#Canada united. #StrongAndFree
The world is seeing ‘the beginning of the end of the American empire’: former PM Jean Chretien
Former PM Harper says he did not sign Alberta separation petition in sit-down chat with Chretien
Cory Doctorow
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Canada needs to become a disenshittification nation.
“Canada is in a good position to do this. We've got motive, means and opportunity, but we're not the only ones. Most of the countries in the world are situated to take advantage of this opportunity…Their margin is our opportunity.”
Love this @pluralistic
#Tech #Canada #cdnpoli #Monopolies
https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/12/s-curve/
Canada needs to become a disenshittification nation.
“Canada is in a good position to do this. We've got motive, means and opportunity, but we're not the only ones. Most of the countries in the world are situated to take advantage of this opportunity…Their margin is our opportunity.”
Love this @pluralistic
#Tech #Canada #cdnpoli #Monopolies
https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/12/s-curve/
“Bye, Canada”: heart wrenching story about why one immigrant has to leave Canada
https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/bye-canada-im-going-back-to-where-i-came-from/
Ulrike Hahn
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Canadian Society of Zoologists 2026 annual meeting coming to Carleton University and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 11-14th.
#Science 🧪 #Zoology #Canada
https://www.csz2026.ca/
Canadian Society of Zoologists 2026 annual meeting coming to Carleton University and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 11-14th.
#Science 🧪 #Zoology #Canada
https://www.csz2026.ca/
At this time of year I like to get a Cadbury cream egg from the expat store. Purely for the look of absolute horror on the face of Dutch people when I eat it on the metro home...
@quixoticgeek Here in #Canada we have these #LauraSecord creme eggs which are like the Cadbury eggs, just.. better. And they come in Super Huge sizes:
https://www.foodandwinechickie.com/2013/04/04/laura-secord-easter-cream-eggs/
No banana for scale, but that's about the size of a block of butter.
Eating a slice of one of these gets the weirdest looks - or outright abject horror - from non-North American friends. Yes, nothing but sugar. But sooo good. (in small quantities).
Cory Doctorow
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There is no alternative.
@pluralistic "Hold my sarsparilla..."
How Canada can defend itself from Trump, make billions of dollars, and build a new, global, good internet.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/#ottawa
There is no alternative.
@pluralistic "Hold my sarsparilla..."
How Canada can defend itself from Trump, make billions of dollars, and build a new, global, good internet.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/#ottawa
Yaku 🐗
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My late-night flight over the Midwest was particularly vivid — all those city streetlights reflecting off the snow. This is the Toronto area of Canada, with Lake Ontario to the right.
#Canada #Toronto #AerialPhotography #LakeOntario
Cory Doctorow
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From @pluralistic to #Canada:
"…don't worry: you can't make the word-guessing program into a " #superintelligence" by shoveling more words into it. That's like betting that if you keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will eventually give birth to a locomotive.
So I don't have any suggestions for you today for ways to lose billions of dollars. I don't have any ideas for how to destroy as many Canadian jobs as possible, I don't even have any ideas to make Canada more dependent on US tech giants.
No, all I have for you today is a plan to make Canada tens of billions of dollars, by offering products and services that people want and will pay for, while securing the country's resiliency and #digitalsovereignty, and winning the trade war, and setting the American people free, and launching our tech sector into a stable orbit for decades."
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/#ottawa
From @pluralistic to #Canada:
"…don't worry: you can't make the word-guessing program into a " #superintelligence" by shoveling more words into it. That's like betting that if you keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will eventually give birth to a locomotive.
So I don't have any suggestions for you today for ways to lose billions of dollars. I don't have any ideas for how to destroy as many Canadian jobs as possible, I don't even have any ideas to make Canada more dependent on US tech giants.
No, all I have for you today is a plan to make Canada tens of billions of dollars, by offering products and services that people want and will pay for, while securing the country's resiliency and #digitalsovereignty, and winning the trade war, and setting the American people free, and launching our tech sector into a stable orbit for decades."
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/#ottawa
My late-night flight over the Midwest was particularly vivid — all those city streetlights reflecting off the snow. This is the Toronto area of Canada, with Lake Ontario to the right.
#Canada #Toronto #AerialPhotography #LakeOntario
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/top-stories-01r3k2ttz/-/a-tYxjYSFtQqeggEIn8Q0lQw%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
Rather than begging Meta to return news, why isn't the Canadian government funding alternatives to break with the power of US big tech? A national Mastodon server would be nice!
#Canada #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #bigTech #monopolies #Meta
Canada in talks with Meta on return of news to Facebook as CUSMA review nears
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/meta-miller-cusma-facebook-news-return-9.7064933?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/top-stories-01r3k2ttz/-/a-tYxjYSFtQqeggEIn8Q0lQw%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
Rather than begging Meta to return news, why isn't the Canadian government funding alternatives to break with the power of US big tech? A national Mastodon server would be nice!
#Canada #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #bigTech #monopolies #Meta
Canada in talks with Meta on return of news to Facebook as CUSMA review nears
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/meta-miller-cusma-facebook-news-return-9.7064933?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Lily Cohen
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What should I ask politicians I interview? Comment your ideas, and follow along for the journey.
What should I ask politicians I interview? Comment your ideas, and follow along for the journey.
Cory Doctorow
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Interesting and motivating read: "...the way we get Carney to live up to his Davos speech is by pouncing any time he even hints that he might go back on his word, poaching his voters by campaigning on a promise to live up the Carney Doctrine (even if Carney won't). Promising to live up to Carney's Davos speech (even if Carney won't) must be the central issue in every by-election and provincial race between now and the next federal election."
Pluralistic: Carney isn’t a hero (and that’s OK) (27 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Interesting and motivating read: "...the way we get Carney to live up to his Davos speech is by pouncing any time he even hints that he might go back on his word, poaching his voters by campaigning on a promise to live up the Carney Doctrine (even if Carney won't). Promising to live up to Carney's Davos speech (even if Carney won't) must be the central issue in every by-election and provincial race between now and the next federal election."
Pluralistic: Carney isn’t a hero (and that’s OK) (27 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Aral Balkan
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