They removed CD/DVD drives from PCs. -Made physical media harder to buy and use. -Removed expandable storage from phones. -Pushed us into streaming subscriptions. -Made always-online normal. -Made unlimited internet necessary. -Slowly raised the price of everything. Ownership quietly became renting.

I would prefer spending Canadian federal tax money on providing free courses on Critical Thinking, versus propaganda on AI use (I mean, the problem isn't use, it is content and people assuming content is correct or somehow that it is okay to use AI to write 5 paragraph emails to staff)

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

What the actual fuck….

I hope someone is archiving all the Lego videos for the historical record. I am not sure anyone has spoken truth to power or humiliated it so throughly, as Iran has. They really are exposing so much.

Today, Danielle Smith and the UCP caucus unveiled plans to rig the next election: A new motion indicates the UCP's plans to manipulate the election maps for the next election in their favour, and without any requirement to consult the public. This has never been done in Canadian history. /1

I am so excited -- all those right wing people who told me they were going to leave Canada for the USA when Carney got a majority can go bye-bye -- man who stopped and asked me for directions at Tranquille and then ranted about Carney, looking at you. Canada is better off today!

so topsy turvy in the world I had to figure out who Vance and the USA were supporting in the Hungary election - oh yeah, it was the guy who versaw a "domino in the global fall of democracy" through authoritarian clampdowns, far-right nationalist policies, and control over media and judiciary. 🤣😠

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

To be clear, Trump lost the war he didn’t need to start. People lost their lives. We all are losing $.

Iran claims victory!!!

Mosquitos are out. Not a lie

Actually just met a Fox News watching Carney-hater in the wild. Told me he is moving to USA if Carney gets a majority 😂😂😂😂 oh just so you know - Carney, not Trump, is to blame for the high gas prices

How completely off the wall will Trump’s address to the nation be?

He is the swamp

Trump rage out in 3… 2… 1…

My latest: Alberta’s Separatists Are Chasing a Total Cowboy Fantasy thewalrus.ca/albertas-sep... via @thewalrus.ca Let's be honest, much of the separatist agenda is built around anti-immigrant lies & regressive "cowboy" myths. To call this language a dog whistle is an insult to dog whistles.

"Stinky Gerry" is the most modern carrier in the USN. The fact that it suffered a 10-hour onboard fire in a combat zone during active combat operations...and it went unreported by media is... remarkable

"Junk science is published, ingested, and finally summarized. It is effectively laundered by the model. Summaries become threat-vectors carrying payloads of bogus claims, which ultimately make their way into comment threads, boardrooms, news articles, and policy memos." bsky.app/profile/nick...

wonder how Americans are enjoying their new cost of living rise? because...as Trump says this is a 'little glitch', or a feature, or a war I am not sure why the USA is in

two mysteries for me re the USA: 1. how does Trump have any support left - seriously, #American readers, please elaborate 2. why do people still think that the Trump govt is going to give up power in the Nov elections? anyone with half a brain knows that isn't happening

Just reading how Hamas in Gaza is backed by Iran and beginning to understand .... 2028 - Trump resort in Gaza!

Probably not a great time to travel….even to say Mexico

Wonder how many Americans support the religious crusade? Particularly because….these religious wars seem to bring decades long terrorism right to one’s doorstep. Is it planned chaos or just incompetence ?

Noem getting the heave ho should tell all those Trump loyalists that loyalty is a one-way street.

CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER CARNEY: AUSTRALIA AND CANADA SIGN NEW AGREEMENTS ON CRITICAL MINERALS, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA JOINING THE G7 MINERALS ALLIANCE

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

Question: why do billionaires never seem to have enough ?

I am beginning to think that other Presidents were too introspective to bomb Iran on behalf of Israel

When the POPE - I repeat -- THE POPE -- calls something a "colonialist operation".... I don't even know how to finish that sentence.

Quite amazing the amount of effort to create a foundation of doubt should Men’s Cdn hockey win gold - the whiney Tchachuk sp. brothers and also now more gibberish about referring - kinda parallels USA govt

Mulroney loved selling our sovereignty. So many things that have cascaded badly started with him

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

There should be a website or stream that only contains all the entertaining video shorts from public libraries

We have the same greedy disease here in Canada. Both countries are scared of socialism claiming it would destroy the country all while the capitalist with their greed has destroyed the society we live in.

What has replaced TikTok with youth?

During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake

Observation the democrats just voted to fund ICE, and so enjoy this new status quo. Next time it will be 7 different democrats tolerating what is happening in exchange for something else. This is why the world has turned. Carney is right

Rump is off his meds tonight

become ungovernable

feeling overwhelmed by the vast numbers of experts on- shooting incidences, NATO, oil trade, oil technology, international trade, security, vaccines, science in general…. remember when ‘they’ said social media would be for good - they just didn’t clarify who would benefit from the chaos

Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.

The dog is tolerating Xmas

Over and over again it's women, specifically of color, showing up to give voice and put a face to the opposition. Where are the straight white men assembling a choir to do the same? White people, especially men, need to step it up fast. ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🇺🇲

do you think #Westjet customer service on purpose makes it a horrible, gouge my eye out experience?

Agree. He managed to make nice with Alberta and we all know it will never get built … both things are true. Genius

"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."

Please #Kamloops please stop sending in emails, making posts, and calling shows to say that Kamloops needs a performing arts centre so that we will get healthcare professionals. Trust me - spent much time in Kelowna hospital and here and the lack of a performing arts centre has nothing to do /2