LostWon

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[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I was just talking about the Youtube channel, but maybe he'll reach some of the boomers there at least.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I watched yesterday and I'm still at a loss. The arguments Fawcett made are logical and make me want to hope for better, but it's not like I can shut off my memories of all the other instances where I've seen Carney catering to business-related lobbies (and in this case it may be military equipment manufacturers or others that use fossil fuels) without any hint of consultation with independent experts, and in ways that won't really benefit most citizens.

If there weren't already multiple examples of Carney using misleading language that causes public confusion over his government's intentions, I'd probably be more inclined to trust this, but as things are I'm still apprehensive. Also, the rush to build excess pipelines that don't seem worth the expense gives me ominous flashbacks to Trump's insistence on bringing in crude from Venezuela after his coup of Maduro, even though refiners didn't want a market glut. Feels like finance bro logic.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know what the landscape is like in the gaming industry these days so I can't say if it's the case here, but often that kind of pattern is about eliminating competition (i.e. market manipulation rather than innovation).

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Energi Media has been on my radar for a couple of months now. They tend to have interesting takes on Alberta politics, as proponents of clean energy. I'll definitely check out their perspective on this. Thanks for the heads up!

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks to me like they were talking about (or to, as the case may be) Hoekstra.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

The thought did cross my mind that Internet cafes may offer too much anonymity for the liking of the ones pushing all these surveillance laws globally.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

For someone with your username, that sounds incredibly eugenicist (choosing who can vote), and more typical of someone who believes in liberalism to say (the elitism in blaming people who fall for the propaganda instead of the propagandists themselves). Surely this kind of language plays a part in disenfranchising people who are simply misinformed. Kind of counterproductive.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month ago

As they realized in Europe, Microsoft will turn data over to the US govt if requested, so using it on sensitive systems should be seen as a bigger security threat than some video app.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

aka "Tim Apple," at least to Trump

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Looks very helpful. Thanks for the link! <3

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It would make a nice museum, and they could have regular tours.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 month ago

Alien vs. Purrdator.

 

Finally making my first post (I don't think I ever even made one on Reddit) and it's a parliamentary petition link.

I've thought for a long while that people who appear to be working on behalf of foreign interests against the best interests of Canadians should be investigated and tried in court. If you agree Alberta separatists like the so-called "Alberta Prosperity Project," are really just working for Trump/MAGA, please sign and spread the word!

Whereas:

  • The Alberta Prosperity Project, driving the current independence petition, has held three documented meetings with senior Trump administration officials and solicited a $500 billion US credit facility to fund a potential independent Alberta;
  • The Trump administration’s documented pattern of resource-driven coercion — in Venezuela, Greenland, and Panama — is now credibly directed at Alberta, which holds the world’s third-largest proven oil reserves;
  • Co-founder Dennis Modry, participant in the Washington meetings, was found by a BC Supreme Court judge to have misappropriated $1.3 million from elderly relatives;
  • Canada’s Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner has confirmed foreign interference in Canadian political processes is already occurring and that the Washington meetings may fall within his mandate; and
  • The Alberta government legislated around a court ruling declaring the original petition unconstitutional — conduct the presiding judge described as “disrespectful to the administration of justice.”

We, the undersigned, People of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to invoke its authority under Section 53 of the Supreme Court Act to refer the constitutionality of Alberta’s Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 to the Supreme Court of Canada, and to direct the Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner to immediately investigate the meetings between the Alberta Prosperity Project and the Trump administration.

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