I hate to have to do this, but I’m in a watery jam. The good news is I might be able to turn this around to make shooting easier than destroying half the apartment to set up every time.

No pressure, take care of yourself first, but if you can? Greatly appreciated.

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David Macdonald: This is a budget for corporate Canada — and specifically for its oil and gas companies, which have made money hand over fist on high gas prices.

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This Budget Is a Gift to Oil and Gas | The Tyee

The federal government’s latest budget includes some affordability measures, but mostly delivers for big business.

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The BC NDP is deserving of a whole separate critique, but it’s nuts this province held an election where the dominant focus of coverage was on the timing of the election call rather than what the government-in-waiting was planning to do if it came to power or issues that impact peoples’ lives, even

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca

18 hours ago

Congrats to everyone in BC’s political, media and lobbying establishment who helped sanitize this guy’s image

Anthropic started because they perceived OpenAI to not be taking AI safety seriously enough. Now, they they are perceived to be no better than OpenAI AND are accelerating Climate Change. Absolute gas-lighting; literally.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com

2 days ago

Anthropic strikes $3.4bn deal to generate gas-fired power for data centres ft.trib.al/tJa67DP

Anthropic strikes $3.4bn deal to generate gas-fired power for data centres

AI lab bypasses traditional suppliers to secure scarce equipment as demand for energy surges

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Days since I have bought a computer: 0

Days since I have installed and tested a new linus Distro: 0

The finance minister decided to interrupt my interview, so I challenged him on his billionaire’s budget.

We won't make life affordable by giving more handouts to the 1%. It's time to tax the rich so we can all share in the wealth of this country. Add your name: www.ndp.ca/take-action/...

Canada has missed the boat. We’re going backwards.

Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social

4 days ago

China’s green-manufacturing juggernaut, built in part through heavy subsidies from Beijing, matches the current total of grants, loans and private finance that all wealthy countries sent to poorer ones in 2024 to help fight climate change
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How China’s clean-tech machine is reshaping the global climate fight

China sent $132 billion in clean technology and investment to the developing world last year, by far the largest contribution to carbon-dioxide reduction of any country.

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Not in Carney’s budget: Anything on reducing Canadian software dependence on the large US tech companies, e.g., Microsoft.

W/r/t US and tech power, these are table stakes.

This government isn’t serious about reducing Canadian economic and security vulnerability to US coercion.

I mean, that's what the government's own GBA+ analysis says. A budget for high income men!

Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social

4 days ago

Reporter: Is it a budget for men by men?

Elizabeth May: I'd be more specific -- it's a budget for white rich men.

This is a central banker’s budget: billions in corporate handouts with incremental relief measures failing to tackle the root cause of the affordability crisis.

Carney's government still has to do the gender-based analysis of the budget (!!!) and it makes it clear that some of his biggest ticket economic measures are expected to have the biggest benefit for high-income men.

They're classified as "regressive."

Lol. Lmao.