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“If the #U.S.politicalsystem cannot check Trump’s behaviour, shared #trust in #institutions will erode catastrophically. No mentally sound future #President will be able to undo the damage.” #Trump

I would second the PKD suggestions and add Martian Time-Slip and Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.

The Ethics of Technology The best books on the ethics of technology, as selected by Tom Chatfield, author of Wise Animals: How Technology Has Made Us What We Are

“Our ability to be good and do good is bound up with the systems through which we’re connected and interconnected”
fivebooks.com/best-books/t...

I'm old enough to remember when Trump pretended to care about whales, just long enough to try to kill wind power.

He couldn't hide what really lurked in the howling void of his soul all along: a feverish desire to ravage nature, just because he can. Many such cases, with him.

BREAKDOWN: Trump's letter, line by line Trump's psychic organisation regresses under narcissistic injury

“There is little evidence that #Trump is experiencing significant #dementia or Biden-style #cognitivedecline. What we are seeing instead is severe #narcissistic #degeneration under increasingly unchecked #power.” (perceptive piece) open.substack.com/pub/vladvexl...

U.S. Automakers Risk Being Reduced to Niche Producers of Gas Vehicles

General Motors, Ford and other established automakers risk becoming relics if they don’t catch up to Chinese carmakers and technology companies in electric vehicles and self-driving cars. Great story by @jackewingnyt.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/b...

Breaking: “sycophantic AI distorts belief, manufacturing certainty where there should be doubt” LLMs are an epistemic nightmare

“Essentially anyone who uses a #chatbot is at risk. Because what is shows is that sycophantic #AI that serves as a personal #echochamber that can actually keep you from finding good #ideas.” open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...

Ugh.

" #Canadians need to be levelled with. This is not a moment for partisan advantage. This is a #nationalemergency that demands all parties working together—getting legislation, getting policy, figuring this out. That is what creates #resilience. That is what creates #value."

"It is time for #Canada to stop acting like a compliant #fifty-firststate and start acting like a #sovereign #nation with #agency."

Bringing a Rulebook to a Bulldozer Fight Why Canada Must Stop Playing for Applause and Start Playing to Win

"The #DepartmentofNationalDefence runs its Defence 365 system on #Microsoft platforms. Our major #banks, our #telecom providers, our #federaldepartments - all directly subject to, or dependent upon, services subject to #U.S. #jurisdiction." barryappleton.substack.com/p/bringing-a... #Canada

#taxtherich
#UBI
#universalhealthcare
#dem-soc

Agreed!

No - or maybe they did, and I just wasn't paying attention. I find all the razzle dazzle and hyper-loud spectacle that surrounds the actual game now rather mind-numbing and try to ignore it ...

“ #Canada -still clutching its moral rulebook, still preaching to the congregation at #Davos, still holding consultations when it should be deploying countermeasures—is bringing a rulebook to a bulldozer fight.” #trade #US #CUSMA

It has to do with a nephew who’s very fond of hockey inviting me along occasionally …

Bringing a Rulebook to a Bulldozer Fight Why Canada Must Stop Playing for Applause and Start Playing to Win

“ #Canadians need to understand that the country wielding cruise missiles in Tehran on Saturday morning is the same country wielding #tariff #weapons against Ottawa on Monday morning. The toolbox is the same. Only the instruments change.” open.substack.com/pub/barryapp...

Yet #Brazil, a favorite for me, is very much a black comedy version of 1984 though one key parallel to now is the choice to either get involved in helping to resist injustice or to retreat into our personal dream world bubbles.

“The #authority of #scientific opinion remains essentially mutual; it is established between #scientists, not above them.” - #MichaelPolanyi, The Republic of #Science

“other, corporate-named”

AI is a bureaucratic technology. So is war. What happens when AI slop hits targeting systems and civil liberties?

“The #dystopias we ought fear will be less like 1984 with its all seeing #BigBrother, and more like Terry Gilliam’s #Brazil, in which a bug caught in a teleprinter results in the wrong person being targeted and tormented.” open.substack.com/pub/programm...

AI is a bureaucratic technology. So is war. What happens when AI slop hits targeting systems and civil liberties?

“ #PaulKrugman asks sarcastically this morning whether #US #troops are supposed to flex their biceps at attacking #drones. There is an important lesson behind this query.” open.substack.com/pub/programm...

Iranian drones strike U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia as war widens The conflict escalated further on its fourth day, with Israel sending new ground troops into Lebanon and explosions ringing out in Iran's capital.

Iran expanded its targets Tuesday, striking the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia as Washington began to pull many staff out of the Middle East. https://to.pbs.org/3OJ9zFI

“ #Whitenationalism is the biggest threat it's ever been,” said Evan Balgord, executive director of the #CanadianAnti-HateNetwork, who calls these groups the biggest ideologically motivated #extremist #threat in #Canada.”

White nationalist fight clubs pose risk for 'extreme violence,' warns government report — CBC News The growing white nationalist

“Of the more than 200 known active club chapters globally, a “disproportionate” number, more than 30, operate in Canada, according to the report. Second Sons Canada — a similar #far-right group — has more than 15 chapters.” apple.news/AwD9wu8bmT1K...

Alberta's flu season is now the deadliest in recent memory as experts call for action | CBC News Influenza deaths have soared to new heights in Alberta this year, according to nearly two decades worth of data, prompting concern from health experts.

Alberta's flu season deadliest in recent memory as experts call for action #Alberta

250 Albertans have died due to influenza as vaccination rates remain low

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Federal court rejects Trump administration attempt to slow tariff refund process A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month.

A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars' worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month.

“It is in Israel’s interests to replace the states that challenge its domination over the #Palestinian people and occupation of Palestinian lands by #failedstates, rather than #democracies.”’

Photo of a pale yellow sunset over the Don Valley taken from a TYC Line 2 subway car on the Bloor St Viaduct.

#Sunset from #TTC #Line2, #BloorStreetViaduct, March 2/26