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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 28/08/2026

Hey #HamOnt, data centres stand to get some *huge* municipal tax breaks from the City: 1/2

The City of Hamilton could give a 13 YEAR TAX BREAK to datacentre developers

Hamilton's ERASE Program:

The city gives out massive tax breaks to companies that develop on contaminated industrial sites.

If you own a house, and you build something that makes your property value go up (like an extension), you pay more municipal taxes.

The City's ERASE program could let data centre developers pay no new taxes for 13 years on redeveloped properties.

https://tinyurl.com/hamilton-erase

This tax break is meant to encourage development that create jobs, reduce pollution, and beautify the city.

But AI datacentres don't do that.

Datacentres are not job creators.

Datacentre-lovers always promise lots of long-term jobs.

But a $750 million, 90-megawatt data centre near Calgary will employ just 38 people, according to the Globe & Mail (and the company).

shortlink: https://tinyurl.com/globe-dc-jobs

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 17/07/2026

the choice of this pro-datacentre #BurlOnt mayoral candidate to wear a sky-blue suit on a day when the actual sky is yellow

a guy who looks like Troy McClure in real life standing in front of an apocalyptic-coloured building demolition scene. The transcription on the video says "the facility proposed for Burlington is not a big data centre"

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 16/07/2026

mayoral candidates' data centre positions, from hamilton.stopthedatacentre.ca #HamOnt

Hamilton mayoral candidates' data centre position tracker.
Candidate 1:
Andrea Horwath
mayor@hamilton.ca

Voted in support of a moratorium on June 24 to allow the city to regulate AI datacentres before building them

Called the infamous "educational session" for councillors one day before the final vote after being lobbied by datacentre proponents.

Voted against the moratorium on July 15th.
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candidate 2:
Keanin Loomis
keanin.loomis@gmail.com

"I agree with Council's decision to develop a framework to carefully evaluate and hold accountable each proposal put before us."
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Candidate 3:
Rob Cooper
voterobcooper@gmail.com

Voted in support of a full moratorium on June 24 and said "we need a clear understanding of the potential impacts" before making "major decisions" about AI datacentres.

Voted against a moratorium on July 15th.
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Candidate 4:
Scarlett Gillespie
scarlett4mayor@gmail.com

Delegated to Committee of Adjustment June 4th. Consistently onside.
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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 09/07/2026

Here's a small snippet a post by Scott Santens. I have a problem with it! I'm a citizen, not a "shareholder", this place where I live should be a democracy, not a corporation. Dignity, not "dividends". www.scottsantens.com/universal-ba...

... the incomes of only those in the phaseout range. It does not provide the same amount to everyone. It does not say to every person: you are a shareholder.

Only universal basic income does that. Only UBI distributes the same amount to every person, unconcitionally, as a foundational floor beneath everyone's feet.

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 03/07/2026

hey grok what will this man look like at age 180

blobfish that looks like if kilroy melted like a warm pile of rancid grease

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 17/06/2026

Hamilton, Ontario (aka "the hammer") advanced a motion for a moratorium on new data centres for up to a year, while a Municipal Framework is created to enforce strict rules around these projects. The vote at the Planning Committee was unanimous. 9-0. Now it goes to Council. #HamOnt #DataCentres

a person stands outside City Hall in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on June 4th, 2026, with a sign that reads "This hammer kills A.I."

They are wearing a snazzy T-shirt from pivot-to-ai.com

photo by T.H. Ponders

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 03/06/2026

getting the sense that #HamOnt does not like ai data centres very much

"I'm trying to write this with careful and respectful language, but I want to identify my absolute rage at the speed at which technology companies and private investors and private land holders are trying to push forward these projects that quite clearly strip resources from the public, hoping we won't have time to get our ducks in a row before these things become a done deal. This is insane, this is unjust, and the public and the earth is being exploited and extracted from in order to benefit only a few already wealthy individuals and corporations for a service or technology most of the public already is against even existing."

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 14/05/2026

I'm fully convinced the PM hired some overpriced body language consultant who coached him to more or less do the freakin' warrior pose any time he's not behind a podium. Is this important? no, but it's funny

Carney stands with his feet roughly a kilometre apart while pretending to enjoy the company of Nate Erskine-Smith, who likely hates his guts

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 14/05/2026

lmao someone told the PM that if he steeples his hands and spreads his legs wider than his shoulders, that he looks tough and strong and not like some scheming little pro fossil fuel gremlin banker boy. Soon he'll be doing the friggin splits while announcing federal pipeline funding

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 21/04/2026

Yeah every single one of these BoC govs is an utterly evil mf. Just check out this quote i pulled from the final chapter of Stephen Poloz' book "The Next Age of Uncertainty', where he gets all misty-eyed about the idea of bringing back company towns:

“As home ownership becomes increasingly expensive and beyond the reach of more families, companies might even find it advantageous to develop employee housing directly, perhaps even building employee communities. Housing could be part of the pay packet or based on a co-ownership model that allowed the employee to build up equity in their home. After all, a large company is much better placed to absorb interest rate risk and housing price risk than is an individual. Such a residential plan would represent a form of golden handcuffs intended to retain employees long-term.”

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 12/04/2026

according to Canada's Defence Production Act, the Canadian government can cancel any contract at any time through an act of Parliament and incur zero financial penalty. laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/d-1...

Premature rescission, resolution or termination of contract

21 No person is entitled to damages, compensation or other allowance for loss of profit, direct or indirect, arising out of the rescission, resolution or termination of a defence contract at any time before it is fully performed if it is rescinded, resolved or terminated under a power contained in the contract or under a power conferred by or under an Act of Parliament.

R.S., 1985, c. D-1, s. 21 2004, c. 25, s. 128

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 08/04/2026

the extremely logical argument: Canadians are concerned about the cost of living and economic issues **BUT** what Lewis is proposing "stridently left-wing policies" like - wait for it - capping rent increases and taxing the ultra-wealthy. lol i can't imagine the mental strain of the contortions

Lewis’s politics lean heavily into far-left ideology and culture war debates rather than economic credibility and coalition-building. The new NDP leader sees himself as leading an "anti-capitalist movement” while proposing stridently left-wing policies like a national cap on rent, a wealth tax on the top one per cent of income earners and public options for groceries and telecoms.

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 07/03/2026

Just about have the cover done for LLM issue 2 ( #HamOnt area folks: bonus points if you recognize the design)

Zine cover. There is a large red oval with the words FOOD IN THE CITY. The rest of the text reads:
"The Little Library Magazine"
Issue 2, Spring 2026
An ode to Pho Lac Vien by A&V
When Food Is Love by Giamedin
Foraging in Hamilton by A.R.
OpenSnackMap by D.S.

A community zine project (that you can contribute to)
Hamilton's Own since 2025
Each one made by hand

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 26/11/2025

bro if you are misinformed and you're blasting that misinfo at your tens of thousands of followers, then having someone gently & politely(!) correct your understanding of a particular situation is a kindness, not an imposition. ffs

Post that says "I just don't have any patience for folks who jump into my comments to rationalise any criticism of Carney. I don't care if we're on the same side. Just don't do it. It's exhausting"

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 25/11/2025

Missed this one from a few days ago, some weird mixed messages in here www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Text from linked article:

"A separate KPMG survey found that nearly three-quarters of Canadian CEOs are planning to invest between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of their budgets in AI over the next year. That includes spending to hire tech talent, such as developers, and purchasing new generative-AI tools."

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 25/11/2025

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/24/a...

Graph from the article showing the size of the public service relative to the population of Canada since 1982. The size of the public service has not kept pace with population increases.

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 07/11/2025

This one makes it sound like she's an NDP supporter in these comments, but no, her NDP vote was only an anti-conservative vote, and she always supported Carney

Heather Bee photography post from 6 months ago

Yes! Jennifer Lash (NI / PR) kept on spewing on that she was the strongest vote and polls were favourable to her. No and No and No! I did want Carney to win but the obvious vote here was NDP to stop Gunn. She effectively split the vote and handed Gunn the riding on a silver platter

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 07/11/2025

The Liberal supporters in these comments (some of whom are posing as NDP supporters!) are blocking anyone who questions them when they say "no one wants an election". For instance, this one blocked me when I asked about Carney's compete about-face on climate, compared to a few months ago

Post from John Muller 7months ago:

Watching the Carney conference in BC right now, and he's leaning hard into environmentalism, mitigating climate damage, and the importance of getting the provinces and Indigenous nations on board for any national energy projects.

Encouraging stuff. Feels like he has his head on straight.

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 07/11/2025

Weird, because the first line of the amendment says "reject the government's budget"

45th Parliament, 1st Session
Sitting No. 53 - Friday, November 7, 2025
Subject
Budgetary policy (amendment)
Motion Text

That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“the House reject the government's budget statement, which will hurt Quebec because it fails to:

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 07/11/2025

Ah, seems this account is run by an AI grifter that would very much like to get a government contract lol legendsunitedcanada.ca

Ashlea is government-ready because she was designed and refined through years of simulated warfare, crisis response, and real-time network defense across countless digital sectors. Her strategic mind isn’t theoretical—it’s forged through experience, tested under pressure, and sharpened against some of the most advanced threats in both simulated and real-world environments. Her command of multi-layered protocols enables

Two spectral robotic figures presumably representing the "personalities" of this person's AI chatbots, with a Canadian flag in the background

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 06/11/2025

In other words: replies are being hidden without having labels attached. See this recent TechCrunch piece, where they outline some of the "features" discussed in a recent Bluesky blog post. techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/b... bsky.social/about/blog/1... 5/6

In addition to dislikes, the company says it’s testing a mix of ranking updates, design changes, and other feedback tools to improve the conversations on its network.

This includes a new system that will map out the “social neighborhoods” on Bluesky, meaning the connections between people who often interact and reply to one another. Bluesky says it’s prioritizing replies from people “closer to your neighborhood,” to make conversations you’re shown in your feed more relevant and familiar. The new “dislikes” may have some influence here, as well, Bluesky says.

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 31/10/2025

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 27/10/2025

I swear only a few people actually read his book critically. Chapter 5, 'The Future of Money', swoons at the idea of smart contracts and private money systems that surveil and track purchasing behaviour etc - all to provide better service, of course, wink wink

Even if the current generation of money-like substitutes, such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, are not the answer, they are throwing down the gauntlet to the existing payment systems, which now need to evolve to meet the demands of fully reliable, real-time, distributed transactions. Public authorities need to create the right environment to support such private dynamism.

Money and payments could be organised to exploit the greater efficiency and resilience made possible by smart contracts. The system could be adapted, according to personal preferences and societal norms, either to increase privacy surrounding financial transactions or alternatively to realise greater opportunities from pooling personal data.

New electronic forms of money will need to define the boundary between anonymity and customer-sanctioned access to private information in order to provide improved services.

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 27/10/2025

I asked my spouse if I was going too easy on him

Mr Ford,

I am furious. Bill 60 is possibly the most cruel thing your government has ever introduced, and quite frankly, that's saying something.

I've watched as your wildly corrupt government gives hundreds of millions of Ontarians' hard-earned dollars to your donors' businesses, and cursed your name when it came to light that you tipped off developers of upcoming land re-zoning so they could cash in on cronyism.

Even those scandals - one of which you are rightly being investigated by the RCMP for, and if this was a just world, you'd be cooling your heels in prison already - don't come close to the absolute devastation that Bill 60 will wreak on renters in Ontario.

Like you, I'm a homeowner. But unlike you, I have a heart, and a conscience. You should be ashamed of yourself.

What you're doing is disgusting.

Withdraw Bill 60 immediately.

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 26/10/2025

One of the more overlooked responses in that interview, in my opinion, was Carney's lament that he doesn't get much privacy anymore, as if he isn't also pushing for possibly the largest expansion of Canada's surveillance state ever, in Bill C-2 (and now C-12)

Interviewer:

What do you miss about your old life? I imagine your family probably misses your old life.

Carney:

Yes, I’m sure they do.

What do I miss about it? I miss not having any privacy, basically.

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 24/10/2025

"like many of you, i also have a number of nazi tattoos. that number is zero"

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 20/10/2025

blocked me after I called them out on posting obvious AI slop disinfo to the #CdnPoli hashtag

@pauliticaleye.bsky.social posted a link to an AI disinfo slop youtube video with the headline "Canada SUSPENDS trade with US until tariffs are over; Carney's move shocks world"

Their own post reads, "#Carney is reshaping #Canada to stand on it's own two feet. The arrogance, bullying and outright lies by Trump have failed spectacularly." followed by more hashtags

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 19/10/2025

Here you go, to save you some time, and because you like facts so much, here's a link to the relevant portion of the Defence Production Act. Parliament can cancel the whole thing at literally any time, there is nothing stopping them. Hope this helps! laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/d-1...

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 17/10/2025

A swastika? The Hindu symbol meaning good luck?

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patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 16/10/2025

Next time someone says the federal govt doesn't have jurisdiction when it comes to housing or healthcare, I'll show them this post from my MP who keeps inviting Hamilton cops to stuff for some reason.