Jamie Kneen

So well done! They've packed a lot of information into 4'30". And a lot of expletives.

The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed MAGA-billionaire-owned Ksi Lisims LNG terminal in British Columbia, and it's surprsingly honest and informative! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...

Burrowing owl peeking out from behind a wall.

Good morning! 🪶

there’s a verse near the very end of the Bible that says anyone who adds new words to it will have an equal amount of torments added to their time in hell.

I went on a bit of a rant about the Carney government’s megaproject mania.

Do we even have a government? Do they have any concept of international law? The whole "elbows up" charade is getting more embarrassing by the day.
Hill Times headline: "Up to the U.S. to decide if it violated international law with Caribbean boat strikes, says Anand"

Should’ve stuck to doing the tattoos over the phone.

The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig As the microchips behind artificial intelligence grow in complexity, each generation requires more energy, minerals and water than the last, driving a ruinous cycle with no end in sight.

As Silicon Valley CEOs anxiously figure out how much computing it will take to propel artificial intelligence forward, the real question we should be asking is how much more artificial intelligence the planet can take.

To remember is to end all war.

Lansdowne 2.0 Vote Ward Map. www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/com... Best comment on Reddit was from MapleAurelian: "The one time the suburban councillors vote to spend money in the city centre is when their constituents don’t want it. This whole thing is so bizarre, it feels conspiratorial."

critfailmemes on threads (!) "Okay so to keep the poor from rioting you give them bread and circuses" "Got it. However some of them were sneaking into the circus on their friend's login so we stopped that" "No you... you gotta give them the circuses" "We're ending the free bread program, too much of it was going to the poor"

HOT OFF THE PRESS! The Hoodwinked Collaborative is proud to unveil a preview chapter from the forthcoming Fourth Edition of Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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As women's hockey climbs to new heights, the City of Ottawa says think smaller | Opinion PWHL executives Jayna Hefford and Amy Scheer write that it's not too late to change the story on Lansdowne 2.0.

Lansdowne 2.0 doesn’t give Ottawa what it needs. The plan is built around the limits of a public-private deal that leaves the city with hundreds of millions in new debt for a project that won’t serve residents well.

Indeed, but in reality such a tax needs to be much more substantial. Also: inheritance tax - and an end to tax havens.

I still don’t understand why Tierney and the other suburban/rural councillors even have a vote on this, never mind a platform to spew their pro-PPPillage tripe.
But ad hominem at its finest.

"Bury him face down." This barn burner of an obit might feel hyperbolic to people who entered the world in the wake of 9/11; it's not. Cheney was one of the architects of today's American Christian conservatism. He was directly responsible for millions of deaths. Salt the earth where he's buried.

The billionaire loophole: How Canada’s tax system fuels inequality While ordinary Canadians struggle, the top one per cent hide billions in offshore tax havens — a colonial system engineered to protect wealth and starve public services

The billionaire loophole: While ordinary Canadians struggle, the top one per cent hide billions in offshore tax havens — a colonial system engineered to protect wealth and starve public services.

New from @readtheorchard.org:

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#cdnpoli #taxtherich #budget2025

When Canada delivers its budget Tuesday, will it "get out of the way" on the proposed Ring of Fire environmental assessment, as Ontario Premier Doug Ford requested last week?

Canada's not telling.

I've been requesting since Oct. 29, daily contact with the Privy Council office, but still no answer.

Say Hi to Tech Bro Carney | The Tyee As his government heedlessly embraces artificial intelligence, the threats to Canadians are clear.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is ramping up its drive for AI glory while deepening an alignment with Canada’s own “tech bros” movement. Christopher Holcroft writes. #canpoli

In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape.

“In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian”

According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:

Data stored in Canada can be subject to foreign courts, government paper warns OTTAWA — A new government white paper on digital sovereignty says Ottawa can’t maintain full control over its data if its data storage supplier is subject to the laws of another country.

Ah-yup!

"Data stored in Canada can be subject to foreign courts, government paper warns"

"federal government can only maintain full legal control if it delivers the service itself, or uses service providers that operate completely under Canadian jurisdiction."

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Also there’s not even a proposed project with a feasibility study. There’s literally nothing to “rush.”

‘History repeating itself’: Ontario First Nations vow resistance as Doug Ford accelerates Ring of Fire mining As Ontario signs new deals under Bill 5, some First Nations say the province’s rush to develop is undermining rights and deepening divisions

‘History repeating itself’: Ontario First Nations vow resistance as Doug Ford accelerates Ring of Fire mining.

Some First Nations say the province’s rush to develop is undermining rights and deepening divisions.

New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:

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#onpoli #landback

Let’s tell PM @mark-carney.bsky.social that the time is long overdue for the government to address this Canadian’s human rights. Write us for postcards for you and your friends: diabsupport@gmail.com

Join us to hear Alex Neve on the promises and challenges of human rights, and the need to address the injustice inflicted on Hassan Diab; and Don Bayne on the sham French trial that further violated Dr. Diab’s rights.

The UAE, taking in billions in US weapons and then turning around and arming the genocidal RSF: We’d never get away with this if America still existed in the world!

Meanwhile, the media here largely report on the situation as just one of those mysterious things that happen in Africa. Geoff York is one of the few reporting on the UAE weapons shipments, gold mining interests etc.

Apparently the geniuses we just elected have learned nothing from the last round of failed mega-bribes for industry. Last I checked they were still actual governments with actual powers, even if they’ve abdicated all but the power to shovel money to corporations.

And it sounds like Taki is an upstanding kid - responsibly folding up the empty Doritos bag and tucking it into his pocket.

What I can see this side of the paywall is enough to be really grim.

Antibiotics. Game changer, but we’re working hard to undo that. Relatedly, *average* life expectancy includes massive infant & childhood mortality…