(trying this again). The emissions reduction rollback is huge and deserves this highlight from Narwhal. A few more details on the numbers specifically - its all a bit confusing because "Pathways" has been used to mean both CCS plus other levers 🧵 thenarwhal.ca/oilsands-pat...

Court holds Google liable for false claims in AI Overviews. Seems significant. "A regular search engine just points to outside websites. But AI overviews generate 'independent, new, and substantive statements' by evaluating and combining content from various third-party sites" the-decoder

excuse me what "We are aware of a violent and unwarranted incident at a Vancouver public secondary school last year. An SLO drew a firearm and pointed it directly at an unarmed school worker who was locking up his bicycle on school grounds after arriving at work." bccla.org/policy-submi...

A thread. The other day, I happened to clock the little AI-written bio attached to my name. It announced, quite confidently, that I was married, not to my husband, but to his brother. Particularly amusing, since my BIL is a proud member of the LGBQT community. I love him, but I am NOT his type. 🧵

Adventures in finding a language partner, part 2: when I said I was from Edmonton, she responded with a long, apparently AI-generated summary of Edmonton's main features in Chinese. Yes, I know that we're a cold city with generally reasonable housing prices, I live here. Whyyyy?

Carney’s AI strategy mentions commercializing of our medical data TWICE.

Carney assures Canadians that AI the fastest way to give all our money to US billionaires

FFS. He's 61 years old and has been in positions of power pretty much his entire adult life. If he's a bully, it's not because his skills are "a work in progress," it's because he chooses to be a bully. Which doesn't surprise me, because most of his decisions as PM betray a shitty rightwing mindset.

First, it is laughable that the government claims it "commits to applying Gender-Based Analysis" when its entire approach to AI (and as misogyny-rooted as so much of the tech /AI industry is) has been characterized by disregard for consent and CLEAR NOs /SLOW DOWN /STOP every step of the way.

#yeg needs Safe Mobility funding — but not a blank cheque. 10 years into #visionzero, deaths and serious injuries are rising much faster than traffic volumes. Council should fund safety, but demand data, better standards, stronger enforcement, and accountability. buff.ly/94omAna #yegbike

If you really want to send Mark Carney a message about this AI policy (and the data centers that come with it), write or phone your MP. Carney does not care about being ratioed on social media. He does care about direct feedback from constituents. www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

“‘He yells,’ said one MP. … ‘He punches down at caucus all the time.’” Even more evidence that Mark Carney does not to questions or criticism well. He lashes out at his cabinet for the smallest things. No wonder he’s centralizing so much power and has little concern for restricting people’s rights.

NEW: The Carney government has confirmed it is spending $2.6 billion on a missile system that the US has used extensively in its war of aggression against Iran. The deal signals Canada’s continued military integration with the US. www.readthemaple.com/canada-spend...

QUEER AND HOW WE GOT HERE comes out next Tuesday, May 12!! 🤯 if I’m in your area, I’d love to sign a copy for you.

Starting to think allowing a wealthy banker to appoint his former shady art dealer to handle the biggest bullshit bubble in economic history was a bad idea.

businesses: we’re finding all this AI spending isn’t really paying off and we’re thinking it might be time to pull back public: it’s hard to tell what’s real anymore with all this AI slop and some of my friends are acting pretty weird mark carney: WE MUST SPEED UP AI ADOPTION FOR THE ECONOMY

Not a single word about protecting or compensating Canadian artists whose work has been stolen by tech companies and spit out again in a slightly altered form.

The Canadian government has spent more than $44 million on a secret contract with controversial American tech company Palantir. zurl.co/QTK6g

The people who think a politician betraying his spouse should have no bearing on his political candidacy are kind of fascinating. "Yeah, he broke a promise to the most important person in his life and caused her untold pain, but surely he'd never betray ME, a stranger who's voting for him."

Canada Exported $14.6 Million Of Military Goods To Israel In 2025 www.readthemaple.com/canada-expor...

In spite of @jeromyyyc.bsky.social's claim that local area plans are the way to go (instead of citywide R-CG rezoning), he still voted against 4 planning applications that the City's own planners recommended approving as consistent with the community's local area/area redevelopment plan. #yyccc

The Bonnie Doon Community League is whining about proposed bus rapid transit on Whyte / near the University. They've now turned off comments after I praised BRT, so possibly not so eager to hear people speak up after all. Survey link: bit.ly/4nXdDiV. Go be enthusiastic about curb-running BRT lanes!

Another big win for the domestic abusers in the UCP. globalnews.ca/news/1187305...

So JP Morgan is behind the Billy Bishop expansion push, but the people it hired to lobby all levels of government didn’t disclose it in the lobbyist registries. From @rwarnica.bsky.social: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

If you were wondering what’s going to be in Mark Carney’s AI strategy, here’s a sneak preview.

114 Ave renewal draft design, connecting Prince Rupert to the 127 St bike lane. It's... certainly better than the road without sidewalks that we have now, but they haven't done anything to improve intersection safety or shorten crossing distances! That's the main problem with this stretch!

Canada’s government is putting its faith — and $3.3 million — in software designed to assess which #AI chatbots are trustworthy for the benefits system, which supports almost 16 million Canadians. My latest for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social ricochet.media/politics/ins...

I have a laundry list of issues with this with one of them being "keeping streets safe" language. It's never referring to dangerous drivers or street harassment. It's a term that's meant to emphasize vague "urban crime" when most violence happens in private homes and spaces.

Putting aside all of the good that governments could do with a wealth tax, let's not discount that plutes should also be taxed out of pure fucking spite. They won't notice having less money in terms of lifestyle, but clearly the damage to their egos would be huge, and that alone makes it worth it.

✍️ “impose a federal moratorium on the approval, construction, expansion, or operation of proposed hyperscale AI data centres in Alberta, including the proposed Wonder Valley AI Data Centre Industrial Park and the proposed Synapse Data Centers Olds Project.” #abpoli www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

BREAKING: Alberta voter data has appeared on the website of a US company named repeatedly by separatist David Parker. After @rorywh.bsky.social discovered the breach, the website was taken down amid questions from Elections Alberta.

Forever Canadian is the pro-federalist potential referendum question that is a) non-binding on government and b) signatures have been validated by Elections AB. While the committee was debating the motion something awkward happened: the UCP caucus put out a news release saying the motion passed

Israeli forces deliberately murdered Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh 4 years ago today. Canada’s Liberal government worked quietly behind the scenes to help Israel whitewash its responsibility for the killing. www.readthemaple.com/one-year-on-...

I got my bread-price-fixing settlement money today. What's everyone going to do with theirs? I'm going to spend it all on half a loaf of bread.

SCOOP: Premier Danielle Smith appointee to Invest Alberta's board is not an accredited accountant, despite claiming so for more than a decade: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and friend

In the richest city in the richest country in the history of the world, nobody should be going hungry. That's why we're opening five city-owned grocery stores, one in each borough, starting with The Bronx. Lower Prices. Good food. Publicly owned. Hunts Point next year. Every borough by 2029.

People use bike lanes in Edmonton! I created a bluesky bot that will (hopefully) post daily counts of people on bikes going by the counters that are on bike lanes. Give it a follow! #YEGBike.

canadians: don't forget to leave tea and biscuits out for queen victoria tonight

A quick new blog for you all: Anthropic's dirty deal with Elon Musk is not surprising because (a) Anthropic already openly loves pollution-based computer buildings (b) Colossus is VERY far from the worst; the whole industry is moving to gross, bloated megaprojects ketanjoshi.co/2026/05/13/w...

... but not in Canada, where we still have too much red tape. Interconnection permits and need for an electrician need to go. solarbuildermag.com/news/balcony...

Alright, lets do another live skeet react to the actual text in the Canada Alberta agreement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

That's one way to respond to criticism. Now I feel like I should have been a lot meaner about his AI-slop image.

We keep trying to sell ourselves as a cosmopolitan society, and yet we're constantly cutting hours to our bus service. Bus service that cuts right across the city and through the heart of the bar and party district. Who are we kidding?! #yeg #yegcc @michaeljanz.bsky.social

I continue to not understand how it can be the May long weekend, and the city's last update on Summer Streets was October 22nd. #yegbike www.edmonton.ca/transportati...

In just one year, Carney has wrecked a decade's worth of progress. The old climate strategy wasn't enough, but rather than strengthen it he dismantled every meaningful policy, stomped on the gas to deliver more fossil fuels, and concentrated power to run roughshod over opposition to his agenda.

1/ This announcement marks the Carney government’s official surrender to the oil and gas lobby.
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I think Carney's a bad person, which wouldn't bother me so much if his lack of ethics resulted in fantastic decisions that positioned Canada for a successful future. But he's a backwards-facing shit in exactly the same way Harper was a backwards-facing shit. Carney's a basic conservative bitch.

Canada is not on track to meet any of its climate targets — not even the long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 — thanks to “the removal or weakening of climate policies” over the last year, according to a February report by the Canadian Climate Institute.

People always forget how much Jesus loved oil pipelines.