Jeff Sipko

takeover by CinemaLeo vote carefully to keep the government democratic

Some really great storytelling here (and very relevant to current events)

cinemaleo.itch.io/takeover

Technophilia: The Mental Illness Behind Civilisational Collapse The Civilisational Lie Series

“The only way we can implement degrowth is if we demolish convoluted value chains, eliminate all middlemen, and democratize profit so that the only ventures which thrive are the ones which benefit society and the planet as a whole – not the ones destroying it”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

Lord Buffalo drummer removed from plane and detained by US border control European tour cancelled after Mexican citizen Yamal Said of Texas-based band detained, despite having US green card

This one hits pretty close to home. Have been a fan for a while.

Lord Buffalo drummer removed from plane and detained by US border control www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

"wE'Re bRiNgiNg JoBs BaACk" bitch i dont wanna work in a steel mil or making shirts

my friend got fired who was a marine biologist, talk about making america great again

men spell out SOS

Men kidnapped by the Trump regime spell out an SOS at the Bluebonnet ICE concentration camp.

@jpedneault.bsky.social @elizabethemay.bsky.social Ce fut un honneur de vous avoir pour nous représenter ! I only had the chance to vote for you this one election, but I'm glad I did. IMO if y'all had focused more directly on Outremont vs. a cross-country message, it could have gone a lot further.

Hot take: AI generated content is like your vacation photos. It's awesome in the moment, it's not quite the same when you look back on it, and literally nobody else cares about it.

YouTube video by Steve Boots Interview With Green Party Leader Jonathan Pedneault!

@jpedneault.bsky.social, co-leader of the Green Party is the candidate for my riding. I found an interview with @steveboots.bsky.social from a few weeks back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ5R.... Definitely going Green this election! 🟢

Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss ‘war profiteer’ “Shame on you.”

As a former MSFT employee, I'm so proud of Ibtihal. Takes immense courage to stand up to people at this level. And I'm ashamed of the company for taking on military contracts with governments the ICC has credibly charged with war crimes.

www.theverge.com/news/643670/...

I think it's dangerous to ignore the strategy when there are lengthy documents detailing exactly what it is. Can Trump make sense of it? Definitely not. But this regime has a plan to dismantle Western democracy and it seems to be on track so far.

There used to be a time I would watch SpaceX launches and cheer them on, thinking space flight is something that could bring humanity together to align around common goals. Now I'm just hoping for more "unscheduled rapid disassembly" to wipe out as much SpaceX assets as possible... What a shame.

It's always projection

I want that track jacket that Phil Spencer is wearing...

YouTube video by Money & Macro Why Trump's tariff chaos actually makes sense (big picture)

If you're confused about Trump's tariffs (and who isn't), then I recommend this breakdown by @economist.com

TL;DR tariffs put on pressure to manufacture in US, while chaos devalues the dollar in sync, theoretically rebalancing trade in US' favor

It's an insane pipedream

youtu.be/1ts5wJ6OfzA?...

Today's MAGA associate of the day is AirBnB. If you need to list your home or find a place to stay, consider Vrbo instead.

Thanks for the writeup @fortune.com

fortune.com/2025/03/28/j...

#nomagamoney #boycottmaga

Professor and authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about dictators and fascism. Why do people suppo... History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? We teamed up with history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat to answer the internet's burning questions about authoritarianism and fascism.

Craft Ventures
www.craftventures.com/portfolio
GP David Sacks is the “crypto czar” of the MAGA regime

Sequoia Capital
www.sequoiacap.com/our-companies/
Outspoken MAGA supporters
Donated $300k to Trump’s 2024 election campaign

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A16Z
a16z.com/investment-l...
Spent over $24M on Trump’s 2024 election campaign
From the horse’s mouth: a16z.com/politics-and...

Founders Fund
foundersfund.com/portfolio/
Co-founded by Peter Thiel. ‘Nuff said.

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If you're a founder, refuse checks from these VCs.

If you're an engineer, rip their products out of your tech stack.

If you're an end-user, boycott products that incorporate MAGA-money tech.

Here's a list of the biggest MAGA supporters and their portfolio companies
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Is your tech stack Making America Great Again?

A lot of the MAGA power comes from billionaire silicon valley donors, including a number of VCs. VCs that only make money when their portfolio companies make money. So let's make them toxic to work with! More in thread.

#noMAGAmoney #defundMAGA
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ChatGPT - Checks and Balances Reform Shared via ChatGPT

Me: "What happens when all branches of US gov't are compromised by political actors?"

#ChatGPT: It’s important to stress that these ideas are purely hypothetical. In practice, a situation in which all federal branches are compromised would likely precipitate a severe constitutional crisis

#gpt3o

Thanks @mcuban.bsky.social for supporting Canada in this! Plenty of great startups in the Canadian ecosystem too. 😉

People freaking out over DeepSeek like they've never seen this graph before

@liberalca.bsky.social @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social Today seems like a good day to start improving Canada - China relations

I'm more of an ambivert, but the point is still valid. 😶🤖

Harvey Finkelstein, CEO of #Shopify. Takeaways:
• Be geographically agnostic
• Canada has unique challenges, but it's awesome, so Shopify hq wants to be here
• Grow as a leader faster then business is growing (law of ecology)

Panel #2 at #NorthStar, experienced founders. Keywords were #speed #intensity and #obsession. Advice:
• It's a marathon not a sprint
• Surround yourself with coaches who can help you
• Find a problem you love
• And a team you love to work with

First panel with student founders from #McGill and #HEC. An inspiring bunch!

At #Northstar Montreal for an afternoon of talks. I'll post any cool insights or tech that I discover!

GitHub - Kiln-AI/Kiln: The easiest tool for fine-tuning LLM models, synthetic data generation, and collaborating on datasets. The easiest tool for fine-tuning LLM models, synthetic data generation, and collaborating on datasets. - Kiln-AI/Kiln

Cool project discovery: github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln

While I haven't played with it yet, I came across this project for fine-tuning LLMs and generating synthetic datasets. Seems to support a variety of models. Very intriguing. Any other tools to know about?