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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 29/09/2026

This is the guy conservatives want us to negotiate with

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 29/09/2026

New tariffs coming in 3...2...1...

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 29/09/2026

true but the future where these AI companies have that much power is also dire

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 29/09/2026

This seems like the exact type of technology we should be better our entire civilization on. Good job everyone.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 27/09/2026

I feel like values under a Carney admin mean something else entirely than under Trudeau. Both sets of values are still Canadian but Carney’s are more on the pragmatic end of the pyramid of needs.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 27/09/2026

Honouring a signed agreement is a value at this point. I think the “values” we’re looking for have changed substantially.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 26/09/2026

It’s funny that a tech CEO is getting credit for coining a term that those who actually do the work have known was a thing for over a year. Congrats on being a thought leader! No one else had figured out that people abuse AI to transfer work and cognitive load onto others!!

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 23/09/2026

It’s so funny to see opposition politicians in Canada trying to jump on every Trump tirade and then having the entire thing reversed in 48 hours or less. If you have a policy position that relies on something Trump has said or threatened you’re playing chess with a chimpanzee.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 22/09/2026

Meta selling its AI chatbot as a thing that can shop for you is very on brand. We now have AI pushing mass consumption at scale with minimal human intervention. The solution is to buy less, buy local.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 22/09/2026

I will never get behind the idea that we have to empathise with these people. Bad ideas are bad. Dumb ideas are dumb. Lies are lies. There its no need to validate that they have a point. They do not have a point. All their grievances are fabricated by oil lobbyists.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 22/09/2026

there is a lot of good and fair criticism of Carney but I don't "hey you're doing too much" is the kind of criticism that Canadians are going to get behind. Let's all chill guys, what's the rush?

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 22/09/2026

his campaign is very underwhelming

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 21/09/2026

One of the best ways to make Canada strong would be to require minimum 50% Canadian ownership to access government tax credits or funding for media companies

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 21/09/2026

looks like postmedia's US masters have sent the internal memo

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 21/09/2026

much more concerning that a dip in attendance is the competency of an ownership group who can run a team in a *nine-team league* that can't win a game and has a .250 win percentage in the last five seasons.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 21/09/2026

Free idea for Leiper. Billboards that say Mark Sutcliffe gave the owners of the 0-13 RedBlacks a $400M handout Wise investment?

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 19/09/2026

Carney has a lot on his plate right now but I think someone needs to figure out WTF Canada is doing with daylight savings time. We are now a bizarre mishmash of timezones that is actually going to cause an accident at some point

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 18/09/2026

I heard a cover of Ahead by a Century today in a store today and it was so bad it was offensive.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 17/09/2026

it's 30 minutes long but I would encourage everyone to watch Carney's address to the EU. This feels historic in a way I didn't really consider until I watched it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTB6...

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LIVE: Canada PM Mark Carney addresses European Parliament (Full speech)

YouTube video by Associated Press

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 17/09/2026

Carney mentioning "payments" as one of the main areas where Canada and Europe should cooperate is interesting. The need for a non-American credit card system is a clear opportunity.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 17/09/2026

Our Prime Minister speaking in both English and French in front of the European Parliament to forge a new partnership is something I never imagined I'd see and never figured I'd react so emotionally to. Our little country is growing up.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 16/09/2026

the idea that social media platforms owned by American oligarchs and run like mind-control casinos are the only way to communicate with friends is a form of brain rot I'm seeing a lot lately. "But all my friends are there!" If your friends won't give you their phone number they're not friends

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 16/09/2026

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 16/09/2026

Why are we all mad at the extra from game of thrones?

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 15/09/2026

There’s a big difference between refurbishment and building something from scratch. The nuclear power industry is infamous for going massively over budget. And I’m not even a nuclear hater.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 15/09/2026

it's bizarre that his nuclear option is not only wrong but almost a punchline at this point. Nuclear is FAMOUS for being over budget and blowing through deadlines.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 15/09/2026

and foreign pension funds, which isn't exactly radical by any means

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CIRA @cira.ca · 15/09/2026

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What’s up with the internet? A podcast – CIRA

CIRA presents What’s up with the internet? a serial podcast delving into the good, the bad and ugly around one of the world’s greatest resources—the internet.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 15/09/2026

also, most of this investment is from institutional investors; these aren't the kinds of investments that get into the weeds on operations. They buy in and sit on long-term gains

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 15/09/2026

worst case we buy it back off them at a later date or nationalize it when the revolution comes :)

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 15/09/2026

Look, late-stage capitalism is toxic and all but if we can get bridges, rail, electricity grids and rare minerals fast-tracked by foreign investment I don't see the issue. It's not like the Chinese or Dutch can take the mines, windmills, or tunnels with them, it lives here by definition.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 15/09/2026

the entire celebrity class are basically just court jesters and bards. Rich and powerful but dancing fools to the oligarchs.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 12/09/2026

I’m an apple guy so I definitely had it in my mind that it was *possible* for them to launch a folding phone that wasn’t fugly. I was wrong. The entire product category is a chimera in search of a purpose.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 12/09/2026

If the Toronto drone advertising comes to Ottawa I’m buying an EMP. Marketers. We need to talk.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 10/09/2026

I feel like a civilization that has lived with the threat of nuclear annihilation for 75 years is really bad at judging existential risks.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 09/09/2026

Imagine being the Apple marketing team and knowing you made a piece of cloth live rent free inside the media's head

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 09/09/2026

Maybe there's a ton happening behind the scenes but it certainly doesn't feel like the government and law enforcement are taking the active participation of foreign actors in this process seriously.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 09/09/2026

literally every day we get some talking head who says "hey dummies, this is going to suck and be really hard!" You think?

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 09/09/2026

The space from that to a fishing boat in the Bay of Fundy being suddenly declared to be smuggling fentanyl is very narrow.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 09/09/2026

We are dealing with a regime that started sinking random Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean Sea with no probable cause or due process and then a few months later kidnapped their leader and seized their country.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 09/09/2026

The scenarios running through my mind rn would have been insane just two years ago. We are dealing with a rogue state and all options should be on the table to protect ourselves.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 08/09/2026

they also keep acting like Canadians don't know this is a) completely fucked and b) gonna be really hard We are the educated country.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 02/09/2026

my first preference is Canadian but since 1password IS Canadian I go to preference 2 which is "not run by fascist giants" I'm switching to Proton Pass

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 02/09/2026

These tech bros continuously go to bat for the worst people in the world under the guise of "hey everyone is entitled to their own opinion". Yes, they are, and we are all entitled to shun them and ostracize them from society. @1password.bsky.social: cancelled.

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Spencer Callaghan @spencercallaghan.ca · 31/08/2026

Today would be a great day to reintroduce the digital services tax.

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