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ruba ghazal’s speech so promising until she starts talking about quebec becoming a sovereign country 🫠

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i will be curious to see whether pspp moderates on churchill falls (and alto) now that he actually has to govern and not just be a populist opposition leader.

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goodbye and good riddance to christine frechette. i liked that she was serious about churchill falls, but otherwise the caq is terrible. pq sadly will bring its own slew of challenges, not least of which the constant fights to justify sovereignty and increased pressure on english speakers.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 05/10/2026

only good news in quebec is that pspp doesn’t have an absolutely majority. but getting that close on 28% of the vote is insanity. first-past-the-post is not fit for purpose.

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dude you really cannot be serious with this

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 05/10/2026

Hey @aaronwherry.bsky.social, just circling back to make sure you saw this newest development

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 02/10/2026

Montreal’s automated metro REM is considerably surpassing ridership expectations this fall, with average daily ridership settling in at 130,000, even before the opening of the airport branch, expected next year.

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Réseau express métropolitain | L’achalandage du REM bondit

Loin d’être en retard, l’achalandage quotidien du Réseau express métropolitain (REM) a bondi de plus de 60 % durant l’été, au point où il est dorénavant bien au-delà de ses cibles, selon La Caisse, qu...

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it all just feels either very naive or knowingly misleading. i’m convinced quebec solidaire would have better prospects if it dropped the sovereignty charade and just advocated for the rest of its platform.

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it’s also funny because she’s very anti-private healthcare, yet quebec is the province with the most privatization in the country because of a court decision that gives it alone much more latitude to privatize than other canadian provinces have.

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she also asserts an independent quebec should work cooperatively with canada and that should be sufficient for people, as though no one in quebec might feel an identification with canada and feel independence is taking something important from them.

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listened to ruba ghazal on corner booth and her arguments for sovereignty make no sense to me. she says quebec is open to immigrants, but canada isn’t so she feels more welcome in quebec (what?), and seems to feel a quebec constitution can only be drafted along with independence.

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“A tech reporter takes on an ever-expanding story: the endless proliferation of massive data centers.” Kirkus named HYPERSCALE one of its best books to read in October. Another great signal as the release date gets closer! Preorder your copy now: hyperscalebook.com

A timely, vigorously researched and written work of tech and advocacy journalism. — Kirkus

Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires by Paris Marx. Out October 20, 2026

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Erase social media tomorrow? Brits say yes

“Just 7 percent of Brits think social media is a force for good and around one in three suspect that life would get better if all these sites were erased from the internet tomorrow.” Hard to disagree. Social media is a cancer and its social harms need to be taken seriously.

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So why are more and more people snorting their daily fix of cat videos, men fighting and political propaganda

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Find the full list here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/2...

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If you didn’t know, preorders are incredibly important for new books! By preordering a copy, you’re helping my book succeed and get noticed by even more readers. So place your order today to help me out! Info from here: www.npr.org/sections/pla...

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orange catholic bible, when?

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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 02/10/2026

wouldn’t have predicted catholicism as one of the big allies in the fight against ai, but i’m here for it

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I went to Mississauga city council on Sept 16 and met up with the activists pushing for a pause on data centres, and watched grassroots organizing have a direct impact on a city. Despite the win, this is not the end of the data centre story in Canada. Listen to this podcast.

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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 02/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this piece, including the always wonderful @parismarx.com -- who seems to know a thing or two about data centres. If you want to hear more from Paris check out this interview with @steho.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/steh...

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Stefan Hostetter @handle.invalid · 02/10/2026

Check out @ericwickham.ca’s new podcast about the data centre fight in Mississauga! I’m one of the voices interviewed for it. Can’t wait to listen!

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The interview is out! @parismarx.com's Hyperscale is out Oct 20th, and you can catch them explaining what Hyperscale means and why these data centres have become the flashpoint for AI resistance below or anywhere you catch your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/0IAx...

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The Sudden Rise of the Data Centre w/ Paris Marx (1038)

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/10/2026

Really happy to have @ketanjoshi.co back on the podcast to learn more about all the emissions being generated by the gas plants to power the tech industry’s data centers. There’s no chance of truly addressing climate change if the industry gets its way!

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If you, btw, would like an example of a place where data centres are *actually* being restricted by legislation, go look at Denmark - where they are now last in the grid connection queue, prioritising socially valuable load growth (like electrification, heating, cooling, new homes) first

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Denmark Puts Data Centers Last in New Grid Law

Denmark's emergency grid law puts data centers last behind households and green-transition projects, formalizing rationing that began in February 2026.

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“There are a lot of books being published about how Big Tech is ruining our environment and our minds … but Hyperscale is the one I’ve got my eye on this fall.” @literaryhub.bsky.social recommends my book HYPERSCALE on its non-fiction list! Preorder now: hyperscalebook.com

Is Nonfiction in Crisis? These 14 Books Suggest Otherwise

Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data
Empires by Paris Marx

There are a lot of books being published about how Big Tech is ruining our environment and our minds (often by publishers that still think Al might work for them), but Hyperscale is the one I've got my eye on this fall partly because I'm such a fan of author Paris Marx's podcast, Tech Won't Save Us.

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West Coast oil pipeline becomes 1st project designated in national interest | CBC News

“Alberta government and the federally owned Trans Mountain Corporation would each own 45% of the pipeline, with … Pembina Pipeline Corporation owning a 10% stake through the construction phase.” Mark Carney said a new pipeline had to be privately financed, but now taxpayers are on the hook again.

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The federal and Alberta governments have announced that a proposed pipeline carrying one million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the B.C. coast has become the first project designated in the nati...

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Maura Doherty @molowell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Add this to your reading list:

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