"The economic and political grievances expressed by the movement’s leaders obfuscate what’s really going on… Alberta separatism, at its heart, isn’t motivated by equalization policies, Senate seats, carbon taxes or oil. These tired complaints may ride shotgun on independence, but bigotry drives the truck…"

Among the Separatists | The Tyee
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/04/01/Among_Separatists/

Jeremy Bowen: Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn't working

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y969pnxgvo

Mark Carney greenlights gas-powered AI data centres: an unholy marriage of climate-wrecking fossil fuels and society-destabilizing tech. This is completely irresponsible.

https://thewalrus.ca/after-intense-lobbying-carney-allows-gas-powered-data-centres-in-alberta/

#Canada #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoAI #Alberta

Mark Carney is looking to eliminate personal #privacy from #Canada. The government will be able to demand anyone that provides electronic services (which includes anyone who has an email address) develop such tracking capabilities as the government may order and then demand that information with reasonable grounds to suspect any federal offence: https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/C-22/first-reading

#cdnpoli #canpoli #Carney #CriminalCode #C22 #BillC22 #LawfulAccess

Bram might be onto something here: https://bramcohen.com/p/manyana

CRDT-based version control.

The ideas of the LEAP Manifesto are more relevant and factually supported than ever. The hard end of fossil fuels is coming faster than was forecast in 2016, and governments will be unable to stop or delay it. Unsubsidized renewable sources will undercut subsidised fossil fuels and that will be that.

The sooner political leaders admit it and lead, the better prepared Alberta can be.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/avi-lewis-leap-manifesto-shannon-phillips-9.7131960

#cdnpoli

I'm in no way an AI hater. It has some very good use cases. But in the commercial world, if you are promoting a product or service, the phrase "AI-powered" translates to "didn't read the room". The majority probably don't see that as a plus? (I could be wrong!)

Boost if you will to get coverage. The results will be interesting if enough people vote.

EDIT: I should have said "hater or lover". But the question was strictly concerning the use of that language in promo and advertising.

RE: https://chaos.social/@sa/116230479201296074

@tinker 👇🏼

"If you want to improve the model's output, you can write skill files with more specific instructions!"

"Oh wow so like a file that tells the computer to do exactly what you want?"

"Yep!"

"You're never gonna believe this."