My organization is starting to move away from large service providers, favouring smaller ones, due to botted out customer service failures.

When I first saw this video going around I dismissed it as AI clickbait. It's absurdly bad.

The purpose of an AI company, just like any other company, is not to make our lives more interesting and rewarding. It is to make as much money as possible.

I know there is a lot going on in the world, but Cloudflare support is criminally bad. Every other domain registrar I've used will respond within a couple hours at most. CF's buggy automation can take multiple sites offline for days at a time and their pay-to-play support replies once per 24 hrs.

Every time they assert that crown corp groceries are communist, I reflect on my communist hydro-electricity and think "yes, please do more communism, then."

Took a look. Funny how there's nothing about publicly owned grocery stores. 🤷

I grew up as a huge Honda fanboy. Countless hours modifying my old Accords and Preludes. Friends find it strange that my enthusiasm has switched to Hyundai and Kia now. I point to the fact that Honda made the new hybrid Prelude, meanwhile Hyundai made the IONIQ 5 N.

A former NDP Head of Public Service gave a keynote at my org's board meeting. It was billed as thought provoking insights to challenge our norms. It turned out to be recycled right-wing Facebook talking points from 10 years ago. Cringe, but also scary that these people influence policy.

lol yes. Not so much a dream of self determination as a fantasy of Canada's destruction.

I'd take 20 more episodes of Firefly thanks.

Whenever you hear that a not-for-profit or community organization has folded after losing a few thousand dollars of funding, remember that the OneBrainCell party got $600k from taxpayers to make performative racism slop.

I am much more concerned about the federal government letting Alberta ram another pipeline through BC than some vague, imagined dispute over who governs my yard. Feels like the NDP's will has inevitably been wilted by X and Substack.

Drake on the hook for 2000 years while the four largest oil sands companies profited $131.6 billion in the last 3.

I love that he used the bank profit example. I like to bring it up whenever people ask how we are going to pay for programs.

No word on that yet. Right now we get the Kia EV4 and PV5 cargo van. The IONIQ 6 might live on in Canada after being cut in the US. Same with the Volvo EX30.

Hyundai/Kia are even bringing EVs to Canada that aren't sold in the US. It helps that some Canadian provinces have publicly owned electric utilities (Crown Corporations) that build mass fast-charging networks.

Every time you hear that there is no funding committed for flood adaptation infrastructure, remember that the four largest oil sands companies profited $131.6 billion from 2021 to 2024. So ... maybe we could do some taxes?
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32:05. He's "not there" on Alberta separation because he realizes it's not feasible to build a moat or a wall around AB to physically separate. Then proposes an alternative "paperwork" approach. Does he think separatists are talking about *physically* separating AB off? I live in BC. Are they?

Every time you hear that governments are tightening their belts, remember that Lululemon alone made over $2.4 billion in net income in 2024. Perhaps we could dial up the socialism just a smidge.

I look forward to a heartwarming story about gay oilsands workers on Crave this fall.

In the words of Flavio Volpe, president of the Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, "My instinct is that any EV transition is going to be led by companies like Honda and Toyota." 🤦 Meanwhile, Kia is releasing EV models here in Canada even if they don't go to the US.

The richest 1% in Canada *increased* their wealth by $3 trillion between 1999 and 2023. In 2025, Canada's big six banks profited $70 billion. Meanwhile, the sky is falling over sub-$15 billion provincial deficits. Everything is being cut back or axed because we will do anything but tax the rich.

I keep being served up anti-DRIPA videos from real estate agent/influencers. I assumed the DRIPA pushback in BC is a real estate and general corporate deregulation op.

AI will not replace office workers because it does better work. It will replace office workers because there will be no more cheap laptops.

This tiny tax increase causes every news outlet to scream that the sky is falling while raising ... $0.29 billion this year. Meanwhile Lululemon alone had $2.5 billion in profit in 2024. Can we please tax the rich?

The "expert" is Brian Kingston, chief executive of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, essentially a lobbyist for incumbent automakers with something to lose.

I like to imagine Canada Post pivoting to crown corp email platform and web hosting, even e-commerce.

Everyone is hearing that there is no money. In 2024, BC's top 100 corporations alone posted $250 billion in profits. Seems like we're leaving a lot of money on the table in terms of taxes.

There is supposed to be an announcement of new fuel efficiency regulations and credits Feb 5th, and maybe the return of EVrebates. But yes, the media keeps gaslighting us about a "flood of cheap Chinese EVs" when the agreement doesn't support that idea at all.