For decades, Canadians eagerly rushed onto US tech platforms and services. But now the drawbacks of that dependence are on full display. For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the economic and political consequences of a US-dominated internet — and why digital sovereignty is imperative.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

😐...😑 Yeah, kinda...

No, MORE wars!

Evidently, their attitude is that they can't really get away with burning books, but they sure can get away with burying them or tossing them in the trash. And of course the very concept of research seems to be anathema.

Do not watch CBS "news." Seriously, don't watch. Let their ratings and their money TANK like it deserves. What was done to 60 minutes should have been the last straw for everyone.

If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject. I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.

So long, '25. May these dark times pass sooner than not and we find ourselves warm, fed, connected, and loved in the meanwhile.

One year of no Facebook, Walmart, Amazon, streaming services (except Dropout), and a general boycotting of American goods n' services. This year I ll be excising Microsoft and Google from my home. Grow my libraries and gardens. Wish I could de-google my cell, but work app won't work without it. <_<

....and are merry festivus to the rest of us!

Steven Miller cites immigrant children as a problem.... Christian cosplay reach a new level... Introducing "Harod and the massacre of innocence", the updated American version.

#yule #pagan #witches

Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 9:03 AM Northern Hemisphere · Central Time Image: Winter Solstice Winter Solstice, 2017

✨ Happy Winter Solstice ✨ #animalart #wolves #pagan

In continuous operation for 206 years , Arva Flour Mill is the oldest commercial flour mill in Canada. Also Canada’s 6th oldest continuously operating business. The new home of Red River Cereal, originally created by Red River Grain Co. of Manitoba in 1924. arvaflourmills.com

Look if we just go around beating the absolute shit out of social media assholes there’s bound to be some sort of long-term theoretical negative externality or something Anyway be careful out there Nate Silver

even among really smart folks, i think ppl have greatly underestimated just how much resources the ultra-wealthy have put into culture war bullshit to get us to fight each other instead of them

Brendan Hillson, owner of McBride's bakery in Alberta. As a former baker by trade, I salute you!

Went so off script he forgot to declare war.

Just leaving this here for no particular reason.....

I don't want any Canadian government data, all levels, stored on foreign owned systems. And if Canadian companies choose to use a foreign data service they should have to indicate that in the very first line of all communications. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

#world #canada If the last 5 years of your social media history doesn't get you barred from Trump/Putins USSA, we can't be friends.

Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what Repro Uncensored call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.

Danielle Smith becomes first Alberta premier in 90 years to face citizen recall It couldn't have happened to a more deserving recipient. Let's give credit where credit is due, Disaster Dani has worked hard for this honour.

There it is.. #politics

It's only piracy if it comes from the piracy region of Somalia, otherwise it's just sparkling Privateering

Also, talk to your less online friends about AI. They might mostly be hearing from their workplace and all the rich-guy bullshit marketing that AI is vital, great, and adored! Make your scorn known!

Haha! I had the same reaction as so many others, to the point of transcending language barriers. FIFA has ethics!?

Remembering John Lennon October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980 youtu.be/Ts0XSyWpMnU?...

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

You need to read the story to see how he was treated and how screwed up this event was. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Jamil Jivani AKA couch fucker JD Vance's Canadian Christo Fascist MAGA shill buddy, just got told by Liberal party whip Mark Gerretsen.

Lolz...stay safe and don't be stupid, stupid!

We need to protect universal Healthcare for all. Not a system that favors the $$ or any classe of humans over another. I am a proud Healthcare worker for my community, no exceptions. Please take a minute to speak up and sign this petition.

"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."

When cons tank a province, they invent a “culture war emergency” to blame. Corporate capture? Rising costs? Weak services? No, apparently the real threat is kids playing sports without gov't-sponsored body inspections. It’s political misdirection and a grotesque obsession dressed up as policy.

The irony is rich.

The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.

I think the money hoarding of the obscenely wealthy is by far a bigger problem..

Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith. If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life. And he will lose.

This isn’t going to be a quick read, but it’s definitely something you *should* read

The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.