Evan Leibovitch

You have to manifest it first ?

If that happens the answer is simple, as Doctorow has suggested; Canada should legalize digital jailbreaking.
Teslas. John Deere tractors. HP printers. Etc.
A win for everyone except them.

Calling attention to Trudeau right now offers a style contrast that does not work in Pollievre's favor. And it reminds people that Pierre's been following a very MAGA-ish tactical playbook for a very long time.

I think right now I'm hoping for a minority parliament.

5/5 #canpoli

His response to tariffs and threat of annexation:
1. "Knock it off" (really?)
2. But enough about the existential threat, concentrate on Justin

Problem is, IMO in his swan song Trudeau is handling the situation exactly as most Canadians would want our PM to do.

4/5 #canpoli

With his two main attack targets -- Justin and the carbon tax -- no longer in play, Pollievre's gone back to the old Tory tactic of obsession with Liberal scandals. But so long as Pierre refuses to get security clearance he's in no position to harp on personal flaws in opponents.

3/5 #canpoli

As even the most Justin-hostile premier is pulling together at a time of collective pride and defiance, Pollievre's speeches remain the same bitter, personal-attack campaign slurry that he's peddled since becoming Conservative leader.

2/5 #canpoli

A year ago I couldn't wait to be rid of the Canadian Liberals. Too woke, too Hamas-tolerant, too fiscally clueless, too preachy, too divergent from Canada's values as I see them.
But every time Pierre opens his mouth these days, that conviction wanes as I realize it could be worse.

1/5 #canpoli

The arguments presented at SCOTUS (which appear to be accepted by the court) are clear -- with precedent -- that 1st amendment rights are not availed to foreign entities.
The constitutional argument has already failed.

Jaguar is trolling everybody.
A fascinating strategy to get attention.
I'm waiting for the second shoe to drop.

A curated list of trustworthy journalists in different fields, who have committed to open minds and minimized dogmatism.
That is, something like the Free Press, but more of an amalgam of freelancers than one specific media source.

Every second day, Linkedin sends me an email to tell me "you're on a roll!".
I haven't posted there in months.

Saw my first instance of Bluesky being abbreviated as "BS" to keep the lettercount down. 🙃

Legacy media shitting on upstart rivals.
Who could have predicted?

Why Is the National Book Award Going to a Publisher of Antisemitic Books? W. Paul Coates, the father of Ta-Nehisi Coates, is getting a lifetime achievement award tonight from people who don’t want to talk about what he’s actually done.

open.substack.com/pub/bariweis...

Slowly finding people to follow. Glad you're here.

Migrated all my desktops and laptops from #KDE Neon #Linux to TuxedoOS. So far very happy with the results, even though none of this is running on Tuxedo hardware.
www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-OS...

A Free Press Conversation with Natan Sharansky The Soviet dissident says that the most important conflict in the West is not between Democrats and Republicans. It’s between liberals and progressives.

"The most important conflict in the West is not between Democrats and Republicans. It’s between liberals and progressives"
www.thefp.com/p/a-free-pre...

I need this

X has become a righty echo chamber.
Bluesky is well on its way to becoming a reactive lefty echo chamber.
The divide is widening.

Comparing and contrasting app privacy policies for Threads, Bluesky, Twitter and Mastodon:

I joined Bluesky when it was invite-only more than a year ago.
Interesting to see new followers, tho I haven't posted in a while. I still think Mastodon's fediverse has a better approach to speech freedom, but the main thing is to be where others are.
Anyway... Twitter refugees, welcome!

I've been watching too much Ukraine coverage. I thought they were anti-missile panels.

Thanks, Fixed.

T2 - The new public square T2 is the new public square, with a familiar 280 character format. Join our waitlist to get access to our growing platform.

t2.social
Created by ex-Xitter employees.
Invite only.
Much more nanny-state than Bluesky, Mastodon and others. Will nag you mid-post if you're using ... assertive ... language.

I started on a similar chart from a different perspective. Admittedly needs a lot more work but some info may be handy here.
Edits and suggestions are welcomed.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Nice chart.
Not sure what you mean by "standoffish". If that means just leaving journos alone, neither chummy nor hostile, IMO that should be optimal.

Is it even worth adding T2 to the mix?

Canadian News Websites Will Soon Be Blocked in Canada. But American News Outlets Will Still Be Avai... Canada’s online news blackout won’t impact foreign news outlets that cover stories about Canada or Canadian politics

NEW: Google confirms it’s only blocking Canadian news orgs as defined under the Online News Act and would not, for example, block the New York Times or Fox News.

In effect, this change only means we’ll see news produced inside Canada replaced by news produced outside of Canada.

As Meta and Google move to block news links in response to the Online News Act, our readers appear to be printing out our journalism and sharing it on telephone poles.

Before you do, let me know. There's plenty of odd stuff beyond the usual trappings, in some cases well out of downtown. IE: St. Lawrence Market is fine, but needs to be contrasted with Pacific Mall.
Pick a country; Toronto has a "[countrry]town" or "Little [country]" somewhere. Except France :-)