Anthropic reality: arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/a...

Anthropic branding: (from trust.anthropic.com)

It is still important to fight for public infrastructures that don't create surveillance that makes criminalized people more vulnerable. Dignity and autonomy shouldn't be a paid service, or only available to those lucky enough not to be scapegoated.
www.publicbooks.org/imagining-in...

Hmm.. what incentives are there for tech companies to pay their executives to go work at the federal govt for 1-2 years??? Private tech is clearly expecting huge regulatory and infrastructure kickbacks from this 'trade'

"Build Canada also said private companies would pay 100 per cent of these individuals’ salaries, ... participants remain employees of and subject to the conditions of their home organization and receive the same salary, which is typically reimbursed by the home organization."

Goal: "quickly embed 50 business executives in the federal public service to “improve the governments' technical capabilities to accelerate AI adoption, strengthen defence capabilities, improve strategic procurement, negotiate optimal trade agreements and more,” according to the policy brief."

Councillor Vince Crisanti says the increase to the land transfer tax on homes for more than $3 million is a "forced redistribution of wealth" and "insulting" to people who can afford homes in that range. "The wealthy already contribute to the economy in so many ways," he says.

a true win-win situation!! cancel a big tech subscription and fund critically important and local work!!

Not much of an 'explainer' on the tech behind crypto & blockchain, but I like this article that highlights some of the VC ideologies behind Web3 and "blockchain socialism" strangematters.coop/how-venture-...

Alberta next

dailyhive.com/calgary/four...

(jk, by the time i am on the market I will need to *be* an ai)

DineSafe but for how much "AI" your company is using