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Kat Arnett

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Canadian writer & cultural commentator chasing the zeitgeist one post at a time katarnett.com

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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 4h
Are you confused about the BC election? How did we get here, who are these parties, and what on earth is going on? My friends from 49 Clicks invited me on their podcast to bring some context into how and why we got here. substack.com/@itskatarnet...
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Kat Arnett (@itskatarnett)
Are you confused about the BC election? How did we get here, who are these parties, and what on earth is going on? My friends from 49 Clicks, Bailey & Marta, invited me on to bring some context into ...
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
With every election, both provincial and federal, we end up having the same discussion about strategic voting. I have already seen people saying that strategic voting is a bully tactic. So I thought this would be a good time to talk about some real data from the 2024 BC election.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hey remember that time the BC Conservatives policy and communications director compared their party to Brexit and Trump?
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trying to remember who all the parties in BC are is very confusing. Especially when the names and branding can resemble federal parties they aren’t actually affiliated with. So I made a guide.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
At this point I’m sure I’ve racked up thousands if not tens of thousands of comments over the past 18 months telling me that Canadians are mean. This is the pattern I’ve been seeing. open.substack.com/pub/katarnet...
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Canadians Aren’t Mean, They’re Fed Up
Canadians aren’t being mean. We’re just fed up with being the welcome mat you wipe your dirty boots on.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I’ve been loving that @thebulwark.com & @crooked.com are finally covering Canada more seriously. But I do wish they had a Canadian “correspondent” to explain things from our side of the border. I have yet to see them talk about the US influencing Alberta separation.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In 15 hours the CBC language learning app was downloaded so many times it jumped from 59th to 2nd on the educational chart. Trump has gravely miscalculated what happens when you threaten a country’s culture.
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David Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We have a plan to stand on our own two feet, find new trade partners and protect this beautiful country.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I really hope this week when the American pods start covering why Canada walked from trade negotiations they include this massive point - the US wanted to dictate our use of French. @timmiller.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @briantylercohen.bsky.social @jonfavs.bsky.social
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Trade talks have failed. “At midnight tonight, the U.S. intends to impose a 50% tariff on roughly $28 billion of Canadian goods. Canada will match those tariffs dollar for dollar to protect our workers and businesses.” www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
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Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Canada-U.S. trade negotiations
We have recognised from the beginning that America has changed, and that we will not return to our old relationship. Our government understood, before many, that America is altering all its trade rela...
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If you only ever read one thing I write, please make it this. Canada’s sovereignty is on the line. open.substack.com/pub/katarnet...
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The Path to the 51st State is through Alberta
How Russia and America are using online propaganda to win the Arctic
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 20/08/2026
Happening now: Our reporters are answering questions about data centre projects in Canada and the public backlash surrounding them. Submit your questions here www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It’s time for another coffee chat… about the time I started a Facebook page to stop being impersonated and it tried to convince me to be alt-right. Ironically I filmed this before the reports this week that the US is using influencers to spread separatist propaganda. youtu.be/jhqc5bkqtI0?...
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Algorithm Shock: I Started a Facebook Page and it Tried to Radicalise Me
YouTube video by Kat Arnett
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @timmiller.bsky.social Any plans to cover the fact that Canadians are trying to eject the US Ambassador? Or that this week a study by 2 universities found Russia & the US are trying to break up Canada with covert and overt disinformation campaigns?
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
With the news about proof of the US & Russia being involved in Alberta separation it’s worth revisiting a piece I wrote in May. So much has happened and I fear the world doesn’t understand the level of threat Canadians have been under. katarnett.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
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The Biggest Threat To Canada Is In Your Hand
How foreign governments are trying to crack open the country with propaganda
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 19/08/2026
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Foreign actors target Alberta’s separatist referendum
On Oct. 19, Albertans will vote on a question about whether to have another referendum - and some foreign actors are trying to foment discord
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“It was a rumour so absolutely laughable to me that I was certain my bank would send me a push notification of a laughing emoji. Me? A secretly famous millionaire author?” Part three in my series “Likes, Clicks, and Views” is out now. open.substack.com/pub/katarnet...
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Hit or Myth
Likes, Clicks, and Views: Part Three
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I still can’t get over that Netflix made a show about the Humboldt bus crash but set it in America and gave it an uplifting ending. When it was filming in Vancouver they didn’t even tell the crew the plot or give it a name. And the name? The Sticks. Like the ones people left on their porches.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I wasn’t raised on Save the Whales bumperstickers and the Body Shop t-shirts warning us of animal extinction to watch the world burn because of greedy billionaires, an unchecked fossil fuel industry, and rampant AI obsession.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“It was in this aftermath that people began to talk about their experiences. That was how I learned about not only the Discords but also that I had a legion of haters so strong they might as well have put my face on a deck of Most Wanted playing cards.” open.substack.com/pub/katarnet...
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Cult of Personalities
Likes, Clicks, and Views: Part Two
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Coffee Chat Ep 9: To AI or not to AI... for me there is no question. Today I'm talking all about the backlash to AI being used by content creators and how I think we are going to see a bigger push to analogue processes. youtu.be/O0wzozQmy2E?...
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AI vs Analogue
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Forbes @forbes.com · 07/08/2026
In the ruling, the judge notes that Meta created a “public nuisance” by being a significant contributor to the state’s teen mental health crisis.
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New Mexico Court Orders Meta To Pay Nearly $1 Billion Over Child Safety Issues
In the ruling, the judge notes that Meta created a “public nuisance” by being a significant contributor to the state’s teen mental health crisis.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/08/2026
"This isn’t a successful media company because we had the best business plan at the start…It happened because we decided to tell the truth as we saw it—unvarnished." — @timmiller.bsky.social
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We’re not backing down
From the very outset of The Bulwark, most of us didn’t really expect that this little enterprise was going to turn into anything like this.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is amazing news! And gives me a good excuse to read the first three again. Maybe this time I’ll have fewer bunny nightmares.
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Be Colour Productions @becolourofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Episode 8 is now live on YouTube! Subscribe to the @becolourproductions channel for updates! youtu.be/W6QvaM95LQM?...
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49 Clicks Episode 8: Data Breach and The Referendum
YouTube video by Bailey Colors
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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$1.5M in Lytton wildfire recovery money diverted to fraudster, claims court filing
A contractor is suing Lytton First Nation and RBC after a fraudster allegedly intercepted over $1.5 million meant for 2021 wildfire reconstruction efforts
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Disney better be rolling out their lawyers post haste.
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Be Colour Productions @becolourofficial.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
49 Clicks is back with Episode 8: Data Breach and The Referendum substack.com/@martasummer...
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49 Clicks Episode Eight: Data Breach and The Referendum
Produced by Be Colour Productions
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“Canada’s nasty. They are. They’re nasty. People think Canada, they’re nasty people. I love the people, but they’re nasty. Nasty leadership.” Trump in Las Vegas - August 5, 2026 I made this in March 2025 the first time he called us nasty.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There’s a fire burning in Belcarra Park. If you’re not familiar with the area it’s part of Metro Vancouver. It’s also just across from the major oil terminals that the government wants to dredge the inlet to increase access to when they up production. Seems like Mother Nature has thoughts.
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City of Port Moody @cityofportmoody.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Wildfire Update #2: Metro Vancouver, with the support of BC Wildfire, continues to lead the wildfire response in təmtəmíxʷtən/Belcarra Regional Park. The City of Port Moody remains on standby to support as needed. Check with Metro Vancouver, BC Wildfire Services, and BC Hydro for updates.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/08/2026
Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
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Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
OTTAWA - Mark Carney has officially given notice that his government will be designating Danielle Smith’s West Coast pipeline a project of national interest, allowing the massive oil and gas project t...
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Bailey Colors 🍁 @baileycolors.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The American regime is fueling anti-Indigenous hate in Canada because it wants us to steamroll Indigenous rights and give American corporations more land to exploit. And we can’t let Danielle Smith and PM Mark Carney not only not block that but facilitate it.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/08/2026
Whitehouse: "Today, I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee. As it looks like on a party-line vote, we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general of the United States..."
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I’ve been impersonated on Meta so many times. I’m sure even more than I know about. The very idea that people are messaging others pretending to be me is haunting. And the alternative? Well… just sign up to be verified of course! For a mere $240 a year I can let people know I am me.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“Dictator Perpetuo”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/08/2026
Max Miller released audio recordings of conversations he has with his ex wife. In one of them, she accuses him of clandestinely recording their conversations. “I have never recorded our conversations” he says, while recording their conversation. This is domestic violence. Ask me how I know.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
What’s it like to be at the center of an online mob seemingly intent on destroying your reputation? After more than a year I’m finally writing about my experience. open.substack.com/pub/katarnet...
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Predatory Influence
Likes, Clicks, and Views: Part One
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Between 10:30 am & 11:45 am PT the President of the United States, the man who holds nuclear power, sent out these series of posts. Two things: 1. Remove him from office 2. When you use AI images this is who I compare you with now.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. The inventor did it, because it was natural to him, and so in him it has a charm. In the imitator, something else is natural, and he bereaves himself of his own beauty, to come short of another man’s.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
When people call me a journalist I take it as a compliment and correct them. Ironically a woman who has been harassing me for months does call herself a journalist despite no evidence she’s ever worked as one. Be wary of talking heads that point to the headlines of others and call it journalism.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The people who are loudly supporting AI committing copyright infringement and then destroying books with some haughty “little do you know books are pulped all the time” are giving Cruella needs Dalmatian puppies for her coat.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It’s been six months since I wrote a round-up of all the ways AI is ruining our lives. And while all of this is still extremely relevant it’s only gotten worse. Especially this week seeing AI trained on the buying and destroying of rare and antique books. open.substack.com/pub/katarnet...
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All the Ways AI is Ruining Your Life
We need to talk about Claude
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Where have I been? Why am I not posting about the news? What’s going on? Well… couple things. Got some challenging news about Dad’s cancer that we’re dealing with, my stalker reemerged to make new videos about me, and I needed to rip apart my whole office. Also I turned 44. youtu.be/XUaa74jjmTI
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A Fresh Start: Resetting My Energy for New Projects
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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 30/07/2026
Highway 97C closed near Logan Lake after wildfire erupts just west of townsite #LoganLake
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Highway 97C closed near Logan Lake after wildfire erupts just west of townsite - Kamloops News
Firefighters are responding to a new wildfire start near Logan Lake on Wednesday afternoon.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I am begging the people who build government websites to take into account the number of people trying to use cell phones and tablets with accessibility features like large print turned on. It often causes hidden links and the inability to navigate properly.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 29/07/2026
In the upcoming super El Niño, researchers are expecting significant disruption to many Pacific Ocean fish fleets. Here’s why it matters www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-… 
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Record-breaking El Niño could gut California’s crab and salmon fleets
A super El Niño could wreak havoc on commercial fishing off the California coast. If the 2015-16 El Niño is any guide, it's not going to be good.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
13 years ago I wrote a novel about people who become so addicted to social media that they lose memory and reasoning abilities making them more easy to control. Today I’m working on a non-fiction book about my experiences with people so addicted to social media they are losing touch with reality.
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Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
If you’re traveling you can choose to embrace all the traditional meats you might not be used to without insulting their culture. Try new things but be respectful. Do not call it dirty, disgusting, or any other word that puts them down. But if you’re incapable of that I highly recommend beans.
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