Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Important thread of how every party is responsible for the flex of white supremacist organizing on Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve 03817
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Everyone should go to college for free and not have to worry about grades. 1182
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend 5794803354
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is actually a great point that the Bloc Quebecois leader (yes, really) made today. I'm paraphrasing from memory, but he basically said Carney is undoing stuff in minutes that took years to fight for. 428070
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I think Danielle Smith crying is good and I'd like to see her cry more. 71069
conrad potao 🍉 @mctrmt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026WTAF!! As wildfires burn across Canada, the Carney government is plowing ahead with plans to list a West Coast tar sands pipeline as a "project of national interest." Use 350 Canada's online tool to flood the public consultation before September 18! share.nwmd.social/s/KcUJKsZjshare.nwmd.socialNo Pipelines on a Burning Planet 022
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026just learned this today 6868343704
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I think AI has already exceeded the intelligence of the type of person that believes AGI is imminent, which is why they believe AGI is imminent. 253377487
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 16/09/2026French Canadians and regular French are going to somehow end up in a conflict with the biggest body count of the 21st century 1476
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!! NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate. We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record: ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n... 13867419
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉TheSporkMaster @thesporkmaster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We can not trust companies to tell us what they are doing and if they are operating within the confines of the law. Another reason why capitalism is always doomed to fail horribly. 011
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Zeteo @zeteo.com · 16/09/2026“The real threat of AI comes from the people building the technology...” Tech critic @parismarx.com on why he’s skeptical of “rogue” AI agents, flagging that the greater threat coming from AI is its environmental impact and the data centers being built by tech CEOs. Read: zeteo.com/p/big-ai-wan... 411641
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Dan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I can't make it any clearer for people who don't care about trans/immigrant/etc. rights on their own merits: If ANYONE'S rights to existence/bodily autonomy/privacy are negotiable, then EVERYONE'S rights are negotiable. EVEN YOURS. 0217
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comNaomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui... 6539011323
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉oh jeez @nimakokaaz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026elon musk was allowed to launch a rocket next to a beach that contained 3% of the remaining nesting piping plover population on the east coast the explosion cooked the eggs in their nests if he was dead it wouldn't have happened does this compute 2239
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡) 10498166
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉QuyetPawz @quyetpawz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Since I'm Canadian and it's Sept 11... I will also say that Canada helped when a bunch of planes were re-directed as a result of what happened. youtu.be/wCjsUk7PchI?... Canada helped by finding a way to house 6000 people for a couple days.youtu.beNEW Heritage Minute: Gander and 9/11YouTube video by Historica Canada 041
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Davide Mastracci @davide.readthemaple.com · 09/09/2026NEW: Do you live in Canada? Are you impacted by pro-landlord policies? Want to know if your MP is a landlord or invested in real estate in some way? I’ve released the 2026 version of my landlord MP database. Find out if your MP is a landlord now! www.readthemaple.com/mp-landlords/readthemaple.comFind Out If Your MP Is A Landlord Or Invested In Real EstateThe Maple examined and analyzed MPs’ disclosure forms and compiled the results. 013897
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Ocarina of Agrarian Collectivism 723023
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026we have a lot of books that talk about what fascism is, but I don't know whether any of them explains that it can still be fascism even if you can walk your dog and go to the gym 710530
conrad potao 🍉 @mctrmt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"Recovery" my ass. www.friendsofmedicare.org/recoveryab_a...?friendsofmedicare.orgRecovery Alberta Abruptly Closes Crucial Treatment SpacesRecovery Alberta Abruptly Closes Crucial Treatment Spaces 020
conrad potao 🍉 @mctrmt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026TIFF must ban Israeli films: www.readthemaple.com/tiff-must-ba...readthemaple.comTIFF Must Ban Israeli FilmsBy effectively banning Russian films, TIFF established a precedent it’s refusing to uphold. 000
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 26/08/2026The One Gender 418031
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Storm Blakley, Alleged Human @vedraven.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The tuck tape isn't holding, and qater came through onto my dad's guitars. They're almost all I have left of him, and I want so much to keep them safe. If you can help us, please, we really need it. 022
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Storm Blakley, Alleged Human @vedraven.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I know we're all struggling, no one has anything to spare, but if you can, this poor disabled rural Yukon house would really appreciate it. We owe over $2k in bills; electric, etc. Anything helps! ko-fi.com/vedraven paypal.me/stormravens patreon.com/join/Stormra...paypal.mePay Storm Blakley using PayPal.MeGo to paypal.me/stormravens and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries. 007
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026"Vipond said there has only been an active conversation in Canada around plug-in solar for under a year. “People need to give this time.We do need to have legislators and the utilities catch up to where the popular sentiment is…. But I can tell you that people are really excited.”cbc.caYukon Conservation Society wants to bring 'guerilla solar' movement north | CBC NewsThe Yukon Conservation Society recently took to social media to encourage people to use plug-in solar panels, a technology rapidly growing in popularity in the face of rising energy costs. The Yukon g... 1017361
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026ten years ago, we were being told it was fine to give these views megaphones precisely because of how fringe they supposedly were. then they won two elections and started rewriting laws and closing university departments and kidnapping and killing people 1334
conrad potao 🍉 @mctrmt.bsky.social · 15/08/202616 jars of saskatoon rhubarb jam, and I’m not even halfway through the rhubarb! 030
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026As of just now 72,107 signatures - Petition in thread here #GoCanada 🔥💪🏻🍁🇨🇦 Nearly 60,000 people had signed the petition as of Wednesday morning, almost double the number of signatures 24 hours earlier. /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caTens of thousands of Canadians call for U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra to be expelled | CBC NewsA petition set to be presented in the House of Commons this fall calls on the government to declare U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra persona non grata and remove him from Canada. 87720325
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Todd Alcott @toddalcott.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Technocrat: I am actively working to destroy democracy because I believe I should be worshipped like a pharaoh Media: A bold vision from one of our greatest minds Trans person: I would like human rights Media: You’re a disgusting parasite 1166
conrad potao 🍉 @mctrmt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Strictly Canadian version. People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song. Me: Oh, the year was 1778 050
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉sarah l. hawthorn (A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING '26) @slhawthorn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026AND ANOTHER THING "It's inevitable so we all have to get used to it" no we do not! We never did! That's never an option we need to take! For anything! We're just a bunch of animals! What are you talking about!!! Every choice that has been made about AI has been avoidable. Luddite and proud, baby 114216
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉staring blankly into the abyss @irmsby.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Grief and anger and despair are the new summer normal when reading the news. Bolstered by the knowledge that governments will do nothing to mitigate this from being our new normal. 0102
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 07/08/2026This is the thing we don't talk about enough, a lot of people's use of AI is rooted in a fear of being rejected for their imperfections—their humanity—which is classist programming that we can all push back on by being more chill with each other and celebrating imperfection 4456
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 07/08/2026I can't believe I'm saying this but people need to activate their inner Karens about this shit. Complain to the manager. "If you take shortcuts with the photos how do I know you're not taking shortcuts with the safety of my food?" 17126
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Look all I know is that they're driving environmental harm and I don't really care how much help anyone thinks they are at coding, data centers are sucking up water and power at a rate that is harming actual human beings and the world around us and therefore LLMs can get fucked. 3574116
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I have been saying this for ages! Misinformation robs people of autonomy. When applied to women’s health it means it is inherently misogynistic! 118753
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉buupy @buupy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026a happy cursed ass tuesday to all whomst observe 162
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 03/08/2026Man goes to see the Cyclops. Says he's depressed. He wants to get back to his wife and home, but he keeps running into fatal predicaments along the way. Cyclops says, "Prognosis is simple. Nobody can help you." Man starts crying. Says, "But Cyclops, I *am* Nobody" 211041273
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 03/08/2026NEW: I attended today's protest against Meta's proposed hyperscaler data centre in Sturgeon County. People are not pleased. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...open.substack.comGuillotines, Dinosaur Costumes and Broken Trust: Alberta's Data Centre Revolt BeginsCritics warn of fossil gas reliance, power price hikes and wasted water as officials approve massive Meta facility with scant public debate. 418082
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 01/08/2026They're not gonna stop the data centres though. Unless people make them 0297
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 31/07/2026{john linnell voice} 🎶They call me Mr. Mind You cretin, who are you? I'm Mr. Mind A telepathic king I hate that Captain Marvel and I Aaaaam a reeeeeal worm I ammmmm an actual worm I scheme like a worm 43414
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Nathan Daniel Hernandez @natedhernandez.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy 363195043085
Reposted by conrad potao 🍉Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns. 369108924638