I get the data sovereignty argument but we have to be careful we don’t trade temporary construction jobs for higher energy prices for everyone.
Premier Wab Kinew has been dropping hints the province could soon look to position itself as a leader in what some commentators are calling the “fourth industrial revolution.”
Big data, big footprint
’Intangible assets’ come with all-too-tangible costs thanks to the ever-expanding energy and water needs of the digital mega-repositories powering the AI ‘revolution’
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November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I get the data sovereignty argument but we have to be careful we don’t trade temporary construction jobs for higher energy prices for everyone.
lol! What a clown show.
I think it's pretty telling that the Conservatives gave a little speech about how they're very mad at Carney's budget (as is their job) but then when it came time, they were like "oh, no notes, nothing to add".
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
lol! What a clown show.
What could possibly go wrong!?
AI-generated videos claiming to show Hurricane Melissa have been circulating on social media, causing confusion.
Phony AI-generated videos of Hurricane Melissa flood social media sites
AI-generated videos claiming to show Hurricane Melissa have been circulating on social media, causing confusion.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What could possibly go wrong!?
Snowflakes gonna melt I guess…
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump says he is terminating trade negotiations with Canada because of television advertisements protesting tariffs.
Trump terminates trade talks with Canada because of tariff ads
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump says he is terminating trade negotiations with Canada because of television advertisements protesting tariffs.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Snowflakes gonna melt I guess…
The world these tech assholes want us to live in... I hate it.
New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
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A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The world these tech assholes want us to live in... I hate it.
The fact that this has to be said demonstrates how fucking exasperating a large majority of the blue sky user base is.
September 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The fact that this has to be said demonstrates how fucking exasperating a large majority of the blue sky user base is.
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Manitoba wildfire evacuations: I just get copied on occasional reports etc, but given the high number of people getting pulled out by air, it's clear from what I'm seeing that most evacuees are coming out with literally nothing in hand. My best update on places to help so far:
May 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Manitoba wildfire evacuations: I just get copied on occasional reports etc, but given the high number of people getting pulled out by air, it's clear from what I'm seeing that most evacuees are coming out with literally nothing in hand. My best update on places to help so far:
I'm not sure opening with a scorched-earth comparison between Winnipeg's urban planning department and autocrats is having the effect the author intends in this op-ed.
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May 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I'm not sure opening with a scorched-earth comparison between Winnipeg's urban planning department and autocrats is having the effect the author intends in this op-ed.
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Organizations need to reevaluate what data they collect and for what purpose. I don’t know why a school division needs distal copies of passports.
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Hackers tried to sell Pembina Trails School Division student, staff info on dark web | CBC News
Photos of valid passports, staff payroll information and credit card statements were among the nearly 1 million files uploaded onto the dark web after a recent ransomware attack by a hacker group on a...
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April 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Organizations need to reevaluate what data they collect and for what purpose. I don’t know why a school division needs distal copies of passports.
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I generally avoid ad hominem attacks but Alexander Ovechkin is a piece of shit and no amount of sports washing his character will change my mind.
Ovechkin appeared in a campaign called “Save Children from Fascism.” This campaign laid the groundwork for narratives about Ukraine’s so-called “denazification” — rhetoric later used to justify the forced deportation of Ukrainian children...
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Hockey celebrates Ovechkin, but Putin is the real winner
Alexander Ovechkin has become the greatest goal scorer in National Hockey League (NHL) history — an extraordinary accomplishment that cements his legacy as one of hockey’s most influential figures. Fo...
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April 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I generally avoid ad hominem attacks but Alexander Ovechkin is a piece of shit and no amount of sports washing his character will change my mind.
April 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I'd argue supporting seniors and helping enjoy their golden years instead of pushing them towards low wage jobs is a better idea.
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Poilievre pledges to allow working seniors to earn up to $34,000 tax free
If elected, Conservative government would also increase age when seniors must stop contributing to RRSPs
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March 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'd argue supporting seniors and helping enjoy their golden years instead of pushing them towards low wage jobs is a better idea.
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This is the same dude who’s complaining that all Carney has is slogans.
March 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is the same dude who’s complaining that all Carney has is slogans.
This story is terrifying and sobering.
powerful detailed account of ICE captivity
"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there"
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"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there"
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
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March 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This story is terrifying and sobering.
We get told to "tamp it down" but then suggests that Canadians are "killing" Americans. Peter should take his own advice.
Peter Navarro to Canada: "Just tamp it down, please, over there, ok? They're throwing down the hockey gloves. Stop that rhetoric ... we're not gonna tolerate anything but them stopping killing Americans."
March 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We get told to "tamp it down" but then suggests that Canadians are "killing" Americans. Peter should take his own advice.
The fact that we need an LLM that likely cost tens of billions of dollars to develop to do this is peak Silicon Valley.
March 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The fact that we need an LLM that likely cost tens of billions of dollars to develop to do this is peak Silicon Valley.
Hottest, most stable economy on the plant to probably recession in 7 weeks is quite something. Way to go America. You done great.
March 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hottest, most stable economy on the plant to probably recession in 7 weeks is quite something. Way to go America. You done great.
This is all so dumb.
Bloomberg alert: *US PAUSES TARIFFS ON CANADA, MEXICO USMCA TRADE UNTIL APRIL 2
March 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is all so dumb.
What are we doing here? Are we going to keep reliving this shit show every 30 days? If that's Trump's plan, fuck it. Keep our response in place until he agrees to stop holding tariffs over our heads.
#Breaking: Trump says tariffs on Mexico paused until April 2
Trump tariffs: Trump says tariffs on Mexico paused until April 2; Lutnick says he expects Trump to pause Canada tariffs until April 2
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March 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What are we doing here? Are we going to keep reliving this shit show every 30 days? If that's Trump's plan, fuck it. Keep our response in place until he agrees to stop holding tariffs over our heads.