Bryan Crockett 🇨🇦
@bryancrockett.ca
He/him · Métis · President @westcat.ca | Paralegal, ex–Parliament Hill staffer
I work where tech, policy, and community overlap.
✉️ bryan.crockett@westcat.ca
📍 BC, Canada
I work where tech, policy, and community overlap.
✉️ bryan.crockett@westcat.ca
📍 BC, Canada
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Happy Crimis
MeRrY cRiSiS
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December 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Happy Crimis
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Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
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If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
I am so thankful for my coworker David. He lives in the same part of town as me so he’s been giving me a ride most mornings.
What a great guy.
What a great guy.
December 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I am so thankful for my coworker David. He lives in the same part of town as me so he’s been giving me a ride most mornings.
What a great guy.
What a great guy.
If we can make it work, there’s lots about space-based data centres that could make a lot of sense. But can we make it work?
Space-based AI data centers are Big Tech’s latest fad and Silicon Valley’s newest investable venture.
Yet, scientists who study space remain skeptical of the idea.
Read more from @elissawelle.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Yet, scientists who study space remain skeptical of the idea.
Read more from @elissawelle.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If we can make it work, there’s lots about space-based data centres that could make a lot of sense. But can we make it work?
Nothing inspires confidence like “probably won’t explode”
Kuxiu’s S3 MagSafe power bank is bigger and better and probably won’t explode
Kuxiu’s S3 MagSafe power bank is bigger and better and probably won’t explode
2025 was a busy year for power bank recalls.
buff.ly
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Nothing inspires confidence like “probably won’t explode”
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Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF
www.eff.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Right?
When Trump is SO awful that Satan looks good by comparison?
Satan deserves better. 💔
When Trump is SO awful that Satan looks good by comparison?
Satan deserves better. 💔
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Right?
When Trump is SO awful that Satan looks good by comparison?
Satan deserves better. 💔
When Trump is SO awful that Satan looks good by comparison?
Satan deserves better. 💔
I recently watched the season finale of South Park and amid all the jokes I gotta say Matt and Trey really made me feel heartbroken for Satan over the loss of his child.
Masterful writing. And heartbreaking. For Satan.
lol
Masterful writing. And heartbreaking. For Satan.
lol
December 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I recently watched the season finale of South Park and amid all the jokes I gotta say Matt and Trey really made me feel heartbroken for Satan over the loss of his child.
Masterful writing. And heartbreaking. For Satan.
lol
Masterful writing. And heartbreaking. For Satan.
lol
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OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 ‘code red’ response to Google is coming next week
OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 ‘code red’ response to Google is coming next week
GPT-5.2 could arrive as early as next week
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 ‘code red’ response to Google is coming next week
What the hell was it even for!?
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What the hell was it even for!?
So glad that Uber is available in my community finally, but we need more drivers here. Late for work yeehaw
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So glad that Uber is available in my community finally, but we need more drivers here. Late for work yeehaw
Goddamn I am so sick of being disabled.
It took me like two or three hours to finally feel somewhat functional after waking up today, and even then, I still feel like shit.
It took me like two or three hours to finally feel somewhat functional after waking up today, and even then, I still feel like shit.
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Goddamn I am so sick of being disabled.
It took me like two or three hours to finally feel somewhat functional after waking up today, and even then, I still feel like shit.
It took me like two or three hours to finally feel somewhat functional after waking up today, and even then, I still feel like shit.
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Proton now has an end-to-end encrypted spreadsheet app
Proton now has an end-to-end encrypted spreadsheet app
It sure does look like Google Sheets.
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Proton now has an end-to-end encrypted spreadsheet app
It's not a hostile takeover, Rustad says, one day after his party announced someone else was the leader and he claimed to also still be the leader.
John Rustad quits as B.C. Conservative leader, saying it's not a 'hostile takeover' nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/04/c...
John Rustad quits as B.C. Conservative leader, saying it's not a…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It's not a hostile takeover, Rustad says, one day after his party announced someone else was the leader and he claimed to also still be the leader.
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The normalization of this madness is so quick that we’re debating whether a second illegal strike was wrong after an initial illegal strike with no proof of any crime and we’ve already seen just random murders of fishermen normalized with the excuse they’re running drugs, which isn’t legal either.
December 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The normalization of this madness is so quick that we’re debating whether a second illegal strike was wrong after an initial illegal strike with no proof of any crime and we’ve already seen just random murders of fishermen normalized with the excuse they’re running drugs, which isn’t legal either.
A govt report published this year identified questions related to AI and copyright, including how Ottawa should approach data mining used to train large-scale AI models. Certain jurisdictions, like the EU, have exempted various data mining from copyright.
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/12/03/l... #cdnpoli
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/12/03/l... #cdnpoli
Liberal AI legislation won't address copyright questions, says Solomon
A government report published earlier this year identified several outstanding isssues related to generative AI and copyright law, including how Ottawa should approach data mining used to train large-...
www.ipolitics.ca
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
A govt report published this year identified questions related to AI and copyright, including how Ottawa should approach data mining used to train large-scale AI models. Certain jurisdictions, like the EU, have exempted various data mining from copyright.
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/12/03/l... #cdnpoli
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/12/03/l... #cdnpoli
At this point, the dock on my phone is just three different AI apps and my web browser.
And I’m seriously contemplating moving the web browser.
And I’m seriously contemplating moving the web browser.
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
At this point, the dock on my phone is just three different AI apps and my web browser.
And I’m seriously contemplating moving the web browser.
And I’m seriously contemplating moving the web browser.
My partner is away for the weekend, but I know what I’m gonna get up to!!
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
My partner is away for the weekend, but I know what I’m gonna get up to!!
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France is opening a probe because Grok repeated a classic, well-known form of Holocaust denial: the false claim that gas chambers were for “disinfection” rather than mass murder.
France to reportedly probe Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok for alleged Holocaust denial
The X Chatbot Suggested Gas Chambers at the Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau Were 'Designed for Disinfection,' Adding That the 'Narrative' That Chambers Were Used for 'Repeated Homicidal Gassings' P...
www.haaretz.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
France is opening a probe because Grok repeated a classic, well-known form of Holocaust denial: the false claim that gas chambers were for “disinfection” rather than mass murder.
Well they were best friends who shared a "wonderful secret", after all.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Well they were best friends who shared a "wonderful secret", after all.
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Very happy to see Canada investing in space capabilities. arstechnica.com/space/2025/1... #cdnpoli
Rocket Report: Canada invests in sovereign launch; India flexes rocket muscles
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket gave an environmental monitoring satellite a perfect ride to space.
arstechnica.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Very happy to see Canada investing in space capabilities. arstechnica.com/space/2025/1... #cdnpoli
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Trump told Fox News he doesn’t believe that people are anxious about money.
Trump Brushes Off Americans’ Concerns About Affordability, Calls Polling 'Fake'
Trump told Fox News he doesn’t believe that people are anxious about money.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump told Fox News he doesn’t believe that people are anxious about money.