iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 12/10/2026

i worked in government. i can't wait for ai to take it over. bureaucracy is a nightmare. #ai #government #bureaucracy #publicsector #futureofwork

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 04/10/2026

hot take: ai doesn't steal art. at most it's piracy, and even that's a stretch. #ai #aiart #artificialintelligence #tech #generativeai

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 17/08/2026

Your phone isn't addictive by accident. Colour, badges, autoplay - all design decisions, all aimed at you. GrayGate greys out only the apps that pull you in. The rest of your phone stays normal. One-time, no subscription. play.google.com/store/apps/d... #tech #attention

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 16/08/2026

"Verification isn't a technological widget you bolt on. It's not a compliance box you enforce top-down. It's a systems architecture." Dan Prati, founder of Quadron - on why the market keeps asking for a faster horse. youtube.com/watch?v=BA0fpg3HDfM #AI #FutureOfWork #TechPolicy

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 12/08/2026

We just finished a powerful conversation with Miriam Ber about Bill C-18 and Meta’s continuing news block in Canada. Her petition e-7543 calls for a public review, transparency, and action to restore news access on Facebook and Instagram. Sign here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #cdnpoli

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Petition e-7543 - Petitions

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 06/08/2026

“Muzzled by a Feeling” is a gritty Canadian protest song and free speech song about the moment censorship becomes internal: rereading a sentence before you post it, deleting an opinion because the rules feel unclear, choosing silence because disagreement feels unsafe. youtu.be/F6mS9gGh8iU

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Muzzled by a Feeling | Free Speech Song Canada

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 04/08/2026

“How It Works” is a neurodivergent song about curiosity, ADHD, autism, systems thinking, and the freedom of asking “why?” until the machine finally makes sense. #adhd #neurodivergent #newMusic youtu.be/VVVGrmdV9TQ

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I Just Love How It Works | Neurodivergent Song

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 27/07/2026

🇨🇦 Everyone's blaming Trump. Fair. But the IMF says Canada locks $210 BILLION inside its own borders through provincial red tape. 🔒 U.S. tariffs hit: ~1.5% GDP. Our own barriers: up to 7% GDP. 🚧 We built this prison ourselves. Full breakdown 👇 #cdnpoli #Canada #InternalTrade #TheWeirdCanadian

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 30/06/2026

🚨 The government is NOT your friend. They sell to you. You're a customer, not a citizen. 💊 The government is your drug dealer. They keep you hooked and needing them. Wake up, Canada. 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli #Canada #WakeUpCanada #TheWeirdCanadian

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 14/06/2026

You didn't save a single child. You just made them harder to find. Full breakdown with 55 sources in the article below. 👇 #BillC34 #CdnPoli #ProtectKids #OnlineSafety #DigitalRights #Canada

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 14/06/2026

It forces every Canadian to hand their government ID to private tech companies so their teenager can't have an Instagram account. Australia tried this. 70% of kids are STILL online. They just moved somewhere with zero protections.

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 14/06/2026

Canada's solution to online child exploitation? Ban the kids. Keep the predators. 🤡 Bill C-34 doesn't go after groomers. Doesn't fix algorithms. Doesn't fund investigators.

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 14/06/2026

You didn't save a single child. You just made them harder to find. Full breakdown with 55 sources in the article below. 👇 #BillC34 #CdnPoli #ProtectKids #OnlineSafety #DigitalRights #Canada

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 14/06/2026

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 10/06/2026

This needs to be said plainly: DO NOT BUY THE AI IPOs. This is infrastructure buildout dressed up as easy money. Insiders know the costs are massive, so they hand the bag to retail, let it crash, then buy back in for pennies. CDOs. Railroads. Electrical grids. Internet cables. Same playbook.

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

Thank you for adding those ❤️

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

I wrote a full report on this with 19 cited government and independent sources. Link below if you want the full breakdown. 👇

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

This isn't anti-innovation. It's about sequencing. Protect citizens first. Regulate first. Audit first. Then adopt. ✅ The investor, promoter, and buyer should not also be the referee.

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

The strategy promises $200 billion in growth and 250,000 jobs. Who verified those numbers? The government itself. No independent validation provided. 📄

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

No comprehensive audit framework. No statutory liability. No citizen appeal rights. Remember ArriveCAN? The Auditor General called it "glaring disregard for basic management." That was one app. Now imagine AI across every department.

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

Canada's only AI law (AIDA) died on the order paper in 2025. There is still no binding AI statute in this country. Meanwhile AI is being piloted in health, immigration, tax, and justice systems. 📋

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

45 civil society organizations asked the government to separate AI regulation from ISED. They said promoting AI and regulating AI harms can't live under the same roof. Nothing changed. ⚖️

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

The "sovereign Canadian" data centre in Cambridge, Ontario? It's operated by CoreWeave. A U.S. company. 🇺🇸 That's not sovereignty. That's branding.

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

Then the government signed an MOU to deploy Cohere's AI across federal services. So the same government that funded them is now buying from them. And the same department regulates them.

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

The government gave $240 million in public funds to Cohere. Cohere is valued at $7 billion USD. Their investors include NVIDIA, AMD, and Salesforce. They weren't struggling. 💰

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

The same department (ISED) is simultaneously: 🔹 Investing in AI companies 🔹 Promoting their growth 🔹 Buying their products 🔹 Supposed to regulate them That's not oversight. That's a conflict of interest. 🚨

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 07/06/2026

Canada just launched "AI for All," a $2 billion+ AI strategy. Sounds great. But who is it actually for? A thread on why the structure of this strategy is a problem for every Canadian. 🧵🇨🇦

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 04/06/2026

UBI asks: "How do we keep people alive when machines replace them?" UBO asks: "How do we make sure everyone owns the machines?" Only one leads to real freedom. Full article below. #UBO #UniversalBasicOwnership #NIT #EconomicFreedom

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 04/06/2026

Why does Silicon Valley & @ubiworks.bsky.social push UBI instead? Because UBI keeps the ownership structure the same. They keep the robots. You get a deposit to keep consuming. UBO + NIT means you own the capital, collect dividends, and vote as a shareholder. 🚀

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 04/06/2026

Proof it works: ESOP workers have 2x the retirement savings ($80,500 vs $30,000). Under $26K earners? Double the wealth nationally. During COVID, ESOP companies 3 to 4x more likely to keep staff. 📈

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 04/06/2026

"What about people who need help now?" That's the Negative Income Tax. Earn below a threshold? You get a subsidy. Above it? You pay taxes. No bureaucracy. Always rewards working more. A bridge to ownership, not a permanent hammock. 🌉

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 04/06/2026

The alternative? Every citizen gets a Capital Ownership Account at birth. Interest free loans buy shares in real companies. Dividends pay off the loan. Then you keep the income forever. No new taxes. No taking from anyone. 🔑

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 04/06/2026

UBI gives you a cheque. Universal Basic Ownership gives you a stake in the economy. One creates dependents. The other creates owners. 💡

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 04/06/2026

Everyone's talking about UBI. Nobody's talking about the thing that actually works. 👇

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 03/06/2026

UBI centralizes power in the state. It doesn't build wealth. It doesn't create owners. It creates dependents. There's a better way. Full investigation with sources below. 👇 #UBI #BasicIncome #Canada #EconomicPolicy

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 03/06/2026

So who benefits? Not the poor. Targeted programs like the Canada Child Benefit (income tested, not universal) do that better. The real beneficiaries? Tech companies who want taxpayers to subsidize displacement they profit from.

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 03/06/2026

The "robots are coming" argument? Morgan Stanley's 2026 analysis: AI has added at most 0.1 percentage points to unemployment. The mass job apocalypse hasn't arrived. Historically, it never does.

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 03/06/2026

The fiscal reality? The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates it would cost $53 to $107 BILLION gross. UBI Works calls it "only 3% of spending." That's the net number after gutting existing programs. They never say what gets cut.

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 03/06/2026

Meanwhile, the BC Expert Panel (independent government review) found NO evidence basic income would expand the workforce or boost GDP. Zero.

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 03/06/2026

Their biggest claim? Basic income will grow Canada's economy by $80 BILLION/year and create 600,000 jobs. That number comes from a model they paid for themselves. 💰

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 03/06/2026

The org is founded and funded by Floyd Marinescu, a tech CEO (C4Media, InfoQ, QCon). A tech entrepreneur telling you automation will take your job... then selling you the "solution." 🤔

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The Weird Canadian @theweirdcanadian.ca · 03/06/2026

I spent weeks investigating UBI Works, Canada's biggest basic income advocacy group. Here's what I found. 🧵

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