The Carney government is absolutely eviscerating the public service to a level that Stephen Harper never would have dared. Completely ending home delivery is just another step towards privatization.

My favourite fact about minimalist classical music is that contemporary minimalist composers are controversial in the community because they want their music to be pleasant to listen to instead of alienating.

Does anyone know of any papers exploring digital TTRPG marketplaces like itch.io? I'm trying to look at how these marketplaces may have affected labour in the industry, but I'm having difficulty finding if there's any existing research.

Mark Carney’s new budget might be the single most aggressive neoliberal/austerity budget put forward in my lifetime. Far, far more aggressive than anything Harper attempted, and almost entirely targeted at eliminating transparency, environmental protections, Indigenous relations, and essentially completes the last Conservative government’s plan to eliminate Canada Post. Budget increases have primarily gone to finance and the military.

"AI... [is] designed entirely around allowing living labour to produce the most predictable outputs from dead labour. It is perhaps the most aggressive and totalizing form of alienation from labour we know."