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• Post #3798245

  🚨🚨🚨URGENT: Data Centre Moratorium Loophole Alert 🚨🚨🚨 Multiple independent parties are warning of problems with the text of the Interim Control Bylaw drafted by City staff. https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=500398 UPDATE the city has removed this file from the meeting agenda website WITHOUT EXPLANATION. One of our group saved it and I have uploaded it here: https://app-share.mailbox.org/appsuite/api/share/044fd7290e2ef34846688dbe2ef34fd5ae7650b1e03fb05a/1/8/...

• Post #3701588

  out here slaying giants https://breachmedia.ca/inside-the-rising-country-wide-movement-against-ai-data-centres/

• Post #2501760

  stumbled upon the OED’s list of Canadian English updates for September 2020, which includes the term “gong show”, as in, “that event was a total fucking gong show” https://www.oed.com/discover/the-ontario-dialects-project-and-canadian-english-in-the-oed/ the earliest evidence for its use is apparently from a 1982 debate in the House of Commons, which feels appropriate https://www.oed.com/dictionary/gong-show_n

• Post #2090640

  This was quite the read https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/on-a-wartime-footing-carneys-new-defence-initiatives-risks-corruption-and-global-conflict/ #CdnPoli

• Post #2090639

  Pushback made Ford sell the gravy plane. This one is way more consequential! The least we can do is let him hear it https://releasedougstexts.ca/

• Post #2090638

  I'm told there is a thriving ecosystem of Heated Rivalry fan fic and i am choosing to operate on the assumption that it's simply chock full of hockey-related double-entendres, e.g. "wow, that's some great stick handling" or "two minutes for roughing" or "here he is with the wraparound" etc

• Post #2090636

  Entirely reasonable to expect the holder of the most powerful elected office to not be in a position to personally enrich themselves through decisions they're supposed to be making on behalf of 40 million people. The Liberals, of course, disagree! #CdnPoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-ethics-blind-trust-9.7174747

• Post #2090635

  Fantastic piece by Dónal Gill in Canadian Dimension: Carney’s AI dream betrays Havel’s warning Why the NDP should seize the moment to challenge technological determinism and reclaim a humanist politics https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/carneys-ai-dream-betrays-havels-warning #CdnPoli

• Post #2090634

  gosh, this “sovereign wealth fund” sounds remarkably similar to this proposal from 2024: https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/brookfield-ottawa-major-pensions-being-discussed #CdnPoli

• Post #2090632

  for folks on the #geminiprotocol - here’s a 6x6 boggle clone with a daily leaderboard etc. just need a browser certificate to play. bug reports/suggestions welcome :) gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/gobble

• Post #2090631

  teaching myself what not to do with git hahahaha … pain

• Post #2090630

  Shout out to Merriam-Webster dot com for still not putting an AI button, unlike the OED and Collins websites

• Post #1480688

  ok so this is a weird one: I’ve previously pointed out that former Trudeau ambassador to the US, and current member of Carney’s ‘Council on Canada-US Relations’, David MacNaughton, is the President of #Palantir Canada. But last night I went to find a link showing this, and noticed that his Wikipedia page has been updated. It says he’s no longer at Palantir. The edit was made by a temporary account which has since been deleted. MacNaughton’s LinkedIn still says he’s the President at Palantir...

• Post #1268546

  HIGHLIGHTS from the AI panel at the 2026 Liberal Party of Canada convention, feat Minister Evan Solomon, world-class ding dong https://youtu.be/pYFeG0KxxRs #CdnPoli

• Post #858206

  ok wrote a gemlog post about it - feel free to @ me about it via your own tinylog on the #geminiprotocol :) gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/tinylog-aggregator.gmi RE: https://social.patatas.ca/objects/3a3bfb6f-34cc-431d-af12-6e4b0c4a3a4e

• Post #823310

  implemented a super basic tinylog aggregator CGI script on my #geminiprotocol capsule, and already had a couple folks start a conversation with me about it via their own tinylogs :D I really love how low the technical barrier to entry is for doing fun stuff on that protocol. gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/gtl-reader.gmi