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@patjinfo.bsky.social

...the only source of meaning is the human mind... ...adaptive reason yields dynamic narratives that keep pace with a changing world... ...become the navigator for your better self... ...retired from work but not from life - not yet Christina Lake, BC

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...and a Con S&C wasn't a huge stretch. JT already had Carney on tap as an economic advisor re the pandemic - he could've easily crafted a deal based on Carney's moderately conservative economic vision. I think he wisely saw how extremist Cons were becoming, vs. the greater social good w the NDP...

23.06.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...at the height of the Freedom Convoy Trudeau could have as easily approached the Conservatives to strike a rightwing focused S&C deal and save his political skin from 2 more years of targeted, rage-farmed hatred. IMHO, he did the right thing there...

23.06.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

...my jury's still out. I'm watching closely what PM Carney does going forward with all those social programs (some still part way complete) while he sources all the funds needed for this Big Building Boom plan of his. Time will tell...

23.06.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...a lot of Canadian Conservatives seem to need some sort of group therapy to get over Justin Trudeau. The slightest thing, like colourful shoes, still has them all up in arms...

27.05.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lemme explain what bilateral trade deficits are, so that you can better understand -- and perhaps be infuriated by -- the intellectual error that's transforming our economy. #TeachEcon

26.05.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1151    πŸ” 419    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 41
Recent Report Showed Our Grid at High Risk, We Saw That Failure In New Orleans Yesterday. Comment!
YouTube video by Mr Global Recent Report Showed Our Grid at High Risk, We Saw That Failure In New Orleans Yesterday. Comment!

Our Grid Is Failing and It’s Only Getting Worse. Please Share.

youtu.be/6yD_PCYFmVw?...

26.05.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"...appear to believe that AI...showcase some form of consciousness."

26.05.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here are three stats on three Countires
Country. CIA rank. Life Expectancy
Canada 5th 84.2
USA. 49th. 80.9
Russia. 164th. 72.3

In the USA. 1 Religious right prays for care and avoids shots. 2 private health insurance denies care and $$$$$

24.05.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

Paying for parts would kill my chop shop business.

26.05.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI is not an assistant – it's your new boss (The Everything App part 2) As managers continue to outsource data-gathering and decision-making to LLMs, the person above you on the org chart is transforming into a chatbot's clerk – and leaving product teams with the conseque...

Every company is undergoing an invisible reorg. You'll still report to your boss - but your boss effectively report to an AI, offloading the job of management entirely onto a bot and then merely communicating its wishes back to the team.

This is the Nothing Manager. Their only strategy is "add AI."

23.05.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

It's ALWAYS Reagan

23.05.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 376    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2

...the Carpetbagger Express...

03.05.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...we're a species of hunter-gatherer mimics & tool makers that evolved our ruminating forebrain & our autonoetic sense of self to reconcile conflicting motivations too chaotic for instinct alone, but who are also being conditioned from childhood into rapacious consumer drones...

27.02.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In my book, every student deserves a fair shot to succeed. As Premier, here's what I'll do to fix our schools:

βœ… Universal School Food Program
βœ… New Funding Formula
βœ… $830M to Fix Schools
βœ… Hire More Staff

More on my plan here: OntarioNDP.ca/platform

25.02.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

...sounds like he may be a possible call-in guest of the American co-host. Regardless, it still sucks that any Canadian journalist would have anything to do with this...

23.02.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...in such a joint podcast, your one and only question should be:

How do we get our American neighbours to understand and accept that this threat to annex us is an absolute non-starter and will end very badly for anyone who tries it?

23.02.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...guessing you already know what the majority concensus response is to that question, too...

23.02.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...my understanding is that import tariffs do that. Whereas export tariffs hit the receiving country/importer...

10.02.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why does the Conservative Party of Canada have people from the USA & Argentina running their page? The other political parties are controlled only by Canadians.

09.02.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
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Support Canadian alternatives!

02.02.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 24412    πŸ” 7025    πŸ’¬ 1283    πŸ“Œ 453
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This also applies in Canada!!!

#LegacyMediaFailed #uspoli #cdnpoli

30.01.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

...it's absolutely insane that the AMA has to put out a clarifying contrarion communication like this to refute the official UCP Govt task force report on Covid-19 pandemic response, but here we are...

27.01.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home | Made in CA The made in Canada resource to quickly find Canadian products, services and retailers, so you can use your dollars to support the Canadian economy.

Want to buy Canadian? This may help.
madeinca.ca

23.01.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

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24.01.2025 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...JT popped their rage balloon just by stepping down...

23.01.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...far far more concerned about what might be done with the algorithms...

22.01.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Xitter user oneplusone shares a screenshot of a Pierre Poilievre tweet image in which he says Canada Last, and Pat Johnston quote tweets it, saying: ...when all you've got in the meme shop is an old Rando Sloganator 3000ℒ️...

Xitter user oneplusone shares a screenshot of a Pierre Poilievre tweet image in which he says Canada Last, and Pat Johnston quote tweets it, saying: ...when all you've got in the meme shop is an old Rando Sloganator 3000ℒ️...

22.01.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Xitter user beaker says, "Can't turd," and quote tweets a Catturd tweet that says: "I'm in the hospital with a bowel blockage. I'll give you more details tomorrow."

Xitter user beaker says, "Can't turd," and quote tweets a Catturd tweet that says: "I'm in the hospital with a bowel blockage. I'll give you more details tomorrow."

🎯

22.01.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

...she asked for mercy...

22.01.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I see that MSM are again ignoring what the Liberal federal government is announcing, too busy on Cons like Ford and Smith. So here is the latest on the housing strategy, announced today:

22.01.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 218    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 12

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