the housing crisis would be 1) ban corporations from buying any more residential properties, and 2) ban individuals from buying more than one home.
Everyone should be allowed to have a home before corporations or the wealthy get extra homes.
Everyone should be allowed to have a home before corporations or the wealthy get extra homes.
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We could build enough public housing to house everyone.
Every worker and all the materials than can be used to build housing should be used to build publicly-owned housing.
Suggesting that these should be used for private housing first is a statement that we should maintain homelessness.
Every worker and all the materials than can be used to build housing should be used to build publicly-owned housing.
Suggesting that these should be used for private housing first is a statement that we should maintain homelessness.
December 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We could build enough public housing to house everyone.
Every worker and all the materials than can be used to build housing should be used to build publicly-owned housing.
Suggesting that these should be used for private housing first is a statement that we should maintain homelessness.
Every worker and all the materials than can be used to build housing should be used to build publicly-owned housing.
Suggesting that these should be used for private housing first is a statement that we should maintain homelessness.
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If instead of funnelling so much mortgage money into bank profits, as a society we gave that money to people after retirement age, we could sustainably fund a dignified retirement for everyone. And we could fund public housing too.
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If instead of funnelling so much mortgage money into bank profits, as a society we gave that money to people after retirement age, we could sustainably fund a dignified retirement for everyone. And we could fund public housing too.
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The whole notion that people should be able to afford to retire by owning a home was always silly because not everyone could afford a home, so how could everyone else afford to retire?
Sure, banks profit by billions of dollars from mortgages, but at what social cost?
Sure, banks profit by billions of dollars from mortgages, but at what social cost?
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The whole notion that people should be able to afford to retire by owning a home was always silly because not everyone could afford a home, so how could everyone else afford to retire?
Sure, banks profit by billions of dollars from mortgages, but at what social cost?
Sure, banks profit by billions of dollars from mortgages, but at what social cost?
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The housing market is a pyramid scheme in which the financial success of early adopters is funded by those who join last.
Basing our society around a pyramid scheme means that we face a choice where the previous generation cannot afford to retire or the next generation cannot afford to live.
Basing our society around a pyramid scheme means that we face a choice where the previous generation cannot afford to retire or the next generation cannot afford to live.
December 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The housing market is a pyramid scheme in which the financial success of early adopters is funded by those who join last.
Basing our society around a pyramid scheme means that we face a choice where the previous generation cannot afford to retire or the next generation cannot afford to live.
Basing our society around a pyramid scheme means that we face a choice where the previous generation cannot afford to retire or the next generation cannot afford to live.
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The problem with basing so much of Canada's economy on the cost of housing is that the price of housing is not based on any intrinsic value, but rather the next generation's ability to take on debt.
When housing prices rise faster than wages, the next generation simply cannot afford that debt.
When housing prices rise faster than wages, the next generation simply cannot afford that debt.
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The problem with basing so much of Canada's economy on the cost of housing is that the price of housing is not based on any intrinsic value, but rather the next generation's ability to take on debt.
When housing prices rise faster than wages, the next generation simply cannot afford that debt.
When housing prices rise faster than wages, the next generation simply cannot afford that debt.
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...jesus christ
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
...jesus christ
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Canada’s Big Six banks have engineered a $2.2 trillion mortgage debt bubble.
According to a new report by @maketheshift.bsky.social, banks’ lending practices have pushed home prices out of reach and left the public holding the bag.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...
According to a new report by @maketheshift.bsky.social, banks’ lending practices have pushed home prices out of reach and left the public holding the bag.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...
Canada’s Big Banks are a ‘culprit’ driving housing prices out of control ⋆ The Breach
breachmedia.ca
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Canada’s Big Six banks have engineered a $2.2 trillion mortgage debt bubble.
According to a new report by @maketheshift.bsky.social, banks’ lending practices have pushed home prices out of reach and left the public holding the bag.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...
According to a new report by @maketheshift.bsky.social, banks’ lending practices have pushed home prices out of reach and left the public holding the bag.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...