The Geological Survey of Canada did a study (Open File 6914) in 2012 showing Canada could be a green energy super power with geothermal. Could employ many from the oil patch, Govt funded and run as a Crown Corp to create a sovereign wealth fund. Wonder who would be against that?. #cdnpoli
"user data is the new oil" and Bungie is sitting on a truely dark bien of it
Chris Hedges (war correspondent) documents regimes fall when ordinary people desperate they rise up AND palace guard refuses to shoot women & children. A robot dog with a mounted machine gun would have no reservations. I'm sure Mohammed bin Bonesaw would be interested amongst others
@paultassi.bsky.social have you considered Bungie selling Marathon user-NPC interaction data to companies like Panantir or Boston Dynamics to improve autonomous weapon platforms performance against general public? you know, last line of defence for autocratic regimes
silence?
yes and the mafia controls access to large volumes of concrete. Hence a focus on large construction projects, which also has the benefit of land speculation. It's really not complicated, it's grift.
Trump buying wrong sized shoes is a loyalty test. He wants toadies. Someone who will accept daily physical pain without question. What better way? It's horsehair shirt 2.0
well if he goes into depression again, the suicide prevention hotline was defunded by Trump
And companies use govt contracts to create new systems and tech which they own 100% of the intellectual property. Why cheaper off the shelf not used. Why when you can get your future product development govt subsidized
I worked on a PPP in the UK where 3 cost over runs were preplanned in the budget, explained to me that all govts fear scandal and 100% they will pay. And when the fuckups are the companies fault, the guarantee that nothing will happen is that too many execs signed off on the plan.
Not really aligned with the values of the new Christian nationalist states of America
An insidious loyalty test. Like making a horse haired shirt the office uniform
popular video game ´extraction shooters’ like #arkraiders or #bungie #marathon has players scavenge & kill each other for resources. Reinforcing worst instincts in young men. Also, creating data on how humans fight & react to threats, that can be used by #AI guided weapons #palantir #ChatGPT
sadly our petro overlords will use this as justification to increase development outside of the middle east, they are already promoting this position in AB
Ford is going to take the entire Island and build his convention center with an adjacent airport, which also provides a bridge to deal with increased passenger flow. Thats a lot of grift from mafia supplied concrete & developers.
From online reviews the Chinese EVs are dramatically more advanced than US/EU cars in general, it’s going to create a shock when revealed here. A proper WTF moment
I believe the key fundamental difference is the UK is truly in dire straights after decades of austerity, corruption and anti democratic rule. The US has this as well but it’s impossible in their system for a 3rd party to form. Canada is not there yet
that dude admitted he got his degree to tick a box, would of been happy to not learn and add to his knowledge base. While he is particularly pathetic, it is sad that our lizard brain tends towards the short cut and we are being diminished by AI
why Olivia Chow should of retired and got a cat. what F ing point is there to Mayor Chow.
looked at a condo. bought during construction by a numbered company, sat empty 1 year, now asking 400K more. #housing crisis is not supply, it's that you can't compete against the wealthy investors . life essentials need strong regulation #affordability
Cheap shoulder launched missiles keep jets out of the skies, and they have added IR tracking to counter the F35 stealth design
Another firm in the AI automation ponzi scheme. AI automation was the cornerstone of the 5G business case (my area of expertise). Turned out to be tech BS to fleece investors. There are tech reasons why it’s feasibility is years away, which still doesn’t mean commercial viability. Still all unknown
Can you explain the deep psychological need for UK’s special relationship? when I lived in the UK I found it bizarre. Like a supplicant to a dominatrix. No public sacrifice seemed too big to maintain it yet no quantifiable value.
my experience in one of Canadas biggest corps is the exec leadership all uses consulting firms to tell them what to do. Consultants have told me the game is determine what the exec wants to do then write a fiction to make them feel better about it. Contradicting an exec means you're not hired again
Avi has authenticity. He also forces uncomfortable conversations we need to have. Vancouverites love nature but upset at him for opposing clear cut logging. etc. This is a form of power for the NDP, trigger discussions the Liberals want to avoid.
my fav is if the price of oil drops the gas pumps take time to reflect that as they already paid for their storage tank full, but if oil price goes up the price of gas jumps immediately
Put Linux mint on the laptop. Free and easy.
Trump knows his history will come out over time. He is trying to create a counter ´but’ narrative. ´Yes he rapped children, but he freed 90M Iranians.. ‘. Or we are trying to rationalize the insane. Trump is a spoiled 10yr old with a flamethrower.
looks like the USA will invade #iran as they are getting troops ready for deployment. Reason they never learn as it's not the politicians kids dying & as #Epstein said "there is opportunity in chaos". #cdnpoli #uspoli www.instagram.com/reel/DVj8nUm...
Back in the 80s when i was in Berlin their Philharmonic, just before the performance , sold any empty seats to students and unemployed for very little, 10DM if i remember correctly.
