Kat Shadowstar 🇨🇦
@shadowstarkanada.bsky.social
Fanfic author, video game programmer, doomer, Canadian. Enjoys a lot of things.
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How and why apartheid chainsaw boy wants to kill #Wikipedia.
#NeoNazis
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
#NeoNazis
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Right-Wing Attack on Wikipedia
The free internet encyclopedia is widely used to train AI. That’s why conservatives are trying to dethrone it.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
How and why apartheid chainsaw boy wants to kill #Wikipedia.
#NeoNazis
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
#NeoNazis
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
How do we fight this kind of thing? No party with a real chance at winning power has an interest in not sharing information with corporations.
David Eby's militia (AKA C-IRG now CRU) works with CSIS. It's certainly not for British Columbians benefit. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
The deepening ties between CSIS and resource companies | The Narwhal
As the federal government earmarks resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to CSIS
thenarwhal.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
How do we fight this kind of thing? No party with a real chance at winning power has an interest in not sharing information with corporations.
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Climate change is real. 😥❤🇨🇦 #ClimateChangeIsReal
Lake Superior 3 degrees higher than historic average in October #Canada
On Oct. 20, water temperature was 11.6 C, warmer than historic average of 8.8 C
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
On Oct. 20, water temperature was 11.6 C, warmer than historic average of 8.8 C
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Lake Superior 3 degrees higher than historic average in October | CBC News
Lake Superior is one of the fastest-warming lakes in the world. Water temperatures on Oct. 20 this year were the second warmest ever recorded.
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Climate change is real. 😥❤🇨🇦 #ClimateChangeIsReal
Is it just me that really dislikes this messaging? It feels like it's saying that Islamophobia would be somehow more justifiable than racism.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Is it just me that really dislikes this messaging? It feels like it's saying that Islamophobia would be somehow more justifiable than racism.
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"So this is another provincial decision that will increase homelessness in Toronto?" asks Councillor Dianne Saxe of Bill 60 and potential further funding cuts.
"Correct," says Housing Secretariat director Doug Rollins.
"Correct," says Housing Secretariat director Doug Rollins.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"So this is another provincial decision that will increase homelessness in Toronto?" asks Councillor Dianne Saxe of Bill 60 and potential further funding cuts.
"Correct," says Housing Secretariat director Doug Rollins.
"Correct," says Housing Secretariat director Doug Rollins.
I *never* get to see it. My area is lit up like twilight all night. This strength, surely I'd see it— but no. Tonight's forecast is cloud and a bit of snow.
I swear. You people who can see it better post pictures!
I swear. You people who can see it better post pictures!
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I *never* get to see it. My area is lit up like twilight all night. This strength, surely I'd see it— but no. Tonight's forecast is cloud and a bit of snow.
I swear. You people who can see it better post pictures!
I swear. You people who can see it better post pictures!
Cool. I wonder if it's any less corrosive. We should do this for the birds-- but (and I hate that this is true) it'd be an easier sell in Ontario if it's less damaging to cars.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Cool. I wonder if it's any less corrosive. We should do this for the birds-- but (and I hate that this is true) it'd be an easier sell in Ontario if it's less damaging to cars.
Twitter comments are weird. How fit must one be to drive a truck or pilot a drone?
Ottawa targets 300K supplementary reserve from public volunteers
Canada plans a 300,000 reserve by inducting volunteer public servants under a May 2025 directive, with eased standards and one-week training.
thedeepdive.ca
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Twitter comments are weird. How fit must one be to drive a truck or pilot a drone?
Oh, that's a good one!
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Oh, that's a good one!
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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
My Canada includes Alberta.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My Canada includes Alberta.
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Some lovely East Van poppies for you on this Remembrance Day.
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Some lovely East Van poppies for you on this Remembrance Day.
And this is a single AI company.
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
And this is a single AI company.
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This is entirely the fault of Pierre Poilievre, conservatives and right wing nut jobs.
They managed to turn health and science into a political issue.
And sadly people were all to willing to be misled.
When did Canadians become so gullible and stupid?
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
They managed to turn health and science into a political issue.
And sadly people were all to willing to be misled.
When did Canadians become so gullible and stupid?
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is entirely the fault of Pierre Poilievre, conservatives and right wing nut jobs.
They managed to turn health and science into a political issue.
And sadly people were all to willing to be misled.
When did Canadians become so gullible and stupid?
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
They managed to turn health and science into a political issue.
And sadly people were all to willing to be misled.
When did Canadians become so gullible and stupid?
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Oh look, it's that awkward part of collapse where the writing's on the wall and homo colossus is still pretending to be dyslexic.
#collapse
#collapse
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Oh look, it's that awkward part of collapse where the writing's on the wall and homo colossus is still pretending to be dyslexic.
#collapse
#collapse
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Imagine the look on Democrats' faces when you tell them this exactly, 10 years ago. The climate collapse is here now. The time to avert it is over. Buckle up and party down.
Hyper financialization and big tech have super charged fascism.
And we have at the most 10 years before climate starts to collapse food/water/transpo.
Waiting another 20 years trying to reform the Dem Party from within is not an option.
And we have at the most 10 years before climate starts to collapse food/water/transpo.
Waiting another 20 years trying to reform the Dem Party from within is not an option.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Imagine the look on Democrats' faces when you tell them this exactly, 10 years ago. The climate collapse is here now. The time to avert it is over. Buckle up and party down.
Everyone laughing like he made a joke...
What is the difference between between investing in Canada and investing in the USA?
“We have rule of law.”
- PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli
“We have rule of law.”
- PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Everyone laughing like he made a joke...
Some Canadians cry that we don't have a new deal with the Trump regime. Did the EU deal help Italy, here?
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Some Canadians cry that we don't have a new deal with the Trump regime. Did the EU deal help Italy, here?
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Poe is a hero
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Poe is a hero
IMO, y’all are not casting that net widely enough.
We need to make sure these traitors never get elected again:
Catherine Cortez Masto - NV
Dick Durbin - IL
John Fetterman - PA
Maggie Hassan - NH
Tim Kaine - VA
Angus King - ME
Jacky Rosen - NV
Jeanne Shaheen - NH
Catherine Cortez Masto - NV
Dick Durbin - IL
John Fetterman - PA
Maggie Hassan - NH
Tim Kaine - VA
Angus King - ME
Jacky Rosen - NV
Jeanne Shaheen - NH
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
IMO, y’all are not casting that net widely enough.
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How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Shawn Micallef: How Toronto killed ‘Sesame Street’ with its heritage rules — and how we can bring it back
In the face of opposition from even small groups, the city ends up watering down even the best ideas.
www.thestar.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Fuck the anti vaccine movement. www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Canada has lost its measles elimination status, says Ottawa
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades, the country’s public health agency said in a statement on Monday.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Fuck the anti vaccine movement. www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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"This isn’t how you build a credible opposition. It’s how you run a cult."
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Sharan Kaur: Inside the Conservative Party’s culture of fear
Canadian politics has never been for the faint of heart. Every party has its fractures, leadership wars, and moments of chaos. But what’s happening inside the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"This isn’t how you build a credible opposition. It’s how you run a cult."
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...