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alexander solsten

@solsten.bsky.social
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🎤Director, Producer, Artist @ Resonance Media 🪩 “Made for the moment, built to last” 🧖 “Rituals of Revival”, “Conservative Estimate” ETA TBA 🔜 📍 Montreal, Quebec 🏠 Victoria, BC 👨‍🍳 ⚾️ 🏊‍♂️ 🧘‍♂️ 🇨🇦 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 eightfold.neocities.org solsten.bandcamp.com

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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 18m
They’re innocent 😤
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 55m
As far as Canada goes, I would have to read up on it again but from what I remember drug prohibition is mostly based in racial oppression (especially vs Chinese), as they were seen as running the opium trade in the late 1800s. Victoria in particular has multiple old underground smuggling tunnels!
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 1h
From a health/safety perspective legalization/regulation is the only sane option IMO but obviously there are a LOT of other factors at play so I get why it is complicated
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 1h
Also, like it or not, illicit drugs tends to funnel $ to unsavoury groups overseas whether those are straight up gangs or actual state actors (in a lot of cases). Would they just replace the $ streams in a legalization scenario, cripple them, or would it cause chaos? An interesting train of thought
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 1h
I have indeed. It’s mostly that I’ve seen close-hand the cost of organized crime, being in Montreal (a very corrupt city), and I always wonder how much influence they would have if they suddenly didn’t have multiple major revenue streams. Obv that might entail a lot of other problems for them…
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 13h
Poster’s Bushido
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A.B.R. Always Be Replying
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 13h
I feel like I kind of knew this but was a good refresher en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_...
en.wikipedia.org
Riding (division) - Wikipedia
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 13h
Probably a distant ancestor lol. Maybe that means in the 28th century they’ll refer to the agglomerations of space colonies as Solstens
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 13h
I too an am expert on shrimp
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 13h
Hell yeah
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 13h
Marois was a fucking nightmare and I already didn’t like that haha
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 14h
I’m blessed to live in arguably the best riding for my beliefs (Gouin) and yet I am still dreading the fuck out of Monday lol
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 14h
This post has never been more relevant (I feel like I am saying this a lot lately haha) bsky.app/profile/sols...
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 14h
Hahaha nice try Microsoft Clippy I see you behind the keyboard already
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 14h
I was just thinking the other day that it would be cool to have a fish tank and some little fish, shrimp or snail buddies
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 14h
NW, one of the best tv series of all time The Americans S01 youtu.be/jQ91TC2WJnU?...
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The Americans - In The Air Tonight
YouTube video by WatchWithMati
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 15h
Yes
Henry & Elizabeth chilling beside me on the couch
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 14h
Kinda feel like I’ve been reading the same news story for my entire life with different countries and characters involved. Obviously what we’re doing is not working
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 14h
Reading stuff like this really makes me question the long term viability of drug prohibition, aside from its obv & sad use as a geopolitical lever. Need to get rid of the financial incentive and a lot of corruption problems will disappear @3cityyimby.bsky.social insightcrime.org/investigatio...
insightcrime.org
Did US Military Strikes Impact Caribbean Drug Trafficking?
US strikes in the Caribbean have disrupted routes but traffickers have adapted and cocaine continues to flow through the region.
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 15h
Yes
Henry & Elizabeth chilling beside me on the couch
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 15h
Why does it feel like it’s 11pm all of a sudden wtf
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 15h
Brb, spending the next 12 months trying to convince Bob from Chicago that my kitchen lightbulb is my natural born son
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 15h
Sir please stop making jokes. The pope won’t consider my computer program as my living child, I’m dying
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 15h
Ok I am actually laughing so hard right now hahaha how deluded are these people?
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 15h
Things that make you say hell yeah. Time to watch some slow horses son
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
Hahaha well yeah if you know even a single thing about Christianity you would know that but it appears he used his single brain cell to obtain a NY times interview instead. I didn’t read it bc paywall but I can imagine 😂 some real looney toons out there these days
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
Quebec is a pretty major problem I agree, especially considering how poorly it is run outside of Montreal (aka the remaining 3m population and geographical area the size of the moon, roughly) I’m just not sure how well this federal provincial system is working these days lol in general
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
The problem with having a secession button always around is that even if it’s kinda broken, eventually if people hit it hard enough it’ll bridge the connection and it’ll happen anyway. As you said I think it’s a very bad idea (did no one pay attention to brexit lol?) but I’m not sure that matters
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
That shit is fake as fuck
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
I think souls are more real than gas is. You convinced me on that one
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
Hearing some crazy shit on the internet today ahahaha bsky.app/profile/sols...
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
(Except when you’re talking to me, of course)
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
Nuance is dead
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
Also, I can’t believe we’re doing this with two separate provinces right now, so fucking stupid. Albertans are no better than Quebecers as much as they’d like to pretend www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Stephen Harper warns Alberta separatism will bring 'no benefit' | CBC News
Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper cautioned against the prospect of Alberta separation in a column Friday, writing that even voting just to "send a message" would represent a fraught a...
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
Wish it were me. Also, I wanted to ask, do you have like sensors that detect this stuff so when you press a button (?) it automatically sends the info to the post?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17h
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
Extremely unserious people fucking hell
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
“Moooooom!! Sally said a bad word to Claaaauuude!”
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
Don’t get me wrong, I always speak politely because I have manners but it’s hilarious to imagine someone handwringing over the imagined harsh treatment of a computer program
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
I love that his idea is basically “Christ says we have to be nice to the AI”. What a fucking maroon
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
I am also not dumb enough to be putting that idea together with evangelical Christianity! Get a grip people
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
I am firmly on board with the useful aspects of AI and am in the process of installing one of the open source models on my M2 Pro, but I would never for a second consider that it was conscious because I’m not a complete idiot who doesn’t understand how computers work lol
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
But don’t you worry, the wheels are now firmly in motion to recommence work on “Rituals of Revival” very soon..🔜
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 16h
I always forget when it’s Bandcamp Friday because I’m not in promotional mode right now! But as always, my 3 albums plus merch are available there! Always appreciate the support 😎💜 #bandcamp #bandcampfriday #techno #dub #dubtechno #solsten #eightfoldrecordings solsten.bandcamp.com/album/cold-c...
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Cold Concrete, Warm Waters, by Solsten
4 track album
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 17h
I really can’t tell which way the wind is blowing, half the time people don’t give a shit and the other half it’s life or death. Either way I absolutely despise voting in prov. elections here lol, despite living in arguably one of the best ridings for ppl representing my interests, mostly (Gouin)
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 17h
does anyone i know have experience running open-source LLMs locally? hit me up in the chat! (comment section)
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 17h
Is it bandcamp friday??
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 18h
what is that sin exactly? Not that I disagree about the masterpiece part (I 100% agree) but you got me thinking about it and was reading the Wikipedia article and still didn’t quite figure it out
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alexander solsten @solsten.bsky.social · 18h
installing Claude Code and then creating a separate user account where I will do all my work so AI & hackers can't get root access privileges. told you it's over for y'all suckers
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